Quest 5222 · Classic Era details

Target: Writhing Haunt

Go to the Writhing Haunt in Western Plaguelands to locate and defeat the Cauldron Lord present there, and use its key to gain access to the cauldron. You must have the Empty Writhing Haunt Bottle with you to secure a sample of the poisons used inside the cauldron.

Quest level55Requires level50Classic zoneWestern PlaguelandsEligible races in ClassicHuman, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB. Only details marked as owner beta observations were checked in Forever.

The task

Objectives

Rewards and gains

Reputation

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The route

Classic locations

Approximate Classic points. Select a marker to copy a TomTom waypoint.

Start Turn in

Western Plaguelands

Starting location

High Priestess MacDonnell

Western Plaguelands (42.97, 84.5)

Approximate Classic location

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Turn-in location

Scourge Cauldron

Western Plaguelands (53.02, 65.61)

Approximate Classic location

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Map tiles seen in the client. Build 1.60.1.69977. Associated by the client filename Interface/WorldMap/WesternPlaguelands_c60, not by a direct map-art foreign key. This is client artwork, not a verified in-game map. Artwork © Blizzard Entertainment.
  • ! StartHigh Priestess MacDonnell (42.97, 84.5)
  • ? Turn inScourge Cauldron (53.02, 65.61)

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

  • High Priestess MacDonnell
    Approximate Classic location: Western Plaguelands

Ends at

  • Scourge Cauldron
    Approximate Classic location: Western Plaguelands

Coordinates are approximate Classic references. The `/way` formats require TomTom or a compatible addon; use the named-zone form from outside the zone.

The path

Quest chain

Story and dialogue

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Sources and limits

QuestieDB supplies the Classic quest details and approximate locations above. They are not verified for Forever or in game. Owner beta observations are marked separately and do not establish rewards for every character or level. Map artwork comes from the Forever beta client; its markers still come from Classic data. Revealed artwork appears only where its layers have been checked.

Version and retrieval details

Quest ID 5222 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.69977. QuestieDB 1.0.3, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-09-23. View source release.

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