Posted by Heartbourne on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 - 10 Comments
Tags: hallow's end
If you have done most of the Hallow’s End stuff, you are probably familiar with the Wickerman. The Wickerman is a giant straw man outside of the Undercity who is burned every so often to celebrate the freedom of the Forsaken from the Scouge, a la Burning Man.
The secret is in the embers. The Wickerman Embers are objects that, when used, grant a 2 hour buff that increases reputation and experience gains by ten percent.
I don’t think I can understate how disappointed I was when I discovered this now with just a few days left before Hallow’s End ends. It would have been a great buff to have for working on reputation with the Brood of Nozdormu to start the Scepter of the Shifiting Sands quest-line. I level my level 74 Death Knight in Quel’Danas (because not only is it great experience, but the enchanting recipes from the Shattered Sun Offensive are excellent), and I could have really used that 10% extra experience and reputation. 10% may not seem like a lot, but when you are completing lots of quests and killing lots of mobs, the bonus adds up, especially with bonuses like heirlooms and rest experience.
I don’t know if there is an Alliance counterpart, but I recommend everyone check it out while you still have the opportunity! Was I the only one caught unaware?
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By Rogue4Life on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 9:24 am
wow, i didn’t know that! how the heck did you manage to come across it?
now we’ll have to do some searching for the alliance equivalent.
thanks Heart!
By Jay Pompano on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 10:12 am
It’s not funny you stupid headless horseman…
By candy on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Wow — definitely wish I’d known that earlier this year!
By Phajah on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 11:47 am
As Alliance you can simply kill them and get the buff from the remains of their ashes just like last year and the year before that….
By hammertime on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
whoa Phajah, troll much?
By Jrakthorn on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
he’s not a troll hammertime, he’s just informing alliance how to get their exp buff.
Thanks alot heart, my warrior will love the experience buff!
By xianghua on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I will have to make certain that my rogue gets that buff! 20% bonus xp from heirlooms + another 10% +200% for rested = 230% xp!
=OOOO
By Juanin on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
WHAT?
So that’s why I thought ruining the Horde’s celebrations outside of Undercity didn’t really make any sense to me, like something was missing…
By Dr.Awesome on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
wow 230% that would be fast lvlin at lvl1
By Hakeem on Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 5:41 am
And of course I got my DK to lvl 80 YESTERDAY.