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Level: 52 Requires level: 48 Side: Both Start: Hol'anyee Marshal End: Hol'anyee Marshal
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Alien Ecology

Use the Scraping Vial to collect a Hive Wall Sample from one of the Gorishi hive hatcheries in Un'Goro Crater. Look for the chambers with the hanging larval spawns.

Bring the Hive Wall Sample to Hol'anyee Marshal in Un'Goro Crater.

	Hive Wall Sample

Provided Item:

	Unused Scraping Vial

Description

Just because we've suffered a setback doesn't mean that research must stop! We were investigating the Gorishi insects in the southern part of the crater before winding up here. Their presence is alien to the ecology of Un'Goro, and we want to find out why.

In their hive network must be larval hatcheries. You can identify these places by their hanging larval spawns. Use this vial to take a sample of the hive wall near any of the hatcheries. Bring it back to me for study, but be careful!

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

3050 experience ( 18 30 at max. level)

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Rating: +90 [-] [+]

By brianjz on 10/05/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)

First larvae room when you enter. Use vial in the middle of the room. Helps to clear it out first, only two 52s (possible to pull one at a time) when I did it.
Coords: 49, 85

Rating: +39 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/05/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

Found it at 49,85, in the middle of the room

Rating: +31 [-] [+]

By Sithius on 09/14/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

For this quest, you have to be standing on top of the mound in the center of the room in order to complete it. I had previously thought that you had to be standing next to a wall to get the sample. Well, as confusing as the wording for the quest was, stand on the mound. Otherwise you will run around for an hour like I did.

Rating: +31 [-] [+]

By hazelpersona on 11/21/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

Enter the cave at 50,80
Go left at the fork inside
Use the vial on the mound at 49,85

(I couldn't find the cave beause I was looking for it at 49,85 lol. Hopefully this helps others who do too.)

Last edited by hazelpersona on 11/21/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

Rating: +24 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/05/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

you have to go into one of the little rooms, theres one to the left and one all the way down the tunnel to the right. You have to scrap from the MIDDLE of the room, not the wall like it makes you think.

Rating: +21 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/12/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)

Entrance to dungeon is at: 50,78.
Room is at 49,85.
Kill 2 outside
Kill 1 inside
Go first left
Kill 2 inside
Stand in middle and use item

Rating: +21 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/14/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

Enter the underground hive in the south-central portion of the crator. The ramp and entrance are marked on the map as The Slithering Scar. Once inside I just followed the passage left at the first intersection and it took me into the room with hanging larval spawns. Stand inbetween the stones in the center of the room and use the hive scraper.

Rating: +15 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/14/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)

I got 5100 XP for this there was no reputation adjustment.

Rating: +13 [-] [+]

By moonasha on 03/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

You don't even have to clear the room. Using the vial counts as a spell actually and will not be interrupted.

Rating: +12 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/05/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

Location Confirmation!

49,85

Rating: +11 [-] [+]

By sturn on 01/10/2007 (Patch 2.0.3)

This quest can be done concurrently with Pawn Captures Queen (https://classicdb.ch/?quest=4507).

Rating: +7 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/13/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)

Did it solo at lvl 50 rogue. Tried a few times before. Went to Stranglethorn and got some Jungle Remedy. One of the mobs hits you with +49% damage for 30 mins. JR will clear it.

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/05/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

Just solo'd it as a lvl 50 mage
If you take the entrance (dont know if there even are more?) that is located at 50,78ish then you only have to go a small path down, i think i had to kill only 2 bugs outside and 4 inside total.
Note that you can only scrape (use the quest vial) when you are standing in the middle of the room

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/24/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

THis is not alliance only, I just did it as Horde

Rating: +5 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/12/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

How does the commercial go again?&nbsp It pays to have clarity!&nbsp Go to the hive, first room on the left, kill the few bugs in there and then stand in the middle of the room.&nbsp Right click on the vial.&nbsp Done.&nbsp Here I was looking around for something to click on, you know the little gear thingy?&nbsp Dont bother, just go to middle of room and right click on the vial in your inventory.&nbsp Easy peasy!&nbsp Later all!

Rating: +5 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)

49 mage :P
Had onyxia-buff so 2 hours of extra crit <3 made it even easier.

I just followed the tip some real old post.

50.78 entrance
kill some trash mobs
go first left when in
scratch in middle of room

Run out as a winner! :D

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 11/10/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

Okay the place looks scary as Hell. All the bugs. If they were smart like the guys in Thousand Needles attacking one would bring an army of them down on you. Instead they are slow and stupid. Rode up to the entrance. Killed the guy following me. Then killed the couple at the front door. BTW the entrance is a kind of creepy looking tunnel with a cutaway into the ground. Down it. Kill all the bugs as you go. Take the first left. I was lucky as the wasp was on patrol and I killed it in the tunnel before hitting the two in the room. Even in there I only had to kill one atta time. Important note not only do you GO TO THE CENTER OF THE ROOM you need to be standing IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEST-LIKE THINGY. Have the vial equiped and click it when standing there. Since my pet and I had gotten with a Pox that adds 41% damage or something like that I decided we'd just stone back to Gad and kill pirates till it timed out. It looks much harder than it is. Makes me want to go get a can of RAID and keep it by my machine.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)

Go south of Fireplume Ridge, Then in to the Cave u find there, go in, and then to the left, get in the middle of the room under som brown/black thing, and use the thing, how hard ould it be? =)

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Kaynos on 02/06/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

These mobs cast the most annoying and most overpowered debuff there is. Silithid Pox which increase physical damage taken by 42%, not for 1 minutes, not for 2 minutes, for a freaking 30 MINUTES ! If you can't cure disease be prepared to get hit for CRAZY damage.

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Pratt on 03/10/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

GO LEFT.

I don't know about anyone else, but Chamrick's comment about "the one to the right of it" confused me. As soon as you enter the cave, you want to go left, and there are only two mobs there as previously said (not counting one pat).

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/24/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

I solo'd 53 shaman. Piece of pie. Didn't die once.

The thing that threw me off was that the quest asks for a WALL scraping, but the way to get the scraping is to stand in the middle of the room, not near a wall!

I ended up clearing most of the hive before figuring it was the middle of the room.

As for elites? I didn't see any, and I'm sure others would comment if they found them.

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)

the entrance is just south of fire plume ridge.
easy Quest!

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/28/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)

Just make sure you can take on lvl 51-53 mobs, and you're fine. Make sure you have the little vail the quest giver gave you (it's black). Make sure it's ready for use.

Find the entrance to the insect hive in the south of the zone (South, Southwest). The entrance is marked by those large insect-like limbs that stick out from the ground. (As you go south in the zone, look for insect mobs, and the entrance will be near.) The entrance has several mobs guarding it, so clear them out first. Watch also for the wandering patrols of beetles and flying insects.

Once you clear the entrance area, go inside the hive and kill more mobs as you hug the left wall (at the fork you come to, go left). You'll quickly find a chamber with more mobs in it. Kill them all. Then walk up the mound in the center of the chamber and activate (click) the vail you got from the quest giver. After a moment or two, you're done! Just backtrack out of the hive (hug the right -hand wall when going back).

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Xsear on 10/13/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)

Keep your eyes open on this one, one of these creatures put a disease (Silithid Pox) on me that increased the melee dmg i took by 42% and lasted 30 minutes (Thus i died and lost it ^^)
Resulted in mobs hitting 200 dmg on me and im a mage =D

So soloing this as a lvl 50 mage i experienced as quite a pain, since when i had cleaned the room to get this thing they all respawned and i had to go all out to escape XD

In the end, i only killed the one to the right in the room where to get the hive, and then only slightly on the little pile there to avoid aggroing the other one. Takes a few secs to cast it.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/29/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

OK basicly for this quest be around lvl 51 so you can defeat MOB's if nessersary.

Go in there and kill as you go
once in there head left (i think), keep going untill you come to a room with Big orange balls coming from the ceiling.

Go to the middle of the room then use your scaper thingy and you will collect a sample .

Then go back to the person where the Flight Path is (Marshals refuge?) and give it in somewhere there.

Just look on your mini map for that yellow dot showing where you give in a quest

Lots o' love

Nimmt�z

52 hunter
Azjol Nerub

15 August 2006

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/17/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Its very easy, just stay in the middle of the room, u dont have to select anything, just stay in the middle and klick on your empty bottel...

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)

Locs is 48,85

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

The directions throw you off because they say to scrape the wall for a sample.&nbsp The comments about being in the center of the room are correct.&nbsp The bugs are spread out and can be picked off as you move through the hive.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By DeathCoil on 03/03/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

Are you guys sure to take a left? I took a right and went straight for the very back room that looks like a circle in the cave, might be two hatcheries, i don't know, just thought I'd put that in there. Also, if your a warlock use your voidwalker, and once you get the stuff run out until u start drawing aggro, then sacrifice and Howl of terror if there gets to be too many (there shouldn't) and if your not a warlock, you could also use a talisman of arathor and if your a warlock with a talisman that's even better (this is from a stand point if you decide to go to the left and not the right, but I imagine it would be a very quick escape if you bubbled and ran out from the left) Also, paladins and mages bubble your self with any protection you have it works nicely.

Last edited by DeathCoil on 04/15/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Kopaka on 03/13/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

Well, the quest says 'any of the gorishi hives'.. so I guess you could go right too, but left is faster, according to my minimap ;)

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/28/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)

very easy as 51 pally. Kill 2 at entrance. Kill 2 in hall. kill 2 in hatchery. no problem

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By Anonymous on 05/12/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

Very Easy. First room on left, make sure to go to middle of room to scrap.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 06/17/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

50 Mage, killed a few bugs went to the start of the chamber killing a bug...lock ganked me.
Went back later killed everything to the chamber couldnt find a sample. Read the above posts, went back got ganked. Went back got ganked zzzzzzzzz. Went back a Horde Lock had cleared the path all the way to the chamber so I walked right in killed 2 bugs got sample ran out...easy xp if you don't get ganked. A-me 01 is the easiest xp of these quests. Nearly 10000 for my lvl.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/29/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

Well, I went in the cave (lvl 51 mage) and started killing, pretty easy, 1 by 1&nbsp they died. went in the left cave, killed the 2 mobs, ran over to the wall, started scraping. Did not work. Oh well, it's some other room then I thought. I ran to the next room and started killing. I got ganked by 57 lock. I dinged 52 and kept killing. Then I read thottbott, room to the left, damn... Ran back (this was easy, jst kill 1 by one) and then i scraped IN TE MIDDLE OF the ROOM, on Quest, it ways WALL.... dammit.

Oh well, all was easy. =)

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/09/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

If you are doing this quest, also get Roll The Bones and Lost quests.&nbsp These quests are all near each other, making it time saving. After getting the sample for Alien Ecology quest, head north a little and you find Diemetrodons (lvl 51-52).&nbsp These mobs drop bones for the Roll the Bones quest (there are other locations to get the bones).&nbsp The drop rate for the bones was around 45%, so be patient.&nbsp Then little bit more north is the quest for Lost. Hope this advise saves others when doing the quests.&nbsp

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

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

I did this quest as a 48 hunter its pretty simple, just fill the vial thingy at 49.85. the strongest thing i had to fight was a lvl 53. its easy.

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By Anonymous on 05/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

as a 48 demon spec'd lock i solo'd so cry me a river :) gotta stand on the lil mound in the main circular room and use the quest item vial to fill with the wall sample. got 40s and 5100xp

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By Anonymous on 04/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

you need to use the vial in the center of the room where the hive is growing out of the floor.

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By Anonymous on 07/10/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)

While doing this q you should also do "Bungle in the Jungle".

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By Anonymous on 11/29/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

Not easy to solow when the rare spawn is there, the Clutchmother Zavas. She's too close to one of the other spawns in the room so you'll aggro both regardless. She also lays eggs every 5 seconds that hatch after 10-15 seconds and are quite a pain in the butt.

As a druid I stealthed as close as I could to the middle of the room, pounced the mother, got barkskin up, filled vial, then attempted to bear form out. Died after barely making it out the cave.

Good luck.

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