Cosmos said this quest was a level 29?&nbsp What a joke... I'm not going to be able to solo it until like level 34.&nbsp I can't even get ordanus to half health before I'm overwhelmed by his 2 minions and their 50 tree minions or however many there are.&nbsp What an annoying quest...&nbsp I'm a 29 btw, and usually quests my own level are no problem.

1) sheep ordanus
2) run out onto twisting ramp
3) frost nova adds
4) flamestrike
5) Cone of cold
6) Arcane Explosion till death of adds
7) Mana Agate if you need it
8) Kill Ordanus
9) Loot head
10) Slow Fall off the balcony :D

Bring your group with you on this one. I solo'd this up to the point to kill Ordanus until he spawned a ton of treants. When you get to the top you need to go after Ordanus first and worry about the other mobs later. You'll know what I mean when you get there.

My results:
You gain 2350 experience.

Ok, weird... I did this quest, then took his head to the girl and she's giving me a quest listed in Part 1 (The Den)

Anyways, he is in Raynewood Retreat, in that tall treehouse you see from the road, all the way at the top. He has two lvl 27 guards.

I charged him, attacked til I got enough rage for my Intimidating Shout to scare the guards away, finished him, took his head and ran straight out, over the railing and landed on the lower level roof then to the ground :)

Also soloed with a 26 BE rogue. Had Instant Poison on sword and dagger. Stealthed past everybody to Ordie himself. He saw me. Wailed on him with Sinister strike/Evis and also used evasion. Killed him and Vanished. Waited to half health (should have waited more as you will see). Looted and jumped off ledge. Falling damage almost killed me. Aggroed a sister. Died but quest complete.

GL

best thing to do is to kill ordanus quickly, loot him, then haul ass before his summons can beat you down.

What these other guys don't mention is that there are three floors to go thru. Each floor has at least three guards (lvl 26), the second floor also has a blink dragon (lvl 27), before you even get to the third floor and the target. Don't know if this quest has been beefed up recently.

Ordanus doesn't summon treants, his vindicator buddies do. PLUS, they only summon when they are losing health. With that in mind, concentrate all fire on Ordanus, cc his helpers, and get out of there once you've looted the head!

Solod as 31 Warrior, charged Ord. As soon as he the posse got involved fear them. Ord dropped before fear wore, then just spammed Cleave when the posse got back, down to about half health.

Ordanus comes with two adds who spawn multiple treant elemental adds. Either nuke ordanus grab the head and run or bring some friends with you! Power in numbers!

61.50 is the exact location. Get to the big tree you can see on your map in ashenvale, and go to the top. Easy for a level 30 Tauren Druid, cat form to the top of the tree, kill Ordanus, and only him, grab his head, and get out of there asap :)

soloed as lvl27 druid.
regrowth+rejuvenation before entering his room then catform and prowl, dash toward ordanus and get 3-4 combo points, use rip then go caster form, use stomp and regrowth+rejuvenation, then bear and kill the bastard, loot, jump(had 500hp but died ._.).

(NPC #4273) is the link to his location

Soloed it as a lvl 27 (troll) hunter , pulled all 3 at once froze one in a trap and just started hitting Ordanus , looted the head , jumped down but had to little health to survive the adds .

Got the quest as 29th level rogue, and since I was already buffed from hunting I decided to get it done then and there. Here's how I finished it in a matter of a couple minutes.

Already buffed with the following scrolls from previous hunting.
-Stamina II
-Protection II
-Agility II
-Strength II
-Both blades poisoned with Instant Poison.

Stealthed in, killed the three bear form druids quickly. Headed upstairs.

Stealthed before Ordanus's room, headed to the right inside, sapped the guard, ran up to Ordanus, Sinistered him, kicked him to interrupt his spell casting, Sinistered again till I had all 5 points, Eviscerate, killed him.

Looted his corpse, ran out, clicked Vanish. Out safetly and never lost more than 200 hit points.

Edited, Apr 27th 2007 12:42am by Zantaklawz

This is a horde quest.

I did it as a lvl 28 rogue, with a lvl 28 hunter with pet and a lvl 28 shaman, was pretty easy (done in 1 minute, killed all the mobs from the start of the tower) and got 2350xp

Did this with group that consist

2 lvl 26 shamans
1 lvl 28 warlock

killed ordanus and helpers easily

I did this solo as a lvl 31 priest. Basically, I stood outside Ordanus's door, shielded myself, and mind controlled him. This aggros the two helpers to him. I MC'd him off the railing and rode him a bit off then ended MC and jumped off myself after him. The two helpers (and their umpteen minions) have to find me but they must take the long regular route. This gave me time to kill Ordanus. I feared any mobs around me and when he was dead quickly looted him. By this time, the minions will catch up with you and kill you so make sure you kill and loot fast.

Did it at 29 sapped one killed him quick loot jump and died but who gives a !@#$ the q was done

Solo 28 Druid.

I prowled in cat-form up to Ordanus then surprise attacked him and ignored everyone else. Killed him but died before I could loot. Ran back, grabbed my body, looted the corpse, and then prowled back down.

In all, a pretty quick quest.

I did this at 28...

stealth
Cheap shot
Sinister Strike
Sinister Strike
Sinister Strike
Eviserate. Dead
loot and
Sprint/Vanish...I sprinted because there was no reason to waste a flash powder and the 5 min cooldown.

soloed as 27 undead mage.

Soloed this as a lvl 26 BE Rogue. Stealthed up, avoided the Protector pats, got to the room and accidentally (but worked well in the end) aggroed the protector standing in the entrance to the room. Backed up to pull the protector away from Ordanus and his buddies...disposed of the Protector and stealthed back up to the entrance.

Stealthed up to Ordanus, aggroed him then the battle just went like this

Cheap Shot
Evade
SinStrike Spam til 5pts
Evisc

and at that point he started making a run for it. I followed him towards the door spamming SinStrike, he fell, but I couldn't manage to loot him before I died, due to his buddies, and their summons filling up my screen.

ran back from the gy, rezed outside the door, looted, vanished, and jumped off the edge...where I was promptly killed by some named panther.

rezed at the gy, flew to SRR and turned in the quest (2350xp..no rep)

Although I do have better than average weapons (The Black Knightw/ fiery & Wyvern Tailspike) I figured I'd give it a shot, considering he was a druid... and he definately fell just as quick as one.

After several times dying (level 30 hunter) I finally made it up to the top of the winding stairs...I used freeze trap a lot...the bear guards were everywhere. I made it to Ordanus and sent my pet in to attack his guards. I killed Ordanus - and then - POOF. He disappeared. I was furious. He was no where to be found. I jumped out of there but was attacked and killed. As a ghost I made it all the way up again, but fell off the side onto the roof after becoming alive, but another bear guard chased me down and killed me again. I got so frustrated and am waiting until I get some help on this one. The hardest, most infuriating quest yet for me.

I was able to rush him and fear him, therefor he couldn't summon. and my VW took enough hits from the other two, so I was able to kill him, and safely escape as lvl 29 warlock

Edited, Wed Jan 26 05:18:10 2005

62,50 ...

i did this in a group with -

myself- lvl 27 troll hunter
and another lvl 29 troll hunter

had no problem just used some healing potions

Hunter level 27, solo'd it, though it took me four tries. This probably isn't the most time economical way to do it, but it worked for me:

went around the back of the house, on the hills, and picked off two guards on the front porch, then got up on the porch, and killed the two or three guards inside one by one by targetting them, shooting at them and backing up. As soon as they were on the porch, sent my pet after them, and killed them.

Headed up the spiral ramp, targeted one guard and sent my pet after it once the pet attacked, it summoned the other of course. Once both were attacking my pet, I went and stood by the little dragons, and took my shots, killing those two. I will say this however there's another spiral walkway going up to where Ordanus is, and if you're unlucky as I was the first time I attempted this, the guard that walks that walkway will be attracted as well - this proved to be too much, and I died. However, this wasn't an issue the next three times.

After killing the two guards at the top of the first spiral walkway, headed out to the second, and killed the guard there. I recommend going up that walkway with a lot of strafing so you see him before he sees you.

At the top of the walkway, stand just a little past where the walkway goes level, so you can tab target Ordanus inside and send your pet after him. This was the most delicate part for me the first two times, his two personal guards saw me and annihilated me. Once your pet attacking Ordanus, though, his two guards will go after your pet... then just focus all your attacks on Ordanus. Kill him, run in, grab his head, and run out. Jump down off the ledge, and go splat, and that's the end. Just... make sure you grab the head.

As lvl 28 shaman I went in killed him drank health potion and went out :D

Raynewood is west of splintertree, when u get to the top of the tree just charge Ordanus kill him as FAST as possible, loot the head and run. don't ask just trust me on this.

I almost killed him alone at lvl 28 rouge. i sapped his 2 friends then atacked him with ambush but i missed ! when he just had little life back i died,

tauren warrior lvl 29 and i done the quest alone MUUUAAAHHHH :P

solo as 27 warr... cake

well i Mind Controlled Ord as a lv 30 Priest, the guards owned him bad with all their trees (i didnt fight back) then i went in, feared most of them, ran to ords body, figured i couldnt loot him since i idnt kill him, all adds came back, i died

next try:

i was supposed t try, but a NE 34 Druid came after me for about 20min, i feared him, healed, dispeled, hided, was a fun game, then i said it in general chat and a lv 56 lock killed him, never seen the NE after that =P

Next try part2:

this time i teamed with a lv 32 Priest anda 30 Wqarrior, raped them all

kindo hard quest to solo imo, since each guard spawns like 3 trees, need to do some fancy hit and run tacttics or a melee class with potions or something