Seeds of the Lashers

WotLK Classic Northrend Leveling Guide

Quest 1 of 2 in the Emerald Dragonshrine Chain

Both Factions • Dragonblight • Level 74 • Emerald Dragonshrine

Kill Emerald Lashers at the Emerald Dragonshrine and collect 3 Lasher Seeds.

Lord Itharius at the top of Wyrmrest Temple (take Torastrasza's drake up). Head southeast to the Emerald Dragonshrine at [63, 72]. Path down starts at [63, 67]. Emerald Lashers lie flat on the ground and pop up when you approach. Weak mobs, die quickly. Roughly 5-6 kills for all 3 seeds. They respawn fast. Pick up Cycle of Life from Nishera the Garden Keeper inside the shrine (kill 5 Emerald Skytalons) and do both quests in one sweep. Itharius wants the seeds because the shrine's natural magic disintegrates any undead that enters. The follow-up tests whether the seeds can weaponize that property against the Scourge outside the shrine.

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The Emerald Dragonshrine rose from the frozen waste, green where everything else was white and grey. The seeds hummed against Vikstone's palm when he collected them, life concentrated into something that could unmake death itself.

“We need more weapons in the fight against the Scourge. The natural properties of the Emerald Dragonshrine to the southeast may be the answer. Any unliving creature, save those that Sylvanas has redeemed, that steps foot in the dragonshrine falls to dust. I want to test a theory, and I want you to be my instrument in doing so, young Night Elf.

Go to the Emerald Dragonshrine and take the seeds from the emerald lashers therein.”

-Lord Itharius

Objective

LEVEL

74

Requires level

72

Start

Lord Itharius

END

Lord Itharius

Lord Itharius at the top of Wyrmrest Temple has asked you to return with 3 Lasher Seeds.

Lasher Seed (3)

Location:
Emerald Dragonshrine, Dragonblight
Coordinates: 63, 73
Entrance to the shrine area is at 62, 67. Look for the green area directly south of Wyrmrest Temple.

Mechanics:
Finding Lashers:
The Lashers are scattered throughout the Emerald Dragonshrine. They appear as dormant plants lying flat on the ground.
Lashers will "pop up" when you get close or attack them. — Lord Itharius at the top of Wyrmrest Temple (take Torastrasza’s drake up). Head southeast to the Emerald Dragonshrine at [63, 72]. Path down starts at [63, 67]. Emerald Lashers lie flat on the ground and pop up when you approach.

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Reward

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Dagger of the Returning Past

Time-Bending Smasher

Timeshattered Spire

Twig of Happy Reminders

You will receive:

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

20,750 experience

250 reputation with The Wyrmrest Accord

Walkthrough

Quest Giver: Lord Itharius — Wyrmrest Temple, Dragonblight (top level)

Objective: Collect 3 Lasher Seeds from the Emerald Dragonshrine.

Quick Facts

Location: Emerald Dragonshrine [63, 72]
Chain Position: 1 of 2 (followed by That Which Creates Can Also Destroy)
Pairs With: Cycle of Life (from Nishera the Garden Keeper inside the shrine), Emerald Dragon Tears (Horde only, from Venomspite)

Walkthrough

Getting There

Head southeast from Wyrmrest Temple. The Emerald Dragonshrine is the green patch on the map at [63, 72].
The path down into the shrine area starts at roughly [63, 67]. You can also jump into the ocean south of Wyrmrest and swim onto the southern shore if you prefer a shortcut.

Collecting Seeds

Emerald Lashers lie flat on the ground and look like dormant plants. They pop up when you approach or attack them.
Focus on the area around [63, 72] for a good concentration of spawns.
Drop rate is decent. Expect roughly 5-6 kills for all 3 seeds, though luck varies.
Lashers are weak and die quickly. No significant mechanics or debuffs to worry about.

Efficiency Tips

Pick up Cycle of Life from Nishera the Garden Keeper inside the shrine (kill 5 Emerald Skytalons). Do both quests in one sweep.
Nishera’s follow-up, The Plume of Alystros, is a 3-player group quest. Doable solo if you’re a few levels above 74 or playing a strong solo class.
Horde players: grab Emerald Dragon Tears from Chief Plaguebringer Middleton at Venomspite before heading to the shrine. The tears are ground objects scattered throughout the same area.
Lashers respawn quickly, so if someone else is farming the area, just loop back.

Lore Context

Lord Itharius is the green dragonflight’s ambassador to the Wyrmrest Accord and the brother of Eranikus, consort of Ysera.

Players who ran Sunken Temple in Classic may recognize him from his cave in the Swamp of Sorrows, where he sent adventurers to deal with Eranikus’s corruption.

The Emerald Dragonshrine’s protective magic disintegrates undead on contact. Itharius wants to weaponize this property via the lasher seeds against the Scourge, which is the setup for the chain’s second quest.

The quest text specifies that Sylvanas’s Forsaken are exempt from disintegration, but Death Knights (also undead) walk through the shrine unaffected. Thislore inconsistency has been reported about since launch.

Explore Dragonblight’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Dragonblight Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.

Quest Series (2):

74 Seeds of the Lashers
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74 That Which Creates Can Also Destroy
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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

2,050 experience

10 reputation with Valiance Expedition

Vikstone's War Journal

Lord Itharius found me between tasks at Wyrmrest. The green flight’s ambassador had a request.

Vikstone Portrait Act 1 — Illustrated by Christian DiBari and Simon Gough.

“We need more weapons in the fight against the Scourge. The natural properties of the Emerald Dragonshrine to the southeast may be the answer. Any unliving creature that steps foot into the dragonshrine falls to dust. I want to test a theory. Go to the shrine and take the seeds from the emerald lashers therein.”

The Emerald Dragonshrine broke every rule the rest of Dragonblight followed. It was green where everything else was white and grey. Vines pulsed with verdant light, and at the shrine’s heart, I glimpsed something that stopped me cold: Ysera herself, transparent and dreaming, suspended between worlds.

My people have walked the edges of the Dream for millennia. Standing in that place felt like coming home to a house I’d never visited.

The lashers disagreed with my presence. The shrine’s defenders had been ordered to attack anyone not of the green flight, and they obeyed with thorned enthusiasm.

The seeds were life, concentrated into something that could unmake death itself. Even severed from their parent plants, they radiated a warmth that had nothing to do with temperature.

Itharius received them. “Even now I can feel the pulse of nature from within these seeds. We must put them to good use.”

If the shrine’s magic unmade the undead on contact then the seeds might carry it past the borders, and testing it means walking them into Scourge ground, because That Which Creates Can Also Destroy.

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Objective

LEVEL

74

Requires level

72

Start

END

Dragonblight Storyline

Reward

5 Gold

60 Silver

20,750 experience

250 reputation with The Wyrmrest Accord

Walkthrough

2,050 experience

10 reputation with Valiance Expedition

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