Speed-running Blackrock Depths Level 50-70 (Druid Warcraft)
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Blackrock Depths Guide
Introduction:
Blackrock Depths is to this day the biggest instance you can find
in Azeroth, it is a huge zone, and this guide will help you to find
your way in it. This zone has also the biggest amount of quests ever
seen in an instance. We try to keep everything to the minimum in the
walkthrough.
We highly recommend you read the quest gathering
section carefully before anything, because many quests are
linked to each other, many have pre-requisites, some start outside
the instanced area even. Be aware that BRD (BlackRock Depths), has
been designed for a solid 5-man group, and that it also has been
designed to clear the instances a few times before you get to
complete every quest (especially the most rewarding ones). You can be
sure you will at the very least do 3 BRD runs before you have all the
quests done. Anyways, when you will be feeling at home with this
place, you will realize it is a goldmine, and you will probably want
to go back to it a few more times. (You will have to one day or
another anyways, because the portal to Molten Core is there.)
Gathering the quests:
–> There is a great map here that you will definitely need.<–
Horde & Alliance:
NOTE (Important): The quests marked in Orange
are the ones you must have up (or already completed) before you enter
the instance for the first time. Try doing the Disharmony of
Flame (Horde) / Overmaster
Pyron (Alliance) quest as soon
as possible, so you can get access to all the Orange quests listed.
If there is still a quest you can't access, don't worry, come back
later after your first BRD run and check again, it should get
unlocked at some point.
Straight ahead will be a big gate, to the Lyceum, to the right
though is a path guarded by two groups of fire elementals, if you
want to complete your quest [60]
Attunement to the Core, that's where you must go.
Right next to the green instance portal (to the raid instance: The
Molten Core), the core fragment can be obtained from a
stalagmite that is to the left of the entrance. Loot the core
fragment to complete the quest.
10. The Lyceum
Goal: Light up the two braziers in two corner of the
Lyceum. It will open up the door to the Emperor area.
How to: Scattered around the room are Shadowforge Flame
Keepers, they have a 75% chance to dorp the Torch you need to
light up a Brazier. So you will have to kill those twice AT LEAST if
you are lucky.
Now the problem is that room is FULL of bunches of mobs (packs of
20 mobs or so). And the second problem is that they are on a 2min or
so respawn timer.
The good news is that they are those weak 1K hp mobs, and die in
about four Arcane Explosions from a mage. Or Hellfire from a warlock.
Now all you have to do is charge those bunches of mobs, AE them
quickly, drink, move on to next bunch, while hugging the wall as much
as possible. Be careful about the patrols, and try to find the Torch
keepers. Once you got a torch, work your way toward a brazier and
light it.
This is where having no mage or no warlock becomes a real pain. It
is NOT impossible, but it is really a lot harder.
Key to win in this area is to be fast, to all move as one, and to
beat the respawn rate.
Once you manage to light both brazier, the door to the Emperor
area will open. Work your way there, congratulations if you manage
it!
11. Magmus
The last guardian before the Emperor stands before you. Magmus
isn't hard once you know the only surprise feature of this battle.
The statues on each side of the corridor actually are Flamethrowing
devices, they activate when you engage Magmus.
So the key to this fight is to position your group at a spot with
no statue on the side. Magmus hits hard and has a lot of HP, but
besides this, he isn't hard.
11. Emperor Dagran
Thaurissan:
Finally the big boss!
Step 1: Clear the whole room (including the side
floors)
Step 2: Engage the Emperor, have your warrior tank
him. The princess will help him, but she doesn't hurt nearly as much
as the emperor. Best would be to have a Voidwalker or a Hunter pet
tank her while the rest of the group deals with the emperor.
Note: If you have the final quest up [59]The
Royal Rescue (Elite) (Horde) / [59]The Fate of the Kingdom (Elite)
(Alliance), you must NOT kill the princess. If you do the
quest fails. You must kill Emperor Thaurissan and then the princess
will be non-agressive. You can then talk to her and finish the quest.
Emperor Thaurissan has a large loot list, and some of them are
great. On top of that, finishing the princess rescue quest nets you
8000 XP and one of the following rewards:
Note: (Alliance) There
is still one quest we haven't done: [58]
Jail Break! (Elite). You actually don't have to do it
during this BRD run, you can come back later and do it. That's what
most people do, they shout "LFG Jail Break" in the LFG
channel. People see it as a very difficult quest, but it's actually
quite easy if you do the following before accepting the quest:
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- [60] Attunement to the Core (Elite) , given by Lothos Riftwaker, an elf outside the instance. You need to do this quest to be able to teleport easily into The Molten Core by jumping out of the window next to Lothos Riftwaker. A must do for when you are level 60.
- [52]Dark Iron Legacy (Elite) , given by Franclorn Forgewright, outside the instance (see map). Franclorn is a ghost, so in order to talk to him, you must be in ghost form (die pls!). It's important that you get the quest from him before entering the instance, because it's the only way to get the Shadowforge key, which unlocks the doors to the interesting areas of BRD. Don't bother with any quest not marked in orange for now, and follow this guide blindly.
- [53]Ribbly Screwspigot (Elite) , given by Yuka Screwspigot in Flame Crest, Burning Steppes.Pre-req for this quest is to complete the quest Yuka Screwspigot, given by Yorba Screwspigot in Tanaris.
- [54]The Love Potion (Elite), given by Mistress Nagmara inside BRD, at the Grim Guzzler Tavern. This quest requires you to gather different components in different places of Azeroth. Completing it is worth it, besides the item reward, Mistress Nagmara has another function. When you have completed the Love Potion quest, on your next runs to BRD, she will open the backdoor of the Tavern for you if you talk to her. That way you won't need to kill Phalanx everytime you go through the Grim Guzzler.
- [58]The Heart of the Mountain (Elite) , given by Maxwort Uberglint, at the Flame Crest, Burning Steppes. This quest's objective is to open every coffer in the BRD Vault. For that you need your group to have gathered 12 Vault Coffer Keys. They can drop from any Iron Dwarf in BRD.
- [58]A Taste of Flame (Elite) , given by Cyrus Therepentous. Objective is to kill Bael'Gar in BRD (see map) and to capture his fiery essence with the help of an Altered Black Dragonflight Molt. How to get the Dragonflight Molt: A long series of quests starting with Kalaran Windblade, in Searing Gorge, you can find him North of the area called 'The Cauldron' (loc 39,39). He will have you do a bunch of quests, starting with [48] The Flawless Flame, until you get to the point where you get the Torth of Retribution, and then he will send you to Squire Maltrake. Squire Maltrake will give you the quest [52]Set Them Ablaze!, you will have to use the Torch on the braziers in each of the 4 towers. After you finish the quest, Kalaran will turn into a dragon (not an aggressive one, don't worry) and talk to you, and a chest will appear on the ground. Opening it gives you a quest, complete it and you will get a box. Inside this box is the Black Dragonflight Molt. Now that you have the Black Dragonflight Molt, go talk to Cyrus Therepentous, he is in the Eastern part of Burning Steppes, in a cave (loc 39,39).
- [52]Disharmony of Flame (Elite), given by Thunderheart, in Kargath Outpost, Badlands. Objective of this quest is to kill Overmaster Pyron, who can be found outside of the BRD instance, he roams around the bridge leading you to the instance portal.
- [56]Disharmony of Fire (Elite), given by Thunderheart as well. This quest is the follow up of Disharmony of Flame. Objective is to kill Lord Incendius (details about this can be found in the walkthrough) and to loot a tablet from him.
- [52]KILL ON SIGHT: Dark Iron Dwarves (Elite) , given by the WANTED poster in Kargath, Badlands. Anvilrage Footmen, Warden and Guardsmen can be found in the first areas of BRD, you can hardly miss them. This quest leads to the following:
- [54]KILL ON SIGHT: High Ranking Dark Iron Officials (Elite), given by the same WANTED poster after you completed the previous quest. You can find those Dark Iron Officials mostly on the Dark Iron Highroad (close to Bael'Gar, check map). When you have both KILL ON SIGHT quests done, a new quest will unlock:
- [58]Grark Lorkrub (Elite), given by Lexlort in Kargath, Badlands. This quest will send you to Burning Steppes, you can find Grark Lorkrub inside the Blackrock Orc fortress, east of blackrock moutain. Finishing this quest unlocks a last one:
- [58]Operation: Death to Angerforge (Elite), given by Warlord Goretooth in Kargath, Badlands. (See above for pre-requisites). Will describe later on how to get to General Angerforge and how to kill him.
- [52]Commander Gor'Shak (Elite) , given by Galamav the Marksman in Kargath, Badlands (he is on top of the Guard Tower). If you don't get this quest, then try doing Disharmony of Flame to unlock it. After you complete the Commander Gor'Shak script sucessfully (Commander survives), go talk to Kharan Mighthammer. He is in the opposite jail. Listen to his story and then you will be sent to Thrall.
- [59]The Royal Rescue (Elite), given by Thrall in Orgrimmar, the pre-req for this quest is to complete the Commander Gor'Shak quest. The objective is to Kill Emperor Dagran Thaurissan and to rescue Princess Moira Bronzebeard. (Will be described later)
- [55]Lost Thunderbrew Reciepe (Elite) , given by Vivian Lagrave in Kargath, Badlands. Will describe how to get that reciepe later in the guide.
- [55]The Last Element (Elite), given by Shadowmage Vivian Lagrave in Kargath, Badlands. Pre-req for this quest is to complete Disharmony of Flame. Objective is to gather 10x Essence of the Elements, which can be dropped by Golems and Elementals inside BRD.
- [58]The Rise of the Machines (Elite),given by Lotwil Veriatus, East of Kargath, Badlands. Pre-requisite for that quest is to complete [54]The Rise of the Machines, given by Hierophant Theodora Mulvadania in Kargath, Badlands. The pre-req quest can be done solo at lvl 54+.
- [52]Overmaster Pyron (Elite), given by Jalinda Sprig, at the Alliance outpost in Burning Steppes. Overmaster Pyron is a Fire Elemental, you can find him right before the intance portal to BRD.
- [56]Incendius! (Elite), given by Jalinda Sprig as well. This quest is the follow up of [52]Overmaster Pyron.
- [55]Hurley Blackbreath (Elite), given by Ragnar Thunderbrew at the Tavern in Kharanos, Dun Morogh.
- [56]The Good Stuff (Elite), given by Oralius, at the Alliance outpost, Burning Steppes. Any humanoid type inside BRD can drop Dark Iron Fanny pack. You will complete this quest on your way through the instance.
- [54]Marshal Windsor (Elite) , given by Marshal Maxwell, at the Alliance Outpost, Burning Steppes. Objective is to find Marshal Windsor in BRD. (see map)
- [54]Abandoned Hope (Elite), given by Marshal Windsor in BRD as a follow-up from previous quest.
- [58]A crumpled up note (Elite), found on any mob in BRD. Right-Clicking the note starts the quest, which requires you to go and talk to Marshal Windsor again. The note only starts to drop AFTER you've turned in [54]Abandoned Hope (Elite) at Marshall Maxwell in Morgan's Vigil.
- [58]A shred of Hope (Elite), given by Marshal Windsor after bringing the Crumpled up note to him. Objectives of that quest is to gather the marshal's lost information. For that you have to kill General Anvilrage and Golem Lord Argelmach (details about this in the walkthrough). After you complete this quest and turn it in at Marshal Windsor, he will give you the follow up below:
- [58] Jail Break! (Elite) This is the dreaded escort quest, you will have to escort Marshal Windsor out of BRD. And you MUST do it, it's a very important quest as it's your onyxia key quest line. Details about this will be given in the guide at the proper moment.
- [59]Kharan Mighthammer (Elite), given by King Magni Bronzebeard himself, in Ironforge. Kharan Mighthammer is in one of the jails in BRD. (see map) The pre-req for this quest is to complete [54]The Smoldering Ruins of Thaurissan given by Royal Historian Archesonus, in Ironforge. That quest is easy to complete solo, go to the Ruins of Thaurissan in the Burning Steppes and look around for little stones and click them. After finishing the previous quest (talking to Kharan Mighthammer), he will give you the quest The Bearer of bad news ,go back to King Magni Bronzebeard who will give you the follow-up quest:
- [59]The Fate of the Kingdom (Elite), objectives are to kill Emperor Thaurissan while letting Princess Moira Bronzebeard alive (even though she will be beating on your group). Details about this later in the walkthrough.
- 1. Healer: Priest or Restauration-heavy Druid
- 2. Tank: Warrior or Prot spec Paladin
- 3. Mage or Warlock: TRY to get a mage (with Improved Arcane Explosion talent), you can still do the instance without a mage, but your life is gonna be much easier if you got one with you. Not only for the usual benefit of having a mage (Polymorph and DPS), but more because when you will get to the Lyceum you will need to use AEs (Area Effect attacks) a lot. If you don't get a mage, try hard to get a warlock. Hellfire is a nice replacement for Arcane Explosion. But also, Warlocks are really great to have in BRD. Because they can banish elementals, and you will see how hard those elemental pulls are. Having Both Mage and Warlock is great as well.
- 4. Support:Backup healer, tank and buffer such as Shaman or Paladin is very nice to have.
- 5. DPS: A Rogue is the primary choice here, improved sap helps a lot and their DPS is most welcome. Can also go with a Hunter which is really nice dps plus some offtanking power. PS: This was just a list of classes that make your life easier in BRD, it's basically your 'ideal' group setup for this zone. BUT you can still (if playing with skill) clear BRD with weird group compositions, it will just be harder.
- To smelt dark iron ore into dark iron bars, you need to get to the Dark iron forge. After the Seven Chamber, go down the stairs and take a right, clear a few fire elementals and you will find the forge.
- To Create dark iron items (such as Dark Iron Pulverizer), you need to use the Dark Iron anvil, which is located in the lair of Lord Incendius).
- Clear the whole Jail area, including the cells. Marshal Windsor will go through the whole ring to retrieve his gear.
- Clear the Ring of Law
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