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Level: 53
Requires level: 48
Side: Alliance
Start: Oralius
End: Oralius
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1.	Extinguish the Firegut
2.	Gor'tesh the Brute Lord
3.	Ogre Head On A Stick = Party

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Gor'tesh the Brute Lord

Find Gor'tesh, somewhere to the west of Dreadmaul Rock. Kill Gor'tesh and then take Gor'tesh's Lopped Off Head back to Oralius in Burning Steppes.

	Gor'tesh's Lopped Off Head

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They're reeling I tell you! Our next strike must be decisive.

The brute lord, Gor'tesh, must be slain. More importantly, his head must be returned to me so that I may prepare the third phase of our attack on the Firegut ogres.

Be warned, soldier, Gor'tesh rules not from Dreadmaul Rock but from a Blackrock orc structure to the west of Dreadmaul Rock.

Your orders, then, are simple. Find Gor'tesh and chop off his fat head. Return to me when the job is done.

SHUT UP, WINKY!

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

5250 experience ( 31 50 at max. level)
250 Reputation with Ironforge

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Rating: +15 [-] [+]

By Vash on 12/09/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

I found Gor'tesh at 40, 55(ish) with a level 57 add, he hits really hard for a normal mob, so classes that can't kite should have a health potion ready.

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By Anonymous on 06/10/2005 (Patch 1.5.0)

I'm not sure if he's was bugged before the patch or not, but he's on permanent evade for me.

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By Anonymous on 01/14/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

39 . 54&nbsp this is tloc...

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

Here is the most simple way of finding him. Go to Burning Steppes. Run to The Pillar of ashes. Go to the hut on the western side when looking at your map. Wait for pats and kill him and his guard. Was that so hard to tell people who need help now?

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/28/2006 (Patch 1.10.0)

39.55 ! ! проверено

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By Anonymous on 09/11/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)

Solo'd as a 53 Rogue. Didn't have to bandage/potion at all.

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By Kithise on 12/20/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

The OP was on track - 39,54 is more exact but both coordinates will put you in view of Gor'tesh. Don't mind control his add and kill him - you can't loot the head. I learned this the hard way - and had never tried to kill anything before with MC.

I pummelled Gor'tesh with shadow dmg and feared his other add after pulling them way away from the hut. Also, kill the soldier pat (level ~57) and then start your Gor'tesh killing frenzy.

Rating: +5 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 11/11/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

Solo'ed as a 53 Shadow Priest. Mind Controlled Gor'tesh, and let him just stand there while his 2 guards hit him. Mind Control wore off when Gor'tesh was down to about 15%. Feared the 2 guards away while I finished off Gor'tesh, grabbed his head, and made a run for it before the 2 guards even came after me. God I love being a Priest =D

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

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

found him at 39,56
not wandering

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By Dokandre on 01/19/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)

i would suggest having this quest while doing this one

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

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

Easily Solo'd with 51 Frost Mage. Gor'tesh was 54, and only one guard lvl 55 was linked to him. I just sheep'd the guard, killed Gor'tesh and finished the guard after.
You souldn't have problem to do it if you're wise enough )

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Kaninen on 05/19/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

made it as 52 druid by killed one of his guard, that wasnt linked to Gor'tesh, then kill the guard while gor'tesh was entrangled and then i ran away. Voila! only gor'tesh left! but he hits hard, entrangle him and use starfire until entrangles fades and then cat/bear him to death :)

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

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

Root the boss,moonfire the add and run
stop and kill the add as quick as you can. If you see the ogre running for you root him again and keep at the add. Once the add is dead run run run till you lose agro on the ogre..

Rest, go back and kill the ogre.. He's easy enough, did need 1 heal though.

Very hard quest though at 53, i died twice trying it.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 06/09/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

soloed as a level 52 fire mage, just nuked&nbsp him from a distance and he was dead by the time him and his guard reached me, grabbed the loot and ran.
EASY!

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 11/02/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

His average hit to me was over 400 each.&nbsp The mage next to him does around the same in fire damage per cast.
I have two characters, mage and a druid.&nbsp Mage was easy, sheep the caster and iceblock him and take him down, no problem.&nbsp I put on fireblock and dampen magic to keep down the fire attacks first.
Druid was really hard, he killed me three times and cost me over a gold in repairs so I gave up.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Arkridge on 10/11/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)

If you don't have any crowd control at all (shamans, I'm looking at you) this is a lot harder than the other posts are making it out to be. You'll be stunned often enough that it'll be incredibly difficult to keep grounding totems down as well as keep yourself healed. Tried it as a 53 Draenei shaman about 10 times, lowest I got Gor'tesh was about 41% health. Bring help or gain some levels for better odds.

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

Tloc 39,55

pulled 2 56 guards with gun
retalliation
diamond flask
mortal strikes
heroic strikes
execute
healed up

same with Gor'tesh

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/07/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)

This guy is on steroids, he was hitting nearly 3 times as hard as the nearby mobs, which were 3 lvls higher than him. I was quite shocked when I looked up at my health bar only to see I had less than 100hp left (I was at nearly full health to begin with, and he was green to me. Thank Elune for vanish!). Be prepared for him to beat the snot out of you and you should be able fine.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/31/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)

Okay, so, I've sort of figured this out. Half the time he's bugged, half the time he's not. If he's ever standning in the wrong spot, he's on permanent evade. If he's standing where he spawned, on the legde of that little hut thing, he should be working properly. Every time I haven't been able to hit him, he's been off in some random spot.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/30/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)

July 29th on Dragonmaw server. Bugged out. Evades everything, doens't react.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/31/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

He hits hard, but he's easy. Was able to solo him just fine as a level 53 rogue.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/17/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)

Yesterday, he was doing the bug thing for me, but today, he is in front of the western most building in the Pillar of Ash, and he has a warlock friend there too.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

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

Found him at the further hut west in Pillars of Ash amongst the Blackrock Orcs. (Sorry no Cosmos coordinates)

After I killed him ... and he was lvl 54 then and hits like he was an elite ... he respawned in the same place. I was killing Orcs for the Fifty, Yep Fifty quest and saw another guy kill him. As I was finishing the Fifty quest, he respawned AGAIN in the same spot.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/18/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)

As a hunter I just pulled him and his buddy, stuck the pet him, FD, pulled out a few more shots and kited him and stayed out of range of the caster :) easily done.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/20/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Just killed him as 53 mage, and he died before he got to me! Easy kill.

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By Anonymous on 02/08/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)

Solo'd this as my 51 hunter on my third try.

I think it was part luck though to be honest, when I got to where he spawns for my third attempt I saw a 55 shadow priest killing him and THEN his gaurd. So I just waited until he respawned and lured him away for an easy kill without anything else attacking me. Whenever he lost interest in my pet I just used concussive shot and ran back until my pet took aggro again.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/08/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

I found him at 39,57 on cosmos map - he apparently just kinda stands there. Kinda buggy though - when i attacked - two level 57 guards join him killed me. then when i came back he's still standing there, but you can't attack him.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/04/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)

Maybe they nerfed him or something but I just soloed him with my 54 pally.

Might have been a lucky pull with holy shock, but the 56 guard standing at his feet didn't come :D

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By Anonymous on 09/17/2005 (Patch 1.7.0)

Solod as 53 warrior ^^ Imba WARRIOR! :) NERF WARRIOR!

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By Anonymous on 03/19/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

Found him standing outside the building on the road on March 16, 2005. He just stood there and all our attacks got evaded.

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By Anonymous on 10/30/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

40,53

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By Anonymous on 04/30/2005 (Patch 1.4.0)

5250 at 57

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By Anonymous on 06/24/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)

solod at 53, was in the western area of the huts, with a 56 orc next to him

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By Anonymous on 07/29/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)

just solo'd him and his guard with 55 hunter, no problems. no bugs or anything

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By Anonymous on 02/06/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

it seems that with some mobs not just this guy. If they get stuck or caught up on a coner or something they go into total evade mode. while this may seem odd you can still hit the mob but you have to find where he is actually standing. what seems to be happening is the "toon" is not in position with where the game thisnks the mob is. I have hit evading mobs from 30 yards away with meele. sounds stupid but true. I have also had them hit me when i was no where near close enough to hit him. while you can stometimes hit them when the toon is messed up it does not mean that you can damage them. you can try running around and get the mob to chaes you and see if he gets unstuck. after which you can attack as normal.

as far as soloing im a 53 pally and couldnt get close enough to this guy without agro on th guards. there is no wy i can take all three solo. yeah pally's live forever or at least until the rest of the party is dead (useually) but how do i pull him with out the other guys?

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By Anonymous on 02/24/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)

As a 55 Mage, I waited until one of the guards went just out of range, sheeped the other, then went toe-to-toe with Gor'tesh. We killed each other and I went back for his head!

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By Anonymous on 07/18/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)

He was still on permanent evade for me. Absolutely no reaction.

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By Anonymous on 07/30/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)

Buggy for me on Thunderhorn server today!

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By Anonymous on 10/11/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)

39,54, 2 guards, 1 warg.

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By Anonymous on 02/10/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

I have found this to be bugged also, he was EVADE the first time I saw him. But I havn't seen him after that.

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