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Safeguarding the Watchers

Kill Lord Klaq and return to Windcaller Blackhoof at the Cenarion Refuge.

	Lord Klaq slain

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In your travels, you might have encountered some of the expedition's watchers. They do the majority of the field work: documenting the unique inhabitants of the marsh, collecting samples, and making contact with sentient species.

The safety of the watchers is paramount, <class>. We've had to recall the watchers we sent to explore Funggor Cavern to the south, because of marshbeast attacks. Warden Hamoot believes that killing their leader, Lord Klaq, will bring a swift end to the attacks.

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Rewards

You will receive: 2 70

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

9,720 experience
250 reputation with Cenarion Expedition

Comments

Comment by enasima

He's surrounded by about 3 Marsh Dredges/Lurkers. Soloed this as a 62 mage without a hitch. You'll find him at the lowest point of the cave; you can jump down from almost any spot if you want to get to him quickly.

Comment by Evanelf

It's really easy because the Sporeloks help you...his spawn time is sorta slow but he spawn at 72,94 deep in the cave for me.

Comment by lichee

He's non elite. Cake quest.

Comment by Babcok

I don't get the Quest ... maybe someone has an Idea ?? My friend get the quest an he has killed the Lord ...

Comment by Aliaria

I personally thought this quest was completely easy. The spawn rate wasn't all that slow for me, and wasn't surrounded by anything. Easily soloed by a level 63 rogue.

Comment by caged

I think you have to be friendly with Cenarion before you can get this quest. Once I hit friendly, about 7-8 more questgivers just popped up.

Comment by Split

EZmode on 62enh shaman.. in fact the attack speed is so slow, you can get in a LHW if need be with no cast slow-downs. ALSO make sure u have the quests: "A Damp, Dark Place" and " Saving the Sporeloks"

Comment by Split

forgot to add, do make sure u check the clams you get - i got 2 golden pearls and 1 Jaggal Pearl

Comment by xankriz

You can do two other quests at the same time.

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9788

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10096

Comment by boo9ni

i recomend that u fight ur way don the cave instead of jumping down cuz when u jump u will get agrom from all 4 mobs at the same time if u go fight your way u can simply pull the 2 first mobs andafter that pull the lord and the reamining.

Comment by ShadowStep

I soloed him 62 Shammy (easy) only healedmyself 2 times - 3 shooted the guys aroung him then took him out in 4! Not that hard. If your a Mage, Rogue, Warrior, or Shammy you can do with 1 person. If your a feral Druid, you can do it with ur eyes shut cause feral druids are too good and i hope they get nerfed in next patch! - To all the Feral Druid Ally's that ghanked me - LOL

Comment by Kampai

No need to be friendly with CE, I just got the quest as Neutral. I'd guess some of the other quests opens this up.

Comment by Wildhorn

TO GET THIS QUEST: You need to complete http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9747 . It DOESNT require any reputation level.

Comment by MikeNGoX

Cave entrance at (74, 92), Lord Klaq is at (72, 94) and the path from the road to the cave is at (77, 86).

Comment by Sp1tFiRe

pulled without any adds and no sporeloks already fighting them as a 63 shaman

Comment by Jhanii

Soloed as lvl 63 holy paladin. I pulled him with 2 adds. I waited on Sporeloks, but i don't think they would be such a great addition...

Comment by Thebigbill

I soloed as 61 combat rogue just wait for some Sporeloks and i killd him without getting some adds on me.

Comment by Tenshiecho

This quest was very easy, soloed as a 63 fire mage.. I am almost sure I could have done it well before this level.
coords are exact as well ^^

Comment by axionzor

Soloed as a 62 warrior easily. Shot at the add to the far right, killed the two adds and got Lord Klaq all by myself. Didn't even have to use Recklessness.

Comment by mangeh

Soloed as 62 hunter, easiet group quest ever.

Cave Entrance at 74,93 and Lord Klaq is located at 72,96.

Comment by Bloodphoenix

Easily soloed as a 61 Warlock.
Somehow managed to pull him alone with Curse of Agony, despite the 3 guys standing directly next to him.
Very very easy quest.

Comment by TinkerBell

This quest is a piece of cake for a BM specced hunter.
Here's what i did:
Make your way ontop of Lord Klaq, not down to him.
If you have 3/3 on Hawk eye you can reach him from this distance.
So mark him, put on Eye of the Beast, get your pet down there and cancel Eye of the Beast.
Put on Bestial Wrath, rapid fire and Indimitation (For aggros purpose).
Just bomb him with your arrows until he dies.
It's many adds down there so if your pets health is below 50%, Mend Pet him/her and the adds will aggro you instead.
While they're on their way up to you, the Sporeggar npcs will aggro the most of them, lay a Frost Trap if necessarily.
When Lord Klaq is dead, just kill the others and you're done :)

Side notes: The Lurkers and Dredgers don't deal high amount of damage and they're slow so your pet will do fine down there, however, use Mend Pet anyways just incase. They can do high amount of damage if they do critical strikes.

You can do 3 other Quests in here also in one sweep.
A Damp, Dark Place (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9788)
Saving the Sporeloks (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10096)
Plants of Zangarmarsh (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9802)
Unidentified Plant Parts have a high droprate in here, i'll guess on about 30-65% for me anyways.

Hope this helps :)

Comment by relentlass

This is very easy to solo as 62 feral druid, along with A Damp, Dark Place (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9788) and
Saving the Sporeloks (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10096).

Use cat form and stealth to kill your way to lord Klaq. When you get to the outer chamber, use faerie fire or moonfire to pull solos until you only have the 3 guards and Klaq. Wait until they are mob-attacking a sporelock. pull Klaq with faerie fire, and use bear form to kill him. He's not elite so he dies before you need frenzied rejuvenation. Pop rejuv, kill the remaining mobs. Other sporeloks will help you though they don't do much damage.

Comment by Cutneck

Soloed as a 61 rouge just got close enuff to first add to aggro then solo it and same with 2nd on then took klaq and the last addon at once

Comment by Twacker

I just soloed this quest as a 62 shadow priest. Probably the easiest group quest ever. I pulled 2 of the lurkers away and killed them, waited for the Sporelings to spawn and then took down Klaq before he could even run to me and hit me.

Comment by Slyniti

I was able to pull Klaq with a Vampiric Touch as a lvl 62 shadow priest. None of the adds aggroed when he ran through them.

Comment by BoJlk

Althoug they're very close to each and it's easy to suspect that if you aggro one the other will follow.

This is not the case with this quest.
According to the comments above you will aggro maximum two of them.

Comment by Pantar

shadow preist- --- llevitate down to the back and take em out one by one

Comment by doremon

uhhh.. i dont know what happened but i mana tapped klaq n run back to the small opening.. he came alone without agroing the others around him

Comment by Daywish

Shoulden't be marked as a group q imho, it's easy soloable ... did it unscratched solo as an 61 frost mage ... free xp imho, you still gotta go there for the other 2 quests so ...

Comment by amensentis

i managed to pull him without his adds by just attacking him =S was prepared to fight all the mobs, but only he came, rather weird...

Comment by kjaergaard

just did this with my 62 hunter. Quite easy since it's possible to pull Klaq without pulling any of the mobs standing around him.
GL all

Comment by Egame

Did this as a level 61 troll frost mage, pulled the two adds with Couterspell and killed 'em off after that. On Klaq I popped Berserking, Icy Veins and used my trinket and then 3-shotted him with frostbolts. It's a really easy quest.

Comment by sleepypirate

This quest was really easy. Just did it with my 61 warrior. Just walking around trying to find the chest for http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9788 stummbeled across the mob and killed him. I was able to pull him and one of the Lurkers near by. Didnt have any trouble at all with killing both of them

Comment by eljay

easy soloable as a 62 hunter just go for it..

Comment by roarana

for hunters...freezing trap is worthless cuz the Sporeloks will attack it even when it is frozen but other than that good luck

Comment by Theus

I rly didn't get why it was suggested to do that q in group. well, yes, Klaq is guarded by two other mobs, but its a peace of cake for a 62 lvl feral druid. didn't even have to heal myself, just used my trinkets' abilities. easy xp :)

Comment by bigfoot252

Pretty much the only danger for this quest, is when (or if) you jump down, you aggro the three on the lower level.

Comment by StevieN1991

Never fought an easier boss mob in all my days. It says "group" in the quest panel for this, but you can do it solo with complete ease. Did it as a 64 druid: used cat form and had him as good as dead before he even got the chance to really put the hurt on me

Comment by TraaTerenas

This quest is an absolute joke for a Prot Paladin. When I killed him on my 63 Protadin, I pulled all four at half health and half mana and forgot to buff myself. Healed once. Was wearing almost all OL greens. Don't worry about this one ; )

Comment by wowaddict13

Its very easy to solo i did it at 61 as a protadin :)

Comment by Kone

this is a solable quest by almost every class thanks to the little dudes.

Comment by maciok

Easily doable by a 62 fury warrior.
Just pull boss from range and he will come with 1 or no adds.
Have no idea why this is marked as a 'group' quest.

Comment by Wrackt

If you're a Blood Elf and don't want to deal with all the adds around him, just hit him with a mana tap and he will come alone.

Comment by Toryn

Like everyone is saying, there is no reason why this is a group quest. Maybe he used to be elite and Blizzard just forgot to remove the "group" label from the quest.

Anyways, as a lvl 63 Retribution paladin, Klaq fell faster than a two year old running on sand with his shoes tied together. I bubbled and jumped from above, focused on Klaq and then took out his friends.

Comment by Farnor

Soloed as 60 destro warlock, Lord Klaq is with two lurkers 60-61, all of them elementals. With a Voidwalker, banish one the lurkers, kill the other one, kill the banished lurker and then kill Lord Klaq (Immolate>Curse of Agony> Corruption>Many Shoots> Conglagrate).

Comment by BoxyDarkSpawn

Soloed as a 63 Demonology Warlock with absolutely no problem. He has 3 adds, but I was lucky enough to have a few Sporeggar guys down there fighting them. Ran in mopped him up and booked.

Comment by SockPuppet

I did this one the "hard way" on my 64 Feral Druid, by just prowling up behind Klaq and having at him while he and the other three beat on me. I didn't have any help from the sporelings, but I'd dropped Klaq and one of the adds before I had to heal. Then dropped the other two, all in kittyform. Very simple quest, just bash 'n' heal 'n' bash some more.

Comment by daxiongmao87

for those without coords, map

Comment by gringow84

Soloed at 63 as a shadow priest but ended up dying a few min. later :P

Comment by DyingScarecrow

Soloed this on my level 62 rogue with no Spore people to assist me. Tried to pull the main mob, he brought one friend so I turned on Evasion and Blade Flurry - when they were both relatively low I used Killing Spree to finish them both off and then vanished before anything else came around.

Comment by Mavada

Whipped Klaq and his cronies like they were red-headed step-children, L65 Prot Warrior (ok alittle over powered for them) but damn it was fun. Hardest part of quest is finding him in that twisty turny cave system. I got lost and had to kill everything all over again. Quick respawn rates. Have fun. :)

Comment by Krazycarn

This guy is a joke. Although it propably did have something to do with sporeggar dudes.

Comment by Krazycarn

If you are a miner, look at for the couple of Adamantite Deposits that are there. I only found 2, but with a possibility to drop 7 motes of earth, thats pretty good.

Comment by Mudley

Soloed with my level 62 Unholy Death Knight. Was able to pull every one of them, one at a time, using Death Grip and a little patience. Even pulled Klag without attracting the last of his helpers standing behind him. Just take your time and inch forward to get into range with each one. Have your Ghoul (or Pet) on passive.

Comment by ralfalso

soled him 62 balance druid
use swarm then typhoon then barkskin and hurricane and your good will clear the whole room hes very easy

Comment by smtroll75

Turned him back into top soil as a 63 Paly. Will use his and his adds corpes as fertalizer from now on.

Comment by janan2

I am really confused. The coords for this quest on carbonite are around 22,7 and I don't see a cave. There are level 7x ogres walking around which doesn't seem to go with a lvl 62 quest. Any thoughts?

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