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Comment by Whispur

First Legend - 29,19
Second Legend - 25, 23
Third Legend - 22, 13
Fourth Legend - 24, 8

Comment by maurice

You can solo all of these if you're careful. I did it on my lvl 37 warrior.

The first two are easily done. With some thought you won't have any trouble at all.

The third one is the hardest to solo in my opinion. There are a lot of closely packed mobs around it (it's at the soutwest corner of the Zul'Kunda ruins, btw). Approaching from the south I was able to clear a path to the legend with some delicate pulls. Just take your time and don't be afraid to run off if you aggro too many mobs.

#4 can be gotten pretty easily if you know where to sneak. As you go into the Zul'kunda ruins from the east, go up the big hill to the right of the main entrance. Follow that hill north until it gets close enough to let you jump onto (not over) the outer wall. Hop on that wall and follow it all the way north. Then follow the wall west to the upper level of the waterfall. To your left you should see the legend. Pull the mobs closest to it carefull and you'll get it no problem.

Comment by 11633

The first troll legend can be picked through the wall, so you don't have to clear all those trolls.

Comment by Chency

i found it more like this:
First Legend - 29,19
Second Legend - 24, 23
Third Legend - 22, 13
Fourth Legend - 24, 8

I know it's only the second one i've changed from 1#.

Comment by 29593

The second troll legend can be taken from outside the wall as well! :D

Still working on the 3rd and 4th.....

Comment by IceDane

As always, we rogues are lucky when it comes to soloing annoying quests.

I didn't know you could pick tablet one and two through the walls, but this is how I did it..

Pulled two mobs nearest wall facing the sea and killed them.. Sneaked behind tablet and got it, sneaked out(Stealthing, of course).

With the second one, I sapped one of the murlocs closest to the tablet and immediately blinded the other. Worked like a charm.

Going to get 3 and 4 now.

Comment by 39064

3 and 4 are both in a very large troll compound. If, like me, you're a Priest, you may wish to bring a friend!

Comment by aiacos

For Fourth Legend - 24, 8 go in front of the main entrace, you will see a big wall on the right...go near it and walk all the wait (from the outside) till you reach the mountains, using them jump up the wall, then continue to walk onto a small ledge and u reach a pool...on your left you can see the stone and only one 1 mob needed to be killed with this way!

Comment by Zeneva

Mind if someone state clearly ? like which legend is at which part for example :

1st Legend = <Place Name>

2nd Legend = <Place Name>

3rd Legend = <Place Name>

4th Legend = <Place Name>

Will appreciate alot thanks !

Comment by Sturbed

i soloed it as 37 warr. i just killed the mobs near tablet and got i. on nr 4 i did the same as maurice

Comment by MUDDYF

3rd is the hardest by far as a solo, easy to clear the area around the stone, but the 3 guarding it (mystic lvl35+ and 2 hunters lv35+) are a pain as they agro together, Also clear outside the walls of the compound, once you agro the group of 3, any patrollers outside fire in *through* the walls, nasty.

Comment by 41098

You must complete Bad Medicine and The Second Rebellion first.

Comment by 6406

When your clearing the area around number three, it helps to keep in mind that they Casters don't seem to need to be in Line of Site to hit you. I some were shooting through the walls. Nuking you through the hill side isn't past them either.

Comment by 53190

solod be a llv 34 paladin cake walk

Comment by 53190

solod be a lvl 34 paladin cake walk

Comment by 67062

The First Troll Legend> is farely easy for a rogue to solo or for a mage because theres alot of axe throwers. Around a dozen lvl 33 npc's inside & a handfull of lvl 34's outside.

Comment by tswfotboll01

I still havent understand this quest , im a lvl 40 hunter bs specc.

Comment by 79449

solod it as a 32 hunter with raptor pet

Comment by 65622

Any priest who tries to solo this is suicidal. Yes, you can use Psychic Scream, but that only fears a certain number of enemies, and especially to get the 3rd tablet, it is almost impossible without dying a handful of times first. Bring a friend!

Comment by 85388

If you don't have addons like me, finding the second tablet is hard unless you know where to look. Its right next to the alter for The Curse of The Tides quest. You can easily swim down from behind the wall and get the mystery without aggroing a single murloc.

Comment by 92117

I just did this quest with my lvl 37 draenei shadowpriest. The first and second tablets are easy as hell. Just a few mobs to take care of, and in the second you don't have to fight at all.

At the third tablet there were lvl 33-35 mobs guarding, I used mind control to great success, mind control a caster and let him be beat to death, then taking on 2 melee mobs at a time is not hard.

The fourth tablet is more complicated. I brought a 33 shammy from my guild and we actually wiped once because adds ran up from the lower level. Anyways, the 37 mobs were no prob 2 at a time, just Vampiric Embrace, shield and Facemelt ;)

You do have to fight to get the fourth tablet, it is guarded by 4-5 mobs.

This quest is actually soloable but as a under geared priest I found it faster to get help :) good luck, and stuff ^^

Comment by 93661

I solo'd this as a 35 warlock... I used the wall to the north, following the ledge to the 4th legend first. I then ran around the ruins to southwest corner and had to fight my way in (carefully mind you) for the 3rd legend. It was fairly simple and ended up fighting 5-10 mobs total.

Comment by 98384

2.3 ex change - Got 4900 exp for this quest.

Soloed the quest with lev 36 rogue. You can easily sneak past all the trolls, and just kill 2-3 close to the tablets. As they aren't running away, they wont aggro nearby ones...

Comment by 95742

I was a lvl 36 priest when I did this quest, I found it very easy to mind control one in a mob and let the rest kill him, flee, come back, mind control another and flee again, then easily kill the other two xP You miss out on like 300exp but it's MUCH easier!

Comment by 99054

2nd is at 24 , 22 run cursor over tablet and you'll see " Gri'lek the Wanderer "

Comment by discfor1

Hey all, I just ran this with a 41 Pally. I found a neat trick. You go tothe NE side of the ruins, outside the ruins, near the miners on the hill. from here, you can jump onto the wall, then run west on a little ledge and access the 4th tablet by crossing the water. Your little ledge has run out by this time anyway. I had to kill one troll for this. Then, run along the southern edge of the pool unitl you get even wth the troll king fellow. Watch for the patrols and you can cross over (continuing west) to the next wall, then run south along it. Note: There was a spawn of purple lotus in this area that I was able to grab as well. When the wall ends, jump down to the ledge then run back east. there will be patrols going east/west below you. Time it right, then jump down, run across the top of one wall then around the corner of the next and you will be just east of the area where the 3rd tablet is. I had to kill 4 here. Pretty nifty. Good luck.

Comment by 109535

Not worth the effort. You can just as easily go and kill enough to make up for the expirience and money, you may get some nice drops along the way. After completing this quest I was completely bored oout of my mind. If you have nothing better to do, then I would say go for it.

Comment by dbodinem

Managed to get the first and the fourth relatively easy.
I'm 37 rogue, so snuck up, sapped one closest and took it.

The second I'm having an alt send me water breathing, but the third was problematic. Tried sapping one, the other pulled so I vanished, tried sapping one and distracting all and pulled one again so I vanished.

Will try to blind one and sap later, and let you know. Totally a rogue quest, though.

Comment by Horo

As quick note, the 2nd Tablet is located deep underwater in some ruins, I used a Waterbreathing Elixir to get down there and fight the mobs.

Comment by 144775

Note that Brother Nimetz will not make this quest available to you until you first complete Bad Medicine, given by nearby Sergeant Yohwa.

Comment by 106574

I've done this as a sham/warr/hunt and lvl36 priest. This quest is excellent for tailors (tons of silk) and players wanting to farm xp without feeling like grinders. Just a few things I wanted to add in response:

On pvp servers the 1st Legend can be hardest to solo. There are 4 horde quests that take place within sight of the ruins and at peak times I've seen 8+ 35-40 players there. The other Legends can be as bad, but the density of mobs makes it far more dangerous for anyone wanting to mess with you around the others.
The 2nd Legend is no longer difficult. Pre-2.3 the murloc's guarding it were elites with an infamous "Patroller" who 3 shotted anyone with crappy luck. You don't go in there at all if you've read the notes above.
Anyone with CC or a decent survivability ratio (Warrs/Shams/Pallies in particular) can solo the 3rd. Priests can solo this without any trouble even in lower greens. The 3 guards on the third tablet are a random combination (possibly changed in a late patch from the 1 caster/2 melee I remember) but MC\Sap\Sheep\Trap is applicable to all. In fact, a word; CC away one of the casters first no matter what the combo. Their heals are 500+ and difficult to interrupt in a 3 on 1 especially if there are multiple casters. There is a patroller who wonders in there, more often than not a Scout.
The 4th Legend is on the highest plateu of the temple (East from the inner road). People don't always get that from the coords. The 36-37 trolls have a pretty good loot table for humanoids, low-ish dps, great xp and respawn so quick you never run out. Good farming local if you've got no where special to be pre-40.

Comment by 95657

if you have a main on the same server just clear out the area with that character than log on your alt and loot the tablets.

Comment by 236871

The basic idea of this quest is simple: Go to various ruins filled with baddies and interact with a stone tabled in each - usually surrounded by several mobs at once. Good things to have: Superior Healing Potion, Elixir of Water Breathing (superior or lesser- any will do).

1st Tablet - From Nessingwary's Expidition camp, head Southwest towards Kal'ai ruins. Bypass this on the right side by climbing over a few foothills. Continue going Southwest until you find Bal'lal Ruins. Inside the Ruins there is a campfire surrounded by 9-10 mobs. And in there is the stone tablet you have to interact with. Kill the mobs (expect to fight 2 at once) until they are dead and then click the tablet. This is pretty much waht you will be doing for the all the rest of the tablets you have to interact with.

2nd Tablet - After you've gotten the first tablet, go immediately southwest from Bal'lal Ruins and into the sea. This one is a pain because the tablet is in ruins that are underwater - about midway between the island and the shoreline of the mainland. If you are a melee - that underwater breathing potion would come in handy here since the ruins are very deep. Once you get to the location, look down and see the ruins beneath you. They are inhabited by level 35-37 elite Murlocks. They are relatively close to the tablet so you may want to bring a friend for this. If you have a pet though, just send it in to draw aggro while you get to the tablet.

3rd Tablet - Go back to the Bal'lal Ruins and go past it on the north side via a narrow grassy path. At the first opportunity head north and up a plateau. You will see Raptors here. Head west until you find the Zal'kunda Ruins. Do not enter the ruins, but climb the rocky hills along its southern side and head west (staying on the hills). As you head west you will pass 2 enclosures of ruins on the right. The 3rd and last ruin enclosure you come to is where the 3rd tablet is - at the backside. Kill the mobs and get the tablet.

4th Tablet- This is the hardest of all them because the mobs are 1-2 levels higher and the tablet is located at the top of the main Ruins. From 3rd tablet location, look for the north wall and follow it east. If you're below 40, expect to fight along the way. When you get to the end of the wall turn left and follow the paved road back west again - this time into the main ruins. Fight your way to the nearby ramp on the northside of the road. Climb the ramp and fight your way up. The tablet is surrounded again by many mobs. Kill them and you got the tablet.

And that's basically it, now return the quest at the camp.

Comment by 225478

Third is at 22,12

Comment by 291313

You can do this if you complete

Comment by killjoy729

Firstly i am a lvl 38 rouge sublety talent.
I found it easy as a rouge because rouges are designed for annoying mob quests like this one so what i did for tablet 3 was i got right behind the tablet stealthing ofcourse go as far back as the can against the wall behind you and click on the tablet this will make the guards run in but then you quikly select the scroll from the pop up box that comes up and then use vanish and stealth out of there easy!

Comment by 344541

correct and exact coords for second are 24.7 and 22.6 on the ocean floor

Comment by GannHalon

Based off of the novel Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad, and there is also a movie that is loosly based of the book as well, Apocalypse Now. Great film and book.

Comment by drgnphenix

Hi i'm new here but i do have a ? about this quest! cause i have dove 25 differents times trying to find the second troll legend and no luck including all of ur guys's links to find it has not worked. If anyone has any suggestions i would appreciate it very much. Thanx in advance

Comment by 359636

I've cleared the first ruins (with the campfire) like 80023 times and I don't see ANY tablet anywhere. What am I missing?

Comment by 481610

Do these tablets have a respawn time or something? Because I'm in the exact location the quest guide says and I don't see the tablet ...

Comment by badassnewbie

This is like the lamest quest ever. I've died over 9000 times on my mage.

This quest wouldn't be so damned hard if LoS actually applied here.

Comment by 495412

I can't find the any of the tablets...I found "where" they "are"...but the tablet isn't showing up. I've run around the outside & inside. I have killed them all many times...where IS IT? I'm extremely frustrated because everyone else seems to be able to find it so easily. What am I missing? I also have gone to the one on the beach & I cannot locate the tablet. I've been inside & out of the ruins with absolutely nothing to find. PLEASES HELP ME as I'm about to abandon this quest forever because it's NOT worth ALL of the frustration!

Comment by Meringul

Way to easy as a lvl 37 Elemental Shammy.

I was making my way to the 4th Tablet (on the side of the walls) When I suddenly got aggro from a few mobs down below that came after me. I had about 10 trolls on me and they kept coming. What you do is put down your totems (Stoneskin, Magma, Mana Spring & Grounding Totem) when all mobs are near you do Fire Nova and put Water Shield (every time it wears off as well) on and start healing yourself, your Magma Totem will take care of the mobs for you so you don't need to run away from all the mobs. Also redo the Fire Nova a few times and reput your magma totem & grounding totem otherwise you'll simply die. Also got the choice to do a chain lightning inbetween but it's tricky because your health will drain fast.

The tablets near trolls are best done like this, the second tablet near the murlocs is taken without a fight if you take the tablet that stands right outside of the ruins and not the one within the walls of the ruins since there are 2 (or more).

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Kurzen's Mystery

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

Find the 4 tablets and bring their legends back to Brother Nimetz.

	The First Troll Legend (1)
	The Second Troll Legend (1)
	The Third Troll Legend (1)
	The Fourth Troll Legend (1)

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Colonel Kurzen was once a great, noble man - I must find what caused his fall into depravity! He may be under the sway of troll magic. To confirm this, I must study some of their legends.

There are 4 tablets hidden within the troll ruins of Stranglethorn. I must see what is written on these tablets! Transcribe their markings and bring the transcriptions back to me.

The first tablet is in the Bal'lal Ruins, the second is in the Vile Reef, and the third and fourth are in the Ruins of Zul'Kunda.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

350 reputation with Stormwind

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(207))

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