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Series

1.	Contact from Dalaran
2.	Khadgar
3.	Entry Into Karazhan
4.	The Second and Third Fragments

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Comment by 19758

The container is accessible after you kill the final boss, Murmur. It is on a ledge on the left side of the pool Murmur stands in.

Comment by Flyv

You can actually grab the container before killing the final boss. You don't aggro him if you stay on the perimeter.

Comment by Hortos

Can anyone confirm is this quest only lets one person at a time grab the fragment now?

Comment by 18196

Everyone in the group can get the fragment.

Comment by 3467

If you are present when the guardian of the key spawns, you can loot the key. You can bring outside players in if you do not open the container to get the key fragment.

Comment by 37407

I, as my lesser geared alt mage, managed to solo the guardian.

Was able to use any kind of crowd control so I just pulled it to the hallway and used frost nova and dragons breath to keep it at distance.

Comment by 42043

I joined a group that completed the instance and I could loot the key. I even completed 3 others quests in the instance and did some mining lol !

Comment by 75065

if u can solo a 70 elite u can get frag without killing mumur, left side

Comment by 41999

Make sure to grab the key fragment as soon as possible. I had the unfortunate experience of my teammates killing the npc and picking up the key fragment while I was AFK. I did not learn of this till after we wiped at Murmur. But by the time I had gotten back the corpse of the guardian was gone, along with my key fragment.

Comment by 93479

the key fragment is to the left of murmur...you dont have to kill murmur to get it you could simply sneak past around the edge and get the fragment.... just incase ur group is crap and u cant kill him

Comment by Seymore

While you can get the key with stealth without killing Murmur, you cannot stealth through the whole instance. Theres a wall behind Blackheart that doesn't open until he's dead.

Comment by 72738

Do NOT open the container straight after the boss goes down.

If you do this your group will probably be extremely annoyed since it would have caused your group to lose a few people.

Murmur is a hard boss, but i completed it with a - Warlock - Priest - Hunter - Warrior - Rogue(Me).

Comment by jaro

Is it possible to clear the instance with my main char and then log to my alt and loot the Fragment?

Comment by 138399

There is also a closed door behind Grandmaster Vorpil...

Comment by Gnowo

As per Patch 2.4, you do no longer need the key fragments to get into Karazhan, ie. the "attunement" was removed. However, you do need to obtain the key to be able to open the Karazhan door. But if someone opens this for you, you're good to go inside as per 2.4

Comment by 10395

As a point of interest, this is one of the 9 quests in World of Warcraft that give the most experience in game, as far as I can tell at least.

List available here.

Comment by 144063

can this be done in heroic mode? or only normal

Comment by Allakhazam

Where actualy is this "First Key Fragment"?

Comment by Allakhazam

ANYONE (stealthed or not, i did it as a mage) can hug the wall and grab the container containing the key, it is on the left side when you look at murmur (his right). It is located on the first ledge, behind a protuding wall, you can see it if you are in front of murmur. When opening the container a elemental will spawn. You can kite him back to the front of murmur and kill him with 2-3 people, without going out of his aggro range. The elemental has 20k hp and hits clothies for about 800-900 regularly.

If you die the mob will return back to his container, the container will disappear, however the mob will not despawn. If you die for some reason or aggro murmur in the process. Just come back in and he will be waiting for you.

Blizzard also nerfed the amount of people that can loot the key at one time, you used to be able to switch out members for others to have a maximum of 2 groups (10 people) loot the key. It is now only possible as of the recent patch that only 5 maximum are allowed to loot it.

GG ALL!

Comment by Allakhazam

so one of our group members looted this and then we wiped. came back and it was gone. had to start all over again. becareful not to let anybody loot this before everyone else can or you will get screwed.

Comment by Allakhazam

Attain at lvl 70, LIES.
My druid, who just dinged 68, is now on this quest.
Just wondering if the 2nd and the 3rd Fragment -part is available at 68 too.

Comment by Allakhazam

The chain actually begins a little before this point. Go to Kharazan in Deadwind Pass, and talk with Archmage Alturus. He gives two quests:

Arcane Disturbancse
Arcane Disturbances Activity
Restless Activity you finish those, he sends you to talk to Archmage Cedric near Dalaran in the Hillsbrad Foothills.

Contact from Dalaran you speak with Cedric, then you are sent to Shattrath to talk to Khadgar.

Comment by Allakhazam

If you've cleared the instance, you can switch out players in your group to come in and collect the key fragment. You can keep doing this until 5 people have looted the fragment.
So for example, if a group of people who are already karazhan attuned do shadow labs, people who are on the quest can go in and get the fragment instead of having it wasted.

Edited, Jan 30th 2007 3:27am by DonVinnie

Comment by Allakhazam

Can this be stealthed to or is a gate opened by boss defeat?

Comment by Allakhazam

As the Quest Info says, get a 5-man group together and run Shadow Labyrinth. One of you will need the SL key which drops from the last boss in Sethekk Halls to open the door, but only one of you.

The Key Fragment is in a chest behind the last boss, Murmur. After defeating Murmur using your choice of strategy, open the chest and a 70 Elite elemental will spawn. Kill him and loot the Fragment. Make sure everyone who wants the Fragment is alive BEFORE you loot, otherwise not everyone will be able to get it.

The spawning elemental isn't hard; I (Warlock) and the tank 2-manned him.

To re-iterate, you need to do the WHOLE of Shadow Labyrinth to get the Key Fragment as one of the bosses before Murmur opens a door when you kill him.

Comment by Allakhazam

a lv70 elite spawns when you try to loot it, kill the elite and loot the key

Comment by Allakhazam

How do you get into the Shadow Labs? It keeps saying it is locked.
This is my first time trying to do this instance.

Comment by Allakhazam

You dont need to kill Murmur to get the key, if you keep very close to the wall you can pick up the key fragment without agroing the boss (at least if your lvl 70).

Edited, Feb 12th 2007 11:00pm by NIfelhel

Comment by Sipder2

First Key Fragment drop from First Fragment Guardian located near the Last Boss in Shadow Labyrinth.
First Fragment Guardian spawn after interact with Arcane Container.
To access the Shadow Labyrinth needs someone with Shadow Labyrinth Key to open the Dungeon Gate.
Shadow Labyrinth Key drop from The Talon King's Coffer located near Talon King Ikiss the last boss in Sethekks Halls.

Video guide: https://youtu.be/6EErYzbtzRE

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Entry Into Karazhan

Khadgar wants you to enter the Shadow Labyrinth at Auchindoun and retrieve the First Key Fragment from an Arcane Container hidden there.

	First Key Fragment (1)

Description

I am deeply troubled by the news in this report, <name>. Gaining entry into Karazhan will be difficult, however.

You see, when it became apparent that I was stranded here I split the key into three fragments.

I placed the keys inside enchanted containers, and in turn placed those in places that were safe at the time.

With the dark changes Outland has endured this no longer is the case. The first fragment is in a section of Auchindoun taken over by the Shadow Council. Return this fragment to me.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with The Violet Eye

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(9831))

Guides

Shadow Labyrinth Dungeon Quests Guide for Burning Crusade Classic The Burning Crusade Attunement Guide

Entry Into Karazhan

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