Botanica Tips
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 place of Kael'thas commander: Commander Sarannis.
It will yield Reputation with Sha'tar through Exalted. Rep Summary: Trash: 12, Mini-Boss: 90, Bosses: 120, Full Clear: ~2,000 rep, Full Clear (heroic): ~3,000 rep. On heroic mode you can get 5 badge of justice, as there are 5 bosses.
Tips
- Try to have your group fully prepared: all read the boss-killing strategies. Otherwise you'll find yourself taking too much time to kill bosses (for instance the second boss, which really requires your group to fully understand what to do). Why "too" much time: if you die and have to return, you might find yourself with respawns, all up until the first boss (bosses won't respawn).
- Near the start of the instance there are some mobs named "Mender". If you mind control these Menders, you can buff your casters with a +295 spell damage buff for 30 mins. This is handy to get through the first part of the instance at a faster pace.
- It should be noted that 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. On the other hand, it means that if you're having difficulty with a certain boss, you can give up on them and still continue through the instance.
- You might want to take some Greater Fire Protection Potion for the 3rd boss, so you'll have some protection against his hellfire and give your healer an easier time, although it can be done without too. As a tank, don't forget Fire Resistance gear if you have any.
- A full run gives about 2300 Sha'tar reputation.
- 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.
