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Comment by Ptomely

This means that Warlocks will have an easier time getting their epic mounts :D! Huzzah!

Comment by 1700

Hmm. No Achievement for a Tribute run? What happened to OLD-SCHOOL dungeon crawling? :P

Comment by 118126

It's only worth 10 points? that's 3 dungeons.....you gotta be kidding me. Oh well, earlier today I spent like...3hours total running all the non-raid dungeons between BRD and Ramparts....brought back a lot of memories.

Comment by 340

Remember to loot the shard on the floor after Alzzin is dead (red on floor near the right plant)

There's a quest in moonglade that rewards 1000 Cenarion Circle rep, you don't need the quest to pick it up

Comment by 273675

(Fixed for Cataclysm changes: 4.0.3)

Here is a vague but long guide on how to do this, as I assume there are many level 80's who mean to solo this but have never done it or can't remember it.

DM East: Alzzin the Wildshaper.
There is no longer a Crescent Key. You must kill Zevrim first, then run into the courtyard and talk to the tree, who will bust open the door. Corridor leads to Alzzin.

DM North: King Gordok
After you enter, run west to the next room. In the center of the circular platform there is a chest. Open it, there is a key there. You need it. Then just go west through the door you just picked up a key for. This (long) hallway is pretty linear and will lead to Gordok eventually.

Note: If you don't kill Cho'Rush while you're killing Gordok, you will be proclaimed king of the ogres and everything will be green to you as you run out. Its nice.

DM West: Immol'thar
There are five pylons in the instance that are powering a forcefield around Immol'thar. The five pylons are shut down by killing the elementals around it. One pylon is located in the Capital Gardens right where you enter the instance. When you continue on, you will see a doorway to your left (don't go down the ramp). Go through that door and up the ramp. There are two pylons on this top level of the Court of the Highborne. Clear them, then drop down to the level you were at previously, and go down the ramp now. The hallway will lead you to Immol'thar's room. Clear the pylons to the left and right, and his forcefield will disappear.

Comment by Yttrium

I would never have done it if it weren't for this guide - But I can see now why people don't run it. If you want to pick up an Ogre Suit which lasts for 10 minutes, remember to take 4 Bolts of Runecloth, 8 Rugged Leather and 2 Rune Thread. The quest giver is located behind a set of mobs in Dire Maul North, he is a small goblin that is chained up. The ogre tannin can be obtained in a basket on the first floor in a corner. Once you have received your tannin, just continue to kill King Gordok whilst Cho'Rush the observer is still alive - now you can run down to the quest giver and pick up your ogre suit, even though the mobs will not attack you anymore anyway!

Enjoy your free ogre suit!

Comment by 51777

I just did this achievement and to my surprise I got the tribute without the suit or activating the ice trap on Guard Slip'kik. From memory the whole point of the a Tribute Run was to get to King Gordok without killing any of the named ogres (with the execption of Guard Mol'dar for the Gordok Inner Door Key).

So basically what I'm try to say is that at 80 you don't need any of the materials for the suit (unless you want to be able to be an ogre) to do a Tribute Run, all you need to do is make sure you don't kill any of the named mobs.

Comment by 137993

Imao Blizz should track if a warlock got their Dreadsteed the old fashioned way, and depending on that give us credit for Immol'thar, since in order to do the ritual you need to kill Immol'thar.

Comment by 299735

Ok so just a little tip for anyone who is doing this the same way I did, and enters Dire Maul West from the door inside the library. When going backwards through the instance, you encounter a door while leaving the Prison of Immol'thar. After you go through that door, there is a rather large tree(ish) looking mob. If you kill him, like every other mini tree-looking-thing-of-a-mob in the instance will aggro and, well... they're pretty nasty. They took down my geared to the teeth 80 mage without a contest.

I suggest not entering this instance from the library. Rather come in from the courtyard.

Comment by 333374

lol...i guess you forgot to invis xD

Comment by Balstradan

Quite surprised that no one has said this yet, but the title of this achievement is actually a reference to the nickname Samwise Didier and Chris Metzen gave René Koiter.

During this time, I got to know many people within the different spheres of Blizzard's domain, albeit in a virtual space. Chatting about art and work, jamming out ideas, joking around...very much like the flow with Sammy and Metzen when my brother was alive. As the first level 60 in the guild, I had pretty much seen everything besides the high-end raids so I took it upon myself to share that with my fellow guildies. One has to understand that the process of working on the game usually does not equate to the experience of playing it. In order to enjoy the content the team had created, I set up daily dungeon runs during the lunch breaks. I would whizz through them together with any Blizzardite I could muster, just in time before the end of the break. My most illustrious of 'lunch runs' was the ruined dungeon of Dire Maul as its three halls provided entertainment and rewards in a bite-size chunk of one hour each. And thus, the team affectionately nicknamed me the 'King of Dire Maul', inspired by the ogre leader roaming its interior. Utter the name 'King of Dire Maul' in certain Blizzard circles and see them reminisce in nostalgia before you.

Comment by 174773

for dire maul east, just find ironbark ( a huge tree) and have him break open the door. then just follow that path and kill last boss.

Comment by 692108

I would prefer those ogres spirits to say 'Long live the new king' and bow before me after i had slain King Gordok

Comment by Jurre

This achievement is a reference to the René Koiter, twin brother of Michel Koiter (he of the Fallen Warrior Shrine in the Barrens).
When Michel founded SonsofStorm.com, he came into contact with Samwise and Chris of the Blizzard creative department.
They formed a guild on the World of Warcraft alpha, and later on the finalized World of Warcraft.
René, playing from the Netherlands, had to overcome a 9 hour time difference would he want to be able to play with his new found friends in California.

Blizzard employees used their lunchbreaks to explore dungeons, and level up their characters.
They also visited Dire Maul, every wing taking a full lunch break to complete. René and the Blizzard employees that joined his run cleared Dire Maul time and time again, and as a tribute he was affectionately nicknamed 'King of Dire Maul'.

It was not that this nickname was made eternal until achievements were introduced to the game.

Source: http://www.sonsofthestorm.com/memorial_twincruiser.html

Comment by 777827

Just finished Doing my solo run For the Achivement as a 64 hunter, mite take a bit longer at a lower lvl than that, but wouldnt try it and less then 60
Looking to get Classic dungeon master! have one more to do! Stormwind city which is a pain to get into By the way!

Comment by seahen

How come female players who get this aren't called the Queen instead?

Comment by sephiroth692

The thing I don't understand about the achievement is that the goal of Capital Gardens is Immol'thar rather than Prince Tortheldrin. You have to kill Immol'thar in order to even fight Prince Tortheldrin and when you use Random Classic Dungeon in Dungeon Finder the satchels, money and extra experience is given when you kill Prince Tortheldrin. Wowpedia, Wowwiki and Wowhead also list Prince Tortheldrin as the last boss.

Comment by louis2red

how many dire maul dungeon r there ?

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	Alzzin the Wildshaper (1)
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