Karazhan Attunement – Cliff Notes

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 My “cliff notes” on Onyxia Attunement were such a hit I couldn’t resist posting the same for Karazhan.  Just like with Onyxia, I can’t take any credit for this, although I may add my own observations as I go through the process.  This is just a straight copy and paste from wowwiki (which has been real slow lately – anyone else having that problem?)

Here’s a link to the full post with a condensed quest listing.

1. Travel to Karazhan in Deadwind Pass. You will receive 2 quests here. Complete those two quests in the direct area and you will be sent to Dalaran.   (Amanna – these two quests are solo-able, especially for druids.  In collecting the water samples, I prowled through most of where I needed to go.  Just be careful in both cellars – the mobs seems to have a very large aggro range).
2. Travel to Dalaran, speak to the guy you need to (he’s on the north side of the bubble) and you will be sent to Shattrath.   (Amanna – yea, the north side way down by the water.  Kind of not real obvious).
3. Go and speak to Khadgar in the center of Shattrath (who you started the tour with and who you decided which faction you wanted to be) and he will send you to get the first key fragment from Shadow Labyrinth. The first fragment is near Murmur. A guard will spawn when the container is opened, and the key fragment is found on his corpse.  (Amanna – you do not have to kill Murmur to loot the container.  As you face Murmur, go around him (it?) to the left and the container is on a ledge.  The guard that spawns is easily killed).
4. Go back to Khadgar in Shattrath and he will give you a quest to get the 2nd and 3rd key shards. The 2nd key shard will require you to travel to The Steamvault in Coilfang Reservoir and is located in the deep pool of water near the first boss. You will find it in the corner at the bottom of the pool.
   • The second key part is soloable for mages, druids and rogues.
   • Note- Since the 2.0.7 patch, there is a guard that spawns (70 elite) instead of the key being in the box. You must kill him and loot the corpse. Can be solo’ed, but best done as a duo/trio.
   • Amanna – Easily soloed by us Druids.  See my notes here.
5. If your group has the key or a rogue with 350 lockpicking for Arcatraz then skip this and go straight to 6. If not, then follow this.
   • First you must obtain the quest from Area 52 called A Heap of Ethereals, from Nether-Stalker Khay’ji.
   • Next you’ll get Quest:Warp-Raider Nesaad. Go and kill Nesaad (28, 79) and return to Nether-Stalker Khay’ji.
   • Then you will be sent to Eco dome mid-realm where you will be given the task of collecting 10 surveying equipment boxes. Return to the quest giver.
   • You will then be sent to Nexus-Prince Haramad in Stormspire who will ask you to locate triangulation point using his device (Co-ords 66,33) and then deliver to Dealer Hazzin at the protectorate watchpost.
   • Then you will be asked to discover Triangulation point 2 (co-ords 28,41) and hand in to Wind Trader Tuluman at small trading point back across the bridge.
   • Then you will be asked to go kill Culuthas, a level 70 elite demon at 53,21 (very easy, can be 2 manned if not solo’d) to complete the full triangle and to recover the Ata’mal Crystal.
   • Take this crystal to Nexus-Prince Haramad and you will be ambushed by 3 blood elves… dont worry, the Ethereals annhiliate them for you.
   • Then take the portal where Nexus-Prince came from during the blood elf attack to Shattrath and speak to A’dal in the Terrace of Light in Shattrath.
   • Now you will be given the quest to obtain the Arcatraz Key shards. The Top Half of the Arcatraz key can be located in The Botanica of Tempest Keep (left floating island) and drops from Warp Splinter, the final boss.
   • The Bottom half of the key drops from Pathaleon the Calculator in The Mechanar of Tempest Keep (right floating island). Be warned: If you wipe on the last boss of The Mechanar or the waves of mobs before him, the door will bug and will not reopen even when you run back. To avoid this, take a warlock for soulstone or you’ll have to page a GM and hope they get back to you quick enough and are willing to portal you to the other side.
   • Once you have both key shards take them back to A’dal in Shattrath and you will have your Arcatraz key.
6. The third fragment of the Karazhan key can be found in The Arcatraz of Tempest Keep. You aren’t required to kill any bosses if your group chooses not to and you will find the key shard in the room where you first encounter voidwalkers. This room is the first room you come to after you go up the “glass” ramp in the first boss room. As you enter the voidwalker room, the shard is found to the immediate right in the corner of the room.
   • Note- Same as the second key, this one requires a group to kill the guard. 2 rogues to keep the patrolling voidwalker distracted while a druid (feral) and another rogue kills the guard (the first rogue distracting joins the fight) can make things easier. Still stealthable, just challenging.  (Amanna – well, I didn’t try to stealth it but went in with a guild group.  We cleared as we went and bypassed first boss.  You can get to the key fragment in around 1/2 hour or so.)
7. Now you have the 2nd and 3rd key fragments, return to Shattrath, hand them in and you will be sent to The Black Morass in the Caverns of Time and you will need speak to Medivh to activate your key.
8. First you have to complete the Old Hillsbrad instance in Caverns of Time.   (Amanna – this isn’t a very hard instance; it’s rated at lvl 66-68.  A decent group, especially with some high levels, can complete it in an hour and there are some decent drops to be had.  Plus, Blizz did a great job on CoT and this instance in general – they both are some of the best times I’ve had.)
9. Turn in Old Hillsbrad and you can now run the Black Morass event. This event will require you to kill elites that spawn from portals while protecting Medivh while he opens the Dark Portal. From every 6th portal a boss will spawn. After the 18th portal the Dark Portal will open and the task is complete. You can now speak to Medivh and claim your Master Key to Karazhan. At this point return to Khadgar in Shattrath. Note: In order to enter this instance of the Caverns of Time, you need to have completed the Durnhold Keep event in Old Hillsbrad.  (Amanna – just like Old Hillsbrad, an easy run with a group of 70s, but great atmoshpere and a lot of fun.  Well done Blizz.  Be sure to talk to not only Medivh, but the NPC at the entrance.  You’ll get a quest to go back to Andormu for some nice rewards.)
10. Once you have returned to Khadgar you will be sent back to Karazhan where your Karazhan quests will begin!
11. GRATZ!

You are now attuned to Karazhan!!