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Series

1.	An Invitation, of Sorts... Darkness Calling
2.	Near Miss Close Call
3.	You Can Run, But You Can't Hide Silver Lining
4.	Dressing Down Suit Up!
5.	Infiltrating Voltarus
6.	So Far, So Bad
7.	Hazardous Materials
8.	Sabotage
9.	Betrayal

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Comment by 183454

This quest can be soloed easly, just MC another Blood-troll when your first one dies from Drakuru hits.

Comment by Orden

Just a note to the last comment, MC'ing another Blood-troll does work but make sure your past one dies... The first time I "released" him at 2%, he suddenly regained 100% HP and 2-hitted me basically. So yeah, solo-able but make sure your previous one is DEAD.

Comment by zulcatt

This is one quest I would wait till 77 to do so you can just fly away after you are done. I did it at 76 and knew I shouldn't use the item so I took the only other option besides using hearthstone which is to jump off the side. I landed where blizzard didn't like me to be so they ported my dead corpse to Warsong Hold.

Comment by Kabex

You can loot the skull if someone else is working on and completes the quest when you port up,

Comment by redandgray

After you teleport to the roof platform, your costume will fade and you will get a raid warning telling you it is time to use the scepter. Be sure to use it on one of the trolls along the outside of the platform, not Drakuru.

If you use the scepter too soon (before the raid warning), you will get control of a troll, but Drakuru will not attack. The troll will eventually despawn and then Drakuru will attack. The scepter has a longish cooldown, so you will be stuck soloing Drakuru. He simply stands in the center and casts shadow bolts and eventually Blight Crystals.

If you arrive on the platform while someone else is fighting Drakuru and use your scepter, you may end up in a similar situation after the other person is done.

After about 15 seconds, Drakuru will start throwing Blight Crystals at you. They explode on landing so you don't want to be standing where they hit. I was able to run in a big circle around the outside of the platform spamming the two troll attack powers for the entire fight.

Your pet has an ability that will heal you, but bring a healing pot or be prepared to heal yourself too.

You can group up and have two or more trolls attacking Drakuru at the same time, but someone will still be targeted for the Blight Crystals attack.

If you die, you will automatically resurrect at the Argent Stand graveyard (since there is no way you could get to your corpse), and you can just go back and restart the event.

Comment by ben0214

Build 8926 and Drakuru's Last Wish is still bugged, but instead of teleporting you into the sea it cannot be looted and the only way down is to jump or fly or hearth.

Lucky for me I could bubble :P

Comment by Choco

I did this quest today, and all is working correctly.

Comment by 218791

I never got a warning to use the scepter, so I did it while disguised and then dropped it. Quest continued as normal.

don't forget to heal yourself.

Comment by 184853

If you have lost your Ensorcelled Choker, at this point you can't re-summon Vadu more than once, it seems, before you have to go all the way back to Ebon Watch to get another one. On top of that, he wasn't giving me the necklace unless I made sure I was UNMOUNTED. Just some things to keep in mind.

Comment by martilol

I'm getting the feeling there's some betrayal in the picture.

Comment by 203974

anyone else's disguise failing 100% of the time when they port up? directly after they port up i mean.

Comment by shadowspa

drakuru you betrayed and tried to kill...somethig tells me drakuru's last wish isnt bugged its just a way to kill you :D

Comment by caboom

As of the release of WOTLK the last wish teleports you outside of the necropolis, in the Reliquary of Pain.

Comment by 15174

Today i tried to do this Quest and i failed by clicking Scepter too early.Boss got bugged (never started the event) so i thought its a good idea to jump from the citadel but i was unlucky again and landed on the balcony.When i released i was in ghost and unable to reach my body.

I could not enter citadel or something and none was there willing to ress me up.So i had 2 options.First to ress at Ress Spirit or talk to a gm and wait.

Comment by zghuk

worst quest series till now for me (lvl 76).

the slaying 60 trolls-quest is still buggy and even this quest, the last quest, is buggy, too. you must not take this quest if anybody does the quest actually (he wont spawn right for you then). If this happens and you have no flying mount, there is no way to escape the necropolis.

I tried to solo this quest with my demo warlock. no chance. you cannot make any dmg (but DoTs) because you are all the time running and drain life (yes, even with the troll berzerk tanking). you will get 2k dmg every throw and your troll tank dies quickly. Chosing a second troll tank? Nice Idea, but the troll boy hits hard. With only 12k hit points you almost dead when you have finished casting (2sec). The next throw kills you.

After starting the quest for the third time he didnt say anything, the sequenz is not starting. So I decide to skip the final. Not worth for 1 hour of frustation.

It's a pity. The beginning of the quest series was great.

Comment by trogstar

If you're going to do this, make sure no-one else has already started the event!

If you port to the roof while the event is in progress any Blightblood Troll you MC won't be able to attack Drakuru. You're then relying on the other person to defeat Drakuru and if they fail, Drakuru and the Blightblood Trolls will despawn and you'll be stuck on the roof. You'll either need to wait for someone else to restart the event (and again, be unable to attack him) or hearth / jump off and then bubble / levitate /slow fall / parachute cloak to safety.

My advice: wait a few moments before you accompany him to the roof and check for his rants in /yell, which will indicate the event is running.

Sadly, this the second event in as many days which I've joined that someone else had already started and ended up trapped due to flawed game design...

Comment by Hallo

If the event has started and you are not coming out of disguise you can right click the buff to remove your disguise and your troll will attack.

Comment by Moschatus

No one bothered to say that after you get the guest and teleport inside again, the next thing to do is to speak with Drakuru after which you get teleported to roof.

Comment by Eien

After you start the quest from Stefan Vadu, head up and talk to Drakuru. This will teleport you to the top of the citadel.

As soon as you're at the top and he starts talking, you will get a message that your disguise is about to run out. DON'T PANIC! it's perfectly normal. Just run towards one of the spawned trolls and begin to use your scepter of domination to MC it.

Quoted from quest text.

We've modified your scepter for the job. When the time is right, you will be able to use it on Drakuru's Blightbloods and turn them against him

Use the MC'd trolls abilities as soon as your able so he gets aggro. Keep stun up and avoid the places where Drakuru throws a gas bomb at you. If you take damage, just have your MC'd troll toss a heal. One of them isn't enough to get the job done so once your troll is around 5-10% hp, run towards the other troll and MC it as soon as your first one dies.

Again, use it's stun ability and its main damage attack whenever its up, toss a heal to you if you get too low. Drakaru should be around 35-40% hp at this point.

To recap:

Don't Panic if you get the message your disguise is about to fail. You can still use your scepter.
MC the spawned trolls as soon as you're able to.
When its almost dead, run towards the second summoned troll and MC it as soon as your first one is dead.

Good Luck!

Comment by 196618

Does anyone know if you will be able to use the "Choker" and get back into your disguise after the quest chain is over? I like the "Bowls & Brains" and the "Plasma" you can get at the Scourge Vendor.

I'd like to be able to purchase these again, but fear that now that i am done with the quest chain I will not be able to, until my next toon gets to this point...

Comment by 246132

You can solo him with only one controlled troll, just let your troll pet attack him, spam all three abilities when they get off cd, and just run around edge of platform to avoid that gas thingies he throws on you.

Comment by 158000

Very easy with 2 people in a party:

Player#1: goes upstairs and talks to Drakuru, which teleports him/her to the roof and starts the event.

Player#2: goes upstairs and talks to Drakuru, which also teleport shim/her upstairs, but does not start the event.

Player#1: WAITS for the raid warning that the scourge outfit is about fail, and uses the taming rod to tame one of the four trolls.

Player #2: WAITS for the raid warning that the scourge outfit is about to fail, then uses the taming rod to tame one of the three remaining trolls.

Player #1: targets Drakuru and starts the fight, with troll attacking and the player dancing around to avoid crystals and puddles*.

Player #2: unable to target Drakuru, chills with his/her troll.

Player #1: tames one of the two remaining trolls when troll #1 is low on health. If you wait for your first troll to die, Drakuru will kill you. Attack Drakuru with your troll #2. Troll #1 will attack you.

Player#2: uses his/her troll to target and attack Player #1's Troll #1 that is weakened. Otherwise, the weakened troll kills Player #1 and the event fails (not all is lost, read on**).

Player#1: kills Drakuru with Troll #2, or Troll #3, if the first switch is not enough.

Drakuru: gets low on health, stops fighting and starts talking to the Lich King who appears on the roof.

Lich King: kills Drakuru, says something and disappears.

Drakuru's skull: lies on the roof for both players to loot. You get a skull and Drakuru's last wish, the item that takes you back down. Call the quest giver and grab your awesome reward.

* Player #2 can heal Player #1 during the fight.

** If the event fails, and Player #1 dies, Player #2 can just chill on the roof with his/her troll while Player #1 runs back and starts the event again.

Comment by 253298

What you will be doing in the quest :

1)Talk to the Drakuru, and tell him you are ready to accompany him.

2)You will be teleported to the top of the necropolis. Now your disguise should be failing, do not panic! Quickly tame a blightblood troll nearby and get ready.

3)Make your troll fight Drakuru, use the first two special abilities whenever possible. Dodge the crystals that Drakuru throw at you, they hurt bad and cause AoE upon landing. Do not fear to step further outside to evade crystals, the untamed trolls around will not aggro. If you are badly wounded, use the third special ability to heal yourself.

4)It is not likely that you can take Drakuru down with one single troll. When yours is low on health, approach a new one and get ready to tame it. You might want to protect yourself as much as possible(ie. potions) during this period, since Drakuru will be spamming shadowbolts on you which does a significant damage.

After the fight you will see the Lich King again......go get your necklace now!

Comment by 249660

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfleYoz97co

Comment by 254342

Like alot of people I was having major trouble with this quest as well.

The problem is timing. Because his shadowbolts hits so hard and you have to turn your back to him to M/C another Troll, most will find themselves dead before you can get another one. Also if you M/C another Troll before the other is dead, then you find your old troll attacking you at full health!

So make it easy and group with someone. I grouped with another person and found that while Drakuru is able to fight both Trolls, he will generally only be able to focus on one. Thats good because it means your M/C Trolls will die at different times. This stops the direct shadowbots and means less crystal attacks when you or your group member are trying to M/Ci a new Troll. It also ends the possibility of M/Cing a Troll to soon!

When we (myself a 75 Hunter and a 77 Druid) did it, we send in our Trolls, his died, and he sent another one for a few second before the end of the fight. Mine never actually died because Drakuru wasn't focused on mine much.

It's not perfect I know, because it means both of you have to be at the end of a very long quest chain. But if your struggleing with it like I was, this might be your best option!

-Good Luck!
-Sly

Comment by 241814

Very fun quest, just remember to switch to a new pet when yours gets low

Comment by 253033

I can't beat this, he throws the crystals WAY too often. Really frustrating, I will be waiting a few levels before attempting this...

Comment by cedricm

I don't mind hard quests but the penalty of failing / being victim of a bug on this one is too big, what with being sent to a cemetery far away with 3 npcs awaiting for you or committing suicide by falling & hurting the materials.

One should come back much nearer.

By the 4th time I thought I had the technique to succeed but luckily someone was already there and with 2 players it wasn't hard.

Thank god the quest reward is not that bad.

Comment by Kanfazar

NOTE: If a group has just killed Drakuru, you can loot his skull and get the quest finished just like that. Of course, it's kinda anti-climatic.

EDIT: Curse you, reply system! Now it looks like I'm just repeating someone else, even though this was the first post to mention this. THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD!

Comment by wye43

Some may find useful to know that the skull for the quest is not on his body, but separately on the platform after he dies.

Comment by 255982

It also helps to get the buffs from the 3 shrines

Comment by 238581

Unlike pretty much everyone else, I didn't have a problem with this quest. Use every ability your troll has as soon as you can, run in circles, and try to be at max HP when your troll dies; you will have to get another one, and he will be hammering you while you are charming the next one. I might have gotten lucky, but I was able to do this on my first go. Good luck.

Comment by 48775

When I came up to this platform I ran into some opposing faction players who ganked me earlier while I was XP grinding. I wouldn't encourage doing it to anyone who didn't deserve it, but on a PVP realm you can use the trolls to kill PCs. The strong hit ability two shots people and it was hilarious watching them run around trying to avoid my demonic troll. I killed the three other players with no problem. A glorious karmic reversal.

Comment by CrimsonTemplar

Two things that gave me trouble with this quest:

The Scepter of Domination that has been modified. It doesn't allow you to teleport yourself upstairs anymore. You have to talk to Drakuru to get teleported to where the fight occurs.
After the Drakuru is dead you have to put the Scourge Disguise back on in order to loot the skull. I had two guys watching me kill him and they were able to loot the skull, but I couldn't. In fact, it despawned before one of them told me to put the disguise back on so I had to do the fight again.

Comment by 196248

The whole quest chain sucked and the rewards wasnt even an upgrade... felt like a total waste of time.

Comment by 150909

Personally I loved this questline, and I hated having to betray Drakuru, he was just lookin out for ya. But as far as this quest in particular goes, I had a pretty easy time with it. Just keep moving, and save the stun for when he casts a blight crystal, and you should be fine.

Comment by 134387

On a side note you can avoid the crystals by running around the outside edge of the platform .

Comment by 240277

If anyone knows how to get down AFTER the event is over please, post... I had to take a loong drop down since there isn't a teleporter or and doors. Thank you.

Comment by 92400

A hilarious time can be had using the troll to kill opposition players who happen to be on the platform also. Your trolls skills won't work but he still hits for 4-5k with his fists.

The kills count as HKs which is also fun :D

Comment by 108731

Someone did this just before me. I just went and picked up the skull, died, flew and delivered.

Comment by 96416

If you change Spell Detail in your video settings to highest the gas clouds left by the blight crystals will be visible. I kept wondering why I died so quickly and found it was just undoable with Spell Detail on low.

Comment by 259076

this quest sucks in the fact that so many things can go wrong

ive tried it about 8 times now and every single time...my troll comes close to dying and i tame another, but the one with low health then comes up and kills me

if that doesnt happen...big troll man will hit me with his spells as i tame another troll

This is by far the worst quest i have done in wrath as of yet

(77 rouge)

Comment by kcz421

I'd been trying to do this the last few days, then I happened to talk to him while someone else was killing him. I waited for the yelling to stop since I assumed that meant the folks up there either failed or completed it, so I started mine.. I got ported up, Lich King and Drakaru were in a dialogue, so I was still waiting for my turn... after I charmed the blightblood troll, I turned around and there was the skull on the ground.

Should've been much harder.

Comment by 258302

Make sure you use the Last Wish within 3 Minutes of killing D. I didn't notice and it went away when you're trying to get back down off the platform.

Comment by 13079

You can loot skull if someone other kill troll.

Comment by 86842

I've summoned water elemental to help me during the fight.. lost control over the fight, troll attacked me and killed.
I must say, I can imagine those quests being fun and enjoyable, but at the moment they are not, entire chain is one huge pain in the back because of blightguards, disappearing disguise, spells breaking disguise, elemental braking control over trolls, not to mention terribly bugged and annoying "blow abomination" quest.

Comment by Factsfountain

If your troll is dying, and you make the mistake of getting another one before the first one dies, i suggest using your new troll to finish off the first one. However, this won't work if the first troll still had a lot of health left. If that is the case, drakuru or the first troll will inevitabley kill you. But to avoid any of these problems, make sure the first troll dies before you get another one!

Comment by johankj

I need help with that quest, i use my Scepter of Domination
before i get out from ghoul form, but when the troll die then i can't take a new one becuse i need to be ghoul to use the next one.

I'm lvl 80 now and can't complite that quest lol :P
lowest hp i can get its 50% then i die :)

Comment by 188301

one: i dident have the problem of needing to disguise myself before puting it on,
and i dont think anyone mentioned this: there is no problem with the switch between trolls if u see your troll is going down, and then you hold off on your stun until right before you use the scepter on another troll, then you stop the main income of damage and can use your new troll to pown your old troll.
i still recomend working in a group its really tricky soloing

Comment by 206105

For any class that doesn't have MC, pick up help, this isn't a quest that can be done w/o Control help.. Tried 6 times, finally got help on the 6th.. 77 Unholy DK & 80 Elemen shammy.. Took 2 trolls but it worked, just don't try it solo if you are melee & below 77.

Comment by Teritha

---------------------------------------------SPOILER ALERT!---------------------------------------------

OD = Overlord Drakuru
TLK = The Lich King

OD: Behold, mon! We be creatin' da greatest Scourge army ever seen!
OD: These be da first of many! We shall sweep across Zul'Drak like da wind...
*Your Scourge disguise fails*
OD: What treachery is this? You be payin' for this deceit with your life, mon!

(The following combat dialogue could change or be repeated)
OD: Ya done turned your back on destiny, mon. Now you gunna die!
OD: Fool! Ya coulda been havin' great power, mon!
OD: I shoulda known not to be trustin' nobody!
OD: Your betrayal not gunna be slowin' me down none, mon.
OD: I never needed ya, mon. I can crush Zul'Drak without ya!
OD: How could dis be? Da Lich King said he be havin' great plans for you, mon...

OD: ENOUGH!
*TLK appears from a portal*
OD: Master, dis mortal scum be double-crossin' us. Dey must be made to suffer!
TLK: You have failed me, Drakuru!
TLK: It is you who should suffer. Be content that your death is a quick one...
*TLK kills OD*
*TLK now speaks to you*
TLK: As for you...
TLK: I spare your insignificant life as a reward for this amusing betrayal. There may yet be a shred in potential in you.
TLK: Be warned...
TLK: When next we meet I shall require much more to justify your life.
*TLK disappears through the portal*

Comment by 93429

Just a quick FYI for those curious, the entire chain gives 2125 Rep.

Comment by 37560

One thing to take note of is that you don't actually get the final blow in on Drakuru, once he goes below 1% HP, the Lich King comes in and swipes his head off, ripe for the taking.

I teleported in to a battle already underway (2 alliance, 1 horde, 3 blightblood trolls) and was in disguise all the way (it didn't break for me). Having contributed 0 DPS for the quest I was still able to loot the skull.

Long story short: feel free to charm your own pet and help each other out even if you're not partied.

Note: I had a surprise when Drakuru respawned almost immediately after we had killed it. It knocked me out of disguise and the encounter restarted all over (aura + crystals..), so make sure you loot fast and mount up and away.

Comment by 53190

a little tip don't inslave another one before your First troll is dead or it will kill ya Learned the hard way! :(

Comment by 15780

It's worth noting that it is EXTREMELY easy to grief or be griefed on this quest on a PVP server. Someone else on the quest simply needs to send their troll after your player and you will be 2 shotted.

As such, I'm personally of the belief that alone makes this a poorly designed/thought-out quest.

Comment by 71115

Just to add a helpful bit - don't freak out and try to re-don your disguise after it fails. What happens when you do is that you cannot target Drakuru with your troll...

But when you re-drop it, you'll be able to target him again.

Great quest line and another of the very exciting lines and finishes that are there to discover in Northrend. Thanks Blizzard!

Comment by Salroh

This may have just happened to me, but when I grouped only my teammate's disguise dropped while mines remained intact, so though I got the message to use the scepter on a troll I couldn't use it to attack Drakura because he was still friendly to me thanks to the disguise.

As my teammate was about to die my disguise fell but I got the message that I should hide. When it fell I got jumped by the geists and then wiped out by Drakura when my teammate died.

I told my teammate what happened and they suggested that I might have to click and remove the disguise itself if I didn't get the message. But move away from the geists so they wouldn't attack me before I removed it.

We did it again and once again my teammates disguise fell but not mine so I had to remove it myself. When I did, I could send my troll after Drakura and we completed the quest.

So if you're in a group, you get a troll, but your disguise doesn't fall, you're gonna have to remove the disguise yourself.

Almost forgot: When you do loot Drakura's skull and get down, don't immediately turn the quest in. Keep the choker so you can use the disguise to help with Leave No One Behind.

Comment by 264808

I think the rewards have to do with a Betrayer's Choker...I am unsure though

Comment by Blackboy0

At the beginning:
Overlord Drakuru says: Behold, mon! We be creatin' da greatest Scourge army ever seen!
Overlord Drakuru says: These be da first of many! We shall sweep across Zul'Drak like da wind....
Disguise Failing! Avoid Scourge Contact!
Overlord Drakuru says: What treachery is this? You be payin' for this deceit with your life, mon!
The Scepter of Domination glows brightly! Use it now!

Drakuru randomly shouts in battle:
Overlord Drakuru yells: Fool! Ya coulda been havin' great power, mon!
Overlord Drakuru yells: Your betrayal not gunna be slowin' me down none, mon.
Overlord Drakuru yells: How could dis be? Da Lich King said he be havin' great plans for you, mon...
Overlord Drakuru yells: Ya done turned your back on destiny, mon. Now you gunna die!
Overlord Drakuru yells: Dis foolish treachery has cost ya your destiny!
Overlord Drakuru yells: I shoulda known not to be trustin' nobody!
Overlord Drakuru yells: ENOUGH!

At 1% HP:
Overlord Drakuru says: Master, dis mortal scum be double-crossin' us. Dey must be made to suffer!
The Lich King says: You have failed me, Drakuru!
The Lich King says: It is you who should suffer. Be content that your death is a quick one...
<Overlord Drakuru is killed>
The Lich King says: As for you...
The Lich King says: I spare your insignificant life as a reward for this amusing betrayal. There may yet be a shred of potential in you.
The Lich King says: Be warned...
The Lich King says: When next we meet I shall require much more to justify your life.

Comment by crusader666

Lol, names of rewards: Choker of betrayal,Choker of the betrayer, Betrayer's Chocker. Should there really be different rewards at all?

Comment by 273237

Use Drakuru's Last Wish to get down

Comment by 275066

I just created a wowhead account to say this:

This is by far the most annoying, frustrating quest I have ever experienced in all of WoW. I talk to Drakuru to teleport to the roof, even before I use my scepter on the Blightblood Trolls, my disguise fails and I start taking the aura damage immediately, somehow I aggro one of the geists and try and kill him before I have taken too much damage, as soon as I do that, another one spawns right after he does and attacks me, then good ol' Drakuru comes over and destroys me. I pass it off as bad luck and talk to Drakuru again, but I never get a warning to use my scepter, so I do it anyway, and of course, Drakuru is still friendly, not doing a thing. I die from the aura damage. I abandon the quest to "reset" Drakuru, and it deletes my Encorcelled Choker, and Vadu in Ebon Hold isn't giving me one when I ask him to. So !@$%ing ridiculous.

Comment by Azvolrien

It took three tries for me to complete this quest. The first time, it bugged out when Drakuru hit 1% and the Lich King never spawned. Second time, I died. Third time everything went as planned, luckily. The fight reminded me a bit of a boss fight from a Legend of Zelda game... just keep running in circles to avoid the crystals, heal when you need it, spam the troll's attacks, and when you're done you get the chance to flip off one of the most powerful beings in Azeroth, if you feel like it.

Comment by 230791

If you are a balance druid, do not use starfall on this fight. (That talent gets me in trouble all the time. I'm constantly underestimating the range on that and typhoon). Worry more about healing yourself and keeping all your troll's abilities on cooldown, than casting spells on him and you'll be fine.

Also, this has been covered, but make sure your current troll pet is dead before you charm another.

edit: Oh btw, make sure you don't need your scourge disguise before turning this in. You can't get a new one. I had the ghoul feeding quest and realized I had no way to turn it in after I had wasted time finishing it.

Comment by 155144

Do NOT summon your water elemental :p

Comment by 30463

When you loot the skull, you also get an item called "Drakuru's Last Wish," which you can use to teleport down.

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=43059

Comment by 268379

Make sure that you reuse your scourge disguise before you start or you will be un-costumed in mid fight.

Comment by 265384

I MCed a second troll when my first troll had 10% HP left.
Killed me and i had to do it again 0_o
Make sure to wait for the first troll to die before MCeing another, he hits around 3-4k on mail.

Comment by 278117

This is a very interesting line, but the end encounter contains counter-intuitive bits and is probably too difficult for a quest that is intended to be soloable.

This is extremely difficult and I died about five times. A summary of what I learned from reading here and from doing the quest:

1) Don't freak when you get the "disguise is failing" message. Blizzard tells you to hide, but if you haven't read the quest info here and try to do that, you'll run into the geists and get ripped. You should run in, MC one of the trolls, run over to the boss, and wait for your disguise to fail.

2) If you play with low spell detail, you'll have a hard time avoiding gas clouds, which are frequent, do splash damage, and a lot more damage if you stand in them.

3) If you don't wait for your troll to die before you MC the next one, you end up having to deal with it, and it hurts. So try to top yourself off and be near the next troll so you can MC it quickly.

4) After you beat the boss down, combat ends, the Lich King appears and kills the boss, and a clickable skull drops on the ground. If you loot that you get the quest completion item, and an item you can click on in order to get back to the quest turn-in without having to jump off the necropolis.

Comment by Gneisenau

I've tried this quest 5 times now and can't seem to do it. I'm a Hunter with 12.6k HP and after the first troll dies, Drakuru KILLS YOU WITH 3 SHADOWBOLTS. It takes about 2 sec. cast to control the next troll, and then he still has to run (slowly) to Drakuru to fight him. In this... 6-8 second time span, Drakuru can spam you with shadowbolts (they were hitting me for about 5-6k) and you die.

I gave up on this quest, simply because you're fighting a raid level boss (550k) alone and you can't even LFG because people need to have the quest to activate the event to even possibly come with you at all.

Aside from the achievement, you get crap loot, so it's not even worth it.

Comment by Ellesica

As a side note to any Death Knights attempting this quest, you can use Rune Tap to heal your troll by a bit. About 20000 health.

Comment by 226331

Just a jumbled mess of a quest

Comment by GannHalon

do you keep the item that turns you into a scourge up to this quest?

Comment by Roedar

A good way (that I found out - somewhat an exploit) to farm money and experience while your up there.
(Possibly only for hunters).
Few easy steps.
1# Control Blightblood Troll Guy.
2# Feign Death
This will now stop the event but you will lose your costume and you will keep the Blightblood Troll under your control.
There are a bunch of Geists up there that insta respawn and you can get easily 1700 exp (per kill with 1 hit) and 12-27s + other drops.
If you about to die you can easily heal yourself with his ability.

::NOTE::
You will lose control of your Blightblood Troll after (about) 3-5 minutes but you can still re-control him just as long as you are not in ghoul form.

::DOWNSIDE::
If someone else starts the event your Blightblood Troll disappears and you will have to just re-control another one.

--I made about 25g within 5 minutes (not counting the stuff like Fur Clothing Scraps that make you alot of money which I got 17 of)--

::EDIT::
Don't let your troll hit Drakuru and don't feign death until he is mid way casting of his shadowbolt (which he should cast at you right as the battle starts).

::2ND EDIT::
You cannot use the trolls first 2 abilities on the geist but he still does a decent amount of damage.

Comment by warrpower

i soloed this easily on my warrior, to make sure i loose as little hp as possible because he throw's crystalls at me, i run in circle around the platform and i had a hp pot with me so when my minion died and Drakuru started to do shadowbolt at me i just charmed another mob(can't remember the name) and then continued running around until he was dead.

That's the way i soloed it.. but also remember to use the ability's to your minion as much as possible

Comment by 117930

If you use scepter too soon, or getting anoter way to situation then Drakuru don't want to attak you, DON'T PANIC! Just drop your disguise manualy and start fighting with Drakuru.
But if someone killed Drakuru before you, there is no way to restart th event, other than jump down, and go to teleport, and speak to Drakuru, and hope...

Comment by Mitokok

Allright, if you are a Death Knight, whatever you do, do not summon a ghoul, even if you don't have the Master of Ghoul talent it still counts as a pet and you still lose control of your big monster. (Learned this the hard way attempting to Death Pact...)

Comment by 124900

I have trouble finding the way out of the platform after killing the boss. Does the quest assume everyone is 77 and can fly?

Comment by 81015

Fool Proof method: Well I applied the tactics, they work well, but easy to mess up, especially as a clothy, so on my 3rd attempt was disapointed to find a human paladin going at it. The 1st thing I did was summon my flying mount and watch, she did very well, got Drakuru to 10% health while I watched safe in the air, she then screwed up and as she went down, I landed, grabbed a troll and finished of the job so easily I almost felt bad, almost, she was still an ally. Thought I would mention, as it is another tactic, which may come into play.

Comment by 8270

Not a tricky quest to solo actually quite easy and wait for your first troll to die or you will be toast. Additionally quick note for warlocks do not have your soulstone on during this quest. Drakuru will disappear when you die and you will be left on top of the tower with no way down except jumping and dying. As well for anyone having trouble leaving this quest you get an item called Drakuru's last wish or something when you loot Drakuru use this and you will teleport down away from any mobs that will aggro you now blow the horn you got from the death knight to summon him and turn in your quest.

Comment by 237839

The worst chain of all time Betrayal is my new motto because how much I hate this chain.

Comment by 242255

Warlocks may have an easier time with this quest. You can Health Funnel your troll. Keep DoTs up, avoid the blight crystals and health funnel the troll. You usually don't have enough time to cast the full length of Drain Life (you have to keep running), but even 2 seconds of Drain Life can save you!

Comment by Jickles

My problem with this quest isn't the difficulty, but rather the way blizz made it an enormous pain in the ass.

Go up and someone else is doing it? You better hope they're gonna kill him.

Go up and your disguise fails before you get a troll? Enjoy the repair bill.

And in my personal experience...have a random person fly by on their mount? Enjoy getting down.

Comment by Roxon

I... I liked the troll. Were.. Were we just not meant to be?.. I feel like a betrayer now.. Feels like.. You are not prepared-ish..

Comment by 288747

Running around in circles worked for me, just make sure your Troll is dead before you grab a new one. Throw yourself a heal right before it dies. The quest will take two trolls.

Note: Drakuru respawns really quickly, almost right after he's killed, so don't be an idiot like myself, get involved in watching the story and then try and loot the skull. Drakuru will target you immediately after he respawns and will start hucking shadow bolts at you making it impossible to loot the skull unless you get another Troll to take agro off of you.

Lesson learned loot the skull and start hearthing (if you're not 77) right as it drops.

Comment by 288581

Attempt #15...fail.

To make it worse everytime i fail to kill Drakuru, i tend to die getting back to him by running into something that can see through my disguise. All my armor is red right now i have failed this so much.

Comment by 227898

when I enslave da troll he wont attack.. he just stands there and watches me die, died 3 or 4 times now.. Somethings not right..?

Comment by Frankup

Some tips:

1. Make sure that when taking control over another troll that the one you were using is DEAD. If you take control over another troll while the other one is still alive, you will lose control and it will start attacking you. I learned this the hard way.

2. Just strafe around the fight in circles while spamming the attacks, and the heal when needed.

Comment by 149883

Be prepared when you see your troll low on health. One troll is not enough to finish the job. Get in position to MC another summoned troll and as soon as your first one drops grab a second. Rinse and repeat.

Also, if you should die and run back from the gy, bear in mind that your disguise does not work on the banshees so avoid them. They're just a nuisance.

Comment by aaa426

If u are a warrior and soloing this quest.. GL HF! ur dead ..

Comment by 146819

I recommend holding still unless you're either moving to another troll or dodging a Blight Crystal. I tried running in circles around the platform, but that leaves you with 2 problems: A) You end up running into the spot where a previous Blight Crystal landed (not good); B) You might fall onto the outer ring, which is crawling with Blight Geists.
Your troll should be able to pick up aggro by Drakuru's 2nd or 3rd Shadowbolt (depending on how quick you were with the staff); after it has aggro, use its special attack whenever the cooldown is up; save the heal for when you've actually taken damage, and the stun for interrupting his spells.
You most likely won't be able to down him before the first troll dies; make sure you're in position to grab a second as soon as the first dies.

Comment by Yamboo

this quest is a ^&*!ing pain in the ass, tried id a dozen times but still bugged or $%^&ing doesn't work the way it's intended. if someone else is doing this quest right away, you will be stuck upon thh citadel and have to get down the hard way. fu blizzard for this quest design.

Comment by 62096

Also, if you are a hunter, and this is what I did, you can feign death, it's really cheap...but it works fairly well through out the quest.

Comment by 47767

I am having a hell of a time with this quest, and died 5 times. I keep loosing control of my troll at random times, sometimes right after I've gained it. The last time I popped up, and someone else had started it. So I controlled a troll, and we almost had him down! Then the guy that started the quest died, and everything reset, then the trolls attacked me. What is going on?

Comment by 72070

Here's a little link to Youtube so you can see the fight and Drakuru's death by yourself!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opArnZy6Go8

Comment by 295132

First of all, to start the quest you have to walk back in to voltarus and talk to drakuru, he'll send you up to meet his blight things and you're costume will wear off. At this point you should start using the scepter on the blight things and make them attack drakuru. Drakuru will throw the blight crystals at you and occasionaly cast a shadow bolt on you, the blight crystals also leave a gas that drains your health pretty fast, my advice for that is to run a safe distance from where the crystal is going to land or just run in circles around the place. After your first blight thing dies just get another one, personally i died 3 times but that was just from stupid mistakes. I liked the storyline and felt bad killing Drakuru =( i love the plot twist though. :D

Comment by dbodinem

Struggled w/ this one as well.

The crystals and shadow bolts (?) do indeed hurt. Maybe a shadow protection potion?

Getting another troll is a delicate balance, and dying at the graveyard and running back was a pain.

Finally "finished" it when I teleported to the top just as someone managed to do it and looted the skull and jumped down.

Didn't like this line largely cause it doesn't have you do anything. I mean....I'm a hunter...I use a pet and attack things from range....Yet that was not what this questline wanted me to do....control this scourge and fight this, gather this, etc. Not exactly playing to my strengths.

Maybe easier the 2nd time around?

Comment by 13419

get a group, at 8K health wearing crappy gear he two shot me.

Comment by 113700

If the quest gets messed up and you are stuck waiting for the despawn because you can't tame a troll then you can jump and not take any damage as long as you still have the suit on.

Comment by Daco

I was able to do this (as a Night Elf) by helping a Troll Shaman complete it.

Separately, we had failed three times in a row (I died, he died while I watched, then I died again while he watched - just couldn't stay alive while MCing the second troll). After rezzing, I flew to the top of Voltarus and put on my disguise and waited. Sure enough, the Shaman appeared and the event started a minute or two later.

At the appropriate time, even though I hadn't triggered the event, I got the message that my disguise was failing. I MC'd a troll and attacked, after my "colleague" had already established aggro with his. With both of our MC'd trolls attacking we took him down no problem, mon. And I was also able to loot the skull, even though I hadn't triggered the event.

Thus if you've already taken this quest, and are present at the beginning, you'll be able to participate in the battle and the rewards, even if you didn't trigger the event, and even if you're not in a group (or even the same faction as the person doing the event). Obviously you have to be up top and disguised already when it starts, and do so knowing someone else is about to trigger it. Having a flying mount and knowing fairly certainly that the Troll would be trying it again helped in this case.

Comment by 112627

I havent seen anyone say this, but you dont have to have a slowfall mechanic or a bubble/iceblock to get down. Along with looting Drakuru's Skull you will also have looted Drakuru's Last Wish. The wish will teleport you away from the top of Voltaris, I unfortunately found this out only after hearthing. anyways hope this helps

Comment by 298779

An interesting aside, if you get stuck and jump off the north side and die on the snowy hill, you'll be in a subregion of the Storm Peaks called snowblind hills, and when you release spirit your ghost will be on a flying ghost mount. Thought it was kinda cool :]

Comment by 300827

I spoke to drakaru, ported to the top, and used the rod on an elite scourge. An alliance player started it before I did, my disguise wore off and was killed.

I went back up and found that I was able to loot the corpse from the other group's kill.

Just an FYI

Comment by 111622

DO NOT SUMMON ANYTHING TO HELP YOU.

Death Knight - Ghoul
Mage - Water Elemental

Not sure about hunters and warlocks, but when I was up there I saw a Hunter without a pet doing it so I'm assuming your only pet can be the bigass troll.

Make sure to tag it with your own attacks and spells, if anyone else is up there, horde or alliance. He'll drop an item with a Gear shape icon moue-over and when you pick it up, you'll get two items. Anyone up there can take it.

Enjoy getting down!

Comment by Sentan

I agree there are a lot of annoyances in the Zul'drak chain, but this part is about the easiest.
78 BM hunter, able to get him down to 15% before the first troll died, he seems to constantly cast crystals so I was just running around the platform while the troll continued to smack him around.

Tip: Don't get %^&*y at 75k hp or so, I did and with 14k HP I was killed in only a few shadow bolts, you need those trolls..

Comment by llangevi

I died 2 times doing this, and nobody wanted to group. But a lot of alliance (I am horde) were going up to the main and disappearing. So I waited for the main to yell "WHAT TREACHERY IS THIS?" and then I ran up and talked to him and was telelported there as well.

So I saw the opposite faction fighting. I am a priest, but could not heal anyone. So I used my scepter and tamed the troll.

I tried to have him attack, but to no avail.

The the human's troll died, and while he was getting another, mine was able to attack! And in the meantime, the human got another troll and so 2 were attacking.

The human died, but mine kept attacking, and then it disappeared with the main at very little health.

The liche king appeared, killed the main, the skull was there, I looted it and then flew off the platform with my mount.

So you can do it while someone else can, and if you have your troll ready, if the other guy fails you can take over from there (but before the other guy dies!)

Comment by 273383

Another thing to be careful of, that caused me to fail this a couple of times before I smacked my forehead for being so stupid: after you MC the troll, be sure you TARGET DRAKURU. For me, the troll ran and attacked him right away, so I forgot to actually target him. As a result, the troll only autoattacked. I clicked to use the abilities, but they never went off. Took me two tries before I noticed.

Comment by 308727

I was able to do it with 1 troll and had about 4k left on the troll at the end. All you need to do is stun him every chance you get.

Comment by 236871

Another suggestion - REMOVE YOUR CLOTHING BEFORE HAND - I died a few times and the cost was unbelievable, if you're struggling like I did, it would be wise to remove clothing before starting. Good luck.

Comment by 311857

* Stand at a troll before NPC starts babbling about everything important in life
* Use item to control Troll
* Send Troll on stun attack
* Spam 1 and 2 skills
* Run around constantly in a circle (thus avoiding all damage) and heal yourself when needed.
* When troll is at 10% health go near a new troll. WAIT for your current troll to die, then control a new one.
* Repeat the above

Lv 75 Gorilla

Comment by 208484

A tip for anyone else attempting this. Stay away from the edges if you can help it or be prepared for one or two Geist adds being pulled and making your life a misery. If your quick, you can pull it to the blightblood troll and have it attack once.

The respawn rate on the Geists is nothing short of stupidly fast, it makes a great cloth farming spot if you can handle it

Comment by 177093

OK I really need to know whats going on here. Every time I start the event a paladin is appearing and setting his troll on me, I don't get how he keeps waiting for me to start the event then appearing like that. Its always a few seconds after I engage and he just appears the other side of the platform then MCs a troll and sends it on me. I need revenge!

Comment by 133364

Hunters: Don't feign death. It ends the encounter and you have to jump off and die to restart it.

Comment by 277581

Just had this quest glitch on me, went to wait for the trolls and they never spawned. just a note be wary of where you stand before the event

Comment by WoWkevin

To get the chain you have to get Unliving Choker that got a 100% from Withered trolls.
** Wowhead say 9%, but its wrong because it only drops if you havent done the quest**

Links:

Withered troll

Unliving Choker

The first quest you get is:

An Invitation, of Sorts...

Its a long chain that leads you thru the Drakuru quests.

The end is:

Betrayal

Its worth the travel and killing, you will be awarded with neck:

Tanking

Physical dps

Spell dmg

Comment by 317405

The first time I tried this quest I had no idea what to do.. And died, lol. :(

Second time I tried it, there was a bug and he remained allied for about five minutes, and then I jumped off the thing (Killing myself) to try it again by resetting it. Third time I attempted it, he remained allied to me for around two minutes and when I was sitting there thinking what I could be doing wrong, he became hostile and killed me. Also, the blood geists somehow aggroed from the lower ring and canceled my MC on the trolls when I tried to get it.. I'm having a lot of problems with this quest (Error-related). Anyone else get these problems?

Comment by 258708

Just a suggestion, but if you are 77 go ahead and get your winter wings before doing this quest. As a 77 Lock with 9400hp I died several times before getting the timing right for killing Drakuru. It was much faster and easier being able to fly back to the area, land out of harm's way and then put on the disguise.

Comment by 320258

Do the following:

1. Speak with Drakuru to get ported to the top of the complex.

2. Immediatly run to where one of the Blight Blood Trolls should be standing.

3. Use the Scepter to MC the troll as soon as it spawns.

4. Run back to Drakuru(Your disguise hasn't worn off and he hasn't gone hostile.) and target him.

5. Right click the disguise buff and immediatly make the Blight Blood attack him. (Make sure you stun him as right away 'cause it'll keep you from being hit by more than one shadowbolt)

6. Just run around avoiding the orange areas left by the Blight Crystals, while using the trolls abilities as soon as their ready. (Heal only when you're actually hurt of course.)

Also, be carefull not to even begin using the scepter until your first Blight Blood is dead, because if he's alive he'll go hostile as soon as you start using it.

Comment by 229867

I don't know how many other's there are like me, but I have little to no experience with a pet bar (77 Rogue) and have very little clue what 'actions' on the pet bar to use. Where do you figure out which buttons do what. After the event starts is no time to try and go to school on what the buttons/spells are.

I keybound buttons 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and hoped for the best, but 'hope' isn't getting it. I don't abandon many quests but this may be added to the short list.

Comment by kyousuke

insanely hard at lvl 74 :/ as dual wield frost / unholy - did i mention this is the crappiest and buggiest questt ever ? like .. ups wrong taget now my troll is attack another troll ... this quest is just crap :) ... well i spose i could do it as easy as nothing with a healer :/

Comment by Afilo

This quest seems hard, but once you've completed it, and look back it's actually quite simple

1. don't panic
2. enslave a pet and remove your disguise
3. let the pet attack him, and use his abilities
4. DON'T JUST RUN CIRCLES, BUT STAND STILL AND DODGE THE AOE DMG HE THROWS AT YOU
5. use your pet's heal buff when you're getting hit
6. when your pet dies, don't panic and just enslave an other (you don't need your disguise for that)
7. immediatly use heal spell and continue from point 3

I only needed a second pet to kill him off, the second had about 30% HP left when i was finished

I'm saying 'don't just run in circles' because otherwise your path of cicles will make the area semi aoe and not, so if you continue to run in cicles you'll be dmged a lot more then just standing still and every time when he throws something at you (it's a casting spell) just dodge it and stand still beside the last targetted area. eventually the aoe spots will vanish, so never will the whole area be full of aoe spots.

Ps. it took me 2 times dying to understand how to play it, 3rd time was the charm :)

Comment by Zariell

Very badly bugged quest. If you teleport up while someone else is doing the quest you simply get to stand and watch them fail, then get stuck at the top of the platform.

Other people insanely #$%^ you up while you do this quest and theres pretty much nothing you can do about it.

Comment by 318542

I found this quite difficult to do alone at 79. I could do it easily up until the part where my troll died or was about to die. If you try to grab the new troll before the old one dies, you die right away. I died twice figuring that out. Then the other two times before my new troll could engage him he pounded me into the floor. So... obviously I had no clue what I was doing on the troll switch. One troll simply doesn't seem to have enough longevity to beat him.

I got someone else in the zone who was doing the quest to go up there with me, and we killed him super easily. I wish I would have done that from the start.

Comment by 325019

The troll(s) is right by Drakuru. Speak with him and he will teleport you to another place with him. Then look around the rim and you will see a troll to get and help kill him. Atoon.

Comment by 241776

Easy quest - talk to Drakuru to start it and then just follow the instructions in the earlier posts.

I didn't like betraying Drakuru either, aside from being a bloodthirsty evil Death Knight he seems like a pretty stand up guy. But the Lich King apparently set him up to be betrayed, telling Drakuru to trust your character. The Lich King be playing all sorts of games here, mon.

Comment by 326471

It seems the npc "Blighted troll" doesn't exist in wowhead.
Anyone can link his abilities when charmed?

Comment by 160108

also true, i tried this, failed first time w/e trail n error right, nyways you can start the event in group or solo MC a trol and dismiss your guise and have at it, group is a lil faster and the troll usualy last a lil longer, also if you have powers to dot, do that sparingly or Drakky will target you instead

Comment by 316950

You can spam this macro while you run around the platform it makes it a lot easier

/cast powerful strike
/cast concussion blow
/cast blightblood infusion

and this for when you have to tame a troll

/target blightblood troll
/use scepter of domination
/target overlord drakuru

Comment by mjmill4

If you use the scepter "too early" or port up while the event is in progress you'll have to click off your own disguise, then you can attack Drakuru just fine without waiting for the first person to finish.

Running around in circles works just fine, you can get fairly close to him and the edge while running to avoid the AOE areas from the crystals.

Comment by BloodSerious

I died several times before realizing that I needed to let the pet scourge troll do most of the work. Overlord Drakuru will begin the battle by casting several Shadow Bolts at you. As a 78 warlock I maintained Curse of Recklessness (to lower Drak's armor) and Corruption (shadow DoT) on Drak and kept spamming the pet's (scourge troll) abilities. The pet also has an ability that allows the player to drain some of it's life to heal yourself. You cannot heal the scourge troll so don't bother trying. Keep running around the platform to avoid the blight crystals that Drak will be throwing at you. The crystals will form a toxic (nature damage) puddle on the ground for about 30 seconds so watch where you step.

As soon as the first scourge troll dies (and it will) immediately use the Scepter of Domination again to charm another troll. This is the time where you will be the most vulnerable because Drak will start to chain-cast Shadow Bolts at you until the new troll pet can gain aggro. Bring shadow resistance and healing potions to this fight. Once the second troll pet gains aggro the rest of the fight should not take long at all.

Hope this helps and good luck!

Azzrael, Sister of Shadow.
Steamwheedle Cartel Server

Comment by 65284

If you're a frost mage, don't pop your water elemental. It breaks the mind control on the adds. I found this one out the hard way.

Comment by 274105

I just did it on my 3rd try as a lvl 75 unholy dk. All i did was MC a troll right when i could, ran around in circles while using the troll abilities to fight and heal me, and re MCing a troll when the first was dead, it was easy.

Comment by Freddy92

The quest item is bugged, so if you abandon any of the quest's you need Stefan's Horn for you will have to go to Ebon Watch in order to turn it in, or talk to him if someone else have called for him.

Comment by 294171

OMG I SAW THE LICH KING! Fun as event. :D Bit tricky though, trying to run around and fight at the same time. As a pally, I healed my first troll a bit, so Drakuru was at about 20-30%hp when I MC the second troll. I would've been able to do this with one troll if I say bubbled and healed him, but I just ran around instead. :P

Comment by 313895

On a side note you can avoid the crystals by running around the outside edge of the platform

Ya but you aggro the giests (trash mobs) I found it pretty distracting to battle them, and manage the minion

Comment by barthem

you wil have afther hes defended a litle talk with the lichking

overlord orakuru says: ENOUGH
overlord drakuru yells: dis foolish treachery has cost ya your destiny!
drakuru starts summon the lich king
overlord drakuru says: master dis mortal scum be doublecrossin us. Dey must be made to suffer!
Lich king says: You have failed me, drakuru!
Lich king says: it is you who should suffer be content that your death is a quick one...
Lich king kills drakuru and drakuru's head lands not far away from you
Lich king says: as for you....
Lich king says: i spare your insignificant life as a reward for this amusing betrayal There may be a shret of potential in you....
lich king says: be warned...
Lich King says: when next we meet I shall require much more to justify your life

yea, only the next time i saw the lichking icecrown and wil failed to kill me, lol

Comment by 339518

well ive tried about 8 times to defeat him and i get my butt whipped, the first 3 times i had no controlls for the troll so i went out and login again.
i got the controlls but still die running around spamming the troll buttons and yes he was healing me but alass i still manage to die.....

its just not my week.

i also found this glitch with the quest "zero tolerence"

Comment by 338670

80 shadow priest...got pwned the 1st time second time i just mc'd the mob as soon as i got teleported, threw some dots at him and just ran around the platform shielding and throwing hots on myself. stay outta the puddles of crap he throws at ya, they hurt. just kept my dots up and kept an eye and the health bar of my mc mob. when one dies make sure you have another one ready to go. make sure to watch your health too.

Comment by 25678

But how the heck do you get down? I jumped, but that can't be the only way...

Comment by 345237

This is by far the most frustrating quest I've experienced in WoW and I've been playing for almost 3 years now. I am a 75 Shadow Priest and cannot solo, I have died 20 times.

I run around the circle dodging the crystals but when my troll gets low and I go to get another one, he kills me before I can finish the channel. Are there any other suggestions on how to get this guy!

Jason

Comment by 277135

Keep running circle while your troll is fighting Drakuru.

Make the troll use two of its special attacks, and the healing ability when your health is low (it heals you, not the troll itself).

Get another troll if it dies. When reaching for another troll, get a healing/protection spell (e.g. Divine Shield and Lay on Hands for paladins) or a healing potion ready to take some high damage from Drakuru.

Comment by worldofpunks

THE WORST QUEST EVER!

I've been trying all day following these instructions everyone has been giving... just no luck.

I've used the scepter and engaged but the giant noob doesn't attack! totally $#&*@ing bugged out! Then he only targets me and BAM. No mods on either. I've done it before on another toon.. not working now. I hate this quest blizz FIX IT!

Comment by 325751

So stupid.. When I was about to Mind Control one of the big trolls, my disquise was about to fall off.. Then when it felt off the event started and I could't mind control becuase I was in combat -.-'....

Comment by nafanjs

The entire Voltarus questline is absolutely horrible, every quest has something stupid like a bug or a bad design flaw that makes you want to kill yourself..
None of the quests were enjoyable even slightly.

Comment by 102560

Don't do what I did and try to MC another troll while your first troll is still fighting. The troll becomes hostile and was hitting me in cloth for around 5k.

Comment by 351010

Don't know if it's here but figured I'd put this out there for all the pallies.

When your troll gets down to about 5% health, go ahead and head to the next troll you're going to MC. When your original troll dies, pop Divine Shield and start MCing next troll.

When I did this on my pally only needed 2 trolls to finish him off. Most important thing is to keep using the abilities (except heal) as soon as they are off cooldown.

Hope this helps.

Comment by nowayride

The troll won't use his skills unless YOU are targeting a hostile mob, which makes it a pain for healing.

It uses the pet bar, so I had to remap all my keybindings and put pet ones back on. I already had to rebind healing to click casting my HP bar and pet bar. You should not have to change your UI around just to complete one quest.

After I killed him (after dying the first time from UI problems), the abomination didn't despawn. He instead 1 hit me. I had to go a 3rd time and SM when the abom agrod onto me so I could survive to loot the skull.

This quest has so many problems in it, just a warning to anyone else having trouble.

Comment by ZeroUm

Lvl <=76 Hunters, specially Beast Mastery ones, w/o high level gear, a message of love:

Get a group.

Yours truly,
--A dead BM hunter.

Comment by 349142

i died like 6 or 7 times trying it..it is one of the hardest quests that iv done..as a hunter 75 ..
the AoE's are quite hard to avoid at some time,but just heal and stun whenever you can,i also was shooting at him while running arround..the worse part is when i was taming the second troll ><

Comment by 18516

As a priest I died twice in Shadow spec, but switched to Holy spec and the fight was cake. You can't heal your pet, but you certainly can't die.

Comment by marko777

epic fail for this quest

Comment by 354163

When you loot the skull, you also get an item called "Drakuru's Last Wish," https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=43059
which you can use to teleport down. WARNING! 3 min duration once picked up!

This info was on the second page and it took me longer than 3 min to find it...so i had to jump.

Comment by HaddonEast

Well I dont know how u guys get the crystals to mis you cos they get me every time, as fast as i run. when the first Blood dies, I get attacked and killed before i get another one? tried 6 times now and given up.

You cant run around the outer edge becouse the mobs will attack you.

Comment by 358622

Everytime i try this quest i get the minion as u suggest and then send it to attack the elite boss and run around str8 into the minions which end up killing me it's not soloable

Comment by 64664

Only soloable if u can heal yourself. And you need a decent amount of mana for that.
Don't stand still cause he keeps throwing shards at you that hits for quite a lot of dmg as well as AoE dmg.

Not a fun quest. At the 4th attempt a Blood Elf was doing the same quest. So I just joined the battle, defeated the bloke, got my money and go on with our lives.

Comment by wowzer

As difficult as this quest can be to solo (specially for us squishy types) its a good idea to have some help. Now, if you were dumb like me and soloed the entire quest line up to this point, just to be completely stumped at the end, you have a problem. Its slow and boring to lurk around Voltarus waiting for some random stranger to get to the same part of the quest chain and then beg them to team with you, likewise slow and boring to wait for a friend who hasnt started the quest chain to work their way through it.
Easy solution - get a healy type friend (in my case a shaman) to fly up to the roof and provide healy/shieldy/bubbly goodness. You survive long enough to get the second blightblood troll up and running, and you get the pleasure of seeing the Lich King spank Drakuru mightily - not to mention pleasure of knowing you dont have to frak with it anymore.

Comment by 156138

When you do, go here, kill xx of this and xx of that, or find this or find that quests it can get boring but this one. woohoo, what a great story line and at the end when you actually get to try and kill Drakuru, wooooo.

Mind you a first I couldnt get the grasp, mainly because the blightbloods wont do anything until you've changed back into your character and then you've got to really charm the blightblood before you change back otherwise he starts hacking you and Drakuru starts shadowbolting you and your dead in moments.

Charm your blightblood, then change back into your character... then set the blightblood onto Drakuru. Ive tried this about 5 times and failed.... each time Ive gotten nearer but im not bored of it. Gonna keep trying....

Comment by 313428

Very beautiful quest, Finished solo, warlock 74. The "secret" is to move around Betrayal (better with "Strafe left" and "Turn right" keys (by default Q and D keys on a qwerty keyboard) or strafe right and turn left in manner to watch always the middle). The video in this comments is very usefull.

Comment by 334233

Don't pick fights up on that platform, i just 1 shot a warlock with the troll you can MC. PLAY NICE GUYS!

Comment by mudzereli

This macro helped me solo it, I just mashed it the whole fight and controlled a new troll when my old one died.

/target Overlord Drakuru
/petattack
/castrandom Blightblood Infusion, Powerful Strike, Concussion Blow

Comment by 364840

Quite frankly this quest is rubbish, its a pain, gaugeing thehealth of the troll whilst getting ready to tame another is a chore in itself. Thew graveyard you get ported to when dead is miles away and the whole thing stinks of rushed and ghostcrawler's usual ineptitude.

Comment by 262382

I had some serious trouble during this quest.

All the time when this guy were throwing the crystal at me, i had to run away as well as everyone else, but the platform got so filled up of those fields, so that i kept being damaged.
And the healing thing, the troll does, was too long cd, so i kept dying.

Comment by djkevin

Easily done as a lvl 74 blood dk, just keep running around avoiding the crystals, throw an icy touch, keep an eye on the troll's healing ability and gg

Comment by Wettren

Why havent none mentioned how to get down? Cuz I can't find the way down..

Comment by 151357

Also, it might pay to not make your minion attack the ally standing there waiting for you to finish... especially if they are capable of sap and vanish...

Comment by 385152

do not ever stop moving if u do u can die very easily the mob can hit on average 1200. also stay away from the crystals he is hurling at u

Comment by 386974

It's a little hard as a 74 shad priest, as I'm squishy, and he shadow bolts for 1.5k. And the other hits, I died twice already, but I'm just being noob about it. As long as you get the timing right (as a squish) should be fine.

Comment by 387847

What you just do is run around in the cricle to avoid the crystal hits but where the crystals hits do not go there cause you will get hit

Comment by 351613

I hated this quest chain with a passion.

To add insult to injury, once I finally killed the guy I couldn't figure out how to get off the platform. My only option was a suicidal jump off the edge. ]

I HATE THIS QUEST.

Comment by 371168

I started this quest a few seconds after a horde did (I'm alliance) and we tag-teamed him. Because he was there first, I let him loot first, just incase it didn't work (fair's fair. he was there first lol) and I still got the loot. Seems that as long as Drakuru dies, everyone's happy :)

Comment by 167721

the second i mc the troll my disguise decides to fail on me. pefect

Comment by 101832

IMPORTANT when you mind control the troll, tell him to fight (obviously)... then start running around the outside of the platform because you will avoid the Crystal Explosion. Use all of the trolls attack when they cooldown. When your troll dies (make sure he is 0/0 hp because he will attack if you dismiss him early) capture another troll... and repeat the process.
My first troll got him to about 50%, so it only took 2 for me.
Good luck!

Comment by 389698

It's not that simple, it's a pain in the ass. I tried to solo it with my hunter and no good came out of it. I did everything that I could or that was supposed to happen. But the guy always kills me before I can do anything, because the disguise always fails. (in which it's supposed to fail) But still it can really get you confused and frustrated.

Comment by 23043

If you are a hunter this is pretty easy.

Strafe around him and keep your stings up on him. Don't go too quick. Only strafe enough to get out of the crystal AOE after he throws the crystal. Wait until he kills your first pet. Then keep facing him and use Deterrence while you click on a new pet behind you and use the staff to MC your new pet. You don't have to be facing your new pet to MC him. Strafe again and DPS him down.

Remember not to FD or he will reset.

Comment by suicidalkatt

Another note is if you're a warlock you can actually heal your controlled troll with your Health Funnel.

Comment by Generaldraxus

Just a note for Shamans: Bloodlust works on your troll pet :-)

Edit: Heroism for Alliance

Comment by Kasandora

Wow, an ally who isn't a total jackass towards a Hordie. I must commend you for your actions :)

Comment by sloppyjoes

The blight AoE attacks are nature damage.
The shadowbolts are obviously shadow damage.

If your class has abilities that can counter those magic schools I would use them.

Also, just use instant attacks and strafe around him, you probably wouldn't make a significant amount of damage anyway, just watch what your blightblood does and try to keep his abilities in use all the time.

Comment by 391501

Bored friends can help you with this quest. Bring a healer, a hunter, a lock, anything strong from a distance.

The platform the fight takes place on is in the regular game world, outside of the instance, friends can fly there.

My brother's 80 pally came with me.

* A friend straight tanking him isn't an option.
* * He hits very hard.
* * Your pet does obscene damage.
* * As soon as your pet dies, his hate goes to you.

Edit: Your pet can be healed, btw.

Comment by 136244

Here is tutorial for this quest x) I hope that it help u. x)
Link

Comment by 408590

For warlocks an adwise, use Shadow ward! It helps a lot at the time when you loose your pet and go for the next one.
Just make sure the timing is right :) I did it at level 76 solo.

Comment by Zangamash

You know what's fun? Dismissing your troll to get a better view only for it to attack you.

Comment by 419763

what I had: lvl 80 Tauren enhance shaman on Tanaris
what I had to do: Keep moving. Even if the blight crystals miss you, the pool of bubbling orange goo they create still hits for 1200+. A direct hit will cost you 4500+. Spam macro listed below. This keeps your MC'd troll busy.
what I had to take:
health pots
mana pots
haste pots
+40 stam food
baby spice
what I had to prep: macro as follows:
/target overlord drakuru
/cast powerful strike
/cast concussive blow
observations:
Grounding totem ineffective. Shadow bolts pass totem to get to you.
Baby spice shrunk Drakuru, but didn't lessen his HP.
You must have full health before attempting to MC a successive Blight Blood troll. Drak's shadow bolts hit for 4500+. You'll take 3 hits prior to completion of casting MC. You must wait until your current MC'd troll is dead prior to MC'ing another one.
There's no 15 seconds before first blight crystal in thrown. The instant Drakuru's name turns red, a crystal is in the air.
It takes 3 successive bloodblight trolls to take Drak down. The videos showed one. Either the trolls were seriously nerfed, or Drak got serious upgrades. The videos showed very few shadow bolts and fewer crystals. Not the case when I got into it.
How I (finally) did it:
I cast Earth elemental, spirit wolves, bloodlust, wrath of air totem, healing stream, and fire nova totems immediately. I equipped totem of the plains relic prior to fight, and cast earth living weapon on both weapons to boost my healing. I kept moving, dodging crystals every .5 to 2.5 seconds, and healing after every shadow bolt hit every .7 to 1.2 seconds. As soon as Earth elemental fell, I cast stoneskin totem and another fire nova. When elemental totem cool down cleared, I cast Fire elemental. I re-cast spirit wolves when cool down expired, three times in all. The afore mentioned macro was being spammed the entire time to maximize the damage the MC'd trolls could do.
side note: Originally attempted in party with lvl 80 BE Hunter with Beast Mastery, and Devilsaur pet. If I attacked, the hunter could not as Drakuru was an ivalid target. The same was true if the hunter attacked first. This forced the event to be a solo gig. It took about an hour of attempts, and over 45G in repairs. The Hunter was able to loot after I succeeded on the event. This fight took more than 2 minutes.

Comment by mjblink

If you happen to be an unholy DK with Ghoul Frenzy, don't forget to use it. You won't need to MC another troll. Also, you can buff the trolls to make the ordeal go faster. Once Drakuru is dead, your troll will simply despawn.

Comment by lehearts

No one has mentioned what you do after you kill the boss?
I'm stuck on the platform and there's no exit except jumping your way down?
There's no portal, no clickable anything. Are you supposed to jump down or have a flying mount? What a poor gaming design!

Comment by Nycteris

This quest bugged for me last night. When I teleported to the platform, I got the warning which said my disguise was failing. So far so good..

However, when I saw that, I instinctively ran away under the platform and pressed the necklace to put on my disguise again. By that time, Drakuru had said his piece and was getting ready to attack. When I put my disguise on, he became friendly again and stayed that way. Even MC ing nearby trolls or waiting for minutes did not change that. So I could not attack him in anyway and got stuck at the platform.

I abandoned the quest to pick it up again. But this destroyed all the quest items in my bags, the staff, the necklace, and the horn to call the quest giver Death Knight.

I had to fly to the Ebon Watch in Zul'drak to pick up the quest from the DK again. I was able to get the necklace and the staff, but he does not give the horn to call him again. So once you complete the quest you have to fly back to turn it in unless some other player called DK to Relinquary of Pain already.

Comment by 362393

Heres a nice little trick when your troll is about to die. When your troll is at about 5% health use the blightblood infusion. When it dies Drakuru pounds you with shadow bolts which hit for about 1.5k. So with the blightblood infusion healing you, you can safetly go MC your second troll.

Comment by 422433

Its hard : /

Comment by 365423

Cute quest Affliction Lock

Put on your disguise and go talk to Drakuru
He will beam you up top and you get a warning your disguise will fail
Run over to one of the spawned trolls and use your scepter to take control
Attack Drakuru

If your a pet class, hunter, lock or unholy DK you can heal your pet, much like the earlier quest to kill Darmuk, but healing didn't seem as effective. You can use your pet tool bar to heal as well, which seemed to work better. If your not a pet class it is no biggie, when your guy dies, and let him die before getting a new one, just pick up another one and attack. Drakuru will toss shadow bolts at you when your pet dies so be quick.

The real fun of this is the AoE crystals he tosses out at you. If you just stand there you will die. Run out of the area and attack. As an Affliction lock I just ran around away from crystals, hit the dps pet bar attacks, healed pet via bar and health funnel and healed myself with haunt/corruption and drain life. And DoT the hell out of him with whatever you can get off.

Not that hard. If you cant heal yourself easily then I suspect that pet management, aoe crystal avoidance, and avoiding excessive shadow bolts when getting a new pet is key. That is why god invented pots and bandages is guess. ;)

Comment by 424442

this is just about my alltime least favorite quest (not the quest line) of all time... i stopped counting the times i died after 15..

Comment by SavagePoop

I had a hard time with this quest until I realized two other important points:

Use the troll and ONLY the troll to deal damage. It seemed that any time I tried to help out my big buddy, I would pull aggro away from him and then I was tanking Drakuru. The good news is that I didn't have to tank him for long before I was dead.

Bring health AND resistance potions for the time between trolls. I went through a lot of health potions before I realized that dropping some coin on a Flask of Lesser Resistance made the in-between time survivable.

Hope these help you to have an easier time than I did.

Comment by zorlaq

Just a heads up, if you are a Night Elf don't shadowmeld when you are doing this quest, I just did and got stuck up there.

Comment by 428044

If you are a dk and you have the Ghoul Frenzy talent chosen from the talents, you can use it to buff up your troll.

Comment by 195301

The Lich King wins..

FATALITY

Comment by 165543

If a guy of the opposing faction starts the event as soon as u finish the opposing faction's pet will not attack(either that or he is just waiting for drak 2 kill me even though the horde doesn't attack me)

Comment by demonten

this is a really annoying quest. For some odd reason every time i try the quest my disguise goes away right after i get the troll so i can only get one and he just pwns me pretty much. Last time my troll wouldn't even attack him. He attacked me.

Comment by 424849

Quick note:Maake sure you do feeding da goolz before you hand in this quest,as it takes away your scourge chocker thing

Comment by 437051

When they say keep moving they mean it! You must keep running to avoid the Blight Crystals he throws. Stop running and he hits you. I only stopped running to get a second troll to finish the fight. It took me several tries to complete this quest. Only when I kept moving did I complete it successfully. I used the mouse in my right hand to keep moving around the area and used my left hand on the keyboard to spam the pets abilities. Also you must keep your health above 2/3. Keep using your trolls heal abilities to keep your health at close to 100%. Good luck! Just don't give up!

Comment by 162546

As unholy deathknight, this quest is extremely easy.

Just keep Ghoul Frenzy active on your minion (the troll, not your ghoul) and let him kill Drakuru alone.

One minion will be enough for the entire fight, so there's no need to change it.

Comment by 11342

Didn't get that last wish item. Had to jump/heath to leave.

Comment by 356381

you can also buff and heal the mc'd troll did it on my pally today. Just keep moving out harms way, keep yourself healed, heal troll, use his attacks, Use his heals and you can solo with one troll.

Comment by huldu

Took me two tries to get this bugger right. Anyway, my advice is remove your armor so you dont have to deal with a repair bill(in case you die). Doing this right wont kill you however. Save the stun+heal for when you need to switch to another troll. When pet drops below 5-10% hp, stun and heal, then charm a new troll. Once this is done just send the new troll in and heal once more, keep running around and you'll be fine.

Comment by 439570

Uhm i have not got the choker for the disguise...and when i ask the quest giver for a new one he says "here you go, now please focus on the task at hand" and DOESNT give me one... What do i do? cause i sure cant go in there without the disguise...

Comment by 457764

Remember to take off the disguise or you won't be able to attack, I was lagging on him for like 10 minutes wondering like "wtf". :P

Comment by Gratz

No matter what i do, I can't get teleported up to the upper layer. I think it's bugged.

Comment by Darkmourne

When ever i try i just keep getting hit by his shadowbolts cos he just ignores the troll wheni send it too attck him

Comment by 362919

Could have been a bit more creative with the names of the rewards

Comment by 467641

I have found this quest needlessly difficult. I've now attempted it upwards of 50 times and never gotten him more then 25% down to go. And i always get killed while trying to get the second Troll controlled..

And yes I've watched the video and yes i've read the threads.

just *!@#$in. I know there's nothing anyone else can do beyond insult me and my playing skills.

Comment by 472899

"Your scourge disguise is failing"

So I jumped off to try and put it back on.. How was I to know you were meant to have it off?

I had to jump off and put it back on, then find that there was no way to get back up so I had to jump all the way to the floor and die.

Then I couldn't ressurect because I landed on top of a #$%^ing wall.. So I had to use unstuck and res in a completely different area zone.

This whole line of quests is the mostly poorly made piece of horse #$%^ I've ever done in WoW. Well done Blizzard you horse@#$%ers!

^&*! this.

Comment by Passado

As an Unholy Death Knight this is easily solo-able. I had to lose like 4 times before I realized. Just use Ghoul Frenzy every 10-20 seconds and your converted pet should never die. It keeps him alive and makes him attack faster. While spamming his attacks, run around the arena to dodge Drakuru's attacks. If you stand still too long you will die. This is really simple, it just takes a while.

,Passado

Comment by 338180

You might want to check your pvp status before attempting this quest. People of the opposing faction can send their monster on you and it does stupid amounts of damage.

Comment by 298631

DO NOT Feign Death! He will despawn and leave you stuck up there!

Comment by healingenzo

1. Don't need to move far to avoid the blight cloud.
2. Use the pet's heal - far better than anything I had.
3. TIMING the second tame is the only challenge.
4. Being an 80 DK on frost didn't make this any easier. I died 3 times.
5. Stun did stop him throwing crystals. But I used it every chance I got. I would rather have 6 seconds of pummeling & have to dodge crystals.
6. I too was so disappointed not to be able to keep fighting for the Lich King. But as an 80 Orc DK, I can still spread the word fo the Raidernation anyway.

Comment by kurtiffrig

A very cool quest, but until you understand it you'll get your ass whooped. In truth, you don't even need to buff yourself if you do it correctly.

First follow the instructions to get to the roof of Voltarus, don't just fly up there. Disguise yourself, talk to Drakuru and he will lead you up there. But beware, he'll see though your costume almost immediately, so get ready.

Go to the edge of the top platform and wait by one of the downramps until a Brightblood Troll shows up and take control of him as quickly as possible with the Scepter of Domination.

Now target Drakuru and start running clockwise around the edge of the platform because he'll start throwing some mean crystals and you don't want to get hit by those suckers. As you're running, use the Troll's contols, alternating between the hammer icon and the one to its left. On the cooldown throw in your own attacks, but don't stop moving.

IMPORTANT: When your life starts getting low hit the icon that looks like blood bubbles. That will renew your life. If he kills your troll you'll have to "quickly" take control of another one.

Stangely enough it's neither you or the troll that kills him. But I'll let you find out that part on your own. Very cool stuff.

MAIN POINTS: ALWAYS KEEP MOVING, ALWAYS KEEP FIGHTING WITH TROLL, ALWAYS KEEP HEALING YOURSELF AND USE YOUR OWN ATTACKS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

Comment by Deewy

The quest is bugged as of 3.2.2. You can not get the teleport item, but you can complete the quest however. Just strip your gear off and jump, you will be resurrected without a sickness on the ground.

Comment by redmage

I have just done this as a Level 77 Subtlety Rogue. It should be soloable by any class once you get the hang of it.

Once you get teleported up there, you have to wait a few secs for the trolls on the side to appear. Grab one by activating your Scepter. Once you have the troll under your command, you should right click on your Disguise debuff so you can send your troll to attack Drakuru. You yourself do not need to attack. Using the 2 trolls are sufficient.

I see lots of advice here telling you to spam the 3 buttons. IMHO, You should spam the Stun Button and the Spec. However, you should reserve the heal button until you actually need healing. Just keep the troll on Drakuru and renew your attacks. Heal when necessary.

Drakuru basically does 2 attacks. The Shadowbolts you basically have to eat, but you can quite easily dodge the Crystals. The moment you see a crystal in the air..just strafe left/right to avoid it. They stay in the air for quite a few sec so you should be able to move out of the way quite easily. You don't have to move all the time, just be ready to move the moment a crystal is launched. With the troll heals and your own bandage/potions, you should have no problems.

As your first troll is about to die, make sure you get a self heal if it is up. Then, as your first troll die, put up a shield/cloak of shadows/ shadow ward..etc.. while you grab a new troll. Send troll on Drakuru again. Repeat what you have done in the first round and it should be pretty easy.

Comment by 482613

These were really good tips, but after dying about 8 times (it was 5AM, I'm blaming lack of sleep on that one) trying to use them I had to tweak the strategy to what worked for me.

Prerequisite: Have a healing potion or bandage ready. If you're a healer, make sure you're full on mana or you have a potion ready.

1.) As soon as the blightbloods appear, run to one of them and focus. As soon as you get the raid warning telling you that the disguise is getting ready to wear off, begin casting your scepter to control the blightblood.

2.) By the time you're done casting, the blightblood should be under your control. Send him in to attack and immediately hit with stun. Then use the main attack, which you should be able to hit with a few times before your stun ability cools down and you're able to cast again.

3.) The whole time you're attacking, you should be running and trying to avoid the blight crystal bombs. You'll run the outer perimeter first, but you'll have to get creative as the blight bombs explode all over the platform.

4.) Watch the blightblood's health; when it gets down to about 30k, haul it the nearest arm of the platform. Drakuru should be less than 50% health. If you're low on health, quickly heal, use your potion, or bandage yourself before or after your trek to the final blightblood. If you don't heal in time, you're likely to die. Put your focus on him and get in a clear line of sight - as soon as your pet dies, start casting your scepter to control the next one. Send in to attack - if timed right, you'll only take a few shots before focus is controlled.

5.) Continue to run around, avoiding the remaining crystals, stunning as much as possible and spamming the main attack. It should be easymode from here.

Good luck - the one was frustrating for me, hopefully it won't be as frustrating for you.

Comment by Duvvani

Note that someone flying over you can trigger him to attack that person. If your fight hasn't started yet, he'll attack them, they'll get out of range, and then everything but your MC'd troll will despawn.

Comment by 470711

I went at this as a Lvl 75/76 Frost DK and only had a few diffculties w/ it. It took a few tries but I figured it out.

1.) As soon as the trolls spawn, use the scepeter on it even b4 the message pops.
2.) keep up whatever presence works for you and run around, constatly using ur trolls avalable spells (1 dmg spell, 1 dmg/stun spell and 1 healing spell for you.) and somje some spells that u can use from a distance w/out drawing too much aggro(Ex: Death Coil)on occasion. Drakkuru will keep constatly throwing crystals at u that even w/ bout 14000 or so health can kill u in seconds if u stand still, and this way you can cause dmg, ocassionally stun him and keep your self alive. (Horn of Winter while ur troll stands near isnt a bad add)
3.) At one point usally near when Drakkuru is near 1/2 health or so, ur troll will die. When it is down to 12000 or under health run up to another 1 and use the speter again. This is when he throws a barrage of shadowbolts at you for a few seconds and continues till you have your troll back(to take his attention off u)(and somewhat after), and if you have the Runic Power to use throw up Anti-Magic Shell, tame the troll. then reactivate ur trolls spells and run and attack from a distance. (If the crystal residue block of ur path to the remaning trolls, make sure you have corpse dust so u can summon a ghoul and use death pact when u need it as u make you way to the troll)
4.) repeat Step 2 and Finsh Him Off!

Good Luck! (And fair warning: it may take a few whacks at it to suceed. If your not Frost spec or w/out corpse dust carry some Health potions if u need it)

Comment by 423486

hardest quest ive ever done ive died 4 times now. Just cant figure out how to do it. I ran around the entire tim spamming the minions moves right off CD. he hits me so hard after they die I just dont have time

start with caution ive had to hearth repair twice now. VERY frustrating quest

Comment by 489092

Struggled with three deaths then read the posts and found it fairly simple. As a mage, I put on ice barrier and ran in circles with the troll doing all of the work. Just before my first troll died, I attacked with troll's freeze and that gave me time to Mind control a second troll, which was all I needed.

Comment by inyu

I've just done it as holy paladin. Kings + beacon of light in the Troll an spam heal on yourself + troll abilities at every cold down, didn't need to change the troll.

Comment by 231645

the encounter has been modified in a recent patch. Some of the following changes take place for alliance Betrayal and horde version of the quest too:

If you release a controlled troll before it dies, it will now just go back to it's original spawning point and reset its health. It will no longer attack you. This simplifies the encounter somewhat, but you'll still have to take some shadowbolts while charming another troll.

Ony my DK, I accidenly pressed the summon ghoul button, but nothing happened (I had a troll attacking Drakuru). In the past, the troll would have broken free and aggroed. No zombie spawned, and that is a welcome change.

Comment by 499044

this quest was hard for me but on my thrid try i got it but heres what i did on my lock i mc'ed the first troll to fight first i threw up my shadow ward to block his shadow bolt att then i let the troll tank i was using every spell the troll had when it was up and when i wasnt dodging the blight crystals i threw sum spells at him to help my troll and right before i needed a new troll i threw down another shadow ward MC'ed the second troll then for the rest of the fight just proccing the MC'ed trolls abilities
hope this helps

Comment by Darkmech

im not sure if this is helpful but for unholy dks with ghoul frenzy u can heal the troll like its your ghoul while u run around just spam ghoul frenzy and it heals him for like 12k 60% of his hp i didnt even have to raise my axe to Drakuru i just let the pet kill him

hope this helps :) (only for unholy dks with ghoul frenzy)

Comment by 421626

Ok this is the quest is easily explained:
To start the event, talk to Overlord Drakuru.

You'll be ported up to the top of the necropolis.
In your COSTUME use the scepter to controll a troll, get the troll near the boss and remove your costume.
When your troll dies use the scepter on another troll *you do NOT have to be disguised*
He'll die on the second troll.
Loot the skull and watch the event.

Comment by 524211

just signed up to this site to post this...

this is the hardest quest ive ever done and it is glitchy as hell. dont listen to other people i tried that and their information was false.

the enemy keeps throwing an aoe crystal that lasts a very long time, does alot of damage, and covers the whole arena quickly.

the boss kills your troll fast and forces you to keep moving.

just keep your troll on him and keep attacking him from a ranged position.

someone commented that you could hide next to the un-mced trolls or that they wouldnt attack you. that is very wrong, they will kill you basically instantly.

make sure you arent on auto attack while you mc the trolls because thats an instant death.

i hate this quest ive died 4 times because of listening to people on here.

edit: just so im not complaining with no proof or reason:

http://i46.tinypic.com/1eano2.jpg

-basically the whole platform has acid that never goes away
-the troll doesnt kill him fast enough and i cant stand around long enough to dps him
-the stun's cooldown is too long, between stuns he contantly throws acid at you
-you cant go near the outside because the elite trolls with 230k hp will aggro and kill you

god damnit

Comment by 478010

I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet, so just a quick tip if you're having trouble soloing this: When your first troll is almost dead, first hit the heal ability (ctrl+6 with default keybindings) then grab your second troll and hit his heal ability right away. That was the only way I (as a mail-wearing hunter) was able to survive the transition.

Comment by 223389

Great challenging quest. My main is raiding ICC and this is the first time an alt of mine has done this quest.

A major complaint is that you really can't watch the fight itself. You are just too busy running around avoiding the blight, doing your pet actions, healing yourself, and getting a new pet.

I'm a priest, and this quest would be impossible if I couldn't heal myself. I died about six times before I decided to do it in an "unfun" way and just run around in a circle healing myself and sending pet commands.

Comment by fuzio

If you're a Feral Druid, just fire FFF on him and you'll only need 1 Troll. Just FYI

Comment by 82549

So after several failed attempts as a 77 BM hunter, I tried to use deterrence right before MCing the second troll and feign death immediately after. The troll attacking me disappeared, and the newly tamed one was attacking Drakuru, but Drakuru stood there for a second and then disappeared as well, leaving me with a tamed troll and no way to get down other than falling. This happened to me two attempts in a row.

So, yeah, be warned that the use of feign death apparently can mess up this quest.

Comment by chimeras

I did this as a lvl 77 Retri. With the posted macro, I only needed one troll who was at 5%, with me at 93% when Drakuru died. Great Macro.

Comment by Asadro

Fun fact if you're shaman: BL affects blightblood troll too.

Comment by kalisperis

I HATE this quest, it's UNFAIR to chars who dont have heals like Paladins. I have a DK and must have bandages with me, and time to use them... The hardest part is when your pet is low on health and he starts spamming shadowbolts...I have died 5 times in a row...

Comment by 561934

Tried every hint, tip and macro in the books.

Not Soloable on a Lv75 Frosfire Mage

Luckily 2 alliance killed him, so I grabbed his skull and left. :P

Comment by 576237

Don't feign death in this fight. After I lost my first troll, I went to get my second. I accidentally right clicked the troll right before I used the staff. I thought the troll was going to keep attacking me, so I feigned death right as the staff finished. The staff worked, but when I got back up, Drakuru just disappeared.

Comment by 564159

This quest is amazing. I especially like the part where after my first pet dies he turns and kills me before I have a chance to get another one.

Comment by nonentity

Damn.... I did that quest on 7 characters now, never had any problem. On my 8th go I died 5 times. Did they change something?
I don't remember being hit that hard in the downtime between having/taming a troll and being his target, and I'm pretty sure that in the past, when I started taming a troll when I still had one my old one just despawned, and didn't attack me. Or am I just imagining things?

Comment by 490964

For healers, you can heal your Troll. With this technique i managed to do the fight with only 1 Troll.
Shammy should use there elementals and any other pet using class can use them.
Buff your Troll also to make it even easier.

Comment by 609458

Obviously, i have to MC another troll exactly when the other dies, not some seconds before, because the first troll that I MC'ed, attacked me and killed me after i MC'ed the second troll.

Did it happen' to you guys too or am I doing something really wrong?

(I'm sorry if there's something wrong with my spelling.)

Comment by Arcanias

Hands down one of THE hardest quests I have ever done. Especially as a 75 lock with only 8k hp. There is absolutely NO reason the this quest should give so little XP and crappy rewards.

Comment by 379473

It would be good to ask in /1 chat if anyone needs or is about to do this quest. not so much that it makes it easier, rather if they come during your fight, things get a lil confusing. however if it does happen, try to inv person to your party ASAP.if they accept you can continue. on the other hand, if you get there in the middle of someone else's fight PLEASE just go ahead and invite them ASAP bc they are a bit tied up.

Comment by 624683

I'm a lvl76 Frost Mage, and I've died 4 times already. I hope that some of what I have read in here helps, because I really hate asking people to assist with quests. I think what I'm going to try next is sending out my Water Elemental. I don't know why I haven't thought of that before.

Comment by 481501

FORGET about all of other replies ! ONLY this macro is enough to get Drakuru's Skull. Thank you bro, GOOD job!

While this macro is just fine, and I'm sure works very well, to say that all other strategies are worthless is just stupid. I've done this quest on 5 toons now and have never used it. I died once across my toons, and that was the very first time I tried it. Again, I'm sure this macro works very well, but don't be dumb and say it's the only way to get it done.

Comment by subby

(if you don't need help with this quest, why are you looking up info on it? I don't see that you have posted anything useful at all, and yet you proclaim you are a 5 time expect regarding this quest?)

Simply put your trolling, there is no easier method than this macro and believe me I have 13 lvl 80 chars across 3 realms, I know this quest well.

If you don't like the macro, don't use it, if you don't use it you cannot comment on the use of it. And they said forget anyother way but this because this is the most simple and the quickest way to get this quest done, don't be a dumbass, you only replied because you think your better than everyone else, your not.

THIS MACRO IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS QUEST, IT IS THE QUICKEST WAY AND THE EASYIEST WAY.

Comment by Gambolputty

I love this quest. Because it is actually hard.

Comment by kevindqc

Don't use your shadowfiend.. it release the troll and will end up with you being very dead.

Comment by canyoneagle

A couple of (arcane) mage specific tips that I learned while doing this one:

- before going in, self cast dampen magic
- use the macro above - it makes things much easier
- cast "slow" and "arcane barrage" when drakaru is not targeting you. Between this and your minion, drakaru should be down to 50-80k health before your first minion dies.
- if missle barrage has procc'ed - use it.

Cast mana shield when your minion is near death.

When your minion dies, immediately MC your next troll and iceblock as soon as the pet bar is visible. You can control your pet in iceblock, and let him take aggro. This will prevent your inevitable death otherwise (mages cant take hits AT ALL).

Comment by Ladadadada

To add another scenario that you may find yourself in, I started the event, lost my disguise, panicked and died but just before I did, I noticed another guy up there who had also just started the even. I jumped on my drake and flew back up there but the platform was empty. Going back downstairs to restart the event the normal way (by talking to Drakuru) teleported me back upstairs and there was the other guy, already fighting Drakuru. The roof area is obviously phased and only people in the event can see each other.

I also didn't lose my disguise the second time so I just right-clicked the buff icon, mind-controlled a troll and helped out with the killing.

Apparently, the other guy had tried about 60 times (maybe he's a fisherman) before finally succeeding this time with two people.

Comment by 363646

MY god what crap comment you guys write...i tried this quest several times with those lame macro's, but no one gives the solution on how to act when your first MC troll is allmost dead.
i tried to get the second one with my mage, but as soon he is dead, i get one shadow bolt and im allmost dead. then when...i have the luck to MC the 2nd one which i allmost never had done. i need time for my pet to agro the boss..and BAMM im dead again...really if you want to help please...don't write "oh this was so easy to play soloable" or give crappy info, but put some good info on it.

Comment by 653171

It felt really good to finally bring an end to Drakuru. After the betrayal in Drak'thoron I thought I hated him. After doing his useless errands I wanted to kill him all the more.

Comment by Etreum

No, you are not imagining things. I am working on my ninth 80 (a druid) and even though I had a hard time with my first toon, I did not die with number two through number eight. On this one, however, they must have changed something because I am on my fourth death.

Comment by 303818

Love this quest! One of the few actual tricky group quests in the whole game, but definitely solable on every class (I have done it on most of them).

Under no circumstances try to melee Drakuru himself (that includes using a Voidwalker/tenacity pet and going for a standard low threat health funnel/Mend Pet tank and spank, demo warlocks and BM hunters!) - only use the troll pets given by the quest item. He hits insanely hard! On my level 78 pally, I had 441 Defense, 12% chance to dodge and parry, 7% block, 17k armor and 15.5k HP. Drakuru, in one hit, hit me for 20k and almost one shot me (in a sense he did) - the only reason I lived being due to the "on being killed strike" 30% heal of Argent Defender 3/3 talent!

So, if you're pally make very sure that Shadow Resistance Aura is up (you don't need any other protection) and for everyone else try to get a priest to give you Shadow Protection or a druid give you Mark of the Wild and buy the Lesser Flask of Resistance (these last two stack) - these protections basically almost cancel out the effect of the many shadow bolts he pings you with (certainly you should not need to heal yourself if only bolts hit you with these protections). For attacks, bind a single mouse or keyboard button to the troll pet macro on the first page of this comment thread. You really do not want to be mouse-clicking since you will need to be constantly moving. For convenience:

/tar Overlord Drakuru
/petattack
/cast Powerful Strike
/cast Concussion Blow
/cast Blightblood Infusion

The real tricky part is then avoiding the blight crystal aoe being put at your feet all the time. To avoid this, I found it most efficient to run in a large circle around the outmost edge of the raised platform. If you run a full circle and get back to yellow patches that are still on the ground try to run around them as long as possible on the outer edge. When you can no longer do this, now switch to an inner circle path. This way you basically spiral inwards slowly towards Drakuru, painting as little of the platform yellow as possible, while spamming the troll pet attack macro button and watching the troll's health bar. As soon as the yellow patches on the outer circles disappear, resume the outer circle path to give yourself as much room as possible to move from blight aoe.

If you have any temporary attacking pets, including quest items, use them on Drakuru - every bit helps. If you are a class with temporary pets, then you're in luck since they can make a big difference to the speed of the kill and therefore your survivability. This is especially true for Balance druids (Treants hit insanely hard and are massive damage against elites), Shadow priests (Shadowfiend), DKs (untalented ghoul, Unholy gargoyle) and shamans make sure your wolves are out for the dps and big heals + Bloodlust/Heroism affects your troll pet! Obviously, if you're a ranged class with instant (and use only instants or 1-second casts if you can), then you can weave these in as you spam the troll pet macro. Even Faerie Fire, Insect Swarm and Moonfire druid spam can make a big difference due to their debuffs on Drakuru which helps your troll pet survive.

Finally, if you're a spec with instant heals or very fast heals, you can set your Focus frame to your troll pet before the fight starts and just focus heal it as you run around. Combined with the pet heal (Ctrl-3 with default keybinds) that means you should be able to finish the fight with only one troll pet and avoid the dangerous transition to pick up another pet AFTER your first one dies. If you are a pally, you have the luxury of a bubble (Divine Shield) pet-pickup for the second troll! :)

Comment by 28119

Priests, if you're adding some personal DPS to help your troll and start running low on mana, DO NOT cast your Shadowfiend as it will replace your pet troll for the Shadowfiend thus breaking the MC on the troll, causing it to aggro you and most likely kill you.

Comment by 533861

Just did this quest as a lvl 74 protection warrior. Extremely buggy in my experience (although I have done this on a few other characters, and never had much trouble). I wasn't ever able to fight him without abandoning my disguise, for some reason he would only stay friendly until then.

Unfortunately, having to do it this way would mean I'd usually aggro the groups of Blight Geists while I was attempting to use the control rod on the Blightblood Trolls (which were also attempting to pwn me in the process), and after I'd tame the Troll, I would have to kill the geists first before moving on to Drakuru.

I did die a few times attempting it this way, and without the Troll's heal spell I wouldn't have made it through. I actually ended up having to kill the previoius troll with a newly controlled one when I had timed incorrectly when Drakuru would kill it, while attempting to keep myself alive and use the controlled Troll to get aggro of both enemies. If I wasn't Prot specced, this would have been impossible.

All in all, I agree with the other people that say something has changed in this final quest. It's never been this hard, nor buggy for me, and the rewards at this point just barely outweigh the trouble and frustration of doing this final quest. To any of you trying to do this quest, I hope this strategy helps you in some way, and if all else fails, bring along a friend or two.

Comment by Chrome166

Okay, not only can Warlocks heal the Blightblood Troll minion with health funnel, but Death Knights can also heal them with Death Coil.

Comment by lordside

Oh my god i died at 203 hp left:(
Just don't attack him, don't stun him, he hits for 5-8k

Catafob

Comment by 634064

I killed him w/o the troll on level 80 *drool*

Comment by 586589

Worth noting you can spellcast/attack while controling minion. On my destro lock, I was able to do enough damage to down him without needing the second troll. First troll did die at about 30k health, but then did the other 20k fast enough to not need other troll (He stops attacking at 10k).

Comment by Alumian

This is really easy as a demonology warlock, or any warlock in general in fact. If your troll is about to die, simply hit Health Funnel, it works for the trolls! It restores far more health than Drakuru can damage your troll for. So what's 6% of 200,000 health? 12,000 health per second. So thats about 16-17 seconds and your troll is back at full health. Whats that? Drakuru is still going to throw crystals at you? How mean, but easily overcome. Just hop out of it and hit Blightblood Infusion. Easily dealt with.

Comment by wipp

I've done this on a few characters but it is currently bugged. After the emote to use the scepter, and using it on a troll, Drakuru just stands still and nothing happens.

Comment by 712067

you can use the sceptre as soon as the trolls appear.
if it glitches and your disguise doesn't drop you will have to manually remove the buff.
once he is hostile towards you, send the troll in and keep moving, use all of the abilities and don't get too close to him (running the perimeter is a good way to do this) grab another troll as you need to.
other than that very easy to solo.

Lvl 75 Rogue

Comment by 628701

I did this as a lvl 76 demo lock. It was fairly easy but I did die a couple times figuring it out. I just MC'ed a troll and did spirals to avoid the crystals while spamming the troll's abilities and occasionally using health funnel. The reason I died is because after the fight the troll turned on me before disappearing. I put SS on and waited for him to disappear before rezing, but not sure how others can get around this.

Comment by 715987

The macro works great, just don’t auto target Drakuru, especially Hunters like me. Died several times until I figured out that it’s not easy to switch from auto target to your new troll, you will end up attacking the new troll. It’s easier to let your pet “the troll” do the work.
When your pet “the troll” is at @ 10k health make sure you’re close to a new one and don’t start until the one you have IS DEAD.

Comment by 728951

Every time i try to do this quest he targets me and ignores the trolls?

Comment by 736079

i think i have finished this thing three times now. not sure. i get darkuku down to 3% and he says enough!. then linch king shows up and kills him and spares me. but there is no reason to, i am already dead.jhis skull is on the ground as well as drakuku last wish....... but no, my troll cut loose on me. he had over 50% life each time so i dont know what happened. i tried MC on him but he stikes so quick the charm doesnt have time to finish. anyone else havee this problem? i have a feeling, i will see no response to this... also the first macro worked great. just kept pushing the button even though it says not ready, i just pushed away.

Comment by dirch

I definately suck at this kind of stressfull "precisiongaming". And that is why I will recommend the macro plus running in circles except for the blight crystal spots. Worked first time using 1,5 troll and loosing max 5 % of my health. No real danger.
Macro was bound to "1" and my finger just spammed a lot :)

Comment by Indri

this quest is one of the biggest jokes Blizzard has put in WoW. Level 1, Level 85.... makes no difference for this quest. it all comes down to repeating it until you get lucky. no skill involved at all other than being smart enough not to stand still.

Comment by 646672

God i hate this quest...

Comment by 744875

Really quite simple; just keep running around the perimeter (try not to go off the ledge, since there are blight monsters running around on the bottom layer), spam the troll's attacks, keep an eye on your own hp and the troll's, control another troll once your first one dies.

Nothing to it.

Oh, and loot the skull BEFORE clicking Drakuru's Last Wish. Choosing the conversation after clicking Drakuru's Last Wish will teleport you to the ground.

Comment by 30522

Had quite some trouble doing this on my 79 Affliction Warlock. I ended up succeeding solo by:

- DoT-ing with Bane of Agony and Corruption
- Staying within a closer radius to Drakuru, makes it easier to run away from crystals
- Spam the above macro on countdown because it HEALS you

Comment by 767204

Thank you for info. I die two times... finished in the end :)

Two trolls and NO healing needed, lvl 75, undead priest (shadow/discipline).

"... dont drink & drive ..."
" ... wow & fly ... "

Comment by 771146

a very easy quest u just have to focus on your mob

1. talk to drakuru and he will take you to the top
2. get a mob using your scepter..... dont worry about your disguise wearing off its perfectly normal
3. once u have your mob ( strongly suggest to right click on it and then select focus)
4. while your mob is attcking drakuru.... all u have to do is KEEP RUNNING IN CIRCLE while avoiding the poison - while running watch your mob's health and skills remmber to maximize everything after coolddown of skills use them .. and again keep on running in circles

5. then go to the second mob... DO NOT USE SCEPTER ON THE SECOND MOB UNTIL THE FIRST ONE IS DEAD OR ELSE IT WILL AGGRO YOU..... same thing once the first mob is dead and you got the second mob.. just keep on running in circles .....

Comment by 774367

In reference to macro posted by Kuskus66. If you dont have a pet, leave out /petattack. not needed. this macro worked awsome. After 5 deaths, I was very happy.

Comment by ElPsychochillero

actually after i did the truce quest row i refuse to kill him now!
i kinda like him ;) hes a nice guy!

Comment by PaleKing

I am really getting this quest wrong over and over again. I just can't seem to get my Bloodblight Troll's attacks going. Could anyone please help me understand the shortcuts,/clicks that I need. I seem to get a lot of "I cant attack that target" when I hit the troll's abilities.

If I survive long enough to get through one troll, I start taking control of another and in the time it takes me to cast I am hit with about five shadow bolts, which is enough to kill me. By that time I'm low on mana too.

EDIT - phew, cracked it. I never did get my pet's melee abilities going so it took me three trolls to kill him. The only ability I got going off the pet was the heal. Other than that just keep moving round the edge as he throws crystals at you, and make sure you have max health for when you summon take control of another troll as you'll get hit with shadow bolts as you dod so.

Comment by 598158

I didn't see anything about a Mage soloing this quest so I just wanted to say if you are frost and you go to summon your Water Elemental the troll will turn on you.

Comment by Amry

Finished this with my level 76 MM Hunter. Died thrice before finally getting it.

Although it seems obvious (apparently not for me though, at least the first time I did this), you are supposed to use the scepter on one of those big trolls at the outer ring of the platform. The troll then becomes your "pet", and this is how the fun starts.

At the beginning, when whats-his-name is still giving his speech, use the scepter immediately - there's no reason to wait until he became hostile. Once your disguise falls off, immediately use the troll to attack Drakuru. While running around trying to avoid the blight crystals (and the contamination on the ground), I fired a Serpent Sting, and then refresh it continously with my Chimera Shot.

On the part of your troll, make sure you kept using its special effects and the stunning attack - this will reduce the rate of the crystals coming towards you. If your health is getting low, there's a move by your troll that will regen your health - use it sparingly.

Eventually, your troll will be in danger of dying. Do not take control of another one until the first one dies - if you do, you'll have to fight two enemies now. Just position yourself in the vicinity of the other "spare" trolls, and once your original dies, quickly take control of another one. You'll get hit by a shadow bolt or two - but assuming that you're at full (or nearly full) health, you should be able to wing it.

Comment by 810009

Im stuck with this quest. I went to the top and MC'd the first troll. started attacking Drakuru.
Got him to about 50% health, but I died. I respawned, went back to the necropolis, disguise et al
but when i got to the top again, all the trolls are gone and hes still standing there with 50% health. He doesnt aggro either, unless i drop disguise and start attacking. without the trolls he is impossible to kill. Ive tried abandoning the quest and retaking it. Ive relogged several times. no dice. any suggestions?

Comment by 817714

I'm super pissed off atm.

Got through this entire quest chain w/ lvl 75 Combat Rogue (ROGUE, not ROUGE.), and used three of my trolls before I finally got the idea of how to do the quest chain. Died time and time again. Finally after using my 4th troll and dying for the millionth time, I finally got it in my head to visit this site for hints and tips.

(P.S. With my 3rd(?) troll, I actually began to understand I was supposed to run around in circles and just have him heal me, but while doing that, and DESPITE the fact the troll was high on health and I WAS controlling it, it wouldn't let me hit the Pet Commands -- it would just let me heal. Figured that wasn't an issue, since Drakuru was at 50% by that point...then my troll finally died and I went down shortly after. I don't know if it was actually letting me hit the commands or not - figured I was, since I was getting healed every so often. Not so certain about the attack commands though.)

Then?

Created the supposedly awesome macro (which I haven't gotten to use, yet, fyi), and so far, have attempted to finish this quest several times now.

Which I CANNOT do. The trolls?

They are NOT respawning for me. Have I attempted to abandon the quest, pick it up again and complete it that way? Yes. Twice.

THE TROLLS ARE NOT THERE.

I am VERY lost right now and VERY P.O.'d. Has anyone out there ever had this issue before, and if so, how in the heck am I supposed to complete this quest, aside from coming back when I'm 85? I seriously do not understand what's going on.

Comment by 817714

UPDATE:

I managed to finish this quest, but I'm still not entirely sure HOW I managed to do it.

(This was Tuesday ((4/19/11)) mid-afternoon sometime, so after their little patch thing or whatever it is they do. Maintenance.)

So I decided that since it was maintenance that day, that I'd try ONE more time to complete this annoying quest. So, flew back, put my necklace back on, infiltrated again, etc, etc. etc....and when I got to the roof....

THE TROLLS WERE THERE ZOMG HAPPIES

(Well, respawned finally, after about 10 seconds, during which I was becoming highly, HIGHLY agitated again.)

So I started the battle again, figuring that I'd be in for a miserable morning of trying to complete this quest. Died twice, and finally, on my third attempt, here's what went down:

Took off costume, hit Troll #1 with scepter (they were finally respawning at this point.), and he goes and starts beating on the boss dude, tossing me mad healz 4 teh winz every couple seconds (for some reason, was still unable to use the other troll abilities other then healing), with me using Sprint and Evasion and dashing around the perimeter like a madman...err...Elf, giggling like crazy.

Boss dude gets down to about 50% health, maybe slightly less. Troll buddy finally goes down in flames, I go down in flames, after a valiant attempt at Killing Spree.

(Then here's where things got weird for me)

I get back up to the roof, ready and set to try again, take control of my Troll buddy as usual, he goes off swinging, and then I get the surprise of my WoW life.

After only a COUPLE of hits from my Troll buddy, VERY much to my surprise, the Lich King himself deigns to appear, speaks about my Dark Side, kills his minion, I grab Boss Dude's Head, teleport to the ground, and after about 5 minutes of standing there in utter silence, my character finally screams out into the night...:

"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED! PLEASE TO EXPLAINS!"

After a couple minutes processing this really wild, and strange, but yet very welcome turn of events, I says to myself, "Regrievex, old buddy...just accept it. Don't look a gift Troll in the mouth."

I swear on the Dark Lady that every word I type here is true. I honestly am at a loss as to explain my unbelievably easy victory after nearly 3 hours of aggravation.

The only thing that I can think of at this point, is that somehow the Boss Dude stayed at 50% health or SOMETHING during my 2nd to last assault on him. I don't know. Although something tells me that it wasn't supposed to happen quite that way. I just have that feeling in my gut.

Has anyone else experienced this? Was I just the lucky SOB out of all that torture? Will Shaggy and Velma truly become a couple?

But no, really. My unexpected victory was really...unexpected. But very, very welcome. I'm still obsessing over how it happened, too; it was so weird.

Anyone got any input out there?

~ Regrievex

Comment by 817714

Minor Edit:

I meant that I think that the Boss Dude may have STAYED at half health or something when I died during my 2nd to last assault on him.

I mean seriously - all other times fighting him, the battles lasted a LOT longer (after I finally figured out how it was supposed to work, that is.)

My utter confusion stems from the fact that my final battle with the guy was really REALLY short. Like a handful of minutes. I hadn't run around the perimeter more then twice, my Troll Buddy was still really high on health....

I'm not kidding. It was really weird.

Comment by 782344

This quest was really bugged for me. After I killed Drakuru, my troll turned on me and killed me. Then I flew to the top and the skull disappeared so I had to redo it. Thank goodness it worked the second time.

Comment by Vlad

If not sure where to start use this macro:

For Cleansing Drak'Tharon:
/run local q={11989,11990,11991,12007,12042,12802,12068,12238}for k,v in ipairs(q)do print("#"..k,"\124cffFFFF00\124Hquest:"..v.."\124h\124h\124r",IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v)and COMPLETE or INCOMPLETE)end

For Betrayal there are 2 different starting quests, I made a macro for them both (Find the quest path you've done longest, if both tell you to do the first quest in the chains it means you need to kill the mobs that drop the quest starting item.):
1. /run local q={12631,12637,12629,12648,12661,12669,12677,12676,12713}for k,v in ipairs(q)do print("#"..k,"\124cffFFFF00\124Hquest:"..v.."\124h\124h\124r",IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v)and COMPLETE or INCOMPLETE)end
2. /run local q={12633,12638,12643,12643,12661,12669,12677,12676,12713}for k,v in ipairs(q)do print("#"..k,"\124cffFFFF00\124Hquest:"..v.."\124h\124h\124r",IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v)and COMPLETE or INCOMPLETE)end

They should tell you what quest you need to do next. :)

Comment by 830335

I have lost my disguise. Where can I get a new one?

Comment by GzusCriest

blow stephans horn and ask for a new one

Comment by 420449

is ok...seems he stays at the point ya got him to if ya go back the spot quick enough ya can beat on him a bit

Comment by 833115

So, I died four times trying to complete this quest and now when I teleport up there are no trolls up there?

Comment by 833115

I am also having trouble getting the ensorcelled chocker in my bag from Stefan.

Comment by TheDominator39

I must have done something wrong somewhere. When I talk to Drakuru and teleport to the area where you fight him, nothing happens. There's no dialogue, and no trolls that spawn. He just stands there and I'm left running around waiting for something to happen. Anyone else having this issue?

Edit: After seeing comments I didn't see before for some reason, I guess there are people with this same problem. Anyone find a solution yet?

Comment by 835400

Trolls (or whatever, the big white things) didn't come back. the first troll got Drakuru down to 92k hp then they didn't come back. i waited over an hour, i abandoned quest. nothing. So i ended up solo'ing him 20-40k hp at a time ..wish i would of had mana potions. but i managed to do it after 3 deaths. bug or what?

Comment by 833385

Died four times. I was so busy dodging the first time that I never really got the hang of the troll controls. Two other trolls were wasted as I died before they even reached him to take off the aggro. And the last troll didn't kill him before the blight got me. The trolls didn't respawn, but Drak had only 24K hp left. So I thought I'd solo him. Good choice. As soon as I'd hit him once he went friendly, moaning on about my betrayal! Enter the Lich King and you know the rest.

From what little I did see amidst the dodging, I'm not sure you need the extra troll attacks, he seemed to be doing fine just with ordinary attack. You'd probably be better off watching the health situation than seeing which buttons to press. I really must learn how to do macros. :(

Comment by uberNoobZA

I don't know if it's a new bug or an issue on my server, but when i teleported up, the encounter did not start, and I did not get the raid warning about the disguise failing. I had to remove the Scourge Disguise from myself (/cancelaura Scourge Disguise - cannot click off buffs coz I use an addon for buffs) - This then forced the encounter to start (Drakuru is attackable) and I quickly MC'ed a troll.

Comment by 826522

What you have to be doin mon, is to go up and take control of de big troll, then remove ya disguise, as soon as you do dat mon, drakuru troll be attacking you, so you must send your minion. Your minion got two attacks he can use, plus you can use ya own abilities on drakuru. If you die, just come back mon, and try again. Drakuru still havin the same amout of health as he did on ya last try.

Comment by 597835

To do this simply become a ghoul, head on up to Drakuk or however you spell his name. Talk to him and tell him you are ready to acompany him. At lvl 85 with decent gear I was able to kill him w/o MCing a troll. Used my totems and just whaled away at him. Looted the skull after LK kicked his a$$ the rest of the way, then used the crystal to port back to the ground. Quest done.

Comment by wrich21

On my 77 enhancement shaman, I made some errors that resulted in my dying about 5 times before I finished Drakuru. I will list them now so that other people will not do the same!

First of all, I blatantly assumed that you could MC more than one troll to attack Drakuru. Sad, sad mistake. If you try to do that, the troll that you have already MCed will attack you along with Drak, and you will die.

ALSO, for you enhance shamans, you will not be able to summon wolves while the troll is dpsing, but you CAN summon the elementals if you want some more dps. Although, once Drak starts throwing those blighted crystals, it's game over for them.

Strategy: stay at a distance, let your troll do the damage, use his stuns and harder blows to get Drak down. Pop a tranquil mind totem in addition to the elementals for shorter casting times for heals. Also use bloodlust and windfury totem to 1) Give your troll more dps and 2) Spam some of your own dps once you really get Drak down. However, be advised, you should really be depending on the troll for all of this. As mentioned earlier, if your troll dies and Drak is not completely down yet, get to another troll ahead of time, wait for your troll to die, and immediately MC the next troll.

Fun battle! And great lore at the end.

Comment by 847903

I found out something interesting about this boss. When i first fought him i died when i got him to a bit below half health, but when i went back to him i found that he didn't regenerate his health. He was just standing there with about 40% health like i had left him, so i just got another troll and finished him off easily. Aparently if u r fast enough u can fight him again the way u left him when he killed u and get ur revenge. But u have to go up in ghoul form or else he will attack u and kill u before u can tame another troll.

Comment by 811267

After I kill Drakuru, the Lich king doesn't appear and Drakuru just disappears. What should I do?

Comment by 849223

Okay well I logged on here and saw how to defeat Drakaru, but when I did, He just disappeared...no lich king, no skull, no nothing. can I get some help please?

Comment by 849323

I'm - also - having this problem.... :(

Comment by 846391

Same problem here. I've beat him down 3 times now and no LK no skull nothing at all.

Update....2 days 17 hours approximate time remaining on the ticket I opened for this

Comment by darczon69

Likewise...he just dissapeared after I defeated him.

EDIT:

I submitted a ticket. Will come back with the GM's answer

Comment by 611800

Right now this quest is BROKEN thanks to the 4.2 patch. Don't bother, just wait, it'll get fixed eventually.

UPDATE: Confirmed to be fixed as of 06/02/11's server reset.

Comment by Mercedesladie

This quest is BROKEN! I have tried many many times to complete it. I have not had a problem completing it in the past but now Drakuru's health falls very little and when I die and fly back, he and his Blightbloods have disappeared. I have to start all over again. Too much gold has been spent on repairs! Not worth it!

Comment by fordahord

This is an interesting and difficult quest (unlike the stupid and nearly impossible Gymer quest...). The entire quest line seems to hold together very well, and each of the several quests requires a measure of ingenuity and skill.

I suppose that's why it's so disappointing to reach the end of the quest line and find the crummy little rewards that amount to little more than vendor trash for a caster. I did it this time as a warlock, wearing a nightie for my armor, so I spent more in repairs than what I was able to sell any of the rewards for.

What is a caster supposed to do with Strength, or Attack Power? I finally selected the one with Stamina and Intelligence, but the states were so poor they couldn't measure up to what I was already wearing. C'mon, Blizz, you can do better than this...

Comment by halflife

I go up there, hang by a Blightblood troll ready to MC it, when it tells me to MC the thing, I do it but Drakuru never becomes hostile, I've done this quest like 3 or 4 other times and never died once but this time...jesus christ

Edit: Oh amazing, he become hostile after like 5 minutes and I was tabbed out up there for some reason and killed me again....yay

Edit2: ah, the troll I MCed randomly became hostile about 30 seconds after starting the fight and attacked me, killed me, 5th attempt coming right up

5th times a charm

Comment by 860721

Awesome quest line, was fun :)

Comment by 863551

Yep, I showed up (Nelf Rogue) and a Troll Hunter had just finished the quest.
I walked up, took the skull, and went on my way.
Not a bad deal, seeing as I just ganked them not 5 minutes ago for killing a rare I had my eyes on :P

Comment by Bellringer

Warlocks can easily heal these big trolls by using health funnel.

Comment by 677384

3rd time in a row my disguise seems to disappear as soon as we teleport to the top. he throws gas clouds at you so make sure you get out of them fast as they hurt pretty bad. i am a lvl 76 hunter attempting to solo this. will post again after completing :)

4th time thru he never turned aggressive. 5th time my disguise disappeared again but this time i got him to less than 10% b4 my troll went away. i feigned death and everything, including him, vanished. whats that old saying? if at first you don't succeed, lower your standards...

6th time.. again he didnt turn aggressive so i right clicked the disguise to make it go away... used the tame troll to take him down to around 10% again... while running from the gas clouds, i accidentally aggro'd another troll... died almost instantly... c'mon lucky #7...

so 7 isnt a lucky number.... *huge long sigh* i noticed my troll was about to die so i tried taming another b4 he did... BAD IDEA! the one that WAS mine instantly had full health and 2 hit me to death... i feel my standards have been lowered yet again...

8th time thru... once again my disguise disappeared just as we get teleported to the top. i tame a troll b4 it aggros on me and send him off attacking. you have to constantly be watching the troll's attack CDs and press them as soon as they're ready. stand still on the outer edge of the circle and when he throws a crystal (gas cloud) at you, side step just out of range of it. he will throw a ton of them so make sure you don't go too far away or else there will be nowhere left to stand :) spam those attacks and get in a few yourself if you have something long range. my troll had less than 3% life left at the end of the battle... 8 tries later and im the proud owner of... a dinky necklace... well, it was a fun chain to play out anyway... glad to say i finally did it! plate wearers might have a better chance to stay alive just a bit longer and possibly tame another troll if yours dies. MAKE SURE IT IS DEAD B4 YOU TAME ANOTHER! good luck to the rest of you... hope this helps :)

Comment by BobthePally

Couldn't see if there was a fire mage post so here goes...

As has been said by others, go straight to a troll and control him. Already make sure to have Mana Shield up and then remove disguise and get troll to attack.

The macro up on the first page is really useful. Spam that and, when it's on CD, I was using Scorch while running around the outside and keeping Living Bomb up. Ofc instant Pyroblast whenever it comes up. Make sure your troll health bar totally disappears before MCing your second troll and bear in mind you can do that from further than you think.

Keep your Mana Shield up for the transition phase and it's all gravy :)

Comment by Thrallscream

Most annoying quest chain ever. Love the story line, hate the actual questing. I have an 85 on a different account so I just posted his warrior butt up on top during the fight and switched boxes to destroy Drakuru in 10 seconds flat. I'll admit I'm going to miss the dude, but not his damn quests lol. Can't imagine the time wasted by people doing this the "correct way". No thanks. Ever again.

No wonder this questing area is called Reliquary of Pain.

Thank god its over.

Comment by 883272

Gotta love how creative they got with the quest rewards's names.

Comment by LordTolas

I tamed new one while the old one was still alive.The results were first troll attacking me and new troll attacking the old one while Drakuru just waits there and dissapears.After he dissapears the troll fight is still waging.God i tried killing this ^&*!@ Drakuru like 10 times!

Comment by nobleknight

The quest info isn't up-to-date - I got 715 rep with the Knights, not 500. My character's a night elf and didn't have any rep-boosting buffs, so 715's the new boost.

Comment by 558423

After the fight....don't forget to grab his skull....I didnt and had to fight him all over again

Comment by rah55

Just soloed this with level 76 Frost DK. Couldn't do it at level 75 as I got dropped by his shadowbolt when I tried to get the second troll. I leveled and armored up and it was pretty simple. Just keep moving. Great quest line! Challenging and fun.

Comment by icamphordies

if your timing was not right on taming the trolls, drakuru will NOT attack, and if that happens...you might wanna jump off the platform and kill yourself and restart. and 1 troll is not enough to kill drakuru, so keep an eye on your trolls health. ONLY tame another troll when your current troll is at 40000 health, if you tame too early, your current troll will attack you and they hit hard so u will most likely die.

Comment by fordahord

I suggest skipping these past few pages. Go back and read the much earlier comments instead.

There is a simple and clear method to doing this quest. It is described repeatedly in the first two pages. There is even a video.

There's not a lot of profit in reading about how somebody wasn't able to do it.

It is not 'easy', but it can be done (and usually done without dying).

I just did it tonight, in one try, with a level 75 Shadow Priest, by following the directions on pages one and two of this thread.

Comment by dkgirl

I want to add that if you, like me, left without the skull, you can go back in and get drakuuru and get to the roof again. then slay him again and then get the skull. I didn't even think to just fly to the roof instead, so i dont know if that would work. Otherwise, Drakuuru definetly respawns in his "champer" immediately, so no trouble getting him again :) hope that helps.

Comment by Labryn

It took me a few tries but I did it in the end. I simply hit the healing spell just before the first troll was about to die, and then again as soon as the second troll went under my control, and it worked fine. I kept my full HP throughout the transfer.

Comment by 627677

Mages, if you panic and use invisibility, everyone disappears and you'll need to start over :-/

Comment by 959440

how do i hide wen disguise fails an how i defeat him? ive died 3 times trying to defeat him help look for mystia an give us a hand ty if ure horde look for mystia i need some help

Comment by Diverdave333

Hey, so I went into the battle and tried to use the macro (I made it/typed it exactly how you wrote it) but my pet doesn't use his abilities. I have to click them myself. What's wrong here?

Comment by Allakhazam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfleYoz97co

Comment by Allakhazam

i just finally did this :) Im a Blood Elf and was there at the same time as a Draenei who was on the quest and we both had our minions on Drakuru and it worked fine as he focused on them.. Lich King shows up and kills his sorry a** lol

Comment by Allakhazam

Got killed a few times doing this quest until the most brutally obvious thing occurred to me.

I'm a Pally, so I activated my shadow resistance aura and whadda ya know...

He doesn't hit hard with the shadow magic but it helped so just an FYI...

Comment by Allakhazam

This is the final fight in the string from Stefan at Ebon Watch.

Costume up and go in and see Drakaru as you have been doing.
Speak to him, he'll port you up to the floating platform in the sky.
He'll say a few things, your scepter will glow.

Click one of the trolls on the perimiter and make him your pet.

Your costume will drop. This puts you in action with Drak. Don't try to re-costume; you can't.

Sic the pet on him and fight using pets abilities as best you can.

Avoid the Crystals Drak is going to throw because they land, and burst into a pool of poisoning stuff.

Kind of run around the edge of the platform where Drak stands (lower edge has lots of those lazy minions).

When pet gets low on life get ready to get a second pet...you'll most likely need to use 2.

Kind of a tuff a fight and you may have to do it a couple of times to get the hang of it.

If you kill Drak, Arthus himself comes out to reprimand and kill Drak. He will congratulate you.

Loot Draks Skull.

Tip: When I was there, an alliance group was killing Drak, so I didn't get the standard intro speech.
I ran around avoiding the poison pools and somehow got tagged as part of the fight but didn't have to
do anything! When the Lich King kill Drak, his skull dropped and I was able to loot the skull to finish
the quest..without even having to do lift a finger!

Comment by Allakhazam

This is not a easy quest. Make sure that your graphics are turned up so you can see the graphical elements like the poison clouds on the ground.

After being ported up with Drakuru, your disguise will fail. What I did to beat this, and it took me about 5 tries as a mage, is that I turned around and quickly casted the scepter of domination on the closest blightblood troll. My disguise is still UP at this time, but it fails 2 seconds after taking command of a blightblood troll. Then with your blight blood troll, stick him on Drakuru. He will begin casting shadow bolts that stack damage on you and while you fight, he will throw blight crystals at you that cause poison gas clouds/puddles that you MUST avoid. I accomplished this by running around the full breadth of the platform, with Ice Barrier on. Basically just keeping tabs on my pet while running around, I hovered my mouse over his attack capabilities. Make sure you keep a 5 stack of health potions with you because you will need them.

It took me two blight blood trolls to defeat him. This is where I ended up dying many times. The first few times, before my blight blood troll was dead, I would run over to another one with full health and start casting the sceptre. THIS IS A WRONG MOVE because the blight blood troll you just had will become Drakuru's pet instead and will begin to kill you. I learned as a frost mage, that if you summon your water elemental, the blight blood troll you were controlling, quickly returns to his original position and his life would restore. I don't know if this is true for warlocks but I assume this is so. You can use this trick to your advantage as it buys you a few seconds, if you were to use the hammer-stun ability that the blight blood troll has, then quickly summon your pet, you have enough time to grab a new blight blood pet and go back to attacking Drakuru while he comes out of it at the last second. Your pet will automatically unsummon after you take over a new blight blood troll.

So resume killing Drakuru with your new pet following the same routine. He will stop attacking you when he is like 3% left of life. At this time he will turn green and Arthas will show up. DO NOT DISMISS YOUR BLIGHT BLOOD TROLL at this time because he will turn and attack you and if he kills you, you will be ported outside and have to do the fight again.

Drakuru will whine to Arthas, and suggest that he kill you but instead, Arthas kills Drakuru, by exploding him. It is quite gross but effective. Then he commends you for "betraying" Drakuru and hints at you having the possibility of being a "good servant for him" and he lets you live. After he leaves, you can now turn around, right click his skull and "Drakuru's last wish" which is something that teleports you outside of Voltarus.

Summon Stefan and you get your choice of neck pieces. Then that's it! You are done with this incredible quest chain. :).

-Optimystical, Thunderhorn.

Comment by Allakhazam

Simply put, this should be a group quest.

Once you get this quest, don't bother trying to solo it. I tried with a well-geared 75 warrior and failed 4 times. And No, I don't suck.

Fortunately, you can do the quest as a party (I teamed up with a hunter). Everyone grabs a troll at the very beginning, and then you all whale on Drakuru at once.

FYI, you don't actually kill Drakuru; Arthus shows up and performs the coup de grace at the very end.

When you loot the body, you'll get two items: Drakuru's Skull and Drakuru's Last Wish. Use the Last Wish to teleport back to ground level and turn in the quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

Word of advice as a hunter: Do NOT Feign Death out of combat. You get stuck on the platform and have to jump to your death.

Comment by Allakhazam

It's actually very easy once you know what to do. if you're having trouble, do watch that video that's linked!
Someone else came up after I'd finished and ran to the skull just after I'd looted it myself. Glad I didn't linger or I might have lost it to him! Watch for other players when you're doing this!

Comment by Allakhazam

1. go to portal
2. talk to Drakuru overlord. (he will teleport u to landing on top)
3. enslave the chained monsters.
4. USE THE PETS POWERS ON DRAKURU OVERLORD as you WALK AROUND IN A CIRCLE (dodge the crystals)
4a. Do NOT walk in the poison gas
5.your pet will die, enslave another.
repeat step 4

Comment by Allakhazam

I had to do this twice. Control the pet, have him keep attacking and keep in mind that one of those controls (the blood drop one) heals you. I kept running circles around the platform to stay out of the way of his crystals and healing myself when I needed to. Keep an eye on your pet's health because the first one will likely die and you'll need to get another.

After he died I was able to loot his head but there was no "Last Wish" to get me off the platform. I ended up jumping down and luckily I'm a Paladin so I cast Divine Shield right before I hit the ground.

Comment by Allakhazam

Keep an eye out for other players as you do it. I just finished soloing it. Someone else came along and I thought he was going to loot the skull as he could have done. Instead he started the event all over again and I happened to be standing right on top of drakaru who killed me very quickly since I had no troll and was low on health.

Comment by Allakhazam

follow this link to the video, makes doing this quest a breeze! Thanks to whoever made it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfleYoz97co

Comment by Allakhazam

SUCK monkey balls

Comment by Allakhazam

I died a half a dozen times before I realised that you are not intended to fight Drakuru at all, just use your prts abilities to drag him down. Once I figured that, it was easy, just dodge the crystals. You will need to take a second pet before the fight is done.

Comment by Allakhazam

Like with some of the other quests in this chain, I had to disable the bottom right action bar in order to get my pet bar to appear... so don't put anything important there just in case.

Comment by Allakhazam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfleYoz97co

This viveo link posted by DKKLF was my savior! I died 3 times b4 seeing this and after seeing it I did it NO PROBLEMS ! I was on the verge of abandoning this quest ... glad I didn't and even more glad I came here to read these posts.

Many thx to all!

Comment by Allakhazam

First time I didn't do so hot, 2nd time thought I just ran circles and kept mashing buttons when they came up on the troll. Had to use 2 trolls but my hp never went below 50%. just kept spamming my instant cast spells while running circles (arcane mage).

Like other posters said keep running circles. Very happy with the reward.

Comment by Allakhazam

I just did Betrayal. Another person was there doing it too, which did not hurt since we had two trolls instead of one. The key was running around avoiding the plague crystals that Drakkuru was throwing. I hadn't even noticed them, just that I was getting murdered during the fight.

Thanks for the excellent post Bethany!

Arcanissimo
74 Druid (with mediocre gear)

Comment by Allakhazam

The directions posted up top are correct, however I found this quest to be extremely difficult to solo. The crystals he throws leave an AoE active on the platform and if you just randomly run circles around Darkuru you will have 75% of the platform area glowing in no time. I tried at least 4 times to do this and died every time when I went to control the second troll. Drak's shadow bolts aren't a big problem but if access to the remaining trolls is through the yellow glowy stuff, you'll die fast getting the second pet. I got fed up and got a healer friend to help me, but I'm thinking this can be done if you can dance around and leave one part of the platform clear of the AoE so you can get the second troll you will need.

Comment by Allakhazam

A SP and me ended up just doing it together, neither of our trolls died and took maybe 5 mins total with both of us? And that's us being lazy.

Comment by Mover77

incredibly frustrating quest still on classic, would recommend you skip, the entire chain is a pain in the ass and the final fight is poorly programmed...especially on pvp servers.

Comment by Kay785

terrible quest.
the stupid ghoul costume randomly falls off occasionally and twice in a row it fell off before I could even control one of the blood trolls which starts the encounter so you just die

edit: make that four times in a row, this quest is definitely broken

Comment by dkdi

DO NOT SUMMON A PET AFTER TAKING CONTROL OF THE TROLL. It will clear your MC on the troll and he'll just turn and kill you. This happened to me on my Shaman, because Feral Spirits count as pets. You can summon Fire/Earth Elemental, just not Feral Spirits/other pets that occupy the pet bar after MCing a troll.

Comment by Impact009

The trolls barely have a threat table. If you even so much as throw a Skillcoil at Drakuru, then he'll ignore the troll and burn you down.

Comment by GibbleFenwick

As has been mentioned before early in the RP scene, you'll get a message that your disguise is failing.
But don't panic! This is apparently some sort of secret coded message really telling you now is the time to command your troll pet. 😜

Why blizzard - why, why, why?
The first instinct with that message will be to find a hiding spot to reapply your disguise and prep for the fight.
The disguise won't take - and you'll probably die. 👻

In all seriousness blizzard: WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WERE YOU THINKING?
🤦‍♂️

Comment by GibbleFenwick

Warning for Priests.
Don't summon your Shadowfiend.
It makes you lose control of the troll.
Death will be imminent.

I suspect all classes with pets and similar abilities may have the same problem - possibly even those with "pet" trinkets.

Comment by Kailea

shadow ward or shadow resist (pre) pot can be usefull ... and don't forget take his skull before leaving : )

Comment by goodbar1979

Screw this quest

Comment by Nadalya

So I thought this was going to be impossible to do when I saw how quickly my troll was dying but I realized that as soon as the first troll is about to die, like he's at 1% health, you can start mind controlling one of the other trolls. The control of the first one will break and you can kill it before resuming attacking Drakuru. I had to use all three trolls to burn him down, but I was able to get it done at least. Importantly, do not forget to loot Drakuru's skull before teleporting out! The quest will not complete and you'll have to start over. I got lucky and the skull was still there when I ported back up but I had to bubble hearth out to prevent fighting him again lol.

Comment by Vindic8or

I don't care how many downvotes I will get, but ^&*! this whole quest line, and this quest especially. I wasted my whole Saturday for this nonsense.

Comment by SirGrahame

All right, I soloed this. I took a number of tries because you learn things with each time.

The thing that got me over the hump was to use the "E" key, which moves you sideways to the right. I hardly ever use it because it's hardly ever needed.

When you move sideways, always facing him, you can see the bombs coming in plenty of time to avoid them. This keeps you healthy! Then, when your pet is dying, you can grab a new one and take a few hits and survive and go back to fighting in a circle. It's so much easier when you get to your second pet.

I hope this helps.

Comment by FlayOnDarkIron

This quest is not difficult, there is just a couple things that you have to manage and watch for at once. This is a lot more than the game has asked of someone who has only quested up to the point in the game.

First, you have to avoid standing in blight puddles. Second, you have to manage where the blight puddles land. You don't want to fill the entire platform up with blight. Just sidestep a little bit and stand next to an existing puddle and then when Drakuru throws another crystal, the new blight puddle will overlap with an existing puddle making the total area taken up by blight much less than if you just run around like a headless chicken. This isn't even necessary as long as you are using your trolls abilities on cooldown, since the fight will end long before the platform completely fills with blight even with the worst blight placement possible. If you are bad at sidestepping and haven't rebound A and D to sidestep left and right respectively, you're going to have a bad time. You'll take far more damage than your trolls blight infusion can heal you for.

This leads to the last mechanic: you have to manage your pet troll abilities and make sure they are being used as soon as they are available. When your troll dies, you should already be casting the channel on a new replacement troll, having downtime on your troll means you aren't able to use their abilities. The damage of the shadowbolt like things that Drakuru uses is low enough that you can easily take a few of them and then use the trolls blight infusion to heal the damage after you take possession of a new one. So the timing on the possession channel is far less important than just making sure you aren't needlessly soaking blight puddles. Another helpful fact is that Drakuru won't throw any blight puddles while you do not have a troll under your control.

All in all, its really easy, but it's asking you to watch for three mechanics at once, which is a lot more than the average wow player has ever been asked to do outside of raiding.

Comment by VitaDoden

Know that if you are doing this quest solo and your blighted troll dies before the fight is over - like mine did - you can enslave another of the ones standing around the platform with the questitem provided and continue the fight :)

Comment by JaceyLakims

Made an account just to say that this whole quest line was the least fun I've ever had playing wow.

Comment by faiding

Mages:
- Do not summon a water elemental. Summoning a water elemental makes your troll attack you.
- Be careful looting his head. His head is right next to the portal to click back down. Terrible placement.
- You can reset the fight by jumping down one level, then you can illusion and safe fall back down.
- Use Ice Armor. The focus is survival and the extra armor helps for the troll transition.

The general strat is the same for everyone solo. But a way of dropping aggro, absorbing a lot of damage or perfect timing for the second troll is important.

1. Start casting the rod on a troll as soon as they pop (your illusion automatically starts to drop when event starts).
2. Spam attack button. He'll engage when illusion fades.
3. Spam 1 and 2 abilities. Focus ONLY on avoiding the puddles. Only use the heal ability if you take damage. Keep shields up.
4. When your troll is < 5%, start summoning another troll. Your current troll will attack you as soon as the other is MC'd. Cast Ice Block and let the new troll finish him off. Set new troll on boss and repeat 3.

He will die in 2 trolls as long as you're spamming abilities. Throw in some nukes on the second troll, but make sure you have mana for Mana Shield.

The event finishes when he's at 5%. The Lich King shows up, kills him and then you click his head on the ground.

Links

Betrayal

Stefan in Ebon Watch wants you to defeat Drakuru.

If you lose your Ensorcelled Choker, return to Stefan at Ebon Watch to get another.

	Drakuru's Skull (1)
	Drakuru's Last Wish (1)
	Ensorcelled Choker (1)
	Stefan's Horn (1)

Provided item:

	Scepter of Domination (1)

Description

The time has come to end this charade, <name>.

As valuable as your information has been, we must bring Drakuru down and bring his project to an end before his freaks are unleashed.

We've modified your scepter for the job. When the time is right, you will be able to use it on Drakuru's Blightbloods and turn them against him. It's your only hope of defeating him.

Fight well.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Betrayer's Choker		Choker of Betrayal
	Choker of the Betrayer

You will also receive:

	Northrend Adventuring Supplies

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12713))

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