The Empire of Zul'drak issue resolved with a new quest
A lot of players aiming for the Loremaster achievement were hitting a snag in Zul'Drak. Because of one or two quests that were only able to be done while on a single questline, a lot of players that missed it initially were blocked from going back to it and were stuck at 99/100 quests. Patch 3.0.8 brings some great news for those people: A new quest has been added to the zone so you can finish your achievement.Chronicler To'kini in the quest hub Zim'Torga now offers the quest Tails Up, which as of this posting doesn't appear on either Wowhead or WoWDB yet. It's another of Blizzard's awkward humor quests, though luckily it's not poop related. Genitalia is the name of the game this time around. The Chronicler wants to bring some Zul'Drak wildlife back to Zandalar to study, but he specifically wants females from you. So you pump the beasts full of tranquilizers, do what you see in the picture to the right there, and you pray it's a female.
If it's a male, I assume the beast is supposed to stand up and attack you. Instead, it goes back to aggressive, stays motionless on the ground, and keeps you in combat until you kill it. Yes, it just lays there and waits to die. Euthanasia via giant hammer. Minor bug, nothing terribly problematic since you can still kill them. I suppose you could call it one of those rare beneficial bugs. You have to kill it either way, it just doesn't fight back right now. Less downtime for the win.
Pretty amusing quest overall, and a pretty good way of fixing the Empire of Zul'Drak issue, I think.
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Bugs, Achievements
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Flyhard Jan 26th 2009 5:33AM
I am currently stuck at 90/100 - I still have some group quests open, and the arena, but that wouldn't be enought.
Do the dailies count? I mean, the first time you do them? I saw the dailies there have some variations...
Kevin Jan 22nd 2009 1:13PM
Look, it was definitely ACHIEVABLE before the patch we all know that so you people can stop posting that everyone must have missed a quest somewhere. Those of us who were stuck at 99/100 for a month or more were victims of a bug. There is an ~20 page thread in the bug reports forum on the official forums, and Blue confirmed it was indeed a bug. Quit implying that this was given as a fix for people who didn't know where to look for all the quests. Christ.
Todd Jan 22nd 2009 1:42PM
Hmm, I didn't have any problems finishing off all the quests in Zul'Drak. There are definitely more than 100+ quests in that zone, so I don't follow the problem. What questline causes the problem?
Guduk Jan 23rd 2009 12:37AM
Its my impression that the bug comes from several possibilities, The one I believe affected me was the task 'Jus' Checkin' Which is a lead up quest from one town in Zul'drak to a small outpost in Zul'drak, many would consider this a cookie task which should not count. But if you are shared the Gun'drak task where you collect Statues, you can be left out from gaining this 'jus' checkin' task and so.. you can get stuck at 99/100
It has nothing to do with 'missing' tasks, it has everything to do with quests becoming unavailable or not counting towards the achievement when they should. Its been fixed now, lets all forget it.
Todd Jan 23rd 2009 10:39AM
Ah, so it's a matter of quest sharing that could potentially result in the 99/100 quests done for the zone. That is a problem. Hopefully this action gets fixed too.
kworry Jan 22nd 2009 3:12PM
I just wish Blizz would throw a couple extra quests into some of the zones. I've spent hours killing things that are supposed to drop quest-starting items and tracking low-level quests but am still 1 quest short in BEM (even after doing a hallow's end quest).
There are a couple zones that seem to have a lot less leeway on those achievements.
garuktaag Jan 23rd 2009 10:42PM
There's another new quest too - head out to Dubra'jin just west of Gundrak and go collect some eggs.
Marluxia.Kyoshu Jan 26th 2009 9:33PM
Makin' a comment.