Looks like you need 8 of each. They're dropped from the water, fire, and air elementals in Arathi. (Fire are NW, air are just NE of Refuge Point, and water are N,NE.)

They drop pretty frequently so it shouldn't be too time consuming to get them all.

gewt a 50lvl friend to help you and it is easy.you must collect them from the mobs and click on the cauldron

If you manage to make it to the point where your going to have Whirlwind summoned, just a warning that this mob is a lvl 40 Elite! And if you die you do not get another shot at him. You will have to totally abandon the quest and do the whole thing over again. I was lvl 38 when I got to the summoning part and got totally enialated by Whirlwind. This thing not only hits really hard but it also stuns you with that tonado thing and then launches you through the air backwards doing damage when he hits you and when you come down. Pretty stupid if you ask me cause at this point the quest was yellow to me! So basically if you going to attempt this quest before your lvl 42 your gonna need help.

When I did this quest the drop rate was about every third or second I killed so the post"Solution" is totally wrong

u gotta kill those elemntal exiles in the arathi highlands it takes forever and they nare very deadly when u r a low lvl and it takes forever to get the drops

Ok
Im a 34 warrior who has just recvived the cyclonian quest.
I have AHed the life root for about 50s.
I am still working on the bloodscalp bone fragments i have 21 out of 30.
I dont know how to get the essence of the exile. But i have read all of the posts below mine and i still can't figure it out. Are you just supposed to go and get the 24 charms or is there an actual quest for this and how do you get it?
If you know the answer to this please post it for me.
Thanks in advance.

These charms drop off the Exiles scattered throughout Hillsbrad and Arathi Highlands. The Cresting Exiles(Mob) are in the far NE corner of Arathi Highlands, just a little west of hammerfall.

Alts or good friends are quite helpful here, since these items can be traded.

I collected 8 of each in half an hour with my 60 rogue.

I got all necessary stuff, the mob was summoned, but I died.
I ran back to that place, the mob was still there but to be better prepared i decided to use a spell for more hitpoints on my char.
during theese few seconds the mob dissapeared.

any chance to summon it again? or is this a 1-chance-quest?

For anyone wondering where in the heck this quest is or how to get the Essence of Exile from the three types of 8 Exile materials, you go back to Alterac Mountains near the NPC that gave you the Cyclonian quest and mix them into the cauldron over the fire. Hardest part for me was getting the dang liferoot since I'm not a herbalist and AH is out. Good luck!

so u get the charms from random mobs in the NE of Arathi Highlands just west of hammerfall? or is it a special mob? like the elemntals? but then i must say there are elementals on more then just one place...

and one more thing... do i need 8 of each or just 1 of each?

Drop rate is quite ok, Cresting Charm was the only one irritating me, Dropped 1 per 7 mobs for me :/

THis thread doesn't list where the Questgiver is.... any ideas?

Bah, i have cleared the Thundering elementals 2 times and i only got 3.

Where does this stuff come from? Anyone have any info on these?

what do ya use the essense for?

There is no quest giver! Collect 8Charms of each type and use Bath'rahs cauldron at the fire place near Bath'rahs place

First of all, drop rate is extremly poor, this sucks
Second, be aware of Fozruk the Giant, he comes along around this places :)
Mobs around Lvl 37-39 with special effects, Fire, Ice, Thunder.
66,27 Cresting Charm - Drop 1/7
25,31 Burning Charm - Drop 1/9
51,49 Thunder Charm - Drop 1 /10

Return to Bath'rah

BASICLY You get the quest for the Essence of Exile at Chillwind Point.

Where or from who did I got the quist

Malbolja is wrong.
The Essence is used in Quest: Cyclonian. Which leads to: The Summoning. Which leads to: Whirlwind Weapon if you kill the mob. It is not necessary to do this quest over before redoing The Summoning. If you die you talk to the NPC again and he summons again. I helped my wife do this quest at 36/37. It kick our butts when we tried at 35. For those who care it was a Warrior and a Druid.

I farm the charms to support my bad habits. I usuallly have all you need up at the AH.

Note: This is on Lightning's Blade only.

I gave up after 15 cresting exiles and went to thunderous - I am now on number 10 and nothing. Think he might be right - any other factors that we might not know about though?

Well - 3 just dropped in a row, making up time =P

Edited, Thu Apr 20 11:44:06 2006

Lots of great info with no straight answers.

HERE IS THE WALKTHROUGH!

The Quest Giver

Go see Bath'rah for the quest. He is just NORTH of Tarren Mill on the EAST SHORE of the river that flows from Southshore to Tarren Mill. From Southshore follow the river north PAST Tarren Mill. Walk on the East Shore.... he will be off to your right in a gazeebo...if you miss him please uninstall WoW and go outside and play.

The Charms

You need Thundering, Burning, and Cresting Exile charms that drop from these mobs. YOU NEED 8 OF EACH. You can find them in the Arathi Highlands not too far from Refuge Point. One JUST to the east near the cliff at Refuge Point, one near the big wall in the north west and one at the top center of the map. The drop rate is VERY low so be prepared to camp each spot for a good long time.

The Bloodscalp Tusks

Go kill Bloodscalp Trolls in Stranglethorn Vale. You will need to collect 30 of their tusks from their corpses'.

Liferoot

If you are Herbalist you most likely already have this herb. If not ask around in the trade channels or the AH.

Return to Bath'rah

When you have all of these items you need to return to Bath'rah's camp and click on the bubbling cauldron in front of his gazeebo. You will create an "Essence of Exile" from the charms. Talk to Bath'rah and give him the items..... he will ask you to follow him. FOLLOW HIM. He will summon Cyclonian. Prepare for an ass beating!

The popular choice of weapon to select as your prize is the AXE. You wont be sorry if you get it!

Edited, Nov 4th 2006 at 9:58am PST by Kreedo

Edited, Nov 4th 2006 at 10:00am PST by Kreedo

thanks for the walkthrogh

Although it says the minimum level for this quest is 36, this can still be done at level 30.

Starts and ends at: https://classicdb.ch/?object=89931

Ack! Don't be fooled by the droprate of the charms! To get this droprate, you have to start another quest chain. East / Northeast of Refuge Pointe is a circle of stones. Floating in the center is a large Dark Crystal (shout-out to Jim Henson). This starts a quest chain, the first quest being "The Princess Trapped" (https://classicdb.ch/?quest=642) After completing the first chain of the quest, you will receive the second portion, "Stones of Binding" (https://classicdb.ch/?quest=651). This is when the droprate kicks in. In this quest, you must get the 3 keys from the 3 circle of bindings. ONCE YOU GET THE KEYS, then you will FINALLY begin to get the charms. So make sure to start this other chain of quests. You can sometimes purchase the crests in the AH, but they are expensive and you can't always find the ones you need.