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2008-07-30T07:51:00.000-07:00

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300 - 375 Blacksmithing Guide

2007-03-09T04:06:00.000-08:00

300 - 315
Imperial Plate Boots (18 x Thorium Bar) x 15 (Thankyou to Tobius on EU-Aggramar for suggesting this)

315 - 320
Imperial Plate Chest (20 x Thorium Bar) x 5 (Thankyou to Stahlkinn on EU-Baelgun for suggesting this)

Alternatively you could do the following as suggested by Peavy on EU-Al'Akir:

300 - 320
Enchanted Thorium Blades (2 x Enchanted Thorium Bars, 6 x Thorium Bars, 1 x Rugged Leather) x 20
This really depends on how easy and/or cheap it is to get Enchanted Thorium Bars on your server.

320 - 325
Fel Iron Chain Tunic (9 x Fel Iron Bar) x 5

325 - 330
Lesser Rune of Warding (1 x Adamantite Bar) x 10

330 - 340
Adamantite Cleaver (8 x Adamantite Bar) x 10
N.B. This is a limited supply recipe sold by either of the following:
Aaron Hollman - Shattrath City
Arras - The Exodar
Eriden - Silvermoon City

340 - 350
Lesser Rune of Shielding (1 x Adamantite Bar) x 20
N.B. This is a limited supply recipe sold by either of the following:
Mari Stonehand - Wildhammer Stronghold (Shadowmoon Valley)
Rohok - Thrallmar (Hellfire Peninsula)

350 - 360
Adamantite Weightstone (1 x Adamantite Bar, 2 x Netherweave Cloth) x 20
Requires Honoured rep with cenarion Expedition, which is fairly easy to get

N.B. from 360 onwards it gets tough to get recipes that will skill you up, as trainers won't teach you anything worthwhile. Everything that will skill you up past 360, is either a random drop pattern or a rep reward. The two best and cheapest ways are to get Scryers or Aldors rep.

Aldor's Rep Path

360 - 370
Flamebane Gloves (8 x Fel Iron Bars, 4 x Primal Water, 4 x Primal fire) x 10
Requires Aldor honoured rep to buy pattern and it's BoP

370 - 375
Flamebane Breastplate (16 x Fel Iron Bars, 6 x Primal Water, 4 x Primal Fire) x 5
Requires Aldor revered rep to buy pattern and it's BoP

Scryer's Rep Path

360 - 370
Enchanted Adamantite Boots (3 x Hardened Adamantite Bars, 12 x Arcane Dust, 2 x Large Prismatic Shards) x 10
Requires Scryer honoured rep to buy pattern and it's BoP

370 - 375
Enchanted Adamantite Breastplate (4 x Hardened Adamantite Bars, 20 x Arcane Dust, 4 x Large Prismatic Shards) x 5
Requires Scryer revered rep to buy pattern and it's BoP

Alternatively, you could keep running Auchenai Crypts for the Felsteel Gloves plans as follows:

361 - 375
Felsteel Gloves (6 x Felsteel Bars) x 15

Approximate Materials Required

Aldor's Rep Path

370 X Thorium Bars (or 120 if you made Blades)
199 x Fel Iron Bar
130 x Adamantite Bar
40 x Netherweave Cloth
70 x Primal Water
60 x Primal Fire

If you made Enchanted Thorium Blades instead Imperial Plate Chest, add the following:
40 x Enchanted Thorium Bars
20 x Rugged Leather

Scryer's Rep Path

370 X Thorium Bars (or 120 if you made Blades)
39 x Fel Iron Bar
130 x Adamantite Bar
40 x Netherweave Cloth
50 x Hardened Adamantite Bars (That's 600 x Adamantite Bars)
220 x Arcane Dust
40 x Large Prismatic Shards

If you made Enchanted Thorium Blades instead Imperial Plate Chest, add the following:
40 x Enchanted Thorium Bars
20 x Rugged Leather

300 - 375 Engineering Guide

2007-03-09T04:05:00.000-08:00

300 - 310
Your going to need 40 x Fel Iron Casing, 60 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts and 45 x Elemental Blasting Powder, so just make all that first and you'll get to 310+.

310 - 320
Fel Iron Bomb (1 x Fel Iron Casing (3 x Fel Iron Bars), 2 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts (1 x Fel Iron Bar) 1 x Elemental Blasting Powder(1 x Mote of Fire, 1 x Mote of Earth)) x 10

320 - 335
Fel Iron Musket (2 x Thorium Tubes (12 x Thorium Bars), 3 x Fel Iron Casing (9 x Fel Iron Bar), 4 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts (4 x Fel Iron Bars) x 15

335 - 350
White Smoke Flare (1 x Netherweave Cloth), 1 x Elemental Blasting Powder (1 x Mote of Fire, 1 x Mote of Earth)) x 25

350 - 355
Felsteel Stabilizer (2 x Felsteel Bar) x 5

355 - 360
Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles (4 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 2 x Khorium Bar, 2 Deep Peridot, 2 x Small Prismatic Shard) x 5

360 - 375
Khorium Scope (1 x Hardened Adamantite Tube (3 x Hardened Adamantite Bar), 4 x Khorium Bar, 2 x Dawnstone) x 15

Approximate Required Materials

255 x Fel Iron Bars
35 x Mote of Fire
35 x Mote of Earth
10 x Felsteel Bars
20 x Heavy Knothide Leather
70 x Khorium Bars
10 x Deep Peridot
10 x Small Prismatic Shards
45 x Hardened Adamantite Bars
30 x Dawnstones
25 x Netherweave Cloth
180 x Thorium Bars

300 - 375 Tailoring Guide

2007-03-09T03:50:00.000-08:00

Approximate Materials Required

2160 x Netherweave Cloth
200 x Arcance Dust
25 x Netherweb Spider silk
40 x Rune Thread
20 x Knothide Leather

300 - 325
Bolts of Netherweave (6 x Netherweave Cloth each)
(Seriously, your going to need about 430 bolts, so you may aswell get the skill up's for it)

326 - 340
Bolts of Imbued Netherweave (3 x Bolts of Netherweave, 2 x Arcane Dust each)
(You'll need at least 60 bolts for later, so that should see you through to 340)

341 - 350
Netherweave Boots (6 x Bolts of Netherweave, 2 x Knothide Leather, 1 x Rune Thread each) x 10

351 - 360
Netherweave Tunic (8 x Bolts of Netherweave, 2 x Rune Thread each) x 10

361 - 370
Imbued Netherweave Tunic¹ (6 x Imbued Netherweave Bolts, 2 x Netherweb Spider Silk, 1 x Rune Thread each) x 10

¹Pattern is sold by Arrond in Shadowmoon Valley. You need to have Scryers rep to be able to talk to him, but they are not BoP, so if your aligned with the Aldors, get someone else to buy them for you. They are also a limited supply recipe, which isn't ideal, but they are by far the best way to level Tailoring from 360 to 370, so it's worth camping for them.

It's worth noting that Imbued Netherweave Tunic could take you all the way to 375, but could mean making 20-30 of them or even more to get the last 5 points. Or you could get really lucky like Selenia on EU-Magtheridon and get the 5 points from the first 5 they made past 370. However I would recommend that whilst trying to farm mats for the last 5 points that you do the following:

371 - 375
Arcanoweave Boots (8 x Bolts of Netherweave, 16 x Arcane dust, 2 x Rune Thread each) x 5
N.B. The pattern for Arcanoweave Boots, drops from Sunseeker Astromage in The Mechanar. It's BoP and the drop rate is ~1%, but it's still worth spending the time trying to get it, because if you don't get it, you'll have to make items that require mats from this dungeon anyway, to get those last five points. Thanks to Shoguni on EU-Doomhammer for finding this out :o)

N.B. If your an enchanter, disenchant all the Netherweave Robes and Tunics for Arcane Dust. If your not, get a friend or guildmate who is to do it for you. This will save you some money on Arcane Dust. Thanks to Chiyochan on EU-Bladefist for pointing this out :o)

300 - 375 Enchanting Guide

2007-03-09T03:49:00.000-08:00

300 - 301
Runed Fel Iron Rod (1 x Fel Iron Rod, 4 x Greater Eternal Essence, 6 x Large Brilliant Shard, 1 x Runed Arcanite Rod) x 1

301 - 305
Enchant Cloak - Superior Defense (8 x Illusion Dust) x 7

306 - 315
Enchant Bracers - Assault or Brawn (6 x Arcane Dust) x 10

316 - 325
Enchant Cloak - Major Armour or Enchant Gloves - Assault (8 x Arcane Dust) x 10

326 - 335
Enchant Chest - Major Spirit (2 x Greater Planar Essence) x 10

336 - 340
Enchant Shield - Major Stamina (15 x Arcane Dust) x 5

341 - 345
Superior Wizard Oil (3 x Arcane Dust, 1 x Nightmare Vine, 1 x Imbued Vial) x 10

346 - 350
Enchant Gloves - Major Strength (12 x Arcane Dust, 1 x Greater Planar Essence) x 5

351 - 351
Runed Adamantite Rod (1 x Adamantite Rod, 8 x Greater Planar Essence, 8 x Large Prismatic Shard, 1 x Primal Might, 1 x Runed Fel Iron Rod) x 1

352 - 360
Enchant Gloves - Major Strength (12 x Arcane Dust, 1 x Greater Planar Essence) x 15

361 - 370
Enchant Ring - Striking (8 x Large Prismatic Shard, 24 x Arcane Dust) x 10 (requires Constortium Honoured rep)

371 - 375
Enchant Ring - Healing Power (8 x Large Prismatic Shard, 10 x Greater Planar Essence, 20 x Arcane Dust) x 5 (requires Sha'tar revered rep)

Approximate Materials Required

1 x Fel Iron Rod
4 x Greater Eternal Essence
6 x Large Brilliant Shard
1 x Runed Arcanite Rod
56 x Illusion Dust
645 x Arcane Dust
96 x Greater Planar Essence
10 x Nightmare Vine
10 x Imbued Vial
1 x Adamantite Rod
128 x Large Prismatic Shards
1 x Primal Might

300-375 Skinning Guide

2007-03-04T21:19:00.000-08:00

Going from 300 to 375 is dead easy, but its going to take you as long, if not longer than it took to go from 1 to 300. Even if your skinning orange mobs, you'll only get a skill up every 5-7 successful skins.

Realistically, you could level upto 375 on the mobs around Hellfire Peninsula, but it's not the most efficient way. The following is what I believe to be a more effecient way to level it up.

301 - 310
Hellboars around Hellfire Citadel in Hellfire Peninsula.

310 - 330
Ravagers around Falcon Watch in Hellfire Peninsula.

330 - 350
Talbuk's and Clefthoofs all over Nagrand. (you could just as easily continue skinning to 375 here if you want, as if wont take that much longer, than going to Netherstorm and skinning Drakes)

350 - 375
Netherdrakes around Stormspire in Netherstorm or around Netherwing Fields in Shadowmoon Valley or Raptors and Wind Serpents around Blades Edge Mountains.

300-375 Leatherworking Guide

2007-03-04T21:16:00.000-08:00

301-310
Knothide Leather (5 x Knothide Leather Scraps) x 20 = 100 x Knothide Leather Scraps
N.B. make as many as it takes to get to 310. Your going to need around 725 Knothide leather, so you may aswell get the skill up points for this.

311-320
Thick Draenic Gloves (6 x Knothide Leather, 2 x Rune Thread) x 10

321-325
Scaled Draenic Gloves (8 x Knothide Leather, 1 x Fel Scales, 2 x Rune Thread) x 5

326-335
Heavy Knothide Leather (5 x Knothide Leather) x 90

336-340
Thick Draenic Boots (10 x Knothide Leather, 3 x Rune Thread) x 5

341-350
Scaled Draenic Boots (12 x Knothide Leather, 2 x Fel Scales, 3 x Rune Thread) x 10

N.B. as is common with all the professions now, getting from 350 to 375 is a huge pain. Trainers dont teach anything worthwhile, so the only way to do it, is via random world drop patterns or rep rewards. I'll use rep reward patterns in this guide.

351-365
For those with Scryers rep - Honoured:
Enchanted Felscale Gloves or Boots (4 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 10 x Fel Scales, 6 x Primal Mana) x 15

For those with The Consortium rep - Honored
Fel Leather Boots (10 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 8 x Fel Hide, 8 x Primal Shadow, 3 x Rune Thread) x 15

N.B. these last 10 points are going to cost you a LOT! (as if the last 15 didn't cost enough!) The materials required are fairly insane and so is the rep requirement, but at the moment I don't see a better way of levelling up.

365-370
You need to be Friendly with Cenarion Expedition for the next part:
Heavy Clefthoof Boots (4 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 20 x Thick Clefthoof Leather¹, 4 x Primal Earth, 2 x Rune Thread) x 5

Alternatively, if your Exalted with Thrallmar or Honor Hold for the next part.
Nethercobra Leg Armor (4 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 4 x Cobra Scales, 8 x Primal Air, 1 x Primal Nether) x 5

Alternatively, if your exalted with The Sha'tar:
Drums of Battle (2 Heavy Knothide Leather, 1 x Primal Fire, 1 Primal Earth) x 5

¹Thick Clefthoof Leather is easier to obtain than Cobra Scales, so I would recommend you try to get CE friendly rep.

N.B. any of the above three could take you to 375, but the material requirement makes for a LOT of farming, as those last 5 points can mean making another 20-30 items.

371-375
Your either going to have to make random world drop epics here with lots of insane material requirements OR go and get exalted with Keepers of Time.
Seeing as the epics are random world drop patterns, I'll go with Keepers of Time rep rewards. You'll need to be level 66 to start your Keepers of Time rep and spend a LOT of time in The Caverns of Time.

Drums of Panic (2 x Heavy Knothide Leather, 2 x Primal Shadow) x 5

Approximate Materials Required

With Scryers Rep
100 x Knothide Leather Scraps
725 x Knothide Leather (+30 if you went CE rep)
75 x Rune Thread (+10 if you went CE rep)
175 x Fel Scales
90 x Primal Mana
20 x Cobra Scales (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 100 x Thick Clefthoof Leather (if you went with CE rep)
40 x Primal Air (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 20 x Primal Earth (if you went with CE rep)
5 x Primal Nether (Dont need these if you go with CE or Sha'tar rep)
10 x Primal Shadow

N.B. if you went with Sha'tar rep at 365, then you'll need 10 less Heavy Knothide Leather, 40 less Primal Air, 5 Primal Earth and 5 less Primal Nether. Gets complicated, dont it?

With The Consortium Rep
100 x Knothide Leather Scraps
1175 x Knothide Leather (+30 if you went CE rep)
120 x Fel Hide
120 x Rune Thread (+10 if you went CE rep)
25 x Fel Scales
20 x Cobra Scales (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 100 x Thick Clefthoof Leather (if you went with CE rep)
40 x Primal Air (if your Thrallmar or Honor Hold exalted) or 20 x Primal Earth (if you went with CE rep)
5 x Primal Nether (Dont need these if you go with CE or Sha'tar rep)
130 x Primal Shadow
N.B. if you went with Sha'tar rep at 365, then you'll need 10 less Heavy Knothide Leather, 40 less Primal Air, 5 Primal Earth and 5 less Primal Nether.

Getting Exalted w/ Sporeggar

2007-02-05T16:26:00.000-08:00

Sporeggar is a town found along the western edge of Zangarmarsh, populated by the sporelings. The sporelings are a mostly peaceful race of mushroom-men native to Outland. Players start out Unfriendly with Sporeggar, but can gain reputation quickly.

Unfriendly -> Neutral

Quest [Natural Enemies] - 6x [Bog Lord Tendril] - gives 825 reputation (human bonus), 7500XP (lvl 62). Leads into RRQ [More Tendrils!] - 6x [Bog Lord Tendril]

Quest [The Sporelings' Plight] - 10x [Mature Spore Sac] - 825 rep (human bonus), 7250XP (lvl 62). Leads into RRQ [More Spore Sacs] - 10x [Mature Spore Sac].

Reputation is also given for killing Bog Lords and Fungal Giants - 15 Reputation

Neutral -> Friendly

You can grind Glowcap or Fertile Spores. Glowcap can be found on the ground, Fertile Spores drop off of a good number of mobs in the marsh, typically fen striders and spore bats. However, and this is important, Glowcaps are used to Purchase items from their rep-based vendor. So I'd save those for that specifically, there's some cool items, including alchemical potions, a threat-reducing cape, and a shield that poisons those who hit it.

Friendly -> Honored

There is a Naga kill quest grind from one of the Sporeggarians. These naga also give Cenarion Expedition rep, and there is a Cenarion Refuge quest for their claws which you might want to do at the same time since you're already there.

[Now That We're Still Friends] quest - 12x[Bloodscale Slavedriver] and 12x[Bloodscale Enchatress] slain - 750 rep - repeatable (even it shows as yellow question mark). Does not give any XP at lvl 65.

[More Fertile Spores] quest - 10x[Fertile Spores] - available also at Friendly.

Doing Sporeggar quests (Underbog instance) gives usually 1050 reputation when completed.

At honored, a special escort quest opens up with the Bog Lord Fhwoor, located in Sporeggar. The rewards as of last seen were subpar, but it's fun to escort the oaf. The quest itself is hard, you should at least have a healer to heal fhwoor, who can tank quite adequately most anything that comes his way. The end of the quest forces you to fight an elite and two adds, so be prepared for that.

Honored -> Revered

There is nothing but bog lord grinding. However, the bog lords will stop giving rep at 11999/12000, so save a quest to push you over the edge to revered.

[Now That We're Still Friends] quest still available - 12x[Bloodscale Slavedriver] and 12x[Bloodscale Enchatress] slain - 750 rep - repeatable (even it shows as yellow question mark).

Revered -> Exalted

There is, as of last checked, no means of getting sporereggar rep from revered to exalted.

Coilfang Reservoir - Steamvault

2007-02-03T15:07:00.000-08:00

Recommended Level: 70

Streamvault is the level 70 wing of the Reservoir. No key is required to enter. (src: http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Steamvault)

(Dungeon Map)

Hydromancer Thespia

Hydromancer Thespia has two Water Elemental guards with her, assuming we can not banish one we will want to take them down first. Our Tank should charge Thespia and hold the agro of one of her adds while the rest of the party burns the other add down. They do have a frostbolt volley that can hit for 700-1000 frost damage so our healers need to be wide awake in this fight. While burning down Thespia’s adds we should be aware of her Lightning Cloud ability, it looks just like the Druid’s Hurricane, as soon as it is spotted move out from under it immediately.

Anyone that can remove magic should be watching for Enveloping Winds and Lung Burst debuffs, they are both removable. Once we get Thespia’s adds down the fight is pretty much over, Thespia can not do much without her Elemental Guards.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Mekgineer Steamrigger

First note is Mekgineer’s Super Shrink Ray, if we have a warrior present a well timed Spell Reflection will debuff Mekgineer instead, it can be quite helpful since he can hit rather hard with his basic melee attacks.

After our tank gets agro from Mekgineer he should be spun away from the party, it is a basic tank and spank fight, the only gimmick here is the Steamrigger Mechanics, throughout the fight they will spawn and run towards Mekgineer Steamrigger and attempt to repair him, they are non elite and can be AoE’ed down easily. As long as our dps classes take them out we should have little trouble with him.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Warlord Kalithresh

Warlord Kalithresh has a lot of hp that is his only claim to fame, if we stop him from gaining his Warlord’s Rage buff this fight will be a cake walk.

Our tank can not control Kalithresh’s position since he will move to a new naga distiller each time one is destroyed, let Kalithresh lead and just follow. It is also important for our caster to watch for his Spell Reflection, if a mage is in our party make sure detect magic is on him and we will not have to worry about our casters blowing themselves up.

Whenever Kalithresh begins channeling his Warlord’s Rage, EVERYONE should stop what they are doing and take the distiller down, even our healers; it is incredibly easy if the entire party focuses.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Getting Exalted w/ The Consortium

2007-02-03T14:49:00.000-08:00

Led by Nexus-Prince Haramad, the Consortium are ethereal smugglers, traders and thieves that have come to Outland. Their main base of operations and biggest settlement is the Stormspire, but they can be found at Midrealm Post, the Aeris Landing, within the Mana Tombs of Auchindoun and various other places.

Neutral -> Friendly

[More Crystal Fragments] quest from Gezhe at Aeris Landing (Nagrand)
- 10x[Oshu'gun Crystal Fragment] - 250 Consortium Reputation

[More Heads Full of Ivory] quest from Shadrek at Aeris Landing
- 3x[Pair of Ivory Tusks]

Killing monsters in Mana Tombs (Auchindoun) give 5-20 reputation, bosses give more.

Those RRQ (Repeatable Reputation Quests) are not available after reaching Friendly.

Friendly -> Honored

Quest [Obsidian Warbeads] at first, then repeatable quest [More Obsidian Warbeads] from Gehze at Aeris Landing.
- 10x[Obsidian Warbead] - 250 Consortium Reputation (First turn in gives xp + money, after that, you receive 38s per turn in.)

Quest [Heap of Ethereals] at first, then repeatable quest [Another Heap of Ethereals] is given by Nether-Stalker Khay'ji in Area 52 (Netherstorm).
- 10x[Zaxxis Insignia] - 250 Consortium Reputation

Killing at Mana Tombs gives anywhere from 1 to 7 rep. per kill, bosses give 70.

At beginning of each month Gehze will have for you a envelope (quest [Membership Benefits]) as payments for services. [Gem-Stuffed Envelope] contains various gems. This will continue from moment you are Friendly and will offer better gems based on your increasing reputation.

Honored -> Revered

Quest [Heap of Ethereals] at first, then repeatable quest [Another Heap of Ethereals] is given by Nether-Stalker Khay'ji in Area 52 (Netherstorm).
- 10x[Zaxxis Insignia] - 250 Consortium Reputation

Quest [Obsidian Warbeads] at first, then repeatable quest [More Obsidian Warbeads] from Gehze at Aeris Landing.
- 10x[Obsidian Warbead] - 250 Consortium Reputation (First turn in gives xp + money, after that, you receive 38s per turn in.)

There are no reputation gains avaible by killing in Mana Tombs!

Revered -> Exalted

Quest [Heap of Ethereals] at first, then repeatable quest [Another Heap of Ethereals] is given by Nether-Stalker Khay'ji in Area 52 (Netherstorm).
- 10x[Zaxxis Insignia] - 250 Consortium Reputation

Quest [Obsidian Warbeads] at first, then repeatable quest [More Obsidian Warbeads] from Gehze at Aeris Landing.
- 10x[Obsidian Warbead] - 250 Consortium Reputation (First turn in gives xp + money, after that, you receive 38s per turn in.)

There are no reputation gains avaible by killing in Mana Tombs!

Hellfire Citadel - Shattered Halls

2007-02-03T13:14:00.000-08:00

Recommended Level: 70

The Shattered Halls is a level 70 elite instance in Hellfire Peninsula, serving as the third wing of Hellfire Citadel, with Kargath Bladefist as the final boss. The instance is one of the first endgame instances in The Burning Crusade players will encounter.

In order to be allowed to access, players must get the Shattered Halls Key. (or bring a lvl 350 lockpicking rogue) The quest to make it begins in Shadowmoon Valley with a drop from Smith Gorlunk. (src: http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Shattered_Halls)

(Dungeon Map)

Grand Warlock Nethekurse

When you approach Grand Warlock Nethekurse, he will have 3 non-elite Fel Converts standing in front of him. After the 3rd of these are killed (the order does not matter), Nethekurse will attack the group.

Throughout the fight, he will place down 'void zones' that will begin to do 1000 Shadow damage per second after 1 second of being placed. Moving out of these as soon as possible is advisable for everyone including the tank.

He will also Death Coil random people which will do 2000 Shadow damage to the person hit, fear them for 4 seconds, and heal Nethekurse (presumably for 2000 HP).

At around 20% HP, Nethekurse will engage his 'Dark Spin' ability, in which he will begin to hit anyone directly around him for 2000 Physical damage and spit out Shadowbolts at random people in the group in rapid succession. The Shadowbolts hit for around 1500 Shadow Damage, and it is best to burn his remaining HP as quick as possible to limit deaths and a possible wipe.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Warbringer O'mrogg

O'mrogg is a two headed ogre boss fight with a twist, he is immune to taunt and regularly does an aggro dump. Everyone should spread out in this fight and watch their aggro management, O'mrogg does a powerful blast wave AOE that hits for around 2k which can be lethal, ontop of that he also does an AOE fear, you will regularly find your tank loose aggro in this fight and so other classes will have to tank him, just hope it's not one of your healers!

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Kargath Bladefist

Bladefist is a fairly simple fight but none the less, still has some key points to remember

He hits plate for about 700, which is fairly weak
He does no spell damage so Amplify Magic is a great help in this fight

Every few seconds he'll spawn a non-elite add which runs down the hallway, what kind of mob the add is is random but they have little health and can be dps'd down quickly

Every 35 seconds (?) Kargath will do a blade dance where he hits dashes at high speed between random targets dealing 1k cleave damage with a little aoe.

To take him down you can deal with the adds, ignore them and do straight DPS to Bladefist, or kill the adds as they come, it is important everyone spreads out and staying away from the center because the Blade Dance can be a killer if ignored. He has alot of health, but is a fairly simple encounter.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Coilfang Reservoir - Underbog

2007-01-27T04:35:00.000-08:00

Recommended Level: 63-65

The 2nd 5-man wing within the Coilfang Reservoir.

It can be theorized that this wing is mostly unruled by the Naga of the resevoir. Since the water levels elsewhere have been drained, the result has created a natural grotto where a lot of the local habitat has resided in. Considering that the naga themselves are endangered by such wildlife, it would seem that their presence here is more of an obligatory defense against these monsters. (src: http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Underbog)

(Dungeon Map)

Ghaz'an (watch video)

Your main tank will have to go in first to place Ghaz'an, Ghaz'an side has to face your group, otherwise you will get hit by Acid Spit and Tail Sweep. Once he engaged Ghaz'an, the mt will start taking ticks of Acid Breath which isnt hard to heal, dont forget he will be enraging at 20%, so save your dps cooldowns for the enrage phase.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Hungarfen (watch video)

All party members must keep an eye out for Underbog Mushrooms and move away from them, including the tank. At some point when he is low on health, he will begin using Foul Spores. All partymembers, including the tank, should move away from Hungarfen so no one takes damage from the AoE, and he doesn't heal himself.
NOTE: The two Bog Giants aren't linked to the boss in any way, it's very recommendable to pull them seperately.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Swamplord Musel'ek (watch video)

At first the tank will have to run up to Claw - the hunter's pet - after which he or she switches to the hunter himself. Once the tank has gained enough aggro (give him/her 3-4 seconds) the other party members can start to damage him aswell. Every once in a while Musel'ek will freeze the whole group and take some distance so he can shoot, it's important for the tank to get back in his melee range as soon as possible to keep him under control. Once the hunter is dead the group can focus on Claw, who will turn friendly around 5% health and expose himself as a druid.
NOTE: His pet, Claw, is part of the quest Lost in Action which can be obtained from a Night Elf in front of the entrance to the dungeon.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

The Black Stalker (watch video)

The Black Stalker is the last and fourth boss of this 5 man wing "The Underbog".
Spreading out is key to avoiding the lightning, but the levitate and static charge are what will really hurt. Static charge is a DOT that will do 750 nature per tick, essentially killing you unless you get heals. Set up a back up healer and secondary tank if possible. This fight is quite a bit harder than any previous boss in the instance.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Coilfang Reservoir - Slave Pens

2007-01-26T14:30:00.000-08:00

Recommended Level: 62-64

The first 5-man wing within the Coilfang Reservoir.

The Coilfang Reservoir is home to Lady Vashj. The instance is harder than both the Blood Furnace and the Hellfire Ramparts, but the loot drops are of much greater quality. (src: http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Slave_Pens)

(Dungeon Map)

Mennu the Betrayer (watch video)

Mennu the Betrayer is the first boss, you will encounter, he can be found patrolling a ramp surrounded by groups of other MOBs.
He is a shaman type boss (similar to Jin'do the Hexxer), he will use melee attacks and will also pop totems (dps, fire nova and healing totems), make sure to assign someone in your group to destroy totems asap (especially the healing totems since they heal pretty quick). Its quite a simple and straight forward fight.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Rokmar the Crackler (watch video)

Rokmar the Crackler is the second boss of this wing, he looks like an huge lobster/crab. He will melee the main tank and use 2 differents abilities:
- A debuff called 'Grievous Wound' will be applied on his target and will deal 850-1000 dmg every 2 sec until target has been fully healed (debuff description: A vicious attack that causes the target to bleed profusely until fully healed. Deals 1096 to 1304 damage every 2 seconds until healed).
- A frostbolt volley type attack, which can be fired randomly dealing dmg and slowing movement.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Quagmirran (watch video)

Quagmirran is the third and last boss from "The Slave Pens", he is a Bog Lord type boss, this fight is pretty straight forward tanking fight, the boss will melee the main tank and use 2 differents abilities which are the following:
- A poison volley attack nature (you cant hide from it with los, neither be out of range) which one hits for 2.5k-2.6k instant nature dmg and a dot effect (800 dmg per tick) which has to be dispelled.
- A cleave attack that can hit everyone in his front arc, making it important for the tank to turn him around away from the party.
The only requirement for this fight is either having nature gear/pot or a class that can dispell poison.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Hellfire Citadel - Blood Furnace

2007-01-25T17:41:00.000-08:00

Recommended Level: 61-63

The second wing of the Hellfire Citadel.

This instance takes place above Hellfire Ramparts, inside of the tower that overlooks the ramparts themselves. You come to find out, in the course of the instance, that it is Magtheridon that is entrapped by the Fel Orcs' sorcery, and they're using his blood to manufacture a new Fel Horde, infused with his demonic energy. The guiding force in this plan is Illidan, who is now the supreme ruler of Outland, after his usurping of Magtheridon. (src: http://www.wowwiki.com/Blood_Furnace)

(Dungeon Map)

The Maker (watch video)

Basic tank and spank fight, dps The Maker while CC'ing controlled party members.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Broggok (watch video)

The encounter begins after clearing his room when you pull the large lever infront of his cage. This will begin opening the cage on the sides of the room. There are 4 cells that open in all, each with one more elite than the previous. When you need rest inbetween the cells opening, just AoE cc (like aoe fear) which buy you time to regen health/mana. When there is only one mob left, sheep him until your group is full health/mana, then kill him, Broggok will be released and will engage you.
It's a straight forward tank, heal, and dps fight. He does do an AoE poison cloud which the tank needs to only move out of, and an AoE Poison bolt with a dot component that can be dispelled.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Keli'Dan the Breaker (watch video)

The Keli'dan encounter is composed of two phases. First, Keli'dan's five warlock companions must be killed. They have little HP, and can generally be killed quickly using AoE. However, they will cast a two-minute duration magic debuff on random party members that increases Shadow damage taken by 1000. Most groups make sure to bring a Priest or Paladin for this encounter, however it is also possible to keep one Warlock crowd-controlled while waiting for the debuff to expire. The debuff also has a small cast time, so it can be interrupted if you catch it in time.
Once the last Warlock is dead (sheep him if your group is low health/mana,then kill when you are fine), Keli'dan will yell and come after the party. He has a cone-shaped AoE Shadowbolt attack that hits for 2-3k, so it is generally wise to have the tank hold him facing away from the rest of the group. He will also occasionally go immune to all damage and stand in place, then after a couple seconds explode for 4-5k damage to anyone in close range. The tank (and any melee DPS) should run out when he yells to avoid this attack.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Hellfire Citadel - Hellfire Ramparts

2007-01-25T02:03:00.000-08:00

Recommended Level: 60-62

The Hellfire Ramparts (often known as just "The Ramparts") are the first wing of the Hellfire Citadel instance in Hellfire Peninsula, Outland. The citadel itself sits in the center of the zone, in the middle of a broken-up wall that divided the zone before the conflict began. The Ramparts takes place atop this wall along the sides of the citadel. This is the first instance available to players of the Burning Crusade, and can be done immediately using dungeon set items. It gives exceptional rewards that are on par with Molten Core gear. (src: http://www.wowwiki.com/Hellfire_Ramparts)

(Dungeon Map)

Watchkeeper Gargolmar (watch video)

This is an easy fight. First priority is to take down the two Healers while Watchkeeper Gargolmar is being tanked.
While you are killing the healers they will try and heal themselves and or Watchkeeper Gargolmar, stop them if at all possible because they heal for a lot.

Alternatively if you have 2 mages, you can sheep the healers, kill Watchkeeper and then finish them off. Or you can keep them feared with a warlock.

Watchkeeper Gargolmar will charge the furthest person from him randomly during the fight. It will hit cloth pretty hard.
Keep someone in Mail or Plate armor out there to take the charge, just like the Bloodlord Mandokir fight in Zul'Gurub, other than that just DPS him down.

(Heroic mode strategy is identical.)

Omor the Unscarred (watch video)

He has two guards at the entrance to his room, they can be pulled separately from him.
Omor himself is a pretty straight forward fight. During the fight he'll spawn felhounds that usually go straight for healers but die very easily. Felhounds have less than 2k hp.
When he has less than 20% hp he starts reflecting all spells every once in a while.
Watch out, as a Presence of Mind-Combustion-Pyroblast combo REFLECTED can hurt quite a lot He can also knock you up in the air, then juggle you with Shadow Whip.

It helps to have a curse remover for this fight although not needed if you are paying attention. Omor puts a curse on a random target that does damage to any around them but not to the cursed target.
This curse can be removed or you can move the cursed person away from the group and let the curse wear off.

Randomly during the fight Omor will summon Fel Hounds. These creatures have very low hit points and need to be taken out before they get to a healer.

He has the ability to toss someone around in the air with a Shadow Whip. Rarely does he do this but be aware of the ability. Once the person is let go they will fall and take a good amount of fall damage.

If you watch out for his abilities he will go down pretty fast.

Heroic Mode Strategy:

Omor puts a periodic AoE damage debuff on random people much like in Normal difficulty, but it is not removable and it does about 4000-5000 Shadow damage a tick, meaning death for anyone hit by more than 1 tick.

The Fel Hounds he summons have much more HP than in Normal, around 12000. They also cast a Mana Burn that burns 3000 mana and does 1500 Shadow damage.
The Mana Burn has a 40 yard range and is cast on whoever has aggro. If the person who has aggro does not use mana (rogue, warrior, bear form/cat form druid) then they will cast it on a nearby mana user.
The Fel Hound's melee attack hits for 1300 before mitigation.

His melee attacks hit hard and he casts Shadowbolt at whoever has aggro. His Shadow Whip ability is unchanged from Normal difficulty.

There are 2 approaches to this: Slow and Steady by killing the Fel Hounds as they spawn, or simply burning him down as fast as possible. Both are rather self-explanatory.

Vazruden, Nazan, & Reinforced Fel Iron Chest (watch video)

Third and last boss in Hellfire Ramparts consist of a humanoid (Vazruden) riding a dragon (Nazan). They are flying in the air over their platfrom wich has two Hellfire Sentry's infront of hit. When these are killed Vazruden will come down and unmount his Nazan who will continue flying in the air while using his fireballs on random targets on the ground. When Vazruden is on low health or dead Vazruden will land so the tank needs to pick him up and face him away from the group then you just need to keep the tank alive and dps him down.

Heroic Mode Strategy:

This is alot harder. Not much information has been given yet but once Nazan lands at 40% of Vazruden's health he does AOE fear (Nef lookalike) and he has a flamebreath like them.