Today, Cortyn introduces you to another item from World of Warcraft that you may not know yet, but it’s a lot of fun: A guaranteed deadly poison.
In World of Warcraft, there are numerous items whose usefulness can be categorized as quite questionable or morally reprehensible. However, that is precisely what makes such items interesting, as they can be used for a lot of mischief. If you want to drive your “friends” to despair, simply gift them a vial of “Zanzil’s Slow Poison”.
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What is “Zanzil’s Slow Poison”? Zanzil’s Slow Poison is a rather inconspicuous potion of white quality, with a fairly clear text. Because behind the keyword “Use” it says:
“A slow poison that kills anyone who drinks it after a week. Absolutely incurable.”
And that’s exactly what consuming the potion does. The drinker is afflicted with a debuff that remains on the character for 7 days. After the time expires, the character suffers massive damage (50,000,000 damage points) and is very likely to pass away.
Are there any saves? Very few. Immunity effects can, if used at the right moment, avoid the damage. A Paladin with Divine Shield should be able to negate the damage. The same likely applies to a Mage’s Ice Block and similar effects.
Various abilities can also prevent death, which can avoid death once. Rogues can survive with “Cheat Death”, Fire Mages can survive with cauterizing.
For the vast majority of classes and specializations, however, the damage is guaranteed to be deadly.
The debuff itself cannot be removed in the usual way. For some patches now, neither Shadow Mantle nor any form of dispel helps. The debuff is also not classified as a curse, disease, poison, or magic effect, and cannot be cleansed with traditional methods.
Oh, and the debuff also lasts beyond death. Even if the character dies beforehand, that does not free them from the effects of the poison.
What can you do with the potion? Zanzil’s Slow Poison is quite direct, hence its “use” is extremely limited. Just try to sneak the potion onto other players and get them to drink it. Whether as a digital “white elephant gift”, as a sealed package in the mail, or simply when handing over buff food in the raid. Just add the potion and watch with a grin as the other player struggles to swallow the poison. In the end, they all do.
Rumor has it that some newcomers have panicked and deleted their character after “enjoying” the potion because they thought they would completely die and have to start over. But it would be quite demonic not to inform such players in time…
How do you get Zanzil’s Slow Poison? You can purchase the poison at 3 different locations in the game. One of them is only accessible to Rogues, the other two are for Horde and Alliance respectively.
- Rogues can buy the poison in their class hall (Legion) in Dalaran, from Master Spy Jenri.
- Alliance players go to Gerald Schwartz in Stormwind’s Old Town, at coordinates 79 / 71. He is located in the basement of the building.
- Horde players seek out the Undead Alpheus Cane in Orgrimmar. He is located in the Valley of Honor at coordinates 75 / 46.
The potion is stackable up to 20 times and one unit costs only 1 silver piece.
So buy Zanzil’s Slow Poison diligently and gift it to your loved ones – or your enemies. They certainly won’t be able to resist the sip from the bottle and sooner or later will fall victim to the poison.
