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Breaking the Code

Frankal Stonebridge at Bronzebeard's Encampment in Silithus wants you to recover a Hive'Zora Silithid Brain, Hive'Ashi Silithid Brain, and a Hive'Regal Silithid Brain. Return to Frankal when you have completed this task.
Hive'Ashi Silithid Brain
Hive'Zora Silithid Brain
Hive'Regal Silithid Brain

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I think I can formulate an elixir that will allow us to more readily decipher the glyphs and language of the silithid and Qiraji! What do I need? Glad you asked! I need brains! More specifically, a brain from each silithid type that inhabit the hives. Bring me brains and Rutgar's work might not be for naught.

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By Anonymous on 07/15/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)
Here is a complete walkthrough I just created for my guild detailing the entire quest chain with pictures. Enjoy...

The quest line starts at Cenarion Hold in Silithus:

http://www.unifiedguild.com/downloads/pics/thecalling_map1.jpg

Talk to Commander Mar'alith and he will give you a quest called �Dearest Natalia�.

http://www.unifiedguild.com/downloads/pics/thecalling1.jpg

Then head south to the Bronzebeard Encampment:

http://www.unifiedguild.com/downloads/pics/thecalling_map2.jpg

Speak with the 2 dwarves there- Frankal Stonebridge and Rutgar Glyphshaper (also make sure you pet the monkey):

http://www.unifiedguild.com/downloads/pics/thecalling2.jpg

They will tell you a big story about how this lady went crazy, which completes the �Dearest Natalia� quest and unlocks 2 other mini-quests which you must also complete.

The names of these quests are �Breaking the Code� which will be given to you by Frankal and �Glyph Chasing� which will be given to you by Rutgar. *Note: Rutgar also hands you a �Geologist's Transcription Kit� which is needed to complete his quest, so if you accidentally delete it just abandon the quest and talk to him again to get a new one.

Now before you start these quests, return to Commander Mar'alith in Cenarion Hold and turn in the �Dearest Natalia� quest. He will give you a new quest called �Into the Maw of Madness�, which you will complete while doing the other 2.

Basically these quests are going to take you into the 3 hives of Silithus (Hive'Ashi, Hive'Zora and Hive'Regal):

http://www.unifiedguild.com/downloads/pics/thecalling_map3.jpg

It doesn�t matter which ones you do first, however I recommend a party of 5 to move through it quickly (although you can still do it fairly easy with 2-3 skilled people).

SUMMARY OF "GLYPH CHASING": In the middle of each hive that is a cave that you need to enter and explore until you find the final room. In this room there will be a small white crystal that you use the �Geologist's Transcription Kit� on to obtain the rubbing. This quest is completed once you obtain a rubbing from each Hive.

SUMMARY OF "BREAKING THE CODE":&nbsp Make sure you check the bodies of each bug you kill on the way to (and from) the final room of each hive. You are looking for a white quest item named �xxx Silithid Brain� (xxx being the name of the hive). It is a random drop so if you haven�t gotten it by the time you finished coming out of the cave then make sure you continue killing bugs until it drops. This quest is completed once you obtain a Silithid Brain from each Hive.

SUMMARY OF "INTO THE MAW OF MADNESS": Inside the final room Hive'Regal you will find a Night Elf priest named Natalia Mar'alithnamed. This quest is completed once you kill her and loot the item from her body.&nbsp (Don�t forget to obtain the rubbing from the crystal in that room).

Once you complete all 3 quests return to Commander Mar'alith in Cenarion Hold and turn in �Into the Maw of Madness�. Then return to the dwarves in Bronzebeard Encampment and turn in �Breaking the Code� to Frankal and �Glyph Chasing� to Rutgar.

At this point Rutgar will give you another quest named � Unraveling the Mystery�. This quest is simple, just take the �Glyphed Crystal Prism� that he gives you to Geologist Larksbane in Cenarion Hold:

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She will then give you the final quest named �The Calling�!

At this point you will need a group of 25-40 people to kill the Emissary Roman�khan. If your guild is already raiding AQ-40 then it's prolly easiest to just wait until the next raid night and kill him prior to heading inside. Otherwise have fun spamming the LFG channel.

He is summoned at the Bones of Grakkarond:

http://www.unifiedguild.com/downloads/pics/thecalling_map4.jpg

Once he is dead check his body for loot and then return to Geologist Larksbane in Cenarion Hold. Once you turn in �The Calling� she will give you another quest that you instantly turn in to claim your reward and receive your +25 NR legs!
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By Anonymous on 11/01/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
Regarding the Silithid Hive Brains that drop for this quest They will not drop straight away most of the time. It will take 5-15 kills approximately, such is the nature of the dreaded random drop. So its better to do this in a sturdy group of 2 or 3, Idealy while doing Glyph Chasing and Into The Maw of Madness. The Brains being a white (Standard Quality) Quest Item everyone in your group will get to loot it.

The Silithid Mobs are tough, but like mentioned above they are not quite as strong as normal 58-60 elites thus apparantly making them soloable for some people although I have not tried this myself as a 60 Orc Warrior.

Thnx for reading my comment and i hope it helped.

Orccheiften 60 Warrior, Kil'Jaeden
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By Mordrus on 09/04/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Get a "brain" from each of the three hives by killing any of the elite mobs at each one. Drop rate is very high; I didn't have to kill more than 10 mobs at each place before the brain dropped.

Recommend having one other person with you, but the mobs are soloable, though difficult.

Recommend doing Glyph Chasing and Into the Maw of Madness in conjunction with this quest.

Once this quest and Glyph Chasing are completed, leads to Unraveling the Mystery.
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By liquidmetal on 01/21/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
As of 2.3 these mobs are no longer elite.
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By Anonymous on 11/01/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
Any of the elite mobs in the three hives will drop brains.&nbsp The non elite wasps in Hive'zora will drop these too, but at a rate about 1/2 to 1/3 of the elites.&nbsp Easily soloable by a rogue, just ambush, gouge, backstab, pop evasion, and then gouge, backstab, and evicerate your way to victory.&nbsp The easiest mobs to go after are the Hive'ashi Stingers, Hive'zora Waywatchers, and the Hive'Regal Slavemakers or Spitfires.&nbsp They have a few long spells they try to cast so be sure to kick or gouge them before they can get them off.&nbsp Use dual instant poison and be prepared to blind them.
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By Anonymous on 03/27/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
30.49
50.77
and a cave neer 35.64

took me 10-15min&nbsp on this q
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By spleebie on 01/06/2008 (Patch 2.3.0)
Awards 500 rep also
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By Anonymous on 06/08/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
These creatures must be quite stupid, cause they don't have any brains. See! The quest's idea is to kill the only one monster who has brains so that they&nbsp
can't make any resistance.
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By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)
The hive ashi brain will drop from the non-elites that spawn after killing the undead in southwind village, easy way to solo one of the 3.
im gonna look for sililar things with the other 2 but think ashi is the only one that spawns non-elites
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By Anonymous on 06/08/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
hehe , starship troopers rulez
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By Anonymous on 08/20/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
The drop rate is bad. Kiting to the city doesnt help because the guards just watch you die. They must have fixed that in a patch. :(
I miss MMO's where you could have fun and be productive just soloing.
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By Anonymous on 05/03/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
I see that only mages, locks, abd rogues say they can solo it... But if ure a shammy and in doubt if u can solo it have no worries... Just lightning bolt x2 and then frostshock, lightning bolt x2 and frostshock. U get the picture!

Btw: elemental spec helps alot sine crit dmg is alot higher )
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By Anonymous on 05/03/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
damn low drop rates
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By Anonymous on 05/03/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
I finished the brains quest and turned it in at the camp, but now I cannot find the other quest. Is there any reqiourments to get the next quest? Or is there a diffrent location to find the next quest? Please comment back!
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By Anonymous on 07/15/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)
Thank you sincerely for the suggestions of types to kill, they where so much easier than the first ones I tried.

For all rogues, kill the mobs he mentioned above and you shall succeed.

Roxy, 60 Night Elf Rogue, Lightning's Blade.
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By Anonymous on 12/08/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
Very easy for a 60 lock just pull ur mob out with our void. dot it and then fear it around, esay kill no damage at all
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By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)
Soloed this as a 60 rogue usually with a Blind and Bandage each fight. I stuck to the 58 elites as the 59's and 60's required preparation and I aint waiting 10 mins per fight. You can stealth all the way in to the caves to find thr 58's. Dont touch the non elites as the are linked.
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By Anonymous on 02/19/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
Solo'd as a Shadow Priest.&nbsp Brain dropped off a Hive'Ashi bug right on the road at Cenarian Hold.&nbsp The Zora brain took about 5 kills, those were a little tougher, just keep Vampiric Embrace on, drop out of shadow and heal if you need, but there's really nothing dangerous there.

Hive'Regal was a snap.. go after the Spitfire bugs, all they do is reduce your armor.. you'll take maybe 200 damage the whole fight if you keep your shield up and Vampiric Embrace. Easiest elites ever.
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By Anonymous on 05/03/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
I was able to solo it with about 5.5k mana and moonkin form with 11% increased chance to crit from gear before moonkin aura. entangle + spam starfire rank 7. if you're unlucky or bad you'll get hit once.
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By Anonymous on 05/03/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
im happy, i was @ Hive'Zora and i attacked A non elite and it was bugged so It couldnt attack me, and it dropped a brain :D
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By Anonymous on 06/08/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Fighting the 'Bug War' or looking for 'Brain Bugs'.. this thing has Starship Troopers written all over it.&nbsp =)
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By Anonymous on 04/30/2006 (Patch 1.10.1)
I got the ashi and regal brains within about 5 kills, but the zora brain took about 30 before one dropped.
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By Anonymous on 11/09/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
...for a L60 Rogue.

I concentrated on the L58/59 Elites around the perimiter of each hive. I had to buff up my rogue with "Well Fed" and Scrolls, plus be prepared to use a healing potion if things got really bad.

I'd go after the solitary bugs, stealthing from behind and hitting with Cheap Shot, then Back Stab, then using Evasion once they turned around. Even with Scroll enhanced Agility, Stamina, Strength, and Armor, and both daggers loaded up with poison, these were tough fights for me against L59 Elites, but normally I could defeat them with 10% hit points left...sometimes a bit less. I tried a couple of L60 Elites but had to back off as they were too strong.

I eventually got all three brains without having to venture into any of the Hive basins...only by attacking solitary bugs around the perimeter. Took two trips to Silithus, probably about 2 hours total. I received 7g 96s for completing the quest!
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By Anonymous on 11/07/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
zora second, regal first, ashi 50 kills and no drops yet..
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By Anonymous on 03/01/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
The steps brainz and WoWFeenix said works ok for me for soloing. No one ever there to group with :(

Edited, Feb 28th 2007 1:29pm by jtbalogh
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By Anonymous on 11/12/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
Bad Bad Bad drop rate at Regal... ive killed tons of mobs here, nothing... got a bunch of green EQ, but no brains.. looks like none of them have a brain :P
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By Anonymous on 05/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
2nd from ashi, 2nd from zora 18th regal, did it as a 60 holy pally
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By Anonymous on 06/03/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
you find them in the bugs that are in groups of 4 or 3
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By Anonymous on 08/04/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
Does this quest give any rep with CC?
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By Anonymous on 11/12/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
Lvl 59 Hunter, Aint so bad getting the kills, Getting the brains... thats another story.. no drops yet for Any of them, been on this for ages... lol
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By Anonymous on 12/02/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
1. - i got hive ashi brain from killing the druid and sentinel ghosts at southwind village (off the non elite bug that spawns when u kill them)

2. Hive Zora - found some mounted CC guards, shot the closest elite 59 to them stayed def stance with shield on and let them pummel him , brain dropped

3. Hive Regal - no cc guards - as a warrior with crap gear - cant solo this one
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By Anonymous on 11/01/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
BRAIN drops suck.&nbsp so look out you will spend quite some time on this quest.
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By Anonymous on 11/01/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
After I fairly easily solo'd Deathclasp with my 60 mage I started wondering what these elite bugs I had been running away from were like. There were nothing like I expected, and solo'd every one I tried without any deaths. Even did a 61 elite, which was a close fight, but still took it down.
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By Anonymous on 11/01/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
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By Anonymous on 09/26/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)
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By liquidmetal on 01/21/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
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By Anonymous on 04/27/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By Diomed on 11/05/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
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