by Kevin Tran on Nov 02, 2007
Questing as a warlock is something that really needs to be done for three main reasons. First off, it gets you out there and exploring the world, learning about what is what and where is where, secondly it gets you killing things and gaining experience at an accelerated rate, and finally questing is important because it gets you the money and equipment needed to play the game.
Be aware that most people will see the same quest as you, however there will come times when as a warlock you will need to go out on "warlock only" quests. These class specific quests in no way inhibit your ability to group with others, however if you do these quests in a group be ready to return the favor when another member of your party needs to do a class specific quest.
For the very low levels almost all characters of a set race start with and have access to the same basic quests. This covers the starting areas and all the quests are just to get you familiar with the game. The most important quests for the first 10 levels are the quests to get your imp and voidwalker pet.
Human: (quest: The Stolen Tome) Speak with your first Warlock Trainer near the abbey (Meritt Herrion) take the quest and run north-east where you will encounter some Defias Thugs (which unlike other mobs in the area will agro you). Find the tent past the bridge, kill the Defias there and take the books. Once you take the books back you will have access to the summon imp spell.
Gnome: (quest: Beginnings) Speak with your first Warlock Trainer (Gozwin Vilesprocket) take the quest and run to the Frostmane cave (the troll cave as it is also known). Fight the Frostmane Novices within and once you collect 3 Feather Charms return to your trainer for the Summon Imp spell!
Undead: (quest: Piercing the Veil) Speak with Venya Marthland in the church. Accept her quest and head out to kill rattlecage skeletons. Once you collect 3 skulls off these nearby mobs, return to your trainer for access to the Summon Imp spell.
Orc: (quest: Vile Familiars) Speak with Warlock Trainer Ruzan (right in front of the Den), accept his quest and head out to the entrance of the nearby cave that is surrounded by Vile Familiars. Kill as many Familiars as needed to get 6 of their heads. Once you have collected 6 heads, return to Ruzan for your new Summon Imp Spell!
Human: (quest The Binding, Stormwind City) Remen Marcot in the Lions Pride inn starts this quest. The warlock trainers of Goldshire are located in the basement of the inn. Accept the quest and go to Gakin Darkbinder in Stormwind who will give you the next part of your quest. Go to Westfall and fight Surena Caledon (and the buddies that come with her) in the Brackwell pumpkin patch. Once you kill and loot her return to Stormwind and report to Gakin. Take the necklace you receive, go down to the crypt below and use it while standing on the pink symbol on the floor. Beat the summoned voidwalker, talk to Gakin and there you have it, a Voidwalker just for you!
Voidwalker Quest #1Gnome: (quest The Binding, Stormwind City) Speak with Lago Blackwrench in Ironforge who will direct you to Gakin Darkbringer in Stormwind. Gakin will then direct you to go through the same steps as in the Human quest to get the Voidwalker (see above).
Undead: Once you talk to Ageron Kargal in the Brill Inn you will be sent to the Undercity to meet Carendin Halgar who will give you the next part of the quest. Head to the tower in Nightmare Vale and collect the book located there, but watch out for the mobs around the tower. Return the book to the Undercity and Carendin will give you runes to summon the voidwalker. Summon the demon in the summoning circle and kill him. Talk to Carendin once the demon is defeated and you will be able to summon this powerful tank of a summon!
Voidwalker Quest #1Orc: (quest The Binding, Orgrimmar) Ophek in Razor Hill will direct you to Ogrimmar and GanRul Bloodeye. Bloodeye will give you a quest that involves collecting a book from a cave of Warlocks (with voidwalker pets!). The cave is called Skull Rock and contains these hard mobs, defeat them and get the book from the chest within the cave and return to Bloodeye. Find the tent with the summoning circle in it, use the Glyphs of Summoning given to you by Bloodeye, and defeat the Voidwalker demon. Once you defeat him, talk to Bloodeye and learn how to summon the powerful demon.
Voidwalker Quest #1: Gan'rul's SummonsAlliance: Starting at Gakin Darkbinder in Stormwind, you will be sent to find Takar the Seer located in the Barrens. Takar will send you to find the Heartswood, located in Ashenvale Forest. The Heartswood is located just north of Maestra's Post, and is guarded by Dark Strand Excavators and Enforcers. Kill them, take the Heartswood, go back to Gakin and summon the Succubus. Defeat the Succubus and you can summons her!
Succubus Quest #1Horde: You have the option of doing this quest in Orgrimmar or Undercity. The Orgrimmar quest is fairly involved compared to the Undercity quest, which is very similar to the Alliance process done above. I'll describe the Orgrimmar quests here, but if you want to do this in Undercity (recommended for speed) the Undercity quest consists of Devourer of Souls, Hearts of the Pure, and The Binding.
The Orgrimmar questline starts at Gan'Rul Bloodeye in Orgrimmar who directs you to speak with Cazul (who is right beside him), Cazul sends you off to speak with Zankaja who is right beside the Wind Rider tower. Zankaja will send you off to the Crossroads to meet with Gazrog who will then send you to Malaka'jin in the Stonetalon Mountain area to speak with Ken'zigla. Ken'zigla will of course send you to speak with someone else, Grunt Logmar at Camp Taurajo.Now comes some actual fighting! Go to the Quilboar camp north of Taurajo and find Dogran. Dogran is surrounded by Quilboars which can be easily dispatched with a voidwalker out. Give Dogran the draught and he will give you his pendant to bring to Gan'Rul back in Orgrimmar.
Speak with Gan'Rul in Orgrimmar and you will be directed back to the summoning circle where you will summon the succubus and fight her. Defeating the succubus will finally allow you to summon her!
Succubus Quest #1: Devourer of SoulsHorde/Alliance: First off you will be directed to Strahad by your respective class trainer. Strahad will request you go to a respective faction oriented "historian" who will then tell you to find the Moldy Tome and Tattered Manuscript. The Tome is located in the Southshore region while the Manuscript can be found amongst the centaurs of Thousand Needles. After returning these items you will be sent to the Wetlands to collect Channeling Rods from Dragonmaw Orcs (which are dropped off the caster mobs). Once the rods are returned to Strahad you can summon and fight the Felhunter to master his summoning!
Horde Felhunter Questline:
Felhunter Quest #1: Seeking StrahadAlliance Felhunter Questline:
Felhunter Quest #1: Seeking StrahadHorde/Alliance: The Enchanted Bloodrobe (+17 Intellect, +10 Stamina, 55 armor, cloth, Warlock only) quest starts the same for both factions and progresses along the exact same quest line. First you will be directed to Menara Voidrender in the barrens (Ratchet specifically) who will direct you to retrieve a "Robes of the Arcane" (tailor made item).
Once you have the item you will need to bring a gold bar to Xizk Goodstitch in Stranglethorn Vale. Xizk will direct you back to Menara in Ratchet for the next part of the quest line.
The last two parts of the quest line are farming quests. The first of the two will require you travel to Desolace and kill hatefury satyrs for their blood and infernals in Mannoroc Cove to retrieve a lesser infernal stone.
With the above items in hand you will have to collect the last batch of items; the Fine Gold Thread from Xizk in Stranglethorn, 2 smoldering coal from fire elementals in the Arathi Highlands, and finally a soul shard (collected from any mob as usual).
Once this quest line is completed you will be able to collect your bloodrobe!
Enchanted Gold Bloodrobe Quest #1: In Search of Menara VoidrenderHorde/Alliance: To get your "free" mount, all you have to do is talk to the respective trainer of your faction who will direct you to Strahad in Ratchet. Talk to Strahad and voila... free mount!
Felsteed Quest #1: Summon FelsteedAt level 50, Niby the Almighty in Felwood will have a quest for you - it is the quest to let you summon an Infernal of your own!
To start this quest, head over to Felwood's middle area near the Infernal pit and you shall see Niby the gnome and his Imp pet, this NPC will be giving you your quest for the Infernal and also your level 50 quest for a warlock item, which could be, a +shadow damage scythe, a robe or a trinket that will summon a Voidwalker without the need of a Soul Shard.
Upon reaching Niby, he will explain he will grant you the ability to summon an Infernal, and have you talk to his pet Impy for the detailed instructions on what you need to go fetch before the ritual.
Impsy's first quest is called "Flawless Fel Essences"
Infernal Quest #1 - "What Niby Commands" - Seek out Niby the Almighty in Felwood
Infernal Quest #2 - "Flawless Fel Essences" - Impy will ask you to retrieve 3 'Flawless Fel Essences' - one from each kind of Demon in the world.
First, seek out the Jaedenar essence - you can go to Jaedenar's Shadow Hold and walk down to the bottom areas to find the Jaedenar Legionnaires - they have a chance to drop what you need. This is the closest essence you can get and hence should be the first to go.
Second, head on over to Azshara for the Azshara Essence and find the Legashi demon encampment. They're at the very northeast part of Azshara, and come in three varieties of demons - Legashi Rogue, Legashi Satyr, and Legashi Hellcaller. With some luck, you'll obtain your second flawless fel essence, and be almost ready to complete this part of the quest!
Third and last, head to the Blasted Lands, and fight the monsters near the Dark Portal for your Dark Portal Essence. These monsters have a felhound with them so you must exercise caution when fighting these solo - Banish is a good choice for the Felhound pet of theirs as you finish off the Legionnaire and hopefully collect your Flawless Fel Essence. Keep in mind that using other methods such as fear might attract more attention onto you, so try to dispatch these as quickly as possible!
Finally, head back to Felwood and turn in your 3 Flawless Fel Essences to Impy.
Infernal Quest #3 - Kroshius's Infernal Core - Impy will ask for one more thing of you; revive Kroshius the mighty infernal at the fel pits nearby, and defeat him to obtain his Infernal Core - this will be the final part of the quest and will allow you to summon your own Infernal should you succeed!
Head northeast to the fel pools, avoiding the Infernal Sentries which are elite and the fire elementals, and you will stumble upon Kroshius's remains. Using the Fel Fire you got from Impy will make him come alive, so make sure you're prepared to fight him beforehand.
There are many ways to tackle Kroshius, we will go over the most popular ones (solo, of course, if you bring friends, this fight will be over very quickly).
First, a popular way is to Enslave Kroshius (make sure to cast Curse of Shadows on him first), and send him against Elementals or even an Infernal Sentry. This will make him take a lot of damage, and when he's near death (say 10% or so), summon ANY of your pets, thus breaking your enslavement over Kroshius, from here it's just a matter of finishing him off.
Another popular way is to chainfear him. Yes, you're able to Fear him around and you're also able to use immolation on him to further add up the damage you're doing on him. Eventually, he will just die. Bandages and/or Dark Pact are a plus for this strategy should you find yourself casting Fear more than usual or simply running out of mana. Remember to use the Drain Life + Lifetap combo should you find yourself running low on mana to keep the battle going.
After you defeat Kroshius, take his Infernal Core and take it back to Niby. Congratulations, you will learn how to summon your very own Infernal! In addition, you will receive 7000 Experience, and a Shard of the Green Flame, which is an off-hand with 12 stamina and +16 damage to your Fire spells.
MorZul Bloodbringer will send you off to collect Raging Owlbeast Blood from the Owlbear's in Winterspring (any kind will do, quest: Rage of Blood). The Owlbeast's are all over the zone, however a large concentration can be found in the south. With the 30 blood in hand, return to Mor'Zul who will bottle it, and instruct you to speak with the Goblin Gorzeeki (located right beside him). Gorzeeki will take the blood and send you back to Mor'Zul who will now present three more requirements. The quests are all item based and require the following to complete:
1. Doomsday Candle : Collect 6 large brilliant shards and 25 dark iron ore. 2. Bell of Dethmoora : Collect 10 elixirs of shadow power. 3. Wheel of the Black March : Collect 35 black dragonscales.All of the above materials are fairly "known" high level items and players should know where to get them. The shards are recieved from disenchanting high level blue items; the dark iron is found from dark iron mining deposits in Blackrock Depths, Searing Gorge, or the Burning Steppes. As for the Elixers of Shadow Power, they can be made by any alchemist. The dragonscales are skinned off the dragonkin in Upper Blackrock Spire.
With the above quests done, speak with the goblin Gorseeki who will send you to talk to Lord Banehollow in Felwood. Banehollow is in the back of the Shadow Hold (in the Jadenar area) and can be easily reached by use of the Shadowy Potions Gorzeeki sells (*Note that the potions make you friendly with the Jadenar and not the ooze that inhabits the zone.*).
Banehollow will send you to kill the Traitor Ulathek who is located in Shadow Hold as well. Ulathek is a level 58 non-elite and should pose no difficulty to kill. Take the traitor's heart back to Banehallow who will now send you to talk with Ur'Dan (yet again, right beside Banehollow) who will sell you Xorothian Dust for 150gp.
With the dust purchased, return to Gorzeeki who will now need 3 arcanite bars in order to make a special Black Load Stone. Once these items are given it's off to Scholomance in a 5 man group where you need to drop the bottled imp you have been given off at the Alchemy Lab. The Lab is located right at the beginning of the room that holds Ras Frostwhisper (big lich guy). Drop the imp to complete the quest and then head back to Gorzeeki.
With the quest complete, Mor'Zul will give you the 7 page book on how to summon the Dreadsteed (quest: Dreadsteed of Xoroth). The book tells you to purcase 3 items from Gorzeeki; J'eevee's Jar for 150 gold, Black Lodestone for 50 gold and Xorothian Glyphs for 50 gold.
Next off; head to the Dire Maul Instance and go into the West area. You will need to clear to Immol'Thar (the bound demon dog trapped under all the pylons). Once the Demon Dog is dead and the surrounding mobs cleared, you can begin the final quest for the Dreadsteed.
Realease the imp from his jar and watch as he places 3 artifacts around you. Each artifact provides a "bonus" and eventually they will begin to fail (making a sound and floating lower) at this point you need to use a lodestone on them (cost of 1 Soul Shard) to re-elevate them.
The "event" starts with an army of attacking imps who deal 1 damage each and will be dealt with by the Doomsday Candle artifact (just make sure to keep it up!). Once the imps have come about 3-4 times, Dread Guard will come and attack along with the imps. Keep up the fight for about 5-7 minutes and then the waves of demons will stop attacking. Now it is time to summon the Dreadsteed...
Consider the Dreadsteed like any other "boss" fight in WoW. Keep a main tank on him, and engage with healing and DPS as normal, until of course the Steed's Dreadlord master appears. It is adviseable to kill the Steed first and then turn to the master, which will requires some kiting or a second off tank.
Once all enemies are dead, you can talk with the Dreadsteed spirit who will teach you how to summon it. There you have it, epic mount!
Continue to Chapter 3:
Trainers and Important
NPCs
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