Ooze

An ooze is an amorphous or mutable creature, usually mindless. They are also blind. Some oozes have the ability to deal acid damage to objects. Oozes eat and breathe but do not sleep.^[1]

Background

Oozes are living blobs of slime that consume all that they touch. Oozes inhabit many places in the world of Azeroth, from Ironbeard's Tomb in the Wetlands to Maraudon in Kalimdor.

One of theory of their origin is that oozes are tied to the creation of the planet, as if they were a secretion of it. Chemist Fuely suggests that oozes may be connected to the Old Gods, a theory supported by the presence of Viscidus, a large ooze, in C'Thun-controlled Ahn'Qiraj ( [56] ... and a Batch of Ooze). Another theory classifies oozes as magically-created beasts intended to keep empty dungeons and underground sewers free from rats, roaches and possible invaders - magicians would conjure oozes as guardians of such places.

In Night of the Dragon, a group of dwarves encounter an ooze in the Wetlands. The creature is attacked by one of the dwarves, but as the dwarf's axe sinks into the ooze, the dwarf falls onto it and is sucked in. Their leader Rom tried to save him, but in moments, the dwarf's head was already turned into a skull, and they could see the thick beard begin to wither and dissolve. The victim could only twitch once as he was being dissolved to death.^[2]

The mass of oozes apparently can douse flaming arrows, unless the flame is fueled by oil, which will turn it into an inferno and kill them. Its mass will then also feed the flames. When faced with such an assault, other oozes will try to escape into water.^[3]

Oozes (subspecies include slimes, primal oozes, black oozes, sludges, or sludge beasts) generally consume anything they move over, and have been known to consume small mammals, even gnomes and as mentioned above, dwarves. As such their bodies are usually peppered with items that they can not digest such as bones, arrow heads or the odd piece of armor. Though it is somewhat counter-intuitive, rogues can pickpocket oozes. Because oozes so readily absorb everything around them, they tend to closely reflect their environment. For instance, oozes and slimes that live in areas tainted by the Blight, often have the ability to pass on terrible diseases to those they attack. The most "pure" oozes that haven't soaked up too much foreign material are located in Un'Goro Crater.

Notes

Rogues can pickpocket them.
Because Oozes are considered uncategorized creatures, they cannot be tracked by any of a Hunter's tracking abilities.
In the RPG these creatures are all categorized as "oozes".

Ooze loot

[Oozing Bag] – level 53-62 oozes, usually contains potions, herbs, or the occasional [Disgusting Oozeling]
[Scum Covered Bag] – level 45-53 oozes, usually contains potions, or herbs
[Broken Weapon]
[Decomposed Boot]
[Gelatinous Goo] – also dropped by maggots and worms
[Large Slimy Bone]
[Lifeless Skull]
[Slimy Ichor] – also dropped by maggots and worms

Unique oozes

Ooze types

Black ooze
Primal ooze
Slime
Greater Slime
Sludge
Sludge beast
Gelatinous cube^[4]

Oozes by location

Ashenvale – Rotting Slime
Azshara – Forest Ooze
Dustwallow Marsh – Acidic Swamp Ooze, Corrosive Swamp Ooze, Swamp Ooze
Eastern Plaguelands – Living Decay, Rotting Sludge
Felwood – Cursed Ooze, Tainted Ooze, Vile Ooze
Gnomeregan – Corrosive Lurker, Irradiated Slime
Maraudon – Creeping Sludge, Noxious Slime
Naxxramas – Plague Slime
Razorfen Kraul – Blood of Agamaggan
Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj – Flesh Hunter
Stonetalon Mountains – Corrosive Sap Beast, Sap Beast
Temple of Atal'Hakkar – Fungal Ooze, Saturated Ooze
The Hinterlands – Emerald Ooze, Green Sludge, Jade Ooze, Jade Sludge
Un'Goro Crater – Cloned Ooze, Gargantuan Ooze, Glutinous Ooze, Muculent Ooze, Primal Ooze
Wailing Caverns – Cloned Ectoplasm, Devouring Ectoplasm, Evolving Ectoplasm, Nightmare Ectoplasm
Western Plaguelands – Devouring Ooze, Large Vile Slime, Vile Slime
Wetlands – Black Ooze, Black Slime, Crimson Ooze, Monstrous Ooze
Sludge Beast

References

^ Blizzard Entertainment. Monster Guide, 196. ISBN 9781588469366.
^ Knaak, Richard A.. Night of the Dragon, 71-72. ISBN 978-0-7434-7137-4.
^ Knaak, Richard A.. Night of the Dragon, 72. ISBN 978-0-7434-7137-4.
^ Arthaus. Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 160. ISBN 9781588460714.

[1] Blizzard Entertainment. Monster Guide, 196. ISBN 9781588469366.

[2] Knaak, Richard A.. Night of the Dragon, 71-72. ISBN 978-0-7434-7137-4.

[3] Knaak, Richard A.. Night of the Dragon, 72. ISBN 978-0-7434-7137-4.

[4] Arthaus. Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 160. ISBN 9781588460714.

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