Zombie Invasion  

The Wrath of the Lich King Scourge Invasion has begun, as of October 23rd. Exactly 3 weeks until the release of WotLK.

Table of Contents

• Phases
• Scourge Invasion
• Anti-Undead Armor Sets
• New Argent Dawn Items
• New Boss: Prince Tenris Mirkblood
• Invasion Bosses
• On Becoming a Zombie!
• Notes and Tips
• Links

Phases of Infection - The Beginning

With the onset of

Phase 0 (10/23)

The beginning of the end The Scourge plague is affecting us all, in the form of a zombie plague! Strange, corrupted grain crates have appeared in Booty Bay that are quickly spreading a deadly plague and corrupting Horde and Alliance players. If the plague's corruption is left untreated, we will have a zombie invasion on our hands!

Phase 1 (10/23)

Plagued roaches and more crates It appears that this plague is more out of hand than we thought! The corrupted grain shipments have now made their way into the capital cities and have brought infectious vermin in the form of Plagued Roaches! What's worse is that killing these roaches only spreads the contagion further! Is there no end to this madness?

Phase 2 (10/24)

Plagued residents, shorter infection time and madness! Several Argent Healers were removed, and additional roaches and crates were added. The duration of the infection disease was reduced to 5 minutes! Also, level 10 Plagued Residents can now be found outside capital cities.

Phase 3 (10/25)

Citadels, Scourge Invasion and a new boss in Karazhan The zombie infection now only lingers for 2 minutes before players become zombies, and giant floating citadels (screenshot) have appeared above major cities! They hover ominously in the sky as though they are watching the evil that is unfolding below. Cities are beginning to face attacks from the Scourge warriors as the Scourge Invasion launches in full force!

Phase 4 (10/26)

No escape! The zombie infection now only lingers for 1 minute before players become zombies, which is more dangerous than ever considering that most of the Argent Healers are now gone from major cities.

Scourge Invasion

Quests Low level quests have become available outside of the major cities asking players to investigate Dim Necrotic Circles that have spawned outside the cities (screenshot), and to defeat the Scourge and return with 3 Necrotic Stone.

Argent Scouts have spawned at an Argent Dawn camp in the main cities and give a new quest, Light's Hope Chapel. The quest asks plays to deliver the to Arms Announcement to the Keeper of the Rolls at Light's Hope Chapel, in Eastern Plaguelands.

Two classic Scourge Invasion quests have become available from Commander Thomas Helleran: Shadows of Doom which asks players to kill an elite Shadow of Doom, and Under the Shadows, which asks players to collect 10 Runes and return to him. These quests each award your choice of either 5 Wizard Oil or 5 Sharpening Stones.

Scourge Attacks

Throughout select zones in Azeroth (Azshara, Burning Steppes, Eastern Plaguelands, Tanaris, and Winterspring), Necrotic Shards will occasionally spawn, surrounded by level 69-70 Skeletal Shocktroopers, Ghoul Berserkers and other undead mobs. The Scourge commonly drop Runes, which are used as a currency to purchase items from the Argent Quartermaster.

You can tell which zone is under attack by the Scourge by checking your world map and looking for a purple skull icon in a zone or by speaking to an Argent Messenger in any major city and inquiring about locations (its much quicker just to look at your map). Areas that are under attack will have floating citadels empowering Necrotic Shards. The shards can be damaged by killing the Scourge hanging around them, and when the shard is extremely weakened, four Cultist Engineers will spawn and begin channelling the damaged shard. Speaking to these will give an option to spawn a Shadow of Doom at the cost of 8 Runes. Each Shadow of Doom will drop 30 Runes as a stack that can only be looted by one person. When all four Shadows have been defeated, the crystal can be destroyed and Scourge will no longer spawn at that location until next attack.

Occasionally, Alliance or Horde major cities may become under attack directly from the Scourge! Undead mobs will invade the city and attack anything in their path. Faint Necrotic Crystal will spawn around the city, with a small legion of Scourge warriors which must be defeated. Once this is done, the Faint Necrotic Crystal will give you a quest, Faint Necrotic Crystal.

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