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1.	Digging Through Bones
2.	Fumping
3.	The Big Bone Worm

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Comment by 10807

48,73 area, drop rate is 100% :) .. Drum either spawns a gnome or the Sifter u need. Sifter's do around 900-1000 poison dmg.

Comment by 12385

Had about 25% that a sifter came and yes they hit pretty hard. For me np (64 frost mage) just use your pet :)

Comment by Xaev

This quest requires that you do Digging Through Bones from Chief Archaeologist Letoll first.

Comment by bprater

Look for tiny bones on the ground. That's the area you'll work in. Kill trash in between pulls.

Comment by 15689

Easily compelted:

Go to the edge of Refugee Caravan and The Bone Wastes (any side). Keep NPCs to your back and use the fumper. If gnome spawns, run back towards NPCs, they will kill him.

When Sifter spawns fight him until he goes underground. He will always reappear behind you, which should be closer to NPCs. Keep your back to NPCs at all times and he'll quickly be in the Caravan camp where NPCs will finish him off.

Comment by chonchu

You can use the drum anywhere on the map.
When you use it you have a random change to get the worm or a sand little bandit.
The little guy don

Comment by 16894

Extremely easy for rogues who are 66+. Just use your cloak of shadows as he starts casting the first poison.

Comment by Cesar

Soloed with 65 mage

Comment by 18633

Warrior fury 65 in solo, very easy

Comment by Ch0p

Use the Fumper right by the outpost where you get the quest. The sand worms will usually bury themselves and pop up in the town and the guards help you kill them. Really easy to solo.

Comment by 30195

Nooblets any one can solo him the trick is to make him spawn on the bone pile if you do that then he can not get behind you the spell he uses to get behind you is a blink spell but the ground is diffrent on the pile so you can stand there and just bet him down he will only fire his big 900-1000 poison dmg when he pops backup but becouse he cant go down to move behind you it only happens the first time he pops up .....

note to casters you must be standing next to him or he may evade bug.

Cords 47,72 for bone pile

Comment by Poposhka

ultra-easycake.. just do it by the camp and have the guards kill em

guards are a little hit or miss though, they may not help you all the time... weird

Comment by Ixio

When you do this ques, do it outside of the Sha 'Tari base camp. Simply because the guards will help you out. Plus you won't have to worry about adds when fighting the worms.

Comment by Grakkh

Out of about ten first uses of the Fumper got 7 worms, but after that must've gotten over half a dozen gnomes only... annoying!

Comment by badgirls

says group but really is quite soloable. did this as a ret pally lvl 64 with really no trouble. Also if u dont feel like killing the sand gnomes since they grant no xp nor can you loot them. Do this quest near the bone wastes entrance to the allerian stronghold. when a gnome spawns run to the guards. saves time and prolly food andor mana drinks.

good luck

Comment by 26336

Easily soloed as a 64 shadow priest. Just shield before you summon, and it really isn't much of a challenge. Using the guards for help can work, but they are often slow to act, and don't hit very hard.

Comment by 51520

did this at 37,53 so im infront of those shattar vindicators.

Comment by 51517

Done this, as a 63 subt rogue, on the stairs of the small sepulcher 47,72. Quite easy fights and the graveyard is just in front of it :) so no problem for death cuase it just resets your cooldowns :D

Comment by 31915

Use the drum anywhere in The Bone Waste, when you see the minimap written The bone Waste, there you can use it, a big worm will spawn or a sand gnome, the worm drops the quest item every time you kill him wich means 100%m but the gnome doesn't.........btw, you can use the drum up to infinite times in the same place (must be in The Bone Waste), you can use it , finish the quest, get the reward in almost the same place.

Comment by 53461

The best area to do this would be 50,76 because an NPC, Vindicator Haylen will help you. He doesn't do a whole lot of DPS but he has a net which helps sometimes and you can just leave undesirable mobs that spawn (Sand Gnomes) to him.

Comment by nesten

im doing this quest right now and im using the refugee camp method , although im finding it kinda hard to do enough damage to the worm , when it hits me for 1k and not my shield off and 3 hits because i am a squishy mage...

Comment by 63025

Hallo all who want help with this quest..
i got a nice trick u can do.. and it will go 2x faster!!!
the trick is simple..
go to Tloc 49,76..
at the NPC named:vendicator haylen
and then use ur Fumper (the quest item) there.. and there will spawn a gnome or a mature bone shifter.. the mature bone shifter got 100% drop chance on the quest item.. and the trick is that.. the NPC lvl. 62 elite will HELP U TO KILL THE MOB?..
The gnome wont give u any quest item.. just so u know it!

Comment by sirios

I don't know if this was just luck but i got no gnomes in 41.76 .They were all warms

Comment by 79255

I used the drum at 32,75 pretty close to Sha'tari Outpost where I received the quest. I used it right next to a 70 elite Sha'tar Vindicator. It made this quest very soloable as the Vindicator did most of the damage to the Mature Bone Sifters.

Comment by 17498

Sand gnomes? I knew about sand trolls, but sand gnomes? I thought that I had escaped the small buggers when I went through the dark portal...

Comment by 95959

I found that if i stood near the refugee caravan and walked into the bone waste's and banged the drums and summoned the worm/gnome, that if i got the first couple of hits and then walked back to the caravan the guards at the caravan would help me.

Makes it alot more faster to kill.

Comment by 45703

Possible reference:
Fumping sounds suspiciously like thumping, a method used to distract/lure sandworms to a given location (the area where you used the thumper) in the Dune universe.

Comment by 103724

Fiegn Death FTW! when u are getting attacked my the dam gnomes. just feign death and they dissapear.

Comment by 122603

soloable i did this with my 64 lvl hunter :)

Comment by level12wizard

If you're going to "kite" these to guards, keep in mind that they will always burrow to wherever your back is facing.

Comment by 112591

Did anyone get the reference here? If not check out Dune by Frank Herbert.

Comment by IceCracker

I'd just like to note that the worms are invincible for about 3-4 seconds after they appear, as they're coming out of the ground. They CANNOT take damage until this animation finishes completely, which seems to be some time during the second cast of poison.

This screwed me because I'd unload as soon as I could target, then let the guards finish them off... It took me about 4 worms before I figured out what was going on. :(

Comment by flashjack15

Why is this quest a 2man quest?.... its sooooo easy

Comment by eddie

Just soloed as a level 64 rogue.
What I did was stand inbetween the two Sha'tar Vindicators at the "Entrance" to the camp.
Walk out until you move into the Bone Waste, and then fump and hit the spawn instantly. The two gaurds will then hit it and kill it quickly.

Comment by 138722

Incredibly hard quest quest! Whatever you do, don't stand next to the Sha'Tari Base Camp and use the drum. It will cause the mob to appear close enough to aggro the guards. Then, the guards will kill the mob!

Oh the pain...

Comment by 24745

What ever you do fight then in melee range because if you aren't in range it will spit poison at you and the poison hurts a lot more than the standard attack.

Comment by 5845

I recommend that you do this quest next to the sha'tari camp, so the guards will help you kill the fake mobs, it will make it a bit faster.

Comment by 172577

I did this quest as a Shadow Priest. The method i find that worked for me, other ranged classes as well i'd assume, was to stand at coordinates 32,76 with your back facing the Sha'tari Camp. When you use the drum, if a Sand Gnome appears, simply run back to the camp and let the guards take care of it, no point in wasting mana, if you use mana. When a worm appears, start DPS and when the worm turns around, if your channeling a "laser" spell, like Mind Flay, it will auto-turn for you, turn around and continue to DPS the worm. From this spot, the guards should aggro the worm and help you to kill it. Do not stop DPSing the worm until it is dead so that you can loot the corpse. This method worked amazingly for me and is really just spin-off of the method mentioned earlier, just with coords as to where a good spot to stand is=)

Comment by Allakhazam

46,78 is where I got mine to pop up. Other than that, sand gnomes. It's pretty much random either way though, I think.

Comment by Allakhazam

Fumping? Someone must have listened to an old George Carlin album -- fumps are people who chew fart bubbles in the bathtub. LMAO.

Comment by Allakhazam

this quest is ez did it solo at 31,76 and the guards helped me :)

Edited, Feb 16th 2007 12:23am by nbaker

Comment by Allakhazam

perhaps the titan panel coords are off or something. but the coords i used were 31.74 which just a few step north of the quest giver

Comment by Allakhazam

Here's a tip that might help melee fighters out. Do the thump-age with your back towards a large rock. There are a few around the Refugee Caravan that comes to mind. When you fight the worms with your back towards the wall, they can't burrow and unburrow 10 feet behind you while shooting you with a nasty dose of poison. Instead, they'll hit the rock wall and simply unburrow where they burrowed originally. Since you're already next to the rock wall, you'll be able to continue the fight A) right on top of them, decreasing downtime and annoying breaks in the fighting and B) without them using their damn poison spell.

Also, if you do this quest around the rocks located near the Refugee Caravan, you can still walk back to base to grab some food, shake off Sand Gnomes, etc. It's like a world of benefits with no drawbacks.

Comment by Allakhazam

This entire chain is just one big reference to the Dune series (right down to the rewards), which is awesome.

Also; Bone Worm isn't that tough. Does down smooth.

Comment by Allakhazam

Absurdly easy.

1 Journey ten steps from camp east into the Bone Wastes.
2 Fump the drum.
3 If a Sandgnome appears, walk backward and let Camp Guards kill it. Goto 2.
4 If a Worm appears, fight it and maybe Guards will help kill an easy 63.
5 Goto 2.

Eldorann, Level 67 NE Druid, Antonidas

Comment by Allakhazam

If Blizzard can make a quest called "Fumping", I shouldn't get a WoW suspension from saying Fugly.

Comment by Allakhazam

just do it on the edge of the bone wate...guards will come to aid...elte 70 vs bone beastie...ELITE WINS!

Comment by Allakhazam

I tend to get rid of the gnomes with a Feign Death...
If my pet has not aggroed them they de-spawn again

Comment by Allakhazam

If you are melee and would rather avoid the 1000+ poison spit, as soon as the worm submerges, turn around 180 degrees and run (he always surfaces behind you). If you get in melee range as he is surfacing, he will not cast the spell.

The worst part about this quest is that it seemed I did not get any XP for killing the numerous gnomes and worms. I had two bars left to level and sat there forever with 0 XP gain.

Comment by Allakhazam

I have a lvl 63 hunter and soloed it quick-- here is how:

Walk outside the camp where you got the quest at 30,76 just until you see that you have just entered the The Bone Wastes. Once there beat the drum and if a sand gnome pops up run back to camp and let the lvl 79 gaurds kill it while you run back out to the same spot and beat the drum again. The worms are easy to kill at lvl 63 so no worries;)

Comment by Allakhazam

39.54
Right in front of the caravan... as a mage i was turning around spamming arcane explo it looked like it was resisting fire alot...

Comment by Allakhazam

lol easy quest.. you can do it near the refuge camp guards and they will help you kill them.. just make sure you get the first hit and make sure it says you are in the bone wastes.. around 35, 51 is a good spot

Comment by Allakhazam

Go any part by Bone Wastes and right click on and keep on doing it and kill the little guys and worms till u get 8 worms it easy don't need a group

Comment by Allakhazam

I solo'd this at 33,75 near enough but not to close to the 70 elite NPC that's stationed on the battlefield there. The trick is timing (1) you must get the first hit on the worm or it isn't your kill, and (2) the elite can be engaged in battle but maybe 1/2 to 2/3 finished with his kill so it distracts him long enough to get your first hit in and not so long that he misses your battle entirely.

These things hit HARD. If they had more armor they would be elite. So kill fast and keep a heal pot handy.

Hope this helps

Comment by Allakhazam

it seems that the first 2-3 instant cast powers my warlock has are cast but never on the sandworm, if something else can be hit it will and if nothing else is around nothing is hit. if a dwarf shows up these same first two casts hit the target every time.

the game cheats

Comment by Allakhazam

They dont appear to be elites and only have about 6k hit ponts; but they hit hard.

Comment by Allakhazam

Don't be concerned about these worms - easily soloable at 70 (and probably less). The worms are only 65s. Go to 33,75 and have fun. Also don't worry about guards helping, as long as you get the first hit.

Comment by Allakhazam

Go to the spot where you guided the dwarven team. Pretty much only worms without those annoying sand gnomes

Comment by Allakhazam

spit hits for about 1000-1200, can't be stopped by pummel at least.

Comment by Allakhazam

I had absolutely no problem with them.

Warlock + Felguard, easy

Comment by Allakhazam

Hey hunters, don't feel like fighting the gnomes?

Keep a freezing trap down before you hit the drums. If it's a gnome, he'll freeze up and you can Feign Death, causing the gnome to despawn. If it's a worm, the trap won't work, but then again that's the point.

It's only 2-player suggested cause these guys hit like trucks. Should be soloable (may need to bandage/drink between fights, though).

Comment by Allakhazam

Lol so easy. Solo'd 64 mage. Simply walk to edge of caravan into the bone wastes. Use drum. Then run back and let npc's help u finish off the worms. Not hard.

Comment by Allakhazam

Easy quest as a solo 66 Warlock. Took 17 goes to get all 8 carcasses, yes I counted :p

Comment by Allakhazam

Do the quest outside the refugee camp, and when one of those sand gnomes spawn just kite them to the guards. (But dont do it with the bone shifters because you'll not be able to loot them afterwards)

If you're a shadow priest....

Shadowform, Buff and shield. and then **wait 15 secs** before banging the drum. (because the poison spit will one shot your shield, you must immediately recast another shield) Try and get within melee range and go all out DPS.

Comment by Quineloe

No exp from the worms
neither loot nor exp from the sand gnomes.

This quest is a hard skip unless you need one of the daggers from the followup (unlikely for casters as that one is worse than Vanilla weapons) or really want to max out Lower City rep.

Comment by streathh

I did this quest as a lv70 Arms Warrior.
If you use the Q Item u get a castbar of 3sec where u cant attack, makes sense, but after those 3s passed, you still cant attack for another ~10s yet i could cast Slam (improved to 0.5s Casttime) so i can only assume this is a bug... so bring a caster friend and let them drum =)

Comment by xLunacyx

Seems to be a bug with the drum where the buff that prevents you from autoattacking is coming after the fumping cast, so you cannot attack for twice as long as intended. You can just right-click the buff though.

Comment by archdruidbook

Considering the location, the Sand Gnomes are probably not actual Sand Gnomes mentioned earlier. More likely they are members of the Sons of Lothar expedition that got lost in the Bone Wastes and went mad.

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Fumping

Dwarfowitz at the Sha'tari Base Camp in the Bone Wastes wants you to bring him 8 Mature Bone Sifter Carcasses.

	Mature Bone Sifter Carcass (8)
	Fumper (Provided) (1)
	Suggested players: 2 (1)

Description

How would you like to do a little more work for the Explorers' League? These bone worms have us all quite intrigued.

I've got a drum right here that you can use out in the Bone Wastes. Just bang on the damned thing and see what you get. If it's a worm, kill it and bring back the carcass for us to study. We'll need a good lot of carcasses to get a valid testing sample.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Lower City

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10929))

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Alliance Terokkar Forest Leveling Guide for TBCC Horde Terokkar Forest Leveling Guide for TBCC

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