Zapthrottle Mote Extractor

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Zapthrottle Mote Extractor is a device used by Engineers to extract motes and crystallized elements from gas clouds.

Source

The Zapthrottle Mote Extractor is crafted by Engineers with a skill level of 305. The components are:

• 2 [Fel Iron Casing]
• 2 [Handful of Fel Iron Bolts]
• 4 [Primal Life]
• 1 [Delicate Arcanite Converter]

[Schematic: Zapthrottle Mote Extractor] is a quest reward for the quest  [60] The Zapthrottle Mote Extractor!.

Cost from basic components

• 40 [Mote of Life]
• 16 [Fel Iron Ore]
• 1 [Ironweb Spider Silk]
• 1 [Arcane Crystal]
• 1 [Thorium Ore]

Notes

This item is used to extract motes from various clouds, gases, mists and vortexes in Outland. It can be put to use on the fairly distinctive, wandering clouds as long as your character is in close proximity to them. Be aware that after you reach an engineering skill level of 350, a number of schemata such as Schematic: Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles become available. These types of goggles will allow you to track nearby clouds on the minimap.

In Burning Crusade ()

• Arcane Vortexes in Netherstorm for  [Motes of Mana]
• Felmist in Shadowmoon Valley for  [Motes of Shadow]
• Swamp Gas in Zangarmarsh and The Steamvault for  [Motes of Water]
• Windy Clouds in Nagrand for  [Motes of Air]

Note that Arcane Vortexes are normally invisible, so you will need either the ability to Detect Invisibility or specialized equipment such as the Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles or the class-specific engineering goggles.

One common misconception is that this item can also be used to extract Motes of Water from the Pure Water that spawns in fishing spots around Outland, particularly in Nagrand. Pure Water in fact gives up its bounty to players who fish from it, not to mote extractors.

Patch 2.3.0:

• Windy Clouds in Nagrand now produce  [Motes of Air].
• Gas clouds in Zangarmarsh now produce  [Motes of Water] instead of  [Motes of Life].

Note that Windy Clouds will very frequently spawn on top of the floating islands that are dotted about the Nagrand region. It is very difficult to spot these clouds without the gas cloud tracking ability of the Engineering goggles.

Also note that other methods exist for acquiring Motes.

Be sure you have bag space before you start extraction. The cloud disappears after extraction whether you collected the motes or not.

In Wrath of the Lich King ()

Various clouds and such also exist in Northrend where the Zapthrottle Mote Extractor can be used to extract such things as [Crystallized ...]. The main difference is that more than one kind of element can be extracted, unlike the ones in Outland.^[1]

• Arctic Clouds in Howling Fjord and Dragonblight produce [Crystallized Air] and [Crystallized Water].
• Cinder Clouds in the Savage Thicket in Sholazar Basin, the Obsidian Dragonshrine in Dragonblight, and the Cauldron of Flame in Wintergrasp produce [Crystallized Fire].
• Steam Clouds around the Geyser Fields and Scalding Pools in Borean Tundra and throughout Sholazar Basin produce [Crystallized Fire] and [Crystallized Water].

Patch changes

Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): The on-use animation has been changed.

Rather than looking like you're a warlock draining the soul of the cloud, it now appears as though you are sucking the cloud through a tube.

See also

• Primal ingredient
• Eternal ingredient

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