Botanica

The Botanica
Bot
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Location	Tempest Keep, Netherstorm
Race(s)	Blood elf; Demon
End boss	Warp Splinter
Advised level	70
Player limit	5
Key	[Warpforged Key] (Heroic mode)
Associated faction	Sha'tar
Bosses
Commander Sarannis; High Botanist Freywinn; Thorngrin the Tender ; Laj ; Warp Splinter	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	Other Tempest Keep instances

Tempest Keep
The Mechanar (5)
Gatewatcher Gyro-Kill Gatewatcher Iron-Hand Mechano-Lord Capacitus Nethermancer Sepethrea Pathaleon the Calculator
The Botanica (5)
Commander Sarannis High Botanist Freywinn Thorngrin the Tender Laj Warp Splinter
The Arcatraz (5)
Zereketh the Unbound Wrath-Scryer Soccothrates Dalliah the Doomsayer Harbinger Skyriss
The Eye (25)
Al'ar Void Reaver High Astromancer Solarian Kael'thas Sunstrider

The Botanica is the second wing of the Tempest Keep instance located directly north of the main palace (The blue crystal building). This is also the location of Kael'thas' commander: Commander Sarannis.

Background

Main article: Tempest Keep

Since Kael'thas and his blood elves seized Tempest Keep from the naaru they have had quite the time to investigate and find a usage for the technology in it. The Botanica appears to be the satellite chosen especially for this purpose. Here, blood elf scientists carry out experiments on the flora in Outland, how naaru technology can be used to create and manipulate living beings, and how all this can grant the blood elves new powers. It seems, however, that the results were not quite as expected, and thus some of the experiments have gotten out of control...

Dungeon Journal

The mighty Tempest Keep was created by the enigmatic naaru: sentient beings of pure energy and the sworn enemies of the Burning Legion. In addition to serving as a base of operations for the naaru, the structure itself possesses the technology to teleport through alternate dimensions, traveling from one location to another in the blink of an eye.

Geography

All of the bosses in the Botanica are optional; you can fairly easily reach Warp Splinter without killing a single one of them. You will, however, still have to clear a majority of the trash, so this won't save an enormous amount of time.

Maps

WorldMap-TheBotanica1.jpg

Encounters

Main article: Botanica walkthrough

Bosses

Monsters

Loot

Main article: Botanica loot

Quests

Quest:Saving the Botanica
- Quest:Culling the Herd
  - Quest:A Most Somber Task
Quest:Capturing the Keystone
Quest:How to Break Into the Arcatraz
Quest:Wanted: A Warp Splinter Clipping
Quest:Wanted: Sunseeker Channelers
Quest:Master of Potions (2) (Alchemy specialization quest)

Achievements

Notes

The Botanica will yield reputation with the Sha'tar through Exalted. Rep Summary; Trash: 12, Mini-Boss: 90, Bosses: 120, Full Clear: ~2,000 rep, and Full Clear (heroic): ~3,000 rep. On heroic mode, you can get 5 badge of justice, as there are 5 bosses.
Botanica is rich in Outland herbs. For example: a full clear with all herbs gathered on 4/3/2007 produced 1 [Terocone], 4 [Netherbloom], 7 [Dreaming Glory], 5 [Felweed], and 4 [Mote of Life] as bonus drops on herb nodes.

Videos

Paladin Tanking: Heroic Botanica

Patch changes

Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): New quests added.
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): [Warpforged Key] is no longer required for Heroic mode.
Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Added.

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