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The Only Cure is More Green Glow

Travel to Gnomeregan and bring back High Potency Radioactive Fallout. Be warned, the fallout is unstable and will collapse rather quickly.

Ozzie will also require your Heavy Leaden Collection Phial when the task is complete.
High Potency Radioactive Fallout
Heavy Leaden Collection Phial
Provided Item:
Heavy Leaden Collection Phial

Description

Not only was your sample insufficient in quantity, it was also impure.

What we require is more green glow. The troggs are obviously not irradiated sufficiently to fulfill our needs. You will have to go into Gnomeregan and bring back some radioactive fallout, straight from the tap. I am speaking of the irradiated slimes, lurkers and horrors. Be warned, the containment of this type of fallout is difficult. You may need to make several attempts with the phial until a suitable sampling is recovered.

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Reward

You will also receive: 25

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
  • 2450 experience ( 14 70 at max. level)

Related

Rating: +24 [-] [+]
By SDFan on 05/30/2007 (Patch 2.1.0)
I also had to use the phial to collect green glow on a LIVE monster. Killing them, and trying it on a corpse that was giving off the green glow, always failed with a "I am out of range" error.

When I tried it on a live monster - a slime - it worked after a few tries. Just keep using it when close up to the monster and you should get it within a few tries.
Rating: +19 [-] [+]
By extigy on 04/21/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
Preq is Gnogaine.
Last edited by extigy on 11/28/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Rating: +16 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/16/2004 (Patch 1.1.0)
Right click the Phial while you are fighting a Trogg with the green smog around him/her. Best if yor in a group so you dont get Interuppted
Rating: +15 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 05/15/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
make sure u use the vial on living mobs, many reports have come in on people trying to use them on dead ones
Rating: +14 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
and the only cure is more cowbell
Rating: +12 [-] [+]
By Capnkernow on 04/09/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
The quest works fine as of 09/04/2007, just has to be taken from a live specimen
Rating: +12 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
Fill the phial at one of the green slimes, you have to do it while it is still alive, not dead.&nbsp Oh, and I too am having the issue where he will not allow me to return the 2nd part of the quest.
Rating: +11 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/26/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
The joke is from one of the greatest skits in Saturday Night Live history, Christopher Walken playing the record producer for '70's gray-beard metal band Blue Oyster Cult, as they are recording the song, "Don't Fear The Reaper". Will Ferrell plays the member of the band whose sole purpose is to hit the cowbell, in 4/4 time. He starts playing quietly while every fifteen seconds or so, Walken charges into the studio and states how there needs to be EVEN MORE cowbell, eventually stating the funniest thing I, personally, have ever heard on television: "I've...I've got a... a fever, a fever for cowbell, and the only, the only cure... Is more cowbell." Easily one of the funniest skits in the show's history, Ferrell eventually banging on the cowbell so hard he drowns out the rest of the band, FYI, "Don't Fear The Reaper" is considered one of the finest examples of what NOT to do when recording a song, as the cowbell drowns out the guitar, singer and even the DRUMS occasionally. Go to Wal-Mart, pay five bucks (it's in the budget bin) and get the Christopher Walken SNL disc. It has this skit and shows why, as well as Alec Baldwin, he can say at any time that he wants to host, and he gets to.
Rating: +11 [-] [+]
By douglasadams on 07/25/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
The quest name is a reference to a Saturday Night Live skit where they repeat the line "The only prescription is more cowbell."
Last edited by douglasadams on 11/15/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Rating: +8 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)
For those who didn't noticed, the Hall of Gears is a number 1 room in Atlas mod (Viscous Fallout), just right after A entrance (front) not the back one. I''ve stealth all way (level 30 rogue), jumped down, vanished and wait for refulling my hp and then I've soloed irridiated slime (gouge+first aid and used one healing potion). Then hs, so it's soloable for level30 rogue. I've filled up the bottle when slime was gouged.

Ahh, yes, and for me there was no bug (patch 1.12) you just must did https://classicdb.ch/quest=2926 before.

Vyrt of Emerald Dream
Rating: +7 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/09/2004 (Patch 1.1.0)
Has anyone figured out how to get the High Potency Radioactive Fallout? I've tried right and left clicking both living and dead slimes, lurkers and horrors with the Phial to no avail. I've killed a ton of them just hoping the fallout would drop off of one of them, but no luck there either. Help!
Rating: +5 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 06/20/2006 (Patch 1.11.0)
Just solo'd with lvl 30 paladin.&nbsp Jumped into center of large bolt from walkway just outside of entrance to clockwerk run. Healed, waited for slime to slither away, ran to horror, filled vial, divine protection, and stoned back to IF.&nbsp Only had to kill the few elites up on top of walkway on the way in, and they where easy to iso.
Rating: +5 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
If you're having trouble collecting the fallout, make sure you have an empty spot in your inventory. That one confused me for a while and then made me feel dumb.
Also, it's got a shelf life of 2 hours, so turn it in as soon as you get out.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
It is true. Ozzie is bugged. I had some trouble completing the first part of this quest. I contacted Blizzard and they said that they were aware of Ozzie's buginess and that they were looking into the issues. The next time I logged into game (a day or so later) i was able to finish the quest. So...(as annoying as it may be) maybe all we can do at this time is just check in with Ozzie and hope for the best. Gonna attempt to finish "more green...." tonight. Hope Ozzie is cooperative.&nbsp be well folks
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
To finish this quest, you need to get back BEFORE The radio active ingredient dissappears out of your inventoy - it's got a two hour time limit from the point you collect it.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 05/15/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
You have to fill the vial from a irridated horror while you're real close to it, most likely get a high level to pull it and tank until you get it filled.
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
I cant fill the flask. From where or from what do i have to fill the flask? I tried hall of gears several times and i tried the slime and the irritiated horrors, to no success. Please need help with this.
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
how the heck do i catch the stuff, keeps saying "out of range and im standing right on top of the thing, i tried both alive before&nbsp battle, during battle, and when it says "(radiation cloud)" but nothing worked. how do i catch the stuff?
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
Well I thought I could take matters in my own hands. I logged in as my level 60 Horde warrior, traveled all the way there, hoping I could kill him, thus doing a "manual" reset.&nbsp Well first of all, he's tagged as "civilian" (so you would get dishonor for killing him), and second he can't even be attacked (no sword icon on hover).

So don't waste time having a Horde character travel all the way there to kill him - no worky.

I'm going to check back the next day, immediately after the daily morning server reboot.
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
I think they might have fixed the NPC recently.

A few points:

-I think you have to get the stuff from a living creature.

-Once you collect the radioactive fallout, I think it disappears after a certain time.&nbsp It mysteriously disappeared from my inventory, so it makes sense.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
Whats up with this, he wont speak to me....
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
1. relog and it should work
2. someone else finished this quest, so you have to wait for the animations to end.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
Okay - I had the same problem, where Ozzie didn't let me turn in the quest.&nbsp I had given up (after trying the logout-login thing, which didn't work), and was heading back to IF - when I decided to abandon the quest and go back to see if I could pick it back up from him, since I still had the 2 items.
When I came back to the hut, he wasn't even there.&nbsp I waited for about a minute... and he reappeared with the yellow question mark.
I picked up the quest and turned it right in to him with no problem.
I assume it's an animation problem, where he maybe doesn't reset correctly after someone turns it in.&nbsp Glad it worked though...
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
ok you gotta get close and all and when you do you have to equip it. i had the same problem and i figured i had to equip it and did it. i have the same problem as everyone else.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/20/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
Is there another reward that isnt listed? I turned it in and got some xp and silver.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/25/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)
for me in 1.9.3. There wasn't anything after this quest's turn in, but I did get the 2450xp and 25 silver just fine. No reputation gain though...
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By black96 on 10/30/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
Just open the bag (where the quest items is) and right click it and your quest will be finished. Just is as a chicken =)
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Malak on 12/16/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
I did this quest as a mage. soloed in on front door (where safespot is).
I use slowfall and fall down put on a mana shield and used it on a irridated slime dude when it was ALIVE. first try it was done.

Good luck
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By badgoddess on 03/01/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
u get the green stuff form the "corrosive lurker" he is an elite 27
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By matsvelta on 06/15/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
soloed as a 31 priest

hardest part was to get into the dungeon. i had to mind soothe a lot of mobs and i still died only once. once ur inside, jump down from the middle of the small path, when u come from front entrance. once down, shield and heal, and start spamming quest item. when u got it, fear and HS out
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Wennart on 07/11/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
When I use the heavy leaden collection vile on a corrosive lurker I can see the cast bar and it appears to finish casting however I do not recieve the radioactive fallout in my inventory.

Anybody else have any problems with this?
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Devnul on 04/07/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
This quest seems to be bugged as of 4/6/2007. I kept getting a 'You are out of range' error.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
I collected the radio active ingredients and have a full vial.&nbsp But I can't talk to the dam gnome to collect.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
Having the same issues with him not being actionable, but there are no animations playing (I noticed this animation issue when I first encountered him months ago).

Another player even walked in and turned in the quest two or three before this in the chain, triggered the animation and he was still not responding to me.&nbsp 2hrs left on the rads, gonna log and see what happens
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/08/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
Big problem with asking GM for help is that the high potency radioactive fallout you collect only lasts for two hours.&nbsp If GM doesn't fix it by then and the stuff is no longer in your inventory, you are told that there's nothing they can do.&nbsp You just have to go back in and re-collect the stuff.

Big pain!&nbsp Since the reward is pretty low (for a low 30s level character), I'm thinking it's not really worth the time.

Wish I had thought to log out, but when you ask a GM for help, logging out voids it.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 05/15/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
I just did the quest today and all seems well.&nbsp It kept saying out of range when I tried on an irradiated horror (elemental), but it worked fine on an irradiated slime.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 11/07/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
2750 xp, no faction
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/20/2004 (Patch 1.2.0)
wheres the 4th data machine in gnomeragen? i heard it is past the tech bot but where is the techbot?
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 09/04/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)
Just filed a bug report on the official forums - when I picked the quest up again recently, I honestly thought when I saw the gray "?" over Ozzie's head that the bug had been fixed.

HAH!

They fixed Gnogaine, why's this one so hard?
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 09/20/2005 (Patch 1.7.0)
I just completed this quest today, seems to be working after 1.7