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Kommentar von 3693

You do NOT have to kill Morganth in the tower to get the book. Fight up to the top and grab the book from a shelf opposite his coterie and you'll be fine. There's a gnoll and a couple of familiars in front of it, but you should be able to sheep one, kill one, and jump down to buy time to kill the last one. Bandage/evoke while it runs down.

Kommentar von 21625

Soloed as 28 lvl fire mage. Pretty easy. You just need to be carefull.
When you get to the top floor the book is on the left from the ramp (on the shelf). Keep to the left side of the ramp and you should not aggro Morganth.

Cords of tower: 79, 48

Kommentar von 38675

the GY is very far away, so try not to die :)

Kommentar von jebwicket

Solo at 26..
attacked the gnolls at the bottom of the tower.. got most of them and then died..
resurrected at the top in a safe spot, then killed one dog and the gnoll guarding the book, then i died..
got back, killed the last dog and took the book.. ran out :)

Kommentar von Sugarwood

Easy enough to solo, but you only have to die once really.

Pop Mana Shield, run up to the top of the tower, using Cone of Cold and Frost Nova all the while. Die right on the stairs, then run back to your corpse. There's a side of the top level that is empty, rez there, buff, mana up, and get ready. Sheep the gnoll, attack the dogs. Use Cone of Cold before they get to you, then use Frost Nova if you need to (I was a Frost Mage, so they got stuck on the CoC). Take them down from there. The secret to this fight is using everything you've got. Keep the other guy sheeped, and use Couterspell on the dogs when they use Mana Drain.

I got done with the two dogs just a couple of seconds after the gnoll unsheeped. I shielded, sheeped the gnoll again, and killed the last dog (remember to use Blizzard here, it works). After the dogs are down, it's very easy. Use Evocation while the gnoll is sheeped, and then start off with a Pyro or Fireball then following it up with a Fireblast, and a Counterspell when he starts casting. Then Frost Nova, and it's over for him.

Kommentar von ookluh

Not sure what all the fuss was about.. read up on the quest here, and thought it would be difficult to figure out. 28 Fire Mage, most gear still from pre and early 20s. Got to the top of the ramp and saw them - no aggro yet, so.. I opened with Pyroblast on a dog, followed with Fireball, then Fire Blast and my wand to kill it. Sheeped gnoll. Killed other dog with Fire Blast and Scorch. Pyroblasted the sheep, fireball, fire blast, wand. All 3 dead - no pots, no shield, no mana agate, no evocation needed.. it did take me down to about 10% health and mana, but that could be easily overcome by using any of the aforementioned resources.

Kommentar von 60138

I sheep the gnoll, freeze the dogs, run to the book, and the dogs use drain mana on me interrupting my taking of the book...

Kommentar von 124662

(tip: do it only at 28-9 then your not dieing).thats what i did, without dieing runing away or something: without any tricks, you just go in and kill mobs in the way, when your getting to the top floor, you sheep the gnoll and kill the 2 dogs, the kill the sheeped gnoll without pull any others, then taking the book. if you did it slow and some have respawnd, you just get mana+hp full, cast mana shield and run out.

Kommentar von 135961

for the level of difficulty, and the length of the corpse run, this quest is not worth it given the lameness of the rewards. good advice on how to complete but if you want to level (instead of doing quests that are not really soloable), I would recommend skipping this one.

Kommentar von 35800

So.. looking at the quest text this fallen mage guy decided to reroll warlock. Good call.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Just to say it again, you do not have to kill the boss. Go to the top and there is a bookshelf opposite the room of him. There is an obvious book sticking out. That is the one you want.

Just a heads up, the end reward for all your hard work is utter crap. See the next part of the quest on thottbot for my links.

Kommentar von Thottbot

the last guy to post has this quest down packed the best way to do it is run up to the top of the tower with mana shield fire ward etc. on die at the top...run back res at the top polymorph the caster when the dogs come to you frost nova go get the book...and run back out down the tower...if you use mana shield many times and drink one healther potion u can make it...i did...oh yeah the coordinates are 79, 49

Kommentar von Thottbot

Soloed this quest at lvl26. Found the tower at coords: 79,49.
It's not easy but it could have been worse. It's a question of combining you freezes, you insta fire blast and cone of cold. As long as one proceed with caution it's doable - didn't die at all.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I soloed this quest with a level 30, dying twice. I did as said here and sheeped the gnoll while frost novaing the guardians but it was lagging so I couldn't get the book before I died. I then respawned up there (there's a space by smoe chairs where you won't aggro any monsters) and tried the same strategy, this time getting the book before dying. Respawned again and hearthstoned to SW. Not too bad of a quest.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I did this quest at lvl 26 with a lvl 26 paladin pretty easily. By going slowly and then standing just below where they were, the paly pulled most of the monsters one at a time. A couple of times he pulled two. No problem. As others have posted, I did have a few line of sight problems casting and I had to get closer to the monsters than I would normally with a tank, but I was only attacked once.

I died once, but that's because I fell down the stairs (suffering damage) and I got mobbed by a caster and two dogs below. Ironically I was at the top of the tower and I was trying to see where the book was. Sometimes it's not so easy being a gnome :)

We had to fight our way up again and I got attacked by a caster below that had respawned. I think it was because I cast counterspell. So I recommend not using counterspell if you can help it. The casters are the same level as you, so you should able to deal with their spells with mana shield anyway. The dogs won't mess with you unless you cross their path, so be aware of where you are. The stairs are curvy and the dogs crouch in the corners.

At the top of the tower, my tank inched to just below the top of the stairs and pulled the caster and then both dogs. We killed them. Then I went and got the book. It's blue and sticks out. We left the boss Morganth and the creatures on the other side alone. I teleported to Stormwind. And my tank hearthstoned. A pretty easy way to get 2300XP. Well worth it!

Kommentar von Thottbot

GO up top and die come back and rest get all mana and health and since im arcane spec unlike many i aoed those dogs to death and grabbed my book of fortune.

Kommentar von Thottbot

took me 4 tries with the rez thing,died 1nce cuz the dogs did that shadow attck and it got my killed, 2nd time cuz i drank a potion while opening it thus making it go away and they killed me, 3rd time it screwed me over and wouldt let me get it for some stupid reason.

but that was easier i just ran into stupid problems, i coulda done it 1st try

Kommentar von Thottbot

It's easy...
Not in a group
Not as arcane mage
Not at lvl 32+
Just plain easy...

Don't know why anybody didn't try it...

I did it with a 27 mage and it goes like this:

1. Fight ur way up (not that hard).
2. At the top stay on the stairs, don't go all the way up, make sure u know where the book is (on a shelf, not anywhere near the boss)
3. U'll see a gnoll caster and two dogs next to it, polymorph the caster.
4. The dogs will come to you (you're still on the stairs), frost nova them when they're in melee range.
5. To be sure use mana shield and grab the book and leave, if you keep refreshing the shield you probably won't die, not even if all the other mobs respawned.

Note: When u frost nova the dogs, make sure they're out line of sight when grabbing the book, they'll use ranged when they can't move and they are out of melee range.

I died once because I didn't find out how to do it best and once because the caster un-polymorphed prematurely.

Really easy.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Got to the level just below the top using method described above. Died once. Morphed the caster, took down the dogs no problem. (Get to top as spirit, wait till caster is on other side. You'll have a few seconds to drink/eat. Have your Mana Agate ready b4 you start this.) Dogs do NOT both come at once. Easy. But I cannot find the frelling book. The VERY top level has 3-4 sets of caster-dogs and the caster resisted Arcane. I wonder if Blizzard moved the book. Prob I am just blind. Anyone know where book is? 2nd-to-top level or top? In a shelf? Etc.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Book is in the bookshelf closest to the very top of the stairs. The top level. There are 2-3 other caster-dog combos at top level but they will not attack unless you get near them. Target the caster, go to top to get line of sight and morph quickly. Nova the dogs quickly. The caster breaks Morph fast; I died the first time trying to pick up the book. The book is in the bookshelf right at the very top of the tower - NOT on 2nd-to-top level. There are 2 dogs and a warrior on 2nd-to-top-level; warrior wanders around the level.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I got the book. 28 Mage, no special equip, I'm not in a guild. Am casual player, not very good PvP, so you can judge this. My biggest prob was finding the book. Here's method for solo. Have Mana Agate, healpots, manapots, bandages ready. Kill eveything one at a time into the castle at ground level. Mana Shield, Fire Ward, and run up. Don't bother fighting; there are too many. Shield and run. Keep Mana Shielding, get to 2nd-to-top level. Die. Hey, it happens. Go back to top of the stairs at SECOND level as wisp, go to wall, wait for warrior to wander away, rez. Drink first, the warrior will be back. Frostbolt, Arcane, move (a little) and Nova if you have to, but don't get too near the dogs. You'll kill the warrior. Dogs stay put. Fully eat/drink, then take dogs individually. Then kill the one dog that's 1/2 flight down. Now you're ready for top. Shield and FireWard. Nearing the top, target the caster at the top of stairs. Don't worry about the other three caster-dog combos. They won't attack unless you wander on top floor. You must get to top of steps to Morph caster, else you're blocked. Morph caster, Nova dogs. You'll prob have enough time to grab book; I died once when caster unMorphed too fast. Shield and run out. You may die once more, but maybe not - you're prob better at this than I am. 3 deaths, some frustration trying to find the book (TOP level, bookshelf at head of steps). But, like I said, I'm not very good at this. But I have fun. Good luck.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Sorry - when I typed "SECOND", I meant the 2nd-to-top level where you died.

Kommentar von Thottbot

For those of you that dont have a map that does Co-ord's. In plain english the tower is down past the Brutes and below the knolls you can spot it from road on the right. I used the shield and ran as far as i could then when i died i went and checked everything out so i knew where i needed to go then i rezed did shield again and went to that floor and died again. That got me to the book... Good Luck

Kommentar von Thottbot

Went in at 26, expecting some difficulty cause of some of the comments I've read about the quest. Nothing special. Just took some focus. Take it slow and avoid adds and you'll be fine. The pack of 3 at the end wasn't a problem either, just morphed the caster and sorta kited the dogs downstairs till they died then took out the gnoll himself.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Many thanks to all the posters above. I followed the directions in terms of kamikaze your way to the top and rez, then sheep the elite, etc. But I hit a snag and then twice more as I tried it more than once.

I couldn't get a gearwheel on any of the books, except when I'm dead (when of course you can't pick it up....). After dying the second time, I tried to find exactly which book was the right one. Got a gearwheel on the red book standing up on the table, but then when I rezzed, I couldn't get the gearwheel on that book. Died, rezzed and tried again. No gearwheel on any of the books on the shelves either.

Am I missing something? Has anyone else had this problem?

Edit: Found the problem. The BLUE book is on the lowest left shelf of the bookcases across the room from the elite. Don't know why there was a gearwheel on the red book. Now I just need to figure out how to pick it up while being attacked, which stops the loot timer. Morphed the caster and novaed the dogs but they got out of nova before the loot timer elapsed. Died. Came back and tried morphing the caster and killing the dogs. Caster came out of morph before I could finish the dogs. Died. Came back and morphed the caster, novaed one dog and killed the other, got attacked by the first dog and then the caster. Died. At that point, all my armor was at zero, so I put this on the shelf with the book. Congrats to all of you who succeeded. I guess you can't win them all.

Edit 2: Picked up the quest again with another mage. What does that say about my memory? Dumped it again when I read the posts, not because it's hard, which it is. But hard = interesting. My problem is that it isn't worth the time. The reward is embarassing. You are going to feel cheated

Kommentar von Thottbot

The tower is at 79,49.

Very easy. If you die anywhere in the tower on your way up, walk to the second to top floor of the tower before you resurrect. Make sure you res away from the dogs and the shadowhide. After you've regained mana and health kill the three of them and go onto the spiral stairs. The book is on the bookshelf closest to where the spiral stairs connect to the top floor. There are two dogs and one shadowhide. Polymorph the shadowhide and walk down the spiral staircase. Once the dogs reach you use frost nova to keep them there. Someone said it before, if you frost nova them on the stairs then you will be out of their line of sight, so they can't use ranged attacks. Then get the book.

Getting out without dying is tricky but it can be done without killing anyone. If you've got enough mana, cast mana shield and jump from the top floor to the bottom floor between the stair cases. Once on the bottom, run out the front door, frost nova to get the gaurds from the bottom floor AND the ones outside the tower. Run.

Remember, if you die anywhere in the tower, you can resurrect anywhere in the tower.

Kommentar von Thottbot

everyone is talking about sheep caster, frost nova dogs. But the dogs have a ranged manaburn which interputs the opening of the book.

so I sheeped caster, dogs came, I went arround that little corner (you'll see it) novad them there, blinked to the bookcase and took book, jumped all the way down, ran out and survvived :D

Kommentar von Thottbot

i found that this was the easiest way to do this quest solo...what you do, is you get to the tower, and you make it to the bottom floor, and let everything kill you, then you run back to your corpse, and you go all the way to the top of the tower, and rez there..in front of the bookcase, polymorph the gnoll, and then frost nova everything else, and grab the book that is sticking out, and then you will most likely die, so rez at the spirit healer, and then fly to SW to turn in the quest..

Kommentar von Thottbot

The robes you get for this quest aren't that bad, but they're nothing amazing.

If you have strategy it's not that hard to solo this quest. My strategy (it worked):
1. Kill everything in the way of getting into the tower that you might aggro.
2. Once on the ground floor, use a combination of mana shields, frost novas and blinks to get as high as possible before dying.
3. Run back to body, but don't resurrect where you died.
4. Run to top of tower (as ghost)
5. There's a nook on one side of the room at the top, where there are no monsters. Resurrect in the corner there.
6. There'll bethree monsters in front of the book, one gnoll, two dogs.
a. Polymorph the gnoll in front of the bookcase.
b. The dogs will run to where you are, frost nova them when they get to you.
7. Get book while they are dealing with the polymorph and frost nova.
8. Now that you have the book, either:
a. die and resurrect near Lakeshire
b. do as I did and jump over the railing, which will land you at the bottom. Fight way out and get back to Stormwind somehow.

Kommentar von Thottbot

yeah i spent a good hour or more trying to get that book. i almost forgot to use my main. just get your mage (the one whos doing this quest) to a clear spot either inside the tower or just outside it, log out.

get your main and murder the &*!@ outa every mob in the tower, exacting revenge for wasting nearly two hours of your life trying to get the stupid book, hearth to shattrath city, log out.

log back on your mage, kill any respawns on the way up, get book, teleport to stormwind.

Kommentar von Thottbot

what level r the spiders

Kommentar von Thottbot

Directions to Tower if Ilgalar:
It's actually very easy once you know how to do it. The tower is due EAST of Lakeshire. Just take the main road that goes northeast out of Lakeshire. It's crossed by a dirt road with fences right at the top arc of Lake Everstill. Take that road east past Alther's Mill and Stonewatch Tower; just keep going East and you will come upon Ilgalar Tower. A lot of people recommend this as a solo kamakaze quest, but it's actually very quick and easy if you do it with a small group. I was a little too old but I did it with another caster l27 and we got through it with no trouble. There are just a lot of bad guys in there so you have to be on your toes.

Kommentar von Thottbot

If you die down near the bottom of the tower, even outside, and you explore the inside, you can get to the top by resurrecting up there. If you are fortunate, you will find a place where there are not so many against you.

I toured the place, and found the book, and it is not near the boss. And there is a nitch or nook where I can resurrect. I have to leave, but I did come back and have not yet been attacked.

Ah the long range attacks by the dogs, thank you, I thought it was the sheep.
Sean

Kommentar von Thottbot

I ran in and got as far up as I could before dying. As a spirit, I ran back to my body.

Then I logged out, logged in as my lvl 70 paladin. Cleared the place, logged back in as my mage, resed, grabbed the book and ran out. :)

Kommentar von Thottbot

ive died three times as a 26, this is difficult. tried the method above but the dogs didnt run to me, one did, the other stayed back and did range, i couldnt frost nova, gg

Kommentar von Thottbot

IVE DIED five times must keep it sheeped, watch for the burn from dogs. dogs keep resisting, one will break out, or early sheep break out, its absolutly rediculous.

ok i had it perfectly, dogs were frozen, i waited behind the corner, it was perfect, blinked, it was still sheeped, and dog hit me from behind with a mana burn to break it, i give up.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Yeah, this is hard as hell if you try to do it without pansy-ass dying, rezzing, looting, running. I learned how to play a mage in this tower. :)

Kommentar von Thottbot

I got my lvl 70 hunter killed all the mobs all the way up to the top floor, and then loged out and then loged into my mage then i went straight to the top got the book and hearth.
Books on the bookshelf.
simple.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I was lucky enough to be an engineer. So I died, rezed up top, then threw a target dummy up. Was just enough time to pick up the book. Solo at 26 thanks to engineering

Kommentar von Thottbot

i did it at lv 26 it was easy

Kommentar von Thottbot

Did this last night, 26 fire mage. As you come to the top of the stairs there are lots of shadow caster which have 2 hounds each. The book is in the book case right behind the shadow caster and 2 hounds at the top of the stairs, so there the only mobs you need have to kill to get book. Then portal back to stormwind and hand in.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I definatly had a hard time with this. I did this when i was 26.. it's very doable. Just approach it with caution. I died twice. Once you get up to the very top the book is across from where the boss is a 27 elite. Its sticking out noticable. Their is a spot with some chairs and you wanna go there and you won't pull aggro if you're going to drink and what not. What i did is i sheeped the gnoll and then I pull the two dogs and i frost nova'd blinked to the book got it jumped down mana shielded blinked out and teleported back to SW.

Kommentar von Thottbot

my tip is to do what they dsaid... nab the book and jump off the tower... quicl hin to all u mages tho.
dont die. use blink when ur 10 feet from the ground. u wont die or take dmg. then run like hell. gl mages!

Kommentar von Thottbot

I found it easiest] just to fight my way to the top then aggro the whole mob, bring up a mana shield, then use frost nova, then Blast wave, then use arcane explosion repeatedly.

It worked for me and I even ran over and killed the boss that way.

After that I killed myself because it was a long walk back and the I teleported to stormwind and turned in.

I flew to Darkshire from there and by the time I found the spiders my ressurection sickness was gone.

It was a very simple quest and took verry little of my time.

Kommentar von Thottbot

barely fin it with fire 29 mage

Kommentar von Thottbot

I don't know how the hell you can sheep the mage, frost the dogs and then run over there and get the book. The Dogs keep casting a curse on me that makes my picking up the book impossible!

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Its inside the tower

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Tower is in eastern RR, past Keep. Soloed as a 27 Mage. Read the posts careful; you do not need to pull Morganth. He's a 27 Elite with a Succubus and two guards...the book you need is in the bookcase opposite him. Work your way up slowly, sheep Weaver by bookcase, kill dogs, kill Weaver. It's a Mage quest, so use your head...otherwise, roll a Warrior and just charge things lol.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

all is correct, may i add that if you die at the bottum of the tower you can run as a ghost to the top res there and kill the 2 dogs and the weaver at the opposit site where the elite is

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I tried going up the top without dying but it was too hard. Died ressed up the top on the side that has no mobs. Heal and buff and get ready. As fire mage was able to do it at lv 26. Just pyroblast 1 dog.. quickly sheep the caster.. finish off the dog, take the second dog. Re-sheep before second dog if you need to. Then again once they are both down. Use bandages and evocation if you need one or both and finish off the caster. Easy as can be.

Having a health pot on hand is a good idea. I used it between the 2 dogs though if i did it again i could probably manage without the pot now that i know what to expect.

teleport out and get the next part.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Solo'd this quest at lvl 27, w/o dieing , first of all the only pull where u get 3 enemies is the last one youll need to do ( caster and 2 dogs), sheep the caster and pull down the 2 dogs finish them off, by the time the dogs are down the sheep will probably break , just Counterspell and nuke the caster untill he dies (note I had to use a healing pot because i misstimed my counter spell ) Loot the book from the bookshelf behinf the group of mobs u just killed, run out :). No need to pull Morganth's group nor the other group.

just my 2 cents

Kommentar von Allakhazam

78,47 Redridge.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

yeah.. was wery unhappy surprised when founded the book not in bookshelves behind him, but on the other side..:D next time i better read ur comments..:D

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Get into the ground floor of castle and die. You will be able to rez on the top floor, look for the book as a ghost and then figure a strategy to get the book after rezing.

As a mage i rezed in a corner, mana/bandaid, then sheeped the big guy and let the other 2 run toward me, then iced m in place. Just enough time to get the book!

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I did this at lvl 31. I was busy on other things and the quest turned green so I wanted to do it before it down graded. The level differnce really didn't matter because (in my opinion) the tower is too full of bad guys to use ANY other strategy that the one given here.
Took me two tries to get the timing right. The first time I tried to ice the dogs run by the sheep grab the book but the dogs jumped me before I could get it opened. Second time I sheeped the caster Iced the dogs. Coned them, which inadvertently coned the sheep who unsheeped. I'd killed one dog by then. Killed the caster. Heal potion. back to the first dog ran out of mana went to the wand. Bandaged in combat and wanded the dog had enough mana build up for one last fire blast. All dead me with maybe one helth left. Looted them (nothing). Grabbed the book. Teleport SW.
Comedy of errors. Had I not used the CoC I probably could have killed the dogs resheeped the caster and teleported out with the book. Ah well live and learn (sometimes)

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I did this as a lvl 32 mage, suicide run to the top of the tower, then sheeped the weaver and froze the dogs I had just enough time to get the book then jump downstairs, if you are careful you can land on the stairs and jump again all the way down then blink out.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Just hit 26 and picked up this quest. Did not feel like doing the dead then running trick so I easily fought my way up to the top. Tried sheeping the main the frost nova'in the adds but they kept casting on me. Ended up pulling the adds down the steps some to los them and worked fine.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

When you click the book, does it take a few seconds to open then loot it, or does it just pop up a quest window?

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Point is, Top of the stairs. Kill the shadowcaster & Deamon friends in front of book case. Book is on bottom shelf of book case & is greyed in color. Its slightly pulled away from the shelf but still in it.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

as a lv 30 mage just blast your way up and you'll have NO problem
keep your mana shield up and rest after each fight

enjoy =]

Kommentar von Allakhazam

ooohhhh that tower....ive been wiping on the dam keep

Edited, Mar 24th 2007 11:10am by togkellygang

Kommentar von Allakhazam

super easy at 26 as a fire mage
1. get to the tower, top right of the map (78,47)

2. kill the 3 outside, flamestrike, frost nova, arcane explosion, cone of cold
(you get the idea)

3. you can pyroblast (or whatever you silly ice mages use =P) the shadow caster inside, the hit him with counterspell. this brings him out without aggroing the nearby dogs

4. kill the mobs up the steps.

5. when you get to the top DONT go near the elite, the opposite side of the room has the book obviously sticking out in a shelf, now you magies with lesser mana here should sheep the shadow mob and have the dogs pulled with you down the stairs some so you can aoe without unsheeping, but really.... its just 3 guys, a mage should take upwards of like 7+

6. when they are dead grab the book, its like a 3 second 'casttime' to grab it, victory!

7. now a. hearth, b. teleport, c. spam mana shield and jet out to safty

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I tried this quest at level 26 as a fire mage. Can't do it. I tried like 6 times and there is just too much aggro to complete at level 26. With a tank and a healer it's pretty easy though.

I managed to fight my way all the way to the top of the tower but there are too many mobs up top and not enough health and mana to take care of business even with heal pots.

So, I kind of cheated. I logged onto my 60 Priest and wiped out the whole tower then logged back onto my mage to get the book. Lame but it gets the job done.

Edited, Sun Jun 11 11:57:58 2006

Kommentar von Allakhazam

tried this one about 50 times then I gave up

Kommentar von Allakhazam

solo @ 26

1. fight your way to top
2. die
3. res near chairs away from mobs
4. kill caster and dog
5. take book off shelf

EZ :)

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Don't overthink this. If you suicide to the top, get in position as others have noted. Sheep the caster, kill the dogs, get the book. I tried several "tricky" maneuvers, but at the end of the day, just go in a blast them to death.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I could barely do this at level 30

Kommentar von Allakhazam

hmmm.. i have been at that tower about 60 times.. killed the one i need - never... he always made some kind of minion which i couldn kill because my mana was low already.. btw beeing fire mage is really bad.. i souldnt slow them or stun them.. just sheeped one ...im 38 now.. and im going to do it again.. i just dont know what rewards are to quests so better do it...

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Location
78,47 in redridge; the tower is fairly prominent.

strategy
Working your way up the tower is a bit tricky for a solo mage, as there are lots of arcs and stairway railings interfering with line of sight. Stand on the railings for a better shot, and be ready with frost nova for when they close in of course. The hounds use mana burn, and the shadowweavers use shadow bolt (or something similarly named).. counterspell will negate both of these leaving you with a 10 second melee mob. As ring of the shadow drops frequently in the tower, this may or may not be a good strategy for your toon.
Once you reach the top, beware as there is a shadow weaver & two hounds standing at the top of the stairs. (these guys wiped me as I didn't realize they were right there) If you're lvl 26, it will be really quite difficult to get first strike on these guys due to the steep angle of the ramp, and their moderately large agro radius. Sheep the caster, and take out the dogs... you'll almost certainly need to resheep the caster, and if you didn't get first strike, you'll probably need a potion for the whole deal.
If you die in the tower, remember that WoW gives you a 60yd res radius or so... 3D... run up to the top as a ghost, and res on the unoccupied bench. It's close to agro radius, but just out; you can eat, drink, then launch a pre-emptive attack.

So where exactly is the book?
Having cleared the guards at the top of the ramp, look streight ahead and you'll see the book sticking out of the bookshelf. Pretty simple, grab it & port back to SW for the next part of the quest.

and the reward?
At lvl 26 I got 2300xp for turn-in. I did not notice any faction reward. This also leads to the quest Pristine Spider Silk, which I read rewards Astralknotengewand], which is fairly decent if your not twinked.

All in all
I found this to be rather easy.. this is my main on this server, so I'm not twinked, but I do seek out high int items, so I have a decent crit rating, and as a fire mage, invested in criting. I think anyone who knows their spells and has them easily reachable should be able to solo the tower without dying if they know what's at the top. If the tower proves to be very difficult for you, I suggest you evaluate your strategies and figure out why.

Bold's an awesome tool... let's not make us regret it by posting EVERYTHING bold guys :-) Kinda like all caps... no need to shout.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

It's in the bookcase opposite the guy in the top, so you dont even have to kill him to steal his book....

Kommentar von Allakhazam

I have the quest, but I can't click on any bookcases, not even the one to the opposite of the guy on the top

Kommentar von Allakhazam

well.you can forget about resing and getting with no fight.either the others were lucky and got there rt after someone cleared upstairs,or blizz changed the setup.you CAN res in a corner with no aggro.but in front of the book is a lv26 shadoweaver,with a lv 25 servant of illigar on either side.thers another group inbetween morganth and the book,but they are far enough for no aggro.i tried sheeping the weaver and icing the demons in place,no go,didnt hold ,also tried again throwing up mana shield.also a no go,because the nice doggies hit you with magic and interrupt opening book.no time to get it before you die.after third death i hearthed out,not ewnough money to even repair my armor.either go with group and have a long journry up,because there are demons and shadoweavers every step of the way,and i mean a LOT,or solo it at 50.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

tactic at level 28:

I died in tower and ressed at the top by 2 chairs at 80,47

Sheeped Gnoll took out 1 dog, resheeped took out second dog.

Resheeped, gift of Narru, mana agate

Killed gnoll, use counterspell to stop shadow bolts

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Difficult to solo, even if the quest is green for you. Enemies are lvl 24-26 and they love to team up on you. The winding staircases make it impossible to distance yourself because they are out of the line of sight. This will put you in close contact with the enemy so you'll have to use frost nova to keep them away on the way up. If you manage to kill the gnoll and two demon dogs that guard the bookcase, beware on the way down because the gnoll guards outside will have respawned. I definitely recommend group for this quest.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

There is a specific book in the bookcase you have to click on, not the bookcase itself. Look for a single large white book on one of the shelves.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

did this solo as 32, then 33 mage, why twice?
well, the Glyph of Azora stuff, that requires you to put glyphs in teh statue then the top of the tower near the orcs, after these parts are done, the lions statue will give a quest to kill the elite.
I dodged/pyro's up to the top, then:
Sheep on teh caster, fire attacks on teh dogs, pyro caster, then scorch etc until cooked.
Grab book, clear other set of caster and dogs.

AT lvl 30 plus , this should work...
Sheep the elite, blast the succubus with scorch etc, re-sheep, smack the casters about with scorch and things(no fireballs or pyro, need the mana in a mo) pop mana shield after they die, maybe dampen magic for good measure, evocate/mana stone, pyro the still sheeped elite, now, the tricky bit...
When the elite goes down to around 25% health, he sics a big flesh golem on you, if your ok mana shield wise, concentrate on the elite, grab the loot, run(or die).
I havent been able to defeat the golem as yet...

Kommentar von octapusxft

As it has already been said,if you got a higher level main, bring it here to murder the hell out of all the abominations in this tower of freaking nightmare and get the book.

Having to deal with 2 mana burning demon dogs+ a caster gnol + some respawning dog/gnol from bellow with your squishy low level clothie is just a waste of time

Kommentar von Lazrical

Don't worry about the hassle of forming a group (unless you're already in one and they're game), deliberately eating a death, or even using a higher level character of your own to pre-clear the tower. As of Classic in October of 2020, I was able to solo this in about 10-15 minutes the moment I got the quest at level 26, and didn't die once. People bashing the quest reward and saying "it's not worth it" ... this quest is not the nightmare you portray it as unless you make it harder than it has to be. The robe's probably an upgrade for you at this point even if it doesn't blow your mind, so why not do it? 10-15 minutes, solo, and it's yours.

It takes a little bit of finesse to safely climb the tower, but if you're competent with polymorph and frost nova, it can be done. At one point, the hardest part is that you'll have to face 3 mobs at once doing this. You have enough CC at your disposal, no matter your spec (you don't have to be frost -- I was fire myself) and CAN handle 3 at once, I promise. You'll need every last bit of mana and health, but it's not tough to do and only requires concentration. Here's how:

Make sure to CC any adds on your way up -- the demon dogs in this tower cast manaburn and cannot be polymorphed, so pull carefully -- sheep the gnolls if they're linked and burn the dogs down first, buying some time with frost nova -- I don't recommend using mana shield unless absolutely necessary. Take a few health pots (you should really always have a stack of level-appropriate health potions on you at all times post level 10, anyway -- they drop often enough), as you may need to pop a couple on your way up. There's no need to engage the elite NPC directly with this, which is good as he's not only elite, but also has linked guards.

The target is a visibly out of place book in the bookcase on the opposite side of the top floor from the elite. It's guarded by a shadowcaster gnoll and two of their stupid manaburning (a nuisance, but survivable) demon dogs. This is the slightly tough encounter during your climb that I spoke about earlier, but again, it doesn't require god-level skill to pull off. Polymorph the gnoll from as far away as you can on the stairs, which will aggro the two dogs .... make sure you're far enough away to frost nova without breaking your poly, run up the stairs and out of melee range (but not INTO the elite mob, stop once you hit the floor), and burn the nasty pups down with the fastest, highest DPS spells at your disposal.

You'll need to fight differently depending on your spec. I'm specced fire at this level as I'm running a lot of dungeons, and have Burning Soul (reduced chance of interrupt on fire spells), so it was easy to burn one down while it was frozen, then tanking and burning the second as fast as I could. If you're Arcane, use your missiles which should be uninterruptible and the fight will otherwise work much the same way, and if you're Frost, it's that much easier -- use your bolts and cone of cold and kite them down a floor (which should still be cleared -- be very careful to avoid aggro range from the elite while moving, and keep LOS on the stairs in mind), employ a well-timed Cold Snap, and enjoy your reduced Nova cooldown. Use the instant cast Fire Blast on cooldown for ALL specs doing this, preferably just at the end of a prolonged-cast spell to avoid GCD.

I had to reapply poly on the gnoll at least once during this. Once the dogs are down and the gnoll is still in sheep mode, bandage up and use evocation to get mana and health back quickly as you'll probably be low on both. Once you're ready, engage the gnoll, and you're good.

Once you're free to loot the book, you can just portal back to Stormwind from right there -- no need to climb down and worry about respawns!

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Vor langer Zeit studierten drei Magier in diesem Turm, bis einer den dunklen Künsten verfiel. Man bedrängte ihn, von dieser bösen Magie zu lassen, aber er konnte nicht widerstehen. Und so wurde er verbannt.

Das neue Domizil des gefallenen Magiers ist der Turm von Ilgalar im Rotkammgebirge. Er hat ein mächtiges Buch dorthin mitgenommen -'Urs Abhandlung über Schattenmagie'.

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