loc 52.12

The control panel is at coordinates: 52x,11y in The Barrens.

-Kbizzle

As the single most frustrating (next to the voidwalker quest) in the game.&nbsp Since pretty much every Horde ends up in the Barrens, I have now done this quest as six different classes and it never gets less frustrating, though I have the method down pat and no longer pull my hair out after forgetting a step.

The location has been confirmed several times.&nbsp Go north out of XR and past the road to Durotar.&nbsp Before it curves left heading for Ashenvale, head northeast and you'll see a house up on a hill and a smaller structure with three tanks to the west of it (an identical version is in Ratchet in the shop where you get the Freebooters quest.&nbsp Do the following in this exact order.

Approach from the south of the 3 tank thingy.&nbsp The control console should be in front of you.&nbsp Kill the five mobs nearest the console and DON'T LOOT ANYTHING.&nbsp The respawn rate is bad enough without speeding it up by looting.&nbsp Loot only what is left after you're ready to get the key.&nbsp Right-click on the console and you'll get a Quest 2 to turn off the 3 valves.&nbsp

The valves are on the other three sides of the three tank thingy.&nbsp they are near the ground and look like little wheels with steam coming out from them.&nbsp You'll have to kill the 3-5 mobs around each one and there will most likely be a couple of them right next to each other that spawn after you kill all the mobs in step one.&nbsp I prefer going counterclockwise to turn off the east, north and west valves, but you can go the opposite way if it turns you on.&nbsp Once all the valves are off you get to head back to the control console again.

By the time you turn off all three valves all the mobs by the console will have respawned.&nbsp Deal with it.&nbsp Also, you might want to keep a slowing spell or an instant cast kill spell handy for when the mobs are about 1/4 life, because that's when they bolt and get help.&nbsp I kept pulling 10 mobs in sequence as a Warrior because I kept forgetting to get in Battle stance to use Hamstring, and kept getting adds this way.&nbsp Keep an eye on that health bar, and as it approaches 25%, use your most powerful cast and then an insta-kill spell to fry that sucker.&nbsp You'll be glad you did.

Back to our story: step three is to go back to the control console, killing the same five mobs you already killed, only to find out upon right-clicking the console that you need the key. What can I say? Blizzard is full of sadistic bastards that were probably laughing their asses off while programming this.&nbsp So accept part three of the quest: "I am going to kill the whole QA department by drowning them in my accumulated bile".

The key is held by a level 16 goblin in the little house on top of the hill to the east.&nbsp You will have to take care of the 5-6 mobs on the hill and in front of the house first.&nbsp You can either charge in the house as a warrior or blast him from outside as a mage, but just kill him and get the key. The key DOES NOT SHOW UP IN YOUR INVENTORY, so make sure you've got it or get a mod that tells you so.&nbsp

Run back to the control console and kill the same five mobs a third time to access it.&nbsp Then right-click on the console to remove the samophlange.&nbsp You'll need to click twice to open the panel with the key and then remove the samophlange.&nbsp Then loot anything still sparkling and get the hell out of there.&nbsp You may want to yell: "I FINISHED YOUR STUPID QUEST YOU SONS OF A MOTHERLESS OGRE".&nbsp It made me feel better.&nbsp Your mileage may vary.

This is also available to the Alliance.

One of the most obscure pop culture references in World of Warcraft, this quest's repeated name is a reference to, of all things, a Thunder Cats out-take. Googling "Blundercats" does a good job of finding it.

This concerns the first of the Samouphlage quests. Don't think the large structure in the swamp is where you have to look for the samouphlage. The hut is southwest of the swamp, just like it says in the quest description, but you might miss it if you go there from Crossroads.

The hut you are looking for is a small house with octagonal base area, a red pointy roof, and some sort of machinery with a small tower south of it.

OK, Lets make this as simple as possible.
Go to the Samophlange. You will see 2 different buildings. Go to the little house and inside you will find a control panel, pull each lever. Now go down to the area with the greenish tanks are, this is where you have to go to shut off valves.
Go to the control panel and pull levers down. Then shut off the valves (3) that are around the sides of the tanks.
Now go to the small building and kill the little guy inside again, he has the key.
Then
Go back to the control panel and insert the key into the control panel at the greenish liquid area this completes this leg of the task. You will be told to go to Rachet�..

Sounds complicated, but really not.
I was lvl 15 warrior and died at least 10 times. You might want to bring some help.

Good luck!