Taitaih
OG
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Why Farm BRD for Your 49?
III. What is this... Coffer?
IV. Important Quests *In progress*
V. Finding Your Way In *Video Guide*
VI. The Jail - High Interrogator Gerstahn *Video Guide*
VII. The Jail II - Lord Roccor and Houndmaster Grebmar *Video Guide for Roccor*
VIII. The BRD Arena *Video Guide*
IX. Pyromancer Loregrain *Video Guide*
X. Warder Stilgiss and The Coffer *Video Guide*
XI. Final Notes
XII. Change log
- I. Introduction
*Disclaimer* This was written for the level 49 twink bracket. If you're looking for a guide to bosses that drop items that do not pertain to this bracket, you are in the wrong place.
Images are curtsy of:
Atlas - http://www.atlasmod.com/ (extra edits by myself)
World of Warcraft
Wowhead
All edits and locations were done by Photoshop.
Blackrock Depths (BRD), is full of gear for the level 49 bracket. It is also one of the largest instances currently in the game. Farming this place can be easy as pie, or it could also be a major headache.
If you're looking to master the routes to the place and maximize your farming time, keep on reading and download my farming video guide for visual aid. Hope you enjoy your stay here!
- II. Why Farm BRD for Your 49?
Nestled in BRD are many fantastic pieces of gear and weapons for casters especially and some pieces for melee DPS as well. Below is a comprehensive list of gear, sorted by boss. If you feel like I've missed something important for the 49 bracket, please inform me.
High Interrogator Gerstahn
Enthralled Sphere
Kentic Amice
Blackveil Cape
Greaves of Withering Despair
Lord Roccor
Mantle of Lost Hope
Earthslag Shoulders
Rockshard Pellets
Stoneshell Guard
Houndmaster Grebmar
Spritecaster Cape
Fleetfoot Greaves
BRD Arena
Bosses we care about:
Hedrum the Creeper
Spiderfang Carapace
Silkweb Gloves
Ok'thor the Breaker
Ogreseer Fists
Ban'thok Sash
Cyclopean Band
Pyromancer Loregrain
Pyric Caduceus
Flamestrider Robes
Kindling Stave
Searingscale Leggings *updated for 3.1*
Warder Stigless
Arbiter's Blade
The Coffer
Fire Opal Necklace "of the random"
Dark Iron Ring "of the random"
- III. What is this... Coffer?
The "Coffers" are located where Warder Stigless are. To open said Coffers, you need Relic Coffer Keys which drop off of trash inside and outside BRD. These coffers have a 1-2% chance of dropping the ring and necklace listed above, and you can potentially open 12 coffers if you have enough keys. The random multipliers of these two items are not particularly desirable for many classes, but for tanking style classes, these pieces potentially have the highest stamina possibly attainable.
If you plan on farming the coffers, I'd recommend stocking up on keys early so you're not farming trash for extra keys.
- IV. Important Quests
If anybody knows of any quests that give good items for the 49 bracket, pleast let me know!
- V. Finding Your Way In
The entrance to BRD can be approached from either Burning Steppes or Searing Gorge. Walk until you find a raised piece of rock with a chain leading downward. Take this chain down and continue travelling downward through a winding path. There will be another chain, take that down and go to the right when you see an opening. You will want your high level friend to clear a path for you to get into the instance. In particular, watch out for Overmaster Pyron.
- VI. The Jail - High Interrogator Gerstahn
Welcome to BRD! I would recommend leaving your twink outside of the instance if you are tight on XP. If not, keep him/her at the beginning of the instance.
High Interrogator Gerstahn (HIG) will be the first boss we will pull. IF YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM HER, SKIP THIS SECTION.
I recommend just clearing all of the trash in the room directly ahead of you. It will make your life much easier and you don't have to guess if your twink will pull aggro or not.
You will see many different paths you can take. Look to your right. There will be three paths. They all lead to HIG, but we'll just take the shortest one. The middle path is different than the rest. Clear out the initial room of trash, and you will be able to pull HIG to the beginning of the instance. Just make sure to hit her as you run as not to deaggro her.
If you have any questions, see the video guide (TIMESTAMP).
- VII. The Jail II - Lord Roccor and Houndmaster Grebmar
IF YOU DON'T NEED EITHER ROCCOR OR HOUNDMASTER, SKIP THIS SECTION
After High Interrogator, you have another easy pull. Lord Roccor does not aggro any other mobs around him. Go to the north side of the room you just cleared and go down that hallway (you'll see the arena to your right). Look for Roccor, he should be going back and forth that hallway. Like High Interrogator, you can pull him quite far, just make sure you keep aggro on him while kiting.
I'm going to discuss Houndmaster Grebmar quickly. To get to him you must clear out the hallway that you found Roccor and then pull him. I feel that he drops very lackluster gear that can be found and replaced elsewhere. If you don't absolutely need him, don't go to him.
If you have any questions, please consult the video guide (TIMESTAMP)
- VIII. The BRD Arena
There are only two bosses that we care about in the BRD arena. Hedrum the Creeper and Ok'thor the Breaker.
Bring your twink up and just step him inside the door of the arena. Ready your main and then step into the center of the arena to start the event.
You will be confronted with 2 waves of non-elite mobs and then the boss himself. It's a very simple event.
If you have any questions, consult the video guide (TIMESTAMP)
- IX. Pyromancer Loregrain
IF YOU DON'T NEED PYROMANCER LOREGRAIN, SKIP THIS SECTION.
If your twink is tight on XP, run him/her outside.
After the BRD arena, the door where you twink is sitting will open and another door will open as well. Go through that door and up the ramp. You will see a room with some trash. You will want to clear the Fireguard patrols and the trash pull directly to your left and directly to your right. Go up the ramp next to where you came from the BRD arena, and you should be where the Arena Spectators are. Go to the next hallway. Pyromancer Loregrain will be to your right. If you need him, clear the trash to him and then bring your twink up. If not, let's proceed to Warder Stigless.
If you have any questions, consult the video guide (TIMESTAMP).
- X. Warder Stilgiss and The Coffer
The trash clear to Warder Stigless and the Coffer is quite hefty, but keeping the path as simple as possible, it's not that bad.
If you're skipping Loregrain, you're going to the left. (Loregrain is on the right, he's 1 trash pull away, you go left)
Clear the trash all the way across the bridge. I tend to hang all the way to the left with my twink and my main will clear out all of the trash. Hug the left wall, hopping over the booze. Take the "L" that will go to the right and go straight. This will take you to a sorta semi-circle. Clear the trash around there and you will see the room that will contain some trash and Warder Stigless. Take out the trash, take out Stigless, and you will be free to the coffers.
I. Introduction
II. Why Farm BRD for Your 49?
III. What is this... Coffer?
IV. Important Quests *In progress*
V. Finding Your Way In *Video Guide*
VI. The Jail - High Interrogator Gerstahn *Video Guide*
VII. The Jail II - Lord Roccor and Houndmaster Grebmar *Video Guide for Roccor*
VIII. The BRD Arena *Video Guide*
IX. Pyromancer Loregrain *Video Guide*
X. Warder Stilgiss and The Coffer *Video Guide*
XI. Final Notes
XII. Change log
- I. Introduction
*Disclaimer* This was written for the level 49 twink bracket. If you're looking for a guide to bosses that drop items that do not pertain to this bracket, you are in the wrong place.
Images are curtsy of:
Atlas - http://www.atlasmod.com/ (extra edits by myself)
World of Warcraft
Wowhead
All edits and locations were done by Photoshop.
Blackrock Depths (BRD), is full of gear for the level 49 bracket. It is also one of the largest instances currently in the game. Farming this place can be easy as pie, or it could also be a major headache.
If you're looking to master the routes to the place and maximize your farming time, keep on reading and download my farming video guide for visual aid. Hope you enjoy your stay here!
- II. Why Farm BRD for Your 49?
Nestled in BRD are many fantastic pieces of gear and weapons for casters especially and some pieces for melee DPS as well. Below is a comprehensive list of gear, sorted by boss. If you feel like I've missed something important for the 49 bracket, please inform me.
High Interrogator Gerstahn
Enthralled Sphere
Kentic Amice
Blackveil Cape
Greaves of Withering Despair
Lord Roccor
Mantle of Lost Hope
Earthslag Shoulders
Rockshard Pellets
Stoneshell Guard
Houndmaster Grebmar
Spritecaster Cape
Fleetfoot Greaves
BRD Arena
Bosses we care about:
Hedrum the Creeper
Spiderfang Carapace
Silkweb Gloves
Ok'thor the Breaker
Ogreseer Fists
Ban'thok Sash
Cyclopean Band
Pyromancer Loregrain
Pyric Caduceus
Flamestrider Robes
Kindling Stave
Searingscale Leggings *updated for 3.1*
Warder Stigless
Arbiter's Blade
The Coffer
Fire Opal Necklace "of the random"
Dark Iron Ring "of the random"
- III. What is this... Coffer?
The "Coffers" are located where Warder Stigless are. To open said Coffers, you need Relic Coffer Keys which drop off of trash inside and outside BRD. These coffers have a 1-2% chance of dropping the ring and necklace listed above, and you can potentially open 12 coffers if you have enough keys. The random multipliers of these two items are not particularly desirable for many classes, but for tanking style classes, these pieces potentially have the highest stamina possibly attainable.
If you plan on farming the coffers, I'd recommend stocking up on keys early so you're not farming trash for extra keys.
- IV. Important Quests
If anybody knows of any quests that give good items for the 49 bracket, pleast let me know!
- V. Finding Your Way In
The entrance to BRD can be approached from either Burning Steppes or Searing Gorge. Walk until you find a raised piece of rock with a chain leading downward. Take this chain down and continue travelling downward through a winding path. There will be another chain, take that down and go to the right when you see an opening. You will want your high level friend to clear a path for you to get into the instance. In particular, watch out for Overmaster Pyron.
- VI. The Jail - High Interrogator Gerstahn
Welcome to BRD! I would recommend leaving your twink outside of the instance if you are tight on XP. If not, keep him/her at the beginning of the instance.
High Interrogator Gerstahn (HIG) will be the first boss we will pull. IF YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM HER, SKIP THIS SECTION.
I recommend just clearing all of the trash in the room directly ahead of you. It will make your life much easier and you don't have to guess if your twink will pull aggro or not.
You will see many different paths you can take. Look to your right. There will be three paths. They all lead to HIG, but we'll just take the shortest one. The middle path is different than the rest. Clear out the initial room of trash, and you will be able to pull HIG to the beginning of the instance. Just make sure to hit her as you run as not to deaggro her.
If you have any questions, see the video guide (TIMESTAMP).
- VII. The Jail II - Lord Roccor and Houndmaster Grebmar
IF YOU DON'T NEED EITHER ROCCOR OR HOUNDMASTER, SKIP THIS SECTION
After High Interrogator, you have another easy pull. Lord Roccor does not aggro any other mobs around him. Go to the north side of the room you just cleared and go down that hallway (you'll see the arena to your right). Look for Roccor, he should be going back and forth that hallway. Like High Interrogator, you can pull him quite far, just make sure you keep aggro on him while kiting.
I'm going to discuss Houndmaster Grebmar quickly. To get to him you must clear out the hallway that you found Roccor and then pull him. I feel that he drops very lackluster gear that can be found and replaced elsewhere. If you don't absolutely need him, don't go to him.
If you have any questions, please consult the video guide (TIMESTAMP)
- VIII. The BRD Arena
There are only two bosses that we care about in the BRD arena. Hedrum the Creeper and Ok'thor the Breaker.
Bring your twink up and just step him inside the door of the arena. Ready your main and then step into the center of the arena to start the event.
You will be confronted with 2 waves of non-elite mobs and then the boss himself. It's a very simple event.
If you have any questions, consult the video guide (TIMESTAMP)
- IX. Pyromancer Loregrain
IF YOU DON'T NEED PYROMANCER LOREGRAIN, SKIP THIS SECTION.
If your twink is tight on XP, run him/her outside.
After the BRD arena, the door where you twink is sitting will open and another door will open as well. Go through that door and up the ramp. You will see a room with some trash. You will want to clear the Fireguard patrols and the trash pull directly to your left and directly to your right. Go up the ramp next to where you came from the BRD arena, and you should be where the Arena Spectators are. Go to the next hallway. Pyromancer Loregrain will be to your right. If you need him, clear the trash to him and then bring your twink up. If not, let's proceed to Warder Stigless.
If you have any questions, consult the video guide (TIMESTAMP).
- X. Warder Stilgiss and The Coffer
The trash clear to Warder Stigless and the Coffer is quite hefty, but keeping the path as simple as possible, it's not that bad.
If you're skipping Loregrain, you're going to the left. (Loregrain is on the right, he's 1 trash pull away, you go left)
Clear the trash all the way across the bridge. I tend to hang all the way to the left with my twink and my main will clear out all of the trash. Hug the left wall, hopping over the booze. Take the "L" that will go to the right and go straight. This will take you to a sorta semi-circle. Clear the trash around there and you will see the room that will contain some trash and Warder Stigless. Take out the trash, take out Stigless, and you will be free to the coffers.