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Comment by 5365

I completed this solo as a 16 priest.

The book is in the inn-like building, in right-hand room on the second floor. It is guarded by a 16 elite.

I went in the gate, the around behind the buildings to the left, and into the inn. I was able to pull single mobs the whole way.

Not too bad.

Comment by 7862

This journal is found at 43,73

There is a back way to get to the inn. There is a break at 47,75

Once you reach the inn there are people inside ranging from 14-16 Elites.

Once you reach the bookshelf , Berard will be standing next to it ( Lvl 16 Elite )

Hope this helps.

Comment by 35028

@angelFlonne

I am lvl 18 ShadowPriest now and I have to tell you that I really doubt you soloing this quest hence I really had a hard time killing those lvl 14 elites. There was no way in heaven I could take the last elite guarding the book shelf but I advise everyone at this lvl with fear to clear the room before Berard and then once in a fight with Berard to just fear him and loot the book shelf. Then bubble and use your hearthstone or die and rezz at spirit healer or else.

Besides this everything else was correct. The room with the quest object is indeed 2nd floor right-hand room. Actually you can pass the 2 elites in the other rooms without aggroing.

Comment by 23704

Solo'd as a 16 rogue.

Took a health pot and evasion

Comment by 31467

Solo'd as a 17 rouge.

Just go stealth and haul ass down to the last building staright down. It looks like one of the buildings in Brill on the inside. sap the last mob upstairs next to the book case and your good to go stealth back to leave the place .... very easy.

Comment by Thottbot

Journal is in the inn layout building all the way straight back from the gate. It is in a bookshelf upstairs.

Comment by Thottbot

This journal is found at 43,73. It is in the back in a house, and you need to run upstairs. When you get there, there will be 3 rooms. Take room #3 on your right hand side. It is in there.

Comment by Thottbot

Several questions:

1. Can I enter the village from the back side and is that a better route in?

2. What level do you recommend to solo this - I'm currently 18 and it seems tough even at this level (based on my first attempt).

3. Is it possible to sealth one's way to the inn and upstairs?

Thanks.

Comment by Thottbot

Stealth to the upper level of the inn, kill the 3 guards, then stealth in the back room, sap the apothecary, grab the books, and sprint out. Or you can kill the apothecary if you want, he's level 16+. I accomplished this at level 19.

Comment by Thottbot

there is a break in the village wall on the south side. jump through the break into the village. you can then skirt the inside of the wall all the way to the back. you still have to kill everyone in front of the inn, but it is much quicker. i did it solo as a level 20 hunter, even though my melee skills suck. (don't freak out when you can't click on any of the books in the room like i did :) the journal is in a bookcase.

Comment by Thottbot

This is a fun quest. I did this as a L19 Mage. The guy who posted "Got to the left and walk behind the buildings" was right. As a mage you just need to killed two of the guards walking around the front gate. Then high tail it behind the buildings on the left. Once you get behind the Inn, kill the guild between the Inn and the house on the right. Watch for wandering guards and kill 1-2 of them if you can. Once inside the Inn, there is a caster just inside. Freeze or Polymorph him and then run upstair and end the 3rd furthest to the right. You'll see hairy Apothecary Bernard in the room. The guards from the other rooms will aggro you and kill you in Bernard's room. There's no way to avoid this death soloing, unless you're a Rogue. If you're a Rogue, you can just SAP Benard while Stealthed and take the Journal.

Once you come back, rez all the way in the back of the room, so none of the guards outside or in the other rooms with aggro you. Heal immediately with a potion and when Bernard attacks, Polymorph his ass into a sheep and then take Benard's Journal from his book shelf. Then Hearthstone back to U.C. If Bernard come out for the sheep. Polymorph him again and then Hearthstone. Piece of cake.

Comment by Thottbot

soloed it as a lvl 15 hunter...ran to the inn from the side path. ran upstairs, died. came back and rezzed. sent pet to hold aggro and grabbed the book...died last time and spirit healed to turn in quest

Comment by Thottbot

I started off just as others said: get inside through the break in the south wall. Hug the wall 'till you get to the inn.

There's another way to get in to the inn, however. Instead of running in through the front door, you can go to the side of the inn closest to the south wall and get in there. You'll see a few windows with ledges on them. Jump on the one to the left. Get as close as possible to the wall. Hover your mouse around the wall in front of you, until you hover over 'Wooden Chair.' Right click, and it'll teleport you inside.

I did this as a level 15 Warlock. I went inside through the wall, feared the first guy I saw, ran upstairs feared a few up there.. Sadly, died. I went back as a ghost into the room where Berard is. Got into the corner, resurrected, feared Berard, opened the bookcase, grabbed the book.. Then died again. But I got the book!

Comment by Thottbot

Use south east entrance.
Died twice to reach the room.
(Could have made it with 1 run but i didn't know where it was)
Rez between the guard outside and Berad

*Psychic Screm*!

It'll take some time before they get back, one of the guys actually aggroed another guard next room but I was still able to get it and run almost out of the house. (whcih was not necessary) Rez and walk behind the houses along south wall. shield up and get prepared to scream again on your way out.

Comment by Thottbot

There is an easier way to get to the inn.
First, go to the Shadowfang keep. Before the entrance, there is a drawbridge. Jump off it. You will take about 200hp damage. Heal it, and go towards Pyrewood village. There is a big hole in the wall and only 2-3 guards between you and the inn. Figure out the rest yourself.

Comment by Thottbot

Warlock lvl 18:
Just get to the inn somehow, run or fight ur way there. I prefer running and dieing.

Resurrect in the corner of stairs, summon voidwalker and kill the center rooms mob first and then head for the Apothecary, kill the mob in the room before his room and IF you get the aggro from the apothecary just put ur voidwalker take his aggro and open bookshelf, run down, sacrifice voidwalker and run away from the village. I used a healthpot when my shield faded but I didn't even had to use it for real, just in case :p

Comment by Thottbot

Creep in the hole in the southern side of the fence and hug the fence all the way to the inn. Pull the mobs 1 by 1 and kill them. I just used a 22-41 dmg wand and shield on myself. Heal when I get low. Make sure to aggro them and then draw them away from others so that when they run they don't attract more.

Once in the inn you can carefully pull them 1 by 1 and kill them. For the journal run in, Psychic Scream and IMMEDIATELY shift-right-click the bookcase.

Once you have the book, shield, heal, and wait for the scream to recharge. Psychic Scream once more and IMMEDIATELY use your hearth stone.

Far less time consuming than dying over and over. More fun too.

Comment by Thottbot

I soloed it as level 16 priest even with 2 red items :D

i used the backdoor entrance(jump from top).

Walked around the inn and killed one by one, i have to say i got lucky i didnt aggro more than 1 of them at a time, but it wasnt problem at all, even the lvl 16 elit

greater magic wand ftw! :)

Comment by Thottbot

Stealth your way to the 2nd floor of the house. Go to the most right chamber. Now you have 2 options: kill the Apothecary Berard or just sap him and take the recipe out of the closet.
I killed him as a lvl 17 rogue, but i have the wingblade equipped (leaders of the fang quest in WC)

Comment by Thottbot

Stealthed in, Sapped Mutt, opened chest, re-stealthed and walked out.
5 point in master of deception, 2 points in Improved sap. Easy. :)

Comment by Thottbot

Found the wall break! Coordinates 47.74

Comment by Thottbot

I did this as my lvl 14 Priest with a lvl 14 Rogue. We just killed the first few, went along the side to the back of the inn and killed our way up to Berard and the journal.

Comment by Thottbot

I soloed this as a lvl 15 warlock, me and my friend voidwalker took out the guys in the front( after going from the backside), tried to take out those in the inn, but aggroed and died. Went upstairs as a spirit and resurected, feared the Berard and looted the journal, then died and resurrected at a spirit healer. Might be a bad way to do it, but xp is xp:P

Comment by Thottbot

1. Get naked.
2. Run naked into village to the inn.
3. Let them kill u.
4. Res upstairs in room with book.
5. Sheep werewolf in room, get book, run out or die and res at back of Inn and HS.

Grats 5 min Q.

Comment by Thottbot

This was realatively easy. I went to through the breach and followed the wall to the inn. Jumped up on the window ledge as one person previously suggested, and waited for a sentry to come kill me. I then ressed inside upstairs by the bookcase, cast psychic scream, grabbed the book and waited for the guard to return and kill. Ressed at shrine, and I'm done. Easy as could be.

Comment by Thottbot

Why do so many people have to explain in painstaking detail how they completed the quest? People need to know:

1) The cords, or n.s.e.w. directions from a wellknown area to the location of the quest.

2) Simple and effective instructions to best complete quest

3) Your lvl and if soloed.

4) Where to turn in quest in case someone forgot.

5) I suppose if it includes collecting items then a drop rate is appropriate.

Please do not repeat what has already been said over and over again in previous posts. Some people would like to find what there looking for quickly and get back to the game, rather than deal with 50 posts all saying the same thing!

Comment by Allakhazam

Did this as lvl 15 undead priest:

went from shadowfang keep bridge.. jump down and sneak behind the stables. Suicide ran inside to his room in the back and died.

Came back as a ghost to his room and used psychic scream to buy some time and shield of fortitude to loot the book from the shelf before dying again.

Death can be a part of the plan: Quest complete.

Edited, Sat Sep 3 16:36:49 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

AS said, go straight forward past the fountain and straight into what looks like an inn, go upstairs and its in the right-most room.....

Did this as a lvl 13 mage (Undead), first time ive found it, died getting to the building, then ran around dead looking for the right room...

Died again getting to the building, didnt bother trying to kill anyone....
Rezzed in the room next to the one i wanted, "Frost Nova'd" the two guys and got to the book case..... just in time too!

I let them kill me and i rezzed back at sepulcher and haded in q......

Got 1350xp 'nice'

Mage name: Qoon

Comment by Allakhazam

At the back of the village in the Inn. 42,73.

My 15 rogue snuck in, sapped Berard, grabbed the book and ran. Almost made it out of the village.

Comment by Allakhazam

Me ( lvl 14 warlock ) and a 14 rogue made it without die once! just ran and kill, very easy quest! :)

Comment by Allakhazam

Just did this as a Lvl 15 Warlock. I just ran into the room with the book, died, then ressed back in the far corner of the room, feared Berard (luckily the sentry in the hallway didn't see me) and grabbed it, before dying and spirit healing at the Sepulcher.

Comment by Allakhazam

it's quite simple for a small group (lvl16 warlock, lvl19 rogue and again lvl16 warlock). I did this with my 16 warlock, and gained 1350 experience points from Apothecary Renferrel.

Comment by Allakhazam

I just finished this with my 15th level rogue. I'll say up front that I got lucky. Stealthed to the inn and got to Berard's room without incident. Hid as far as I could in the corner and prayed he wouldn't see me when I clicked on the bookshelf. He saw me... Hit him with Gouge and opened the bookcase while he was stunned. Ran for my life with sprint and evasion on. LOL If I was thinking, I might have tried to sap him and then open the bookcase. he was Elite, but only 16. This is just what worked for me of course... results may vary.

Comment by Allakhazam

Easy really, did the quest in pyrowood as lvl 19 mage with a lvl 19 priest.

We just sneaked behind all the buildings (there is an opening in the stockade if go left around the village instead of entering through the entrance). When we finally found the inn we just went in and took care of the 3-4 elites in there (they are seperated so it's a piece of cake) and voila... we got the journal and without fighting any unnecessary elite mobs.

Comment by Allakhazam

I did this one this morning. I only died due to trying to kill one guy and then he aggroed two mre and I got raped. I went around the other side of the inn (using the shifty entrance as described below), snuck up to Beren, sapped him, opened bookcase and ran like a crazy ^&*!@. Evasion comes in VERY handy when running away. =D

Comment by Allakhazam

Solo'd as a 19 undead warlock: Worked my way down the main path straight to the Inn, and then tried running as fast and far as possible into the Inn and up the stairs with the voidwalker attempting to agro everything. Died before I got to the stairs of course, then ghosted back in and rez'd upstairs in Berards room. This turned out to be a bad idea as he killed me rather quickly. I then rez'd on the stair mid landing, summoned big blue and picked off all the elites upstairs one by one untill just Berard was left.
While bigblue hammered away at him, I grabbed the book and then aided my big blue buddy...easy as pie.

Comment by Allakhazam

I did this at 15 with my rogue, stealthed in, saped the guy open the bookcase and walked out. Anyone besides a rogue should just get 1 or 2 other people....the mobs really arnt even that hard.

Comment by Allakhazam

Soloed this at lvl 18 with my rogue... :) Stealthed to Berard's room and sapped him... Then took book and sprinted out from there... Shaked all adds I got and then stealthed away from pyrewood village :)

Comment by Allakhazam

If you go straight into Pyrewood Village, just keep heading straight. The Inn is the building right behind the fountain. The bookcase needs to be opened, and it's two rooms off to the right at the top of the stairs.

Comment by Allakhazam

I've found it, but I'm just a level 18 Priest and I'm having problems even taking a human at level 14... Its no way I can take anyone in this house, what do I do?

Comment by Allakhazam

Anyone know where in village the book can be found? Ive looked in all the houses in all the rooms and didnt see it.

Comment by Allakhazam

A lvl 17 lock with void and 18 lock with imp did all the pyrewood quests easy.

Comment by Allakhazam

With a lvl 17 lock, i cleared the way up the middle then sacrificed my voidwalker and ran up to the room that has barard in it then died. Then i walked back as a ghost and waited in the room and logged off. Then i brought my lvl 61 hunter, killed berard, logged back out, logged in as my lock and got the book and hearthed back to sepulcher. Its cheap but it worked : )

Comment by Allakhazam

Easily done as a level 16 lock:

First, stock up on soul stones. You'll need at least two (you'll die once, and I'm assuming you'll use your healthstone before you die), and I suggest four in case you die twice.

Approaching the village, go left and beside the wall of stakes (instead of though the gates). The wall goes up on a hill, and resumes a bit left and at the bottom of that same hill, resulting in small gap. Walk through that, get as close to the wall as possible, then as the wall curves to the right, get slightly inside the inn before being killed. Rezz on the stairs, summon a voidwalker and create a healthstone, and after healing up mana and health, attack the guy in the RIGHT room (very important). Cast curse of weakness, immolation, and corruption, then stop and let your voidwalker get aggro. Use Health Funnel when your voidwalker is getting close to half health. You can cast a few Shadow Bolts, but you mainly need to focus on keeping your voidwalker alive & aggro'd.

After killing that first guy, focus on the one across from the stairs. He'll run into the room where the first guy was - that's why I said it's important to kill that first guy first. Be ready if the third guy (room next to the stairs) attacks right as the second guy is dying. After that, loot the bodies, heal up, attack Berard, let your voidwalker get aggro, get the book from the bookshelf to the left (as you enter the room), then kill Berard. Hearthstone out of there.

Comment by Allakhazam

Level 15? I have to wonder what the WoW designers are smoking for the suggested levels. The first critter is 13th level elite that proceeds to whoop up on my 17 level mage. I've only killed one and just barely once I got to 18th level. Do they expect to party up on all the elite quests?

Comment by Allakhazam

I tried to tackle this today with my lvl 22 hunter and my lvl 21 pet... I killed the first guy w/no problem, but then got mobbed by three guys. I ran for the hills and was saved by a passing lvl 40 warrior. I think you need to essentially plan a raid on this village, just as you would to an opposite factions city!

Comment by Allakhazam

I soloed as a 24 Warrior. Stayed to the far left, went in the Inn at 43,73 and was able to take out the elites one by one. Easy.

Comment by Allakhazam

Solod as 15 Rogue without dieing once. Stealthed in and managed to get to the bookshelf alive. I sapped Apothecary Berard, took the book right when the elite dude from the other room spotted me. Evasion + Sprint and I got out of the village alive thanks to a gap in the fence next to a mountain.

Comment by Allakhazam

I Leroy Jenkinsed in the room and died then rezzed in the far corner. Immediately, I cast frost nova to immobilize the apothocary and ran over and clicked the book, looted, then died... rezzed at the graveyard. No mobs killed.

Comment by Allakhazam

the Eastmost building, be careful as there are some elites and more spawn as you leave, did this as a levl 16 w/ basically a raid party, so it was easy

Comment by mdemma

Slumber sand works fine on Berard

Comment by ZhaunRong

L18 Tauren Fury Druid. Came in through a break in the fence (not the main gate) on the south side (at about 44 or 45 - 75), and traveled west along the inside of the fence: Took out one guard close to the Inn then healed. Switched to Druid, amped up my buffs then raced in and through the Inn and up the stairs to Berard's room trailing a few humans. Ignored the humans and killed Berard then started on the humans and died. Resurrected in Berard's room next to the bookcase (out of sight of any threats), picked up the book and hearthstoned out.

Comment by Bonky

i was able to complet this quest alone on a level 15 warlock by using Slumber sand from trisfal glades as the npc in that room is humanoid
Slumber Sand
Though if you havent saved these it might become a lite difficult if you cant cc him.

My exact steps is that i got close to the bookshelf and died and walked back, while in ghost form jump onto the bookshelf to avoid pulling the mob in the other room

Comment by Seirus

Soloed on my lvl 17 warlock with Slumber Sand and a couple corpse runs. I died inside the inn, did the run back, resurrected on the bookshelf and immediately used the slumber sand on Berard; then grabbed what I needed. I then jumped down and let the guard in the next room kill me, then I ran back and resurrected safely behind the inn and made a break for the gap in the palisade wall just to the north of the inn and behind the stables. Getting to the inn is easy to, just stick to the wall behind the houses from the main entrance, and watch for patrols.

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A Recipe For Death

Retrieve Apothecary Berard's journal from Pyrewood Village and take it to Apothecary Renferrel at the Sepulcher.

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You can be of further service to the Royal Apothecary Society, <name>.

When Arugal cast his wretched magic on the forest, he cursed one of our most promising members, Apothecary Berard. Now a mindless servant of Arugal, Berard is useless to us. But his findings might prove to be of worth. He was studying an ancient plague that killed off all the aquatic life in Lake Lordamere ages ago.

Retrieve Berard's Journal from his study in the Pyrewood Village Inn and take it to Apothecary Renferrel.

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