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Wailing Caverns - Alliance

23 September, 2008 - 11:12 — Geert-Jan

Level and attunement

This guide shows only Alliance information.
Minimum entrance level: 10
Meetingstone level: 16-24
Advised level (most fun): 27-21
Attunement: none.

Achievements for this dungeon

Wailing Caverns
10 points: Defeat Mutanus the Devourer.

Quests for this dungeon

[17D] Deviate Hides
Given by Nalpack in the secret cave above wailing caverns. To get there you have to climb the mountain first, then jump down right over the top of Wailing caverns’ entrance, and drop down again on the lower rocks, turn around and there’s the entrance to the secret cave. The quest is easy to do, Deviate Hides drop from any deviate type.
Reward items:
[18D] Smart Drinks
Given by Mebox Mizzyrix in Ratchet. Pre-requisite for this quest is [18] Raptor Horns, from the same npc. Wailing Essence drops from Ectoplasms, inside and outside of the instance.
[18] Troubles at the docks
Given by Crane Operator Bigglefuzz in Ratchet. You have to find a Npc named Mad Magglish, and he is invisable, but appears when you get close to him. When you enter the cavern, you will reach a fork, do not go left towards the water, this is the way towards the instance, go straight until you reach a drop off, jump down, the npc is on your right, in the corner. If he is not there: From the cavern entrance, take left at first fork, you will reach a pool of water, go left. Go till the end of this tunnel and you will find him there.
[21D] Deviate Eradication
Given by Ebru also in the secret cave above wailing caverns. Same as above with the [17] Deviate Hides quest.
[25] The Glowing Shard
Started by Glowing Shard that drops of Mutanus the Devourer. To complete this quest you have to talk to Sputtervalve in ratchet. He will send you to Lushwater oasis, on the top of WC, where Falla Sagewind is waiting for you.

Map

This is the map with important spots of the dungeon. Get full map here.

  

  1. Verdan the Everliving
  2. Lord Pythas
  3. Lord Serpentis
  4. Lord Cobrahn
  5. Mutanus the Devourer
  6. Skum
  7. Kresh
  8. Lady Anacondra
  9. Deviate Faerie Dragon (rare spawn)
  10. Disciple of Naralex

(E = Entrance)

Bosses, tactics and drops

[19E] Deviate Faerie Dragon (rare spawn)
This is a really rare spawn, it's believed to spawn only in 10% of the runs. The loot is ok when you find him.
Item drops:
[20E] Lady Anacondra
She is alone, no adds and can be in several places on the ledge above the water (see map). She can cast Sleep multiple times and this will keep you sleeping for about 16 seconds.
Item drops:
[20E] Kresh
Kresh is walking around in the water. He's not hard, just above avarage armor. For the hunters among you: He can be tamed and is quite a popular pet.
Item drops:
[20-21E] Skum
It's a lightning lizard. Nothing realy special about it.
Item drops:
[20-22E] Mutanus the Devourer
As explaned in the quest description, you have to do a couple of thinks before he will apears. After killing all the fanglords, go back to talk to the desciple at the entrance of the dungeon. You'll have to escort him through to the empty chamber accross the river from the main entrance. There, you'll have to hold off two waves of mobs (One group of elite deviate adders and then a huge load of non elite slimes). This is when the giant merlock Mutanus the Devourer apears. Killing him is not so hard, he's just as annoying as every other merlock.
When he's down you can loot a Glowing Shard which starts the [25] The Glowing Shard quest.
Item drops:
[20E] Lord Cobrath
He is fairly straightforward. There's a patrol in this area, so take out the patrol or let it pass first. Then kill his snake adds (there two or three) then focus on him. The only real threat to your health is the heavy melee damage he does to you in blood elf form. When he enters snake form at roughly 30% health he is alot more manageable.
Item drops:
[20-21E] Lord Serpentis
Just nuke this guy and take him out fast.
Item drops:
[20-21E] Lord Pythas
Just nuke this guy to and take him out fast.
Item drops:
[20-21E] Verdan the Everliving
It's a huge elemental that's a bit hard to take down. He hits hard and he needs a lot of damage. So prepare for a long fight. If there is no healer in your party, get ready to die.
Item drops:

Before entering the dungeon

All: Go do [18] Raptor Horns before you go to Ratchet to pick up some quests. Finaly on your way to the dungeon go to the secret cave above WC to get the final 2 quests.

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