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Level: 52
Requires level: 50
Side: Both
Start: Archmage Xylem
End: Archmage Xylem

Series

1.	A Simple Request
2.	Sealed Azure Bag
3.	Encoded Fragments
4.	The Azure Key

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Encoded Fragments

Bring 10 Encoded Fragments to Archmage Xylem in Azshara.

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10	Encoded Fragment (10)

Description

Lord Ravenholdt has asked a favor of us both. He wishes to remove the enchantment from this bag.

Unfortunately, some of my books on the subject of dispelling were taken recently, only to be destroyed by savages. The remains of my books are still valuable to me.

If you can bring me enough of the encoded fragments, I can piece them back together. Your best chance is to kill the beasts of Azshara, since they have a tendency to pick up just about anything.

Reward

Also, you get: 75

Progress

Have you found enough fragments to continue my work?

Completion

It looks like you picked up some of the better fragments. Perhaps you aren't worthless after all.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:

510 experience (30 60 at max. level)
250 Reputation with Ravenholdt

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Rating: +46 [-] [+]

By shind on 11/21/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

Pick pocket first. Then kill em.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By ekornmeyer on 08/11/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

These took a really long time for me. This was back when my Rogue was level 55, a few months ago. There were other Rogues in the area farming these oozes, and the respawn rate isn't fast at all. But it was worth it! I grabbed the Ebon Mask as my reward, and it lasted a good bit!

I do recommend any non-raiding rogue or pre-60 Rogue to take this quest on.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By SeriusJones on 12/11/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Kill everything around the Ooze spawn because they share the spawn rate with the other beasts around. They are pickpocketable ;)

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By kreghx on 12/12/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Finished as a L50 NE R. Found one ooze with a fragment far North of the 65,25 - 77,27 ""good spawn"" coordinates...near the shore to the North.

Returned to the ""good spawn"" coordinates and killed enough oozes to get 8 more fragments. Then the spawn rate seemed to really slow down, and when the oozes did respawn, the didn't drop fragments. Very frustrating. Ended up killing everything in sight (challenging at L50 because of the flight patrol patterns of the NPCs)...and that didn't seem to help either.

1.5 hours after getting the 9th fragment...I finally got the 10th one...at 1 o'clock in the morning. I wasn't quitting until I got it.

Wheew!

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By dobe13 on 12/14/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Definitely a low drop rate from just killing, and even from pick pocketing, had to kill/PP around 20 to get all 10.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Nines on 12/23/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Make sure you attempt to pickpocket the oozes before you attack them, it will cut down your grinding time considerably.

The chimeras in the immediate area share the spawns with the forest oozes, so if you can't see any forest oozes, start clearing those chimera.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Rizon on 01/12/2007 (Patch 2.0.4)

This was more time consuming than hard for me, at lvl 51 I had to stealth around 74, 28 (Just above the cliffs) dodging alot of lvl 53+ beasts filtering out these oozes.
I found that if I broke stealth I was generally dead, so I pickpocketed all the oozes I came across and was supprised at how quickly I found 10 fragments.
They carry them in lots of 1, 2 and 3.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Maxtro on 03/23/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Really annoying quest.
When you first get there odds are there won't be any Forest Ooze's, so you have to go and kill Mistwing Ravager's which are somehow connected to the Forest Ooze spawn. Both are 52-53.

Once you see a Forest Ooze, pickpocket it first then attack. Shortly after your opening move it will try to cast a debuff that will slow your movement and attack speed for 2 min. It's easy to tell when it's casting if you have cast bars turned on or you hear the casting sound and or you see the spell effect. Immediately try to Kick or Kidney Shot the Ooze. The spell seems to have a 10 second or so cooldown.

Carefully pick where you plan on fighting and expect to spend close to an hour on this quest.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Darkmouth on 03/24/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Really Annyoing!
The ozoo's dont respawn! its driving me crazy!
i have been patroling the ozoo area for 2 hours and still no ozoo's...

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Ynde on 03/30/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

I noticed that the Ooze's and the Hypogriphs in the area share the same spawn points.
Might be worth it to kill the hippo's when you're waiting anyway, it repopped Ooze's for me ;)

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By katn on 08/03/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

old method but still very useful
set a macro /target Forest Ooze
bind the macro to a hotkey

get on mount , then running around and spam the hotkey
u will get one every 20 sec

stealth , kill and loot

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Kurogane on 04/12/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

What I did as a lvl 50 BE rogue was to first pickpocket the Ooze's and then attack them. I got from one Ooze's 4 fragments after pickpoeckting around 5-8 of them I got all the fragments.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Fostex on 04/14/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

THESE OOZES SUCK!
respawn sucked and they were very rare took me and hour+.
i should have tried killing the hippogriphs prolly would hve helped consierably

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Googles on 04/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

I've noticed an improvement in drop rate as of April 19th, 2007. I've gotten about 6 Encoded Fragments in 10 minutes of Pick Pocketing/Killing the Oozes far north east of Azshara.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By DemiMoore on 04/21/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

I went to the cords that were mentioned, and only found about 5 oozes. I pick pocketed them and got 2, and another from one acorss the area. The spawn rate sucks and so daoes the ""drop"" rate.Plus there is the 53Elites running around and other 52+ stuff flying around. I got too 3 tonight and gave up. This quest is so annoying.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

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

I wouldn't get too excited if you get the first 5-6 in a short amount of time. For me, it was the last 3 that took about 30 minutes or so to get. Seemed very random though, about 1 every 10 minutes.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

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

One method you might want to try if your all alone, and you don't have to worry about them being killed is to join a group and use the raid target icons to mark all the oozes you find. Then once your done spotting them go from ooze to ooze pickpocketing them. Once you pickpocket em all wait a couple minutes for their pockets to respawn then do it all over again. Again only do this if you don't have to worry about other people killing your oozes.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Sailormonkey on 04/04/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Make sure to pick pocket before owning the poor oozes, since there's a slight chance to get one, and even two, Encoded Fragments. Also wear gloves so your fingers don't get slimy!

Rating: +14 [-] [+]

By renu172 on 05/23/2007 (Patch 2.1.0)

I was looking for oozes and couldnt find many so i checked out wowhead and said kill the hippographs because they have same respawn. Well i started killing the thunderhead patriarchs and they drop the encoded fragments dont know if it is upgrade with patch but made it easier. coords 70,28 aproximent.

Rating: +26 [-] [+]

By fifth on 05/27/2007 (Patch 2.1.0)

After the last patch the quest was changed from just oozes to any beasts in Azshara. Of course I didnt read the quest description first and headed to the ooze spot, killed a hippo and got a fragment. Quest is much easier now.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By WhiteyFord on 05/27/2007 (Patch 2.1.0)

Grind all beasts North East of Azshara, they drop the fragments at like 1 out of 3. Stay on the upper edge, don't fall into the pit of mobs.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By morteis on 02/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)

hmmk.. and why only oozes? the quest says beasts for azshara.. any beast. I got 8 from spiders getting to those oozes, and actually got the 2 last ones from spiders too

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Tadeus on 05/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Another stupid quest thanks to Blizzard.
Its damn hard to find oozes, and they debuff you with a speed decrease which makes this quest even more retarded

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By torh on 12/05/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

Kill everything... i got drops from Mistwing ravager and Mosshoof Courser so i guess any beast around the area can drop the fragment and they all appeared to be easier prey since they dont have the slow down debuff.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By rakashu on 06/12/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)

Extremely easy quest, completed it in about 5 minutes. I pick pocketed 3 oozes and each gave 2 of the fragments, and one of them dropped a fragment. For the last 3, I just killed the moose around the area, and they dropped them.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By warbunny on 06/13/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)

I dont know why everyone is talking about the ooze's, but the fact is you can kill any beast around Azshara and the droprate is pretty high to boot.
The only reason wowhead and thotbott say the droprate is so low, is due to all the kills of the mobs when a character is not on the quest.

So, to clarify, just pickpocket the ooze's and kill the beasts around them; the quest will take you no time at all!

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By OVVeN on 06/29/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)

Let me tell you guys something.. These items drops from all of the beasts in the area around 75.25.
""Your best chance is to kill the beasts of Azshara, since they have a tendency to pick up just about anything.""
They don't say that for nothing you know :p Slay all the chiemeras and griffins and w/e and you will get it quicker.
Ofc, if you see a forest ooze, pick pocket it and kill it.
I just wanted to tell you that forest oozes are not the only ones to drop these.

EDIT: I'm sorry, I just saw this was posted before lol.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Kurayamino on 06/06/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)

Maybe I was just lucky? Took me 10 minutes! Don't stick to the Ooze, basically clear the area even the Mooshoof drop them!

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By KrigerDunemaul on 07/14/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

I've been killing all the birds and oozes up there and I've been getting alot of fragment drops. Its not just the oozes.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By chaneyman on 07/21/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

guys dont skip this quest
its rather easy i did it at 50 in about 40 mins
pickpocket the oozes and then kill em and if theres no respawns kill the mooses and hippogryph lookin things and they drop the encoded fragments too
very easy quest
:D

Rating: +26 [-] [+]

By butlerman on 06/10/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)

Speaking of killing the thunderhead hippogryphs (which was an excellent suggestion). They dropped the long elegant feathers which was an added unforseen bonus which helped with the following https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=7842 hinterlands quest

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Drakodude on 12/30/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

I recomend you only to kill the Forest Oozes because it has the highest drop rate. I got it done very quickly. The coords for the Forest Oozes are 47,72.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By pr0found on 04/14/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)

It's a pretty crappy drop rate.. for me the Mosshoof's had the best rate.. got 7/10 from them. Also watch out for the 52 Elite Giant walking around. ;] Also, it seems that none of the beasts North of the Haldarr Encampment would drop them at all.. coincidence maybe.. but i had the best luck south of it.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

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

Maybe it's me, but I've probably decimated Azshara's beast population in the past however long I've been doing this, but I've only got ONE fragment >.< Hippos, coursers, spiders, oozes, you name it. I don't recall having this issue on my other rogues.

Of course this is probably just Murphy's Law kicking in, since I was a moron and waited til the last minute to do this chain since I've got someone running me thru ST. I guess that'll learn me! XD

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By homiebrah on 06/06/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)

Worked this quest in conjunction with https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=7842 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=7842 in the 16,33 area. Kinda wandered around killing the Thunderhead hippogryphs and Mosshoof Runners.

Rating: +8 [-] [+]

By Miya on 07/29/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)

There is a good drop rate at (16,62) from the Hippogryphs. You just need to kill them, not pickpocket. You CAN'T pickpocket if its not Humanoid.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By turkesh on 09/18/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)

Yes, before it was patched this was easily the worst quest in the game. Originally the fragments ONLY dropped off of the forest oozes. Given the remoteness of the area, the small number of oozes, crappy drop rate, crappy respawn rate, and their shared spawn point with the chimeras, it used to take some players DAYS to finish this quest. As with most all pre-level 60 quests, this has been vastly simplified. Now you can kill any beasts in Ashara and you are done in ten minutes.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Nereni on 06/09/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)

Cords 29.48 u can get this framents from Hippogryphs and the spiders. I get all fragments here!

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Limoncello on 07/20/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

Even though beasts aren't very numerous in Azshara you CAN farm these at some better places:

There's a fairly larger spawn of misc beasts at around 21, 54
If you wish to spend more time running but less time killing, I suggest going far to the east until you reach ~ 82, 19 where gryphons and chimeras are. These are numerous!

For those who aren't viewing this via LightHeaded, here's a little map: https://vanillawowdb.com/?maps=16:240520230520222524212543211530213557224565235566248559253537248... https://vanillawowdb.com/?maps=16:240520230520222524212543211530213557224565235566248559253537248... https://vanillawowdb.com/?maps=16:240520230520222524212543211530213557224565235566248559253537248...

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Rico77 on 09/24/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)

ya the Hippogryph

have a better drop rate

its kinda like each 2 drops 1

i mean first may not get somethink but the 2th like i have saw

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