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Comment by Propane

You hand these in, 10 at a time, to Lauranna Thar'well of Cenarion Refuge for 250 Cenarion Expedition rep. Handing these in will net you a 'Package of Identified Plants' which usually has a few gray items and some edible plants. Sometimes you get herbs.

It seems that you can't hand these in after you hit Honored with Cenarion Expedition, so use 'em when you get 'em.

Comment by 17619

I am honored now, I can't seem to get the quest from here again.. I have done it a few times before I got honored, but now the quest is gone? Anyone know why?

Comment by Earthdragon1000

I'd also recommend if you level an alt farm the plants on your main and have your alt turn them in before he/she starts questing in this zone so you can get revered much faster.

Comment by Zevarix

It takes exactly 360 of these to go from 0 Neutral to Honored. After honored these cannot be turned in anymore. I suggest doing this turn in before you do any of the quests to maximise your rep potential.

After you have a bunch of the bags the quest gives you, just hold down your Shift button and right click the bag to auto loot.

If you recieve any Uncatalogued Species https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=24407 do not turn any of them in until *AFTER* you hit honored. They are worth 500 rep a piece.

OBSOLETE:
Also there is a chance that the bags will drop Edible Fern https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=24540 these were used by twinks (no level req) prior to patch 2.1

Comment by bnetgamer77

Shocking how no one mentions a fine area to farm these.

It's true most, if not all mobs have an average of 20-25% chance to drop these...but I found out that the most annoying of Zangarmarsh creatures hold the key to gaining many Unidentified plants.

If you've ever done an instance in Zangarmasrh, you know of the lake to swim through has a plentiful amount of Mudfin frenzys' that every so often shoot up at you.

Turns out these buggers each have a 20-25% chance to drop an Unidentified Plant, and being they are all 1/4 of a regular mob, to AoE them down in a sense technically quadruples your chance of finding an Unidentified Plant.

I farmed these guys in bear form with no hassle and hit some mobs of 4 with no drops, to tanking a mob of 8 getting 7 drops...the odds are in your favor if you're out for the Grinding of Unidentified Plants.

Best of luck, and good fishing!

Comment by oofcool

i heve been farming Mudfin frenzys for 1hour and this is what i got :
78 Unidentified plant parts
240 gray - 1g 74s (stuck)
80 gray -1g 80s (stuck)
1 gray 2h axe -2g 30
2 gray mail shoulder -84s
3 gray cloth waist -36s
1 gray mail head -83s
i killed 292 Mudfin frenzys in 1hour
XP: not sure but i think 50k but i got 1bar and half at lvl 61
mobs lvls: 62-63
health : 1266-1306
tools : music and drinks =)
it drop about 1-3 every pack i killed.i did this on my drop lvl 61 so mage or higher lvl can do alot better

if u are herb then go farm bog giants and bog lords!
herbs get u alot of Unidentified plant parts

Comment by 64664

One of the very few items that actually can be sold on the AH and be turned in right away to receive a nice amount of reputation.
I suggest turning them in at least after friendly. At friendly the naga won't give reputation anymore, only their servant dudes do.

Comment by decker12

Note that the official Blizzard rep page still says you can turn in Unidentified Plant Parts for reputation at Exalted. This isn't entirely true.

If you are below Honored, you can turn in Unidentified Plants for the Package of Identified Plants. Inside that Package, sometimes you'll find Uncataloged Species. You can turn in Uncataloged Species at ANY reputation level to gain 500 rep.

However, if you are already Revered or Exalted, you cannot turn in Unidentified Plant Parts for the Package of Identified Plants. Therefore, you have no chance to find any Uncataloged Species, since you're never given a Package of Identified Plants.

So the moral of the story is to save every Uncataloged Species you find, and turn them in after Revered. If you're after the Cenarion Rep rewards it will benefit you to grind as many Unidentified Plant Parts as you can before you hit Revered, because it will be a one-shot, one-way gamble that your hundreds of Plant Parts may turn into Uncataloged Species.

Comment by 100744

Best place by far to farm these for an Aff 'lock is Serpent Lake. DoT each Mudfin Frenzy in a group with Siphon Life, Life Tap, then DoT the next group. The one DoT is more than enough to kill them, (at lvl 70 at least) and having your pet on defensive speeds things up.

I usually have the Imp out for the Fire Shield and put Fel Armor on, (not that I ever take it off). You do need to swim around a little, or looting the corpses gets a little difficult after about 5 groups.

Comment by 112528

I found a decent drop rate of these parts from the hydra type things (sorry can't remember names) which tied in with another quest from the alliance town in zangermarsh (again, sorry don't remember the name off the top of my head :s)

One useful thing for me was from 3 turn-ins i got 2x Arthas tears which would otherwise had required a run to Scholo for my pally epic mount!

Comment by BEZERK805

After honored, these are no longer useful for you. You should put them on the AH or give to your guildies / friends...

Comment by doomlove

Wowhead statistics tells, that the 3 kinds of Bogstrok, liveing on islands and in waters in western Zangarmarsh, has the highest droprate.

They are humanoids, can not be pickpocketed though. They do drop Jaggal pearls, Shiny fish scales, fish oil, jaggal clam meat. and ofc. Unidentified plant parts

Water breathing potions for the hordes:

Simply don't do the quest "No more mushrooms!" wich Magasha in Swamprat Post in Zangarmarsh gives you.

Take the quest. you get 3 charges of 1 hour waterbreathing. abbandon the quest.
this way you can allways get free waterbreathing potions :D

Comment by doomlove

I get plus 7 reputation with CE for killing a Terrorclaw.
at this point I am still friendly with CE

Comment by 150603

I found that the umbrafen eels in umbrafen lake in zangramarsh have about a 50% drop of the plant parts. Took me about 20 minutes or less to get them all.

Comment by omnom

I got quite many of these while doing Now That We're Still Friends... to get Sporeggar rep.
So if you want to get these and reputation to Sporeggar, I suggest you to 'grind' that quest

Comment by 127217

as a druid im after cenarion rep though every mid-game raider should be after it as well. i am also an alchemist so i want sporeggar rep. my plan here is to grind the bog lords with a paladin tank (killing 20 guys at once is very nice) and get rep for sporeggar from killing them in general, turning in bog tendrils, and looting any mature sporeling sacks i find, also, since im and herbalist i can gather these guys, which gives a total 55% chance to gather plant parts. these guys also drop motes of life and living essences. basicaly it'll take all of an hour (pending on respawns) and ill get all 360 of the plant parts i need no to mention sporeggar rep and lots of primals/essences.

happy hunting!!

Comment by 97831

Just turned in 360 of these to Lauranna. Out of all my Package of Identified Plants, I got:

Edible Stalks x 98
Edible Fern x 70
Common Flower x 14
Common Fern x 45
Ruined Specimen x 15
Uncataloged species x2
Common Azerothian Species x78

Comment by 08Jacob

Confirmed.. They stack 200 :P

Comment by 08Jacob

The Easyst way to farm these is from the Fish's in the water Around Colifang Resovior.. :)

Just make a lot agro u and make some AoE

Comment by childofnewlight

Farming As a Druid

There is a high probability you're a druid looking to get to honored with Cenarion Exped. before you do any quest to fully maxmize your rep gain with hopes of eventually getting Earthwarden.

These are easily farmed in Serpent Lake.

Here is what you do

Approach the waters edge and throw on your thorns and mark of the wild. Now jump in (water's warm) and switch to Aquatic Form (if you don't have Aquatic Form go get it...you don't deserve Earthwarden without it :-p)

Swim around and aggro schools of Mudfun Frenzy. Usually about 5-6 per school and I managed to aggro at best 4 schools near Coilfang. Chances are you'll only net a couple schools.

Switch into bear form and slowly back your way to the surface while swiping and if your armor isn't quite what it should be Demoralizing Roar (useful all around although not necessary).

Throw in the occasional Mangle and Enrage as needed for damage and threat and just keep swiping.

Its safe and easy. I netted about 30 unidentified plant parts in 30 minutes.

In Case of an Emergency

Cast rejuvination/lifebloom/barksin/regrown/innervate as necessary. Although it was only on the really big bulls did I need to go so far as barkskin/regrowth/lifebloom and then innervate due to mana drain from shapeshifting.

Comment by 141066

Hey i'm level 70 on my druid and when i talked to the chick, that you turn them into, to become Potion master, i now cant turn in the unid plant parts why not?

Comment by 607

What I did was go to the Bogflare Needler mobs at level 59 on my DK, and farmed them.

My main goal was to get the Captured Firefly for my main, who I collect pets with. But secondary achievements were over 300 unidentified plants and a full level of experience. As well as just over a few hundred gold.

Comment by 370944

Just did this on my level 80 warrior. By far the quickest place is the lake surrounding coilfang reservoir. Just kill the fish, pull one and 3 more will come to you. Have some way to breathe water, either from an alchemist, a class spell, (I used Noggenfogger Elixirs). Also, if you can get your hands on some swift swim potions that'll help you immensely. It took me about 2 hours to collect 200. So about 100 an hour. I would start at the west end of the lake, and swim to the east side, then fly back to the west side. Also, I got about 40g worth of grey items for each 100 plant parts. Just make sure you have lots of bag space because almost every fish drops a grey fish scale-type trash item.

You could do this while farming spore rep while listed above, but you will lose a lot of time flying back and forth to turn in the rep quest. And the fish each die in one hit, the naga (even at 80) won't.

I also spammed chat every ten minutes or so (catching people logging in or zoning in) And bought 140 for roughly 35g.

So if you farm it just kill the frenzy fish and follow my suggestions above and you should have it in 3 1/2 hours tops for your alt. I suggest something aoe heavy and a ranged pull. Start off and pull one, then aoe the three that come in. (shoot -> whirlwind for my warrior).

Happy hunting.

Comment by Tipspid

Not sure when this was changed but the Mudfin Frenzy drop rate was noticeably reduced.

Comment by Allakhazam

Great to farm for a Herbalist off the bog Lords and giants in the dead mire.
Drop rate off the skinning is about the same as the normal droprate off the mobs. This doubles your chance.

Comment by Allakhazam

Found a secret to making QUICK MONEY.......I made 45 gold in one hour just off junk. BONUS, I was grinding for faction by getting Unidentified Plant Parts which in one hour I was able to get about 60..1500 REP for Cenarion Expedition

IF you are a MAGE....AOE groups of Mudfin Frenzy...they only come in groups of 4 so you have to pull in more with your wand. Bubble (or dont bubble)--wait for all the pack to be biting you and AOE one or two times.... which drop TONS of Grime-encrusted Scale and occasional RIPPED FIN which is worth more and even varies junk items of armor or weapons....

MOJO (The Scryers)

Edited, Mar 26th 2007 3:35am by Mojolica

Comment by Allakhazam

Mudfin Frenzy' in Serpent Lake is not a good spot anymore, only drop gray junk

Comment by Allakhazam

A great place to farm for these is the 'Mudfin Frenzy' in Serpent Lake. YOu can down 5 fish quick and they sometimes drop even 2 per group. Good luck fishing!

Comment by Allakhazam

sold 70 of these for 400g yesterday, it wa awesome

Comment by Allakhazam

I think I know the answer to this but do these have a use past honored, or am I forced to just sell or throw in AH?

Comment by Allakhazam

The trick with these plantparts is that you should grind 360 parts before you finish even 1 quest for the C.E.
The first you talk to should be Lauranna Tar'wel. (You are now neutral with the bla bla)

When you hit the motherlode and get one or more Uncatalogued Species in the bags you receive as reward, hand them in after you'll be honored.

Comment by Allakhazam

You can turn stacks of these in for reputation with Cenarion Expidition - 250 rep / stack to be exact. There is a slight chance the pouches she gives you in return have an unidentified species in them, which you can turn right back in for another 500 rep. The repeatable quest for these goes away when you reach honored.

Comment by Thottbot

It's only available until honored. If you have them, use them.

Comment by Thottbot

I'm CE honored and getting around 7 Cenarion Expedition rep for kills in Underbog instance. Boss kills net around 50 rep or so. Do your plant parts asap to get to honored so ur underbog rep builds ur rep towards revered - which plant parts can't do (as they work only up to honored)

Also you can get Sanguine Hibiscus in Underbog(herbalism help to locate them, and not miss any, but you do not have to be a herbalist to pick hibiscus). Hibiscus turnins to Sporeggar once you hit lvl63 and either neutral or friendly. You should save your hibiscus til you hit Friendly because you can do the *easier* tendrils and spore sac turnins first.

Hibiscus drops from mobs and can be picked from the grown (herbalism not needed)

Comment by Thottbot

I'm getting about a 40% drop rate killing Marshfang Ripper's. Everything else on this list seems to be much lower then sepcified.

Comment by Thottbot

I'm grinding experience, sporeggar rep, and unidentified plant parts off the witherd bog things. I've been there for about an hour and have 40. But the drop rate is better for herbalists because if they don't drop the plant parts right away, herbalists are able to pick these plant monsters the same way a skinner would skin a beast. That also increases the chances of gettign the plant parts.

After handing in the 40 parts, in one of the packages I recieved there was a quest item that I handed in to get 500rep, which is the same as handing in 20 plant parts, so if you get lucky it could reduce a lot of the time needed to get rep up. I probably should have saved the quest item for after I hit honored as it would have been helpful afterwards.

Comment by Thottbot

If you're a mage, throw on your molten armor and grab the fish things by the bunch in Serpent Lake and arcane explosion the crap out of them. I got about 100 in a little under an hour doing this.

Comment by Thottbot

With CE. on my second character i did all the available quests but did not hand them in. my plan is to hand them in when i get honored, for a big boost to revered.

Comment by Thottbot

80,64 in front of a little tent across the creek to the east of the inn,.

Comment by Thottbot

If you're leveling an alt who hasn't been to Zangamarsh yet, here's what you should do:

Check the AH every day for 'Unidentified Plant', don't pay more than ~20silver per plant, buy up to 360 of them (should take a few days/weeks). You don't need more than 360.

As soon as you hit level 60, head to Cenarion Refuge in Zangamarsh, DON'T DO ANY QUESTS, turn in all your plants (10 plants per turn-in, so 36 turn-in total), 250 rep per turn-in so: 250 x 36 = 9000 rep. You will go from 0 Neutral to Honored. Then start questing :)

Comment by Thottbot

just a hint
if ur any class that can aoe easily kill the mudfin frenzy fish in lake serpent 44,42 ish you should get 1-2 per group and there easy to kill, i am a mage so i probably have an advantage on them i could see them being annoying for a melee class but meh i could be wrong

Comment by Thottbot

well i just farmed for an hour and got 110 unidentified plant parts from the fish i mentioned above

and alot of other little junk that got me about 40g

not so bad

Comment by Thottbot

TURN IN IS AT 80,64

Comment by Thottbot

Farm the Mudfin Frenzy Fish in Serpent Lake if you have AoE. I used 3 underwater breathing pots and spent 3 hours farming. Got about 350 Unidentified Plant Parts (enough for 35 turn-ins or ~72g at AH), 54 stacks of 20xGrime-encrusted scale (each stack vendors for 1g74s), 17 stacks of 20xRipped Fin (vendors for 1g98s/stack), and tons of grey vendor trash. That's about 80-90g/hour and well worth it for folks with AoE.

Comment by Thottbot

When honored, you cannot indeed turn in. The needed NPC has no more reaction.
But you can sell it away or give at your another guild member, so he can rep up and loot from plant parts.

Comment by Thottbot

I found that aoe'ing the Mudfin Frenzies in the lake near Coilfang Resevoir yields tons of plant samples. I used Shadowfury, Rain of Fire and then Hellfire as a 63 Destruction Warlock. Happy Hunting!

Comment by Thottbot

They can also be found on Umberglow Stingers.
But I'm not sure of the drop rate.

Comment by Thottbot

yeah be careful, i just bought 165 of them being revered and not knowing i couldnt turn them in anymore = [

Comment by Thottbot

The Dead Mire is a good place to farm these, especially for Horde. Swamprat Post is right there for vendor trash and repairs.
Just about every mob in the place drops plant parts, with varying drop rates.
The Bog lords and Giants also drop motes of life to make primals, and you get +15 rep with Sporeggar per kill up to Revered.
The Parched Hydra's drop plant parts as well, and if you're a skinner, bonus.
A tip about farming there - Keep yourself buffed with +30 to all stats (5 mins) by nipping out to the rim of the mire every few minutes to kill a Young Spore Bat. As they die make sure you are within melee range, and they buff you. The buff only lasts 5 minutes, but it's worth it.
Young spore bats also drop plant parts and strange spores, which should be of interest to Hunters, who can cook sporeling snacks to buff their pets.

Comment by Thottbot

Just buy them when you see them up for cheap on the AH.(as has been posted)
Shouldn't cost you but 60-80g.

Since you're gonna do quests after in Terrokar,
you will have about that many to resell after you are done.

Also worth to note:
Unidentified Plant Species drop from these turn ins.
you CAN have multiple of these in your inventory.
you CAN turn them in after honored for 500 rep a pop.
for 360 plant turn ins i got 3 of them.

Revered is so easy if you do all the CE quests afterwords.

Comment by Thottbot

One thing I did not see in posts if you do the mudfin frenzies bring a water breathing thing or a couple of them so that you can keep going and going without having to keep coming up for breath

Edit: To give all that are doing this an update. If you do have a mage use it, I can pull 12 to 15 of these fish at a time and arcane explosion to take them all out.

I am making about 40 gold an hour just off of the skins of these fish that you get everytime you kill one. Skinning is not needed it is just a loot item from them. So if you have to do this quest at least you are making pretty good gold, not excellent gold at lvl 70 but good gold.

Comment by Thottbot

u need 360 plant parts to get to honoured, but once honoured, u can't hand in anymore for Cenerion Expedition rep.

my best bet is in Serpent Lake ( left side of the main Resevoir) kill the Mudfin Frenzys. They have (i guess) a 1 in 4 drop rate for the parts- but they have very low health and are easy to kill.

gd luck =)

Comment by Thottbot

These you can only hand in until honored I believe. Best place impo is to go to serpent lake and let the mudfin frenzys aggro you. Get like 10 on you then just aoe them down. They drop easy and fast and there u got like 5 plants. Enjoy

Comment by bfedorov11

I'm on a popular server and these cost next to nothing. I think it was 40g to buy enough to honored. Well I turned them in and got ZERO of the the other ones. Go figure.

Comment by GhostGhost

If you can buy 360 of these and hand them in before you start questing in zangarmarsh and before you do the last 5 or so quests in hellfire peninsula.

They only work up until honored and most people wont collect them until after they are honored.

it cost me 36gold to get to honored before I started questing which will save me HOURS at max level.

I also did this on my previous character and during questing in blades edge mountains I hit revered.

This is huge and recommended to anyone the money it cost you will save tenfold at max level.

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Unidentified Plant Parts

Max Stack: 200

Sell Price: 7 50

is an item that can be looted from mobs and gathered from herbalism nodes and herbable mobs in Zangarmarsh.

Unidentified Plant Parts are used to obtain reputation with the Cenarion Expedition all the way to Honored, via the quest Identify Plant Parts (unlocked by completing Plants of Zangarmarsh). Each turn-in grants 250 Reputation with the Cenarion Expedition. Without doing any other activities that grant Cenarion Expedition reputation, you will need 36 turn-ins of this quest to reach Honored.

Turning in Unidentified Plant Parts also grants you a Package of Identified Plants, which contains a random assortment of herbs, as well as a chance at Uncatalogued Species. These can also be turned in for Reputation with the Cenarion Expedition, but for efficiency, you should hold on to these until you reach Honored with Cenarion Expedition.

For more information on the Cenarion Expedition faction, check our guide!

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