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Level: 54 Requires level: 50 Side: Both Start: Alchemist Pestlezugg End: Alchemist Pestlezugg
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Pawn Captures Queen

Defeat the Gorishi Hive Queen once she is summoned.

Bring the Gorishi Queen's Brain to Alchemist Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan.

	Gorishi Queen Brain

Provided Item:

	Gorishi Queen Lure

Description

Here's the lure. Inside the hive network should be a crystal of some sort. We think the silithid use the crystal as some sort of hive-wide attunement device. As for where this crystal might be, I'd say try the hatcheries inside the hive.

Using the lure on the crystal should roust out the queen, but be warned - she will probably be protected by several guards. Take out the queen and remove her brain. As icky as that sounds, we desperately need to study it. Good luck, <name>!

Progress

Acquiring the queen's brain for our research is absolutely imperative. From what we have learned, we believe that these silithid are quite possibly being controlled by a malign intelligence. I shudder to think what could control something as insidious as the silithid, <name>.

Completion

Fantastic, <name>! We've won quite the victory here today. It will take some time for us to fully understand what we have here; we'll put it to good use though, don't you worry about that.

As for the silithid, I genuinely doubt that this was the full extent of their presence. This is much too clean of a resolution, I'm sorry to say.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:

545 experience (32 70 at max. level)

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Rating: +138 [-] [+]

By sturn on 09/30/2007 (Patch 2.2.0)

The hive is located in the south central region of Un'Goro. There's only one entrance, which is clearly visible on the map. When you enter the cave, just keep right, with the exception of a few little niches that are obviously not the correct route. You'll wind up at a small room that contains the crystal mentioned in the quest text.

When you use the lure, you'll face three waves of enemies: 2 guards, then 3 guards, then 2 guards and queen. If you lure them out into the hallway, you can rest between waves. Good luck!

By the way, the Alien Ecology quest (https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3883 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3883) can be completed in the same room.

Rating: +54 [-] [+]

By tholex on 02/01/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)

You must complete Bungle in the Jungle (https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=4496 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=4496) to get this quest.

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By moonasha on 03/17/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

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By Davir on 03/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Rating: +10 [-] [+]

By koperr on 04/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

I made it as 54 retribution pala. Just run into hallway and resting between waves. When there was time for a queen, mobs respawned, when i tryed to pull only one then queen with guards and all mobs there came to me. I focus just on queen, had to use Lay of Hands and Divine Shield + healing, but i made it, i killed queen, rest of mobs killed me. Then just ran there as a ghost and picked up her brain. Hard quest even when is green i guess.

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By Eversion on 04/29/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Rating: +34 [-] [+]

By Nystia on 05/29/2007 (Patch 2.1.0)

It's worth pointing out that if you take your time luring them out into the hall, the queen can despawn, and you don't get the lure back. Make sure you don't take too long to get to the queen once she appears.

Rating: +28 [-] [+]

By mekrith on 10/21/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)

If you die, you may not have lost. The Queen will stay active for awhile (if you got to the third wave); I ran back and nuked her down and then died again to her guards, as a mage.

Rating: +66 [-] [+]

By zolty on 11/18/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

FYI, this quest is both a reference to the game of Chess and the book / movie Starship Troopers. In which a low level soldier captures a large brain bug.

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Ajaria on 10/11/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)

Tried as 57 shadow priest with around 120 + spell damage - my gear doesn't pack a lot of stamina though, heavy on intellect though, but middle of 2nd wave I was starting to run low on health and had to pop out of shadow form to heal, they blasted my shield to oblivions and I didn't get a chance to heal myself... 57 shadow priest = failed...

Rating: +10 [-] [+]

By platin on 12/29/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

Be careful if you cannot cure disease, because you can get a nasty debuff that increases physical damage you take by even 40% for 30 minutes (https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=8137 Silithid Pox).
Also try not to loot the creatures that you kill when cleaning the room and the tunnel. It makes it longer for them to respawn and you really don't like any adds when fighting the queen.

Rating: +12 [-] [+]

By Marcford89 on 04/30/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)

This quest was NOT changed in 2.3.0. Edit: As in, It is the same difficulty as it was before. I.e. same amount of mobs and what not. Changed in the fact that there is greater Exp though.

Rating: +10 [-] [+]

By Kliskey on 10/31/2008 (Patch 3.0.2)

Post 2.3 - quest merits 7900xp

Rating: +18 [-] [+]

By darkkeijp on 01/18/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)

this quest was yellow for me at level 52 (spreist), ridiculous. first the normal waves are too hard to take alone, then the queen herself is 56... no way doable alone

Rating: +16 [-] [+]

By comp21 on 02/02/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

DO NOT LET YOUR ELEMENTAL KILL THE THING!

I made that horrible mistake... let him get the queen while I took the guards... well, if U don't make a single attack on a mob, you can't loot it... lesson learned... again...

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By nfw73 on 03/20/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

Started as a level 53 shadow priest, leveled to 54 just before the wave with the queen, which made it easier as I was getting respawns, I also used mana/health pots in between waves to regen quicker.

On the wave with the queen, I pulled the guard on the right side, curiously, it only pulled the other guard, but the queen didn't come.

Rating: +24 [-] [+]

By mrdummy on 04/17/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)

The best advice to win the game:
- when the first 2 mobs comes after place lure near crystal, run now to the hallway!
- kill them
- next 3 mobs spawns not in the hallway, but in the room. You can recover now, because they stay in the room.
- pull 1 on 1 if possible to hallway
- kill them
- recover in hallway, the queen is now visible.
- pull 1 mob now fartest from queen, another can come automatic, but queen stays near crystal. Don't try pull queen first, mobs can come to you.
because high respawn rate of normal mobs, staying in hallway is very good idea (1 mob showed up already when 2nd wave just started...)
- now you can kill another mobs first when respawned
- kill queen without much problem

It may be group rated quest, but the best trick is to leave the room and stay in the hallway, pull them in hallway, and everyone around level 55 can do it solo.
Doing it with l56 shaman, thanks to disease and poison removing totems. And another totems are helpfull too. :)
Put totems before lure in the hallway!

And the room you need is most right, in the north, with many bright bubbles. The crystal is a bit behind the room, at left.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By timlamirada on 02/04/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

The Blizzard quest designers are nuts if they think a 54 could do this alone. At the very least, you would need one extra person to heal. At that, it would still be almost impossible. The mobs respawn so fast, you end up with 5 mobs pounding you into oblivion. If you are anything under lvl 57 or 58, dont go without help.

Rating: +8 [-] [+]

By intuit on 06/17/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)

I just have to say I've solo'd every quest on my rogue alt all the way up to lv 58 so far, even if the quest was red. I've killed elites several levels above me lots of times. I keep my gear incredibly up to date and I have some of the best stuff available. I went in to do this quest at lv 58 thinking it would be a breeze since it was green. I DID manage to solo one-shot it but I was amazed at how much harder this quest was than all previous ones, even ones 5 levels above me (and this was 4 below me). I had to use all my cooldowns and a health pot (I did NOT think to use the hallway in between waves...I just fought like mad till it was over). Pretty tough quest, plan your strategy (use the hallway strat, lol).

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By hwhhg on 06/28/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)

leads to https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=4509 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=4509 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=4509

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By Mordain on 08/17/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)

Soloed this as a 51 BM Hunter without dying (barely). Pulled back into the hallway and the waves didn't aggro when they spawned, so I healed up between each pull. I kept one of the guards trapped almost constantly, used Beastial Wrath twice, a Major Healing Potion, and Gift of the Naaru (on my pet). Two respawns in the tunnel didn't help, either.

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By kabwarlock on 08/21/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)

Mages: Ice Block removes the 44% physical damage taken disease from you. I used mine after the second wave and had an easy time with this quest.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Masrivar on 08/29/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)

just solo'd as a 52 demo lock. could've kill the entire 3rd wave but decided not to as my felguard ended up getting the 30 min debuff so i just let him die and SS myself. very easy quest if u go into the hallway before u kill the last mob of each wave as it gives u a bit of time to drink and eat before u start with the next wave.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By IsWindy on 09/08/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)

Saw several comments by high lvl shadow priests that said they failed to solo this so i thought i'd point out what i did as a lvl 57 shadow priest with 5/5 spirit tap talent without using the hallway strategy:

Shielded myself and waited a few secs before beggining the quest ( the key to the fight is stalling for time so you can always use pw:shield without losing too much health between weakened soul debuffs).

Tabbed through the bugs and cast DoTs on all of them, then proceeded to nuke one at a time. When shield broke i used psychic scream and recast the shield.. Took advantage of as many seconds of spirit tap as i could between killing the bugs(as recasting your DoTs on each bug is a mana burner). Used vampiric embrace to recover some lost health and during last wave i had to renew + flash heal after i feared them ( don't recomend trying to cast non instant heals deshielded with the bugs hitting you unless you have the talent in holy tree that reduces chances of spell pushback).

I think that if you stay on the right side of the room before the 3rd wave ( from entering perspective) , then the queen will not aggro with the guards, however i took her anyway as a challenge :)

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By fjellebasse on 10/25/2008 (Patch 3.0.2)

Succeeded this without problems as lvl 56 warlock with felguard...

No special tactic. Just DoT's and drain life, healthstone, major healing potion, repeat DoTs and drain life...even though it did do much damage, i did not die...my felguard was close though...

But i wouldn't recommend soloing this under lvl 54.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Tacgnolol on 10/27/2008 (Patch 3.0.2)

Solo'd with ease as a level 56 frost mage.

I was frost aoe specced, so I pulled everything, FN and blizzard'd them down.

During the last wave I popped icy veins ao I could evocate without getting interrupted, popped the water ele, froze them and used blizzard.

Not as difficult as everyone else seemed to think imo.

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Cryminel on 12/29/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)

As a rogue this is as hard as the quest name suggests: killing the Queen with a pawn in a chess game...

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Deathcow on 08/31/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

i died at the last weave.. when i came back i found like 5 mobs or 6 near her when i killed them all she despawn -.-.

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By caladon on 01/22/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)

solo'd as a 52 retri pala.was hard.used all cds.

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By firren on 01/30/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)

Found this quest relative easy as a 53 Frost mage. Just grab the mobs and go back to the hallway and AoE them down with help of Frost pet..

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Derdrix on 02/20/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)

Did this one with my 54 Warlock.
When I used the lure guards started showing up in couples. I wasn't fast enough to fight 'em off so eventualy i was fighting the queen and 3 guards. When I got the queen's health to 50% Felguard died, so I used Howl of Terror and used Fel Domination to quickly summon my Voidwalker. Then I just used VW's Sufering to get the guards to attack him and finished off the queen. Quickly looted the brain, Sacrifised the Voidwalker and ran out of the Hive. On my way out I killed a Blood Elf too. :)

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By cifelli on 06/02/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

Soloed as a lvl 51 MM hunter. It wasn't THAT hard. It wasn't easy either. I got the brain on my first time but died trying to escape afterwords lol. The queen is lvl 56 and spawns with two lvl 54 guards on the third wave.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Gravelord on 03/27/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)

Soloable as 55 Arcane Mage.

I killed first wave inside the room, and when the second wave came I killed them all 3 together at hallway and rested.,

Then I killed the two hive guards together and then killed queen. It was hard at second wave but rest was okay.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Mecantar on 05/21/2009 (Patch 3.1.2)

Solo'd this as a level 51 Night Elf hunter.

Down first wave of 2 guards, then second wave of 3 guards.

Wait for third wave to come, let pet die. Feign death at the entrance of the little room.

Revive pet, eat up, focus fire on the queen, loot the brain, and gtfo.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Nightvine on 06/22/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

Not sure if the quest has been gimped recently but soloed with a 53 Feral Druid. I didnt read up beforehand and didnt realize what i was up against. I just popped into Bear and kept swingin with swipe and glyphed maul. i used my barksin when it wasnt on cooldown to cast heals. I also used Herbalism's Lifeblood as often as it allowed. Truly wasnt so bad but could be due to the class. My advice is keep those heals up and pulling them as mentioned are probably the best tactics for this fight. It was funny but after i left i was killed by a 53 elite dinosaur.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Pyhimys on 08/06/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

This is doable as a 52 https://vanillawowdb.com/?talent#fGtcoxMsiroMzZZ0b muti specced rogue.

I didn't have great problems with the first waves before the queen but had to use many of my cds to stay alive (evasion, blind, cold blood). If you pull the mobs towards the entrance to the chamber you can have a rest between each wave as you won't be forced into combat. I took this time to bandage and eat to full.

As the queen spawned I stealthed in, distracted her and killed her (CS, muti, KS, muti muti, evisc, muti) as fast as possible while being pummeled by her adds. Finally as she was dead I vanished with around 30% hp left just to find out that her the guards couldn't care less about my last move and they kept hitting me through stealth. I died.

Ran back to the hive as a spirit and the guards were still there as was the corpse of the queen. Ressed to just try and loot the corpse, but my char got stuck in the looting (/kneel) position and I wouldn't get the loot table to show. Died again without getting the quest item. Ran back and just to raise my f***-level a bit more I noticed that her corpse had disappered. Abandoned the quest there.

Sorry about all that nonsense in the end but my point is that a rogue can take the quest if everything goes well.
Anyway, good luck!

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Sabin on 10/06/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

Alright, I just solo'd as a 50 Ret Pally. I didn't have any trouble at all with it, other than running low on mana, but judgement of the wise talent kept it up enough to finish fight. I just cleared room, killed both 54's, then the 3 54's and then whenever the 54's spawned with the queen, she didn't aggro me, and i just killed the 54's slowly so my mana would regen with the talent. 56 queen was a bit tough because of her crushing blow'ing me. Other than that, no deaths. Used Lay of hands once, but could have bubbled and healed if i needed too sometime. Maybe its like my friend says, and ret pallys are op lol.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Cythereal on 11/08/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

Beware-a 54 non-elite rare spawn, Clutchmother Zavas, hangs out here. In my case, she spawned *during* the event and wiped me out. >_>

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By Conal on 03/30/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)

As a 55 enchancement shaman, soloing this one isn't too much of a problem, provided you heal yourself quickly and often.

I used the following totems: Stoneclaw Totem (the less mobs beating on me the better), Searing Totem (nothing like additional fire damage), Cleansing Totem (nothing like a portable medic) and Windfury Totem (with all the melee action you'll see on this quest, the haste boost is almost a neccessity).

It's important to note that spamming Fire Nova is a must while making sure to drop a second Seating Totem (you will need to due to the length of the fight). You will also more than likely need to drop at least one more additional Stoneclaw Totem.

This is certainly doable for a 55 enchancement shaman with mostly greens and a few blues, so don't let the previous comments dissaude you from the quest.

Shamans FTW ya'll.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Adnauseam on 09/25/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)

For those of you noting that the quest has a rather interesting name, not only is it a chess reference but it is also making subtle fun of your character, inferring that you are just a pawn. =) It got a chuckle out of me at least!

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