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Patch 4.2: Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

This guide is currently outdated (as all information here was from before Patch 4.2 went live).

Because of the new guide-system, a much more extensive and updated guide has been added - see here!

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The Story so far...
The Quest-chain for Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

What You Will Have Experienced
Models
Screenshots
A Closer Look at the StaffThe Three StagesShadowmourneDragonwrath

NOTICE: It seems that the first two items has disappeared out of the blue at some point during the Public Test Realm, but still shows up as quest-rewards at the respectful quests Nordrassil's Bough and Alignment. This is the reason for the potential broken item-links, and is most likely either a slip-up or a bug.

Quest-line:

Stage 1 - What the Timeless Eye Unveiled

Stage 2 - The Ascension of the Blue Aspect

Stage 3 - The Heart and Souls of Flame

Item:

Branch of Nordrassil

Runestaff of Nordrassil

Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Model:

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Dragonwrath is designed to be DOT-friendly. Simply put, it has a chance to copy each tick of a DOT spell. There is no internal cooldown, since we want it to be good for warlocks and Shadow priests.
Furthermore, the proc chance is adjusted favorably for pet specs that derive a significant portion of their DPS from pets.
Our goal is to tune Dragonwrath in such a way that you can give it to any caster without anticipating certain classes or specs getting a bigger benefit than others.

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The Bastion of Twilight

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Throne of the Four Winds

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Once any of these achievements have been unlocked, players can accept the quest A Legendary Engagement from Ziradormi in Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar, or Coridormi atop the Wizard's Sanctum in Stormwind (players who have already completed any of these achievements are immediately eligible for this quest). Players who become eligible for the quest series by killing a Molten Lord in the Firelands will automatically receive the quest Your Time Has Come, leading them to the start of the questline. The legendary item questline is only available to druids, mages, priests, shaman, and warlocks.

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A Legendary Engagement

A Wrinkle in Time

All-Seeing Eye

On a Wing and a Prayer

Through a Glass, Darkly

Actionable Intelligence

Delegation

Nordrassil's Bough

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Ziradormi / Coridormi

Anachronos

You start the legendary quest-chain by talking to either Ziradormi (located in Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar) or Coridormi (located in the Wizard's Sanctum in Stormwind), who asks you to travel to the Caverns of Time located in Tanaris and speak to the mighty Bronze dragon Anachronos, who most players should remember from the quest-chain to unlock Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj back in Classic.

A Wrinkle in Time

Anachronos

Upon speaking to Anachronos, he will let you witness the current future of Azeroth. This will be shown by a cut-scene depicting the future event and the terrible fate that will befall Azeroth - unless something is done quickly. It seems only the help of a mortal will prevent it from happening. As you might have guessed, this mortal is going to be you.

All-Seeing Eye

Anachronos

The future of Azeroth does not look good. Luckily, Anachronos knows of how to create an artifact that can unveil the events that seems to take place at Coldarra - the domain of the Blue Dragonflight.

The gathering of these materials will be your first real challenge, as the 25 Eternal Ember will take some time to get by. Now that the Firelands are opened, research shows that they, in fact, Bind on Pickup and can be Master-Looted. They seem to drop from bosses in stacks of 1-3 on 25-man, and 0-1 in 10-man. They will also only show up, if there is a person present at the raid who is on the quest. Notice that this is not the same as Living Ember, which is the crafting material of this tier (like Runed Orb or Primordial Saronite from Wrath of the Lich King).

On top of all that, there is the (remember that affects this, saving you ) needed to buy the 3 Sands of Time from Yasmin.

On a Wing and a Prayer

Anachronos

Tarecgosa

Now that the Timeless Eye is in your possession, it is time to find out what is going on in Coldarra. After the death of Malygos, the place has become a dangerous place, so travel with caution, and hope you'll find a dragon that won't kill you on the spot.

Through a Glass, Darkly

Tarecgosa

After meeting up with the blue dragon Tarecgosa, and showing her the Timeless Eye, she accompanies you inside the Nexus, which is known as The Nexus during this quest. This involves various encounters, a slighly changed layout, and a fight against Thyrinar, a Twilight Dragon, at the end. However, you will only be able to be assisted by Tarecgosa.

An interesting effect is Presence of Tarecgosa, which seems to be a way of helping casters without healing spells to survive better in the phased Nexus. The naming also fits this quite well, and should give you a nice sneak-peek at how the legendary proc is going to work.

Actionable Intelligence

Tarecgosa

Kalecgos

Tarecgosa advices you to quickly take contact to Kalecgos in Mount Hyjal, so that he may know of the events you both just witnessed. It seems that Arygos is not in league with none other than Deathwing. As you might have guessed, this is not good - at all.

Delegation

Kalecgos

Upon learning of the events, Kalecgos tasks you with an even more difficult mission - to obtain the Branch of Nordrassil from inside Firelands. Should that fail, Nordrassil could be consumed in flame, from a ritual performed in the Firelands. This might be the very same event we witness in Thrall's vision in the official "Patch 4.2: Rage of the Firelands"-trailer.

There has been a bit of uncertainty regarding how the branch should be obtained, especially considering the recent attack from Majordomo Staghelm and his Druids of the Flame, that just paid a visit to Nordrassil in the new The Call of the World-Shaman quest-line.

However, the details of the spell Blessed Defender of Nordrassil directly states that the player "Recently defeated Volcanus the Firelord and rescued the Branch of Nordrassil.". He seems to be a special event mini-boss that will probably show up once a person on this quest is present in Firelands. According to the related spell Blessed Defender of Nordrassil, this could very well end up being quite an interesting fight.

Nordrassil's Bough

Kalecgos

Upon retrieving the Branch of Nordrassil, deliver it to Kalecgos. He has meanwhile taken residence at the Amber Ledge in Borean Tundra, and witnessed the events you saw in The Nexus by himself. He will infuse the branch with powerful magic, turning it into a powerful staff. You should now be the proud owner of Branch of Nordrassil!

Stage 2 - The Ascension of the Blue AspectStage 1 - Quest ProgressionStage 2 - Quest Progression

Emergency Extraction

At One

Time Grows Short

Alignment

Stage 3 - Quest ProgressionTarecgosaFirelandsRunestaff of NordrassilEmergency Extraction

Kalecgos

Kalecgos doesn't feel good about everything that has already transpired, and feels it's safer if Tarecgosa is extracted from Coldarra before anything happens to her. He asks you to accompany him, to ensure that she will be safe.

At One

Kalecgos

Sadly, it seems that Kalecgos was right to be uneased. The three of you are ambushed, and Tarecgosa sacrifices herself to save Kalecgos' life. In order to safe her, and not die completely, Kalecgos asks to bind her essence to you. This is the first time that a dragon essence has been bound to a mortal, which will most likely make it quite the epic event!

Time Grows Short

Kalecgos

Despite temporarily saving Tarecgosa by binding her to you, it can only be made permanent by a (seemingly only blue) Dragon Aspect - and the essence won't last until Malygos' successor has been chosen. Fortunately, there is a way to extend the essence, but it requires powerful materials.

The quest provides no details as how to get the 25 Seething Cinder, but if the drops are similar to Shadowmourne's Shadowfrost Shard, it should be expected that they're rare boss drops from Firelands.

Alignment

Kalecgos

At this point, you have succeeded in extending Tarecgosa's essence within you. Kalecgos uses this to his advantage to get another vote to be Malygos' successor - as you can vote on behalf of Tarecgosa - so that her survival can be ensured. It is unclear what happens with Arygos at this point, but it's safe to assume that he shouldn't be a threat any more. Expect an impressive cut-scene for this event!

This will also mean that the bond with Tarecgosa's essence is strengthened in the staff, further upgrading it, and making you the proud owner of Runestaff of Nordrassil!

Stage 3 - The Heart and Souls of FlameStage 1 - Quest ProgressionStage 2 - Quest ProgressionStage 3 - Quest Progression

Heart of Flame

The Stuff of Legends

... more to come?

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Kalecgos

Hallegosa

Now that Kalecgos has ascended to his new position as the Aspect of the Blue Dragonflight, he wants to thank you for all you have done. This will also mean that he needs to create a "more permanent home" for Tarecgosa, which requires some work.

In order to do that, your primary mission is to retrieve the Heart of Flame from Ragnaros in Firelands. However, you will also need to empower the Runestaff with 250 Soul Flame Essences. This is most likely earned the same way as with the quest A Feast of Souls for Shadowmourne. However, seeing as the requirement is 5 times as big - on top of Heart of Flame - it's not entirely certain if fire elementals from Molten Front counts in addition to Firelands. One can always hope!

Being on the quest also seems to have some impact on the fight against Ragnaros, when looking at the effects: and Rage of Ragnaros. This could mean that the fight might be a bit more tricky than "just" defeating him, or simply be minor changes that only really affects you. We will see soon enough.

After the Runestaff has been sufficiently empowered, and you have retrieved the Heart of Flame, bring it to Hallegosa.

The Stuff of Legends or The Stuff of Legends

Hallegosa

Kalecgos

Hallegosa tells you that the ceremony of handing over the Heart of Flame, and will accompany you to meet up with Kalecgos in your faction's major city (Orgrimmar or Stormwind City). At this point, there are no further quests available in the database, but as this quest is tied to both the achievement Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest, and the staff given as a reward, it might be the last - for now.

Still, there was much rejoicing, as Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest - Guild Edition also gives the whole guild the lovely Lil' Tarecgosa as a companion. The essence of Tarecgosa shall live forever.

What You Will Have Experienced

Carry the amazing staff Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest!

The death of Ragnaros, and his minions in Firelands - especially Majordomo Staghelm.

Disrupting a ritual that would make Nordrassil burst in flame (and we cannot let that happen twice!).

Kalecgos' ascension as the new Aspect of Magic, and new leader of the Blue Dragonflight.

Be the first mortal ever to have fused their essence with a dragon. In this case, the dragon Tarecgosa. Because of this, you might be able to transform into Tarecgosa's Visage, acting as a flying mount!

You, and all of your guildies, gets the cute little companion Lil' Tarecgosa.

... and much more!

Models

Screenshots

Stage 1:

We'll add more screenshots as progress is made.