Bursting the Bubble

The subject of this article or section was part of Death Rising, a world event that heralded the opening of the Shadowlands.

Bursting the Bubble
Start	Automatic
End	Crusader Renn [45.0, 44.8]
Level	50 (Requires 50)
Category	Death Rising
Experience	6,800
Reputation	+75 Argent Crusade
Rewards	[Argent Commendation] 23 40
Previous	[50] Secrets in Shadows
Next	[50] A Message from Above

Bursting the Bubble
Level: 50 (Requires 50)
Automatic
Crusader Renn ^{[45.0, 44.8]}
XP: 6,800
Rep: +75 Argent Crusade
Rewards:
[Argent Commendation]
23 40

Objectives

Sabotage 3 of the Cult of the Damned's experiments in Mord'rethar.

• Chamber Experiments sabotaged (3)
• Return to Crusader Renn at the Ironwall Rampart.

Description

<The words of the shadowy herald are dark and foreboding. Whatever "the Banished One" intends to accomplish, it must not come to pass.

Something foul bubbles within the cauldrons nearby. Judging by the care with which the cultists are tending to them, their contents must be crucial to their plans.

Several barrels containing what appears to be a new type of plague have been left unattended. Perhaps they can serve as instruments for sabotage.>

Rewards

You will receive:

• [Argent Commendation]
• 23 40
• 6,800 XP
• +75 reputation with Argent Crusade

Progress

What have you discovered?

Completion

Thank the Light, you have returned unharmed!

Were you able to learn anything about what the cult is doing?

Notes

Interact with a Plague Barrel to pick it up and gain a bonus ability:

 Hurl Plague Barrel 30 yd range — Hurl the barrel, inflicting 100 Nature damage to enemies within 8 yards. WARNING: Do not throw directly into a carefully tended Bubbling Cauldron. Instant

Don't let reverse psychology get in the way of fun. Use the ability and aim the ground-targeted AoE in the cauldron to affect it. The engineers nearby are less than pleased:

• Defiled Engineer yells: Be careful, you oaf!
• Defiled Engineer yells: Hey! Be careful with that! It's highly unstable.
• Defiled Engineer yells: What have you done?
• Defiled Engineer yells: You fool! Our precious work!
• Defiled Engineer yells: Stop that! You'll ruin everything!

In case of quest's abandonment, it can be accepted from a Plague Barrel.

Progression

Week one:

1.  [50] An Urgent Request
2.  [50] Cause for Distraction
3.  [50] Return of the Crusade
4.  [50] Field Reports
5.  [50] Damned Intruders
6.  [50] Return of the Scourge
7.  [50] A Message from Icecrown
   • Optional side quest:  [50] The Banshee's Champion
8.  [50] Securing the Area &  [50] A Valiant Effort
9.  [50] Scouting from a Safe Distance
10.  [50] Advancing the Effort (unlocks week one dailies)

Week two:
Optional breadcrumb:  [50] A Message from the Justicar

1.  [50] A New Foothold
2.  [50] Cult Couture &  [50] Fighting for Attention
3.  [50] Secrets in Shadows
4.  [50] Bursting the Bubble
5.  [50] A Message from Above
6.  [50] Only Shadows Remain (unlocks week two dailies)
7.  [50] With Hope in Hand

Week one dailies:

•  [50 Daily] Strange Scourgestones and two of:
  •  [50 Daily] Combat Nullifier 07-X
  •  [50 Daily] Cultist Captors
  •  [50 Daily] Delaying Their Efforts
  •  [50 Daily] Evacuation Effort
  •  [50 Daily] Fungal Feeding
  •  [50 Daily] The Deathspeaker's Devout
  •  [50 Daily] Too Many Whelps
  •  [50 Daily] WARNING: This is Only a Test!

Completing Strange Scourgestones unlocks:

•  [50] Darkened Scourgestones (repeatable)
•  [50] Pitch Black Scourgestones (repeatable)

Week two dailies, two of:

•  [50 Daily] Careful Creations
•  [50 Daily] Cleaning Out the Vault
•  [50 Daily] Defending the Rampart
•  [50 Daily] Frontline Resupply
•  [50 Daily] Frozen Solid
•  [50 Daily] Research Ruination
•  [50 Daily] Scourge War Machines
•  [50 Daily] What's Old is New
•  [50 Daily] Werk In Progress

PTR version

The subject of this section did not make it out of the PTR stages.

Description

<The presence of this strange, shadowy figure causes great uncertainty.

Before exiting the chamber, you ponder the ramifications of what you've just witnessed.

You remember seeing the bubbling cauldrons being tended to with delicate handling.

Now may be an opportune time to send a message by slowing the spread of blight.

The unattended canisters may do well to aid in sabotaging the experiments within the chamber.>

Description

That was quite a message.

Your discovery suggests the surge in activity may be related to this... this being.

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Added.

  Activated 2020-11-16.
  

External links

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