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Investigate the Alchemist Shop

Obtain a Cantation of Manifestation and a Chest of Containment Coffers from behind Anastasia Hartwell. Bring 3 Filled Containment Coffers, the Chest of Containment Coffers and the Cantation of Manifestation to Anastasia in the Undercity.
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Filled Containment Coffer (3)
Chest of Containment Coffers
Cantation of Manifestation

Description

Algernon's alchemist shop in the Apothecarium is the locus of a strange disturbance. Invisible creatures, made solely of magic, wander the shop--there must be a reason, and we must find it!

Investigate the disturbance and capture those creatures. Take a chest of coffers and a scroll from behind me. Use the scroll at the shop to make the creatures visible, subdue them with your spells, then throw down a coffer to capture them. Return with the filled coffers, the empty coffers and the cantation.

Progress

Have you investigated the disturbance, <name>? Have you captured the creatures?

Completion

Very good, <name>. The creatures within these containment coffers will be studied by our finest minds, and the reason behind their presence in the Undercity will be determined.

If their appearance is caused by a rift in the natural flow of magic, then we must determine if the rift was random. If it was not random, but instead an attack by some magical force, then we must prepare for future, more serious disturbances.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 115 experience (6 90 at max. level)

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By halldorr on 11/26/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
When you get this quest be sure to grab a chest of containment coffers and a Cantation of Manifestation from right next to the quest giver.

Go to the apothecary district and look for the expert alchemist and alchemy supplier and use the scroll to see the elementals. It can spawn 2-4 of these elementals so try to kite one away but be sure to bring it back to where they spawn in order to contain the stunned elemental.

Fight an elemental until it stops attacking, right click the box to capture it, open the box to collect the coffer.

Died the first time since four spawned on me and I got dazed twice/ if you're doing it slo I suggest kiting the one away.
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By Gladriel on 11/26/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
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By danyjr on 02/11/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
How to solo:

Stay on the steps (top of the steps is fine) and right click on the scroll. One ghost will spawn closer to you than the others. Do your frost nova so you ONLY get one in the trap. Then run, the other 3 will follow you a very short way, then they will disappear.

As soon as they disappear, the 4th one (the one you trapped) will be after you. Kite it back to the store, and kill it there (easiest way is frost nova again inside the area, then blast it). Capture it in the containment coffer (by right clicking on the box in your stash), it will suck the spirit into the coffer, and you right click once more on the coffer on the floor.

Repeat twice more. Pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Just make sure you only trap one.
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By csut03 on 02/17/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
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By fejk on 03/12/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
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By Suyash on 07/03/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)
Very easy when done correctly.
Stand at about 56,68 at the top of the stairs, and use the scroll. 4 elementals will immediately come running towards you, fire blast one and move back across the bridge, by then the others would have gone. Then bring the elemental back to your original location, and use the container when he stops attacking.
Repeat to complete quest :)
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By Vespers on 09/06/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
I found using the scroll to be just about an instant death at level 15/16, since all 3 or 4 elementals attack you at once. The best way to do the quest is to pull only one at a time, which is easy if you DON'T USE THE SCROLL.

Start between the alchemist shop and the bridge/moat. Inch closer to where Algernon (the shopkeeper) is standing, casting Arcane Explosion as you go. Eventually you will catch one of the Rift Spawns in the AOE, it'll aggro. Just do the standard mage thing - Fire Blast, Frost Nova, Ice Bolt, Fireball, Fire Blast again - quite easy when it's alone. Once it's stunned, throw down a coffer and you're 1/3.

Rinse and repeat.

(If you're unlucky and your AOE hits more elementals than you can handle, just drop a Frost Nova and run away. Or proceed to use one of the strategies outlined above.)
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By jakewilloughby on 04/07/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By BloodyMurder on 09/17/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Kattla on 09/18/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Alucardtes on 06/02/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Antrion on 03/15/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By Serrehsieth on 03/25/2008 (Patch 2.4.0)
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By Crittcher on 12/03/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Becuase I was a little lost finding it heres a map: https://vanillawowdb.com/?maps=1497:528739 https://vanillawowdb.com/?maps=1497:528739

do like allknowingpants said and just creep into the room. I only had to deal with two at a time.
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By kokeroulis on 05/14/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By enano94 on 06/17/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Tartan71 on 07/22/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By vintageflow on 03/07/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By canyoneagle on 11/07/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By canyoneagle on 11/07/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By DarkmanClark on 08/14/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Eowyyn on 07/08/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Eowyyn on 07/08/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Grindalwald on 09/08/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By bergengirl20102 on 09/12/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Antrion on 09/18/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Peppermynt on 01/22/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
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By Suneca on 03/13/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
I am trying to do the quest and I simply cant.
When I ""kill"" one, he stays stunned and I use Chest of Containment Coffers but it says that I need ""Mana rift disturbance"", where do I get it?
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By Valinne on 05/28/2009 (Patch 3.1.2)
I didnt understand these ways, so i tried it a different way. I'm a lvl 20 mage, and i finished this pretty easy. Like stated above, i started out by the stairs next to the moat. Then, After clicking the scroll, i inched foward and used arcane explosion. Once i caught 2 or 3, i use frost nova, ran back alittle and used blizzard about 3 times. Then i threw down a chest and ran across the moat (since my health was really low) until i was not targeted anymore (which is just across the moat). When i ran back across the moat, the spirits were gone and there was my filled coffer waiting for me. Then i refilled my health and mana and started it over again. Hope this helps.
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By pennywise33 on 08/23/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
it looks like you're catching a pokemon :D
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By Opakh on 07/09/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
The way the coffer works... Ghostbusters anyone?
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By wolfsmomma9 on 10/14/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Thank you so much Vespers for your comments.. it worked perfectly.. (my armor had started turning colors before I tried your method!)
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By ZPerch on 10/14/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
So as of 3.2 all I had to do was nova them and spam arcane blast. I was at level 15 with leveling gear on. Three spawned and it was a close thing so perhaps with four spawns a healthpot would be necessary. They stuck around long enough while stunned for me to get all three trapped.
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By Slorafossen on 01/10/2009 (Patch 3.0.3)
I didn't find this quest until I was lvl 27. I guess I was lucky.
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By DapperGents on 02/01/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Just tried doing this today and even when I lower the spawns to 3 HP they don't stop attacking. A little frustrating.
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By serow on 03/01/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
GHOSTBUSTERS! :)
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By DynixX on 06/01/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Hard quest, but do-able. First time I tried to do this one, 4 elementals spawned and owned me, which I found very frustrating since I had to run 5 mins to ressurect *sigh* But then I realized that when they spawn they're in 1-2-1 formation and there's one closer to you than others. Cast frost nova, freeze him and start running. 3 remaining elementals will be after you, but they will give up and dissapear after about 2-3 seconds and then the 4th elemental comes and you just spam frostbolt / fireball and get him to 1% use the scroll and voil! Do that three times and you're done. :)
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By wolfmusic on 04/23/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I'm kind of curious as to why they sound like Druids shape-shifting into Aquatic Form when you capture them.
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By eadgbe on 09/29/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
this is one of those quests where its like ""f - it, onto the next quest"". ive read the solutions here, but it is too involved technically and i still cant make it work after a few attempts. maybe if undercity wasnt such a pain to get in and out of i would keep trying. but there are so many other quests at this level offering the same xp reward for one-quarter the effort, so why even bother with this.

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