Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms - January 27

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms - January 27
Patch 8.3 adds N'Zoth assaults to Uldum and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. These new assaults work a little differently than what you would expect and are a very important part of keeping up with patch content. Click the banner below for an in depth guide.

Today in Uldum
There are several activities taking place in Uldum.

Assault: The Black Empire

• The Black Empire Assault continues in Uldum. This major assault resets on Tuesday at 7am PT in NA (Wednesday at 8am CET in EU).
• Completing this assault rewards you with 1500 Uldum Accord reputation, 750 Artifact Power, and a Cache of the Black Empire.
• Cache of the Black Empire contains Vessel of Horrific Visions, Corrupted Mementos, 2000 Gold or 200 War Resources, and a chance for a corrupted item.

Vision of N'Zoth Daily Quest (Vision of Darkness)

• Minions of N'Zoth - Defeat 20 minions of N'Zoth within the vision.

Daily Quests

• Wisdom From Madness - Collect 10 Maddened Writings from Black Empire Cultists in Uldum.
• A Rallying Cry - Kill 3 rare minions of N'Zoth in Uldum.
• Anchors of the Black Empire - Destroy 6 Black Empire Obelisks in Uldum.

Daily Rares

• The following Rare NPCs have a chance to drop collectibles such as mounts, pets or toys.

/way 74 83 Ishak of the Four Winds - Drops Reins of the Drake of the Four Winds
/way 49 82 The Grand Executor - Drops Hell-Bent Bracers (Spawns on top of the floating platform)
/way 56 52 Gaze of N'Zoth - Drops All-Seeing Right Eye (Required for All-Seeing Eyes)

Daily Bonus Events

• Completing bonus events rewards you with Uldum Accord reputation and Coalescing Visions.

/way 47 40 Spirit Drinker
/way 62 70 Voidflame Ritual
/way 52 51 Executor of N'Zoth
/way 66 68 Executor of N'Zoth
/way 53 76 Call of the Void
/way 66 73 Call of the Void

Pet Battle World Quest

• Dune Buggy - Defeat Aqir Sandcrawler in a pet battle.
• Strategy: Unborn Val'kyr [2 2 1] and Ikky [1 1 1]
  
  • Turn 1: Curse of Doom
  • Turn 2: Haunt
  • Bring in Ikky
  • Turn 3: Black Claw
  • Turn 4: Flock

Other Daily Activities

• Reins of the Springfur Alpaca - Obtained by feeding Gersahl Greens to the Friendly Alpaca for seven days.
  
  • You can find Gersahl Greens along the Vir'naal River. Most of them spawn around the Lost City of Tol'vir.
  • The Friendly Alpaca is a rare spawn in Uldum. If you can't find it, look in Premade Groups for "Friendly Alpaca".
• Shadowbarb Drone - Obtained by completing Ready to Fly, the final quest in a chain available after completing daily quests for 30 days.
  
  • To start the questline pick up the Voidtouched Egg at coordinates 20.8 61.9 in Uldum and then bring it to H'partho Ardoros.
  • To grow your companion you will have to complete daily quests offered by H'partho Ardoros in Ramkahen.
  • Completing this questline also rewards you with a toy Aqir Egg Cluster and a pet Shadowbarb Hatchling.

Today in Vale of Eternal Blossoms
There are several events taking place in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Assault: Mantid

• The Mantid Assault has started in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. This minor assault resets on Tuesday at 7am PT in NA (Wednesday at 8am CET in EU).
• Completing this assault rewards you with 500 Rajani reputation, 500 Artifact Power, and a Cache of the Mantid Swarm.
• Cache of the Mantid Swarm contains 5500 Coalescing Visions, Corrupted Mementos, 2000 Gold or 200 War Resources, and a chance for a corrupted item.

Daily Quests

• Standards of the Swarm - Burn 6 Zara'thik Banners within the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
• The Empress' Guard - Kill 8 Zara'thik mantid in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
• Champions of the Swarm - Defeat 4 rare mantid enemies in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Daily Bonus Events

• Completing bonus events rewards you with Rajani reputation and Coalescing Visions.

/way 19 72 Mending Monstrosity
/way 18 66 Kuncong Incubator
/way 11 48 Vil'thik War Banner
/way 11 40 Vil'thik Feeding Grounds
/way 14 33 Swarm Caller
/way 9 27 Empowered War Wagon

Pet Battle World Quest

• Brain Tickling - Defeat Tormentius in a pet battle.
• Strategy: Ikky [1 1 1] and Fel Flame [2 2 1]
  
  • Turn 1: Black Claw
  • Turn 2: Flock
  • Fel Flame is forced into battle
  • Turn 3: Scorched Earth
  • Turn 4: Flame Breath