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Guide to Dire Maul East

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Quest List

Dire Maul East
Lethtendris' Web
Pusillin and the Elder Azj' Tordin
Shards of the Felvine

Dire Maul North
Elven Legends
A Broken Trap
The Gordok Ogre Suit

Dire Maul North + West
Unfinished Gordok Business

Dire Maul West
The Madness Within
The Treasure of the Shen'dralar

Class-Specific Quests
The Emerald Dream - Druid
The Greatest Race of Hunters - Hunter
The Arcanist's Cookbook - Mage
Garona - A Study on Stealth and Treachery - Rogue
The Light and How to Swing It - Paladin
Holy Bologna - What the Light Won't Tell You - Priest
Frost Shock And You - Shaman
Harnessing Shadows - Warlock
Codex of Defense - Warrior
Foror's Compendium of Dragon Slaying - Warrior, Paladin

The east wing of Dire Maul is challenging, but still the
easiest of the three, and the area you'll need to do first to get the
key to the north and west wings. There are also a number of quests
and bosses spread throughout the East wing, capable of giving up some
nice loot, which makes it worth running through more than once.

1. The entrance to Dire Maul East can be found,
unsurprisingly, to the right of the large pit in the Broken
Commons. Zone in.

2. The opening area of Dire Maul East is known as the
Warpwood Quarter. There's a large pit in front of you (down
below is The Conservatory, which you'll get to soon enough),
and a path that winds counterclockwise to the right. For the most
part, you'll run into a mix of plant and tree-like creatures -
Warpwood Tanglers, Treants, Lashers, and towering Warpwood
Crushers.

3. As you round the first corner, you'll see a small little imp
named Pusillin. This is the NPC for the quest 'Pusillin
and the Elder Azj'Tordin,' and he also gives up the
Crescent Key that opens Dire
Maul North and West... when he's good and ready. You'll have
chase him further into the instance before he'll give up the goods,
however.

4. The group continues clearing until they reach the northeast
corner of the Warpwood Corner. From here, it's possible to go
left and north, but many groups will skip that area completely. To
continue your chase with Pusillin, you'll need to go right
into a narrow hallway, called The Hidden Reach.

5. Partway down the hallway, you'll have the choice of continuing
straight or making a right. To continue chasing Pusillin, you
need to continue forward. (You'll be back to the room on the right
soon enough.)

6. As you go down the hallway, you'll run into some stealthed
patrols; these can cause real problems if your group isn't alert for
them. As you emerge into the next room, the group will dispatch of a
few groups and bear to the right, where there's a small ramp leading
up to a small platform, where Pusillin waits for you.

7. This time, when you talk to Pusillin, he spawns a number
of Wildspawn Imps and transforms himself into a nasty demon.
If you have a mage on hand, it's easy to dispose of the imps while
everyone else pounds Pusillin. When he's dead, he drops the
Book of Incantations needed for
his quest, as well as the Crescent Key
for anyone who needs it.

8. At this point, most groups will turn around and backtrack to
the room you passed a few minutes ago. There are a lot of mobs here,
but if you stick to the left wall, you can skip most of them. At the
rear of the room is a large ramp leading upward to the mage
Lethtendris, who is the target of the quest 'Lethtendris'
Web.'

Lethtendris can drop: [url=http://thottbot.com/?i=35686]Quel'dorai
Channeling Rod[/url][url=http://thottbot.com/?i=35667]Felhide
Cap[/url]And some greens too

9. The fight with Lethtendris is pretty simple; the warrior
tanks her for a few seconds while everyone else beats up her minion,
then jumps on her. Once she's down, she drops the needed quest item,
and everyone moves back down to the bottom of the ramp.

10. At the base of the ramp, there's a curved hallway that leads
further downstairs. There are a few groups of mobs to clear at the
bottom, and then you'll find the boss Hydrospawn waiting in
the center in a small shallow pool. Aside from dropping some extra
loot, he's also the objective of the mage quest 'Arcane
Refreshment.'

Hydrospawn can drop: [url=http://thottbot.com/?i=39091]Waterspout
Boots[/url][url=http://thottbot.com/?i=35618]Tempest
Talisman[/url]WaveslicerAnd
also some greens.

11. After Hydrospawn, the group hugs the right wall and
continues north through the far doorway, and takes the hallway that
leads to a small platform upstairs. Here, you'll find a Wildspawn
Hellcaller protected by a few non-elite mobs, and then the boss
Zevrim Thornhoof.

Zevrim Thornhoof can drop: [url=http://thottbot.com/?i=35722]Satyr's
Bow[/url][url=http://thottbot.com/?i=35670]Helm of
Awareness[/url]Also some resistance helmets(Not high drop
chance)And some greens.

12. The fight with Thornhoof isn't bad, except that he
might occasionally teleport someone onto the altar and begin whooping
on them. When the fight is done, you'll hear Old Ironbark -
the huge tree in the Conservatory - yell 'At
last! Freed from this cursed grasp!' You're now ready for
the final stretch of the instance.

13. Instead of backtracking downstairs, the group can run to the
southwest corner of Thornhoof's platform and jump down, which
should put you right back at Hydrospawn's pool. Avoid the
groups and take the door to the southwest, which leads to The
Conservatory.

13. Your goal in the Conservatory is a door at the very
north. To open it, someone will have to talk to Old Ironbark,
who will then rampage and bust the door down. It's possible to fight
your way to the door, but that involves fighting a lot of patrols,
and it's also possible to hug the east wall and sneak to the door,
only fighting a few single mobs here and there.

14. The final battle of Dire Maul East takes place in the
Shrine of Eldre'Thalas, where there are a few Warpwood
Crushers guarding the upper areas, and then a central area down
below where Alzzin the Wildshaper awaits. It's a pretty
straightforward fight - he shapeshifts a few times, and then a bunch
of non-elite minions come running out to assist, which can easily be
dispatched of with a mage.

Alzzin the Wildshaper can drop:
Ring of Demonic Potency
Razor Gauntlets
Energetic Rod
Energized Chestplate
Fiendish Machete
Whipvine Cord
Gloves of Restoration
Merciful Greaves
Shadewood Cloak
Ring of Demonic Guile

15. Once the fight is over, you'll see a few glowing shards on the
ground near Alzzin's camp. These are for the quest 'Shards
of the Felvine.' Pick up one of the shards and exit
via the tunnel behind the camp, which deposits you in the central
area of Dire Maul.