Here is the short story...

Go into the cave and find Emberstrife (https://classicdb.ch/?npc=10321). He is all alone so don't worry about ads. Have the guy who is making the key, use the unforged seal in the water below the island (out of the aggro range of the dragon). Ideally, the same guy who needs to forge the key will also aggro/pull/tank the dragon...with others healing and helping with DPS.

Get the Dragon down to 10% health and then everyone stop attacking...the guy who is trying to forge the key needs to use the mind control orb on the dragon. (Note: if your a hunter/warlock you should dismiss your pet before this fight...cause the dragon becomes a pet once mind controlled.)

Once mind controlled, then use the first spell on the pet bar (orange block with with a black dragon on it), and cast the spell such that you hit the seal on the floor. If you mess up and he breaks MC...just recontrol the dragon with the mind control orb.

The rest of the party should wait for the all clear (key needs to be forged) before finishing the dragon off. In the mean time just keep that guy healed. You can and should mana up while the dragon is under Mind Control.

Once forged, then you loot the seal on the ground.

Hope this helps. I did it with 4 people, two 60 Shamans, a 60Hunter, and a 55 Druid. A shaman and the druid healed, the other Shaman tanked and forged, and the hunter just DPSed.

Final note: If you happen to be killed after you make him cast his forging spell but before you can loot the object, the forged seal object will remain long enough that you can run back from the grave yard and it will still be there.

ANSWERS TO MOST BUG PROBLEMS SUMMARY ( I encountered most of them :P )

• MOST COMMON BUG: Unable to hand it in.... If you find you've completed the quest and cannot hand it in.. you have to find another unadorned seal of ascension. Link is here: http://classicdb.ch/?item=12219

• Some problems result from pet bar issues. These are easy and don't require for you to disable addons if you know what you're doing. If you're using ctmod or equivalent addon, then pet bar may be hidden. I recommend trying a quest that requires you to use it. If it works, great! If not it's most likely to be an addon conflict so disable your addons and it will work.

• Another problem where ppl may not be able to mind-control it, usually because Health is not low enough- you'll get an emote when it is (at or below 10%).

• Not being able to loot the seal is easy, I made that mistake, I was in a raid group. It's a party quest!

• Try not to die before you mind-control or kill Emberstrife. This may cause some issues. Lvl 70 may require a healer. I did this with one healer as 70 rogue (with epic gear).

Then the Vaelan will speak to you allowing you to hand it in.

- Denisius @ Eonar

If multiple people are doing this quest at the same time, they can all place their unforged seals on the ground. Only one person has to mind-control Emberstrife and use the correct spell to forge them. Since the attack must hit all of the seals, it is recommended that you place them all together.

If by some chance you miss one of them, someone else can mind-control him and try again. When I did this quest, it appeared that the attack you need to use in the pet bar (the left-most one) was usable once per mind-control, rather than having a cooldown.

Dragon can be found 54,84 in a cave on Dustwallow march

I just did this last night, successfuly, and figured a better walkthrough of the entire event would've helped me not waste a few hours of my life. Enjoy.

1. The very first step of creating the UBRS keys is to gather these 4 items from LBRS
- Unadorned Seal of Ascension: random drop from mobs in LBRS
- Gemstone of Spirestone: random drop from Highlord Omokk
- Gemstone of Smolderthorn: random drop from War Master Voone
- Gemstone of Bloodaxe: random drop from Overlord Wyrthmalak

2. Once you have these 4 items, you must turn them into Vaelan in LBRS. He's located at the top of the slope that is right before the first wooden bridge. If you go to the very top of that slope, look left, you'll see a single orc at the very end of that flat area. That's Vaelan in disguise. He will transform back to his normal self when you get close. Speak with him. He says a few things and eventually lets you complete the 4 item Seal of Ascension quest. You now should get another Seal of Ascension quest which sends you to Dustwallow Marsh. Vaelan gives you a box containing (1) Orb of Draconic Energy and (1) Unforged Seal of Ascension. Both of these items have 5 charges which equates to 5 chances at getting your Unforged Seal, Forged. If you fail all 5 times you will have to go Gem hunting again.

3. Get a group of 5 or so capable people and head to Dustwallow Marsh. The quest, Seal of Ascension, describes how you must find the ancient drake known as Emberstrife and use him to forge your seal. The cave that this named 59-61 elite is in is located just south of Onyxias lair at the very southern part of Dustwallow Marsh.

4. Once your party has reached the cave where Emberstrife is located, go in and position yourself across from the plateau that he sits on. There should be a shallow lake between you and him.

5. Now the fun begins. What you're trying to accomplish here is to use Emberstrife to forge your Unforged Seal of Ascension. This is accomplished by a form of mind control, and using one of his abilities that pops up for you on the Unforged Seal. I'll detail this event.
- Make sure whoever is doing the Quest is not tanking. You have to do a couple things that should not be interrupted.
- Have someone with a ranged attack pull Emberstrife. Fight in the shallow lake as there can be issues with LOS and forging of the Seal.
- When Emberstrifes health reaches around 25%, the person who has the Unforged Seal of Ascension needs to use that item. When used you will see a purple orb type object floating a little off of the ground. This is the Unforged Seal of Ascension. It will only last for a couple of minutes, so its best to use that item when he's around 20-25% health.
- When Emberstrifes health reaches 10-15% everyone will see an orange emote stating "Emberstrife's will is faltering". At that time, everyone must stop attacking. I say again, stop attacking the drake. At the same time, the person who has the Orb of Draconic Energy needs to target Emberstrife and use the Orb. What this does is mind control the drake.
- The person who used the Orb should now have total control over Emberstrife. Position Emberstrife so that he is facing that Unforged Seal of Ascension that you placed. You should also have a minibar that pops up just above your main bar that contains 4 different abilities. You want to use the very far left one which is "Flame of the Black Dragonflight". Making sure that Emberstrife is facing the Unforged Seal of Ascension, use that ability. If done correctly you will see an icy blue cloud spew from Emberstrife. If you put your mouse over the Seal, if done correctly, it should now say Forged Seal of Ascension. Also note, Emberstrife can only be mind controled for the duration of the channeling bar that pops up. You do have ample time to do the event, however, once that bar is gone, you have to repeat the battle again.
- Once you have Forged the Seal, you can either right click on the mind control icon to cancel mind control or let the channeling bar run out. Once you return to your character finish Emberstrike and go right click on the Seal. You will receive the Forged Seal of Ascension at that point.
- The last step is to return the Forged Seal of Ascension to Vaelan in LBRS. You then are given the Seal of Ascension which opens the door to UBRS. Congrats!

Edited, Tue Jun 28 09:49:08 2005

Emberstrife is located in a cave in the far SE corner of Dustwallow Marsh. He's further SE than Onyxia's Lair. Lots of 41+ dragonkin in the area, but they should all be grey to you if you're high enough to get this quest.

You'll need a party, but if you've just finished LBRS, you should have plenty available. A 5-man group of anyone in their high 50s should be sufficient. You'll need a tank and a healer would be very helpful, but otherwise any class type will do. It's preferable to have the quest-holder (whoever has the Unforged Seal) not be the main tank.

Emberstrife is the only thing in the cave. A shallow lake (about waist-deep on a gnome) surrrounds the rocky peninsula on which he stands. You can circle around to where you can climb up the peninsula and attack him there, but don't. We did once and his proximity to the cave's ceiling caused sporadic "Target is not in line of sight" errors for our ranged-attackers.

Instead, face Emberstrife head-on. Vaelon will have given whoever has this quest 5 charges of something. (I didn't have it, but so I don't know the official name, but you'll have 5 charges of it.) The quest-holder will also have an Orb. The quest-holder should set the Orb up in his/her inventory so that he/she can easily use it when the time comes.

When everyone is ready, have the quest-holder throw down one of the 5 charges in the water in front of Emberstrife. Doesn't have to be right up next to him anywhere between your shore and Emberstrife's peninsula will be sufficient. This will create a pulsating purple vortex.

Next, have one of your ranged attackers pull Emberstrife. Something low aggro like a gun/bow/wand is best. Emberstrife will fly to the back of the cavern and then back to the front, i.e. the path you'd take if you wanted to walk up to his position. (No, I have no idea why he doesn't just head straight towards you since he can fly.) Have the tank stand near the purple vortex and tank Emberstrife there. Once the tank has aggroed Emberstrife, everyone else can join in. Though not essential, try and keep Emberstrife in the vicinity of the purple vortex. Emberstrife hits moderately hard, but it shouldn't take long for a party of 57-60s to wear him down, particularly if there is a healer to keep the tank(s) healed.

When Emberstrife reaches about 15% health or so, everyone will get an orange text message that "Emberstrife's will is faltering". As soon as this message appears, everyone should stop attacking immediately and the quest-holder should start using the Orb on Emberstrife. (I don't know what the range requirement on the Orb is, so the quest-holder should probably try to stay reasonably close.) Timing is a factor.

If it works, Emberstrife will turn from hostile (red) to friendly (green) to everyone. The quest-holder should see some special menu bar pop up that controls Emberstrife. The quest-holder shouldn't have to do anything but wait while Embertrife automaticallys forge the Seal. Eventually the quest should register as being complete and the quest-holder should see the Seal change to the Forged Seal of Ascension in inventory. This may not all happen at once, so everyone should just be patient.

Eventually, Emberstrife will turn hostile again. Kill him. He drops almost nothing, but he can be skinned with 305 skinning. (You'll need some enchanted gear or Finkle's Skinner to do this.)

If Emberstrife doesn't turn friendly, he'll keep attacking. Before he wipes your party, go ahead and kill him. He only takes 10 minutes to respawn and Vaelan gave you 5 charges, so you can afford to mess up a few times.

At the end of this, I think you'll need to go one last time to Blackrock Spire to turn in the quest to Vaelan. Since that's just a little past the door to Upper Blackrock Spire, it's not far out of your way. Once you're done, Upper Blackrock Spire is now open to you. Congrats!

Video: http://files.filefront.com/Forging_the_Seal_of_Ascensionwmv/4506329/fileinfo.html

After several attempts buggered due to various reasons, and no comments here with instructions I thought I'd try.

When you're in his cave, stay on the bottom in the water. If you fight up top there are a bunch of LOS bugs as stated previously. Just pull it down and it'll work it's way around to you.

When the fight begins, cast your seal on the ground in front of it. Do your thing until it's almost dead and it lets you use your seal. Make sure your party knows to stop attacking it when it goes "blue" and is your minion.

For those who have no experience with mind control or summoned pets, there will be a channeling thing on your screen. This does not mean that he's doing the task he's supposed to, that is the time left on how long you will be in control.

Above your hotkey bar you will see some new spell icons. There should be 4 on the right side. The first one is something along the lines of "Dragonflight." That is what you want. Use that on the seal and it should drop control from the dragon after.

Finish the mob off and then loot the now "Forged" seal from the ground.

I hope this helps out.

When MC'ing Emberstrife, you will actually have *two* abilities that involve the breathing of fire. One of them, the second from the left, has an icon with a flame on it and is called "Breath of Flame", "Flame Breath", or something similar. This is NOT the one you want to use, as it does not convert an Unforged Seal of Ascension into a forged one.

The other fire breathing ability, which is the first from the left, is actually called "Flame of the Black Dragonflight" and is the one you want to use. Its icon is a yellow inscription of some sort that looks nothing like a flame.

The reason I mention this is because when I did the quest, either something in my UI obscured the FotBD icon or I didn't see it in all the clutter, so the only relevant ability I saw was Emberstrife's standard flame breath attack. Needless to say, I was frustrated when I used up three of my Orb of Draconic Energy's charges and the ability didn't forge the seal. After researching more online and disabling all my addons to ensure that the FotBD icon would be visible, I tried again and it worked.

It should also be noted that the Orb of Draconic Energy and the Unforged Seal of Ascension both have 5 charges each. It is unconfirmed as to whether you need to redo the entire quest line--i.e., re-gathering the 3 rare-drop gems--if you use up all 5 charges; on Allakhazam's entry for this quest, a user named KEmperor reported in January 2006 that the quest could be abandoned and picked up again without having to re-collect the gems, but another individual on the same thread reported one year later that it wasn't possible, and that they had to repeatedly ask a GM to restore their gems before the request was granted.

I had originally assumed that this quest was frustrating simply because collecting the rare-drop gems was difficult. I was not aware that there was actually a very confusing and unforgiving quest that followed it; to top it off, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, the quest has been bugged for at least 5 months such that even after you have the Forged Seal of Ascension, you need to re-obtain an Unadorned Seal of Ascension to complete the quest. As such, this is easily the most poorly-designed quest chain I have ever undertaken, and I am very disappointed with Blizzard.

Emberstrife's respawn time is 5 minutes.

So after my frustrations with this quest, I decided to add one key point that no one else mentioned. When you aquire the forged seal after completing the dragon aspect, you MUST RETURN TO THE NPC QUEST GIVER IN LBRS. That is where you return to when you need to hand in the completed quest. I know it seems simple enough, but so many people don't realize it since it is not mentioned in the quest outline.

Good Luck with the key!

2 things:

1. Do not place the seal before the fight. Mine was gone before i had Emberstrife mindcontrolled. You can place it easily at 20% of his health as well.

2. His respawned version's Firebreath was just as usable as the first one's. No 1-2h cooldown.

This hasn't yet been described well, so here goes.

Enter the BRS instance, kill mobs in the first room so you can go *right*.&nbsp It doesn't matter if you use the drop or go directly below, you end up in the same place.

Now you have a slope upwards to your right (you're facing south), and more mobs ahead.&nbsp Kill these, and the patrol that comes from the tunnel ahead/left, and go through that tunnlel (eastwards, with a wiggle).

Now you're where you can hug right and do a couple of drops to be at the left/right choice for Mother Smolderweb or the way to the troll area.

That's what you don't do, instead you kill the two groups of mobs in front of you.&nbsp Now look up and left, you should see a lone 'Scareshield Infiltrator', this is actually Vaelan in disguise. Now to get to him....

You'll probably have to kill the next set of mobs just on the slope ahead, so do that. Now look LEFT and go into the dark and up the slope there, and hook around to jump up to where Vaelan is.&nbsp He'll lose his disguise as you approach.