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Level: 34 Requires level: 26 Type: Group Side: Both Start: Longbraid the Grim End: Longbraid the Grim Sharable
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A Grim Task

Kill Balgaras the Foul and bring his ear to Longbraid the Grim outside of Dun Modr.

	Ear of Balgaras

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Many of my soldiers died in the battle of Dun Modr. My own brother perished when the West Bridge over the Thandol Span was destroyed. Aye, the Dark Iron dwarves are a devilish breed. From what Roggo was able to gather, the leader of the thugs in the Wetlands is a warlock named Balgaras the Foul. He is quite a coward, sending his soldiers to do his bidding but hides in his camp on Direforge Hill, to the southeast.

If you can find the spineless scum, slay him and bring me his ear. I will reward you, <class>.

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You can choose one of these rewards:

	Gold Lion Shield		Tranquil Ring

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

3350 experience ( 20 10 at max. level)
150 Reputation with Ironforge

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Rating: +16 [-] [+]

By generalbildo on 10/30/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

I've seen Balgaras in three different places: the second building on both the right and left of Dun Modr as you walk in, and at Direforge Hill, which is along the mountains southeast of Dun Modr.

Rating: +16 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/11/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

I think they must have moved him. I've had 3 people SWEAR he was in the town looking place in the north, but after spending well over an hour there I never saw him. When I went to the eastern camps he was there. No fuss, no muss, no waiting.

Rating: +11 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/26/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

Those of you who rely on shadow (warlocks, shadow priests), make sure you don't waste your time with shadow spells 'cause he's immune.

Rating: +10 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/26/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

He spawn at camps on East and in Dun Mord.
Where he is spawned u can find blue Minion. If you see Minion u found exact location of the mage you have to cut ear off.

Rating: +10 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 11/01/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

61,27

Rating: +8 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/26/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

He spawns in both Dun Modr and in the camps in eastern wetlands. If he isnt at one, he will be at the other. Theres only about a 5 minute delay on him spawning.

Rating: +7 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

this guy changes respawn places every time he dies.. so he may be found in the hills the the far east and a lil south of the dun modr encamptment OR at dun modr : )

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Gaboury on 07/28/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

We got him in the second house on the left, downstairs. He was with his voidwalker pet and a demonis dwarf... Had to get my friend lvl 70, wasn't makeable with 2x lvl 32 priest.

Oh, beware, he is immune to shadow. (Well, at least my shadow word: pain and my mindblast were both blocked as immune.)

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Orik on 12/08/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Pull all the mobs out before killing Balgaras, he's a tough one. If you find him on the hills, then your lucky.

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/26/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

We found him in the Basement of the Inn in Dun Modr. He was hangin out 3 floors down. And we promptly put him 6 feet under ^^.

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/03/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

Three of us...level 31 pally, level 32 rogue, and a 35 hunter found him at 60,25.&nbsp He was surrounded by dwarves.&nbsp picked off dwarves two or three at a time then got him when it was down to 4 total and ganged up on him.&nbsp Still tough, we all managed to get ear.&nbsp As soon as he goes down get that ear.&nbsp Also don't wait too long, respawn is quick.

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 06/08/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

if you can't find him - try to spot a big blue voidwalker thing =)

60,25.

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/13/2007 (Patch 2.0.4)

It seems like all the locations were posted. We thought he could only&nbsp be in the inn or the camps to the east.

We checked it out in ghost form and found him in a building to the right in Dun Modr.

HOW WE KILLED HIM:

You have to be fast clearing or the respawn rate might wipe your group. My group consisted of a 31 hunter (me) and my friend, a 31 warrior.

We cleared up to there was only Balgaras and his Voidwalker minion left. We wiped the first time, by having my bear tank the void while we DPSed Balgaras down, with the warrior tanking.

We ress'ed on the above floor.&nbsp We managed to do it, with plenty of health left. We decided to kill the pet with my bear tanking Balgaras. Good ol' Marshmallow held him off really well and the void went down FAST.

We had to pot and trade off aggro. I also used a freezing trap so we could bandage. It was hard shooting in that room so communication was important )

It was pretty fun and we thought it to be an accomplishment since he was orange to us.

Have fun!

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/06/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

I think you mean the Eastern camp. At least, there is another camp to the east, and I saw this warlock there.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

Was messy, and wasn't an easy fight by any means since he has some nice anti-hunter tricks (his shadow bolts hit both pet and hunter at the same time, he has a debuff that does ~130 damage every 15 seconds to a large area, his nova stops pet from moving, etc.).&nbsp I'm guessing a rogue 32+ would be able to do him solo also if said rogue can separate Balgaras from the other dark dwarves.&nbsp That's alot easier said then done though.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

he got a solid spawn.. at 46,16 for you who dont know where that is its the building furthest up to the hill where you do "dark iron war"

bring a group rather cus its pretty craped up with adds etc in there

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

He can also be found at 59,25. It appears that if he is not in one place it will be the other...

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By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

We took him on as a group of lvl30-32's. He was spawned in lower floor of the Inn in Dun Modr, we were already pretty beat up after killing lots of Dark Iron mobs in the area and he spawned on top of us. We got him down to 3/4 health and rid of his minion. I was able to solo him the rest of the way as a lvl32 pally, though ti was real tough. Had to Divine Protection once and Lay on hands once. Lots O' healing in between whacks w/ Seal of Command up.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/13/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

I was in a group 39 Hunter(me), a warlock, Pally and rogue(late 20's early 30's)last night. We were killing the Iron Dwarfs which for the most part you will have two if your lucky usually ends up being 4 to 5 at a time. It is possible to single pull outside the buildings if you are careful but inside they seem to join the fight from even the bottom floors.&nbsp We had cleared all the buildings (they respawn rather quick) and then hit the bigger building in center back. He spawned on us and pretty much kicked our our butts due to the ones respawning outside that building. We wiped then regrouped and started again. He again respawned on us but this time we didn't have adds like the first. Both times he spawned was in the entrance of that back building. So guessing that is the one he spawns at.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/13/2007 (Patch 2.0.4)

i found him at the camp, 60:25. spent ages looking in dun modr with no joy. i suggest maybe trying the camp (60:25) first.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Fujitsi on 01/01/2008 (Patch 2.3.0)

He is immune to shadow magic and his 2 main spells are shadow bolt volley and frost nova.
Died once because of his immunity to shadow. (Shadowpriest ^^)

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By onegirlarmy on 04/23/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Found him at 60,26, he's easily recognizable by his blue lvl 34 minion. You need to do this with a group though, he's always surrounded by lvl 28-30 mobs.

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By Anonymous on 03/28/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Solo'd at 41 with a Draenei Paladin. Very tough quest to solo without ranged pull.

Put on the tank and grind em down. Needed every trick in the book to make it, Gift of the Naaru, health potion, stone statue healing me. Had to tank 5 of the wee feckers at one point.

Made it by the skin of my teeth. Killed Balgaras just as the rest of the mobs were respawning. Grabbed the ear, raised Divine Shield and legged it. Very happy to have this one out of the quest log.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/23/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

yeah i was just doing this with a group, and we went through all the 5 buildings multiple times to kill the dwarves, but never saw this guy. finally we went to camp, but we died before we could find him :-\

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By Anonymous on 10/27/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

I tried 3 times in the houses and buildings near the thandol span, and he didnt spawn once in any of them.

Instead go to the dwarf camp in the east wetlands and if you have a hunter, track humanoids and mouse over all your radar blips till you find Balgras.

He seems to spawn at this camp MUCH more often than anywhere else.

Save yourself an hour and go there FIRST!

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.1)

Does anyone know what the last co-ordinates were, because i just dont stumble accross him?

lvl 29 Druid

Edited, Jan 6th 2007 6:13am by hendrikw

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/02/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

His location varies it seems. I had a group do this and we killed him in the building with all the barrels on the front by pulling him up to the big room. Some people weren't able to loot ear, so we stayed together to do it again. I left building and checked the camp area, and he had spawned out there immediately after we killed him indoors.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/21/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

I soloed him at lvl 36 with my druid... took me about 2 hours to figure out the strategy (and many deaths) but here it is:

Balgras has to be at direforge hill and you should preferably have a ranged attack, but it should work with out one.

Attack his minion.... then run.

Usually there is a barren line across the ground where the minion and balgras will turn around to return to the encampment. Once you find out where that place is... aggro and run to that place and stop. All the other Dark Irons will have turned around before this point and you'll only have to fight the minion and blagras.

Since the minion was so much faster than Balgras I had it down to half life before blagras even caught up to us. Play around with this hopefully it helps

Edited, Aug 20th 2006 at 7:30pm EDT by KizzleofArthas

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/02/2006 (Patch 1.10.0)

have had this quest for quite a while and finally decided i would do it. joined a pickup group in the area doing the same quest and finished it in about 5 minutes. We found him in the camps on the east side of the road.

Go5 3550xp and 150IF faction at lvl 39. Rewards are not that good.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/27/2004 (Patch 1.2.0)

This is a very tough task. It took a full group 27-30 to complete this. He is located in the building in the far back. He is a lvl 34 elite warlock. The strategy we used was to just focus on him and ignore his pet until he died.

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By Anonymous on 02/27/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

Been waiting for 30mins so far and he still hasn't respawnt. His spawning areas are usually crowded too.

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By Anonymous on 11/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.3)

3350 xp, 150 Ironforge faction at 36

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By Anonymous on 01/07/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

I solo'd this at lvl 34 but not easily, except where where I fought him and have seen him everytime is not in any building, it was in the camps to the far east in Wetlands (the southern most of the two). Clear out a little of the trash(which will count toward your war quest totals) and you can get him solo fairly easily (solo + pet).

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By Anonymous on 04/13/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)

Pretty sure he goes back and forth from one to the other. I saw him respawn at one, then the other, then the first again. So it really seems like that's the case.

If you're online at a busy time, just wait by the camp for him, I'd say. Running between them only guarantees you keep missing him if your luck is as bad as mine. )

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By Anonymous on 01/28/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

I found Balgaras in the fourth (standing in the middle of all five, if you count them left to right) of five houses in the lower level.
I had three others with me. We got mob attacked. I was the last one to survive when Balgaras died. I got the ear but died a few seconds later. Since all of us died, the rest were unable to get the ear.. guilt trip city for me. :(
I stuck around to try to help them defeat him again but had too many disconnection/lag problems to do so.
On the upside, I got a very cool shield (see above) out of it.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/03/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

didnt found this mob still =( , searching searching , i saw one time at dwarf iron camp right side of dun , now i dun see it anymore , damn. need group

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By Anonymous on 12/27/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Didn't find the drop rate too bad, cleared the two camps to the northeast and got 8, so probably 1/2... They take a while to respawn though... Waiting waiting waiting for the last one grrr.

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By Anonymous on 01/14/2007 (Patch 2.0.4)

He is in the eastern camp 61,26.

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By Anonymous on 10/22/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

Hehe I tagged along with 3 level 31's and it took me a total of about 5 min to do it with -check this- a level 25 druid! lol the xp was great for me but that wasw cuz the quest was in red for me plus it was elite -)

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By Anonymous on 05/29/2005 (Patch 1.4.2)

OK, the previous poster who noticed that he alternatively spawns in east camps, then dun modr was right on. We got ks'd in camps, waited there for a while for respawn, looked on here, headed back to dun modr and finally found him in second building on left. My guess is that which building he spawns in dun modr is random, but the alternating between camps and dun modr is very good to know.

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