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Comment by Doranos

When you talk to the dying archaeologist a dwarf appears and speaks before turnign into Lorthic the Black and activating Obsidion. Thes guys hit very hard and can take a lot of damage. I did manage to take them once at a time, by first accepting the quest fromt eh archaeologist and then as the dwarf is taunting you running toward the ramp that leads upward. I was far enough away that it agro'd just Obsidion after dealing with him I was easily able to take on the dwarf elite.

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Comment by ongra

Obsidian is a level 52 elite. Not easy to solo.

Comment by dinnerbone

Tried this as a level 49 Shammy and with a level 64 priest helping me. Needless to say we failed... three times...

Comment by Qwiggalo

Lathoric is Sheepable, but Obsidion is immune to frost nova.

Comment by Nokturnal

Umm i've had problems trying to start this quest as a 49 Shaman...the dying archeologist next to Obsidion doesn't have an ! and the altar won't give quest either.... yet my 48 friend was able to...

Bug i suppose?

Comment by 48286

Lathoric the Black and Obsidion are both level 46 nonelites as of 11-13-07 - Patch 2.3

Comment by 50558

As of 2.3 this quest is super easy. I remember dying several times on my main trying to do it....

Obsidion now has about 2800 health (down from 16k pre-patch). Lathoric the Black has about the same. Easily soloable by anyone in the appropriate level range.

Comment by Hyle

Be sure to let the quest play out. Do not try to summon them with the altar or you will have to deal with two Lathorics

Comment by Keepertje8

I already thought the assassination was a bit weird, wasn't to surprised with Dorius raising out of 'death'

Comment by miles4607

Yeah Hyle is right just wait for the quest. I Used the altar and i had to fight two Lathoric's! I thought it was a bug at first!

Comment by 169039

If you're a caster or attack with a ranged weapon, I'd strongly recommend backing as far away as possible as soon as Dorius shows up. I had to do this quest twice as a 46 hunter because I aggroed both Lathoric and Obsidion at once. Hit Obsidion first, he doesn't attack as hard. If you can't heal make sure you have pleanty of potions and bandages handy. It becomes quite frustrating if you're not able to heal yourself.

As a side-note, I believe that if you die during this quest you have to abandon it and get it from the Dying Archaeologist again. When I ran back to my corpse after dying during the first attempt, Obsidion was there but Lathoric was nowhere to be found. I killed Obsidion, thinking that Lathoric would respawn afterwards, but he never did. I ended up having to abandon it and go through Dorius's speech all over again before I was able to complete it.

Comment by 100110

A person had just activated the final part of this quest before I showed up on the scene and died fighting Obsidion, and now I can't interact with the Altar or the Archaeologist. Pretty buggy.

Comment by Mydge

As soon as I accepted the quest Rise Obsidian! I ran over to the stairs (after clearing of course).

That way you can stay out of combat and wind up a big one for your first hit.

Both went down pretty easy, needed no bandages or pots (49 warrior)

Comment by 222516

i solo's this quest as a 47 prot pally, didnt need LoH or bubble, just a quick flash of light. its difficult put it is possible to take them both at the same time.

Comment by 100082

When you accept this quest Dorius appears and does the following

Dorius : Bravo, bravo! Good show. What? You thought I was dead?
Dorius : Fools, I knew that if I played on my brother's feeble emotions, he would send 'rescuers.'
Dorius : How easy it was to manipulate you into recovering the last Suntara stone from those imbeciles of the Twilight Hammer
Dorius : When I stumbled on the Suntara stones at the Grimesilt digsite, the power of Ragnaros surged through my being. It was Ragnaros that gave me a purpose.
Dorius : It was the will of Ragnaros that Obsidion be built. Obsidion will destroy the Blackrock Orcs of Blackrock Spire, uniting us with our brethren in the fiery depths.
Dorius : And, ultimately, it was Ragnaros that named me when I was reborn as an acolyte of fire: Lathoric... Lathoric the Black.
Dorius' laughter trails off
Lathoric the Black : Your task is complete. Prepare to meet your doom.
Lathoric the Black : Obsidion, Rise and Serve your Master!

Then Lathoric and Obsidion both activate and attack you.

Comment by flymolo21

Solo as 50 warrior. Aggroed both but it was no problem. Kill Obsidion first then the guy.

Comment by 140413

Don't know has this happened to anyone else before but:

After turning in the quest, Dorius a.k.a Lathoric the Black appears. BUT...

If you activate the altar after you have turned in the quest, there will come another Lathoric the Black. It seems to be a bit buggish, i had to fight as 49 sub rogue against Obsidion and 2 Lathorics.

Anyone know why is this so?

Comment by 325964

Not sure this has happened to anyone else, but when I turn this quest in to Curator Thorius in IF, he will not stop walking. He pauses long enough to pop up the reward screen. Choose your reward fast, because he starts walking away immediately!

Comment by 322122

Solo'ed as a 48 warlock. I took out Lathoric. My void worked on Obsidion. Killed Lathoric easily then worked on Obisdion. Almost lost it though when one of the workers in the cave joined the party. Fun. Yeah, they hit hard but you don't need a group to complete it, unless you want to make it insanely easy. Great chain (assuming you don't make yourself crazy trying to do the first part like I did), great overall XP. Pretty weak reward since the ring I got isn't as good as the one I already had. Descent $$ reward.

Comment by 733706

Hmm.....No comments in 5 months.....And it says at the top of the Wowhead page in red letters, "This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed."

Well I just got this quest a few days before posting this. As of now this quest is very much alive, though different in some ways. So how do you do the quest? Previous comments don't really go into detail on that, so I will.

First of all, you have to go to the Slag Pit. The easiest way to do this is to go to the eastern-most tower on the northern side of the Cauldron (the big crack in the ground).

Stand on the left side of this tower and look down. You will see a metal platform. Jump down, and jump down again onto the metal walkway. Behind you is the entrance to the Slag Pit.

Go in there and walk across the metal bridge on the left side of the cave. Continue and go through the opening straight ahead. This will put you on a metal ramp where you can see the altar down below (sparkling) and Obsidion who just fell to the floor.

As you start down the ramp you will see the quest turn-in NPC on your right, who also deals with two other quests you may have. The instructions at the top of this page telling you to turn in the quest at Ironforge are no longer correct.

So you continue down the ramp and over to the altar. You put your cursor on it and the little gear appears. Click and here we go! You will have to fight a 49 elite and at least two other 49's. That's it. Turn in the quest to the NPC on the ramp or continue with the other two quests in that area if you have them.

Comment by malachedeux

Jan 2022, this quest =is= obtainable and can be completed. No idea why it is marked as unobtainable by WoWHead. The objectives are deep in The Slag Pit, where there is an altar to summon them and defeat them, and may be turned into Evonice Sootsmoker up the ramp near the kill spot.

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Rise, Obsidion!

This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.

Slay Lathoric the Black and Obsidion, and return to Thorius in Ironforge with the Head of Lathoric the Black and the Heart of Obsidion.

	Head of Lathoric the Black (1)
	Heart of Obsidion (1)

Description

It... It... It was all a trap.

Forgive... me.

Kill the traitor... Kill him for us... for Thorius.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Centurion Legplates			Lordrec Helmet

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Ring of Fortitude

You will also receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with Ironforge

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(3566))