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WotLK Classic Northrend Leveling Guide

Quest 3 of 9 in the Betrayal Chain

Alliance • Zul'Drak • Level 75 • Reliquary of Agony

Collect 5 Putrid Abomination Guts and 5 Gooey Ghoul Drool at the Reliquary of Agony [20, 75].

Guts drop 100% from Putrid Abominations (large white abominations). Ghoul Drool is ground pickups, NOT mob drops. Small blue/black blobs on the ground that don't sparkle. Use /tar Gooey Ghoul Drool macro to locate them. Paladins: Sense Undead shows them on minimap. Hunters: Track Undead works too. Correct location is the Reliquary of Agony (near Zeramas, east of Ebon Watch), NOT the Reliquary of Pain (near Voltarus). Both objectives overlap in the same area.

Vikstone's Classic Expedition

Stefan needed abomination guts and ghoul drool to build a disguise that would turn Vikstone into a ghoul. A death knight with a plan.

“Once the Scourge have a target in their sights, they’ll stop at nothing to acquire it. You’re doomed to a mindless existence as a walking corpse….

<Stefan’s face twists into a cruel grin.>

… unless we can use their desires against them. I’ll explain later. I have complex magic to prepare which requires certain material components. Travel due east of here to the Reliquary of Agony. Slay abominations and gather the ghoul drool you’ll find there then return to me with their remnants.”

-Stefan Vadu

Objective

LEVEL

75

Requires level

74

Start

Stefan Vadu

END

Stefan Vadu

Stefan Vadu in Ebon Watch asked you to go to the Reliquary of Agony to collect 5 Putrid Abomination Guts from the Putrid Abominations and 5 Gooey Ghoul Drools.

Putrid Abomination Guts (5)
Gooey Ghoul Drool (5)

Starting NPC:
Stefan Vadu at Ebon Watch in Zul'Drak.
Coordinates: 14.1, 73.8.
Gooey Ghoul Drool
Location:
Found in the Reliquary of Agony, southwest of Zeramas, near coordinates 20, 75.
What to Look For:
The drool appears as small blue bubble-like mobs on the ground.
They do not sparkle, making them slightly hard to spot on the blackened terrain.
If you can Track Undead, they will show up as yellow on your minimap.

2. Putrid Abomination Guts
Location:
Kill Putrid Abominations in the same area (Reliquary of Agony). They roam throughout this zone.
Look for large white abominations with exposed guts.
Drop Rate:
100% drop rate from Putrid Abominations in the correct area. — **Starting NPC:** Stefan Vadu at Ebon Watch in Zul’Drak. Coordinates: 14.1, 73.8.
**Gooey Ghoul Drool Location:** Found in the Reliquary of Agony, southwest of Zeramas, near coordinates 20, 75.
**What to Look For:** The drool appears as small blue bubble-like mobs on the ground. They do not sparkle, making them slightly hard to spot on the blackened terrain. If you can Track Undead, they will show up as yellow on your minimap.

Zul'Drak Storyline

Reward

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Soiled Trousers

Aged Abomination Tripe

Redigested Mail Scraps

Carved Bone Helm

Petrified Ghoul Finger

You will receive:

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

11,500 experience

250 reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade

Walkthrough

Quest Giver: Stefan Vadu — Ebon Watch, Zul’Drak [14, 73]

Objective: Collect 5 Putrid Abomination Guts and 5 Gooey Ghoul Drool from the Reliquary of Agony.

Quick Facts

Level: 75
Location: Reliquary of Agony, Zul’Drak [~20, 75]
Chain Position: Step 3 of the Drakuru infiltration chain (following Near Miss).
Next Quest: Dressing Down
Alternate Version: Silver Lining (for players who completed Drakuru’s Grizzly Hills chain). Same objectives, different quest name.

Walkthrough

Head due east from Ebon Watch to the Reliquary of Agony near Zeramas. Both objectives are in the same area.

Putrid Abomination Guts (5)

Kill Putrid Abominations roaming the Reliquary of Agony. They’re the large white abominations with exposed guts.
100% drop rate. Kill five, get five.

Gooey Ghoul Drool (5)

These are ground pickups, NOT mob drops. Look for small blue/black bubble-like blobs sitting on the ground throughout the Reliquary of Agony, concentrated around [20, 75] to [22, 75].
They do NOT sparkle like typical lootable objects, making them tricky to spot against the dark terrain. A few tips:
- Paladins: Sense Undead shows them as yellow dots on your minimap.
- Hunters: Track Undead works the same way.
- Macro trick: /tar Gooey Ghoul Drool will target the nearest one so you can locate it.
Watch for roach-type mobs in the area that respawn quickly and aggro if you get close.

Efficiency Tips

Don’t confuse the two Reliquaries. The Reliquary of Agony (near Zeramas, east of Ebon Watch) is correct. The Reliquary of Pain (near Voltarus, further north) has abominations but they don’t drop the guts, and there are no drool piles there.
Both objectives overlap in the same area. Kill abominations as you walk between drool pickups and you’ll finish everything in one pass.

Lore Context

Stefan needs these foul components for “complex magic” he’s preparing.

He’s being deliberately cryptic about what, but the completion text hints at what’s coming: “Now brace yourself, <class>. This is where it gets good….”

He’s building the Ensorcelled Choker, the Scourge disguise that will let you infiltrate Voltarus as a double agent. The ghoul drool and abomination guts are literally the raw materials for your undercover identity.

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Reward

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

11,640 experience

250 reputation with Argent Crusade

Vikstone's War Journal

“You’re doomed to a mindless existence as a walking corpse,” Stefan said, then his face twisted into a cruel grin. “…unless we can use their desires against them.”

Vikstone Portrait Act 2 — Illustrated by Christian DiBari and Simon Gough.

He needed components. Abomination guts and Ghoul drool, which the Reliquary of Agony had plenty of.

Putrid abominations fell slow and heavy. Decaying ghouls came faster, hungrier. What I collected afterward was fouler than the killing.

Stefan sifted through the remnants when I returned.

“Well, it’s far from perfect, but it’ll have to do. Now brace yourself. This is where it gets good.”

A death knight with a plan.

The ingredients were foul, but Stefan’s magic was fouler. What he built from abomination guts and ghoul drool was a disguise in Dressing Down.

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You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide

Objective

LEVEL

75

Requires level

74

Start

END

Zul'Drak Storyline

Reward

5 Gold

90 Silver

11,500 experience

250 reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade

Walkthrough

Reward

11,640 experience

250 reputation with Argent Crusade

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