This quest confused me at the the start for a bit. His initial location is not how it appears on the map.

The dwarf is in the small dark-iron mining camp just to the left as you enter from the badlands. If you enter from Loch, its the second dark iron camp you run into if you keep going straight. He is lying on his back in the pit where the geologists are digging. You clear to him and talk to him to start the quest.

Once started he leaves the pit and you have to defend him as he wanders around a bit. He will aggro everything, beast or humanoid, that comes near. Keep him alive.

Eventually you come to the cauldron and he pauses to tell you his team is trapped down there. He then proceeds up a small wooden plank to an open area. In the middle of this open area you are ambushed by 4 dark iron dwarves. You may also have spider adds. Keep him alive.

When the four dwarves are dead, he runs erratically to the Loch gate. If you keep him alive, he will stop just before the gate and be assasinated by a sniper. The sniper is no threat to you. When he dies, he drops a letter next to him and that is the quest piece you have to read.

Happy hunting.

Edited, Fri Jan 7 17:38:54 2005

This guy can be found in the pit near the outhouse.&nbsp Its called the Grimsilt dig site I believe.&nbsp Anyways, if you are coming into Searing Gorge from the Badlands, follow the path south when you enter Searing Gorge and it will be the first little camp on the left you come to.&nbsp He is in a little pit and has 2 lvl 43-44 geologists around him.

Clear the pit and the camp at the top of the ramp first then get the quest.&nbsp He will walk up the ramp and across the road to where the glass spiders are.&nbsp You get one spider at a time...easy enough.&nbsp Then you will come to a part where he will say something about the cauldron, then walk up a wooden plank then want to take a breather.&nbsp As soon as he is done tkaing his breather you will get ambushed by 4 lvl 42-44 mobs.&nbsp He can tank one but not two.&nbsp

As a lvl 47 rogue, the first time I did this he died, so the next time I went around and hit 3 of them to get aggro on 3 out of the 4, burned evasion, killed those 3 and then helped him kill the 4th one he was left to tank.&nbsp After that, its easy again.&nbsp He gets close to the gate and gets shot and dies.&nbsp When he dies he drops a note for you to read and that gives you the next part of the quest.

This guy can be found in the pit near the outhouse. Its called the Grimsilt dig site I believe. He is in a little pit and has 2 lvl 43-44 geologists around him.

Clear the pit and the camp at the top of the ramp first then get the quest. He will walk up the ramp and across the road to where the glass spiders are. You get one spider at a time...easy enough. Then you will come to a part where he will say something about the cauldron, then walk up a wooden plank then want to take a breather. As soon as he is done tkaing his breather you will get ambushed by 4 lvl 42-44 mobs. He can tank one but not two.

After that, its easy again. He gets close to the gate and gets shot and dies. When he dies he drops a note for you to read and that gives you the next part of the quest.