The Stuff of Legends - An In-depth Guide to Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

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Questline:

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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Catching up with the Lore

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The Bastion of Twilight

Blackwing Descent

Throne of the Four Winds

2011-6-24

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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(Your Time Has Come)

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

Ascension of the Blue AspectThe Heart and Soul of FlameSoaring Among the StarsBranch of NordrassilYour Time Has Come or Your Time Has Come

<Automatic upon killing a Molten Lord>

Ziradormi / Coridormi

You will start the quest from killing the first Molten Lord in Firelands, if you didn't already pick up the quest from completing the previously mentioned achievement. You are guided to either Ziradormi or Coridormi depending on your faction.

A Legendary Engagement or A Legendary Engagement

Ziradormi / Coridormi

Anachronos

In case you already completed The Bastion of Twilight, Blackwing Descent and Throne of the Four Winds, you can start the legendary questchain 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 questchain 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. I mean, who else could possibly do it?

All-Seeing Eye

Anachronos

The future of Azeroth does not look good. Luckily, Anachronos knows of how to create an artefact 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 (or grind, if you will), as the 25 Eternal Ember will take some time to get by. Keep in mind that these are Bind on Pickup and cannot be traded. 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).

Overview of Eternal Ember Drops per Boss (all except Ragnaros):

Size / Difficulty	Normal	Heroic
10-man	0-1	0-1
25-man	1-3	1-3

DISCLAIMER: These numbers are based on Patch 4.2, and could - as such - be misleading as of today. I'll gladly update them, based on new experiences. And, yes, it seems intended that Heroic Mode is NOT having increased droprates.

On top of all that, there is the needed to buy the 3x 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...

Don't worry - you'll survive! And, on top of that, you meet up with the dragon Tarecgosa... Name rings a bell, doesn't it? Good, because there's a very good reason for that.

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 slightly changed layout, and a fight against Thyrinar, a Twilight Dragon, at the end. However, you will only be able to be assisted by Tarecgosa - that is, you're all by yourself, and will have to do the entire thing alone and ungrouped.

What to expect inside The Nexus

The progression through the instance is split into 3 different parts, each with unique encounters and challenges. It is worth to note that should you die during any given phase, you will be given a chance to start over again from the phase that you died in. This will last for as long as you want to go on, but keep in mind that grouping up with other people will reset the instance, and forcing you to start over.

NOTICE: It's also incredibly important to emphasize that you cannot complete the event if you're locked to The Eye of Eternity, as that is where the vision after "Phase 3" takes place. This could very well get hotfixed, but for the time being, save yourself the trouble.

For the first phase, you're accompanied by Tarecgosa. She uses various frost- and arcane-based attacks to assist you defeat the bad guys. In addition, she gives you Presence of Tarecgosa, which gives passive health and mana regeneration, as well as a sneak-peek of the proc from Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest.

In this part, you'll primarily face the following opponents:

Icebound Sentinel

Return Fire - Purge- and spellsteal-able.
Erupting Ice - Interruptible and can be avoided.

Magic Hunter - Two will spawn for each Sentinel faced.

Draw Magic - Keep them at range, and down them fast.
~~- Silence, now removed from the game.~~

After the two Nexus Wardens have passed, Tarecgosa runs off with the last Icebound Sentinel after you've been encased in ice. Don't follow her - wait and kill the three Magic Hunters. After that, progress through the gauntlet and quickly kill the mobs, as they do massive melee damage if left alive too long. Keep in mind that you will not have Presence of Tarecgosa until you find her again. When you do, take out the two Icebound Sentinels, one at a time. She'll assist you killing the second one.

After that, you'll have to protect her while she uses her Shatter Door. For that, a special Magic Hunter mini-boss appears:

Ceredos:

Spellflame - Easily avoidable, as long as you have a little range.
Draw Magic - Same as with the Magic Hunters.
~~- Silence, now removed from the game.~~

Upon defeating Ceredos, Tarecgosa will have shattered the wall, and Phase 2 can begin.

If anything, this is a "vehicle" encounter. You will have to jump between Nexus Platforms. You'll start with a small one that floats towards the first big one.

Before progressing further, it's a good idea to get to know what we'll be facing during this encounter:

Twilight Riftweaver

Twilight Fireball - Interruptible, ordinary attack.
Shadow Nova - Uninterruptible, and hits like a truck!
Loose Magic - Use to mitigate the Shadow Nova, by clicking a Loose Magic Orb.

Twilight Spellbinder - two will float in after each Riftweaver defeated.

Twilight Fireball - Same as the Riftweaver attack.

At every big platform, there's Twilight Riftweaver, with 4 Loose Magic Orbs on each of them. Kill them as fast as possible, and use one of the Orbs on the platform in time for the Shadow ability. Save the remaining 3 orbs for dealing with the 2 lesser Twilight Spellbinder (they can even be CC'ed), then use one of their pads to move further towards the east.

At one point, Thyrinar will fly in and attack the big platform you're on with Searing Breath. Use an orb, if you can, and simply jump to the little platform that rose up from below, as fast as you can. Tarecgosa flies in and tears Thyrinar from the sky.

After getting off in the end, the Twilight Invaders will be killed by Tarecgosa, who comes in raining frost shards left and right. Just avoid them until then, or keep them at a distance. She'll get them all, eventually.

So, this is it - the big bad. Thyrinar seemingly didn't die before, and catches Tarecgosa by surprise, as you both stand on the platform.

This is meant to be the toughest part of the instance - depending on your class, at least. How exactly to kill him is simply knowing your class, and using the tools at your disposal - but the basics below should be enough pointers to give a good idea of what to expect, and how to prepare.

Thyrinar

Twilight Blast - Interruptible, shadow damage, ordinary attack.
Twilight Restoration - Dispell, spellsteal or otherwise. Very important!
Twisting Twilight - Run for your life! The platform is very small, so remember to play it smart so you don't cage yourself and limit your movement, or reach a point where you cannot reach Thyrinar.

Twilight Invader - will periodically join the fight from the slope. Never underestimate them.

Rushing Charge - Closes the gap to you, use whatever means you have to get them off you again.
Counterspell - Needs no further description. Not being able to cast is bad. Very bad.
Fire Nova - Again, needs no further description. Hurts a lot!

Tarecgosa - caught in Thyrinar's Twilight Prison, and is - as such - unable to directly assist you, besides being passively there, and occasionally giving a very useful buff.

Presence of Tarecgosa - Just as in Phase 1. Much needed here, to give the extra boost.
Essence of the Blue - Done at some point during the fight. Should be spent nuking - but remember that control is vital here.

After that, touch the Timeless Eye, sit back and enjoy the magnificent "Obscurred Event"-cutscene.

Actionable Intelligence

Tarecgosa

Kalecgos

Tarecgosa advises you to quickly make contact with Kalecgos in Mount Hyjal, so that he may know of the events you both just witnessed. It seems that Arygos is in league with none other than Deathwing, and plans to kill him so he can ensure his position as the new Aspect of Magic. As you might have guessed, this is not good at all.

As a small bonus, Kalecgos offers some additional dialogue when you meet up with him, which offers some nice background for the lore-fanatics out there:
<My vision in the Eye of Eternity haunts me, Kalecgos. What do you make of it?>
There is a great deal at stake within the blue dragonflight, .

Soon, a new aspect must be chosen to take the place of Malygos.

Arygos aspires to follow in the footsteps of his father, renewing the misguided aggression against all who wield mgic. This path, I feel, would lead to the end of our kind.

The remnants of our flight are divided on this fateful issue, and I fear that Arygos will stop at nothing to meet his ends...

Kalecgos

<Wistfully, Kalecgos looks off to the horizon.>

Tarecgosa is... special to me.

When she was but a hatchling, I was charged with her protection and education. Over the millennia, we have forged a special bond, not unlike what you would call siblings.

Tarecgosa was born under a special sign that foretold of a great destiny. If the prophecies are true, then her survival is of vital importance to the blue dragonflight, and to Azeroth itself.

Our affinity for one another is well known within the remnants of our flight. If your vision recounted an event that has actually taken place, she could be in grave danger.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 / The Call of the World-Shaman questline. While Fandral's Druids of the Flame certainly have something to do with this, I'll get into the ritual itself later. One does not simply walk into such place - there's a portal to be opened first.

Opening the portal to the Anvil of Conflagration

In order to properly start this step, you will need an instance, where each of the following four bosses are alive: Shannox, Lord Rhyolith, Beth'tilac and Alysrazor. The easiest is simply having a fresh instance, but seeing as you do not have to actually kill the bosses to complete this step, you could - for instance - complete the gathering of the foci in a 10-man earlier in the day. Of course, that would take some convincing from your guild, but it is doable that way!

They each follow the same method of being put together:

Gather three fragments during the encounter - these will stay in your inventory (and often on the ground too) through deaths and wipes.
Convert them into a dull focus - this has a short casting time.
Drop the dull focus at specific point during the encounter where a specific powerful ability is being used. Again, this has a casting time, and will only stay on the ground for two minutes while uncharged.
Pick up the charged focus.

The below will describe each of these steps from the 4 bosses:

Shannox

This part is all about being on your toes, as you need to act fast in order to drop the focus in time - especially if you also want to survive!

Find the Emberstone Fragment:	Next to shattered Crystal Prison Trap.
Drop Dull Emberstone Focus:	So that it is hit by Hurl Spear. Remember, it's always thrown next to Riplimb, so stay close and be quick!
Pick up Charged Emberstone Focus:	When the area is clear.

Beth'tilac

It's a good thing if you're on "web duty" here, as you will have to go topside twice during the encounter - most likely during the second and third top phase.

Find the Obsidian-Flecked Chitin Fragment:	Next to a dead Cinderweb Drone. Notice, all three drop from one!
Drop Dull Chitinous Focus:	At the top of the web, before Smoldering Devastation. Will most likely happen during the second web-phase.
Pick up Charged Chitinous Focus:	When you get a chance of getting topside again. Most likely at the third (and last) web-phase.

Lord Rhyolith

Bit tricky part, as you have to locate the fragments, and most likely get far away from healer range during that. It can take a while, but be on the lookout!

Find the Rhyolite Fragment:	Around the edges of the arena. Only one at a time is up!
Drop Dull Rhyolite Focus:	Just before he does his Concussive Stomp. Simply get within melee-range when you got the three fragments, and be ready!
Pick up Charged Rhyolite Focus:	Whenever you get the chance.

Alysrazor

As it always is with this fight, it's about avoiding the fire. You have to manoeuvre a lot to get the fragments though. It's worth to mention that this part will take you through two full phases - so be sure she isn't dead by the time the second burn-phase is about to end!

Find the Pyreshell Fragment at:	One per egg of a Voracious Hatchling spawn.
Drop Dull Pyreshell Focus:	Just before she reaches Full Power at 100 Energy.
Pick up Charged Pyreshell Focus:	When the area is clear again.

Once you have all four, head to the Circle of Thorns at the north-west end of Firelands main area, where there's a very easily-seen portal on the map. Step close, and use any of the collected foci to Open Fire Portal. Don't worry, even though the foci get consumed, the portal will remain open.

Inside the Anvil of Conflagration

And so the real battles begin. This is a three phased event.

Phase 1: Harbinger of Flame
Interrupt their casts, similar to the Blazing Talon Initiates at Alysrazor. 4 spawn at 10-man, 7 on 25-man.

Fire It Up! - Stacking buff after a successful cast. Too many means pain. Lots of it.
Fieroclast Barrage - Hits lots of targets. Interrupt, at all costs!
Fieroblast - Direct Damage. Interrupt, if possible.

After this phase, you get a break to drink up and everyone stops being "in combat". Click the hovering branch in the middle to continue.

Phase 2: Tormented Protector
Defeat the Tormented Protector. Cleanse the roots just after the knockback, and let ranged deal with the Treants. Stack up, to ensure easier healing.

Smouldering Roots - Roots the raid in place, dealing damage every second. Does, however, negate knockbacks, so wait with cleansing it until...
Blazing Stomp - Once this has happened, cleanse the roots, and continue.
Burning Treant - Spawns from some distance. Let the ranged DPS handle these.

When the Protector is close to death, he'll come to his senses, and sacrifice himself for you - this is when the real fun starts!

Phase 3: Volcanus
Ramp up damage. Save Bloodlust for the later part of this phase, and burn like there's no tomorrow!

Blessed Defender of Nordrassil - Given to you, as per Tormented Protectors self-sacrifice.
Molten Fixation - Volcanus wants YOUR life. Yes, you, the tree of life. Good thing you have 95% damage reduction!
Flamewake - Spammed AoE fire damage. Unavoidable.
Fire It Up! - Same deal as with Harbinger of Flame. This time, there's nothing to do against it other than killing him, so this is your "enrage".

After picking up the Branch of Nordrassil, take it to Kalecgos, who has taken residence on the Amber Ledge in the Borean Tundra. You'll also receive the temporary buff Blessed Defender of Nordrassil, which grants the title <Name>, Blessed Defender of Nordrassil, which lasts for two hours and gives you a lovely flowery feel.

Bonus: The model used for "Stage 0" of the staff - as seen in the quest - is in the database: Monster - Caster Legendary Stage 0, complete with a very nice model. Always worth a little peek.

Nordrassil's Bough

Kalecgos

Kalecgos has witnessed the events you saw in The Nexus by himself. As a thanks for your hard work in completing his mission - and saving Nordrassil - he will infuse the branch with the powerful magic from Timeless Eye, turning it into a powerful staff.

Not only will you see the amazing effect going into the making of the staff, but you will - naturally - also receive the end result. This will make you the proud owner of Branch of Nordrassil - the first stage of the staff!

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Emergency Extraction

At One

Time Grows Short

Alignment

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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.

As with all predictions of that kind - things don't exactly go as planned...

At One

Kalecgos

Sadly, it seems that Kalecgos was right to be uneased. Kalecgos and yourself are ambushed by agents of the Twilight Dragonflight, and Tarecgosa sacrifices herself - just in time - 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 makes it quite an event. Sadly, it's only temporary for now - so, something has to be done, in order to save Tarecgosa!

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-binding itself 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 direct details itself as how to get the 1000 Seething Cinder, but we know at this time that they drop in stacks from bosses, in a way similar Shadowmourne's Shadowfrost Shard for the quest The Splintered Throne. The quantity is based on the difficulty (that is; normal/heroic and 10/25-man) in Firelands, and has been scaled up to counter against the simple "I got one!" versus "I didn't get one!".

Overview of Seething Cinder Drops per Boss (all except Ragnaros):

Size / Difficulty	Normal	Heroic
10-man	18-23	23-26
25-man	48-55	55-66

DISCLAIMER: These numbers are based on Patch 4.2, and could - as such - be misleading as of today. I'll gladly update them, based on new experiences.

After you've collected all 1000 Seething Cinder, meet up with Kalecgos at Coldarra again.

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. Kalecgos transforms you to temporarily take the form of Tarecgosa, so you can cast a vote in favor of him at the Ascension. During the very long (and very nice) cutscene, we experience both Arygos and Kalecgos each presenting a long monologue of why they should be voted for. At the end, Kalecgos gets all the votes, and is thus empowered to become the new Aspect of Magic. Arygos is enraged by this, and flies away, cursing everyone with the the outburst "Fools! Neltharion take you all!". His future - at this time - is unknown, but while we don't directly meet him again, his fate is revealed much later, although it still has a fair bit of uncertainty behind it.

After this event, the bond with Tarecgosa's essence is strengthened in the staff, further upgrading it, and making you the proud owner of Runestaff of Nordrassil! Not only that, but by receiving the staff, Tarecgosa is heard, saying "I'm with you, always.".

Very nice touch, and a fitting conclusion to a very impactful chapter of the story!

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Heart of Flame

The Stuff of Legends

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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 Smouldering Essences. This whole process has to be done serially, as the final part with Ragnaros will only trigger once you've gathered them all.

This somehow correlates with the quest A Feast of Souls for Shadowmourne, only this will be done by siphoning dead bosses with the Smouldering, by using the secondary effect of your staff: Siphon Essence. It's important to mention that this can only done to the first 6 bosses. As such, you CANNOT siphon essences from Ragnaros.

Overview of Smoldering Essence Siphons per Boss (all except Ragnaros):

Size / Difficulty	Normal	Heroic
10-man	3-5	7-9
25-man	7-9	9-11

DISCLAIMER: These numbers are based on Patch 4.2, and could - as such - be misleading as of today. I'll gladly update them, based on new experiences. It's worth mentioning that they were tweaked twice in hotfixes, making it harder to get the exact numbers: 2011-09-09 and 2011-09-06.

Ragnaros

THE BELOW ONLY APPLIES TO NORMAL DIFFICULTY. On Heroic, the encounter is unaffected, and the Heart of Flame is simply looted from Ragnaros afterwards.

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You, the wielder of the staff, will have the debuff Rage of Ragnaros.

Every minute, you'll get affected by Rage of Ragnaros, the debuff counting down from 5 seconds. It is shown by a Hellfire-like effect.

This means that you'll have to stay away from everyone else when the effect happens, as every person within 8 yards of you will be knocked back and take heavy damage.

You'll need to survive the ENTIRE encounter in order to be eligible to loot the Heart of Flame.

The Heart spawns in the middle of the Lava Pool. Be sure to have your healers spam heal you at this point. Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you die here, and the looting is instant.

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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). The ceremony is truly a sight to behold, and will leave a giant version of you sitting on top of Tarecgosa in the middle of your Faction Capital for a few hours. Not only that, but Blue Drake fly around the scene. Some of them can be spoken to, and explains the situation pretty nicely for those who pass by.

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 - with you.

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Keeper of the Ossuary

A Peaceful Farewell

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Senegos

Will be elaborated on soon - but the gist of is that both Tarecgosa and Arygos are mentioned. While not too special in itself, the details of the latter is quite interesting.

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Kalecgos

This has a lovely bit of callback to the bonus dialogue, that was available after the quest Actionable Intelligence (see more here), in which we had our adventure with Tarecgosa with Through a Glass, Darkly. Kalecgos tells the following:

Kalecgos says: I have learned much in this short time on the isles, friend. And there is something I must do. My sister, you are not forgotten to me. You never will be. But you deserve more than an eternity alone.

You feel a familiar presence envelope you.

Tarecgosa whispers: Kalec... my friend, tell him -- no, it can wait. It is something I must say myself.

Kalecgos says: Tarecgosa's sacrifice was something which involved us both. I would be honored if you helped me send her to rest.

Tarecgosaforgot what happened almost 12 years agoAt OneKalecgos says: Tarecgosa was destined for greatness, but destiny was not kind to her. After the Cataclysm, we were betrayed by one of our own. He chose to serve Deathwing. My sister threw herself in front of an attack meant for me, and suffered a mortal wound in the process. To prolong her time on Azeroth, we bound her soul to a staff. One that you now have in your possession.Love Unending

Kalecgos

Given alongside Forget Her Not, this quest is rather trivial, as it only involves gathering 20x Ephemeral Sand, which drops from various Time-Lost, found around The Temporal Conflux in south-eastern Thaldraszus.

The point is obviously to highlight the connection to the Bronze Dragonflight, in terms of the original creation of the staff, but not much besides that. I'd recommend gathering these after the first step of Forget Her Not - especially if you have your Hearthstone bound to Valdrakken - before continuing onward with the second step.

Forget Her Not

Kalecgos

There's a lot more story going on in this quest, which is given alongside Love Unending, taking you two different places, before meeting up with Kalecgos again.

This time, we are tasked with finding a replacement for a bough of Nordrassil, from which our staff was made. This is found in the Manaheart Flower, which we must rejuvenate with the aid of the Green Dragonflight. As such, we journey to Vakthros, and find a Fragile Manaheart. Upon interacting with a lone Manaheart Bloom, surrounded by Fire Elementals, we suddenly hear a familiar voice:

Tarecgosa says: Know, mortal, that I do not resent our time together... nor Kalec's actions. I have seen so much of this world through your eyes. I could not imagine a world where our lives did not intersect.

Manaheart BloomLove UnendingBlossoming ManaheartTarecgosa says: As the world changes -- and you change -- I stay stagnant. It is time for me to move on.Manaheart BloomVerdant ManaheartVerdisaHeart of AzerothDon't Close Your EyesVerdisaThe OculusVerdisaRhapsody in Blue

Kalecgos

It's time. To prepare Tarecgosa's Tomb, we start by placing the Manaheart Bloom, after which Kalecgos starts.
Kalecgos says: With the combined magic of the bronze and blue dragons, we should be able to transfer Tarecgosa's soul from the staff. If you could prepare the grave, I will start the ritual.

KalecgosStart RitualDragonwrath, Tarecgosa's RestKalecgosTarecgosaKalecgos says: Tarecgosa, my dear sister. I feel as though I am still learning from you, despite being the teacher. Your absence is one that weighs heavily on my heart. I wish I could fly in the same skies as you once again. But clinging to an unchangeable past in hopes that fate may be kind is a fruitless dream. I realize this now. It will be the memories I have of you that will define my own future.

Tarecgosa says: Kalec, my dear brother. I wish for you to know one thing. I am proud of you.

Kalecgos says: I -- I'm so sorry… for failing you…

Tarecgosa says: It was my choice -- there is a world that needs you out there now, my wingmate. And I know you will guide our kin into the brightest future. It is time for my chapter to end.

Kalecgos says: Farewell, Tarecgosa. A dear sister, hero, student and teacher. Though blood does not bind us, you will always be family. May your soul find its place soaring among the stars.Lingering Echo of TarecgosaTarecgosa's VisageDragonwrath, Tarecgosa's RestDragonridingWhat You Will Have ExperiencedDragonwrath, Tarecgosa's RestBe the first mortal ever to have fused their essence with a dragon. In this case, the dragon Tarecgosa.You will be able to transform into Tarecgosa's Visage, acting as a flying mount - later without using the staff (Tarecgosa's Visage)!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!Witnessing Kalecgos' ascension as the new Aspect of Magic and leader of the Blue Dragonflight.Being able to go back to Coldarra, as the phased scene from Alignment still seems to remain. A very nice unique setting!You, and all of your guildies, gets the cute little companion Lil' Tarecgosa.... and much more!Models

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Stage 3:

Epilogue:

Changelog

2023-05-31: Added more details about the new Blue Dragonflight questline, as well as elaborated on the rest of the Tarecgosa-specific quests. Also added a few "Back to the top" links in multi-tab segments, to ease the navigation. Elaboration of a few select Blue Dragonflight quests to come!

2023-05-30: A few much needed updates for drops rates, as well as clarrification that these drops from all bosses, except Ragnaros. The section renamings has also been more or less reverted, and the navigation updated to fit much better, in terms of the new (proper) epilogue. The questline will be fleshed out further soon, as there's still A LOT to add.

2023-05-23: Yesterday's changes could be vastly improved, so I renamed a few sections, vastly elaborated on the current Dragonflight situation - and got the header image updated (huge thanks to Anshlun)!

2023-05-22: Considering potential new additions in Dragonflights patch 10.1, I went and changed the minor section "More to Come..." to a full new section to be more detailed, including Dragonflight. I also took the time to reshuffle some of the sections, polish various parts of the guide, update some outdated stuff, and much more. Will update, again, as we figure out what the new Blue Dragonflight Questline is about, and how it - quite possibly - relates to Tarecgosa.

2011-12-01: Slightly delayed Patch 4.3 update, final part of polishing, fixing minor details from comments.

2011-10-04: Polished the Ragnaros-details of Heart of Flame slightly, added a fitting status-picture. This will likely be the last real edit, save adding in more screenshots later.

2011-10-03: Staff completed! Will polish the last details of how Heart of Flame affects the Ragnaros-encounter very soon. For now, it's just a few extra details. Elaboration about The Stuff of Legends will follow soon as well.

2011-09-25: A minor mistake fixed in Part 1 of Through a Glass, Darkly, as well as status update. Nearly there!

2011-09-16: Added a nice picture-header, polished the various texts and brought the deeper guide up to date and generally just refined everything a bit - and, naturally, updated my current status.

2011-09-12: Updated Heart of Flame - once again - in regards to the changes on drained essences, as described in the blog.

2011-09-07: Updated Heart of Flame in regards to the nerf on drained Essences, as written in the blog. Status updated as well.

2011-09-01: Updated the sample-margins for Heart of Flame based on experience and comments. More credits added, as well as status and guide-version update.

2011-08-25: Status update and screenshots from Heart of Flame.

2011-08-24: Minor fixes and and clarifications, as well as added screenshots for Alignment.

2011-08-22: Elaborated on the events in Alignment, finally at phase 3 myself. Will add more pictures for it soon!

2011-08-14: Minor clarifications and status update.

2011-08-12: Clarified a few details for the focus-part of Delegation, fixed some Seething Cinder numbers and cleared up description of the three different phases of the staff.

2011-08-10: Adding in more detailed information on Cinders in Time Grows Short, included info from the hotfixes from August 5th, added further details to Heart of Flame. Added the change log.

2011-07-30: Last final release-touches, covering everything up to Time Grows Short in great detail.

Credits

<Myth> of EU-Turalyon - My AWESOME guild, which made it possible for me to start the quest in the first place. Without you guys, I probably wouldn't have started writing this guide at all.

The Wowhead Database and Users - For obvious reasons. Without the various spells and items and their comments from the users, a lot of the speculation would have been based on nothing.

The Wowhead Staff - Quite a few of the other staffers actually:
ArgentSun - For bashing my head in with all kinds of editorial formatting, hints, tips and tricks.

Neutronimity - Same as above, plus digging out models with me, and the like.

Miyari - Making the very early quest-list, that turned out to be the backbone for this.

Ashelia - Letting me have a go at the Dragonwrath-part of the Patch 4.2 guide.

Anshlun - Helping with getting the guide updated, in ways I could not.

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Comments

Comment by hatman555

Heyo Gnub,

Beautiful guide. Tons of information but laid out very very well. I think my favorite feature about the guide are the dynamic tables of contents that float on the right hand side. Even thought it takes years to scroll through the guide itself, you can click on what you think you want, and the guide takes you there.

Instead of listing a disclaimer at the top of the guide, which warns people about all the spoilers, you should just use the \ tag and put the entire guide in a spoiler box! Just kidding of course =P

Tasty looking guide over all, wouldn't expect anything else! ^_^

Content: 10/10
Formatting: 10/10

Overall Rating: 10/10 !

Cheers,
Hat

Comment by 760096

Very nice guide Gnub, enjoyed reading it :) Won't be alot of use to me personally, but I'll do everything I can to help you advance through it as fast as possible ;) hehe

5/5 rated :)

Comment by Rekijan

Thanks a lot for this guide, I am the first in our guild to get it and currently 21/25 living embers. And I had little info about what would have to be done next, so this is a big help.

Comment by Gnub

Appreciate all the positive feedback - be sure to contribute with additional information if I, for some reason, missed something :)

I'm going to go a bit more into depth on my current step (Time Grows Short) in regards to drop-rates as the next update, as it's not really as bad as it looks (1000!). I actually like what they did here, rather than the 25 or so drops from previous legendaries.

Comment by Elfeaterdk

Hey mate.

GREAT guide. Can't be stressed enough.

One thing I'd like to know:
Is it possible for multiple toons to do the quest at the same time?
What I mean is, that one toon is done with gathering Eternals, and starts to do the "charge a focus" quest and/or Cinders quest, does the boss still drop Eternals for those on stage 1 of the quest?

Comment by Rekijan

As far as drop-rates go, the amount of Seething Cinder per boss-kill vary raid size and difficulty, and should be expected to fall within these numbers:

Is this an estimate? Or can you confirm those numbers?

Comment by 787978

Only one thing what I want to say:

10/10 x10

Comment by Runawaynow

I think the range on your 10 man quantities of Seething Cinder are too large. You can refer to this post which I will continue to maintain for our 10 man raid. The range I've seen reported for regular 10 man bosses is 18-23 and for heroic 23-26. Small data sets from the comments, but interestingly enough, the drop amounts listed by Wowhead per boss seem to match those ranges, showing 18-26 amounts before jumping to 25 man quantities, which appear to range from 48-66 though I am unaware of the individual difficulty ranges.

Comment by 627125

Thanks for the great guide! One question: when the staff is upgraded (or traded-in), does it lose its gems and enchants?

Comment by falcon2099

Fantastic guide! Thanks so much for all your hard work. Will make it much easier for me to complete my legendary quest chain for sure!

Comment by UKMuzik

Although I was forced here by the author I have to admit the guide is top-notch, and leaves nothing uncovered as far as I can tell. Well written, well laid out with everything you could want from such a guide.

Will give you thanks for writing it Gnub if you give me thanks for not pulling rank and taking that first staff from you :P

Seriously... Awesome guide.

UK

Comment by Sas148

Your guide doesn't mention the fact that you have to survive the entire encounter with Ragnaros while attempting to retrieve the Heart of Ragnaros or you fail and have to try again.

That is where I've read in several locations... if that's not the case, feel free to let me know. :)

Edit: The guide does now indeed show the fact that you have to survive the encounter under the Ragnaros tab in Phase 3.

Comment by 760096

grats mr Gnub, being the first horde with the staff on Turalyon EU!

Comment by Elfeaterdk

You should probably remove the Disclaimer in the beginning, as you know HAVE completed it.

Big gz mate - job well done :)

Comment by Elfeaterdk

I can imagine how you feel. I'm personally at 502/1000 Seething Cinder at the moment :)

TY again for this great guide. Personally I don't think I'd ever been able to open the portal to Volcanus if not for your guide :)

Comment by 760096

As posted on the guildforums; http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3643/legendarygnub.jpg
hope you like it!

Comment by 713802

I would like to say thanks for the guide as it is helping me a lot in my quest for the legendary.

Comment by Elfeaterdk

Sorry to interrupt your glee again mate - but the info about dragon for in:

Tarecgosa's Visage - Legendary Dragon Form
should probably also be updated :)

Comment by 355455

Thank you very much for this excellent guide, and congratulations on your staff! I'm just about to start on Seething Cinders myself, and I greatly appreciate the detailed info you've given. :)

Comment by markdall

Thanks so much for this guide! The guild and I finished this staff last night 11-16-2011 (10 man guild) and your guide really made it less insane, as well as giving me well written instructions I could use to warn my guildies what needed to happen next, etc. Hallegosa was in the cathedral area.

Well done!

(Also, I LOVE that Visage of Tarecgosa works as a land mount, and works in macros with /cast Visage of Tarecgosa)

Comment by Kinni

Currently in my 25 man heroic (6/7) I've been getting an average of 58 Seething cinders per boss Kill. 11 heroic bosses 2 regular bosses (havent downed rag heroic yet and had to do Baelroc on reg due to time constraints on this Thanksgiving week. Im usually getting 60-65 on heroic, 50-55 on reg.
Ill update this when I start collecting souls next week for 25 man Heroic siphons.

Comment by Synit

Thanks this helped med a lot figuring out all the questlines. Very well done guide :D

Comment by Elfeaterdk

Concerning drop-rates for Smouldering Essences:

Since I didn't get to finish it before 4.3 I've been pugging some FL for remaining Essences (currently 150/250), and after a clear of the first 6 bosses I gained 23 total, where Shannox only dropped 3, where you show 4-6. I have personally never seen more than 5 btw.
On our 10man hc kills back in 4.2, I've seen drop range from 7-9, where the guide shows 7-8.

Great to see you keep polishing this one off, and I think I speak for the community when I praise this as the best guide ever. Well done mate :)

Comment by 627125

During our Ragnaros fight for Heart of Flame we wiped but I used Invisibility to survive and mass res. I still had my Rage of Ragnaros buff and once we started the fight again it gave me an additional buff with its own timer.

Comment by 451227

This is an amazing guide, Gnub. Your passion for completing this staff overflowed into the guide.

I've been intending to do this for a while, but for those who have completed it:

Create a new directory in your Addons folder, call it something like Dragonwrath. In this directory create two files with contents as follows:
File Dragonwrath.toc

## Interface: 40300
## Title: Dragonwrath
## Version: 1
## Author: CaoimheX
## Notes: Silly little addon to play a sound when Dragonwrath emotes

Dragonwrath.lua

File Dragonwrath.lua

local eventFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")
eventFrame:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_TEXT_EMOTE")
eventFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1, arg2)
if arg1 == "The warm embrace of Tarecgosa's presence encircles you." then
PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Tarecgosa\\VO_Quest_42_Tarecgosa_Whisper_B_01.ogg")
end
end)

Now, whenever your staff emotes "The warm embrace of Tarecgosa's presence encircles you.", the sound clip of Tarecgosa saying, "I am with you, always", will be played.

Comment by Sandam

Love this guide Gnub... Now I really want to get into this quest line... :)

You have spent alot of time and effort... 10/10 from me :)

Comment by falcon2099

I am currently on the last collecting phase (Smoldering Essences) and have been running 10H for the past couple of weeks and it seems the drop rate that I have been getting is 7-9, not 7-8. I realize that the +1 may not seem like a whole lot but I though everyone would like to know.

I do have a question about Heart of Flame though. I have heard you can only loot it from Normal mode only?

Note: only 42 Essences left, then a Rag kill and I AM DONE! Woot.

Comment by MARIOPARRAO

hi im in the quest Hert of Flame and i dont know what to do to get the smouldering essences i have all ready kill all the bosses selected them and the right clik on the Runestaff of Nordrassil but says I have not even allowed to do that can some onehelp me here thanks

Comment by Lolia

Hello, great guide, been following it myself, but I have been stuck on the Delegation quest while soloing.

I was wondering if anyone else have had this problem?

Shannox- I can't pick up the shards, boss and adds keep breaking the loot process, and they de-spawn awfully quickly. They aren't up for 20 seconds and they are gone, so that rules out wipe/run in. (Treants don't taunt off me for some reason too).

Alysrazor - No problems, just stayed on the ground till I collected what I needed.

Lord Rhyolith - I can't see any shards at all. I have my Treants taunting so I can run around while searching. Wondering if a mechanic needs to trigger first? As the Shards of Torment don't spawn while I'm Tanking. Spent 5 min just running around looking for 1 shard.

Beth'tilac - I haven't tried this yet. Will update later.

But so far looks like certain classes might have more trouble doing this quest solo.

Comment by Samaramon1

Great guide, really.

I'm at the last part of the chain, siphoning essences, and this guide has helped me through the entire chain which was wonderful :)

Comment by 1194687

Can i solo all of this in wod ?

Comment by tamolis

Hello

Can we use the dragon's fly form without equip the staff but just have it bag ?
thanks

sory of my english I'm french

Comment by wiuu

Soloing the chain is walk in the park until "Delegation" quest. Here are some tips.

Autoloot will be very useful for taking the fragments. Only the fragment looting is interruptible. You can complete the quest on any difficulty. I suggest not to kill any bosses while taking the shards since after delegation you are going to start collecting cinders from bosses. If you take the easy way and collect the charged shards on normal change the difficulty before killing Volcanus since killing it on a difficulty will save you to that difficulty.

Rhyolith: Just take the shard from the edge of island and drop them down. Kill the adds so they can not interrupt you.

Alysrazor: Don't fly and wait for the eggs to spawn. Kill the adds so they can't interrupt you.Kill the eggs and loot. When Alysrazor lands and gains energy you can drop the shard.

Shannox: You should not have the aggro because Shannox does not spawn traps to his main target. You should have some kind of pet. Soloed this with druids force of nature but an intelligent pet with a control bar will be much more easier. Because having boss's aggro is not enough your pet should also get trapped so you can kill the trap and get the shards.

Beth'tilac: Change the difficulty to 10-m if it is not already.

If you insist on heroic: You should kill every Cinderweb Spinner because if not killed they use a 20-30 sec stun ability and if there is more than one they can chain stun you to your death. In heroic 10-man-h they come in pairs. Since the small adds spawn a pool upon their death you should kill them away from Cinderweb Drone. Kill the Drone get the shards if you are fast enough you can take the last rope to the top before the first Smoldering Devastation. You will drop down kill the next Spinner, get back up and get your charged shard.

Comment by 743719

Thank you SO much! This guide was ridiculously helpful, if Blizz hasn't hired you yet they're missing out!

Comment by mysgydid

Just finished this tonight. This guide has been indispensable, thank you SO much for writing it.

Comment by voddy

anyone else had the portal bug and not open ? lost all my focus and got no portal ?

Comment by Ravenheart1985

Having a Mage's Invisibility / Greater Invisibility or a Invisibility potion is very handy during the Delegation section of the quest line just in case something goes wrong as it allows you to reset the fight. Also if you find yourself unable to pick up fragments due to being constantly attacked you can get them to spawn and then reset the fight by using a Invis Pot / Mage spell and they should still be on the ground. You may also use them to end the fight without killing the bosses after you get the Focus from each boss to open the Circle of Thorns, after you get them you will also need a fresh kill on the first 4 bosses later in the quest chain.

Comment by alybibi

Anyone else have her bug out in the Nexus?

Comment by datgrl

Tip 1 - don't forget to loot the eye after you complete the 1st quest, "Anachronos".
Tip 2 - The Nexus is located at the bottom of the structure in Coldarra. I have trouble remembering which is which.

Comment by Darkelorian

Gnub my friend, that is a well written, super informative guide, and I'm sad I never got to finish this questline when my friends guild had the option to do so :/ (Arcane Mage back then)

This is a 10/10 guide, (started playing again 2 weeks ago, and got my first 100 lvl Lock) and I'm gonna follow this guides glorious quest, trying to solo for this legendary goodness! I wish you're doing well, and keep up the awesome work! Dark Lady watches over you . . . /bow

Comment by Meggymegymeh

Can someone tell me if Mistweaver/Brewmaster Monks can do the quest for this legendary?

I'd like to have it for Timewalking, or just to say that I have it lol.

Comment by Rixa44186

Does anyone know if this staff is still obtainable in Legion? I just killed a molten lord and didn't get the quest.

Comment by Bexhebbs

I know that everyone's probably done this to death, but I'm spending some time with my Lvl 101 fire mage for the first time in a while, and thought I'd do the legendary staff quest line for a bit of fun. I've done all the pre reqs..Four winds, Blackrock Caverns, Defender of a Shattered World achieve, and I've cleared out Molten Lords...no quest drop...any ideas anyone..? Thanks in advance..Roseale

Comment by LegionAngler

Thanks for the guide, i just followed it, took a few weeks to do everything, and tonight i'll get my staff. Thanks again, and it does still work, if anyone wants to take the time to get it. Did it with my druid, btw.

Comment by Keladrylady

I realise it's completely unlikely that I'll get a response to this, but I have this questline on my Druid, but my mage (Same realm & faction) is unable to pick up the starter quest, despite already clearing ALL the raids in this tier outside of FL/DS. Can someone point me in the right direction? Zidormi is NOT in Grommash hold - (Neither is Sylvannas), and it doesn't come up when I clear Molten Lords OR the 5 pack patrols. Help please?

Comment by Beggeh

This quest chain has been very badly nerf'd as of 8.2.5.

With the inclusion of firelands Timewalking the highest difficulty you can now enter the raid on is 10Hc due to the flex mode scaling, which essentially halves your item pickup rate for some of the collection quest and thus, nearly doubling the time it takes to finish the questchain

Comment by kodora1316

I really, really wish this would be updated after the Timewalking changes.

Comment by Scytha

This quest is available for Dracthyr Horde in Stormwind. It is a pain to do but the quest in there.

Level 60 Horde Dracthyr Evoker.

Comment by Jagged1

How long would this roughly take from start to finish? Given the raid farming required.

Comment by c21684

only thing is, where u go when u use all the 4 charged foci and go in i guess a portal and i guess this "Inside the Anvil of Conflagration" that looks like its described for when it was current, what about for like a max lvl toon (at this point in time lvl 70) the enemies in there can u just insta burn them like you would naturally do due to being massively overpowed to the raid or do they require "special dances" too like the main bosses did to get the charged foci

Comment by Brazenchase

Great guide, has been immensely helpful so far.

I'm here to add a bit of extra information for the "Time Grows Short" stage/questline!

Cataclysm Timewalking features Firelands as the Timewalking Raid, and you can get Seething Cinders from Normal, Heroic, and Timewalking Firelands separately! 3 full instances in one week!

Comment by KayleighKitten

Maybe I'm blind, so ignore me if it's a stupid question, haha.

Is this available when playing as a hunter? Comments from 2016 are stating it's only available if you play as druids, mages, priests, shaman, and warlocks- But is that still the case today?

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