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Stranglethorn Fever

Seek out Witch Doctor Unbagwa and have him summon Mokk the Savage. Bring the Heart of Mokk to Fin Fizracket.
Heart of Mokk

Description

Sick...so...very s-s-sick....

...have contracted Stranglethorn Fever...deadly v-v-virus...

...only cure...is...is...to eat the heart of M-m-m-m-mokk the Savage...elusive white beast...

...Witch doctor Unbagwa...only one who can s-s-summon....

...seek Unbagwa in hidden cave on southern cape...

...hurry...dying...dying....

Reward

You will receive:
Medicine Blanket

Progress

....mother?

...so cold...

...heading into the Twisting Nether...h-h-h-hold me mother....

Completion

...feel strength returning....

Where might be? Booty Bay? Oh my! I had the strangest dream...

...the weakness has not completely left me....

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:

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By tykomyk on 09/22/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
You need to visit Witch Doctor Unbagwa (https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=1449 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=1449). He is in the cave just north of Booty Bay. You need to turn in 10 Gorilla Fangs to him and he will begin the summon. Waves of Enraged Silverback Gorillas appear and you need to protect him. The 1st wave is 3 gorillas, the second wave is 5 or 6. (I believe there are 4 waves, as of this posting, I have not yet completed it.)
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By dreampod on 09/11/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
You only need to kill and loot Mokk to complete the quest, so make sure to focus your fire on him for the final wave since you can still complete the quest if you die after killing him.

Between waves you have a couple seconds in which you can eat and drink. If you have a pet or ally, you can send him out to attack to give you a bit of extra time as all the gorillas will turn to attack them.
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By Molgard on 01/29/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
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By Battosai on 01/30/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
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By whopper on 02/27/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
just so you know if you are 2 or more doing this quest. You do NOT need 1 fang each. It is enough that one person in the group hand in 1 fang. Then the quest begins.
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By tkawrath on 03/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
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By Chino on 03/27/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
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By Smorges on 04/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By seraph1337 on 10/04/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)
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By thontor on 05/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By Zeshar on 05/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
Something that I didn't notice mentioned:

If you fail this quest by letting Unbagwa die before getting to Mokk, you will have to recollect 10* gorilla fangs.

*Edit: As mentioned, since patch 2.3 you only need one gorilla fang to engage the quest even if you fail.
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By agamemnoch666 on 06/16/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)
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By chunkynick on 06/23/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)
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By trozemans on 02/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
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By Fatality on 12/06/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By Infernus on 07/14/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Vortix on 02/07/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
Two points I believe need highlighting:

1) The witchdoctor can die -- although the quest asks for you to protect him, as long as you kill Mokk and loot the heart you have successfully completed the quest

and

2) Let the witchdoctor help you -- by meleeing gorillas and grabbing aggro. It seems many people just barely miss completing the quest and the help the witchdoctor can add for each wave can easily be the difference between success and failure. Especially between waves when you are eating/drinking or bandaging and a couple of seconds makes all the difference -- step behind him and let him aggro the wave so you can top off. Don't make the mistake of leaving the cave and not having him help out.
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By IceWeasy on 02/07/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
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By ohboi on 11/19/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
as of patch 2.3, it only takes 1 fang, and each ""wave"" of gorillas is actually one gorilla.

so you turn in 1 fang to the witch doctor, fight one gorilla, another comes out and you fight that, and then the last is mokk. very easy to solo now.
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By Jubjub on 02/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
This quest is very very easy. From booty bay run up to about 31,68 when you find Mistvale Gorilla's. Clear a path through them up to 35,61 (By then you should have obtained a Gorilla Fang) then talk to Witch Doctor Unbagwa. He won't have a yellow ? above his head for some reason, but is easy to find inside his cave. Once you speak to him, you will have a gap of about 10 seconds then a Enraged Silverback Gorilla (Level 43) will attack you. After him, another gap till Konda comes, another Level 43 Gorilla. Then you will have another gap till Mokk the Savage comes up (Level 44). Kill him and loot the Heart of Mokk. Return to Booty Bay and job done.
Bearing in mind i was level 47 at the time, might be a bit harder for you. I didn't even have to heal/drink/eat throughout the quest.

[Edit]: If Witch Doctor Unbagwa or you die before Mokk is dead, you will have to re-collect the Gorilla fang and start over.
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By Thalassicus on 12/14/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
Very easy to stop by and do while collecting the mistvale giblets for ""Scaring Shaky"".
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By Jorlan on 12/16/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
Now worth 8300 xp post-2.3.

To be honest, I think they went a little overboard with the nerf bat on this one. It was more like a nerf jackhammer ..... -.-
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By Chaos134 on 08/02/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
8300 experience, well worth the 2 minutes or less killing Elder Mistvale Gorilla's north east of Stranglethorn Vale.
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By Kelannice on 04/26/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
The witch doctor is located in a cave at 35,60. THe cave is surrounded by huge mountains so its hard to find, but theres a road leading to it at 34,64.
Come with a Gorilla Fang!

After you hand in the quest you have to defend him against a level 42, 43 then a level 44 mob coming one at a time. Loot the last mob and you get the heart

Good Luck!
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By Aeetes on 09/04/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
Great for farming Heavy Leather, Thick Leather, Heavy Hide and Thick Hide, and without the trash or running around.

Do not turn the quest in and you can continue to summon the three gorillas over and over again.
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By evolution118 on 05/14/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
Just as Aeetes says, it's great for farming thick and heavy leather. The mobs come to you and you don't get adds. Plus the witch doc helps you beat on them. :D

Thick leather goes for 13g a stack on my server so it well worth it.
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By Smilodon on 09/21/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
I don't know about you, but if some dying guy with a jungle virus told me the only cure was to feed him the heart of some beast that lives in a cave... I'd put 50 cents in his cup and keep walking.
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By dt75006 on 10/11/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
The cave you are looking for is called the Spirit Den. On your map, follow the road out of Booty Bay and look for a cave-like symbol just east of the road. Go through the hills where the gorillas are, make sure to get a Fang off of one of them as you will need it. There will be a path leading up to the cave. Give the witch doctor the fang and he will summon the first gorilla. I don't know if this is normal or if my internet was lagging but it seemed like he summoned for a good 25-30 seconds before anything happened. One gorilla will come, kill him, then a second, kill him, then a third and he will drop the heart you need. Return to Booty Bay to turn in the quest. Easy fight, easy quest. Remember, these are gorillas so they don't cast or have any special abilities, just straight melee and the witchdoctor will help you kill them as well.
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By eskimobob117 on 03/31/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
Apparently, the only cure for Stranglethorn Fever is to eat the heart of Mokk the Savage. My question is how did he know this, and what are other people supposed to do if they get it? Mokk only has one heart...
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By marclabarre on 05/31/2009 (Patch 3.1.2)
eskimobob has an awesome point, i meen some of these quests don't make any sense what so ever.
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By Alensia on 03/04/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
Incredibly long wait times between waves, especially the first. Just wait, it isn't bugged.
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By YamatoNoHakuryuu on 07/26/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
It so easy it makes me cry, i really do like appreciate how easy it is to do withouth mindless waste of time and grinding but i truly miss the old gauntlet. It reminded me so much of ZF :(. Nerf to 1 fang and 3 wave of 1 gorrila each
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By kasuturo on 10/13/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Got the Gorilla Fang in my third kill.

Easy quest for a hunter. The Witch Doctor will not summon the gorillas directly into the cave, but they run from the jungle to the cave instead. You can send your pet earlier to hit anyone of them while you're drinking water if you're low on mana. None of the gorillas are elite, so this is a real candy. The time between gorillas is around 5 to 10 seconds.

Oh, and don't forget to farm your leathers from the gorillas if you have skinning!
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By Urslayer on 10/24/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Note for hunters. Mokk the Savage IS NOT tamable. Don't waste your time finding this out like I did. (he does look pretty sweet though...)
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By talgador on 10/27/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Did this as a level 45 rogue. Exceedingly easy. When I got there, though, he had already summoned, and was fighting off Konda, so I had to go through 1 1/2 times. Still, a good 6000 hp, with turn in. Oh, and bring the fang with you, if you haven't realized that yet. I got it on my first mob, so it was super, super easy.
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By Omegabeast on 03/25/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I encountered a glitch or a change with this quest today. I was doing it as my level 45 NE druid and gave Unbagwa the one gorilla fang required for him to summon the three waves. However, after Kondo was killed in the second wave, Unbagwa stopped the summoning and I received a message stating the quest was completed, despite Mokk never appearing (and I had waited over a minute to be sure). I ran out of the cave to make sure no one else killed him, and there was no corpse. So I ran back into the cave, gave Unbagwa another gorilla fang to restart the quest, and Mokk was the FIRST gorilla to attack upon Unbagwa's summoning process.

So if anyone encounters a similar problem as I did, just try giving Unbagwa another gorilla fang.
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By blackthorn0069 on 01/23/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
This quest is still active as of today.... idk why it says ""This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed."" above.
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By ParkourLover on 03/14/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
I`m with 3.3.5 The Wrath of the LichKing - and I can`t find that gorilla fang .. any suggestions ?
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By irelandswind on 09/05/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
I'm agreeing with ParkourLover, here, people. I've been running all over Stranglethorn looking for this guy, and nothing there! There's no gorillas, no witch doctor, no stupid heart to pull out of anyone's stupid chest. Can someone please answer? I've been reading up for hours. Blizzard says obsolete...but I need this quest to continue to the next, and so on and so forth. Help!
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By Azairieldakz on 01/05/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
""This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.""?

Friday, June 1st, 2012.
Quest obtained and completed.

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