Tis the Season: The Elders of the Dungeons

The Lunar Festival has come!  Bring out the fireworks!  Go grab some dumplings!  It’s time to celebrate!

You’re probably going after that title like the world is ending, and I’m here to help you out.  As you may (or may not) know, I wrote up a much longer, more in-depth look at the holiday and some tips to complete it.  But I massively underestimated one thing:

The Elders of the Dungeons achievement is hella hard.

I mean, it’s not that hard, just involved, and you really have to commit some time to it, if only to navigate.  So we’re going to go through all the Dungeon Elders and try to find them.  Let’s go from the lowest level Elder to the highest.  C’mon!

AZEROTH DUNGEON ELDERS

Wildmane the Elder

This Elder is found in Zul’Farrak, Tanaris, Kalimdor.  You’ll find her near the pool where you summon Gahz’rilla.  At level 80, I was able to just run in and run through.  What makes this so easy is that Zul’Farrak is an outdoor dungeon, so mount up!  You shouldn’t have to kill a single mob (unless you want to decimate the place).

Starsong the Elder

Starsong is found in the Sunken Temple, Swamp of Sorrows, Eastern Kingdoms.  Once you enter the instance, take an immediate left up the stairs (which takes you to the Green Dragons).  You’ll have to kill a few mobs, but then once you enter the large room, take another hard left and you’ll find her.

Splitrock the Elder

This Elder is found in Maurudon, Desolace, Kalimdor.  There should be a portal that takes you to the Princess – that’s the portal to take.  It’s a large instance once you’re in and I was lucky enough to group with someone to find her.  But here’s a map I found that should help you find the little dwarf.  Getting out of the dungeon is the hardest part, so make sure you either have a mage with you or your hearth is up.

Stonefort the Elder

Stonefort can be located within Lower Blackrock Spire, Blackrock Mountain, Eastern Kingdoms.  Once you enter the instance, go up the ramp with the double stairs, take a right through the door, jump off the ledge and go through the tunnel on the left. The tunnel zig-zags a bit and opens out to Hordemar City (and some floating text will tell you as such).  Head straight across the first rope bridge and you should see a large pillar of moonlight!

Morndeep the Elder

You can find this dwarf Elder in Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Mountain, Eastern Kingdoms.  He’ll be in the Ring of Law, in the very center of it.  Here’s another map if you’re unfamiliar with this instance, although the Ring of Law is insanely close to the entrance – just run straight.  A word of caution – standing in the Ring of Law can start an event, so run in, complete the quest, run out!  Otherwise the doors will close and you’ll be forced…

…to compete.

Farwhisper the Elder

Elder Farwhisper is found in Stratholme, Eastern Plaguelands, Eastern Kingdoms.  He’ll be found in Festival Lane, right near where the Unforgiven spawns.  You can go through the service entrance, hug the wall then bang a right (you’ll see him by then) or you can meander through the city like I did.  Just be careful and try not to get too cocky – a high level who isn’t paying attention is still a dead high level.  You may have to kill the Unforgiven if you do not have the key, which is a pretty easy fight.

Well you’ve done it!  You’ve found the Old World Elders. Now you better jump on Looking for Group and find some people willing to enter some higher level dungeons… Here we go!

NORTHREND DUNGEONS

Jarten the Elder

Jarten is found inside Utgarde Keep, Howling Fjord, Northrend.  You only have to kill one boss to get to him (the first boss, Prince Keleseth) but once you clear that, you should find Jarten in an alcove before you go up the stairs.

Igasho the Elder

This Elder is inside the Nexus, Borean Tundra, Northrend.  You don’t have to kill any bosses to find Igasho – he’s located right before the large elemental boss, Ormorok the Tree-Shaper.  You’ll need to clear some mobs to get there, although I have heard of sneaky rogues and invisible Mages getting past it.  I am not so sneaky, so I grouped up.  We ended up murdering Ormorok as well, for fun.  Murder is fun kids!

Nurgen the Elder

In order to get to Nurgen, you have to kill not one, but two bosses to find him in Azol’Nerub, Dragonblight.  After you kill the two bosses, you’ll jump down the large hole that takes you to Anu’barak.  You’ll find him sitting on a rock, wondering how he fell down that enormous hole.  Of course, at this point you might as well finish the dungeon and leave that way, but you can always hearth out.

Kilias the Elder

Another Elder that requires two boss kills in Drak’theron Keep, Grizzly Hills.  You’ll have to kill Trollgore and Novos the Summoner to get to Kilias, and the Elder is to the left of King Dred’s pen.

Yuruak the Elder

Yuruak is in the Halls of Stone, Storm Peaks, and you thankfully don’t have to kill any bosses to get to him.  Once you enter the instance, head west towards where you’ll find Krystallus.  The Elder should be midway between the rock tunnel and the boss.  Not too bad!

Ghogan’Gada the Elder

What a mouthful.  You’ll have to kill three bosses inside Utgarde Pinnacle to get to this Elder.  You’ll find him right under the stairs after you kill Skadi the Ruthless.

Ohanzee the Elder

Last but not least, Ohanzee, who can be found in Gun’drak, Zul’Drak.  You can only get to this Elder when the dungeon is set on Heroic, making it exhausting.  Fortunately, we had someone in our group that had already completed the dungeon, so we were able to take the back entrance into the dungeon and only kill trash.  He can be found in Eck’s cave.  If you go through the back entrance, you’ll go down the stairs, kill the trolls in the center arena, then go through a small sewer-like opening into the cave.  You’ll have to kill a few Gorlocks to get to the elder, which have a nasty spew ability, but otherwise, it shouldn’t be too hard.

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So all in all, it shouldn’t be too difficult.  A level 70 anything can solo the old world content, while you must have a group to hit up the Northrend dungeons.  On a more personal note, I just need the Drak’theron Elder to finish the achievement!  Then I’ll get the title…  Guess I better go jump on LFG.

Good luck!