Strategy for Darkshore

1 - Clear entrance to Tower
2 - Summon Fel Hunter(With Spell Lock)and set passive
3 - Cast Armor on self
4 - Wait for roaming Voidcaller to cross doorway(if u want use Eye of Killrog to get target on roamer)and instantly pull from outside using wand
5 - Cast Banish on the NPC's Voidwalker
6 - Target Voidcaller
6 - Cast Corruption, Imolate, and Curse of Tongues on the Warlock NPC
7 - Use Wand shoot until Corruption and Immolate wear off(if battle even lasts that long and make sure that you are still outside)
8 - Drain Soul or Life until dead then finish off voidwalker
9 - Next Kill warlock on ground floor in tower make sure to pull him outside and repeat above steps
10 - Move up left stairs and take out next warlock then go back down and move up right stairs and clear out next NPC

From there should be cake(even though I know it seems complicated) Be sure to summon a soulstone and cast rez on yourself.

NOTE!

If Your currently using robes of arcana and you turn this in,
Be sure to have a backup robe :)

Let me recount my experience.

I read all the comments here on thotbott and sure enough, the recipe drops in
-Darkshore, Kalimdor in the Tower of Althalaxx (56,26)
-The Yorgen Farmstead in Darkshire (48,76) or
-Darkshire, Addle's Stead (21,27).

I started out farming at half past midnight on my lvl 60 warlock, and 3 hours later with a lot of time waiting for mobs to spawn I got impatient.

Then I moved my lvl 39 mage to darkshire and farmed the 3 defias enchanters there too for good measure.

By this time, I conjured up a plan to log on the mage, aoe everything, log on my lock, curse of agony all the mobs in the tower while letting my felhunter lap up the rest. And now it is 5.30am, when I finally got a mob in darkshore in the tower to drop it.

It might be useful for you to just park three characters if you have them, one at the Yorgen farmstead (48,76), one at the Addle's Stead (21,27), and one in the Tower of Althalaxx (56,26) and just log in each to kill all mobs, move on. That's 3x as fast if all your characters are at a decent level to quickly kill all the mobs. And hey, no need to wait for them to respawn )

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BTW, if you want this crafted, send a whisper and a tip to bellanna (Alliance) on EU-Turalyon :)

I would highly recommend trying to get this completed, the reward will last you a good 20 levels easily if you want, I'm still wearing mine at 55 as I've not found a suitible replacement yet. Easiest way is to either buy the robes of arcana on the AH or find a tailor who can make them for you, the result is well worth the couple gold it'll likely cost you.

55,25 - Darkshore (North..have a fun run from the Ashenvale-based Zoram'gar Outpost. I know I didn't)

Im not sure what has changed but I did this yesterday and the first 2 Burning Exiles that I killed dropped both Smoldering Stones. Very easy quest although you had to go back and forth a lot, but the robe is very nice and the XP you get for this chain is very good. I believe I received about 10k XP for the chain.

Unless you are a lvl 37 or higher, Id bring help for the burning exiles. As stated above, they are 38s and 39s

I would suggest to buy the mats to make the robes and then find a tailor to make them for you. It would come out cheaper than buying it at the AH from someone who is trying to jack up the price.

Took me about 6 hours of killing Warlocks and their Voidwalkers at the top level of The Tower of Althalaxx in Darkshore before the pattern (Robes of Arcana) finally dropped.&nbsp It was a very loooooong and frustrating day.&nbsp Made good money though and got some nice drops and upgrades.&nbsp

The top level of the tower is difficult to solo because sometimes you get more than two Warlocks and Voidwalkers at the same time.&nbsp Some classes may have an easier time that others, but overall you will find it challenging.&nbsp Specially if you are 32 or below.&nbsp I brought a friend with me and it made all the difference in the world in terms of being able to kill w/out getting killed and friendly company to help pass the time.

coord are 56,26

After reading all the messages about how hard the robes of arcana pattern was to get...i just asked on the trade channel on my server. A high level warlock who had the pattern made it for me with my mats and a 50s tip. It was listed at 5g at AH.This was so much easier. So just ask around and hopefully some high level whose already done it may have mercy on you like they did me. And thank goodness they did!

Mats needed are:
2 Spider's Silk
4 Bolts silk cloth
2 fine thread

... and accept the quest, and then complete the hand in, you'll be naked.&nbsp As I've just found out p&nbsp I really should have thought that through.

Literally took like 6 hours but I finally had it drop.

Very cool looking robes.

Does anyone know if you get something extra special if you make it yourself, as opposed to buying it from someone? The quest giver hints at this fact.

I went to The Yorgen Farmstead in Darkshire (48,76), Was there for less then 5 mins and got the pattern. I just killed one of the delfia enchanters and got the drop.

Im on crushridge server (Alliance) so if needed I can make bring mats

As you might expect, your mileage may vary. Rare random drops are just that - rare, so it will probably be a long grind. But they are random, so you may get lucky. I followed the advice above, and got the recipe with a lot of patience and stubbornness. As a level 31 undead warlock, ran up to Duskwood from Booty Bay with the voidwalker and a level 31 priest. One level 40 gorilla took out the voidwalker instead of us, letting us run most of the rest of the way up, and I escaped another gorilla only by sacrificing another voidwalker and running after it killed my companion. Waited for the (soulstoned) priest to res, and we had no more trouble getting through Stranglethorn. If I'd been thinking, would have taken a zeppelin to Grom'Gol and had a much shorter run.

Luckily, I'd played Duskwood as Alliance, and knew my way around. Still, had no map as Horde, and accidentally went to Addle's Stead, which is a longer walk than the Yorgen farm. Addle's Stead would be closer if you swim up from Grom'Gol and came through Westfall, though. Then we spent several hours going back and forth between the house and the barn killing enchanters and all the guards with them over and over and over. It took one death before we figured out how to deal with the crowd in the barn without dying. Then it got very tedious as we got into a pattern. Barn. House. Barn. House. We made a gold each just grinding, and there were a lot of green drops and one blue, plus chests, but no recipe after 3 hours. At that point, my (very patient!) friend was too bored to take it anymore and left.

I stayed because it was so much trouble getting to Duskwood as Horde. I died once taking on the crowd in the barn, but there is a safe place to res in the corner of the fields about halfway between the barn and the farmhouse, so I ran there when I was obviously about to die. Kept up the grind, using succubus, who was useful for crowd control and who does good damage to the Defias at this level. Just when I was about to give up and go to bed, probably getting close to 4 hours in, I cleared the 2 guards and 2 enchanters outside the farmhouse, and the second enchanter I looted had the recipe.

I didn't find there was a lot of down time, as one person wrote - certainly not much more than I needed to regenerate mana. Also, unlike what someone wrote, they didn't always all spawn together in the barn, but usually by the time we could get in there, it was a crowd. We mostly got 2 enchanters with 2 guards at once at the house, then over to the barn and kill guards outside, then pull out another couple enchanters and I think 4 guards. It was too hectic to count - they may only be level 20something, but taking on 4 or 6 or 8 at once (adds outside the barn, but we both prefer open spaces for fighting) isn't trivial at level 31. Even with 2 of us, there were a couple deaths over a few hours, and I went through health and mana potions to survive the barn fights.

The reward is nice if you have the patience for a really tedious grind of the same small spot over and over and over. Otherwise, it's probably worth the few gold at auction. In terms of fun, the best part was just getting to Duskwood as Horde. If you're a tailor, it may be a good moneymaker - if you get the drop. Robes were going for 2-5 gold on my server, though I don't know if people were buying them.

I am on the Maive Server, My main character�s name is Nafil. If you need this and do not feel like looking for it.. Let me know� I am going to use Blankgm�s pricing guide .

Regent Count Cost Ea
Silk - 32 - 1s 50c
Fine Thread - 4 - 1s
Spider Silk - 4 - 1g

So, for example if you show up with nothing and want a robe it will cost you 4g 52s.&nbsp If you show up with enough materials for one robe it will cost you 2g 26s.&nbsp If you show up with all the materials for two robes it will cost you nothing.&nbsp All forms of combinations can be calculated using the info above.

If I am not on line.. Please just send me an in game e-mail.

I have the recipe

Server: Zuluhed
Faction: Alliance
Toon Name: Zarox

Send me a mail if I am not on. I will work out a deal for you if you tell me your from thottbot.

I did this quest as hord in darkshore, i had to do tower over three times but i got it:)
i asked for coords before, for darkshore tower, they're:(56,26)

Darkshore around 56,27 is the tower.&nbsp I found the pattern after about an hour on a voidcaller.

Well, as a level 32 lock I went into this quest without expecting to do near the ammount of work I had to for completion. I found the pattern on a voidcaller in the tower of whatever in darkshore after about 1 hour, then spent the next couple hours running VC for cloth to get my tailoring up to 150. After spending about 20 gold in training/AH I can craft the damned Robes of the Arcana (which look pretty sweet with the hood I found along the way).&nbsp If you need these robes on Smolderthorn/Alliance send me a tell or mail.

&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp ~ Kashrik

Final Robe Stats are:+17 int,+10 stam and 55 armor

WOW i was so lucky .. i was in stormwind and just asked can anyone make me the robes of arcana.. and some lovely Warlock just gave me the robe! i think it was my lucky day!

After some farming i finally got the pattern, whisper Vrebor on EU Skullcrusher, Horde side if you need it.

Selling Robes of Arcana on Stormreaver server (Alliance)

Just send an in game tell to Kaisa or mail a letter if not available.

Normal price premade is 1.5g, otherwise if some materials are supplied (silk and/or spider's silk) price will drop.

I need one Robes of Arcana asap Sunstrider EU server Horde side /w me Bael

Ok this was very easy to get the pattern for, i did it solo at lvl 36 and did not die and i cleared the tower about 12 times before i got it (hope your luck is better then mine was ). First off teh tower you are looking for in darkshore is called tower of altharaxx located at 56,27. If you dont have a way of finding locations then its northeast just stay on the road and its after bashal'aran on the right. There is only the voidcaller's inside this tower with the exception of one night elf guy at the top, hes like 31 or 32 all the voidcallers were 29. There is a bunch of lvl 22 mobs outside the tower so if you get in trouble and run out be carfull. From the other post i have read here is where people failed, DO NOT USE A MEELE PET! when you attack tehm with a melee pet they will run around and try and get away from it agroing alot of the tower. Use your imp pet or set your pet to passive and dont use it. Banish there pet first then switch to the caster and kill it, i would just dot it up then drain tehre life or mana whichever i needed more of at the time then when banish wears off kill the pet. Watch for the wandering mobs tehre is quite a few that wander and they can be difficult when they gang up. Also the respawn time is fairly quick and i noticed at the top lvl the night elf guy spawns really fast and tehre is 4 VC's at the top and they will not nessicarly respawn in teh same order you killed them. I havnt exactly figured that part out but this is how to get it. Good luck all!

Where did it drop? I love how they say a tailor can make it, you look in you're list and nada. No clue on where to even begin to hunt for this recipe drop.

Anyone point a fellow warlock in the right direction? Thanks.

The pattern does still indeed drop off the Defias Enchanters in Duskwood. If you are a Tailor (150) who wants to farm it, go for the Yorgen Farmstead as you generally have lv 20-24 Defias Rouges well spaced. Its more easy to deal with them here thanks to the open space. The Tower can get claustrophobic at times.

I got lucky and got it on the first one I tagged. I am told results may vary.

If you don't have tailoring and are on Dragonblight, send a tell to Perplex. If you have the mats & a tip, I can make you some robes for a lot less than AH cost.

Anyone have a pick of what the final robe is like and the stats?

dont wast ur time goin to the crappy tower its no good for a start respawns happen in like 5 sec and thee drop rate on the robe is awful ur better off spending money on it or getting mats cos there is no point in bein ambushed every 5 seconds in that tower!

The pattern did drop at the Tower of Althalaxx. It took about 4 hours of gameplay and in the process the lvl 31 elf continually dropped a journal that I couldn't read as a horder player. One of the summoners on the top level actually dropped the pattern, not the lvl 31 elf.

I am lucky enough to have someone within my guild make it for me. all I need to do is supply mats. Anyone know where i farm the spiders silk?

Lots of good advice for getting this quest done but I don't see a location other than Darkshore. Can someone tell me where this tower in Darkshore is?

Thanks
Nic

For those who wonder she will accept and already equipped robe. It won't matter, i had mine equiped and she just tooked it. Almost zero durability too!

i looked on AH, and yes there is was for 8g :P

peace of cake

Duskwood at the farm they still drop. I spent an hour or so and got nothing, took a couple of days off from the aggravation, went back this morning and after the 4th kill the pattern dropped. Farm is not bad, 25-26, they drop coin, and a few other nice drops that can be put up for auction if you can't use them.

If anyone needs the robe I am on Fenris. Send me mail (Anthela) and I will make it for 1g.

I need one asap Sunstrider EU server Horde side /w me Bael