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Commento di Nulgar

Most likely a new Fossil archaelogy rare introduced in 4.1
Making a guess, the effect might be similar to that of Lord of Frost's Private Label, as in you become encased in an amber "ice block", with a short-duration buff (which you can click off) which makes you unable to move or act. Damage taken will likely cancel this effect.

Commento di danaphantom

I would think this is a reference to Jurassic Park. We wouldn't have T-Rexes running down jeeps if not for mosquitoes in amber!

Commento di 506821

If I take this item to the museum do I get an Aerodactyl?

Commento di DOGEMON

Bingo! Dino DNA!

Commento di Beansmoke

Why does everything have to be a pop culture reference? Perhaps it may just be referring to the real-world phenomenon of finding insects (and other once-living things) encased in amber, which dates back to at least the Ancient Romans, predating both Fringe and Jurassic Park by a couple thousand years.

Wikipedia:

The presence of insects in amber was noticed by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia, and led him to theorize correctly that, at some point, amber had to be in a liquid state to cover the bodies of insects.

Indeed, that "amber with a bug in it" icon does look similar to another.

Commento di regma

"And over here was our last hope to kill deathwing, but saddly to poor fool was stuck in some sap" Lol

Commento di Imyself

Just got this. Using this gives you a buff called "Trapped In Amber" which encases you in an amber block.

Sadly, but not surprisingly, this item doesn't work in battle grounds.

Commento di sTyLnK

I ended up getting this on patch day. Neat little toy.

- Being that it's a common rare it shouldn't take people too long to to get it.

- You end up getting put in a scared/horrified position when you're encased in amber.

- You stay frozen for 5 minutes, but can click the buff off. (although why would you want to)

- Of course as tool tip says it has a 30 min CD.

Good luck and have fun with it when you do obtain it. :)

Commento di 250935

I'm sure most of you have more common sense then I do, but just in case, you cannot use this item while moving. So don't jump off a cliff expecting to get frozen midair using this like I did, because it doesn't work :)

Commento di sNeyra

It has ~0.9 seconds cast time and cannot be used in battlegrounds or arena.

This was my 4th fossil solve after 4.1, you need 100 fossil fragments to do it, and it counts to It Belongs in a Museum!

Edit: I can confirm that you cant use this item while in combat.

Commento di Fenrari

"That mage is in a glitched Ice Block, lets ignore her and pwn the priest." comes to mind.

Commento di mpjunk

If you are trying to level archeology you might want to wait for a hot fix or 2 before you make this one. Will not level you up.

Commento di alkemist

"Stunned with a horrified expression.You'd make an interesting conversation piece on a shelf"

Commento di ViceVersa

One of the rare tier items in Fossil Archaeology.
Requires 100 Fossil Archaeology Fragments.
Rewards: Ancient Amber

Common tier Fossil items:
Beautiful Preserved Fern
Black Trilobite
Twisted Ammonite Shell
Insect in Amber
Strange Velvet Worm
Devilsaur Tooth
Ancient Shark Jaws
Vicious Ancient Fish
Feathered Raptor Arm
Shard of Petrified Wood
Imprint of a Kraken Tentacle
Proto-Drake Skeleton

Rare tier Fossil items:
Ancient Amber
Pterrordax Hatchling
Fossilized Hatchling
Fossilized Raptor
Extinct Turtle Shell

Commento di 822234

I found out one or two things about the Ancient Amber. One of them is you can't use it in combat - I wanted to see if it had the same debuff removal effect as Iceblock - but no. The second thing, and what it doesn't tell you, is it has a 1 second cast time. So while I was about 1,000 feet above Winterspring, I thought I'd try and be clever, so I clicked it and was obviously dismounted - I wanted to see if it'd not let me die since I'd be encased in it. But, as you have probably guessed by now, you cannot use this while moving. So down I go, down down down...... dead. It's not really as good an object as I first thought it might be.

Commento di noles

I have not seen this mentioned yet, but when you use this item, it places you in the amber block and shrinks you down to about 50% of your natural size.

Commento di 810574

Just a minor note.

If you log out while you have the 'Trapped in Amber' buff, when you log back in your character will still be trapped, but will be standing as normal rather than in the 'scared' emote.

*edit*
After doing this on more than one logout, this does not appear to happen every time.

Commento di Aerospace

Unfortunately, Blizzard has also decided that using this item will remove any costumes you have on at the time. So you're not allowed to be creative and freeze yourself in the amber block as a Furbolg/Arakkoa/Whatever. :(

Commento di Siirenias

"Ew, more Fossil digs to unlock Tol'Vir. I'm close to 200...I guess I'll discover this Insect In Amber...

Wait, where'd my fragments go? What's this in my bags? This isn't inse-!"

Commento di Taiboku

It will shift you out of tree form :(

Commento di vedor

This reminds me of one of the early DragonLance books from the 80's that I read when I was a kid. The group got frozen in a crystal like this for decades in a dwarf mine; and the sketch illustration in the book kinda looked like this. The main character was a human who had a demon hand (because of what happened earlier) that wasn't affected by the crystal and he passed the time trying to catch bats with it. The other characters shifted their eyes to him and had looks of blame. Then weird things happened because after they were released from the spell, he was the same age as his daughter.

I am working on this project now and it seems to be a totally vanity item. Maybe it'd make for a funny screenshot on the LK throne.

Commento di catlady

A Beast Mastery hunter can pop Bestial Wrath while in the block. It will not break the block, however it will increase your size a little, about halfway between the 50% reduction and your origional size. It also turn the entire block bright red. I will try to get a screen shot loaded

Commento di ThaLunatik

Paladin can bubble while inside this.

Commento di Ooglepants

ok, let's not be narrow minded here - this is an item that says, "i'm willing to be something MORE than just junk - I am living art"

So, you must consider the uses, however lame, however mindless, that can cause people to go "wtf?"

I'm willing to start the ideas, because this thread would be more useful to find ideas of HOW to use this work of art, such as:

Sneak into a major city as a rogue, right at a major thoroughfare, and opening up this amazing wonder.
Go to low level flight points and sit there, making lowbies scratch their head.
Play "find the amber" and test your archaeology skills with friends. Provide the archeologists with clues to find you in five minutes or less.
Make a mini amber henge. Think stone henge with amber. (i'm not that creative).
See if you can't have a druid push you off from some height and have you drop on someone below. Haven't tested this, but if it works...

please feel free to add more.

Commento di CzechMirco

Mage can use Iceblock, while trapped. It turns the color of the amber block from golden-orange to red-purple.

Commento di 405705

Interestingly enough, you can still blink while encased in amber.

Commento di blamlock

Elemental shamans can Thunderstorm while inside.

Commento di SanSan

If you use it while in Shadowform, it takes on a blood-red hue. You can remove Shadowform while trapped, but not re-apply it.

Commento di 832777

Well... Considering it is a 'fossil' artifact, I would go with the Jurassic Park idea.

Commento di 581854

fun?

try it, it's a whole new way

Commento di 698644

Thats why I always have my flexweave underlay on me. ;)

Commento di Wrashis

If you use this item and then dance with Brazier of Dancing Flames you will be a dancing female draenei on fire and encased in amber!

Commento di saint0421

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VHRYjjts6Y

just to quash any hopes of this being like a orange iceblock .. you can still take just as much damage as you normally would .. just look cooler doin it..

Commento di 855257

Read Ender's Game

Commento di 861734

I seemed to attract a few people by freezing myself in Stormwind for 5 minutes. I suppose it's still a little exotic.

Commento di 864601

I got 2 Insect in Amber before I got Ancient Amber

Commento di Coroner

You can summon Mojo, use the item and then /kiss Mojo. You'll be a frog in amber!

Caution: Mojo might be sad because he can't reach you through the amber. Use with respect, Mojo has feelings.

Commento di Grizela

We could do "encased in amber" events...amberholders go to a major city, form a circle in its main gathering point and then on the count of three, encase themselves. To make it more interesting, we could disrobe first....

Commento di 616859

there does not seem to be any way to cancel this effect once it has started... i used this in a dungeon once during a pause in the action.. when action resumed, i figured i could either /cancelaura or click on the debuff to remove it. neither worked.. they kicked me. :(

Commento di 848965

You can still Ice Block as a Mage while encased in the amber. Frosty fun!

Commento di 883784

I got this at 85 arc skill, just now.

I can't wait to complete it! :D

Commento di saurron

I just wanted to add....this also works with Disgusting Oozeling and Leyara's Locket. You can be a fossilized druid or fossilized in GREEN amber or both!

Commento di 729800

poisons still drip off your weapons while encased in this amber.

Commento di Shankney

This would've been so fun to annoy people in PvP while just sitting in amber for 5 minutes to test peoples patients but Blizzard thought of us trolls when they made this..

Commento di 930611

OK so I read thourh about fifty worthless comments that don't give any useful information unless I happen to care if this is item is a sci-fi reference or not. (It isn't, it's a REAL LIFE reference, so hard to believe in a fantasy MMO, right?)

All you need to know is you can not use this in combat, and this will NOT absorb damage. I believe those are the first two questions that should come to your mind when you get this item. Also, since someone bothered to claim you can't remove the buff, I'd like to say, you are wrong. You can remove it just like any other buff.

You will also get the title "Assistance Professor" since it's a rare artifact.

Commento di Emogen

"Oohh, Aahh, that's how all of this starts, but then later there's the running and screaming."

Commento di LilyLoo

I got this with a skill level of 89.

Commento di 968408

Just found at level 135

Commento di Subaki

Just as a side note for DKs, if you use boneshield before using this, your bones still rotate around your body while you're trapped in amber.

Commento di 959207

you can do evertyhing while u r trapping:)

Commento di scuit

My imagination links it with Fringe TV series. Anyone's else?

Commento di BarbaricGoose

The icon reminds me of Jurassic Park, but what the item does reminds me of Fringe.

Specifically, that episode of Fringe where ______ gets trapped in amber, so they ___ ____ his ____ and then later it turns out that ____'s ____. I liked that part.

Commento di 629499

When amber-fied, if you start to walk AND THEN you right-click to de-amber-fy, you will continue walking as if you were miniature. It's fun to see a Tauren quick step ^^

Commento di 243753

Just used this in a battleground. Not in combat, defending a tower. Was still in Amber when it ended...

I materialized right where I had been before the BG - high above Stormwind. Except I was tiny, not in amber, but still frozen.

And falling.

I landed on a rooftop, very, very dead.

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