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Alas, Andorhal

Bring Araj's Phylactery Shard to Commander Ashlam Valorfist at Chillwind Camp, Western Plaguelands.
Araj's Phylactery Shard

Description

Alas, the time to attack Andorhal and drive out the lich that controls it is upon us!

Inside the ruins of the city is where the lich - Araj the Summoner - holds dominion. He is guarded by numerous Scourge surrounding the remains of city's center, and his personal retinue of guardians attached to him directly is formidable. You will need numerous allies to even stand a chance of facing him successfully.

Destroy Araj, <name>, and bring me a shard from his phylactery as proof!

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Reward

You will receive:
Mark of Resolution
You will also receive: 0

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
  • 8300 experience ( 49 80 at max. level)
  • 350 Reputation with Alliance
  • 350 Reputation with Argent Dawn

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By Anonymous on 03/29/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
around 45,69. u cant miss em, right next to a fountain

i did it with 57 shaman, 57 druid and 57 warlock (me).
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By Magee on 03/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
You can pull the undead on the front (east) side without aggroing Araj. This makes it a little easier to kill him.
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By Foleas on 09/03/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Also need to kill him for the key to Scholomance quest chain final quest http://classicdb.ch/?quest=5803, saves having to kill him twice. (chain starts at http://classicdb.ch/?quest=5533)

As a side note, completing the quest http://classicdb.ch/?quest=4972 provides a handy talisman that causes damage to Araj, and reduces the damage he dishes out by 25%, though only use it AFTER he has been wounded.
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By Anonymous on 05/05/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Don't forget to complete the quest that Chromie gives you to get the device that hurts only Araj.&nbsp It's attuned to him, but she doesn't tell you that.

Attuned Dampener:
https://classicdb.ch/item=5126

But yeah, make sure the folks you are grouping with are patient but focused and get rid of all the guards first.&nbsp And watch for wandering Abomination patrol.
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By Globox on 07/20/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
He was already dead when I arrived to kill him.
He corpse is some sort of a relic, right click on the relic to receive the Shard.
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By huntingmaster on 05/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
If you have a caster, you can stand on the edge of the nearby broken carriage and attack Araj the summoner directly without the guarding mob attacking you. His icebolts deal alot of damage, so Its best to bring a healer along with you. You will still need to kill the rest of the mobs after you kill Araj the summoner so you can loot his corpse and conplete the quest.
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By Anonymous on 09/11/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)
I might point out that If the Lich dies AND one already has the quest then they too may loot the shard. This was the case when some Hordies were killin the Liches Entourage and I happened by with my Alliance crew to kill him too - We jumped in and helped out and when the lich dropped and his phylactery spawned I looted it too - after all of them or course. So if U find that you do not have the resources to kill him - hang about until someone else starts to and join in. That was the way it went on Malygos (PvE). Course If U R one of the people on Stormreaver with my Priest then be prepared for that ole familiar lack of good will (Grant Absolutely No Kindness) that they call a GANK -
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By Michaelange on 05/21/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
He is at 45.69. Good luck.
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By Anonymous on 07/14/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)
You don't need the crystal to spawn anymore. Araj is standing in the middle of town now. Just go kill him, quite easy, he's also stunnable.
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By Anonymous on 05/17/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
With 53,55 warrior, 54,52 Hunter , and 54 rogue first try we got to 18% then killed easy second time
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By woobli on 11/17/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
A Whopping 11900 xp reward as of patch 2.3
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By Suhov on 01/14/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
Really easy with use of Chromie's Attuned Dampener (http://classicdb.ch/?item=12650). If 2 man's got it he will be nearly instantly killed.

Also, then you complite quest you will get 700 Argent Dawn rep and 350 rep with each Alliance faction or will got revered status with all Alliance factions (mean no reputation if you don't revered with every faction yet). Before Burning Crusade it was a really fast and nice way get a revered with Alliance factions to buy mount etc.
Last edited by Suhov on 01/15/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
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By Anonymous on 05/05/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Just completed the quest with a 60, a 55 and a 57 warrior, a 58 pally and a 60 druid (me), no probs at all. First thing to do is to wipe out the outer ring of guards, preferably 3 or 4 at a time - have a caster pull, then warriors charge from the side.

When you have Araj and his bodyguards (61 elite, 2 x 60 and 2 x high level elite), root / shackle the warlords and dps dps dps! Didn't even need a healer, and we owned them all.

PS: Ensure you keep moving - while the healer is mana up'ing, attack the next grp, as they res after about 2 min (including Araj!)
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 06/10/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Did it with 3 60s, a 58, and a 56.&nbsp It took less then 5 min from the start of buffs till group disband.&nbsp Just make sure you pull the few little groups around Araj first then get him (or here i cant really tell) and you shouldnt have a problem with it.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/15/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)
What are the Pre-requisites for this quest? I haven't done All Along the Watchtowers yet, is that what I'm missing?
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By Anonymous on 03/29/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
Why are u guys bragin' about that u have done this quest with a lvl 60 etc....why cant u write down where the stuff is? like coords.....&nbsp -.-
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By Anonymous on 06/28/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)
5 ppl (lvl 54-55) did this q yesterday, just try to clear the mobs around first. Then kill the undeads around him first after that have at him :)
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By Anonymous on 05/07/2005 (Patch 1.4.2)
Last week (before the patch, IIRC) I could easily find the summoning crystals in each tower.

Now, I can't see any of them. At all.
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By Anonymous on 06/17/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)
Did it today, for confirmation the quest is raidable, but u have to leave the raid to loot the Shard
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By Anonymous on 05/13/2005 (Patch 1.4.2)
i believe this quest is bugged since they moved andorhol around... i want my key! i spent 15g on it
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By Anonymous on 06/11/2005 (Patch 1.5.0)
after the patch this past tuesday, I did spot a crystal up in one of the towers (huge floating purple crystal) - but only once so I assume the respawn rate must be slow (they were not up when I first looked but were later). The annals of darrowshire was fixed too. Havent tried doing this quest - was along when i saw the crystal and havent seen it up the couple of times i have passed through since then
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By Anonymous on 07/02/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)
actually i (60 mage) did him with a 2nd mage tonight. was pretty easy, put max dps on him and ignore all adds. important: counterspell him once to pull him away from his spawn point and the point where the adds will return to after he's down. of course we died, but we got him down easily, so we returned, got ressed and looted him (hence the counterspell pull, otherwise the loot would be inaccessible cause of the adds)

seul
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By ilovemrdoe on 12/18/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By Bedeni on 01/06/2008 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By grevios on 01/13/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
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By sipefree on 02/24/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By exShinra on 06/01/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Flexorz on 06/13/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Anonymous on 04/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By Anonymous on 04/14/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)