Pa’Troll

Objective: Visit four Argent Crusade outposts, complete each captain’s task, and return to Commander Kunz.

Quick Facts

• Level: 76
• Faction: Both
• Prerequisites: Defend the Stand AND Parachutes for the Argent Crusade (both from Commander Falstaav)
• Unlocks: Troll Patrol (repeatable daily version), Trouble at the Altar of Sseratus, and additional quests at Drak’Sotra (Cocooned!, Death to the Necromagi, Skimmer Spinnerets)

Walkthrough

Accept the Quest

• Pick up Pa’Troll from Commander Kunz at the center of the Argent Stand structure [40.3, 66.6]. You receive a 20-minute “On Patrol” buff when you accept. If you complete all four tasks and turn in before this buff expires, you qualify for the Congratulations! bonus quest (additional reputation and a Patroller’s Pack).
• Pa’Troll is the one-time introductory version. Each captain gives you a specific predetermined task (the daily version, Troll Patrol, randomizes the tasks). After you complete Pa’Troll, the daily becomes available.

The Four Tasks

Unlike the daily version where tasks are random, Pa’Troll always assigns these specific sub-quests:

1. Captain Brandon — Something for the Pain — Drak’Sotra [48.8, 78.9]

• Collect 5 Mature Water-Poppies from Drak’Sotra Fields, the water-filled area just west/southwest of Brandon’s position.
• The Mature Water-Poppies sparkle and are slightly larger than the surrounding non-interactable poppies. Hover your mouse over the fields until you see the interact cursor if they’re hard to spot. You can gather them without aggroing the nearby water elementals if you’re careful.
• On completion, Brandon directs you to Captain Rupert, stationed east of his position.

2. Captain Rupert — Throwing Down — Drak’Sotra [58.1, 72.4]

• Use High Impact Grenades (provided) near 5 Nerubian Craters northwest of Rupert’s position, up the stairs to the east.
• You need to be nearly point-blank to throw a grenade into a crater. There are 6 craters total (one spare). Try to dodge the patrolling mobs between craters rather than fighting them to save time.
• On completion, Rupert directs you to Captain Grondel in Drak’Agal.

3. Captain Grondel — Creature Comforts — Drak’Agal [48, 64]

• Bring 20 pieces of Dead Thornwood from the waterlogged area northwest of Grondel’s small building.
• The Dead Thornwood blends in with the environment (same brown/gray coloring). Look for the sparkle. Each node can yield multiple pieces, so you may need fewer nodes than expected. Don’t restrict yourself to the flooded area; there are nodes on the drier land to the west as well.
• On completion, Grondel directs you to Alchemist Finklestein.

4. Alchemist Finklestein — Lab Work — Heb’Valok [35, 52]

• Find 4 specific ingredients inside Finklestein’s laboratory: a Muddy Mire Maggot, a Withered Batwing, an Amberseed, and Chilled Serpent Mucus.
• The laboratory has two stockrooms flanking Finklestein’s central cauldron area. The items are on shelves throughout both rooms. This first-time version is much easier than the daily “Alchemist’s Apprentice” version (which demands 6 random ingredients under time pressure). Take your time learning the layout; you’ll need to know it for the daily.
• Note: Finklestein’s building is northwest of the Argent Stand. The direct overland route passes through hostile mobs. To save time, follow the road north from the Argent Stand, then cut west once the building is visible. With a flying mount, just fly directly there.

Return to Commander Kunz

• After completing all four tasks, return to Kunz at the Argent Stand [40.3, 66.6] and turn in. If your “On Patrol” buff is still active, he’ll immediately offer Congratulations! as a bonus turn-in.

Efficiency Tips

• Optimal Route: Finklestein → Grondel → Rupert → Brandon is the recommended order (the reverse of the quest’s suggested order). This front-loads Finklestein’s task, which is the most unpredictable time sink on subsequent daily runs. For Pa’Troll specifically, the Lab Work version is easy enough that route order matters less, but building the habit early pays off.
• Flying Mount Advantage: A flying mount (available at 77, or via Cold Weather Flying tome at lower levels) makes the 20-minute timer trivial. Ground-mount completion is possible but tight. Use movement speed abilities, dismount tricks (Shadowmeld, Feign Death, Vanish), and avoid unnecessary combat.
• Timer Trick (Pa’Troll only): If you’re worried about making the 20-minute window, you can game the timer. Complete the objectives for all three captains but do NOT accept Finklestein’s task yet. Then abandon Pa’Troll and immediately re-accept it from Kunz. This refreshes the 20-minute buff. Since the captain objectives carry over, you now have a full 20 minutes for just Finklestein’s task and the turn-ins. Note: do NOT accept a sub-quest you can’t finish, as active sub-quests prevent the timer refresh.

About the Daily Version (Troll Patrol)

• After completing Pa’Troll, the daily Troll Patrol unlocks from Commander Kunz. It works identically but each captain gives one of three random tasks instead of the fixed ones.
• Daily reputation breakdown: Troll Patrol turn-in awards 455 Argent Crusade rep. Completing within 20 minutes unlocks Congratulations! for an additional 650 rep (total 1,105 per day). This makes Troll Patrol one of the most efficient Argent Crusade reputation sources in the game.
• Finklestein Cheat Sheet: The daily version’s Alchemist’s Apprentice quest is significantly harder than Lab Work, requiring you to fetch 6 ingredients one at a time as Finklestein calls them out. Addons like Finkle’s Packs can help.

Do Alongside

• Trouble at the Altar of Sseratus — Unlocks from Hexxer Ubungo after Pa’Troll completion. Grab it before your next visit north to Heb’Valok.
• The Blessing of Zim’Abwa — Also from Hexxer Ubungo. The Zim’Abwa statue [36.7, 72.5] is between the Argent Stand and Drak’Sotra, making it convenient to visit during patrol routes.

Lore Context

Commander Kunz’s name and demeanor are a nod to Colonel Kurtz from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now).

The setting mirrors the novel: remote military outposts deep in hostile territory, a commanding officer with an outsized personality, and the creeping sense that the enemy is everywhere. Even the zone’s structure, with its tiers ascending into increasingly nightmarish territory, echoes the journey upriver.

The four outposts represent the Argent Crusade’s thin defensive line across central Zul’Drak. Drak’Sotra (Brandon and Rupert) faces both the Drakkari and Nerubian threats from Kolramas, while Drak’Agal (Grondel) monitors the flooded ruins where corrupted creatures lurk, and Heb’Valok (Finklestein) serves as a forward intelligence post for the Sseratus investigation.

Captain Rupert is notably a Forsaken member of the Argent Crusade, one of several undead who joined the Crusade after being freed from the Lich King’s control. His daily tasks include incinerating fallen Argent soldiers to prevent them from being raised as Scourge, a grim duty he’s uniquely suited to handle without the moral hesitation a living soldier might feel.