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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsPhat Loot Phriday: Tectonic Plate
by Michael Gray 
Sep 24th 2010 at 7:00PM
Lolegolas shook his head. "No, that's Teutonic. Like Eric. No, this is a Tectonic Plate. You see, it's a clever pun."
"Because you can eat off it?"
"No, man," Lolegolas responded, pushing his aviator glasses further down his nose. "It's Tectonic Plate. Because, like, this giant earth dragon's got get its 'rawr smash' on. And when that happens, it's gonna drop earth stuff. And, like, so it's not just a plate. It's a Tectonic Plate, like an earthquake."
Throgg rested his chin in his hands. "They make these things so complicated. OK, then. How do I get it?"
"It's during a big elemental invasion. You might have heard."
Tectonic Plate
Type: Plate Chest
- Armor 2,534
- Strength 120
- Stamina 215
- Socket bonus +8 strength
- 1 red socket, 1 blue socket
- Improves critical strike rating by 96
- Equip Improves haste rating by 72
How do you get rid of it? Sells for nearly 17 gold. We're not sure yet what it disenchants into.
Phat Loot Phriday brings you the scoop on some of the most ... interesting ... loot in the World of Warcraft, often viewed through the eyes of the stalwart Throgg and indelible Lolegolas. Suggest items you think we should feature by emailing gray@wow.com. Filed under: Phat Loot Phriday, Cataclysm
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jamie Sep 24th 2010 7:04PM
I might have heard of a certain ornithological item in the news recently.
Sephy Sep 24th 2010 7:16PM
BABABABIRDBIRDBIRD, DA BIRD IS DA WORD.
JM Sep 24th 2010 7:15PM
You thought what would be big news?
A headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety
Hinalover Sep 24th 2010 7:17PM
if it is like all the other items from the the event, (at least what I saw last night) it disenchants into an Abyss Crystal.
Just as a heads up each of the bosses drop 15 Justice Points.
Chrisamcnicholas Sep 24th 2010 7:19PM
Do justice points drop or are they awarded? Just interested to see what wording we're using in cataclysm =P
SaintStryfe Sep 24th 2010 7:22PM
I'll still be thinking of them as dropping, being I still can't call them "emblems" instead of "Badges".
Hinalover Sep 24th 2010 7:26PM
They are awarded, not dropped. Just used to them "dropping," so it's a bit of a habit of saying. it says in the general message section "[username] has [awarded/won (cannot remember] 15 x Justice Points.
davoodoo Sep 24th 2010 7:40PM
So it's pretty much like the current honor system in that when you kill something it just awards it no looting or anything?
Bruce Sep 24th 2010 8:32PM
From the screenshot I saw on MMO-C it looks like you queue in the dungeon finder. What I couldn't tell from that was whether you only have a small chance of getting each of the drops in a loot bag like holiday bosses or if there's a chance for any of the loot table to drop and you roll like normal...
Hinalover Sep 24th 2010 8:45PM
The item is an actual drop from the boss, not from a "specialty item" like the keg in the Brewfest Boss.
Hinalover Sep 24th 2010 8:57PM
One final note, each boss does have a crap-ton of health. Something along the lines of 1.3-1.6 Million health.
SR Sep 24th 2010 9:01PM
Oh, so they decided to update Gahz'rilla's name by adding "monster" before it? >.>
Btw.... Kaiju=literal: Strange beast, and usually points towards those prop-based monsters like Godzilla and Mothra and King Gidra and...
Yup, I'm done.
SR Sep 24th 2010 9:02PM
In Japanese, by the way, to those who're really confused by my last statement.
VioletArrows Sep 25th 2010 12:04AM
I'm more annoyed that it being a 3-headed hydra dragon thing, it's not Ghee'dor Ah.
SR Sep 25th 2010 2:21AM
Well, that brings up the question of whether or not they have golden Hydra skins or not.
I imagined our... Thing... in Zul'Farrak would be more of a Devilsaur and not a pale Hydra.
VioletArrows Sep 25th 2010 3:59AM
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=6349
SR Sep 25th 2010 4:09AM
Well, I'll be damned.
Ametrine Sep 24th 2010 9:28PM
is 80 required to get to the bosses, or is 75 good enough, like it was for the gnome/troll prerelease events?
Hih Sep 25th 2010 4:41AM
I think 78 is the requirement for the current holiday bosses. I'd guess that 78 will continue to be the minimum for these bosses too.
AltairAntares Sep 24th 2010 9:37PM
On the ptr the event boss loot is de-ing into abyss crystals fyi.