Quick Facts

Series

1.	Warchief's Command: Howling Fjord!
2.	The New Plague
3.	Spiking the Mix
4.	Test at Sea

Storyline
Howling Fjord War is Hell Reports from the Field The Windrunner Fleet Ambushed! Guide Our Sights Landing the Killing Blow Report to Anselm Let Them Eat Crow Sniff Out the Enemy The Dragonskin Map The Offensive Begins A Lesson in Fear Baleheim Bodycount Baleheim Must Burn! The Ambush Adding Injury to Insult The New Plague Spiking the Mix Test at Sea New Agamand The Dead Rise! Elder Atuik and Kamagua Grezzix Spindlesnap Feeding the Survivors Street "Cred" Arming Kamagua "Scoodles" Forgotten Treasure Avenge Iskaal The Staff of Storm's Fury The Frozen Heart of Isuldof The Lost Shield of the Aesirites The Ancient Armor of the Kvaldir Gambling Debt The Fragrance of Money Mutiny on the Mercy Jack Likes His Drink A Traitor Among Us Sorlof's Booty Dead Man's Debt Zeh'gehn Sez The Shield of the Aesirites A Carver and a Croaker A Return to Resting "Crowleg" Dan Return to Atuik Meet Number Two The Jig is Up A Tailor-Made Formula Apply Heat and Stir Field Test Time for Cleanup Parts for the Job Warning: Some Assembly Required Mastering the Runes Suppressing the Elements Making the Horn Mimicking Nature's Call March of the Giants The Book of Runes The Lodestone Mastering the Runes Skorn Must Fall! Demolishing Megalith The Rune of Command Gruesome, But Necessary Burn Skorn, Burn! Towers of Certain Doom The Conqueror of Skorn! Dealing With Gjalerbron Of Keys and Cages Necro Overlord Mezhen The Walking Dead Sleeping Giants The Slumbering King Gjalerbron Attack Plans The Frost Wyrm and its Master The Artifacts of Steel Gate The Cleansing Spirits of the Ice The Fallen Sisters Wild Vines Spawn of the Twisted Glade Seeds of the Blacksouled Keepers Keeper Witherleaf In Worg's Clothing Brother Betrayers Eyes of the Eagle Alpha Worg

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Comments

Comment by mattous

Talk to Bat Handler Camille next to the flight master in Vengeance Landing and you'll be sent on the bombing run quest.

Comment by Norrec

When you finish this quest, Apothecary Ravien comes and give his report to Lysander :

Apothecary Ravien says: Reports from the test on the enemy fleet have come in, sir!
Apothecary Lysander says: Excellent. What's the lowdown? Do we have a bodycount?
Apothecary Ravien says: Well... the good news is we forced the reinforcements to turn back.
Apothecary Lysander says: Well, spit it out! What's the bad news?
Apothecary Ravien says: The plague was not quite... fatal. However, reports of harmful effects include nausea, loss of equilibrium and severe stomach pain.
Apothecary Lysander says: Severe stomach pain?
Apothecary Lysander yells: SEVERE STOMACH PAIN?
Apothecary Lysander says: We are the Royal Apothecary Society! Inducing belly aches is not part of our job description!
Apothecary Lysander says: Am I surrounded by amateurs? I want a full analysis of the new strain by tomorrow morning! Get on it, Ravien!
Apothecary Ravien says: Yes, sir!

Then, the apothecary Lysander ask us to go to New Agamand.

Comment by CleDvy

You don't have to get them all on one run. I only got nine on my first try while attempting to figure out what was going on, but upon returning to the bat handler, just went out again, got the remaining seven on the second run, and completed the quest.

Comment by Fanzo

Location:

Comment by 286089

SPEAK ITS Easyer

Comment by 286089

TAKE THE BOMBS!

Comment by 208869

Look in your inventory for Plague Vials. This is used to drop the bombs.

Comment by ZidaTheBlazing

Don't make the same mistake I did by swimming (or in my case slowfalling) out there and doing the quest. It's possible from the water (you have to throw the vials upward and hit the mast to make the stuff rain on their heads), but then it takes ages getting back.

Comment by Kreutz

Drop the bombs in a hotkey, so you can keep your bag closed, managed to do mine in a single flight. LOVE bombing quest ^.^

Comment by trillz

This quest took me forever it would never register as a kill my guess is cause I was in group because once I left, I went and got 4 the first try, it was very annoying.

Comment by 322553

easyer for a DK to do it going on the mount whit Path of Frost and shooting from down to the ship so you will do without loose Hp, they can't attak you ;)

Comment by Shishire

It's a bombing run quest, so you're supposed to get a bat from the Bat Handler, which will fly you over the ships. This way, they can't touch you.

Also, once you've infected a crew member, you can't infect them again, meaning you ought to make sure you target a different ship every time you throw a vial.

Comment by 423589

I was stupid on this quest. You have to talk to the right bat handler people. I didn't read carefully enough and couldn't figure out why Bat Handler Adeline wouldn't help me out here. Yeah. Hope that helps someone.

Comment by bilguun83

Still can't do it after today's update 3.3.0a. bugged bugged

Comment by 499036

Just wondering, has anyone that doesn't use addons, tried this quest?

After reporting the quest to Blizz, I just got the bog standard "disable all addons, use the repair tool" reply. The few times i've had that response before, its been for minor things, that addons most likely aren't affected.

Comment by Boltexx

I noticed that this is the 3rd quest in Howling Fjord which is bugged !
The following quests are bugged:
Test at Sea - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=11170
Sorlof's Booty - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=11529
The Slumbering King - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=11453

I reported Test at Sea, the GM knew this already and he completet the quest for me.
The GM's didnt know that Sorlof's Booty was bugged
Also the GM's didnt know that The Slumbering King, was bugged

This is a BIG fail by Blizzard. 3 quest bugged in Howling Fjord !

Comment by 514483

1-2-2010: Quest is still busted. Was looking forward to doing this too. I love me some bombing runs.

Comment by Felinnis

As of 01/05/2010, even after in-games fixes announced by Bornakk, still no fix on this quest.

Comment by love4stupidppl

Ok this quest can be completed. Difficultly yes, you need to have flying. Step-by-Step:

1. Find a friend who can tank 10 of the level 68-69 mobs on the boat.
2. Pick up the quest.
3. Fly out to the "sea reavers run" its just north of the argent tournament.
4. Right click and arm the vial.
5. DO NOT RIGHT CLICK again, you will unarm the vial.
6. Fly carefully all the way to the place where the quest must be done.
7. Be sure that you friend is in your group, have then drop down and aggro everything on the boat.
8. Drop bomb.
9. Repeat as necessary.
10. Turn in!
11. ?
12. Profit!

Good luck and happy hunting.

Zalanara - Eredar (US)

Comment by 70784

As of 01/10/2010

This quest is still broken.

Comment by rednas3636

why dont they fix bugs when they know it? i know some bugs that are for about..a half year?

i posted this yesterday and i want to know why you guys derated it

Comment by 195187

As of Patch 3.3.2, this quest is fully functional. The quest item now needs to be used in the Frozen Sea.

Comment by 105494

As of today patch 3.3.2 this quest has been fixed. It no longer req's The Sea Reaver's Run. Blizzard changed it to the frozen sea.

Comment by 526753

They have fixed it as of the current patch - 2/2/10

Comment by 539009

Working again as of patch 3.3.2

Comment by rainaterror

Was just able to successfully do this quest as of 2/3/10

Comment by 498580

today confirmed, is available.

Comment by 538058

Quest has been fixed as of feb 4th. patch 3.3.2

Comment by 495851

Yup, can confirm that this quest works now properly since pach 3.3.2
Plague Vials are now working in right zone.

Comment by Luciferno

Fixed as of Current patch/updated 3.3.2

A friend was able to do another quest that was also bugged recently and advised me of it knowing I had a few toons who missed this. it has however been fixed and I been able to complete it =D ...

FINALLY!

Comment by 40952

Tried to do this quest a few weeks ago, and couldn't because it was bugged. Couldn't use the item because it said I wasn't in the right location.

As others have said, patch 3.3.2 seems to have fixed the issue. I was able to do the quest just now.

However, I did notice another bug that makes the pirates appear as if they're dead. I flew around each ship, nothing but dead pirate bodies. So I decided to lob a bomb anyway, and got credit.

Comment by DarkWolfB15

Broken again as of 2/13/2010...
Vial says it requires me to be in the Sea-Reaver's Run. Sound familiar?

Comment by 176514

Completed it without problems on 19/02/2010 after being frozen for 1 month.
Guess they've fixed it with 3.3.2

Hell, it was about time.

Comment by 85389

I have a level 80 who gave me tome of cold weather flying so on my level 70 lock i was able to fly to a ship using my own flying mount, use the bomb it stuns (makes them play dead) all the npc's.
BUT you can still kill them, they just don't fight back whilst they have the 10-12 sec debuff from the plague.

1.5k exp each took about 7 secs per kill and much more fun and personal than throwing from a bat.

:)

Comment by 118739

"Help! My eyes!" The goggles do nothing!

Comment by 4chan

"SEVERE STOMACH PAIN?"

Comment by Ghoulcraft

Has anyone ever tried using the vials outside of the zone, or off the mount... i really want to see another kind of item like the dartols rod where we can have fun with quest items...

Comment by Noise

A while ago this quest was bugged and didn't allow you to throw vials, but it's since been fixed. Just in case you've been avoiding it as I have for a long time, you don't have to.

Comment by Kayserofmisha

I thought they spoke common.

I heard all their yells crystal clear.

Comment by Lejxion

In order to do this quest, you will need to approach the beautiful 'Bat Handler Camillie' and ask her, "Hey, beautiful, I want a bat to infect the Alliance on their boats in The Frozen Sea" She, of course will ignore you and send you away on a bat.

While you are on your very personal bat, you will need to use the vial on the various Alliance races, now for me they looked dead already, but they are NOT! (Well they might be, but could possibly still be alive) They're just very sleepy.

Needless to say, i'm glad I am not the recipient of this plague... I hear it burns eyes

Comment by Vrazel

quest seems to currently be bugged. Taking the option from the flight bat handler sends you a few feet off then comes right back to flight point

Comment by 1440987

Test at Sea http://youtu.be/dJqxjgFvSMc

Comment by Caudog

The ships were empty. I threw the bottles at them anyway and still got credit for infecting the crew members.

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulpY-ngIU0E&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Perdia

I tried to do this quest today but it did not work. I was able to fly out to the boats on a bat, but could not deploy the poison. I kept getting "Spell not learned"
I returned the bat and flew out on my own mount. I was able to land on the ships and deploy the poison, but they were deserted so it did not infect anyone!
This is after the recent patch.
Is anyone else having this problem?

Comment by Poppyfan

As of august 7th 2016, patch 7.0.3, this quest is still bugged.

you still receive the poison
and you still can fly out there on a bat
but there are no targets to hit, manually flying out to the fleet doesn't work as there is still no one there patch is in 2 days so we'll see if they fix it.

Comment by 1702664

This quest is still borked.

Blizzard did not even take the time to read my Support Ticket. In my initial inquiry, I explained that I abandoned and restarted the quests. Had the CSR who handled this actual read my inquiry, they would not have sent me what I can only guess was some kind of canned response suggesting that I abandon and restart the quest. They also suggested I come here. Great suggestion had I not know about the site. This wasn't a matter for the folks here though. In case it's not obvious, I don't have a lot patience for folks who get paid to do a job and do it as poorly as they can.

This quest is the only way to open up seven or eight other quests in Howling Fjords. I need three to get Loremaster for the area. I'm hoping I can find a different CSR who is capable of more than just copying and pasting irrelevant "possible" solutions.

Comment by JulianCamp

For everyone that are trying to complete this quest to progress for Loremaster or what not, try contacting a gamemaster by making a ticket. I did, and he told me that the dev team are aware of this bug and the gamemaster completed the quest for me.

So try contacting a game master and he/she might complete the quest for you!

Comment by SoloEverything

Dear Blizzard: Its been 8 years. Remove this quest. Replace it with a brand new identical quest. You've created 1000's of quests in the 4 expansions since this quest went buggy (5 since this only worked for a short time in WotLK) The few times you've fixed it, the next patch almost always kills it again. Take the ships, move them to the same zone so that you don't have a phasing issue.

Comment by TheCrazyScot

Still broken. October 20, 2016.

Comment by homiebrah

Can confirm this quest is still bugged with patch 7.1. No mobs spawn on the ships.

Comment by Nyter

I have written over 4 bug reports over the course of several months and patches, including very detailed information about this quest. Shame to see it is still bugged as of 31/10/2016. Hope blizz responds since this quest blocks Loremaster progress.

Comment by Alixstar

Apparently still bugged. Come on Blizzard.

Comment by alkgeopa

Tried this quest today, was still bugged. Spoke to the NPC, took the flying bat but the ships were empty. Going to submit it as a bug, again.

Comment by technus6

Patch 7.1 - still bugged

Comment by ariadnesthread

Still broken as of December 16, 2016. You fly out to the ships, but no one is aboard to infect.

Comment by Reyon52

I wrote a bug report on this issue and this is the response I got:

"Fear not, the overlords have been informed. The devs have been chained to their desks, and will not be allowed to leave until this problem is resolved. The Alliance will meet their end soon enough",

.......5 months later

I have another ticket open now asking for them to just use their GM magic to complete the quest for me in my log so I can get my Lore Master. Not fair to people who are trying to get that meta since it's a lot of work. Usually I'm on the GM's side with bug issues, I get it, they're busy, but this is game breaking for anyone wanting to complete Lore Master.

EDIT: My ticket was answered and a GM completed the quest for me so I could get my lore master. I suggest others trying to get it do the same. The GM who contacted me was extremely nice about it and apologetic about the quest still being bugged.

Comment by Anlem

Submitted ticket at 10:20PM stating there was a known bug, mentioned wowhead and it was the same for multiple people. I mentioned also that others had submitted a ticket to have the quest completed and it was.
12 hours later, quest was marked as complete and I just had to go report it in to the quest giver. No hassle from the GM who answered my ticket and they admitted that it was a known issue due to the phasing. Worth submitting a ticket if you're trying to get the lore master achievement.

Comment by Xyserra

Unfortunately , the quest is still bugged. I submitted a ticket and a gm responded fairly quickly , completed the quest for me and I was able to turn it in. I recommend doing the same as that is the only way to complete Loremaster.

Comment by ThePonti

Fixed in 7.1.5 hotfix :)

Comment by Zinkerst

Completed this today (April 18 2017), so it seems it has been fixed. It still looks a bit buggy - the mobs phase in and out - but you can complete it, which is good news since it seems you cannot complete the achievement "I've Toured the Fjord" without it! I advise putting the item you need to use on a bar and not relying on the special action button, as this also appears and disappears.

Comment by solsticio

WORKS!

Fixed 23 May 2017 worked quest

Comment by NecroCane

If you're a druid make sure you're not shapeshifted when you click the bat handler, or you won't be able to use the item.

Comment by snowthistle

As of today, this quest works fine!

What a relief! :)

Comment by barakorcbama

Quest still bugged as of June 2018 (patch 7.3.5), but there IS a workaround. Manually fly out to the ships, there is one ship that has a few guys that will not evade bug. Land on that ship, poison those 2-3 repeatedly.

Comment by Shashos

If you finish the quest in the first pass, clicking the button to send you to the nearest flight path does nothing. You continue to fly in circles until the script sends you back. More recent quests of this nature allow you to return as soon as you are finished. This quest has never been updated.

Comment by fortncookie

Pre DF: Taking the flight out to the ships by way of the Bat Handler Camille didn't work. Took the suggested method and manually flew out. Stayed on my mount right click action button/potion and left click to drop. No problems.

Links

Test at Sea

Speak to Bat Handler Camille and take a riding bat to intercept the Alliance reinforcements. Once above their fleet, use the Plague Vials to infect 16 North Fleet reservists.

	North Fleet Reservist Infected (16)

Provided item:

	Plague Vials (1)

Description

We've just received word of reinforcements coming to the aid of the Alliance forces. Their timing couldn't be better!

We're in sore need of test subjects and these North Fleet reservists will do nicely!

Take these plague vials with you and speak to Camille, the Bat Handler. Tell her you need to commandeer a riding bat for a special assignment for us.

Once you're at sea, drop the vials on the reinforcement fleet. I can't wait to see the results!

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Runed Clamshell Choker			Frost-Trimmed Gauntlets
	Azure Chain Hauberk			Ramshorn-Inlaid Shoulders

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11170))