Warlock Deathmist Tier 0.5 Upgrade Guide

Quest 2 : Belt and Gloves!

Hunting for Ectoplasm
Quest Objective: Use the Ectoplasmic Distiller near incorporeal undead to collect 12 Scorched Ectoplasms in Silithus, 12 Frozen Ectoplasms in Winterspring and 12 Stable Ectoplasms in the Eastern Plaguelands. Bring them along with the Ectoplasmic Distiller back to Mux Manascrambler in Gadgetzan.

The Ectoplasmic Distiller is very easy to use. Right click it from your inventory and it will drop one charge onto the ground for you. It will pulse a blue light which helps show the range you need to be in when you kill the mobs.

Note: The distiller casts a 2 second buff on players. YOU must have this buff active when the mob dies in order for an ectoplasm to drop. Killing the mob while IT is inside the Aura, and YOU are outside of the aura will not work. However YOU can be inside the auro while the MOB is outside, and it will drop. For safety, have everyone inside the pulsing arua.

Each charge uses 1 x Goblin Rocket Fuel and you are supplied with 8 from Mux. Each charge lasts for approximately 3 – 4 minutes (didn’t time it sorry). If you do run out of fuel, the Mats are 1x Firebloom, 1x Volatile Rum and 1x Leaded Vial and it is created by an Alchemis. Firebloom requires Herbalism and is easily found in Tanaris. The Volatile Rum is dropped from the Bloodsails in Stranglethorn and the Southsea Pirates in Tanaris.

As you can see from below, it has a relatively large range.

As far as actually gathering the ectoplasms, there is no right or wrong order you can do them in. I personally went to Eastern Plaguelands, Winterspring, and then onto Silithius. The locations for each:

Eastern Plaguelands : 71 – 30
The best place for Stable Ectoplasm in Eastern Plaguelands is Northdale, as there are nothing but ghosts there (but watch out for fear). Both the Banshees as well as the invisible ghosts will drop Ectoplasm. Cast Detect Greater Invisibility on yourself and any helpers before heading here to avoid unwanted multi-pulls. Another option is to get the Ectoplasm from the Banshees at Corin’s Crossing. You will have wait for respawns here though.

Winterspring : 53 – 42
Head to Lake Kel’Theril, just South-West of Everlook. Any of the mobs on the lake will drop it, but there are some ruins on the northwest part of the lake with very high concentrations of them. Southwest of the lake there are some more ruins with many ghosts.

Silithus : 62 – 53
The tortured night elves in Silithus are located in Southwind Village, along the middle of the eastern mountains. When you kill them, they spawn 0-3 bugs, which really limits how quickly you can kill them. These mobs can be hard to solo as the Destiller will despawn if you try run away from the bugs. Group up with a class capable of healing or another damage dealer to increase you chances here. For an added bonus, pick up The Spirits of Southwind quest in Valor’s Rest before you start and earn some Cenarion Circle reputation.

Note:
While in Winterspring, head up to Dakwhisper Gorge and purchase the Fel Elemental Rod now. You obtain it from the imp Vi’el (map), who resides in a cave near the entrance to Darkwhisper Gorge. Travel south along the road from Everlook, and cross the bridge. You can sneak past the two elite Hederine Slayers at the entrance to the gorge, and also past the elite Felhound at the mouth of the cave if you pay careful attention to its patrol route. This will make the cost 40g. If you wait until you are on the quest that requires it, it will cost you 50g. Plus this saves you a trip back.

Additional tips

• To maximize your fuel, wait to drop the Distiller until just before your first enemy dies.
• The distiller will vanish if you get too far away from it (it’s forgiving, about 50-60 yards).
• Multiple players of the same faction can share a single Distiller by pulling mobs to it, but only one Ectoplasm can be looted per mob. However, grouping up with one or two players will help, because this will allow you to kill the mobs faster than alone in addition to sharing the distiller, which saves fuel.
• It is possible to do this with the provided fuel, if you can either kill the mobs fast enough or group with other people.
• The Distiller’s buff seems to keep you in battle until you are outside of it’s range, so you may have to take a few steps after kills to eat and drink.
• A good way of doing it is to have two mages gather the mobs to a centralized point where you have dropped the distiller and AoE.

Once you have collected all the ectoplasms, head back to Mux Manascrambler and hand in.

A Portable Power Source
Quest Objective: Find Magma Lord Bokk in the Burning Steppes, obtain his Magma Core and bring it to Mux Manascrambler in Gadgetzan.

After handing in the ectoplasms, you are sent back to Burning Steppes to kill Magma Lord Bokk. A non-elite earth elemental, you will find Bokk around the northern tip of the lava pool (it shows up on the map) that’s just west of the Pillar of Ash. Location around 35,58.When pulled he usually comes with 1 add, but being a relatively easy kill himself, the add shouldn’t cause too much hassle. Bokk does have three procs however, and you may see one or all three during the fight. They are ~600pt Earth Shock, ~100pt Knock Away, and a brief Ground Tremor stun.

Note: Don’t rush into pulling Bokk as there is a 60 elite Dragon that wanders by. Check before pulling that you won’t agro that as an add…Once you have obtained Bokk’s Magma Core, return to Mux in Tanaris and hand in.

A Shifty Merchant (Elite)
Quest Objective: Search for an imp inside a cave at the entrance of Darkwhisper Gorge in southern Winterspring, purchase a Fel Elemental Rod and return to Mux Manascrambler in Gadgetzan.

This is the step in the quest series that you can save yourself a trip on if you purchased the Fel Elemental Rod while collecting your ectoplasms in Winterspring. See the note above (in red) on how to get to the Imp. If you already have the rod on you, simply hand in straight away.

Return to Deliana / Return to Mokvar
Quest Objective: Bring the Extra-Dimensional Ghost Revealer to Deliana in Ironforge if you’re Alliance, Mokvar in Orgrimmar if you’re Horde.

After having into Mux, you are sent back to your Deliana in Ironforge or Mokvar in Orgrimmar where you will hand in your Dreadmist Belt and Gloves in exchange for upgraded Deathmist version. The gloves are of epic quality, grats!

Quest 3 : Pants, Shoulders, Boots!

• Raistln’s 45 Minute Baron Run Guide!
• Zargon’s 45 Minute Baron Run Guide!
• WoW Wiki’s Baron in 45

There is also a map created that I’m sure will be of some use to a lot of people. You can find a copy of that below. If you still require more information before heading in, be sure to google for it as there is countless amounts out there.

Most groups have a pretty good idea now of what they are going into, but if you are the one creating the group, and perhaps going in with some first timers, here are a few tips to help.

Group Make Up

Normally you can attempt instances with all sorts of group make ups, however as this is a timed version, you want to try to perfect your group as much as possible. This is only a guide into what you are looking for, alterations can depend on the gear and skill of each player.

1. Warlock. You… naturally.

2. Priest. One of the first classes you want to look for, they become a necessity for healing, especially as you won’t be following the normal routine and anyone doing damage could/will need healing. Rezzing and Shackling are also two major points for having a priest with you.

If you can not locate a Priest, you could attempt with a Druid/Shaman/Paladin that knows their healing.

3. Tank. Ideally a Warrior, you could settle for a Druid/Paladin. Ideally the mobs won’t be staying alive long enough to require too much tanking, so this spot is somewhat flexible on which class fills it.

4. DPS! Most will recommend a Mage to fill the fourth spot for sheeping casters, counterspelling, and AOEing skeletons, clearing out Ziggurats. Look for a Mage first for those reasons plus Water / AI buff.

5. DPS! More DPS won’t ever hurt with this run. You want quick kills, so the more DPS you can bring the better. Another Warlock, Mage, Hunter or Rogue…

Remember that is just a rough idea, as time passes, and more people obtain better gear the list will become more flexible. This guide was written pre-Tier 3 armor and naturally will become dated over time.

45 Min Run F.A.Q.

Q: When does the “45 min” countdown start?
A: Once you open the second gate, that is the gate after the first big room in Strath, the Baron will tell you to “…withdraw from my domain before she (Ysida) is executed!” After the Baron says this, everyone gets a 45 minutes debuff called The Baron’s Ultimatum.

Q: Do I have to kill the Baron in 45 minutes?!
A: No, you just have to engage the Baron in 45 minutes or less, you can take half an hour killing him once you enter combat if you like. When you engage the Baron, the 45 minute timer/debuff goes away. If you wipe during the fight with the Baron, he kills Ysida immediately. If you wipe at any other point in the instance, the timer just continues as normal (though you may not be able to see it at all times).

After you have killed the Baron, you should find Ysida there waiting to be rescued. Speak to her and she will give you her locket and the next stage of the quest…

Additional tips

• Note: The rumour about using Spectral Essence to talk to the prisoner at the end is not true.
• Warning: There have been claims that using Medallion of Faith to summon Aurius for the final battle can break the quest, thus making it impossible to complete.
• Note: The rumour about the quest breaking when someone who doesn’t have the quest is the first to attack baron is also fake.

Proof of Life
Quest Objective: Bring Ysida’s Locket to Anthion Harmon in Eastern Plaguelands.
Very simple really. Once you have completed the 45 Minute Baron slaying successfully, obtain the locket from Ysida and return to the ghost of Anthion Harmon.

Anthion’s Strange Request
Quest Objective: Bring 3 Dark Iron Bars, 20 Enchanted Leather, 3 Mooncloth and 4 Cured Rugged Hides to Anthion Harmon in the Eastern Plaguelands.
All of these items are obtained via a tradeskill. At the top of the guide is information on how to obtain each of these items. Once you have them, return to Anthion and hand in.

Anthion’s Old Friend
Quest Objective: Take the incomplete Banner of Provocation to Falrin Treeshaper at the library in Dire Maul.
Tip: 1x Lesser or regular Invisibility potion will help, as will 1 x Swiftness potion and/or a Nifty Stop Watch (trinket).

Dire Maul lies in the heart of Feralas. You need to navigate to the library which connects the North and West wings. Between Feralas and the library however are two locked doors. For this you need the Crescent key.

The key is dropped by Pusillin, a rather annoying imp in DM east, whom you cannot fight until you’ve chased him through most of the zone. You can bypass the first door requiring the key by using the ghost trick (die on one side, run through the door in ghost form and rez on the other side), but you would still need the key to reach the library inside. So you need the key, someone with the key, a rogue or perhaps try a seaforium charge if you are an engineer.

Once you have one of the above options to entering, make your way to Feralas. Depending on if your Alliance or Horde, you will go either east or west to almost the middle of the zone. If you follow the main path, just above The High Wilderness you will see a smaller path heading north… that will lead you into DM. (Location 59,53).

When you follow the path north you will start to pass some elite ogre’s, you can either stop to kill if you want, or just run past. You can avoid most, and the ones you do agro will drop off. As you enter DM, you will see a ramp…go up the ramp and follow it around to your right. You should then see it leads to your left where you will come to a T-intersection. Take it to your left, and them immediately after, right. That will then force you right again where you will pass through a thin tunnel before entering a large courtyard.

You now need to make it to the opposite end of the courtyard, and the door waiting there is the first one requiring the key. You can either run straight down the middle of the courtyard, or around the sides. Either way you are most likely going to agro mobs, so be sure to have the key ready! Just on the other side of the door is the instance entrance, so any mobs you have agro’d won’t bother you any more.

Once inside you face another courtyard. If you go left out of the entry, you will see a ramp leading down. What you need to do is jump on the ledge of that ramp, and you can practice that safely with the eye. (jump downwards diagonally). Once you’ve gotten onto the ledge, you will see another ramp leading down to a door on the lower level. This is the door to the library.

Make sure to soulstone yourself just in case disaster strikes, and wait for the right moment to move. There is a point where there is nothing between you and the ramp, letting you move without using the invisibility potion. Once you’re on the ledge, look down to assure there are no dog packs in your way, these see through invis! Once ready, run down the second ramp to the library door. You’re in!

Now just follow the long path until you enter the Library and look for Falrin Treeshaper.

Falrin’s Vendetta
Quest Objective: Collect 25 Ogre Warbeads from Ogres inside Dire Maul or Blackrock Spire and return to Falrin Treeshaper inside the Athenaeum in Dire Maul.

Just as the quest says, you can get these beads from the Ogre’s both inside and outside Dire Maul, as well as the ones in Blackrock Spire. I tried the Ogre’s outside DM, stocking up on lots of Mage water and solo’ing, but the drop rate was atrocious. I ended up putting together an LBRS group and managed to get most of my beads in one run.

Note:
Although the drop rate is much higher in Lower Blackrock Spire, there is also much fewer ogres in that instance. It will require multiple runs of either instance to obtain all of the Ogre Warbeads required.

It’s also said that North Dire Maul has a very good drop rate, most commenting on having them done before reaching half way into the instance. When you hand in the Ogre Warbeads, you also get to choose between two necklaces, one of them being very nice for Warlocks:

• Ironweave Mantle
  • Level 56 required
  • 155 AC
  • +17 Stamina
  • +11 Intellect
  • 1/8 Ironweave Battlesuit set.

Once you have looted the Amulet from Theldren, head back to Anthion Harmon in the Eastern Plaguelands to hand in.

Anthion’s Parting Words
Quest Objective: Return to Mokvar in Orgimmar / Deliana in Ironforge with a set of Dreadmist Sandals, Dreadmist Leggings and Dreadmist Mantle.

Congratulations on your new items!

Total Armor changes

+38 Armor
+20 Intellect (or +200 base mana)
+36 Stamina (or +360 base hitpoints)
+ 97 Spell Damage!
+1% chance to hit with spells
+1% chance to crit with spells

– 92 Spirit (which, as Warlocks isn’t really a problem)

F.A.Q.

Q. What level do I need to be to start the quests?
A. A minimum of level 58 is required to start the first (bracer) quest.

Q. Can I pick and choose what items I want?
A. Unfortunately the quests must be done in order, so if you want one of the last items, you are required to do all the previous steps.

Q. Do I have to hand in all three pieces for the 3rd quest? I just want the boots!
A. Sadly yes, all three pieces are handing in at once. This also means you cannot have four pieces of Dreadmist, and 4 of Deathmist

Credits
The Deadmist > Deathmist Tier 0.5 Ugrade guide was written and compiled by Akasha and Crypt for The Warlocks Den. Sadly The Warlocks Den is no longer online so the guide has been preserved here.

We would like to thank the following people for their contribution.

• ceptimus for providing the Alliance quest giver information.
• Angelina for the in-depth steps to make the items required for Quest 2.
• Calista for all the information posted about the first couple of steps
• Derugash for the directions to the DM Library.
• Zargon, Solstice, Bombardem, Raistln and Kubrick for information posted.
• Everyone else who helped answer questions and confirm information about the quests.
• And overlordbob for creating the banner to give the guide that finishing touch!