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  • Level: 24
  • Requires level: 19
  • Side: Both
  • Start: Sida
  • End: Sida
  • Sharable
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Digging Through the Ooze

One of the oozes at Ironbeard's Tomb has Sida's bag, retrieve it and bring it back to her in Menethil Harbor.
Sida's Bag

Description

On my weekly visit to Ironbeard's Tomb I was attacked by dreadful, dripping oozes! Naturally, I panicked.

I threw my bag at one, but it didn't do anything! The ooze just sucked it right up... Luckily, it did give me enough time to get away.

The bad news is that I really need to get the contents of my bag!

I don't know which ooze I threw my bag at; they all looked the same! Ironbeard's Tomb is northeast of here, near Dun Modr. Thank you so much!

Reward

You will receive:
Ooze-covered Bag
Also, you get: 35

Progress

Did you find my bag?

Completion

Oh, thank you, <name>! I was afraid that it was lost for good!

<She quickly empties the contents of the ooze-covered bag onto the ground, before scooping them up.>

Hm, I don't have much use for this anymore, but wash it off and I'm sure you could make use of it.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 240 experience (14 40 at max. level)
  • 350 Reputation with Ironforge

Related

Rating: +114 [-] [+]
By Gweedo on 09/21/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
I have a funny story to tell about this quest.

On my last server, everybody told me to AVOID this quest because it was such a pain in the neck. And it was. It took me forever to get the stupid bag.

A few months later I migrated to Gnomeregan and ""started over from scratch"". I realized this morning that I hadn't done any of the Wetlands quests, and there was nobody from the guild on so I decided to load up on them and try to burn through them as fast as possible. After visiting the Greenwarden, I was on my way to assassinate some gnolls when I saw a whelp and remembered that a beloved friend of mine in the guild wanted a whelpling pet, so I spent the next four hours farming whelps.

I got the bag OVER THERE. Like in the 60,40 neighbourhood. NOWHERE NEAR where the quest says to get it from. I was farming whelps when one of the larger oozes jumped on me and I killed it outta self defense and the bag dropped. I just about died laughing.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Necroantipathy on 09/29/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)
i usually get the bag within 10 min you just have to kill the higher oozzes in the bottom of the Ironbeard Tomb Tloc 44 25
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By skyoverheaven on 12/16/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
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By TacBoy on 12/30/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
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By ave0000 on 05/01/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By alricharland on 02/17/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
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By WinterDevil on 02/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
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By voidwalker on 06/03/2007 (Patch 2.1.0)
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By Gweedo on 08/05/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
All you ""first kill"" people deserve to be hunted down by a rabid murloc. I know people who have grinded this quest for DAYS.
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By Silvo on 06/16/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)
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By IPlayStarcraft on 06/18/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)
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By Darvo on 02/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
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By Dopeypanther14 on 02/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
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By Kommommer on 09/06/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Snitharn on 07/12/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By dustinmclaughlin on 07/15/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By DarkRouge on 07/15/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Oktex on 07/21/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Catofong on 07/30/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Yadro on 03/07/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
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By Mariachei on 08/30/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Weird I just went to the grave spot it said to go to and on my very first try I got it and some other cool greens that were very usfull for my Shaman.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By pbink on 09/19/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Wow, this quest was not a wild goose chase for me. All I did was make my way to the house that was cited in the coords above and there was a slightly reddish-colored ooze inside the tomb entrance. Dropped the bag, no problem.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Xarlequin on 02/09/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
I remember the first time I did this quest...I must've killed hundres of those slimes before it finally dropped.
This time I was more lucky though, and it dropped after about 5-10 kills.
If you decide to enter the actual tomb - Make sure to clean the closer outside of it first, or you might end up with to many mobs on your back.

BTW, I enjoyed your story Gweedo ;)
Sincerely, Xarleen - Darksorrow.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By kuhpkaek on 10/14/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
I got Sida's bag with the second kill. Which I found amusing, because on an old character, I killed hundreds [or at least what seemed like hundreds] of these mobs, and gave up, because the drop rate was so miserable for me. ..
Rating: +12 [-] [+]
By adashiel on 10/17/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
I think most of the bad feelings about this quest were from earlier in the game's history. On my first couple of characters, this one quest took more time than any of the others in the Wetlands. However, recently, perhaps in the past year, the drop has come very quickly. I did it again last night and it dropped on my third kill. The time before that I believe it was on my tenth. That's certainly a lot better than the hundred or so it took the first couple of times. I've heard similar reports from my guildmates, so I suspect Blizzard tweaked the drop rate at some point.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By TurboX on 01/01/2008 (Patch 2.3.0)
Got mine to the right of the main road, just after the ""pond"" east of Menethil. Rough estimate of coords were 23,47. I was busy killing the raptors there for the extension of the ""Absent Minded Professor"" quest, and noticed there were Black Oozes occasionally as well. I'd say it took 10-15 kills to drop.

So yes, this pretty much confirms that they drop off ANY ooze within the zone, not just the ones at/in the tomb.
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By Myndfire on 10/23/2008 (Patch 3.0.2)
Killed a few Black Ooze's and nothing then killed the Crimson Ooze outside the tomb and got it first time.Crimson one outside the tomb is probably you best option.
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By LuntiX on 11/29/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
The drop rate is random. It took one kill with my Shaman to get it but my warrior took 20-30 or so kills for it to drop.
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By PytriX on 08/11/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
I got it from the Grimson Ooze located at 34,34... The droprate is best on them.. Got it on the first one..
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By gimpyeti on 12/31/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Found her bag around 28,45

black ooz droped it near a few raptors. Made me chuckle to myself.
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By icemountain on 01/22/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
Got drop on 3rd kill at 43. 28
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By cjp240573 on 01/29/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
Remembering this one, its nice and easy. They roam not too far from the path.
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By lemor100 on 03/15/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
Got the bag from about the last ooze alive.Killed 10 or so grey oozes outside then into the tomb and it was on
one of the crimson oozes downstairs who had three mates with him.
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By megarock81 on 04/16/2009 (Patch 3.1.0)
Well in this cave (which is only 3 short stories) I found some real good items like weapons and armor. One blue one green but still good. I went to the bottom of the cave and killed off a lot of them (by the way if you were to shoot the monstrous ones with an arrow the others don't come after him to aid just him that you shot) I finally died while getting chased when i came back alive i found sidas bag in a monster on the outside of the cave near the left side of the cave and killed him and got it. I hope this helped some.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By thejames on 11/05/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
What is not mentioned anywhere is that the bag will drop from oozes only. The zone also has slimes running around that look identical to the oozes. Don't waste your time with the slimes.
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By CyberellaWC on 07/20/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Ok, so I have always had trouble with the whole coordinates thing cause I don't have it. So, all you have to do to find Ironbeard's tomb is go along the path that splits north toward Dun Modr (in far north on map..). A short distance from the split off, you will find oozes, but they are grey in color and sometimes hard to see, they are roaming around near Ironbeard's tomb. If you don't see them, just look to the left a short distance from the split off (like 10 sec or so of running) and you should see a sunken building off in the distance, which looks like the 1st screenshot pic for this quest. I found that I couldn't get the bag off of any of the 3 red oozes I encountered entering and within the tomb, and my armor was getting destroyed. So I looked at some of the comments here, and found that the one about killing black (grey) oozes outside of the tomb on the left side, was very effective when I tried again. By my 3rd or 4th grey ooze kill, I found Sida's Bag. I would suggest trying the red oozes if this method does not work out. I think it skips between the two color ooze types, every time someone obtains the bag from one... Happy Hunting! X)

Another thing: If you are lower than level 30, I would suggest definitely trying the grey oozes outside (mostly on the left, if none, then work your way around close to the tomb first, then slowly outward from the tomb) if you are doing the quest by yourself, solo; but if you are in a group, all around level 20 or higher, just kill however you like and I'm sure you will find Sida's Bag pretty easily.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By ehsparkman on 10/24/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
I only read the first few comments and from people saying hundreds i was about to abandon the quest, but I gave it a shot and what do you know first kill. I scrolled down and noticed the other comments and realized I wasn't as lucky as I thought.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Camofrog on 06/11/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Got it off the 3rd black ooze I killed around Ironbeard's Tomb after killing a bunch of oozes along the southern mountains without any luck.
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By Clovis5119 on 05/25/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
All the coordinates shown on Wowhead's map pretty much show you where you gotta go.. personally I got the drop while killing oozes part of the west bunch, after I'd killed about a dozen or so a little all over the map. Done with a level 20 Mage.

Careful not to waste your time killing slimes.. they look the same but they won't drop the bag.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By dahc on 12/08/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Counts for https://vanillawowdb.com/?achievement=1676 Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms and https://vanillawowdb.com/?achievement=978 3000 Quests

And the drop rate was meh for me. About 5 mins at level 80.

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