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# Episode 11: Pesky Portal
## Question of the Week
With Burning Crusade Classic on the horizon: Are you planning on keeping your character on Classic, moving them to a Burning Crusade server, or paying to have them in both spots?
@BriccoStud: I will be sending Bricco and all my toons to TBC, but I'm pondering paying for Bricco to remain in classic also.... I've not seen any raid content in Vanilla as yet.
@CoOptimally: Straight into tbc for me. And even though tbc is probably my favourite xpac...when it's time for wotlk I'll be straight into that as well
@jaredrpg: Going TBC all the way. If I get the itch to play legacy, I can always go back and level another character, but I don't see myself doing that aaaaaaaanytime soon.
@scrubsvs: TBC for all of my toons. If I want to play classic again I will re-roll and start fresh
Mud answer: I don't think I am going to move my Dwarf Rogue over for the time being. But I did already start a Draenai Shaman.
Polly answer: I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with our moving preparations and I'll be heading back to work soon, so I think I'm going to sit on this decision for now.
We will resume episode questions after we get moved which is going to be a few episodes.
# Main
## Zone: Blasted Lands
### Lore Bite:
The Blasted Lands was once a marshland called the Black Morass, which extended all the way north into the Swamp of Sorrows. The area was twisted when the Orcish Horde entered Azeroth through the Dark Portal.
A small Gilnean town named Surwich was added in Cataclysm. It was founded by the followers of Marl Wormthorn who tried to heal the Blasted Lands.
Garrosh used the Dark Portal to bring alternate Draenor Iron Horde to Azeroth turning the Dark Portal from green to red.
If you want to see the older version of the Blasted Lands talk to Zidormi at the entrance to the zone in the North which includes visiting any of the vendors in the zone.
### Achievements:
* [Blasted Lands Quests](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4909/blasted-lands-quests)
* Razelikh
* The Tainted Forest
* Avenging the Rockpool
* [Explore Blasted Lands](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=766/explore-blasted-lands)
```
Dreadmaul Hold /way 43, 13
Garrison Armory /way 55, 13
Nethergarde Keep /way 63, 19
Serpent's Coil /way 63, 32
The Dark Portal /way 59, 56
Altar of Storms /way 39, 32
Dreadmaul Post /way 48, 43
The Tainted Scar /way 42, 59
Rise of the Defiler /way 48, 27
```
### Pets
#### Catchable
* Adder - Found in the northwest near the Altar of Storms
* Fire Beetle - Found all over
* Scorpid - Found all over
* Scorpling - Found in the hills south of the Dark Portal
* Spider - Found near Surwich and in the Tainted Forest
#### Drop
* Bronze Whelpling
#### Rewards
Iron Starlette - A small spikey mechanical wheel. A must have for any pet battler. This should be one of the first you level.
### Noteable Rare Drops
* Flawless Draenethyst Sphere - has a 50% drop from the rares in the zone but it can drop from any mob in Blasted Lands.
* Cow King's Hide - Leather Chest
* Warmonger - 2H Sword - red and deathy
* Cassandrea's Grace - Cloth Helm - Nice simple tiara
* Blade of the Titans - 2h Sword - orange and chonky
* Hanzo Sword - 1h sword
* Mug O' Hurt - 1h mace
* 46 total blue BoE items
* Imperfect Draenethyst Sphere - if you don't get the flawless from a rare you'll get this. There are 51 green quality items to get.
### Extras
You can fish up the 19 pound salmon for the achievement One That Didn't Get Away but sadly it is not transmogable
## Zone: Swamp of Sorrows
### Lore Bite:
The green dragons that served Ysera fill this zone, guarding the The Temple of Atal'Hakkar. The temple was built from a faction of trolls called the Atal'ai.
The orcish settlement of Stonard was the Horde's main outpost during the First War.
### Achievements:
* [Swamp of Sorrows Quests](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4904/swamp-of-sorrows-quests)
* Bogpaddle
* The Bloodmire
* The Shifting Mire
* The Sunken Temple
* [Explore Swamp of Sorrows](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=782/explore-swamp-of-sorrows)
```
/way 18.01 68.86 Purespring Cavern
/way 21.24 51.61 Splinterspear Junction
/way 18.60 37.94 Misty Valley
/way 28.87 34.45 The Harborage
/way 37.50 46.02 The Shifting Mire
/way 46.47 52.96 Stonard
/way 69.00 76.48 Stagalbog
/way 81.44 87.82 Misty Reed Strand
/way 83.80 52.27 Pool of Tears
/way 84.16 39.70 Sorrowmurk
/way 69.19 37.07 Marshtide Watch
/way 71.90 15.52 Bogpaddle
```
### Pets
#### Catchable
* Huge Toad - Near the Harborage
* Parrot - All over
* Swamp Moth - All over
* Strand Crab - Along the coast
* Toad - In the northern half of the zone
* Moccasin - All over near the water areas of the swamp
* Water Snake - All over near the water areas of the swamp
#### Rewards
* Disgusting oozeling - from oozes, slimes, and worms
### Noteable Rare Drops
* Molt Thorn /way 50, 41
* Drops Living Cowl - Cloth Head
## Dungeon: Sunken Temple (Temple of Atal'Hakkar)
Check out Dungeon Fables Episode 18 for more information about the Temple of Atal'Hakkar
### Lore Bite:
The priests of the troll tribe Atal'ai built this temple to bring back the blood loa Hakkar into the world of the living. Ysera learned about the temple and sunk it beneath the marshes. Now the Atal'ai priests sacrifice green dragons in order to bring Hakkar's avatar into Azeroth.
This dungeon has four bosses:
* Avatar of Hakkar - You may remeber we covered Hakkar in our last episode, this is his avatar. Hakkar also appears in De Other Side, Trial of the Champion, and in the BFA dungeon Kings Rest where priests created a golden construct to defend the tomb. But in this dungeon we fight it's avatar which is a spirit that haunts the temple waiting to be reborn. Hakkar demands sacrifices from his followers.
* Jammal'an the Prophet - A dungeon troll who is accompanied by Ogom the Wretched. He is the leader of the Atal'ai priests that fanatically worship Hakkar .
* Wardens of the Dream - These green dragons were tainted by the Emeral Nightmare. They patrol the Sunken Temple. Dreamscythe, Weaver, Hazzas, and Morphaz are children of our last boss.
* Shade of Eranikus - This green dragon was formerly a consort to Ysera. She tasked him to guard the temple in the Swamp of Sorrows; however he went insane inside the temple.
### Achievements
* [Sunken Temple](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=641/sunken-temple#) - Defeat Shade of Eranikus
### Noteable Rare Drops
* Leather working patterns drop from the green dragonkin:
* Green Dragonscale Leggings
* Green Dragonscale Breastplate
# This fortnight in WoW
## Calendar
* Cataclysm Timewalking Dungeon Event 2021/05/25 - 2021/06/01 * As with all Timewalking Events, you have a chance to loot the Reins of the Infinite Timereaver from any boss.
* The dungeons you'll come across during Timewalking are: End Time, Grim Batol, Lost City of the Tol'vir, The Stonecore, The Vortex Pinnacle and Throne of Tides.
* Remember that in The Stonecore there is also a chance at the Vitreous Stone Drake Mount, and in the Vortex Pinnacle there is a chance at the Drake of the North Wind mount.
* PvP Brawl: Gravity Lapse 2021/05/25 - 2021/06/01
* A version of Eye of the Storm that is 15 vs 15. Periodically players are flung up into the air for 3 seconds. Too bad we didn't have this during children's week or they'd have been flung through the cosmos.
* Glowcap Festival 2021/05/27 - 2021/05/28
* Help the sporeggar keep Fshoo alive by collecting different kinds of mushrooms by looting in Zangramarsh.
* For each stack of Fshoo Grow that Fshoo has when it dies, you will get 50 sporeggar reputation. Fshoo Grow maxes out at 255 stacks.
* This is a great time to finish your Sporeggar reputation grind which will help you get the Tiny Sporebat pet, the Sporeggar Tabard, and other faction rewards.
* Torghast: Unbridled Darkness 2021/06/01 - 2021/06/08
* Torghast event where players can choose to run Torghast in the darkness. Best if you have partners to run with.
* Arena Skirmish Bonus Event 2021/06/01 - 2021/06/08
* Unranked pvp arena. You can queue alone or with up to 2 party members.
* Ratings will not be affected by wins or losses.
* If you pick up the quest in Oribos, you can get bonus Conquest and Honor.
* Thousand Boat Bash 2021/06/06 - 2021/06/09
* In Thousand Needles there will be a boat party. There are quests to do repairs.
* Once you complete the all the quests, you can get an item called Small Boat. It grants the player the ability to use a boat on the water's surface. The item isn't consumed but it expires after 7 days.
* If you intend to go, then travel to your capital city portal room. Then go to the caverns of time. Then fly over to Thousand Needles. That's the fastest way to get there.
# Outro
This episode is rather short but unfortunately there wasn't much to cover in the way of achievements and other collectables. Many of the classic zones don't have a bunch of rewards so some episodes will be shorter than others.
## Reviews
If you'd like to leave a review for us that would be super helpful. It makes this podcast easier to find for other listners, especially on iTunes and the Warcraft Radio Podcast Directory.
## Shout outs
Warcraft Radio - @warcraftradio - Warcraftradio.com hosts a bunch of shows like For Azeroth, Girls Gone WoW, Realm Maintenance, You Think You Do But You Don't, But Wait There's Lore, and more. They are also responsible for hosting the Podcast Directory of WoW podcasts and podcasts for other Blizzard titles.
## Contact information
As always please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter @wowgrats, email us [email protected], visit us on our website wowgrats.com, and join us on our discord server; the link is on our website and in the show notes and we look forward to chatting with you there.
Thanks for joining us today and remember to celebrate your achievements no matter how large or small.
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By Justin Palmer# Episode 11: Pesky Portal
## Question of the Week
With Burning Crusade Classic on the horizon: Are you planning on keeping your character on Classic, moving them to a Burning Crusade server, or paying to have them in both spots?
@BriccoStud: I will be sending Bricco and all my toons to TBC, but I'm pondering paying for Bricco to remain in classic also.... I've not seen any raid content in Vanilla as yet.
@CoOptimally: Straight into tbc for me. And even though tbc is probably my favourite xpac...when it's time for wotlk I'll be straight into that as well
@jaredrpg: Going TBC all the way. If I get the itch to play legacy, I can always go back and level another character, but I don't see myself doing that aaaaaaaanytime soon.
@scrubsvs: TBC for all of my toons. If I want to play classic again I will re-roll and start fresh
Mud answer: I don't think I am going to move my Dwarf Rogue over for the time being. But I did already start a Draenai Shaman.
Polly answer: I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with our moving preparations and I'll be heading back to work soon, so I think I'm going to sit on this decision for now.
We will resume episode questions after we get moved which is going to be a few episodes.
# Main
## Zone: Blasted Lands
### Lore Bite:
The Blasted Lands was once a marshland called the Black Morass, which extended all the way north into the Swamp of Sorrows. The area was twisted when the Orcish Horde entered Azeroth through the Dark Portal.
A small Gilnean town named Surwich was added in Cataclysm. It was founded by the followers of Marl Wormthorn who tried to heal the Blasted Lands.
Garrosh used the Dark Portal to bring alternate Draenor Iron Horde to Azeroth turning the Dark Portal from green to red.
If you want to see the older version of the Blasted Lands talk to Zidormi at the entrance to the zone in the North which includes visiting any of the vendors in the zone.
### Achievements:
* [Blasted Lands Quests](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4909/blasted-lands-quests)
* Razelikh
* The Tainted Forest
* Avenging the Rockpool
* [Explore Blasted Lands](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=766/explore-blasted-lands)
```
Dreadmaul Hold /way 43, 13
Garrison Armory /way 55, 13
Nethergarde Keep /way 63, 19
Serpent's Coil /way 63, 32
The Dark Portal /way 59, 56
Altar of Storms /way 39, 32
Dreadmaul Post /way 48, 43
The Tainted Scar /way 42, 59
Rise of the Defiler /way 48, 27
```
### Pets
#### Catchable
* Adder - Found in the northwest near the Altar of Storms
* Fire Beetle - Found all over
* Scorpid - Found all over
* Scorpling - Found in the hills south of the Dark Portal
* Spider - Found near Surwich and in the Tainted Forest
#### Drop
* Bronze Whelpling
#### Rewards
Iron Starlette - A small spikey mechanical wheel. A must have for any pet battler. This should be one of the first you level.
### Noteable Rare Drops
* Flawless Draenethyst Sphere - has a 50% drop from the rares in the zone but it can drop from any mob in Blasted Lands.
* Cow King's Hide - Leather Chest
* Warmonger - 2H Sword - red and deathy
* Cassandrea's Grace - Cloth Helm - Nice simple tiara
* Blade of the Titans - 2h Sword - orange and chonky
* Hanzo Sword - 1h sword
* Mug O' Hurt - 1h mace
* 46 total blue BoE items
* Imperfect Draenethyst Sphere - if you don't get the flawless from a rare you'll get this. There are 51 green quality items to get.
### Extras
You can fish up the 19 pound salmon for the achievement One That Didn't Get Away but sadly it is not transmogable
## Zone: Swamp of Sorrows
### Lore Bite:
The green dragons that served Ysera fill this zone, guarding the The Temple of Atal'Hakkar. The temple was built from a faction of trolls called the Atal'ai.
The orcish settlement of Stonard was the Horde's main outpost during the First War.
### Achievements:
* [Swamp of Sorrows Quests](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4904/swamp-of-sorrows-quests)
* Bogpaddle
* The Bloodmire
* The Shifting Mire
* The Sunken Temple
* [Explore Swamp of Sorrows](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=782/explore-swamp-of-sorrows)
```
/way 18.01 68.86 Purespring Cavern
/way 21.24 51.61 Splinterspear Junction
/way 18.60 37.94 Misty Valley
/way 28.87 34.45 The Harborage
/way 37.50 46.02 The Shifting Mire
/way 46.47 52.96 Stonard
/way 69.00 76.48 Stagalbog
/way 81.44 87.82 Misty Reed Strand
/way 83.80 52.27 Pool of Tears
/way 84.16 39.70 Sorrowmurk
/way 69.19 37.07 Marshtide Watch
/way 71.90 15.52 Bogpaddle
```
### Pets
#### Catchable
* Huge Toad - Near the Harborage
* Parrot - All over
* Swamp Moth - All over
* Strand Crab - Along the coast
* Toad - In the northern half of the zone
* Moccasin - All over near the water areas of the swamp
* Water Snake - All over near the water areas of the swamp
#### Rewards
* Disgusting oozeling - from oozes, slimes, and worms
### Noteable Rare Drops
* Molt Thorn /way 50, 41
* Drops Living Cowl - Cloth Head
## Dungeon: Sunken Temple (Temple of Atal'Hakkar)
Check out Dungeon Fables Episode 18 for more information about the Temple of Atal'Hakkar
### Lore Bite:
The priests of the troll tribe Atal'ai built this temple to bring back the blood loa Hakkar into the world of the living. Ysera learned about the temple and sunk it beneath the marshes. Now the Atal'ai priests sacrifice green dragons in order to bring Hakkar's avatar into Azeroth.
This dungeon has four bosses:
* Avatar of Hakkar - You may remeber we covered Hakkar in our last episode, this is his avatar. Hakkar also appears in De Other Side, Trial of the Champion, and in the BFA dungeon Kings Rest where priests created a golden construct to defend the tomb. But in this dungeon we fight it's avatar which is a spirit that haunts the temple waiting to be reborn. Hakkar demands sacrifices from his followers.
* Jammal'an the Prophet - A dungeon troll who is accompanied by Ogom the Wretched. He is the leader of the Atal'ai priests that fanatically worship Hakkar .
* Wardens of the Dream - These green dragons were tainted by the Emeral Nightmare. They patrol the Sunken Temple. Dreamscythe, Weaver, Hazzas, and Morphaz are children of our last boss.
* Shade of Eranikus - This green dragon was formerly a consort to Ysera. She tasked him to guard the temple in the Swamp of Sorrows; however he went insane inside the temple.
### Achievements
* [Sunken Temple](https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=641/sunken-temple#) - Defeat Shade of Eranikus
### Noteable Rare Drops
* Leather working patterns drop from the green dragonkin:
* Green Dragonscale Leggings
* Green Dragonscale Breastplate
# This fortnight in WoW
## Calendar
* Cataclysm Timewalking Dungeon Event 2021/05/25 - 2021/06/01 * As with all Timewalking Events, you have a chance to loot the Reins of the Infinite Timereaver from any boss.
* The dungeons you'll come across during Timewalking are: End Time, Grim Batol, Lost City of the Tol'vir, The Stonecore, The Vortex Pinnacle and Throne of Tides.
* Remember that in The Stonecore there is also a chance at the Vitreous Stone Drake Mount, and in the Vortex Pinnacle there is a chance at the Drake of the North Wind mount.
* PvP Brawl: Gravity Lapse 2021/05/25 - 2021/06/01
* A version of Eye of the Storm that is 15 vs 15. Periodically players are flung up into the air for 3 seconds. Too bad we didn't have this during children's week or they'd have been flung through the cosmos.
* Glowcap Festival 2021/05/27 - 2021/05/28
* Help the sporeggar keep Fshoo alive by collecting different kinds of mushrooms by looting in Zangramarsh.
* For each stack of Fshoo Grow that Fshoo has when it dies, you will get 50 sporeggar reputation. Fshoo Grow maxes out at 255 stacks.
* This is a great time to finish your Sporeggar reputation grind which will help you get the Tiny Sporebat pet, the Sporeggar Tabard, and other faction rewards.
* Torghast: Unbridled Darkness 2021/06/01 - 2021/06/08
* Torghast event where players can choose to run Torghast in the darkness. Best if you have partners to run with.
* Arena Skirmish Bonus Event 2021/06/01 - 2021/06/08
* Unranked pvp arena. You can queue alone or with up to 2 party members.
* Ratings will not be affected by wins or losses.
* If you pick up the quest in Oribos, you can get bonus Conquest and Honor.
* Thousand Boat Bash 2021/06/06 - 2021/06/09
* In Thousand Needles there will be a boat party. There are quests to do repairs.
* Once you complete the all the quests, you can get an item called Small Boat. It grants the player the ability to use a boat on the water's surface. The item isn't consumed but it expires after 7 days.
* If you intend to go, then travel to your capital city portal room. Then go to the caverns of time. Then fly over to Thousand Needles. That's the fastest way to get there.
# Outro
This episode is rather short but unfortunately there wasn't much to cover in the way of achievements and other collectables. Many of the classic zones don't have a bunch of rewards so some episodes will be shorter than others.
## Reviews
If you'd like to leave a review for us that would be super helpful. It makes this podcast easier to find for other listners, especially on iTunes and the Warcraft Radio Podcast Directory.
## Shout outs
Warcraft Radio - @warcraftradio - Warcraftradio.com hosts a bunch of shows like For Azeroth, Girls Gone WoW, Realm Maintenance, You Think You Do But You Don't, But Wait There's Lore, and more. They are also responsible for hosting the Podcast Directory of WoW podcasts and podcasts for other Blizzard titles.
## Contact information
As always please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter @wowgrats, email us [email protected], visit us on our website wowgrats.com, and join us on our discord server; the link is on our website and in the show notes and we look forward to chatting with you there.
Thanks for joining us today and remember to celebrate your achievements no matter how large or small.