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Comment by 6764

this is essential for all level 60 mages. it probably should have been listed with the mage quests, too.

you take the quest form DM library, accessable from west and north instances but the quest NPC, Hydrospawn, is in the east instance and is immune to frost.

Comment by InfinityX

It is indeed an essential mage quest. Luckily the Hydrospawn you need to kill is a very easy to kill and easily accessible mob. You (the mage) and two level 60 friends should be able to dispatch the Hydrospawn without too much trouble. I was able to kill it playing a friend's T2 rogue along with my mage friend's help.

Comment by 1437

This is now trainable in patch 2.0.1. The only reason to do this quest now is to avoid the training cost. Ultimately not worth it.

Comment by VanCleef

I was exploring Dire Maul with my 70 mage, when I was surprised to find that this quest rewards you with 11g40s at level 70. So it is still worth doing today. :-)

Hydrospawn can quite easily be soloed.

Comment by Salaction

This quest gives 500 reputation with Shen'dralar nowadays, i just completed it so i know =).

Comment by ScoobyDew79

This quest DOES count towards Loremaster of Kalimdor.

Comment by Xuchilbara

I just finished this quest with my lvl 72 mage and got 30,000 xp for my trouble :D.

Comment by 408348

The fastest way to get to him is to go into Dire Maul East and jump down into the garden (you may want to use slow fall). Go to the south-east corner of the garden (dodging the wandering adds) and in the doorway.

Hydrospawn is in the pool just in the doorway.

Comment by 245256

"A Draenei mage! How wonderous. I have not seen one of your kind for... oh what is it going on now? 500 years!'
I'm gonna have to call your bluff there, Lydros.

Comment by 240801

Just finished this quest and awarded me with 500 rep with Shen'dralar,maybe blizzard changed it.

Comment by Stenenis

Hmmm...it would seem that the changes made in 4.0.1 to conjure food/water (now just refreshment) have made this quest impossible to complete. it's still there, as is the boss u have to kill, but i just cant complete it.

Comment by 797248

An undead mage! How wonderous. I have not seen one of your kind for... oh what is it going on now? 500 years!

He must be very lonely ...

Comment by Thottbot

Quest giver is in the Library area of the west wing-- you will need the key from the east wing to get there. If you enter through the north and have leet skills, you can get to the Library without aggro.

The mob you have to kill is back in the east wing, the water elemental.

Comment by Thottbot

I'm sure almost every mage wants to do this quest. 4200 mana over 30 seconds is invalueble. Here's my attempt at a detailed decription on how to obtain and complete the quest.

Navigating in Dire Maul (DM):
There are 3 sections of DM (North, East and West). Only 2 sections concern this quest, which is North and East. The questgiver is in the North, and the quest item is from the East. You will need a Crescent key to enter the North instance or a rog with max lock picking skill (Engineers, I have already tried blowing the doors up. Didn't work).

Upon entering DM from Feralas, you just need to follow the corridor till you reach a "T" path (you will notice a huge double wooden door at the T - Only graphics, cannot be opened). To the sides of the door, there are two slip-in entries. Go through both of them and it will bring you into a courtyard with ogres. Hugging the right wall will take into the east instance, left to west and straight across the courtyard is north.

Aggro range here is very small so its easy to slip past them. Dog patrols exist and they see through invis.

Step 1: Obtaining a Crescent Key https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=35607/ahnkahar-handwraps
This is gotten from the east instance (entering from the courtyard). Immediately entering the instance, you see a non-aggro imp on your left. Speak to him and he will start running. Fight your way in the direction he ran to (right of entering the instance). Speak to him again, and he starts running. It goes on for a couple of times.

By hugging the right wall and killing everything in the way, enter the 2nd corridor (1st one takes you out of the instance). Go all the way straight down the corridor downstairs and hug the right wall, killing everything in your way. Go upstairs and you should see the imp there again. Talking to him will trigger him to fight. He spawns little imps over time, so focus your dps on him and deal with the non-elite adds after.

Loot the key.

Step 2: Where's the questgiver?

This can be done solo without any means of invis. Upon entering the north instance, there is a group of 3 ogres to your left and 1 wandering ogre infront of you. If you see the 3 ogres, you should also see a ramp down near them. Wait for the wanderer to move away and head down the ramp. Jump off the left side of the ramp to avoid the 2nd group of ogres, and head down another ramp.

This will bring you to another door that needs the Crescent key. Through that, all the way, takes you to the library. Questgiver is straight ahead of you, 1st bookshelf to your left.

Step 3: Getting the Hydrospawn Essence.

Eastern instance, coming from courtyard zone-in, hug the right wall, through the 2nd corridor, 1st right into a hall filled with Satyr demons and plants. Kill your way along the left wall and take the left turn below the ramp. Kill along the left wall again and this will take you to a pool with hydrospawn in it.

He spawns little water elementals as well, but they despawn when Hydrospawn dies. So focus dps on him again. Immune to cold.

Step 4: Back to quest giver.

Sorry if this seems a little long. But I didn't do any DM runs prior to this quest. I'm sure many fellow mages are alike. I hope this gives you more help than you need.

Comment by Thottbot

For all that can't made it to jump on the ramp.

Try a diagonal jump, when running down jump on the left, and not facing the ramp and jumping on it.

No need of any invis potion.

Comment by Thottbot

I tried repeatedly to make the ramp jump with my Gnome Mage & failed. Although I'm not 100% sure it seems like taller races like Humans & Elves have an easier time with jumping.

If you have trouble making the jump onto the ramp's edge, go get an inviso potion & sneak around the bottom of the ramp instead.

WARNING about the inviso potion method... Occasionally the Ogre group at the bottom of the ramp has a dog. The dog will see right through the inviso potion. If there's a dog in the group you should abort the attempt & come back later. Give the instance a chance to reset & hopefully the dog will be gone.

See what I mean: http://www.scipie.com/images/wow-dm-dog.jpg

Good luck.

Comment by Thottbot

Well, you can't raid Dire Maul, so you will have to do it with a single party. We completed this quest yesterday with a mage, a priest, a warlock, and a paladin. Hydrospawn hits hard, but he's not really that difficult.

Comment by Thottbot

You can get to the Library without using invisibility potions.

You can get onto the left railing of the ramp in DM north by executing a diagonal jump (you can make this jump because you are jumping from a higher position on the ramp to a lower position on the ramp railing). Once you are on the railing, follow the ledge along the wall east until you see the ramp down. You will have to make a second diagonal jump to land on the railing of the ramp leading downward toward the library. Once you are there, jump down, unlock, go in.

Comment by Thottbot

10 bottles leads me to believe the quest might be able to be acquired at 55 when you can use it. a mage can dream, cant he? i did the dying/rez beyond the door. worked great. got called to a brd run right then tho so i'll post later when i go back if i was able to get it.

rezin - 55 mage - malfurion

Comment by Thottbot

How do u blink trough the door?

Tried but didnt work. Maybe it is patched now.

Comment by Thottbot

All the instructions above do still work. However I was moving around and blinking for 20mins before it finally worked.

Also don't confuse the door to blink through with the door that requires the cresent key outside the DM North instance. Simply pull a mob and die next to the door. Come back as ghost and walk through it. Then respawn.

Comment by Thottbot

I've been hearing some people trying to solo...

What happened to your guild? Are they too busy to help you get some of the best water in the game, which you're gonna give to them if you do raids with them? Is it just simply not worth their time?

If a guild has a couple mages who need this, it would be smart to help them. Its not like helping a random person, its your guild! If thats not good enough for them, join a different one. I mean really... the entire POINT of guilds is to do things EXACTLY like this!

Comment by Thottbot

Just did - it's definately possible. Just use first person camera and get your aim perfectly at the crack on the left side of the door. Go up the ramp maybe a step or two max and then blink. Took a few tries but I eventually did it.

just to confirm once again that IT IS possible.

Comment by Thottbot

I managed to get into the library after many failed attempts. The easiest is to jump onto the railing of the ramp that leads into the area with the dogs. As an undead mage, I could only jump on the lowest bit of the railing, so be careful that you enter the yard and aggro.

After I managed to jump onto the railing, I moved back up and jumped on the border alongside the wall. Just hug the wall and walk around until you've come to the ramp that leads into the library.

No blink, no potions, no buffs...

Comment by Thottbot

My mage could only get this quest at level 60 (I know this, as I was 59 when we entered DM West, got the library, quest was gray, when I dinged 60, quest was available)

So it looks like this one is 60 only, boys and girls :)

Comment by Thottbot

took me about 20min to figure out how to blink through the door. for those having a tough time, look at the door head on...not at an angle (which was my problem). youll be able to see past the door through the crack..so aim for that opening. hope that helps.

Comment by Thottbot

It is shareble just got it from another mage we did east got key and hydra went back solo gl

Comment by Thottbot

Did they raise the height of the wall on the ramp? I can't jump over the side.

Edit:

Nevermind, you have to jump at an angle down the slope. This will let you jump on top of the rail, then fall down on to the rail next to the wall and walk around to the other door.

Comment by Thottbot

Just wanted to point out that blink still works on the inner library door, as of 1.10

Comment by Thottbot

thanks guys, blinking through the door really worked. i had to try for about 10 minutes though, so be patient and use 1st person view to line it up. afterwards, go back out to 3rd person to see if it's all straight.

Comment by Thottbot

You CAN solo getting and turning in this quest. Getting to the library in DM North is not impossible to do alone. Without a key, I had to use a Powerful Seasforium Charge to get through the door. Bring two! I brought two just in case, and that was a good thing, because there are two doors--one inside and one outside the instance--that require the crescent key.

However, getting to and killing the Hydrospawn solo would be really tricky. I imagine you'd need an invisibility potion or two... and maybe bring a rogue or druid to stealth in with you to help in the fight.

Comment by Thottbot

blinking through the inner library door still works as of 05/19/06. just have to allign yourself perfectly with the little crack on the left and take a few steps back.

as far as getting in the main entrance to dm north, still dying is by far the easiest, just die right at the door and resurrect behind it.

Comment by Thottbot

successful solo'd this without the key or any invisiblity pots. the way to blink through the door to get into the library is line yourself up directly in front of it. DO NOT STAND IN THE CORNER WHERE THE DOOR MEETS THE EDGE. STAND BACK PARTIALLY BEHIND THE EDGE CENTERED DIRECTLY ON THE CRACK. took me two tries. died once (on purpose)

Comment by Thottbot

it's not as easy as you guys think it's hard as hell and almost impossible.I've tried atleast 10 or 11 times to get past ONE grp of those and i cant not even with invisible pots they se me.So i think it's better to go WITH grp couse soloing that instance is
Mission Impossible

Comment by Thottbot

As of Patch 1.12 (drums of war) you can still blink through the door, 60 mage, took about 4 tries, only aggroed the one mob to die in front of first door, very simple, read the threads above

Comment by Thottbot

Killed him with a rogue, warlock and mage(me) without much of a problem (the warlock died though)

Comment by Thottbot

Went solo with my mage.....died on purpose as text above suggests, rezzed behind first door then went to library door, blinked behind it on the 5th try. got quest now just getting a grp for the other part.

Comment by Thottbot

You can get to the water elemental without killing any mobs, just go to the back door of dm east and jump down off the ledge, hug the wall, go through the door and stay to your right and kill the bastard.

Comment by Thottbot

Im just leveling a mage to get away from the daily kara grind.

Is there any point in completing this quest any more? That is, do you get higher level water from trainers once you get above 60?

Comment by Thottbot

Hmm, Im assuming this is a Mage only quest, so why hasnt thottbot got the "mage quest" tag on it? Got my hopes up believing that another class could learn a random/useful skill :D

Comment by Allakhazam

no he is right the east wing. It is the wing, where you do not need a key to get into. Just enter dire maul and follow the path when it splits into left and right go right all the way down the hall and you will see a tunnel that leads you to the east wing of the instance

Comment by Allakhazam

Can you just learn this from your trainer now that BC is out?

Edited, Mar 25th 2007 2:45am by Breakthrough

Comment by Allakhazam

To do hydro spawn fast and easy, upon entering turn left and jump down on ledge and run to southern exit. Hydrospawn is in the pool.

Comment by Allakhazam

No, it is not possible to do it at 58. You must be 60 to get the quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

This quest should be added to the "Quest by Class" listing for Mages.

Comment by Allakhazam

OMG i hate blizzard, second mage quest i've done where its in an instance noone does... it's do typical... ffs

Comment by Allakhazam

Somewhere related to this quest I read that a rogue with 295 lockpicking could open the DM North doors for you ... just wanted to let you know that is untrue. I tried it at 295 ... no go. It can be done by a 60 rogue only ... so don't waste a trip down there without the key or a 60 rogue maxed out.

Comment by Allakhazam

so hes a water elemental? making it a pain in the ass for frost specced mages? -.-

Comment by Allakhazam

Where can i find Loremaster Lydros in dire maul?

Comment by Allakhazam

If you are an Engineer or can get one to come in the absence of a Rogue, that Powerful Seaforium Charge will open the Library door. Large Seaforium Charges do not work.

I was able to do this all alone, just have to wait for someone to open the DM North entrance door for you. I did not try the PSC on the entrance door.

Nice guide kaithoss and thanks.

Comment by Allakhazam

You know you picked a good class when your lvl 60 quest is for improved water

Comment by Allakhazam

Is it possable to do this quest at lvl 58.

Comment by Allakhazam

Doesn't he mean the west wing?

Comment by Pearlite

Classic: Blinking through the door from DM North to Library without crescent key appears to no longer work. I tried lining up with the crack on the left side, backing up just a tad. Tried a bunch of angles. No dice. Up the ramp a bit, again. Multiple angles. No dice. Kept shifting left and right too - centerline. No dice. Used run/walk button to put into walk mode so I could make smaller adjustments. Nope.

Comment by Murloc

Can't blink through the door in classic. It's not working anymore.

Comment by Tankard

Not immediately obvious, the quest drop IS shared if you go with other mages in the group also on the quest.

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Arcane Refreshment

This quest is no longer available within the game.

Travel to the Warpwood Quarter of Dire Maul and slay the water elemental, Hydrospawn. Return to Lorekeeper Lydros in the Athenaeum with the Hydrospawn Essence.

	Hydrospawn Essence (1)

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A <race> mage! How wonderous. I have not seen one of your kind for... oh what is it going on now? 500 years!

I have something that will quench your thirst, but first you must do a task for me.

<Lydros snickers.>

There is an anomaly in Eldre'Thalas. A water elemental has taken residence in the east wing. His presence must be catalogued!

Venture to the Warpwood Quarter and extract a portion of the elemental essence of the Hydrospawn. Return it to me and I shall teach you a useful cantrip.

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You will learn:

	Conjure Water

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with Shen'dralar

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(7463))

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