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Comment by 4634

This is part of a long chain quest designed to familiarize you with Zul'Gurub and the Zandalar Tribe. Much of the rewards are decent for their level. The Faded Hakkari Cloak is only slightly worse than everyone's favorite Hide of the Wild. Definitely a worthwhile chain for someone that doesn't want to shell out for the Hide.

Here's the full quest chain:
- Screecher Spirits(Feralas) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=3520
- The Prophecy of Mosh'aru(Zul'Farrak) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=3520
- The Ancient Egg(Hinterlands) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=4787
- The God Hakkar(Temple of Atal'Hakkar) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=3528
- The Lost Tablets of Mosh'aru(Eastern Plaguelands) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=5065
- The Final Tablets(Lower Blackrock Spire) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=4788
- Confront Yeh'kinya(Tanaris) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=8181
- The Hand of Rastakhan(Stranglethorn Vale) - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=8182

Comment by Doranos

The egg is guarded by 3 level 50 - 51 elite trolls that walk a tight circle around the egg.

I soloed this as a level 52 Paladin using engineering to assist me. I rode into Jintha'alor on my mount and ran into the cave. I made it to the room with the egg in the back of the cave before finally dieing. I then rezzed in the corner of the room threw up a quick heal and used my gnomish mind control cap to MC the watcher guarding the egg. I then had the watcher attack the mobs and I bubbled. I ran to the egg released my bubble and looted before the MC wore off.

Comment by 5169

This is soloable by a 50+ rogue. Stand on top of the egg (moving to avoid the patrol if needed), and distract them on the west side. Drop down to the east side, out of line of sight. Loot egg, re-stealth, run.

Comment by 10502

Solo'd as a 52 hunter, in the little tunnel that leads upto the egg you can stand w/o aggro'n anyhting, I got up to there, died, res'd.

Plant Frost trap, send pet in to attack mobs, pull pet back, set him to attack them on the frost trap, you run and loot egg while pet is being slaughtered :p had time to HS out of there too :D

Pet died, but he was a sacrifice I was willing to make :D

Comment by konstantine

Solo'd as a 46 Shadow Priest. Wait till you're in your 50's for this one lol. Died about 35 times.

Comment by 19592

Soloed with a 48 engineer rogue. (5/5 MoD, imp sap)

1. Stealthed up to the egg - No probs.
2. Distracted the group of three.
3. Sapped the named one.
** Be sure to be away from the single guard to the north **
4. (Still in stealth) Used Gnomish net-o-matic projector on a guard.
5. Now out of stealth, used blind on the other guard.
6. Loot the egg.
7. Vanish.
8. Get outta there.

Good luck and hope this helped.

Comment by 22578

Solo it with my level 53 rogue. Stealth go in... Distract the group that is patroling, get the egg and go :p

Comment by 17301

Solod as a 48 rogue. Used the distract on one side of the egg while looting as far back on the other side of the egg as I could. The egg does have a casting time of about three seconds in case anyone was wondering.

Comment by 43769

Alchemy doesnt work. (Lesser) Invisibility or Invulnerability - tried both several times.

Invisibility - you come out as soon as you start opening the egg (regardless of time remaining on potion).
Invulnerability - told me I "could not perform that task while immune."

I wasted a lot of time and effort for nothing.

Comment by ffcloud2000

egg can be located @ 57,86

Comment by daros

Soloed as lvl49 Rogue.
Just distract patroling group and take egg from other side

Comment by 43709

Is it possible to loot the egg while having "Divine Shield" activated?

Comment by Zeneva

Can this be done by 48 warlock?Just send pet aggro all take egg before death ?

Comment by 58914

Is there a "back" way up or do you have to go through all of Jintha'alor?

Comment by lyon116

The easiest wa for a warlock is to use your voidwalker his sacrifice. It will take some soul shards and you need to summon him right away. So they can't hit you and you can get the egg=)

Comment by 52345

are u sure its 57,86? on the map its a bunch of mountains

Comment by Avalonia

I corpse hopped this on my warlock. It took about 45 minutes. If you can't get a group and don't feel like fighting you can just corpse hop to the top and summon your voidwalker in the cave and grab the egg before you die. You will definately die a lot but at 51 it was probably the easiest and fastest way to do this quest without a group.

Comment by BlackCat

Soloed as a 49 rogue. It would be impossible for any other class (druids don't have distract/vanish).
Stealthed up to egg, distracted them when they were on the side next to the other guard, looted the egg, died, and spirit healed. Be careful to get all of the patrol when you distract, and be aware that they can resist (I attempted to use the same technique to hearth out, one resisted and and she aggroed, pulling the others :P). The whole thing took 10-20 mins (I wasn't watching the time)

Comment by CharlzO

To get to the egg, you must go through the cave to the end, through a bunch of 50s elites. The egg itself, is guarded by 3 mobs. You either need a group, or a good strategy to solo to get it.

I was able to do it as a 50 Warrior. I had to die / spirit run the whole way through the cave, and then basically, pop Bloodrage while getting beat on enough to try an Intimidating Shout. The first time, two mobs resisted. The second, they all feared, giving me JUST enough time to loot the egg before dying..I spirit rezzed, and hearthed out to finish. Not an easy way, but possible.

Comment by 43216

The egg is that the back of a cave at the very top of Jintha'Alor, so if you're horde, be sure to pick up all these quests from Raventusk village:

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7850
(Tons of vessels to grab as you make your way up to the top)

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7862
(80 elites to kill, it sucks, but you can get half of them on the way up, and half on the way down)

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7849
(Might as well get these while you're going up, right? Good xp and gold)

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7861
(The princess is at the top, and you'll run into more than 20 guards as you go into the cave to get the egg)

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7845
(The egg is guarded by Hitah'ya the Keeper, who drops the key for the second part of this chain)

And if you haven't already done Zul'Farrak, be sure to pick up the sacred mallet too: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=9241

Do all of these at the same time, trust me, you don't want to have to go back... Jintha'Alor is such a terrible place to be!

At least Hordes have all these quests for Jintha'Alor, I ALMOST feel bad that Alliance have to go through everything JUST for the egg.

Comment by 74335

Sorry guys, this may seem not obvious to some people, like me. But the egg, to be clearer, is located in a cave. (As stated ^^) Heres how to get there. (Bring a fiend, suggested)

1. Enter Jintha'Alor, you'll notice it's full of nasty troll elites.
2. Work your way to the top of the "temple" (i suppose you can call it.) This isn't hard, just follow the roads and go up every set of stairs you come across.
3. Keep gonig up until you see a the cave that is marked on your map. This is not the right cave, but it is close to it.
4. Facing the cave, turn left. It is the very left route. You will enter a very opened - spaced, what you might call, ritual area. It is guarded by elite dogs, elite guards, and a named NPC.
5. You will see also there is an altar in the middle of this place, with a horde troll on it, in a dead position. This marks the entry to the cave. The cave entrance is around where the troll is.
6. Work your way through the cave. This may require some naked suicidal runs to save repair bills, and lots of corpse runs, which thankfully, are around the horde base, so it isn't too far.
7. You'll come to the end of the cave, where there is another named NPC, and two guards patrolling in circles around the egg. It is very hard to kill these people to reach the egg, and can only be looted if they are not attacking you somehow. You cannot be bubbled, stealthed etc. I suggest bringing a friend with you so u can ninja loot it ^^
8. Get the hell outta there, and pray you will never have to return. : )

I hope this helps!!
Good luck!

Comment by 63180

Soloed by 49 rogue. Distracted the patrol which walked around the egg, sapped one, blinded one, gouged one (improved by the combat tree) which JUST gave me enough time.

Comment by 57019

Soloed it as a Paladin, was able to loot it before i got attacked. So no need for a pet or any cc,s to get it :]
Had to die on purpose and res alot to get to the egg though.

Comment by 69950

did it as a 49 druid .. stealth
barely made it .. entered combat and about 1 second before they hit me i got it ... very close

Comment by Rfvcool

easy quest for balance druid, just use force of nature and loot the egg)

Comment by Shalois

Very easy quest if u are Rogue. just stealth in and distract =)

but if you have the Saving Sharpbeak quest, its probably smarter to get a group and kill Vile Priestess hexx at the same time.

Comment by kiramuya

as a druid, i was stealthed in cat, then came back to human
was able to loot the egg before then start attacking me
but after looted the egg...had to sit there in bear form and wait for them to kill me.... -.-lll

Comment by 94134

Solo'd As lvl 51 Balance Druid (NE)

- prowled inside
- summoned treants near the egg-guardians
- while they were having fun with my treants i stole their egg and waited for my own murder :-)

Now trying to create the mallet of ZF alone
For this quest: creativity helps!

Comment by Brmonkey

Rofllll, this can be soloed by anyone willing to die a few times (much MUCH easier for a stealther).

Basically, you need to somehow get to the room with the egg, via dying many many times I would imagine or by stealthing there. Now, as a feral druid, I thought I didn't stand a chance since I didn't realize that the mobs in the cave are higher level than all the others outside (they were about lv 49-51).

I did this at lvl 53 and just waited for the pats to be on the opposite side of the rock the egg is on and broke stealth to loot (I went to humanoid form of course) and the time it took them to walk around the opposite side to my side and aggro me was JUST enough to loot it (make sure you auto loot it!). I went back into cat and sprinted out (also using my stopwatch for an extra boost when sprint wore out) and I magically made it out alive with about 1% HP left!

Now, for people who can't stealth, I imagine you need to make it up there and do exactly what I just said (except instead of un-stealthing, you rez!) You probably will have to take a spirit rez once you loot it.

Really, this tactic requires a bit of common sense, so if you're not confident in yourself as a player, then I would just look for help, but if you think you're an intelligent player who knows how the game works, then you may be able to pull through :)

Comment by 52664

YAY for 2.3!

The Avatar of Hakkar will spawn more often, as this has generally been the biggest bottleneck for the quest. This quest will be as easy as pie now that post-2.3, all outdoor mobs will become non-elite.

Before: 3 elites guarding the egg, including a healer.
Now: 3 non-elites, easy as pie. =D

Comment by Aichi

Solo'd as a 48 mage. I ran up to where the egg is, suicided, ran back, res'd on top of the egg, frost nova'd, then polymorphed the spellcaster. I grabbed the egg and then died. But I still got it :)

Comment by 115280

i soloed as a lvl 47 mage, i died lots to get to where the egg is, but just couldn't clear it, so what i did was, i got my ghost to the back of the egg and while the 3 guards where on the other side, i ressed and clicked the egg, luckily i got the egg, then i tried running but didn't go far.

this is if you are too low to kill the guards, otherwise just clear your way. i'm all yellow now. O.o

Comment by Warned

Hmm..

I'm at that cave but no egg in there.. :S
Maybe it respaw later?

Comment by 106614

there are no elites there anymore 22.01.08 (not sure when it changed but they are no more :))

Comment by 53871

it is correct that there are no elites, but as previously stated, they are all still there..

Personally, did this as a level 46 mage..

Died 15+ times getting there due to not killing anything.. just running, dieing, running, dieing.. etc.

Anyways, if you go through a pit with slimes in it, turn around.

Also, the cave with two 50 elites standing guard = wrong cave.

I'd suggest heading over to the Alter of Zul and getting the mallet to create the Mallet of Zul'Farrak while you're in the area.

Good luck!

Comment by bulentgercek

It's very easy for Shadow Priest (lvl 50).

I Mind Soothed all the mobs on the stairs to the cave. in the cave, killed some mobs and mind soothed again. I saw 3 guard is standing for the egg. First used shield and quickly killed healer. While killing healer i casted Shadow Word : Pain and Devouring Plague to the other mobs. After killing healer the other guards have 3/1 health:) And killed easly. Taked the egg and finaly used my heartstone to go to Tanaris to give the egg to the Quest giver:)

Thats the way with Shadow Priest ;)

YOSCURA

Comment by 8775

That's the million dollar pickle.

On the 1st trip, alliance player turns Sacred Mallet into Mallet of Zul'Farrak. Heads to ZF for the Carrot-on-A-Stick quest.

2nd trip, alliance player finished the mosharu tablets quests from ZF & now needs to rescue Sharpbeak... guess where.

Comment by 154349

Spent nearly two hours with a mage friend trying to two man this (I'm a prot pally). He's 43 and I'm 46...

Bad idea. They may not be elite but they sure do respawn fast. Cleared to the egg room, wiped on the three gaurds due to an uncanny amount of resists and LoH on CD. Ran all the way back and by the time we got to our bodies all the surrounding mobs had respawned. Res. Die. Spirit res. Portal and /cry :(

Attempt #2 coming up in two more levels.

Comment by 138715

Very easy for a rogue. (level 48)

Stealth in, distract, loot egg, stealth out!

Comment by 179858

This is how i did it with my 49 druid.

Prowl to Hitah'ya the Keeper and pounce and kill her, use regrowth and rejunavation and change to bear form and kill the remaining 2. Still had 2500/3200 hp left after. Easy like a cake!

Comment by 59715

Just mount to the cave unless you want a little xp on the way up. Once in the cave go to the right and it kinda wraps around and goes up to 2nd level where egg is. If you are below level 50, prepare to waste alot of time grave yard running back once in the cave. I personally think soloing this quest is a total waste for the rewards unless you are trying for the whole chain. Even with chain its a waste thesze days, especially with 2nd expansion coming out. No reason spending hours to get gear you will replace the next day.

Comment by Rayder

since 3.0.2 patch, the guards are no longer elites.

Comment by 262687

I soloed this as a 48 Holly Paladin, it wasn't too bad but just took alot of time. I made my way to the cave killing 2 or 3 trolls at once to save time. Once I got into the cave I pull those 50-51s one at a time making sure to always kill all the casters first. They will hex you and turn you into a sheep for most of the fight. Once I got to the egg, there was 3 lvl 51s protecting it, NO elites since the patch all of them are non-elites which made it a pretty easy fight. Once I got to the egg only took me 2 mins to finish off all 3 mobs, but getting there was a pain.

Comment by 290726

This quest does NOT count towards Loremaster of Kalimdor achievement.

Comment by 297337

This is how I did it with my Lvl 50 warrior.

1). go to defensive mode when you reach the egg chamber.
2). let them hit you till you have 25 rage.
3). Use Intimidate Shout. (make sure you can shout all three of them)
4). you will have 8 seconds to loot the egg, and the opening time of the egg is 5 sec. I did Shift + left click.
5). you can try to kill them.

Comment by 265704

I did this as a level 51 Hunter with my Gorilla. The only hard bit was once you find the egg and have to kill the 3 mobs. I can confirm there are no elite mobs.
Keep to the paths, and keep going up stairs. The opening to the cave is also marked by, what looks like, a mask on a rock. Work your way through the cave is simple enough. Level 50/51 inside the cave. I do recommend hearthstoning out of the mine as i dont fancy killing them all again.
Good Luck!

Comment by 322153

Solo'd as a 48 disc priest (WITHOUT DYING).

1. Pull alll mobs 1 by 1 (or as many as you can) on your way to the cave.
2. Single out the few elites outside the entrance to the cave.
3. When at the egg focus on healer. After she is dead FEAR, loot the egg and run.

Always use power word shield and fear to their fullest and this is easy (just takes 45 min-1h)
Also if you fight your way up you get a nice 40k xp from all the kills.

Comment by 106753

These trolls are no longer Elite. Super easy to finish

Comment by Kingkaiba

Muahahaha hurray for Paladins, pull entire cave -> bubble -> holy shock heal yourself and spam concecration once bubble is gone. Can't make it easier!

Comment by Tygandre

Solo'd as a 46 elemental shaman... was kinda painful, took forever to kill the 51 mobs. Magma totem is your friend... when I got to the Keeper and her guards, I just waited till they pathed around the other side of the egg, ran up and looted it while they ran around it and rezzed at the spirit. Ran back up later when I had more patience to finish it, haha.

Comment by 350904

I read a lot of the comments here up towards the top, and didn't read the ones since 3.0.2, and just wanted to add another comment to confirm that this is pretty easy at level 48, now that the guards and so on are no longer elite.

Comment by 305415

HAHA! Solo'd as a lvl 47 pally. I died a few times going up to the cave because Priestess Hexx kept polymorphing me and pounding on me. Anyway, I waited until she was outside the entrance to the cave at the altar and ran in there and kited the guard at the entrance deep enough so that she wouldnt aggro when she walked in and killed the guard. I am a ret pally and I had the Judgements of the Wise at 3/3 talent points. Using Seal of Light, Blessing of Might, Judgement of Light and Exorcism, I was able to work my way through the cave itself without dying. When I got to the Egg with the three guards, I popped Divine Protection and just went for the egg. Sure they attacked me but they couldnt hit me hard enough to kill me. When I got the egg I ran for it and when I got far enough away, they stopped chasing me. Hearthed out! Piece of Cake!

Comment by 305415

By the way, my above post was with patch 3.1.2.

Comment by 48128

All the prequests count towards the achievement; Loremaster of Kalimdor
This one however does not, i got so angry that i didn't took the next one of the chain, it wouldn't surprise me that that one doesn't count either.

Comment by 415326

where can i get the q?

Comment by 421001

where is the egg?

Comment by 331326

There are still 3 mobs surrounding the egg when you get to it (took raddudedans directions, very helpful) . soloed as a lvl 48 disc priest, took on all 3 mobs and lived, bubbled, took out the name, refreshed bubble, took out the other 2 guys. Make sure you keep your bubble and your dots up on whomever you are killing, makes em die faster (duh). didnt even get near dying, was almost oom at the end tho. GL!

Comment by 293218

For priests, Mind Soothe is great when having to run by mobs. I haven't had one attack me that was soothed yet.

Comment by 438225

It's a long walk back to the top if you die in the cave while trying to get the egg. Try to stay alive, and save yourself much frustration

Comment by dustinmclaughlin

Ok, Easy Mode for Pallys.

Lvl 46 Prot/Ret

I did this as Ret...but forget all that. Run in there, die, run back, run, die and repeat until you die on the egg.

Stand behind the egg and as soon as the mob is directly in front of you and the egg, make sure your res button is over the egg, res and quickly click the egg. (For some reason you cant bubble and loot it, F*** you Blizz.)

You got it. Now die, res sickness and hearth.

I know this isnt the most 1337 way, but i hate this place and im sure you do too.

Comment by 362781

I got one that beats all of yours... 50 balance druid... summon treants on top of them... get egg... get my butt outta dodge

Comment by 356910

Soloed as a 46 Disc priest... lol XD It's tough, there are different mobs on each level, but learn from every fight and succeed... that's all the advice I have to offer :P

Oh yeah, and don't go into the city with only seven drinks on you...

Comment by 560996

Soloed as a 47 BM Huntard with a Cat for pet. Just use your mount until you get to the cave. After that up to you. You can run and use Feign Death or other similar skill when mobs attack you or kill them. Fight is pretty easy. Aggro them with pet, mend, heal, drink potions if needed to distract them for a second, traps, mobs dead :) Well, easy quest for a Hunter with Ferocity pet ( it is able to kill a mob only by itself ). I am sure with tank will be even easier.

Comment by Anxa

Solo'd as a 45 Druid -

Died inside the cave on top of the egg, rezzed on the opposite side as the three elites. Auto-looted the egg the instant I popped up, had a second to spare as well. Spirit rezzed, all around not too bad.

Comment by 1018940

Such a long quest - you need to travel a lot - and it doesnt count for Loremaster... :(

Comment by higgins1289

(patch 1.12.1)Solo'd as rogue at 49. No imp sap.

Sap guard one.
Pop evasion to avoid stun from other guard.
Blind guard two.
Gouge named caster chick.
Click Egg.
Her Shadowbolt shouldnt hit you before you loot the egg.
Vanish.

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The Ancient Egg

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Bring the Ancient Egg to Yeh'kinya in Tanaris.

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The Prophecy of Mosh'aru speaks of an ancient egg. It is a relic of a time when trolls ruled vast empires, and it has the power to hold the essence of Hakkar. It may be the only way to keep our world safe from his evil.

Bring me the ancient egg, <name>. It is said to lay hidden deep within Jintha'Alor in the Hinterlands, in a cave behind the amphitheater at the top of the city.

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