The start Loc is 62,34 in Arathi Highlands.

You need to click on the hugh crystal there to start the quest.

Additional Information - lvl 40 Rare - Geomancer Flintdagger roams this cave. https://classicdb.ch/?npc=2609#00Rzc

Find the Tree east of Hammerfalls.&nbsp While facing the tree look to the east.&nbsp There is a path behind the tree. Follow it up the hillside!&nbsp G'luck!&nbsp

this is the most confusing quest to find ive ever dealt with, these comments did NOT help me, so heres it simplified

You have to kill kolbolds.
its in arathi highlands.
the cords are 77, 41 and its called drywisker gourge.
if you dont have cords, its in the mountains east of hammerfall.
they can also be found scattered along the mountains.
i soloed it as a 35 warrior and didnt die once, but had to run twice when i had a gang up on me.
the drop rate was good, almost great.
good luck!

I am standin on it right now the coords are 84,30

To get to the Shards first time hug the left hand wall of the cave all the way down

dont bother grinding outside, just get 3-4 and go inside the cave.. u get loads on the way

only hard part about this quest is getting through the cave. I found it funny that all the people bragging that it is easy at the quest level to solo are jobs that can get in easily (rogues, shamans). So learn2play yourselves and understand that we cant all just waltz on in.

biggest problems: really fast repops, and theres a couple of the blue ones (spellcasters) that march back and forth all over the cave, so frequently its impossible to solo something because you end up having blue ones coming at you (from both sides!)

Anyone without the mod for co-ordinates, look for a path that leads straight from the ditch next to Hammerfall and right into the mountain. Follow that, it should be south of the actual entrance.

The Irisdescent Shards are on an upper level of the Kobold cave. Just right-click to finish the quest.

The spawn rate for these Kobolds is crazy.&nbsp I did this as a lvl 37 Druid.&nbsp Luckily, there was a lvl 37 Hunter inside the cave that was nice enough to help.&nbsp Anyway, having a partner makes this that much easier.

My problem is finding where this quest kicks off.

Where do you get it?

Thanks.

the end reward has been buffed since 2.3 patch! (added +11spelldmg/heal)
Pulsating Crystalline Shard

FYI, The path that leads up the hill to the cave that hides the iridescent shard has a tree at its begining.&nbsp Look for the tree, follow the path, enter the cave, find the shard.&nbsp Woot Woot

the cave is hard to fight with a warrior, but the rewards are cool: found couple of&nbsp Mithril sources and iron an silver.
What are these blood-things for ? any idea ?

I must say the path is a little bit hidden and not easy to see but the coordinates are 80.40. I must say the respawn fast and died 1 time because i agroed 2 mages + 1 normale guy i did the quest at lvl 37,

what tree, just kill those Mobs that are around and inside the Cave and collect those 12 pieces of moz. (its not a 100% drop but u'll get eventually) then go inside the cave to <84,31> its a stone u have to talk to...lol

Stupidly hidden behind the tree! GAH

Anyone else have problems with res in cave?

It's fairly good droprate. I almost got 1/2.
The cave isn't hard, I soloe'd it 37 warrior. Died once OUTSIDE the cave (:p) But if you're careful, the rest is piece of cake. Oh, and u must be able to take out 2x38 mobs at the "Crystal" where u deliver the q. It's in the end of the cave (the middle way gives u less fighting). Self healers should be able to do this (yes even 37 pala, which earlyer stated that pala shouldn't do it), cause I remember doing this same quest @ 36 with my pala.

did most of this as a 34 war, but i got some help... mostly a tag alone... but i prob couldn't have done it alone

i completed the quest easily, u dont have to go in the cave necesarrily, they are everywere outside of the cave... i completed quest but have no idea were to turn it in, can some1 give me coordinance?

I am a 37 warlock and i complet this quest without dieing once... The path up to the cave is 80.40 the cave intrance is at 82.35 the krystal is at 84.30

well go to right lerft of the entrace to Hammerfall is a small hill,cords are 80.40 and go that way killing those littlle annoying things that like to run away in fear,they drop you the Myzrael and keep on walking to the cave that startse at cords 81.36 kill all the way till you get to the princess stone there you return the 12 Myzraels and accept the next q it offers without the fear that you have to return to the cave,cuz you dont have to:P

its really easy if you find someone around that has same q so you have no trouble at all to get inthere)

the guys out side the cave will also give you the items&nbsp i got done with this quest in about 20 mins if that and got great xp off of it even there is a place to turn the quest in side the cave but if you dont have all the items then you can always go back to where you got it from.

The kobies are in dry whisker gorge north east of hammerfall (very top right corner of the zone) and are level 36-38. The pop rate is fairly fast and like many have pointed out they run when they get to approx 20% health.

I soloed this as a level 34 destruction/affliction lock without dying but I can see how many classes would find this hard to solo. I'd reccomend 2 ppl for safety and bring loads of food and water. I found the shard drop rate to be something like one in every 5-6. Once you have all the shards you will find a large crystal at the end of the cave guarded by 3 mages, two were linked. Active the crystal to progress to the next stage.

Tactic for a lock, pull with a dot, send in voidy, when the mob gets to about 25% drop curse of recklessness to stop it running, burst dps to kill it. It was a fairly mana hungry method but meant I never had to fight more than 2 at once the whole time.&nbsp

Other classes I'd suggest using a snare or hold back any high damage attacks until the guys are about to run. Its a tedious quest but the xp from the grind made it worth it for me.

the information was very useful... it didnt take very long at all, maybe 30 minutes tops. I soloed this at lvl 35 and im a hunter.&nbsp the hard part was trying to find the path to the cave.

&nbsp Thanks to advice above and engineering... It was tricky though, I died right outside the cave because i was taking too long and they started to respawn, so watch out for that,(I was using allot of mana, and I drank after every fight).&nbsp When fighting them, I would try to save some dps for the last third of the fight to kill them quickly once they ran, also i would hit them with a concussive shot to slow them down. Once inside the cave i released a Compact Harvest Reaper, who helped some with dps.&nbsp My tiger held agro pretty well (Beast Mastery spec), but about half of his damage was resisted, the Harvest reaper was hitting for full damage I believe (still pretty low, about 40 per hit). Once i made it down the first tunnel, I made a quick left and then went down the small middle tunnel (look at mini map).&nbsp Straight ahead is the crystal, but it's on a ledge and you cant reach it.&nbsp I was out of reapers, and i got hit by 4 or 5 of them there.&nbsp Luckily i died right in front of the ledge.&nbsp I respawned up on the ledge next to the crystal, and the three lvl 38 casters attacked with frost bolts. I thought the crystal was a channeled opening, because of the wheel icon, but it's not, it's instant.&nbsp I died wasting time setting frost traps, and trying to rez pet.&nbsp Next time, I hit my Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt, hit a health pot, threw a big iron bomb (3 second stun) at the 2 close casters, and clicked the stone.&nbsp You need to click like 3-4 times to complete the quest and get the next quest, so just be ready to click, click, click, (Make sure scrolling quest text is disabled!). Then I jumped down and ran down the small middle hallway, which is a great place to die.&nbsp You can rez there, with no one around and hearth out (watch out for the pat). WTYM

if you've ready ANY of the above comments you probably have a good idea of where this cave is- personally, I followed the mountainside up until I saw a tree, behind a boulder, that half-hid the valley -ish area that goes to the cave.&nbsp if you come up the mountains from the south it's hard to miss.

there is a great amount of ore in the cave. if you mine, it's paradise.&nbsp there were two iron nodes, and two or three mithril nodes when I ran through.&nbsp also, this is the cave that contains Lesser Bloodstone Ore for the quest in Booty Bay from Krazek.

even if you don't have the quest, you can mine the ore- sell it on the Auction House or go get the quest Krazek's Cookery after the fact, from Corporal Kaleb at the Rebel Camp in Stranglethorn vale.

i soloed this EASILY with my 39 mage (just because I hadn't been in the area previously) if you can kill two 37/38's at a time, you'll have no problem.&nbsp the only problem you might run into is that all the kobolds seem to flee with about 200-300 hp left.&nbsp make sure you can either stop them from running, or have a ranged attack handy.&nbsp personally, i kept Fire Blast (any instant cast would do) until they ran, so they didn't get a chance to find a buddy to aggro me.

don't worry about getting enough of the Motes of Myzrael.&nbsp by the time you get through the cave to the crystal you need, 12 should drop for you.

WTF with the lvl 40 at the end?

This quest is seriously hellish, I died two times doing it, as lv 34 lock.. This happens because at about 30% the Kobolds flee and pull other mobs.. And (while inside the cave) if you're not careful, you'll also get the Surveyors after you, since they aggro from quite a long range (they're casters).

If you are a warlock, remember this:

KEEP CURSE OF RECKLESSNESS HANDY!

Sorry for the caps, but seriously, do not forget using that curse. It prevents mobs from running away and aggroing the whole cave. Another thing you can also do is to just sacrifice your VW by where the rare elite is (http://classicdb.ch/?npc=2609#00Rzc) and just run to the Shards to finish this quest, and ress at the Spirit Healer. It's much preferrable to try killing all of the mobs in this cave, due to their VERY fast respawn time.

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