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Shadowmoon Valley What Strange Creatures... Frankly, It Makes No Sense... Felspine the Greater The Path of Conquest Breaching the Path When Worlds Collide... Tabards of the Illidari Dissension Amongst the Ranks... Besieged! To Legion Hold Setting Up the Bomb Blast the Infernals! The Deathforge Minions of the Shadow Council The Fate of Kagrosh The Summoning Chamber Bring Down the Warbringer! Gaining Access Invasion Point: Cataclysm The Art of Fel Reaver Maintenance The Fel and the Furious News of Victory Illidari-Bane Shard Capture the Weapons The Hermit Smith Additional Materials Fresh from the Mechanar The Lexicon Demonica Underworld Loam Tear of the Earthmother Bane of the Illidari Quenching the Blade The Sketh'lon Wreckage Find the Deserter Asghar's Totem The Rod of Lianthe Sketh'lon Feathers Imbuing the Headpiece Thwart the Dark Conclave A Haunted History Spectrecles Teron Gorefiend - Lore and Legend Divination: Gorefiend's Armor Divination: Gorefiend's Cloak Divination: Gorefiend's Truncheon Teron Gorefiend, I am... Enraged Spirits of Fire and Earth Enraged Spirits of Water Enraged Spirits of Air Oronok Torn-heart I Was A Lot Of Things... A Lesson Learned The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History Grom'tor, Son of Oronok The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The First Fragment Recovered Ar'tor, Son of Oronok Demonic Crystal Prisons Lohn'goron, Bow of the Torn-heart The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The Second Fragment Recovered Borak, Son of Oronok Of Thistleheads and Eggs... The Bundle of Bloodthistle To Catch A Thistlehead The Shadowmoon Shuffle What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets... The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered The Cipher of Damnation Karabor Training Grounds A Necessary Distraction Altruis Karabor Training Grounds A Necessary Distraction Altruis Against the Legion Against the Illidari Against All Odds Illidan's Pupil The Book of Fel Names Return to the Aldor Varedis Must Be Stopped Return to the Scryers Varedis Must Be Stopped Tablets of Baa'ri Oronu the Elder The Ashtongue Corruptors The Warden's Cage Tablets of Baa'ri Oronu the Elder The Ashtongue Corruptors The Warden's Cage Proof of Allegiance Akama Seer Udalo A Mysterious Portent The Ata'mal Terrace Akama's Promise Kindness Seek Out Neltharaku Neltharaku's Tale Infiltrating Dragonmaw Fortress To Netherwing Ledge! The Force of Neltharaku Karynaku Zuluhed the Whacked Ally of the Netherwing Blood Oath of the Netherwing In Service of the Illidari Your Friend On The Inside The Great Netherwing Egg Hunt Enter the Taskmaster A Job Unfinished...

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Comment by 17371

Soloable, you become Teron and he becomes your pet, then you fight Karsius.

Comment by Glassjaw

Spam the second skill, it heals you for a large ammount. Use the third skill, Death and decay whenever it's up to inflict a fair ammount of damage.

Comment by Hexagon

Dismiss your pet before you try this or it wont work.

Comment by Gokou

Easy as pie.

Like Pane said don't look at "your" healthbar, but rather your "pet's health," which is Teron.

Use Death and Decay as much as possible. Like all AoE the enemy must be directly in the AoE for it to do damage. It ticks for quite a lot of damage. So if you cast it and he's not taking damage, move him to the AoE until he does.

Other than that, lifesteals gives you just about full health every time. Using Unholy Armor whenever you can helps too. Whenever you'r D&D is on cooldown, moving around helps reduce damage.

Comment by Sihmm

This chain begins differently depending on whether you're Alliance (A) or Horde (H):

Alliance - starts in Wildhammer Stronghold from Zorus the Judicator:
1. (A) A Ghost in the Machine
2. (A) Harbingers of Shadowmoon
3. (A) Teron Gorefiend - Lore and Legend

Horde - starts in Shadowmoon Village from Chief Apothecary Hildagard:
1. (H) A Haunted History
2. (H) Spectrecles
3. (H) Teron Gorefiend - Lore and Legend

At this point the chain splits into three parts which can be done in any order (and by both factions):
4a. Divination: Gorefiend's Cloak
4b. Divination: Gorefiend's Truncheon
4c. Divination: Gorefiend's Armor

After collected Gorefiend's stuff and returned it to the spirit, you will get:
5. (A) Teron Gorefiend, I am...
5. (H) Teron Gorefiend, I am...

For this final quest, Gorefiend becomes your "pet" and you control him using a pet bar. Having used him to kill Karsius, you return to Zorus or Hildagard to claim your reward. Choose from:
Evoker's Helmet of Second Sight (cloth DPS headpiece)
Stealther's Helmet of Second Sight (leather melee headpiece)
Druidic Helmet of Second Sight (leather magical headpiece)
Stalker's Helmet of Second Sight (mail +AP headpiece)
Shamanistic Helmet of Second Sight (mail +dmg headpiece)
Overlord's Helmet of Second Sight (plate DPS headpiece)

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Comment by 23503

Realize that when you accept this quest it will start in about 5-10 seconds. Just enough time to mount and fly away (as I did not realize lol) so then it whips ya off your mount and back to the spot where you begin fight. When its over it put you back where you were... in my case mid-air with no mount. *grin*

Comment by Kathucka

He has a "Haste" ability, but don't try to use it. It is on cooldown when he appears. If you wait until the ability is ready, your target will despawn.

Comment by 35923

Very easy; just enter melee with Karsius and use every "pet" ability as they become available. Put the AoE on your enemies feet, drain his life and shield as much as possible... no real strategy needed. You can finish this with near full health.

I dismissed my imp and unmounted before trying this, not sure if it was required but didn't want to break anything.

Comment by azeral7677

What do you do if you die and didn't kill that guy I tried talking to the guy again and nothing. Any ideas?

Comment by 40710

Be sure to dismount or you won't be able to attack

Comment by 5057

If you do have difficulties with this quest you have a healer aoe heal Teron Gorefiend, Priest Prayer of Healing comes to mind but even a Druid Tranquility works. Don't try to single target heal though he's an invalid target.

Comment by Siim97

this is very fun
enjoy

Comment by 39479

They must have changed it from very easy.. I was there and had to do it 3 times, and several other people failed as well. I was doing all the skills too .. not sure. In the end it was whether you got the last life steal spell off or died .. it was close ;)

Comment by 48199

if you are in group end another kill him you get the credit :)

Comment by 72116

Also make sure that you are not mounted when you accept the quest as it will bug it out for 5 min

Comment by 67850

Not "easy as pie" anymore......... I finished with about 5% hp left.

Comment by grimman

No, no. Easy as pie.
I just did it, finished with 50-60% health left. :P

Comment by gL455

I found that as a shaman my totems would buff gorefiend, so throw them before teh event starts. also works for people in your grp

Comment by 4361

Took a few tries, but here's what worked best for me (and my group):

1. Start with the AoE/DoT spell.
2. Follow immediately with the lifesteal spell.
3. Use Unholy Armor and lifesteal spell everytime they become available.
4. Done.

I found that aside from opening the fight the AoE/DoT costs too much time. And I recommend using the lifesteal spell right at the beginning for a reason: not to heal yourself, but to do a good deal of damage.

If you lose the fight, simply abandon the quest and retake it.

Good luck!

(If you found my comment useful, please rate it. Thank you.)

Comment by 80941

I just did this quest. Barely lost any life. Just kept using the CD's as they came up. VERY easy fight. Don't even need a group for it. I solo'd this very easily.

Comment by 80273

The way I did this quest was pop haste right away and unholy armor right at the start, just start autoattacking and using unholy armor and touch of darkness everytime they were up, I never used death and decay.

Teron Gorefiend only went down to about 75% hp because I would always get healed up full from touch of darkness.

Comment by Strife

I read a couple times that if the death coil move gets resisted even once its over. This isn't true though because I just completed the quest with 2 death coil resists in a row. So I just wanted to make that clear..

Comment by 119239

only 1 advice, just use abilities whenever the cooldowns are up lol, there's no trick to it.

Comment by 115424

As a hunter if you start the quest while mounted, then fail the quest you will now be mounted with your pet out. Pretty cool bug, reminds me of the old days before they changed that.

Probably works with warlocks too, but I haven't tested that.

Comment by 139868

damn easy to kill the guy!..just do all your spells..and when u r low on healt use the healing spell...IMBA!..easy easy easy

Comment by 152722

This quest should really bind you to the Altar until you complete it.. According to the description at least ;p

Comment by Squeel

it should be noted that you can still be ganked while transformed and fighting the dreanai dude
i had a rogue attack me and kill me while i was doing this quest, thankfully i finished the quest just before he killed me, but it was still a major pain
so just keep an eye out before you start the quest and hope for the best while doing it, just wish i could have used some of the abilities they give you on him, maybe i could, didn't get the chance to find out tho
good luck :D *except to all you undead rogues, you can all go DCD in a BT raid when the glaives drop and you're the next in line for them for all i care >_>*

Comment by 133082

If you are bringing a healer to help out that does not need the quest, they do not need goggles. In fact, without the goggles equipped, you will not be in combat and free to drink when you need mana. Your party will take damage, but you will not even see the dragon.

I did this a few days ago on my priest when I forgot my helm.

Comment by 165547

is it possible to do this quest without a flying mount or form?

Comment by FuxieDK

You did what? FOOL!

You must right this wrong. After all, it is your fault. Take one of these helmets. They are each infused with the ever-burning ash that you retrieved for me. More importantly, they will allow you to see the ghosts of Shadowmoon, including Teron Gorefiend.

But you don't need either spectables or helmet to see Teron Gorefiend.. Why is this?

Comment by 258919

It's soloable. In fact you have to solo it.

You will lose control of your character and be taken into Gorefiend's body (he will be like a pet). You must kill the boss with Gorefiend, and if he dies you phail.

It's relatively easy. Start off by casting the absorb spell, then cast the AoE/DoT spell on him. Continue regular attacks, using the haste buff whenever possible.

Once Teron (You) is down to about 3/4 health, use the health absorb attack.

From here, continue to use the haste buff and the damage shield. Every time the AoE/DoT attack comes up, use it, as well as the life drain. If you keep up life drains and damage shields, and always use some sort of attack, it's an easy kill.

Comment by Trinket90

I discovered a weird bug when doing this quest as a ret paladin. Because I suck, Krasus killed Teron. He then began attacking me--except I was still a little ball of light. I was "pacified" and unable to attack. However, Krasus had only 7k hp left and proceeded to kill himself on my ret aura. He died when I was at only 85% hp (he only hit me for like 150 damage/hit), and I got the credit for the kill. Very convenient.

Comment by 546905

are there any quest to begin this one because i went to him and he wouldnt give me the quest and if there is please tell me what the quest is for the horde side.

Comment by Mamorica

As of this post, this quest is still bugged if you're a mounted hunter with your pet out. You will not be able to attack Krasius. I abandoned the quest, waited a few moments for Teron to reappear and while waiting, dismounted and dismissed pet, then picked up the quest and completed it.

Comment by 863554

after completing the quest the lady says the helmet will let you see teron gorefriend and that if you do see him that you should kill him. is this just dialogue or can he really be found?

Comment by Taercennx

Pull out any pets, minions etc right after you accept the quest. I had time and casted my Army of the Dead as a DK and it was like a 5 sec fight.

Comment by insinu8

I just ran this quest with several toons in a row, following the various advices provided here.
There is one CRUCIAL piece of information missing:

Button #1 (attack) is NOT a toggle.
It is an active attack you MUST use continuously during this encounter in order to kill Karsius before he kills you.

I tried just using the other skills, as noted by several others previously, and died every single time. (I was key mashing 4, 5 & 6 so as to not miss a CD).

So don't forget that ATTACK button!

Comment by 920354

Thanks, insinu8 . . . that seemed to work for me.

I'll add, though, that even though mashing the attack button enabled me to complete this quest (after many failed attempts), I never saw my toon swing his staff, nor did he seem to do any damage with the attack.

Comment by 641887

I just recently found out about a bug which has yet to be mentioned here

Problem: If you have Karsius the Watcher targeted before you pull, you will bug out making the NPC simply impossible to kill

Solution: After the pull, target the elemental behind Karsius, then Re-target Karsius and start attacking again.

I wasn't able to finish this quest until I found out about the bug and tried the solution, so hopefully this helps those in need.

Good luck!

Comment by sn0wflake

Okay, maybe this quest was easy as pie in 2.4.x but in 4.3 it's damn hard!

First, use Unholy Armor (button 5) very wisely! Secondly, don't stand in the circle that steals life (button 6) as it also steals life from yourself! Third, run around life a fool avoiding Teron Gorefiends blows!

Comment by 930259

Almost impossible to kill this guy in 4.3.0

Three friends of mine have tried many times and so far none of us have managed to kill him.

My main problem is that Teron (me) runs out of mana and it does not regenerate. I can get him to 10k but then my mana runs out and the only thing I can do is run around in circles until he kills Teron and my character.

Comment by 930105

To anyone having trouble killing this guy, I suggest simply kiting him around one of the pillars and then blasting him with the life steal ability whenever the CD is up. Did it this way in a few minutes after several failures on the conventional method due to the auto-attack bug.

Comment by dkgirl

For some reason, the basic attack did not work for me. I tried starting out with it and it just said, "you cannot attack that target". Then I tried with the other spells, and finally after the 6th or 7th try i got him... most annoying quest ever!

Comment by Lisalv

A bit extra tricky as of the latest patch. I failed it 3 times before finally managing to do it. Teron wouldn't start his auto attack until my 4th try, even though I pressed the button and tried right clicking the enemy.
In the end, all I did was run around in circles kiting him, using only the lifesteal spell until Teron went oom. Then I simply stopped, dropped an AoE and auto-attacked him to death.

Comment by Romance

I am trying to solo this now, but at about 15% I go oom and can't kill him anymore. I haven't seen anyone with this problem yet. After I go oom, obviously Teron dies, but my own char is silenced and can't finish him off. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to do it anyway?

Comment by Nacosz

Going for Loremaster of Outland I stumbled upon this quest while doing all quests in Shadowmoon Valley.

It took me about 5 tries to realize how to kill him without running out of mana since I couldn't autoattack because of a bug. I found the easiest way to kill him is to cast Death & Decay and tank him in it until it runs out, and use your lifesteal spell on every cooldown. It worked like a charm and I got the quest completed, happily continuing on my quest for the Loremaster title :)

Comment by Deadmau585

Whatever you do, don't accept this while mounted. Completely bugged the quest for me.

Comment by 852431

Okay, so since this quest seems pretty bugged at the moment I'll sum everything up:

Dismount (and dismiss pet?) before you start.
Do not target Karsius before he becomes hostile, or autoattack won't work and you'll die before Karsius does.
After Karsius has become hostile, right-click an elemental behind him and then right-click the Keeper.
Attack might or might not be a toggle. If Teron doesn't keep attacking Karsius after one press, mash the button like a madman.
Don't stand in your Death & Decay, it damages Teron as well.
Use your Lifesteal spell on cooldown
Unholy Armor absorbs 1.2k damage. At 85, we're not used to that being much, but at that level, it's a lot. Use it.
If Teron dies while Karsius is still alive, don't panic. Pull him into a Death & Decay that's left and wait until the DoT kills him.
Use Haste right from the start, before Karsius even becomes hostile. It has unlimited duration, and this will prevent you from wasting time on it during the fight.

Comment by Nathaniel1982

If you are a hunter, dismiss your pet, dismount and then start the quest. If you fail and you are killed as Gorefiend and transformed into a wisp, just call your pet as usual (it will be possible now) and let it kill the Ancient Watcher.

Comment by Buttersnips

Just got this to work after about 7-8 trys, did a little research and finally got this down...

Im a druid.

Dismount, no pets, no forms, just caster form.

Accept quest.

Baiscally when your turned into teron, Untarget Karsius, then retarget him, and start with a melee attack (1). That should allow you to start auto attacking him, giving you enough dps to actually kill him before you run out of mana using the other spells.

Confirmed: 14/03/2012

Comment by 877525

Also: If you're a paladin, having retribution aura up is very helpful.

Comment by Tamardia

I noticed as a hunter there is an easy way to finish this if you happen to die before he does, but with him on fairly low health. Summon your best pet, and since it will most certainly be on assist it will instantly attack the bad guy. He keeps you silenced so you won't be able to do anything but watching, but you will get credit for the kill.

Happy killing :)

Comment by 62941

As the attack button doesn't activate normally, remember to toggle Attack by targeting a mob, like Enraged Air Spirit, before turning into Gorefiend. Attack should work properly after that.

Comment by 988234

Shamans Searing Totem will attack while you are possessed. I didn't try out the Earth and Fire Elemental Totems, but they do not count as pets like a hunters pet so I would imagine they would not affect the auto attack.
Also, I had to abandon the quest each time I failed in order to start again.

Comment by 983821

After a few frustrating days of trying to figure this out on my own I came here and read some strategies. My first time trying to implement them I accidentally pulled one of the air elementals and died quickly. Luckily my mage had Molten Armor on and they both just whacked away until they died.

Short version: Mages make sure you have Molten Armor on, Druids make sure you have thorns on, etc. etc.

Comment by emzyyx

For hunters only: Once you have died in shapeshifting form, you are still unable to kill as you are still posessed, but you can call one of your pets who may be able to finish the job for you! Hope this helps

Also, like someone mentioned before, make sure that you are not mounted...I thought it was bugged for me!

Comment by 1012369

This stupid quest has some ridiculous bugs even in 4.3.

1. Like another person said. If you take the quest, then quickly mount and fly, he pulls you off your mount and back to where he is. When you fail or complete the quest you're back on your mount. If you fail, then you're turned into a wisp, and you basically look like a wisp flying a mount. It looks ridiculous.

2. As another said, if you target your enemy before the fight starts or before you pull. You can't attack him and eventually after 2 minutes he just disappears. Which is just stupid.

3. If you walk off the cliff behind where you are while you are controlled Gorefiend dies and you just go back to being a wisp again in your mount. Or wherever your position was saved before he died.

The whole quest is really bugged and just really stupid in general. Also forcing me to use his stupid, weak attacks to kill the other guy is just boring. GIVE ME THE HELM ALREADY!

Comment by 1020603

OH MY GOD I WANT(ed) TO KILL SOMEONE!

Then, using a combination of all the comments I read, and trying about a million strategies (including running away from him in wisp form, hoping I would come back and destroy), I found the winning formula.

1) I put the Spectrecles on. Not sure if that helps, but I seemed to have no auto-attack problems after I put them on (and being able to melee this brobra is a big part).

2) Do the thing where you click one of the tornadoes in back to make the sword, then right click him and it should have a sword.

Then what I did was essentially lay down that 6 spell, run around him in circles (within my Circle of Death, let's call it) while I'm auto-attacking (and trying to evade his melee). Use the 5 whenever it comes up and then 6 again when it comes up...occasionally use the 4 (but not so much because you don't want to run out of mana).

This worked in one shot and I had a pretty safe amount of HP and mana at the end.

Comment by 838038

I've apparently lost the quest...I couldn't get it to run tried and failed for response, abandonded the quest but the QG wont offer it again. :-(

Comment by Expetra

One of the most annoying quests ever....finally got it as a 68 pally after who knows how many trys. I started out autoattacking and then when I was about half life, I used the run around and use nothing but lifesteal method.

Comment by Draconax

If you have anything you can summon to attack (totems, temporary pets, etc), they will continue to work after you are taken over by Gorefiend. As a monk, I was able to summon Xuen, engage the fight, then have my tiger rip apart the keeper. Very very simple way to win.

Comment by 1045557

Before accepting the quest, summon a pet or put down an aoe that is able to kill the mob. I put down my earth elemental and magma totem, and they finished the bastard almost instantly.

Comment by stickyfingrs

First of all, as soon as you turn in the three pieces of armor then except the next quest you'll be turned into gorefiend. When you see the enemy appear, wait two seconds then put your death and decay right under him. Make sure to right click the enemy, then start clicking anything that isn't on cool down. It's actually pretty easy fight, just click something right when It comes off of cool down and eventually the enemy will die.

Comment by xdynasty

Rate if you've kept it from BC, it's now 5.3.

Comment by 1128848

Spirit: "Now, I will take over your body..."

Me: /click decline

Comment by Schnaider

I've got some problems to do that quest, than I try to do something different: before Teron get my body, I left one AoE spell on the floor (at level 90), than I give a lot of damage at the target and hold full aggro on me all the fight.

Comment by Ravenhair

Here's how I did it.

I kited him around the pillars, only using the Lifesteal. Didn't bother using the shield, since the only damage I was taking was from the Chains of Shadow and the Lifesteal would pretty much heal up all the damage they did. When I was at the point I ran out of mana for Lifesteal, I then used the AoE and started using my auto-attack on him. Meanwhile mana regenerated enough for a shield and immediately popped it. Managed to kill him and had around 20% health or so left. However, he didn't resist any of my Lifesteals on this kill and on the previous try he did, leading to a situation where I died and he had 1.3K left. Therefore I truly think you can't afford a resist on any one of them.

Comment by tacgnol

Since no one has mentioned this yet: Quest is unwinnable as of this patch. Blizzard is aware and working on a fix.

Comment by stevezeman

This quest is still completable in 6.0.2 and here is how.

Bring a higher level with you, have them do the first quest in the chain to pick up spectrecles then when you merge with Gorefiend the Draenei will become attackable for your high lvl to kill then you just go hand in and profit.

Comment by dkdi

Monk here, lvl 90. @#$%s hard but spec Brewmaster and drop a statue next to him before you accept the quest. He'll start hitting it (he can't kill it) and that gives you enough time to kill him. It gets sketchy at times but you should be able to pull through.

Comment by 1426033

If you're having issues with this one as a rogue, this is how i did it:

Choose the shadow reflection talent and pull one of the elementals and accept the quest, before you gain control over Teron you shadow reflect the elemental and spam fan of knives, when you gain control over teron the reflection should hit Kersius and pretty much kill him instantly.

Comment by AchimPeters

If you, like I, accepted the quest, then flew away to do it later - that won't work! It has to be done immediately.

The quest giver is at 58,70. at the altar. Abandon the quest, pick it up again, and this time stay and fight.

Comment by Snagrat

Soloed this as a Balance druid. Make sure you don't have the Guided Stars Glyph active and cast Starfall just before you shapeshift. As soon as he turns red the stars will rain down on him and he will die instantly :)

Comment by 282620

In 6.0 Shamans can summon an elemental (Or just totem) to help with the quest,
If you have some delayed spell you can finish the quest something that will damage it on its own

Comment by frank3n

As of 02-15-2015, this quest is still virtually impossible to complete. HOWEVER...

As a BM-specced lvl 70 Hunter, I was able to "cheat" win by first placing an Explosive Trap where Karsius spawns. Once I aggroed him with Gorefiend abilities, the trap was set off, causing aggro on my "real" self. After using Gorefiend spells to the best of my ability, (and dying) Karsius aggroed the "real me", still in wisp form...

...however, much to Karsius' surprise, (and mine) my Tank pet swiftly engaged. Even though I had my real Action Bars back, the only abilities I found that were able to proc were Bestial Wrath and my pet's Harden Shell, along with all the other pet attacks and taunts. I can't recall if Kill Command actually worked or not, though I'm leaning towards not.

It was a close fight and went down to the skin of my teeth, but popping Last Stand saved the day and, miraculously, Karsius finally dropped.

I realize this is very situational information and can only help a select few, but perhaps this information can help out some of my Hunter bretheren (and the other pet classes as well!)

Good Luck!

Comment by SoCalWoWGal

Note: According to 6.1.0 Known Issues - Updated 2/20/15 -

•The quest "Teron Gorefiend, I am" is much more difficult to complete.

Comment by 1000262

Had issues as an arms warrior so at the start I placed Ravager where he spawns. Didn't time it right so it didn't do any damage to him while he talked, but after I was defeated it caused him to keep attacking me instead of despawning. I was still pacified so I couldn't use any of my attacks, but Ravager was usable again so I placed another one and it killed him for credit.

Comment by zxc2000

As a Demo warlock, you can drop your Grimoire: Infernal even during the fight. At lvl 100 it's a one-shot kill. Failed the quest a bunch of times before this trick worked...

Comment by mchalea93

So blizzard has been aware of this bug since feb. Patch 6.0.3...... however i met someone there doing this same quest and he was a GENIUS. He went to another realm, we both started the quest at the same time, ***THEN***, as soon as we turned into Teron, we added into a group. This let us both attack him at the same time and we were able to kill him before either of us died and both got credit!

Comment by gibblett06

I totally failed on this one and thought I would have to redo it. It turns out being a 73 enhancement shaman, he couldn't hit me much and while I was pacified (when Teron dies, he beats on you but you're pacified), my lightning shield took him down. That was fun... You can pop a potion if you get low on health but have effects that harm mobs who damage you.

Comment by Xernai

Simple and easy way to complete this.

Just before you get controlled by Gorefiend, use an aoe you can place on the ground, as a warrior I used ravager. Once the guy becomes attack-able he will instantly die

Comment by 1482266

Nothing fricking works on this quest. can't ask for help from a higher level to fight or heal you during the encounter.

Comment by 1457847

getting DC'ed whenever i start this quest
checking facebook, wowhead, blizzard forum etc, no DC... nothing
only when doing this quest, if only the bugs wasnt enough

Comment by Geri0n

As of 6/12/15 i was able to solo this as a feral druid.

After many failed attempts, i was ready to give up. However, i remember that we have a Treant talent that allows us to summon a tree as a pet that fights for us. I swapped talents and right before i was transformed, i cast the treant at the air elemental that was behind the Karsius

The treant ran over, killed the elemental, and then came back and waited till Karsius was activated, and he 1 shot him.

I hope this helps all fellow feral druids.

Comment by sarahhh

This quest is still bugged, it appears that stat squish has made Karsius OP. After figuring out a workaround, I was able to complete it as a lvl 100 Hunter.

Seconds prior to my transformation I popped Stampede on the Elemental behind him.
Auto attack does not work if you first begin attacking him, so you will need to toggle your autoattack to another mob then switch to him. Otherwise a death and decay is enough to get pets to switch to him. Stampede 1 shot him, I was instantly DC'd. Upon relogging, I had quest completed. Took me about 20 times to figure this method.

Comment by Lhoudini28

I just wrestled with this quest for about 10 minutes before beating it as a level 80 Hunter. Here's what I did: I put my pet on assist and accepted the quest. I got a whopping single hit on Karsius before he beat Teron. I transformed back into myself and he was still beating on me. I tried all my attacks but got nothing from them. Then I called my pet and my pet killed him. I got credit for it, probably because I hit at least once.

Comment by Icytoast

Took me a few tries, but i beat him by summoning treants on my druid before turning into teron, then the treants killed him and completed the quest.

Comment by Lomedae

Note: according to Patch 6.2 Hotfixes: July 13 - July 16 -

Shadowmoon Valley (Burning Crusade)
Teron Gorefiend, I am...: Players should have more hitpoints while they're Teron Gorefiend and be able to defeat Karsius the Ancient Watcher.

Comment by Chaoslord5

tested with a level 70 today and was able to kill him easily :)

glad to see this fixed!

Comment by 825558

With any helm of Second Sight you can see the Cleric of Karabor#comments

Comment by Chukaka

As of 6.2 I was able to complete this quest on my level 70! Looks like blizz did some fixing

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTVcUPjryBI&feature=youtu.be

Comment by TuanTaureo

This quest is bugged again as of 7.1 at latest. Karsius hits like a truck and you're a wet paper bag as Gorefiend, and there's no way for my elemental shaman to get 50 Maelstrom fast enough to place an Earthquake before the possession.

Comment by swashy

Make sure you dismount before accepting the quest
otherwise all good just did it rite now

Comment by Decrepify

This quest is laughably easy after the squish. The monster died in two button presses in the vehicle.

Comment by Sokolniki

There is actually a story behind why you can't start this quest while mounted, because there was a pretty big bug that involved flying mounts and this quest that was discovered shortly after it became available. Rather than fix the code for it, they opted to just disable the quest while mounted.

Comment by nihiru

As of 2019, you can just one-shot Karsius by using life drain spell once... Kind of sad that it's not challenging anymore as seemingly it was in the past. Really underwhelming.

Comment by ElmaSaenji

So, you are here because of the Mage Tower, yeah? :)
To get this quest with any new alt you shouldn't do the full quest chain. Just go to Zorus the Judicator / Chief Apothecary Hildagard and do (Alliance/Horde):

To get the helm with max possible item level use Chromie Time on the second character and use party sync with that character. Get you reward after that step only.
Remember, that character must have "Divinations" quests completed.

Comment by Chainsaw

can i do this quest on a level 10 character?

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Teron Gorefiend, I am...

The Ancient Shadowmoon Spirit has used you as a pawn! Now that you have collected the items he required, he has revealed himself to be Teron Gorefiend. To break free of his possession, you must do his bidding and slay Karsius the Ancient Watcher.

If you succeed, return to Chief Apothecary Hildagard at Shadowmoon Village.

	Karsius the Ancient Watcher slain (1)

Description

With Gorefiend's items restored, there is but one last piece to this puzzle: A host.

<The ancient shadowmoon spirit's lips curl up to form a wicked grin.>

Surely you did not believe the fairy tale that I told you. The Altar of Shadows is my prison. Without your help, I would have been stuck here for all eternity. Now, I will take over your body and you will destroy my captors and break these bonds. Refuse and we will both be stuck here forever.

Teron Gorefiend will be free!

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Evoker's Helmet of Second Sight			Overlord's Helmet of Second Sight
	Stalker's Helmet of Second Sight			Shamanistic Helmet of Second Sight
	Stealther's Helmet of Second Sight			Druidic Helmet of Second Sight

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10639))