People keep on asking for grps for this quest while it isnt really needed, the grave is between the 2 houses, and u can sneak in from behind without any major problems, u might need to kill 1 humanoid

the correct coords are 50,75!

Map 49-77
place = The Yorgen Farmstead

50,77

Head in by the mountain's edge from the Vile camp heading west, you kill 1 wolf, 1 Defias, jump the fence and you are at spot, open done, leave the same way

1000xp and 50rep (stormwind) for this step at L30.

/tloc 50,78 .. I had to kill one whole person to do it. =)

I'm afraid killing Defias is your only way to get this done. God forbid you have to actually kill mobs for a quest. It's almost unheard of!

Indeed located at 48,78, however even if you apprach it from the road and aroud the back of the houses- Paladin, Rogue, whatever- you're gonna have to take out a couple of mages first (unless you're a Paladin and just wanna bubble and loot, but where's the fun in that?) I tried stealth-approaching it, but the fact of the matter is, there's not really away to loot the mound without getting defias outta the way. 'Kay? 'Kay. ^_^

If you go around, down toward Stranglethorn, you can get up on top of the hills that border the farmstead to the south. If you carefully get closer and closer on the hills, you'll find yourself on a few very good vantage points that will allow you to watch the Defias dudes from a safe distance. They patrol here and there, but usually in a pattern, so you can figure out which ones to pull and when. Then it's simply a matter of dropping down close enough and doing it. I pulled to the south, by the big tree, and it was far enough away to where I could kill the guy and not worry about adds.

I did it pulling only one nightblade, who was literally on top of the dirt pile. The other ones were along the wall of the house, far enough away to not notice me as I drabbed the thing from the dirt pile. Like the above post said, creep closer and closer to the dirt from the angle farthest away from the other mobs and you should be able to get within clicking distance without aggroing the rest of them.

The quest is always easily soloable.
The pile of dirt is behind the 2 houses, if you come from the street you have to kill 1 defias :)
Just did it.

If your a warlock this is easy. Take the route around the rocks. This allows axcess to the back of the buildings. The grave is between 2 buildings and you have&nbsp 2 mages and guard centre and then two within the building next to you when standing next to the tree. Take the guard centre first. Then use your use your succ to take out the guard in the building next to you. There is a second there that will come out and thats why the succ is helpfull there. She will keep one busy for you. Then bring out the void walker and sacrifice him this will give you your shield. Go to the grave. TYhe mage closest to you will fire up. You cannot be interuppted casting a spell while the shield is up. Fear her. Start on the grave. By the time the second mage fires up you have complete the quest and accepted the second.

Just did the quest as a lvl 25 mage. Died a couple of times, but it is soloable.

I also went in the back way, and noticed a pattern. Pull one, and another from the house comes to take its place. So in this way you can kill all the nearby Defias' one by one.

The fastest way to get to Sven, is fly to Westfall then run to the East over the river

49.9, 77.7 exact position for me. The dirt is on the eastern side of the stump.

Found the place, but what a hell... 4-6 humanoids (some mages) are fighting around me.
Not very safe if you don't look out or rushing.
You're warned.
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Ok, nou succeeded it, and one humanoid killed.
Better walk behind the house, and walk very slowly until you can grab something.

For one humanoid, better walk quick behind the house to prevent trouble with another humanoids.
The one humanoid, if his damage is high, can run to another humanoids.

I love the comments about this being really easy. Maybe it was but it isn't any more, at least on Thorium Brotherhood (And why would the others be different?). My 24 Druid stealthed into the farm and found the dirt patch, guarded by one 25 rogue, two 26 mages next to one house and several other assorted bad guys in and around the other house.

I pulled the rogue back towards the rocks and was in the process of finishing him off when the twin mages opened fire. Amazing range but leather armor can't handle that kind of damage, so I ran out of range and healed. Managed to kill the rogue.

Snuck back to the dirt patch, shapeshifted and tried to kamikaze the quest item. Of course, each time the mages fired, it stopped the "open item" timer. Lovely. Ran out of range (about 35-40 miles) again and healed. Snuck back again from a different angle, cleared out 2 25 wolves and targeted one of the mages, who opened fire just as I was preparing to do the same. A caster duel! Fortunately I can heal and she could not. Just as she died, her sister (who is more in the front of the house) opened fire even though the house was between us and I was screened. Interesting. Radar?

Manged to outlast her (with a mana potion) and was again healing, just ready to go to the dirt patch when the rogue respawned. Great. At least he wasn't too much trouble. Maybe he was tired from the first fight.

At last I got the book. To add insult to injury, each of the mages dropped about 40 copper. The rogue did a little better but not much, particularly the second time.

This quest can be soloed but I wouldn't call it easy unless you eat 2 mages and a rogue for breakfast every day. Also, I got the quest done but it took a lot of time. Just something to keep in mind.

There were 5 Defias guys all around the pile of dirt. Had my Voidwalker bug them while I got the book, though I was killed while I was trying to run away. :p

I'm a 25 lvl Rogue, I pulled two defias one at a time then stealthed, got close, unstealthed, threw a distract in the direction of the mage and while he was looking at the little "poof" I was able to loot the mound of the earth and complete quest then stealth away.&nbsp The mage is tough, lots of damage.

Hmm.. this one is pretty easy to solo if u sneak from back of the house.. clear the 4-5 defias at the back (not the lvl-27 mage as i m lvl-23 mage). You need to pull far enough from others as they tend to run away.
Coordinates are correct as web88 posted 50,77

I killed the 25 on top of the moss pile it aggroed a 27 i died. I came back and resurrected, went to the pile of dust(moss) and took it. It aggroed anothere mage but i managed to open the pile completed the q accepted the next one and then sprinted away from the guy shooting me

..granted, I just found this quest as a lvl 28 Paladin, but after reading the posts here I tried it.&nbsp Best way is to go in from the back, off the road.&nbsp Approach by the first house, from behind the big tree.&nbsp The Defias on the mound ran to me and I killed her.&nbsp I moved around the tree to the mound and I popped my 8 second Divine Protection shield, completed the quest and accepted the next.&nbsp I aggro'd 3 others just by digging in the mound.&nbsp It's a very short run back to the road and they didn't follow me.&nbsp Can be done.&nbsp I'm going to try it with my lower lvl mage and see how it goes....

oh, the farm is on the road to stranglehorn vale, the road that goes south by the watch camp.&nbsp It's the last farm on the left before going into the vale.&nbsp

i did this quest at lvl 21 without much difeeiculty just stick to the mountains

proberly the reason i finsihed this is becasue im a hunter i killed 1 mob without any argo then sent my pet in to argo the other 3 ran in quikcly opened the mound and ran out of there

I did it a lvl 26 mage. I just walked slowing and killed the rouges along the way then the two mages that are by the dirt. Took the chest as well.49/75 :)

its friggan huge.

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this is, after all, a simple quest. as I approached the dirt, I hadnt killed anyone yet. but when i started "opening" it, a lvl 27 attacked me, even for me, a lvl 23 frost-mage, it was easy to kill him. (just make sure your frost nova/ arcane explosion dont aggro someone) after killing him, all was cake, I simply ran from the farm and delivered the quest! took me maybe 10 minutes, and I had a nice bunch of exp!

Guys what are you talking about? It is behind a stump....that big one inbetween the 2 buildings....and it's very easy as 28 warrior, I just pulled 2 mages away, slaughtered them, then opened it. Simple.

49.78

Soloed as a 25 Paladin

I did this quest with my lvl 26 hunter. Mobs were 24-26 and came 1-2 at a time. There's nothing wrong with killing the defias since its more experience and they almost always drop linen/wool/silk. Just take out everything by the house and you can get to the mound without aggro'ing anything in the barn. As long as your careful.

Did it on 25 War (leveled me to 26 after completing =P). Walk up, uh oh aggro two, kill em easily, take it, walk away. And you don't always aggro.

You should really kill the person infront of the buiding in front of the dirt mound he will attack you if you not really careful.

im lvl 31 paladin and i dont get the quest
im sure i didnt complete it yet
anyone an idea?

The mound with the book is easy to spot - it's the size of a grave!