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Series

1.	Favor of the Gronn
2.	Pay the Baron a Visit
3.	Into the Churning Gulch
4.	Goodnight, Gronn
5.	It's a Trap!
6.	Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater
7.	Baron Sablemane Has Requested Your Presence
8.	Massacre at Gruul's Lair
9.	Showdown

Storyline
Blade's Edge Mountains The Encroaching Wilderness Marauding Wolves Protecting Our Own A Dire Situation The Bloodmaul Ogres Into the Draenethyst Mine Strange Brew The Bladespire Ogres Getting the Bladespire Tanked The Trappings of a Vindicator Gorr'Dim, Your Time Has Come... Planting the Banner Picking Up Some Power Converters Ride the Lightning Trapping the Light Fantastic Show Them Gnome Mercy! Test Flight: The Zephyrium Capacitorium Test Flight: The Singing Ridge Test Flight: Razaan's Landing Test Flight: Ruuan Weald Crystal Clear Gauging the Resonant Frequency Ridgespine Menace More than a Pound of Flesh Cutting Your Teeth What Came First, the Drake or the Egg? A Date with Dorgok Favor of the Gronn Pay the Baron a Visit Into the Churning Gulch Goodnight, Gronn It's a Trap! Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater Baron Sablemane Has Requested Your Presence Massacre at Gruul's Lair Showdown Culling the Wild Creating the Pendant Whispers of the Raven God Little Embers From the Ashes Damaged Mask Mystery Mask Felsworn Gas Mask Deceive thy Enemy You're Fired! Death's Door Harvesting the Fel Ammunition Fire At Will! The Hound-Master A Time for Negotiation... ...and a Time for Action Poaching from Poachers Whelps of the Wyrmcult Did You Get The Note? Wyrmskull Watcher Longtail is the Lynchpin Meeting at the Blackwing Coven Maxnar Must Die!

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Comment by 11279

When you summon Goc there is a friendly NPC to help you. He will end up tanking Goc for you but you cant heal him. Goc is Level 70 and has around 130k HP so you need to burn him down before he kills the friendly NPC.

We didn't need 3 people though, I was a 67 Mage grouped with a 66 Pally and we were able to complete this.

Comment by Rizzu

same, petitioned a GM and waiting at the moment. It gives me the error when i use the signet and it says

"Requires Altar of Gac and that Goc has not been summoned"

"Gac", sooo yeah.

Comment by 16848

Worked for me last night (01/27/07), 2 manned easily by a druid and priest. The Altar is in the compound to the north, around 63, 20.

Comment by 14912

It worked for me .

Rexxar will tank for hordes while Baron Sablemane for Alliance . Not sure about hordes though but it was Baron for alliance .

Downed him with a rogue and hunter any myself as a lock, Baron was still over 50% hp .

Comment by DA2019

I tried to summon Goc last night. It keeps telling me the same error message "Needs the Altar of Goc and Goc not to be summoned", even if I stand right next to the Altar and Goc is not around.

I have over 5 bugged group quests, which is OK. The expansion has hundreds of quests and a couple of them may be bugged. :)

Comment by Lachian

Worked for me (1/30/07 ~ Ysera)

Comment by doubleohess

This quest is bugged right now on wildhammer (1/30/07)

Comment by 18746

Got it to work by making sure I was in a group when starting the event. Group members don't have to be anywhere nearby. Make sure you have enough DPS to get Goc down before Baron dies, as a protection spec pally I had to rely on others in the area doing the quest to help.

Interesting side note, as it is sometimes bugged, it is possible to summon both the Horde and Alliance NPCs at the same time. Instead of fighting Goc, they fight each other and Goc, well, pummels you instead. Fun times.

Comment by g0jack

Baron Sablemane does a great job tanking throughout the whole fight. I was able to complete it (with some bandages) with another Hunter (myself being a Rogue). Not too tough, since Sablemane holds aggro at all times.

Comment by 17526

He's an easy solo kill for a DPS class. Too bad you won't get credit because it's bugged.

Comment by 9895

A way to work around this bug (Baron Sablemane and Goc spawn but neither start attacking) is by aggroing a mob nearby to Baron Sablemane so he starts attacking the mob. After the mob has been killed Baron Sablemane and Goc will despawn and you can try again. That happened with my group anyway.

Comment by 6225

Where is the Altar ? someone explain.

Comment by Vollana

24G 60S at level 70

Comment by LordSpike

Easily killed with a party of 5 (a warlock, a paladin, a warrior and two mages) Actually, did all the chain with the same group in like 20 minutes or so. Well worth the effort with all the rewards and gold (esp. at L70 ^^)

Comment by 18547

Did it with:

Mage (x2) 68 and 69
Hunter 67 <= Me

Easy just DPS it before he kills arena master

Comment by 27339

Was able to kill Goc solo as 68 warlock. But the fight was so close that the Baron (the guy who appears and tanks Groc) died and therefore the quest didn't complete. You must kill Goc and the Baron must survive to complete.

Someone turned up and helped me in the end but it prob is possible to solo at 68.

Groc is immune to fear but as Baron tanks it's no problem.

Comment by 7485

The alter can be found at 64,18 near Gruul's lair

Comment by 8151

What exactly does Baron Sablemane mean by "My transformation must have been quite a surprise for you."

As I haven't done this quest yet, I wanna know who/what he turns into.

Comment by doombringer

Why spoil the surprise?

Alright, let's look at the hints. He's a humanoid of considerable power. He speaks eloquently, and almost with an air of superiority. He considers the rewards he's granting to be "baubles."

He dresses all in red. He probably breathes fire...

That should be enough of a hint :P

Comment by 11294

Heh he tanks surprisingly well for a Mage. Fun fight don't bother trying to hold aggro on Goc

Here is a Sablemane quote from earlier on.

"There's nothing more that I hate in this world than the sons of Gruul and their father! They slaughtered my people, and my children, and now I will have a taste of revenge!"

It shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

Comment by Gutts

Gruul the dragons slayer got his name from killing sableman's children.

Comment by Head

Is this quest still bugged if you attempt to solo?

Comment by donzoolo

soloed as lvl 70 rogue, specced combat, ended with baron having about 25% hp left, easy

Comment by 37706

Maybe I just dont know enough about Gruul and the history of Outlands and the bosses there... Because I still have NO idea who the guy is ...

I was thinking Nef. but then you said he breaths fire... Nef's breaths were shadow... So I have no idea haha!

JUST TELL ME!

Comment by Strit112

a god damn dragon :)

Comment by dgrier

4/12/2007:

Completed by level 66 and Level 69 Hunter. Both of us in majority greens and some blues, finished fight with NPC at 15%.

At somepoint after getting Goc to less than 50%, a dragon the size of Nef spawns and will attack the NPC. Ignore the dragon, and focus all damage on Goc.

Comment by 11333

An easy way to avoid taking damage and the knockback from his ground smash is right at the end of the cast jump, not only will you avoid the damage, you won't get sent flying either.

Comment by 10938

This quest can be done solo by DPS classes on lvl 70.

However, it seems that if you or your group does less than 50% of the damage, you won't get credit for the kill.

Comment by 13494

Did 555 dps to him, did not receive quest credit.

Comment by Guio

I was able to finish this quest with a lvl 67 frost mage and lvl 67 holy paladin.

Comment by 49133

Did this quest as a lvl 69 Demonology Warlock with my friend (Level 70 mage) When Goc died Baron Sablemane had atleast like 50% hp left. Just Nuke FTW.
Very easy quest :D

Comment by 51143

Almost solo'd as 68 frost mage. I just couldn't kill him fast enough and the NPC would keep dying at like 5% and then he'd 2 hit me

Comment by 35519

Was helping my lvl 68 warrior friend, as a 70 dps warrior myself. My friend died very early in the fight so I pretty much soloed it =)

PS: Seems like Gruul was busy making sons in the past... you can see those sons all over!

Comment by 54051

I'm not sure it will actually give you credit for this quest if you attempt to solo it. I always make sure Sablemane survives, but never (under ANY circumstances) get credit. Attempted three times so far.

Atempted a couple of extra times, couldn't survuve it or beat it. Either I died, or it didn't work. I think it actually checks whether you're in a group. Ah well, impossible to find groups for these zones on my realm, abandoned this bugged junk.

Er, well, I TRIED to abandon it... it wont let me do THAT either!

Comment by schintus

76450 XP (+quest gold itself) or 81.67g at lvl 70 for the whole chain.

Comment by Thallium

Just soloed this as a 70 Hunter, BM-spec. Very easy, actually, and I just have blues and greens. Near the end of the fight, Sablemane turns in to a dragon and that seems to turn the tables. Hopefully it's as easy for everyone else.

Comment by Liri

As a 70 rogue and 64 priest we finished this quest, it wasnt east but we (barely) out damaged him.

Comment by 36085

Bugged the first time I tried it. Baron Sablemane spawned but then disappeared and I couldn't attack Groc. Waited 5 minutes and then soloed the event as a affliction/destruction lock. I had to soulshatter 1/3 of the way through the fight but after that Sablemane held aggro and I went all out. He had about 30% health at the end.

Comment by 2209

As a 70 shadow priest with fairly nice gear (full Spellstrike/FSW, everything else quested/rep/heroics), this was easily soloable. To avoid pulling aggro from Sablemane, I avoided using SW:D paired with VE to reheal myself, and just went light DPS for the first 10%.

Comment by Cryx

Solo'd tonight as a 70 combat rogue with 4 netherblade and big bad wolf's paw along with merciless slicer offhand. Did around 51k damage to him during the whole fight and I made it, got the kill.

Comment by 9829

Despite what the quest says, you need the signet to turn in the quest. Don't throw it away.

Comment by 98441

Solo'd it as a BM hunter at lvl 70... just send the pet in and throw all your attack and crit rate trinkets at it and every last bit of attack u can. Sablemane tanks very well.

Most of my gear were quested or dropped off instances like Underbog... nothing too special.

Comment by 18435

Solo'd it as a 69 frost mage. Nothing but quest gear. Did 71990 dmg, that is including two water elementals (cold snap.) As others have said don't worry about aggro, but do keep in mind when the fight starts Goc runs at you while Baron Sablemane casts his first spell. I wasn't affected by whatever Goc does (ground smash?) due to being out of it's range.

Comment by 99597

soloabled as a 70 shadow priest...the guy the helps u is 72 elite and goc 70elite!easy at 70 lvl...

Comment by 121660

i (lvl 70 frost mage) and a lvl 70 shaman easily killed goc whith the help of sablemane ofcourse. But gocs boulder volley hit me for about 3400 (i had 1206 armor) and killed me. But the shaman could kill him alone luckily for me =P.

Comment by Hidden

Easily soloable as of 2.3.2.
Just soloed him on first try as a green equipped 68 afflction Warlock.

Comment by 101689

70 shaman, 70 rogue and 69 warrior toke him down easy!

Comment by 128635

Was able to take him down first try (although it was very close) soloing him as a ret pally. If you were to try this as well, I found that a Judgement of Light works best, since it will heal Sablemane a bit, and also heals yourself.

He does a stomp periodically which causes damage to melee attackers as well.

Comment by 57943

This was easily soloable by me (a level 70 destruction warlock), If you do more than ~70k damage you will be credited for the kill.

Comment by tale

Soloable as a 70 frost mage. I have fair but not great gear -- a mix of blues and purples but nothing even from Kara.

Between me, my water elemental, my Netherwing Ally and a Cold Snap cooldown to bring the elemental and Icy Veins back a second time, I did enough damage to make it count. I let Sablemane get the first few hits in then just unloaded and never pulled agg.

Comment by Dowjones

Soloed as a 69 Elemental Shaman. Was quite close, the health of the gron and Baron were neck to neck, but I managed to put out the 50% of damage and take it down.

Comment by 40935

Ground slam is dodgeable. And standing behind him means you won't be hit by Boulder Volley. Ez-mode solo for 70 rogue.

Comment by Fraufrau

Solo'd as a 70 Shadow Priest with 945 shadow damage.

I found I wasn't effected by the ground slam when I was at my limit of Mind Flay range and on a slight rise just under the cliff face to the North. This might be dependent on Goc's positioning and Sablemane of course but it was easy to deal with the first time I was punted.

No pots required just a Shadowfiend.

Comment by 154211

i soloed this as 70 feral druid .baron turned into a dragon 1 second before goc was dead. stayed only cat form and dps pretty easy to solo alone on 70

Comment by 25228

Beware! The comments above about sableman being a great tank made me dps fully and I got crushed by Goc.
I am an arcane L70 mage and arcane gets 40% less aggro but I aggroed Goc very quickly (I had given the Baron some lead but he has low dps compared to a L7O dps in epic gear).
The second time I did it very easily by dpsing VERY SLOWLY, just watching out that Goc's health is always below the Baron's.

Comment by 111827

Me and my mage buddy beat the crap out of him, we're both arcance/fire mages. Fight took about 30sec to a 1min

Comment by Ohforf

Managed to solo it on the first try as a level 68 BM Hunter in T1/T2 gear. Though the Baron died at 1% and i managed to kill him just a step away from me. ._.

Comment by 192572

Easily soled by a 67 full frost mage, just let "Baron Sablemane" get aggro first - then full dps.

Just remember to make a mana ruby.

GL

Comment by Andreas9200

Total experience of this quest chain is 76450.

Comment by 241220

Very solo-able as of patch 3.03

Went in with an elemental shammy, summoned him, dropped totems/popped hero and a trink.

When Goc got to 70k health I caught aggro on him (you do that way easier than you think).

Got killed, used reincarnation, popped a mana pot, and still finished this fairly easy.

Comment by 256123

Did the quest as a 70 Tankadin. I attempted to solo it several times before, and even though i held aggro for over half the fight once i still wasn't getting credit alone. I had to team up with a 67 DK to do it.
It's probably soloable by a Retadin, but not by a tank.

Comment by 49977

Easily solo'd a few minutes ago as a 68 Unholy Death Knight.

Once the Baron had aggro, I went all out and had no issues with accidentally pulling aggro. Stayed in Blood Presence the whole time, had a ghoul pet out, and used Gargoyle. Baron only got down to about 40% hp by the end of the fight.

The only real annoyance is the Ground Slam and I just ate it and healed myself back up via Death Strike and healed ghoul pet with Death Coil.

Easily much easier to solo than the previous step (Massacre).

I'm sure people will wonder what the point is to do this questline especially as a DK at 68+ since you can just go to Northrend. I wanted the plate chest because of the hit rating and the fact that there is a distinct lack of easy to acquire (read: solo) chest pieces and if you replaced any of your starter gear with Outland quest items, you'll be heavily lacking in hit rating which becomes especially annoying.

Comment by 327629

soled it as a lvl 75 hunter beast master. Keep healing pet.

Comment by 9388

Just completed this solo. Lvl 68 Blood Death Knight. Make sure that you're NOT in Frost presence. You want to generate as little threat as possible.

As for the damage done, my damage meter showed that I did just over 52k dmg and I got the kill credit.

Comment by 234075

Easy solo'able as 69 Affliction Warlock in leveling gear, Baron had about half his HP left around the kill :)

Comment by energumeno

just soloed as a 70 frost mage, the npc had 37k hp in the end of the fight. i'm on leveling gear with about 450 sp + 2 trinkets that gives 120 sp on use.

Comment by 453227

Just solo'd this on the first try as a lvl 69 Tankadin. No trinkets, no pots, leveling gear. Last 5% I pulled aggro off the NPC. Ended with about 5% health.

Comment by 366100

I noticed one thing when i soloed it with my L69 Ret Paladin. If you get aggro like i did, bubble, he will then start hitting Baron again. Seems like i lost all my aggro and i could dps like mad after that until he was dead :S Baron had about 40% of hp when the fight was over.

Comment by Graknak

Soloed as a 65 BM hunter.
Main trick is to disable your pet's auto-cast Growl ability and if done correct you'll never get aggro.
Having a threat add-on like Omen to avoid personal over-aggro helps.
And even if yer threat goes up too high, use a Feign Death to wipe it.
I do have to mention that my hunter had 5 heirlooms (2x Balanced Heartseeker with +15 agil enchant, Upgraded Dwarven Handcannon, Prized Beastmaster's Mantle and Champion's Deathdealer Breastplate) and quite a few BoE blues.
So if yer new and geared with mostly greens it might be tricky, but overall my combined pet and personal dps was arround 325/350 ish. So if you can get that you should be fine.

Comment by 619617

Um... I took the quest and then he had the question mark over his head immediately. I never did the quest, but got credit for completing it, and it actually ticked over for Loremaster credit. Do you not have to do this anymore?

Comment by 29671

Hi there, I don't normally post just to be heard, but given some of the quest wackiness as of late - I can say that I had to kill Goc. It was fun that nasty gronn.

Comment by 730639

solo'd as a 67 frost mage..no deaths. They must have seriously nerfed this quest. I have only Outland greens. Just keep a potion for when you get low and 3/4 of the way into the fight pop mirror and you are gold! Sablemane still does a great job tanking just watch out cause the guy will send you flying and it WILL cause a lot of damage, coords are 64,18... After reading the posts here, I thought for sure I would go down in an epic fail, but it is doable! I also got credit for it and ended up with 19k exp!

Comment by 625542

Safe to say they dumbed this one down. Soloed as a 66 Rogue, just keep recuperate up and let Sablemane do all of the work and it was nothing like the 9 other times expansions past that this guy kicked my butt.

Comment by braddaz

I was able to solo this as a 66 bm hunter
Rdps should be able to solo this as Ground smash hits everyone within about 20 yards and pulls you from where you are standing through goc to about 20 yards on the other side of him, hitting you for about 1.5k at the same time.
don't stand near Sablemane as Goc will occasionally Boulder Volley him which is a very painful aoe.
Sablemane finished on about 50% hp and tanked the whole time. Just make sure that you keep DPS up, because to complete the quest you need to do more than Sablemane (which isn't that hard as he's a caster but uses his melee if he's tanking)
If you are melee i suggest either getting a healer or being very careful about not getting caught in Ground smash.
I would suggest burst damage using DoTs and damage buffs and then running away or popping a cooldown when he uses ground smash.

Good luck :)

Comment by Valynne

Soloed with a lvl 67 prot pally, took three tries to get credit. Not sure how I managed it...poisoned my weapon, used cheapo scroll of strength and protection, hit him for all I had. Did not avoid ground stomp. Weapon had just 57.7 dps. Did use some WoG but no other heals.

Comment by bratmonkey

soloed at lvl 67 as a rogue. this quest should be soloable by anyone in any spec as rexxar can basically kill it for you because he brings a boar and a bird with him to help kill. you can probably sit back and watch him kill groc for you. one thing to note though is if you are going to help kill groc, rexxar is a horrible tank. you have to give him a good 10-15 sec before you lay into groc or else you will pass rexxar's threat. and that is no fun.

Comment by 818350

Totally soloable as a level 72 arms warrior. Finished with 2/3 of my health and never had to use any potions.

Comment by 735207

Soloed post 4.1 patch as a frost mage. The main problem I had was I didn't let the Baron get enough threat generated before I opened up; as a result Goc made pretty short work of me. The quest still does not reset on death, though, and by the time I had hiked back and resurrected, the Baron was still fighting and doing fine. He can take the punishment, so just watch your threat meter. With that caution, it's quite straightforward and not even difficult.

Comment by blizzarius

just beat Goc. i'm a Lv. 72 priest in Discipline Spec, and killed Goc with Baron Sablemane still having close to half health. i soloed it, and beat him in two minutes, with help from my Shadowfiend.

Comment by Syndi23

Ok, so I just did this quest on my 85 paladin, and I killed him so fast, I never got to see, but...
Does Baron Sablemane turn into a dragon? thank you ahead of time :) and screenshot would be great

Comment by 817472

The alter is against the mts. with an "X" made out of fur.

Comment by 876565

I just finished this quest and I soloed it (along with Baron Sablemane's amazing help ;)) and I had literally no problem at all. I am a lvl 68 Prot Pally. And only had to revive twice along with using 1 Super Mana Potion. I just thought I'd put in some advice because I was questioning the fight myself but it was fairly simple. Just watch out for when he hits you and sends you flying, try not to aggro any other elite ogres in the area cuz that can just be annoying.

Comment by 833385

Outland group quests are supposed to have been nerfed in 4.3, so I wasn't expecting to see a 70K mob when I tried to solo him with a level 67 hunter (okay solo is relative as there's me, my pet and the Baron). I needn't have worried. He was no real trouble and seemed to be reasonably easy to kill, despite the fact he kept flinging me around.

Comment by lightyear299

The quest was red for me, as a level 65 hunter, but I just successfully soloed him wearing quest greens and blues. I just let the NPC and my pet get aggro for a second and then used all my special abilities and trinkets over the course of probably a 30-40 second fight. Don't be afraid to try it at 65.

Comment by 932558

I just completed this mission, solo with a level 69 Shaman. When I was done fighting my health was almost completely full and my mana was half used.

Comment by 916405

Goc now only has about 70k health, he is very easily solo'd but from what I could see, he does not have a cast bar on his knockback any more. If you can not tell from the map shown above, you must use the Sableman's Signet at the Altar of Goc that is located to the right of the tower in Gruul's Lair (or at the points 64, 18) hope this helps. Happy Hunting!

Comment by Engrelled

Thanks to DeckerExTytalus for the screenshot. I expected something bigger, more grand; I walked right by it several times.

Comment by fordahord

Emboldened by the posts above, I attempted Goc with my level 67 Discipline Priest in quest greens and blues. I used only Mind Blast and Holy Fire (Smite is too slow). It took a long (LONG!) time, but eventually he went down. The Baron kept Goc off of me pretty much the whole time.

Now I have a fancy new bonnet! :-)

Comment by LDWolf

I just did it today with a lvl 75 Blood DK. Goc with sablemane has 69k hp. Very easy to solo with a DK.

Comment by anteract

It needs to be said at this late date, if you wear mail armor of any kind and you finish this quest, take the Malefactor's Eyepatch as the reward, and don't throw it away, ever. Its one of a kind in game.

Comment by MsPhelix

I spent at least an hour and a half over 3 days trying to find Goc's Altar so I am going to describe in tedious detail how to find it.
At this point I assume you have found Gruul's Lair and that it shows on your mini-map.
Directly N of the ul in the Gruul's Lair label, there is a marking of a small hut and
directly N of that hut is another slightly larger hut with another building to its E.
If you place yourself just S of that NW hut in Gruul's Lair and are pointing due N, to your left/W you will see Goc's Altar; it's small and tucked kinda in an inconspicuous corner.
It may be difficult to find - you need to be fairly close to see it - it might not show during a quick fly-by. You should look for the "banner", but be aware that there are several similar banners near by.
Once I finally find it, I had no problems (Level 68 Tauren Hunter).
There is already a screenshot of the altar fairly close up; I have submitted a screenshot farther away to help you locate its position. The screenshot should be published @3/16 or 17.
P.S. Goc appears S of the alter.

Comment by melimelo

i do it mage lv 69 alone, really easy

Comment by 987390

Soloed as a 68 Retribution Paladin. Easily defeated Goc with Stablemane's help. No need to get extra help. Just go for it.

Comment by 964140

Not sure if I'm having a glitch or not, but I appeared to be on my own...just me and my pet. I am a level 73 Hunter and judging by everyones comments figured I could take on a level 70 easily. Maybe I missed it, but this guy is a 70 ELITE! and with no apparent help from this "gift", I got him down to about 1/8th heath before I was toast. hhmmmm... Let's try this again..at least I know what I'm up against now.

Comment by Thebill

Coordinates of the Altar of Goc are 64.2, 18.5. It's a small grey rectangle at the base of one of the posts marked with an X, and lies on the north side of the ravine.

Comment by 1033508

I did this as a level 68 warlock. Wasn't toot hard.

Comment by 1037093

I did this with a lvl 66 prot pally, easy, no heals needed. and gained no aggro

Comment by 1041817

Super easy! Solo lvl 67 Dk in less than a minute. ^~^ Your comments made me really scared this was going to be impossible! >:(

Comment by 1055395

Easy to solo as a level 65 guardian druid.

Comment by anniejo08

This is the reward for the last part of a quest chain. If you are wondering how to start it you go to Commander Haephus Stonewall and take the quest "A Date with Dorgok". When you kill Dorgok he drops an idol that starts the quest chain.

Comment by TrutusBalnazzar

I was reading some of the older comments and decided to clear something up:
Come 6.0 (and possible before) Sablemane's tanking power has significantly increased. Was able to go all out on a 66 mm hunter at 1.1k-1.2k dps and never got aggro.

Comment by 1440987

Showdown http://youtu.be/_KYohBcTPLg

Comment by Boxofbeer

Showdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaE5tRikAGg

Comment by Onetwo

If you (think) you have already done this quest chain in TBC, go check anyway! After reading some comments some said Blizz reseted some quests in Outlands few years ago, but I can't confirm this if it's true. There might be some truth to this as I was able to do a quest chain from the start for Staff of the Redeemer on my priest, which I leveled in TBC and I'm sure I've done at least first few quests in TBC.

So anyway, I went there to check, even though my transmog addon didn't show "incomplete" quest for Malefactor's Eyepatch, and killed Dorgok as he is supposed to drop the quest item to start Favor of the Gronn but he didn't drop anything. After that I went to Ruuan Weald village to see Commander Haephus Stonewall and he had the quest Pay the Baron a Visit to see Baron Sablemane which lead to final quest Showdown and Malefactor's Eyepatch.

So if you're not sure if you have done this quest chain or you did, I would recommend you go check it out anyway:

1. First go to transmog NPC and check for head item if you don't already have it somewhere in some bag / bank (if you're after head items).
2. Go see Commander Haephus Stonewall if he'll give you the mentioned quest or Baron Sablemane as he gives some follow up quests (maybe you haven't done all the quests in quest chain) or maybe go and try kill Dorgok if he'll drop an item to start a quest (Gorgrom's Favor).
3. If neither of them has any quests for you, then unfortunately you have already done the quest chain.

Quest chain is also pretty short, it took me around 20 min on lvl 100 to complete it. Good luck! :)

Comment by Random0532

How to do the quest (with helpful links):

Go to the Altar of Goc. The co-ordinations in TomTom: /way 64.17, 18.55
Use the provided Sablemane's Signet, which will Call Sablemane.
Baron Sablemane will spawn and so will Goc.
They'll have a nice chat (see below for transcript).
Kill Goc (and Baron Sablemane will teleport away (Sablemane's Teleport)).

Tips:

Goc will use his ability Boulder Volley on ranged players. Watch out for Ground Smash as well.

Transcript:

Goc yells: Who dares rouse Goc from his restful slumber?
Baron Sablemane yells: It's only right that you know the name of the one who will take your life.
Baron Sablemane yells: Baron Sablemane. It will be on your lips as you gasp your dying breath.
Goc yells: Your name is as insignificant to me as the names of the thousands who have died under the might of Goc. I will crush you and <name>!
Baron Sablemane yells: Let us begin.

<Goc dies>

Baron Sablemane yells: We will speak again, but away from here.

Comment by Destyne

Those of you looking for the Leonine Breastplate or the Blackened Chestplate Here is where you begin:
- kill Dorgok at 55/24 - he drops a quest item that begins the chain.

Comment by Chipcaray

Coordinates of the stupid alter of stupid Goc are 64.15, 18.51 A little rectangle. Very alter-esque.

Links

Showdown

Use Sablemane's Signet at the Altar of Goc, then kill Goc.

	Goc slain (1)
	Sablemane's Signet (Provided) (1)

Description

The time has come for us to face Goc, the master of the Bladespire ogres. It is also time that I take a hand in events, to see the last of the gronn's life.

Take my signet ring. When you come to the Altar of Goc, use it, and I will come to join you.

Together we will destroy Goc.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Clefthoof Hide Leggings			Oilcloth Breeches
	Tourmaline Crown			Malefactor's Eyepatch
	Blackened Chestplate			Leonine Breastplate

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10806))