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1.	Lohn'goron, Bow of the Torn-heart
2.	The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge
3.	The Cipher of Damnation - The Second Fragment Recovered

Storyline
Shadowmoon Valley Spleendid! The Second Course... The Main Course! The Path of Conquest Breaching the Path Blood Elf + Giant = ??? Tabards of the Illidari Dissension Amongst the Ranks... Besieged! To Legion Hold Setting Up the Bomb Blast the Infernals! The Deathforge Minions of the Shadow Council The Fate of Flanis The Summoning Chamber Bring Down the Warbringer! Gaining Access Invasion Point: Cataclysm The Art of Fel Reaver Maintenance The Fel and the Furious News of Victory What Strange Creatures... Frankly, It Makes No Sense... Felspine the Greater The Path of Conquest Breaching the Path When Worlds Collide... Tabards of the Illidari Dissension Amongst the Ranks... Besieged! To Legion Hold Setting Up the Bomb Blast the Infernals! The Deathforge Minions of the Shadow Council The Fate of Kagrosh The Summoning Chamber Bring Down the Warbringer! Gaining Access Invasion Point: Cataclysm The Art of Fel Reaver Maintenance The Fel and the Furious News of Victory Illidari-Bane Shard Illidari-Bane Shard Capture the Weapons Capture the Weapons The Hermit Smith The Hermit Smith Additional Materials Fresh from the Mechanar The Lexicon Demonica Underworld Loam Tear of the Earthmother Bane of the Illidari Quenching the Blade The Sketh'lon Wreckage Find the Deserter The Sketh'lon Wreckage Find the Deserter Asghar's Totem The Rod of Lianthe Sketh'lon Feathers Imbuing the Headpiece Thwart the Dark Conclave A Ghost in the Machine Harbingers of Shadowmoon Teron Gorefiend - Lore and Legend A Haunted History Spectrecles Teron Gorefiend - Lore and Legend Divination: Gorefiend's Armor Divination: Gorefiend's Cloak Divination: Gorefiend's Truncheon Teron Gorefiend, I am... Teron Gorefiend, I am... Enraged Spirits of Fire and Earth Enraged Spirits of Water Enraged Spirits of Air Oronok Torn-heart I Was A Lot Of Things... A Lesson Learned The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History Grom'tor, Son of Oronok The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The First Fragment Recovered Ar'tor, Son of Oronok Demonic Crystal Prisons Lohn'goron, Bow of the Torn-heart The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The Second Fragment Recovered Borak, Son of Oronok Of Thistleheads and Eggs... The Bundle of Bloodthistle To Catch A Thistlehead The Shadowmoon Shuffle What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets... The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered The Cipher of Damnation Karabor Training Grounds A Necessary Distraction Altruis Karabor Training Grounds A Necessary Distraction Altruis Against the Legion Against the Illidari Against All Odds Illidan's Pupil The Book of Fel Names Return to the Aldor Varedis Must Be Stopped Return to the Scryers Varedis Must Be Stopped Tablets of Baa'ri Oronu the Elder The Ashtongue Corruptors The Warden's Cage Tablets of Baa'ri Oronu the Elder The Ashtongue Corruptors The Warden's Cage Proof of Allegiance Akama Seer Udalo A Mysterious Portent The Ata'mal Terrace Akama's Promise Kindness Seek Out Neltharaku Neltharaku's Tale Infiltrating Dragonmaw Fortress To Netherwing Ledge! The Force of Neltharaku Karynaku Zuluhed the Whacked Zuluhed the Whacked Ally of the Netherwing Ally of the Netherwing Blood Oath of the Netherwing In Service of the Illidari Your Friend On The Inside The Great Netherwing Egg Hunt Enter the Taskmaster A Job Unfinished...

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Comment by 16933

Venaratus spawns around 30,57. To make the spirit attack, you got to move right on the mobs, or he will just stand beside you. Be careful for paths, there's a lot of them

Comment by 17514

For anyone who like me, mounted up without thinking and flew away losing their spirit and having no idea what to do.

You are meant to walk with your spirit up to about 30,57 as mentioned above.

Comment by 13914

wow. this quest was annoying to figure out. so you have to wait 10 minutes for the spirit hunter debuff to go away and then you can talk to spirit of a'tor and ask him for help. he spawns a little spirit guy and you must go SOUTH of a'tor. if you go down the road (to the east) to get to the coords stated above the spirits eventually disappear.

Comment by marskid2

The Cipher of Damnation is an extremely long quest line in Shadowmoon Valley. It is a prerequisite for attunement to The Eye in Tempest Keep and Mount Hyjal in Caverns of time.
"*" Indicates quests with rewards.

Quest Line
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10680 - "The Hand of Gul'Dan"
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10681 - "The Hand of Gul'Dan"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10458 - "Enraged Spirits of Fire and Earth"
3 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10480 - "Enraged Spirits of Water"
4* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10480 - "Enraged Spirits of Air"
5 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10513 - "Oronok Torn-Heart"
6* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10514 - "I Was A Lot Of Things..." - Most annoying quest ever implemented in World of Warcraft.
7 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10515 - "A Lesson Learned"
8 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10519 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History"

At this point, the quests diverge into three separate lines (which can be done in any order) for each of Oronok's three sons who will in turn help you obtain the three Fragments of Damnation.

Quest Line I - First Fragment of Damnation
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10521 - "Grom'tor, Son of Oronok"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10522 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge"
3* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10523 - "The Cipher of Damnation - The First Fragment Recovered"

Quest Line II - Second Fragment of Damnation
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10527 "Ar'tor, Son of Oronok"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10528 - "Demonic Crystal Prisons"
3 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10537 - "Lohn'goron, Bow of the Torn-heart"
4 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10540 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge"
5* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10541 - "The Cipher of Damnation - The Second Fragment Recovered"

Quest Line III - Third Fragment of Damnation
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10546 "Borak, Son of Oronok"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10547 - "Of Thistleheads and Eggs..."
3 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10550 - "The Bundle of Bloodthistle"
4 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10570 - "To Catch A Thistlehead"
5 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10576 - "The Shadowmoon Shuffle"
6 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10577 - "What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets..."
7 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10578 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge"
8* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10579 "The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered"

After completing the quests for the three Fragments of Damnation, the lines converge and you need to kill one last boss.
Final* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10588 - "The Cipher of Damnation"

Rewards:

Everyone gets http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31074 - Fire Resist Neck

Choose one of the following:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31036 - Caster Staff
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31038 - Healer Staff
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31062 - Paladin/Shaman 2H Axe
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31071 - Tanking 1H Axe
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31072 - Bow
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31073 - Melee Dagger

After completing the quest, you will get a message in the mail from Khadgar. If you go to Shattrath, he will tell you to talk to A'Dal, who unlocks the the three Trials. These are prerequisites for attunement to The Eye in Tempest Keep and Mount Hyjal in Caverns of time.

Comment by Camaris

It is very hard to clear out the mobs at Illidari Point: they all seem to patrol around, and are on very short respawn timers. I've tried it 3 times now, and at all times I get ganked by mass respawning demons. You probably need a small group to be able to do this.

Comment by 21727

Be careful with this quest. While I was heading to the location I got zerged by patrols and all of that (I'm a 70 druid). I was fine until I saw a mob head-looking heading to me (like the one in BF). Anyway, I thought he was just another mob, but for some reason it was taking a while to take him down (keep in mind that I had 2 adds plus this guy on me) and then I realized it was the guy for the quest.

Comment by Alarius

The most annoying quest I have ever experienced. Died the first time due to way too many adds that came way out of left field. Resurrected, got another spirit, came back to the spot and the spirit disappeared as Veneratus despawned, wonderful now I have the 10 minute debuff. No worries though, Pally bubble removed it. Get another spirit, come back and I let myself die because the spirit got another 30 adds... WTF. It went on and on...

The bottom line is: this is horrible quest to do solo, I highly recommend bringing along a friend to save yourself the stress.

Comment by 24016

soloed this quest with my paladin, easy job.

Comment by Flyv

Had little trouble solo with level 70 balance druid. One thing that helped a lot was clearing the path south first, cutting back on the adds.

Comment by 15880

Not sure if this is bugged or not...

just soloed as a 70 prot warrior, took the quest mob to 50% and he insta-died... loot, mount, run

Comment by 26711

The spirit is healable and buffable :)

Comment by 16962

I had trouble with the hunter aggroing horde and the horde spirit guardians aggroing me. Having a horde and alliance person doing this at the same time cause soooo many problems.

Comment by 26387

Pain in the ass quest due to all the mobs that aggro. Be careful / take friends.

Either that, hide in a corner and use fear (if you have it). Yes, he's fearable! :D

Comment by 15428

Veneratus has a lot more hp than a normal 70, but you only have to get him to like half health. Also, when you approach the ruined tower thing at the end, don't charge up to the mobs there thinking that Veneratus spawns in the center, he spawned on me as I went for a mob there. He doesn't despawn if you die, either, and losing the spirit hunter guy when you die doesn't make a difference.

Comment by 33503

Easy solo as a 68 hunter--just FD'd and let spirit hunter tank, he only got to 80% before he killed. Adds killed me, but no prob--just ran back and turned it in.

Comment by Atraira

Very easily soloed it as a 68 Pally - ONCE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING.

1) Clear the area of EVERYTHING before you talk to him and get your spirit. Watch for pats.
2) Once you get the spirit, do not just ride off. Make your way south, he will follow you. Avoid engagements if you can, his health does NOT regen (but he can be healed/buffed).
3) The boss mob will spawn without warning near the top of a hill. Try to pull it up the hill if you can, I did the whole fight without getting any ads.

Comment by 35923

Blizzard have done a very accurate job of capturing the essence of "retarded hunter party member" with this pet. He will aggro things from a long way off, will pull adds in during a fight, and may spawn the boss at any moment once you're in teh general area for the quest.

I ended up doing it by spawning the boss, having the hunter aggro three more mobs by backing up into them for range and wipe us. Then I ran back, rezzed, and solo'd the quest mob.

Comment by 44426

I encountered Veneratus and I aggroed about 5 adds along with him. I had to run to a safe spot and then I feigned. I kept on waiting for a fel reaver to move out of the way but I finally got tired and pulled. I auto shot him for 422 and he died instantly and I was able to loot him.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d61/sMoKuMtHeBeaR/WoWScrnShot_041807_213826.jpg

Comment by 11813

note: even though he's all ghosty, stealthing doesn't work

Comment by Frnit

Quest seems to bug a bit..
It said "mobs hit by hunter spirit won't yield exp/loot" and yet i had the questmob and add tanked by hunter spirit for a short while (me noob hunter got my own tank killed :-( ) .. Still looted both.. :-)

Comment by 39340

Tips: You can control the mob using pet hotkey, but that is if you don't already have any pet. Ctrl + 1 is attack, and so on.

I died the first time without knowing what's going on, but it's okay if you can clear the area as you go towards 30,57. Make sure there's no stealth or the patrol. I did it with mage, what I did was ice lance to build up winter's chill and let him tank a bit, the all out after the mob gets 75% and kite him using the path you cleared when u get to 30,57.

This quest is easy if you can make sure there's no add. , the mob has over 12k hp I think.

Comment by 49787

Rather easy :)

Comment by 48059

You can heal the spirit hunter. (may seem kinda obvious, but a lot of times you can't heal these kinda guys).

Comment by 18805

extremly glitchy quest, the spirit doesn't like to attack.

HOWEVER, as a warlock, I was able to fear him and solo him while the spirit just sat and watched me. I pulled a felguard in the process and had to enslave him.

Comment by 51534

On accepting this quest, you get a spirit hunter who will accompany you to the location where he will summon Veritas the many, the mob you are supposed to kill. This location as the post above say, is south of the quest giver.

The summoning is spontaneous and will happen at any time when you are in or around the named location. This means that you have little control over the number of mobs in the vicinity at the time of the summon making your life very difficult as there are many demons and patrols around here.

I lucked out and got through it as a hunter, with 2 Feign Deaths and a pet res while the spirit hunter was still tanking the boss. Therefore, if you can, make a dash through and clear the area as best as you can, prior to accepting the quest and taking the spirit hunter with you.

Just to summarize the points mentioned above.

Veneratus has a lot of health, as a 69 hunter i DPS'd him for 30 secs and bearly got him to 1/2 health then i aggroed him and a patrol.

I FD'd, my pet died and the spirit hunter easily tanked him for 15-20 secs while i waited for patrols to clear.

I thought i was a goner, however, the spirit hunter was still at over 2/3 health. So jumped up, res pet and started again, and just got him down as i aggroed another patrol, cleared by feigning death again.

This was a fair old fight, more than just a tank and spank. You do have a lot of time to think and manage it due to the large health pools of both the spirit hunter and Veneratus. So take your time, max the DPS and try your best to keep clear of patrols. I think the challenge is more in managing the adds rather than Veneratus. I think this was nicely set up to be a different challenge by blizzard.

Comment by 39479

Looks like as of 2.1 there is a glitch, if you have a pet already when you get up the hill, he hits it a couple of times and then just stops. My VW was there too and he just stopped so they both sat there while i fought it alone and then when I died he started to fight again. Not sure about this 10 min timer for help? But obviously you cant control him yet you dont lose your pet ..

I tried it by dismissing the pet then asking for another and i still have no control, the guy walks up the mountain he attacks stuff, then he just stops then starts again.. The timer about asking for help I guess means you have no control? maybe i have to wait 10 minutes? pretty annoying at this point he will tank for about 30 secs then just stop and the demon pounds on him until he dies or i get aggro but he wont attack it.

Comment by 39479

I went on some of the other forums and several people have been complaining that he stops aggro after a few mins or a few seconds. You can engage another mob apparently and he will not attack you and when the spirit dies you can finish it off solo. (or try)

Comment by 63629

I have a problem with this quest too. When I kill regural mobs the Spirit Hunter helps me or sometimes he attacks a mob passing by... but when the time comes to kill Veneratus the Many sits and looks. He dosen't attack not even one time he dosen't move he sits still :( I run through Veneratus the Many, I let him hit me without attacking him, I start attacking him (all of these are different attempts against him) but the Spirit Hunter only helps to die with someone overseeing my death :(

Comment by Huron

Since I'm being used to stealthing around as a Rogue, I died 2 times during this quest, due to adds (as so many already said here).

The first time I died I came back and saw that Veneratus was still alive, before I could attack him (lots of adds around) he had despawned. That gave me an idea.

Now for the fun part. When I died the second time I ran back asap. When I came to life I walked to a safe distance and shot him with my bow. He came to me and before I could stab him more than 2 times, he died, leaving me with the loot. Quest completed ;-) I did not have the spirit guide/buff anymore, since I died. But still the quest was done.

I dunno if this is repeatable, but it saved me a lot of trouble.

Comment by 52965

Well I just did this solo as a 70 MS warrior. For some reason the spirit hunter is bugged and won't attack the boss after he summoned him (he attacked up to the point at which he scatter-shotted, after that it was all me). Basically I just popped death wish and a trinket and potted when I got low and came out with about 10% health left.

Even without the spirit hunter helping this quest is very possible.

Comment by 64896

This quest sucks. The Spirit Hunter will not attack him, even though I press ctrl + 1.

I've died twice now, First time I popped Recklessness, trinket, and Death Wish, and pot. With Lionheart Blade that should bring the bastard down. Good Game -.-

Comment by Tylara

I just did this on my 69 rogue and my god this spirit is retardly bugged. As everyone else said, he is still attacking for a few seconds and then stopping. I pull aggro a few seconds after that... and gg. I finally managed to kill him by using all my tricks - evasion, pot, etc. The spirit hunter even got an add but he still wouldn't fight!

Would Not Recommend: D -

Comment by 71901

If your on a PvP server and doing this quest, make sure you don't get too close to any of the other faction because the hunter will chase them. Happened to me, a tauren ran by on his mount and the hunter took off after him. I had to abondon quest and try agian.

Comment by 71624

This quest was a pain. I cleared my path up the hill with practically no trouble, which saved my butt in the end. I didn't get any adds, but I figured Veneratus would be just a regular mob.

He ended up having 25000 health and hit me for 400 a swing (clothie). The spirit wouldn't attack for me either, very buggy. However, I did have the spirit hunter's movement speed buff on, so I resorted to kiting Veneratus in a small circle while keeping DOTs on him. That way, he didn't hit me once and while it took a little, I didn't have any trouble bringing him down.

Comment by 72888

This quest gave me a pounding headache.
I'm not really sure why Ar'tor has gone from Leroy Jenkins to total pacifist...
But this needs to be fixed, badly.
Still haven't downed the bugger.
@_@

Comment by 76827

Gosh.

As others have said, the hunter is currently bugged, and won't attack very much.

I don't see why Bliz doesn't give these kinds of buddies a pet bar. It would be less ridiculous monkeying around with a buggy companion.

Comment by 36144

Neat little trick- Wait to get quest until there is a free path toward where the mob spawns. I got the quest on my flying mount. The spirit will follow underneath you.. even over the steepest cliffs. I just stayed in flight and wound a path that he did not get aggro to 28.8,57.9 and fought him there with no adds. You can find places to hover until the patrols path by.

Comment by Talwyn

I'll agree with what most people have said already - that is to say, that the Spirit Hunter is about as useful as the average Public Servant (Which is not at all, and more trouble than anything) But I managed to beat this one on a fluke. I died from adds brought on by the Hunter, and ran back to find it possible to pull Veneratus without any adds. The fight was going pretty badly for me soloing, but suddenly, I assume it hit the despawn time while I was in combat - because he just died. Luckily, I was able to loot him and finish the quest. I'm completely mystified by what happened, but it was VERY cool. And I'm much enjoying the gold from the quest reward. Flying mount training, here I come!

Comment by RealUnimportant

Third time was the charm for me... His Scatter Shot does seem to be the main problem, so what I did was fight other mobs until he scattered one of them, then we went for the boss. As he was on cooldown, he waded in and did some good DPS before he scattered, and this time he kept going after it wore off! Yay!

Comment by 85922

This quest is indeed still very buggy. I don't really know what the 'malaise' is supposed to mean... he seemed to randomly join in fights and then randomly despawned a few times, malaised or not. The quest mob had a TON of hit points, and the spirit just pretty much watched me, then poofed midbattle. I died, came back and the quest mob was still there. Two hits and it was dead despite the fact that my spirit hunter was no longer present. The quest mob just barely had any health! Dunno why, but something for everyone to know.

Moral? If you die (likely) and come back to res and see the quest mob there, attack and pull it to safety then kill it easily. Don't bother going back to get another spirit hunter if you can still see the quest mob. You don't need to, and it certainly beats having to fight your way through all the respawned mobs again!

Comment by Fatality

Anyone know what the deal is with not being able loot a mob that the hunter has damaged/killed? It seems random...plenty of times I killed a mob with him helping and have looted it, and other times I've killed one and not been able to loot.

Comment by 40967

After a lot of trial and error (and dying), I realized this was actually really easy, provided you have your flying mount. After getting your spirit hunter,

- Mount up and fly straight to the top of the small 'hill' slightly north of where Veneratus spawns. Ignore adds, they will not chase you far.
- Clear it of any mobs (should only be one or two).
- 'Summon' Veneratus (fly forward a bit, between the first two stationary shocktroopers).
- Pull him back using the spirit hunter, and fight him safely on top of the hill without any fear of adds. :)

Easy! I did this on a 70 rogue--one 5pt Kidney Shot, one Blind and bandage, finished the fight with at least 1/4 health left.

Comment by lyez

Paladins:

Yes you can get more than one spirit to fight with you. Using your two bubbles you can have three, but this will cause Veneratus to spawn more than once. I had three spirits, and fought two of Veneratus.

Comment by 108189

New trick is to find that chest that has those little star above showing its a quest item, no need to open 50 chests you make it on first now.

Comment by 113739

It took me a few tries, but I figured out what may be the easiest way to do it if you're a cloth class like I am (frost mage):

1) Before getting the hunter spirit, clear out any mobs to the immediate south of the quest giver (in the ruins itself).

2) Once you have the spirit, proceed south toward the shrine at the far south of Illidari Point, and clear out any and all mobs along the way, using bandages on the spirit to keep his health topped off (not that he will lose more than a few percentage points, anyway, since he normally attacks at range with his bow) since he does not regenerate health on his own.

3) As you get close, draw an imaginary line from the small hill directly in front of the shrine to the mountain and running though the stone spire between them; this is your "point-of-no-return" line. If there are any mobs just over this line, pull them back to your side and kill them.

4) Once the mobs are cleared, cross the line to initiate the fight with Veneratus. He will appear a few seconds after you step over the line, right on top of you.

5) AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO START FIRING ON HIM! While he is not listed as an elite, he has all the health and attack power of one. Instead, run back towards the area you just cleared and let the hunter establish aggro; Veneratus will then turn his attention towards him.

6) Once the hunter has aggro, begin your DPS SLOWLY so as to not pull aggro off him. The hunter is as tough as Veneratus and could probably beat him on his own since I noticed they were reducing each other's health at about the same rate, but be sure to keep the hunter's health above Veneratus'. If you have an elemental or minion, summon it and let it attack at will after Veneratus' health is down around 90%; that way, if aggro gets broken, it will be your elemental gettng attacked and not you.

7) As Veneratus' health gets low (around 20%), put on your shields and go to full throttle on the DPS to finish him before any mobs have a chance to respawn. The hunter should still have solid aggro, so the chances of you breaking it are really low.

Not an easy fight regardless, but the catchword for this one is PATIENCE.

Comment by Roguepenguin

As of 3/25/08, this quest is bugged due to a problem with patch 2.4. The shadow hunter will yell something about Veneratus, the mob that is supposed to spawn and drop the second fragment, but in fact Veneratus the Many never spawns and the shadow hunter simply stands there with a dumb look on his face.

Spoke with a GM, it's a known issue and being investigated.

Comment by 110908

This is, by far, one of the dumbest quests I have ever seen in any game whatsoever.

Yes, please give me a quest where I have to use one of Jerry's Kids to summon a boss. Please.

Second, please give us a quest so vague AND timed that we require an AddOn just to complete it. Some players don't like AddOns.

Comment by 84988

easiest quest ever (or almost)

get Quest mounted (flying)
fly to spawn point, do not loose sight of ghost.
ghost will summmon badboy.
let ghost die.
land on slope near badboy
when posible, pull alone.
solood as lvl 70 rogue, with no instance gear.

Comment by Sly99

This is relatively easy if you know how to do it, with my prot specced warrior, before you start clear out the two mobs on the side going twords your goal, and then pull and take care of the pat consisting of the painlasher and deathbringer I believe, then start, get some increased stealth detection if possible so you can prepare to fight the stealthed demons, if you stick trowds the hills you can get him without all the adds.

Comment by Greenosed

Warlocks, DISMISS YOUR PETS to get the spirit. I kept reading comments here, and seeing no spirit. Was confused until I thought of dismissing my pet.

Use comment givers advice and clear mobs directly south, right passed the hill, before starting.

I didn't and got swarmed by 4 mobs where Veneratus spawned. Died and came back to see Veneratus still there. Pulled him and killed him.

I must admit he was tough, and make sure to fight him with no adds if you are doing this solo.

Comment by 83645

Quite annoying quest indeed... I did this on the second try today with my lev 70 fire mage. I let the Spirit Hunter hit him alone for a minute or two which took down Veneratus to about 70%, then I went full out with trinkets, combustion and so on.

Good luck doing this with a lev 68 :-)

Comment by 89228

You can accept the quest, mount on your flying mount, fly to where the mob is and demount and the spirit will be right next to you and you won't have to fight all the pats. Worked as of June 8, 2008.

Comment by 167136

Just exactly Southeast of the questgiver's body is a small stone arch with one of those glowing arcane circles on the ground. right behind that is a tiny mound with a purple and green flag on it. You can use this mound as your home base through the various additions of this quest chain.

There is only one mob that paths close to here, one of the stealthing shadowstalkers. Find him, kill him, and do not loot him. If you neglect to loot him, he will take much longer to respawn. Now you have a nice safe hideout in clear view of the quest giver that you can utilize to anticipate paths, pull mob groups, eat/drink etc.

Comment by 150475

Took me three tries and on the third I did it by the skin of my teeth. I'd recommend bringing a buddy or a healer to help with this quest.

Comment by mikeo2

This is soloable, but difficult for most classes (depending on gear).

Just soloed this as an S2 hunter on the first try. Just fly over the boss first so the south edge of the area he is in to minimize aggro.

Comment by 320156

all i know is that i have done it like 4 times now and i have not got what i need to complet the quest

Comment by 435166

level 69 completed this quest line easily (retri paladin) stay on the flying mount for the whole quest line, you can inspect the floating corpse from the mount, fly to the demon with the key, kill her, fly back chat to his ghost, then fly to veneratus. I went to the little stone circle with the altar and landed, had to kill 2 or 3 mobs and then killed veneratus. V. easy The hunter is a bit buggy - attacked no-one at first, then everyone after, but he seems to follow you as his main priority, so you can pretty much ignore him.

Comment by 436634

I flew up like a dummy and the first spirit hunter didn't want to summon the guy. I had to wait the 10 minute debuff. Cleared the path, requested another Spirit Hunter, and ran my way back up for it to finally work. Running the path with the first spirit hunter didnt work, despite dropping quest and running back and forth over and over again.

Comment by 995510

This quest is bugged for me....I got killed by adds before I could kill Veneratus, but I came back and his corpse was there, unlootable, and my spirit hunter won't come back. I've tried going back to Ar'tor, there's no option to ask for another one, even after I abandoned the quest and picked it up again. Really frustrating.

Comment by 1374906

Thanks much. Like so many others I left the spirit hunter behind. Abandoned quest got it again, but I was mounted on the ground when accepting. Took off and the spirit hunter followed me. Like a few other folks, then did the quest in about 5 minutes.

Comment by 1440987

The Cipher of Damnation http://youtu.be/FKNCSAbTRtQ

Comment by mchalea93

Spirit is at 30, 51 if you do many quests at once like me and forget where to find him (if you lost him the first time)

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX_BN6eQExk

Comment by Aurleis1

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKg5jAON9Hw

1. The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge
• Accept the quest, The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge, from the Spirit of Ar'tor at coords 29.6, 50.4 (Illidari Point).
• Travel south to coords 30.5, 58.2.
• Veneratus the Many will appear, kill it, and loot the Second Fragment of the Cipher of Damnation.
• Travel north, to coords 29.6, 50.4.
• Turn in the quest to the Spirit of Ar'tor.

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBBWzV1WoFw&feature=youtu.be

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The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge

The Spirit of Ar'tor at Illidari Point in Shadowmoon Valley wants you to recover the Second Fragment of the Cipher of Damnation from Veneratus the Many.

Creatures attacked or damaged by the Spirit Hunter will not yield loot or experience.

	Second Fragment of the Cipher of Damnation (1)

Description

At last, we are ready. I will bestow a piece of my spirit upon you, hero. It will guard you and help you in your battle against evil.

You must then travel south of here towards the back of Illidari Point. Hidden in the ether is a vile creature known as Veneratus the Many. My spirit hunter will call him out when he is near.

Destroy Veneratus and take from his corpse the second part of the Cipher of Damnation.

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See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10540))