- "Gas Cloud" redirects here. For the ooze mob in Icecrown Citadel, see Gas Cloud (mob).
A gas cloud is a small pocket of floating gas that forms in certain regions; its type of gas depends on its current location. They can be seen by anyone, and anyone with a 
[Zapthrottle Mote Extractor] in their bags can track them on the minimap, but only engineers using the [Zapthrottle Mote Extractor] can acquire the gas within. Unlike other resource nodes, gas clouds are mobile. Sometimes a cloud will be in an inaccessible location, in which case players need to wait for it to move into range before harvesting it.
Types[]
When first introduced in The Burning Crusade, each type of cloud produced one type of mote and was only found in one area. These are:
- Arcane Vortexes in Netherstorm for
[Mote of Mana] - Felmist in Shadowmoon Valley for
[Mote of Shadow] - Swamp Gas in Zangarmarsh and The Steamvault for
[Mote of Water] - Windy Clouds in Nagrand for [Mote of Air]
In Wrath of the Lich King, the clouds appear throughout most of Northrend and usually contain two types of crystallized ingredients. These are:
- Arctic Clouds in Howling Fjord, Dragonblight, Storm Peaks, and Icecrown produce [Crystallized Air] and [Crystallized Water].
- Cinder Clouds in the Savage Thicket in Sholazar Basin, Cauldron of Flames in Wintergrasp, and Obsidian Dragonshrine in Dragonblight produce [Crystallized Fire].
- Steam Clouds in Sholazar Basin and around the Geyser Fields and Scalding Pools in Borean Tundra produce [Crystallized Fire] and [Crystallized Water].
Patch changes[]
- Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): [Mote Extractor] now has innate tracking for gas clouds while it is in your inventory. Tracking of gas clouds has been removed from goggles.
- Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Windy Clouds in Nagrand now produce [Mote of Air].
- Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Swamp Gas in Zangarmarsh now produce [Mote of Water] instead of [Mote of Life].
