Dire Maul

For now I'm just jotting things down and will organize this better later -TacoSupreme

Maps

Quests

From: http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/qlookup.html?zone=85

Quests starting in Dire Maul

56 (60) The Gordok Ogre Suit - This quest is obtained from Knot Thimblejack inside the Dire Maul instance. This quest may be repeatable.

56 (60) Unfinished Gordok Business - This quest is obtained from Captain Kromcrush inside the Dire Maul instance.

56 (61) The Madness Within - This quest starts at the Shen'dralar Ancient inside the Dire Maul instance.

56 (61) The Treasure of the Shen'dralar - This quest is obtained from the Shen'dralar Ancient in the Dire Maul instance. This requires you to retrieve an item from teh library.

58 (60) A Broken Trap This quest is obtained at a broken trap inside the Dire Maul instance.

58 (62) Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You - Lorekeeper Javon

58 (60) Libram of Focus - Lorekeeper Lydros. Must complete Elven Legends to be able to get this quest.

58 (60) Libram of Protection - Lorekeeper Lydros. Must complete Elven Legends to be able to get this quest.

58 (60) Libram of Rapidity - This quest is obtained from Lorekeeper Lydros. Must complete Elven Legends to be able to get this quest.

60 (60) Arcane Refreshment - This quest is obtained from Lorekeeper Lydros in the Dire Maul instance. This quest involves Hydrospawn in the warpwood quarter.

60 (62) The Greatest Race of Hunters - This quest starts from a book in the library and must be turned in to Lorekeeper Mykos.

?? (62) The Light and How To Swing It - This quest starts at Lorekeeper Mykos inside the Dire Maul instance.

60 (62) Codex of Defense - This quest is obtained from the Codex of Defense. You can return to the codex to Lorekeeper Kildrath and receive a trinket with 200 armor and +10 Fire Resist.

?? (60) Foror's Compendium - This quest ends at Lorekeeper Lydros.

58 (??) Free Knot! - This quest is obtainde from Knot Thimblejack inside the Dire Maul instance. It may be repeatable. The reward is random but seems to be some sort of Leatherworking recipe.

?? (62) Frost Shock and You - Yet another book quest.

60 (62) Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery - This is from a book found inside Dire Maul. Turn in is in Hillsbrad Foothills. Reward is a trinket with +%crit and +% dodge.

60 (62) Harnessing Shadows - XP only reward for a level 60 quest? O.o

?? (62) The Arcanist's Cookbook - The Arcanist's Cookbook

?? (??) The Emerald Dream... - This quest is obtaiend from a Random Drop

(60) The Gordok Taste Test - No info

Quests involving Dire Maul
Name Starts in Side Level Start Npc Reward
Elven Legends Feralas H 61 Sage Korolusk
Elven Legends Feralas A 61 Scholar Runethorn
Lethtendris's Web Feralas H 57 Talo Thornhoof
Lethtendris's Web Feralas A 57 Latronicus Moonspear
Pusillin and the Elder Azj'Tordin Feralas B 58 Azj'Tordin Choose: Spry Boots (1) or Sprinter's Sword (1)
Shards of the Felvine Moonglade B 60 Rabine Saturna

Bestiary

Name Type Level Zones
Alzzin the Wildshaper Demon 57 - 58 Elite Instance
Alzzin's Minion Demon 55 - 56 Instance
Arcane Aberration Elemental 55 - 60 Elite Instance
Arcane Feedback Elemental 56 - 60 Instance
Arcane Torrent Elemental 55 - 60 Elite Instance
Cadaverous Worm Not Specified 59 - 60 Instance
Captain Kromcrush Humanoid 57 - 61 Elite Instance
Carrion Swarmer Beast 52 - 58 Instance
Cho'Rush the Observer Humanoid 58 - 60 Elite Instance
Death Lash Elemental 55 - 58 Elite Instance
Eldreth Apparition Undead 55 - 58 Elite Instance
Eldreth Darter Dragon 58 - 59 Elite Instance
Eldreth Phantasm Undead 54 - 59 Elite Instance
Eldreth Seether Undead 58 - 59 Elite Instance
Eldreth Sorcerer Undead 58 - 59 Elite Instance
Eldreth Spectre Undead 53 - 59 Elite Instance
Eldreth Spirit Undead 55 - 58 Elite Instance
Eye of Immol'thar Not Specified 60 - 61 Instance
Fel Lash Elemental 48 - 56 Elite Instance
Ferra Beast 58 - 60 Elite Instance
Gordok Brute Humanoid 52 - 60 Elite Instance
Gordok Bushwacker Humanoid 55 - 59 Elite Instance
Gordok Captain Humanoid 58 - 60 Elite Instance
Gordok Enforcer Humanoid 46 - 54 Elite Feralas
Gordok Hyena Beast 43 - 54 Feralas
Gordok Mage-Lord Humanoid 52 - 58 Elite Instance
Gordok Mastiff Beast 52 - 59 Instance
Gordok Mauler Humanoid 47 - 54 Elite Feralas
Gordok Ogre-Mage Humanoid Feralas, Mulgore
Gordok Reaver Humanoid 55 - 61 Elite Instance
Gordok Spirit Undead 60 Elite Instance
Gordok Warlock Humanoid 55 - 60 Elite Instance
Griniblix the Spectator Humanoid 57 - 58 Instance
Guard Fengus Humanoid 54 - 59 Elite Instance
Guard Mol'dar Humanoid 55 - 59 Elite Instance
Guard Slip'kik Humanoid 55 - 59 Elite Instance
Highborne Summoner Undead 55 Elite Instance
Hydroling Elemental 55 - 57 Instance
Hydrospawn Elemental 55 - 57 Elite Instance
Illyanna Ravenoak Undead 58 - 60 Elite Instance
Immol'thar Demon 60 - 61 Elite Instance
Ironbark Protector Elemental 55 - 59 Elite Instance
Ironbark the Redeemed Elemental 58 Elite Instance
King Gordok Humanoid 60 - 62 Elite Instance
Knot Thimblejack Humanoid 50 Instance
Lethtendris Humanoid 56 - 57 Elite Instance
Lorekeeper Javon Humanoid 60 Elite Instance
Lorekeeper Kildrath Humanoid 58 Elite Instance
Lorekeeper Lydros Humanoid 60 Elite Instance
Lorekeeper Mykos Humanoid 60 Elite Instance
Magister Kalendris Undead 60 Elite Instance
Mana Burst Elemental 59 - 60 Instance
Mana Remnant Elemental 54 - 59 Elite Instance
Mizzle the Crafty Humanoid 60 Elite Instance
Mushgog Elemental 60 Rare Instance
Netherwalker Demon 59 - 60 Elite Instance
Old Ironbark Elemental 58 Elite Instance
Petrified Guardian Elemental 57 - 59 Elite Instance
Petrified Treant Elemental 57 - 59 Elite Instance
Phase Lasher Elemental 46 - 55 Elite Instance
Pimgib Humanoid 55 - 56 Elite Instance
Prince Tortheldrin Humanoid 60 - 61 Elite Instance
Pusillin Demon 57 Elite Instance
Residual Monstrosity Elemental 55 - 60 Elite Instance
Rotting Highborne Undead 57 - 59 Instance
Shen'dralar Ancient Undead 60 Elite Instance
Shen'dralar Provisioner Humanoid 52 Elite Instance
Shen'dralar Spirit Undead 56 - 58 Elite Instance
Shen'dralar Zealot Humanoid 59 Elite Instance
Skarr the Unbreakable Humanoid 58 Rare Instance
Skeletal Highborne Undead 56 - 58 Instance
Stomper Kreeg<The Drunk> Humanoid 54 - 59 Elite Instance
Tarhus<Reagent Vendor> Humanoid 42 Feralas
Tendris Warpwood Elemental 56 - 60 Elite Instance
The Razza Beast 60 Rare Instance
Tsu'zee Undead 59 Elite Instance
Warpwood Crusher Elemental 55 - 56 Elite Instance
Warpwood Guardian Elemental 56 - 58 Elite Instance
Warpwood Stomper Elemental 57 - 58 Elite Instance
Warpwood Tangler Elemental 52 - 56 Elite Instance
Warpwood Treant Elemental 52 - 55 Elite Instance
Whip Lasher Elemental 49 - 54 Instance
Wildspawn Betrayer Demon 47 - 56 Elite Instance
Wildspawn Felsworn Demon 47 - 56 Elite Instance
Wildspawn Hellcaller Demon 56 - 57 Elite Instance
Wildspawn Imp Demon 55 - 56 Instance
Wildspawn Rogue Demon 56 - 57 Elite Instance
Wildspawn Satyr Demon 47 - 56 Elite Instance
Wildspawn Shadowstalker Demon 54 - 56 Elite Instance
Wildspawn Trickster Demon 56 - 57 Elite Instance
Zevrim Thornhoof Demon 55 - 57 Elite Instance

Walkthrough

East Side

This is the easiest side. It has elementals and demons primarily. You get the crescent key from chasing the imp around which will open up the west and north wings.

West Side

To complete west side your main goal will be to clear all the pylons. Get to and kill the demon, then the prince. After zoning in you will see a large courtyard with giant trees patrolling. It is best to clear these first, I believe there are 8 of them. After that your goal is the pylon in the center of the courtyard. We pulled the treants on one side then the mana beings around the pylon. The abberations do a mana burn explosion when they die so mana using classes should back off to avoid that.

After clearing the first pylon head west down the staircase to kill Tendris. He does an AoE root, but nothing too difficult. Once he is dead you need to get to the area above you with all the undead. Return to the courtyard level and head into the undead area to the north. Be carefull some invisible (not stealthed) ghosts are lurking and will certainly cause some problems with adds. Untested, but warlock see invisibility could be handy here. Fight your way past the undead to the ramp inside to the north. The banshees should be a priority target because they nuke hard and silence. Once you reach the top of the ramp head east to the next pylon. After clearing it there is a pull of non-elite skeletons (aoeable, but fair ammount of hp). Head south past the skeletons to a quest NPC that will give you a quest to kill the last bosses here.

After getting the quest head south and clear another patch of skeletons. Another pylon lies right in your path, finish it as you have the others. After that pylon there is a hunter boss. She patrols close enough that you don't need to pull anything else to get her. Her multi-shot and volleys are deadly. Stay spread out and have your warrior position her so her back is to the rest of the party. If everyone is carefull and doesn't draw aggro this fight is an easy one. Her bear is sheepable (I suspect hibernate should work as well). After killing her the quickest way down is to run back to where the questgiver was and jump down to where you previously killed Tendris the giant tree.

In the NW corner of Tendris' area there is a locked door that you can open with your crescent key. Enter this hallway (watch out for the 3 invisible ghosts patrolling) and travel through it to the demon's chamber. In here your first priority is to pull the mana torrent patrols. These guys are immune to arcane, so if you want to aoe stick to fire and frost AoEs. In any case the non elites should die first as they have low hp. There are 2 pylons, you can clear them in any order you choose. One to the north and one to the south. You should only need to clear a few torrent patrols to reach them. Also just north of the hallway from Teldris is a path that takes you to library, that can be a good place to go to turn in quests if you have any and sell/repair.

Once all pylons are clear there is just the little matter of destroying Immol'thar the demon. You will proboably need to pull some of the monstrosities patrolling around his circle. The monstrosities split into 4 small demons that cast Arcane Explosion. They have about 500 hps, so can be AoEd very quickly by a mage that is prepared for them. I like to time a flamestrike to land right when the monstrosity dies then follow it up with a cone of cold to kill them all instantly. If that fails, frost nova and destroy them at range.

Now that you are at Immol'thar you need someone to be prepared to destroy the eyeball's he spawns. I covered it easily as a mage as they each have about 700hp. They spawn at a rate of 1 every 10 or seconds or so. If you use a macro to /target eye you can quickly and easily kill them. If you let them live they will cast a teleport to send people falling into the center of the circle. It is a realy bother to have your healer teleported. With the eyeballs under control he is not too difficult of a fight.

Finally the prince challenges you to face him in battle. He is in the library that seperates the north and west wings. He has a nasty knockback that can cause the warrior to lose aggro. Fighting him in a corner proboably would be a good idea. He didn't seem to impossible, especially had we known about the knockback. After he dies you can turn in that quest you received earlier that will let you come back to the library and take an item from the chest near prince.

North Side

I haven't done this yet, but have read a bit about it. Here is a copy of what quickdart had to say.

To get perfect tribute in North instance:

1) Skip the first boss completely- His key is for the second (the inner sanctum) door, and can be picked by a rogue (alternate way: kill him, get key, reset).

2) Bypass the drinken ogre in his sleep

3) Have a rogue sneak up to the chest guarded by Guard Fengus (or just a really fast player?), loot key, and go around.

4) Repair the broken trap (thorium widget and frost oil) after pulling the surrounding mobs, Guard Slip'kik will wander by and be permanently trapped.

5) Need someone with the ogre suit (quest from goblin in the corner) to use it and talk to Captain Kromkrush- He tells the captain that Guard Fengus called him a Gnoll lover, and Krom then runs off, presumably to beat the snot out of Guard Fengus. Ogre tannin needed for the suit can be found in a corner on the way to the king, or dropped in the box left by the goblin if you free him (key is a random green drop).

6) The Observer. This guy is a pain because he can heal the King- however, he can be stunned and inturrupted by kick etc. Recommend pulling him away from King and having someone offtank him while the rest of the group focuses on the King. He will de-aggro after the King dies.

Enjoy the blues from the chest biggrin.gif