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Comment by 90513

Dropped by a Bonescythe Ravager in Sholazar Basin for me.

Comment by Dusktide

Yes. In the style of every bandage since linen, there is a 'Frostweave Bandage' which comes before 'Heavy Frostweave Bandage' and is learned at 350 first aid.

Comment by saibiou

This is wrong.
I've just dropped it at lvl 71, with only 391 on first aid, and the book requires 400 to be learnt.

From dragonblight, go to zul'drak, there is a spot at 33,80 where Rageclaw Primalist (https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/npc=29438) are fighting with Drakuru Berserker (https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/npc=29656).
All you have to do is stand there, tag mobs (with an arrow :p) and loot.

Hope that helps.

Comment by klainn

Spent about 5 minutes in Zul'Drak killing around 33,80 and it dropped for me.

World drop or not, it seems the Z'D location is good.

Comment by Colamisu

Incorrect, dropped for me while my First Aid was at 390, requires 400 to learn so it's sitting in my inventory. More likely you have to have trained Grand Master First Aid, but the skill level doesn't matter.

Comment by 249147

Definitely works, took me about 10 minutes but don't worry it will drop. Thanks for the info saibiou! :D

Comment by 1033

Confirmed. Second kill, same area. Dropped off a Drakuru Prophet. Level 73 BE Pally, FA skill 400.

Comment by Mordach

Confirmed 11/18/08 at 3:48AM...sooo tired...it dropped off a Drakuru Beserker https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/npc=29656
Took me all of two minutes and maybe 5 beserkers before it dropped. I told someone else about it while I was there and he got one off a beserker before I even left the zone. Thanks to Saibiou for the info on the location and mob.

Comment by jessika

After reading the comments here, I headed to Light's Reach in Zul'Drak and farmed mobs in Rageclaw Den for MAYBE five minutes and the book dropped. I'm lvl 73, First Aid at 403. I was pretty excited as I thought it was just a random world drop, but it seems to definitely have a high drop rate off of the mobs at Rageclaw Den. The book is also soulbound so you won't find it on the AH, this is the only way to get it.

Comment by 250805

I can confirm 390 First Aid as being the apparent "required" skill level to have the book drop: I grinded on the aforementioned Drakuru Berserkers for about an hour at 382 First Aid and didn't see it drop. After leveling to 390, however, the book dropped on my third kill. This is consistent with what others are reporting.

Comment by VanPelt

Despite the Elite drop rate shown here on wowhead, you should get it shortly after a little(as from my experience and those above) bit of killing at 33,80. I and many others received this as somewhat of a surprise while doing the Q's there. anyone who wants this should definitely go here and grind for bit rather than think they need to kill tons of world Elites.

Comment by 109182

Mine dropped off a Drakuru Blood Drinker, was also my 5th kill, 2 of them being berserkers, the other 2 blood drinkers, so just tag any mobs you can.

Comment by griffo

Re-confirmed drakuru berserker is the best choice, thanks to saibiou

Comment by 251862

I got mine on the third drop from a venture co. ruffian.

Comment by conkier

Isnt there a First Aid trainer that teaches this?

Comment by Amoa

No there is no trainer to learn this from, you have to loot this book, for yourself to learn it, and you will have to get it on every character you have as it is BoP.

Comment by 244427

Is this the best bandage ?

Comment by voivod336

Okay you need 390 skill and my Rogue at level 68 could not see it. So my guess is 390 and level 70 to be able to loot the book. When i get to 69 ill try again. The book drops like candy to be honest.

And yeah Zul'Drak is the place to be and loc 33,80 is VERY correct

If your bandadge skill is close to 390, just make sure to kill the troll blood guys they drop 1x-4x cloth fairly often.

Comment by trixsterjl

BoP FTW. Otherwise these would be on the AH for 500 gold right now.

Comment by Integer

Got mine from Drakuru Blood Drinker (34,84)

Comment by 172877

if it wasnt BoP i'd get 1 and auction it than look for another 1 and continue till i fell like it... sadly cant do that :(

Comment by colar

Ignore the drop rate, it does not factor in the fact you only get to loot it once. The book dropped for me after just 2 kills in ZD. And when I was running dungeon with a friend and 3 other pugged players, 3 more books dropped. I never saw it and never had a chance to roll on it since I was auto-passed. All 3 books dropped within 5 minutes of starting the dungeon and the 3 that needed it got it. Never saw any more after that so that suggests you only see it once when you loot it, you never get to loot it again.

The drop rate in ZD area may be around 30% based on how many mobs killed while in dungeon for the 3 that still needed it.

So ignore the abysmally low drop rate, get a friend or 2 if you're below 73, and have at least 390 first aid skill, no idea what is minimum to see it drop. Maybe just need to have the first aid training past 375?

Comment by Aoife59

A friend and I each got the book off the first 2 kills of the Drakuru Riders and Raptors at 28, 83 - took us longer to get there than to get the book.

Comment by 231886

definitly confirmed. killed 2 raptor riders on the way to lights breach. then killed two blood drinkers at lights breach... all as a level 71 hunter. dropped off the second kill on the blood drinker.

Comment by HarryBS

Confirming Zul'Drak and farmed mobs in Rageclaw Den (33:80) - 4 kils and i get Manual: Heavy Frostweave Bandage .

Comment by 258765

At level 78, i still hadn't gotten my manual. So i raised my First-Aid to 400 (from 375), flew to Ebon Watch in ZD, and killed some of the prophets and other mobs right around there. Got it in about 15 kills.......XD. Hope this helps

Comment by 146819

You have two choices when farming this:
A) Dungeons- Higher drop rates, but chances are you'll be competing with other group members. Even if all 5 people in the party don't have it, however, the drop rates are usually high enough that at least 3 people will get it (if not all 5).
B) Zul'Drak- Highest non-Dungeon drop rates are in Zul'Drak. Drop rate's a little lower than Dungeons, but you won't have to compete for drops sonce you're the only one looting the bodies; the only competition you'll face will be other players who want to kill the mobs you're going after.

Comment by 259451

Droped for me in Zul'Drak.
I had a 396 skill in 1st aid.
Looted from a Vargul Deathwaker in the dead fields (not elite).
I guess the only thing u need here is luck

Comment by 259533

Confirmed. Didn't need any help at lvl70, but I am a DK, so...

Comment by Conal

The manual dropped after my fifth kill, from a Drakuura Blood Drinker in Light's Breach. My own first aid skill was already at 410 so I was able to learn the new skill immediately.

Comment by 260867

I just got this manual today at lvl 77, it dropped off one of the venture co. goblins in Sholazar basin, i was really suprised, so I guess it may just be a somewhat hard to get drop off normal humanoids. :D

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Kalvonya

Comment by beefbrunstan

403 skill and lvl74. Took about 15 minutes farming at Light's Reach.

Comment by 20383

Regular (and I assume heroic as well) Violet Hold is a very easy place to get the Heavy book to drop. In one run, it dropped 3 times off trash before the first boss even came out! Everyone, who didn't have it already, got it.

Comment by Parolyzer

I got it in zul'drak off a non elite and so did my friend we got it in the same area as the place you go for the first quests in lights breach

Comment by 160660

I was curious if there was a level requirement for this other than the 390 first aid, so I took my lvl 61 mage out to the place just south of Lights breach, and got somebody else to tag the mobs with the loot on free for all. I can confirm that a lvl 61 mage with 390 first aid was able to loot the book, and learn it at 400 first aid.

Comment by 46035

Nice drop. Followed these directions:
'From dragonblight, go to zul'drak, there is a spot at 33,80 where Rageclaw Primalist (https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/npc=29438) are fighting with Drakuru Berserker (https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/npc=29656).
All you have to do is stand there, tag mobs (with an arrow :p) and loot.'

with my 73 rogue. Stayed out of the way till primalists started fight - tagged with thowing weapon, and looted. Took maybe ten kills.

Thanks for great advise.

Comment by Heeris

Guess i was rather lucky when having this drop for my 72 prot Paladin. Swam behind Sholazar Basin to discover the last part for my exploration achievement in that area, and ended up at this island, which was a part of the Icecrown landscape apparently.... Anyways, so i heard that you was to get killed by any mob on this island - so started exploring it for a while. Eventually met this bunch of 5 level 79-80s and thought, why not give it a try? Managed to take 3 of them down and one of em' dropped this baby (a pat. of another 5 found me eventually <.<).

Comment by silkfire

Question, if you've already learned the recipe, may the manual ever drop for you again?

Comment by Totum

This dropped for me in regular Violet Hold. I was the only one able to loot it. My first aid was at 393 at the time.

Comment by 286221

Doesnt matter where to *farm* for the book. it's a world drop. I got it in Sholazar Basin. Just make sure you have your skill at 390 and it will drop while you quest around.
Good luck!

Comment by 266333

Also had 2 drops for me in 2 runs in Drak'Tharon Keep

Comment by 285372

409 First Aid. Level 77. Still no drop for me :( I still have to use normal Frostweave Bandages. I'm just going to keep on leveling, then if I don't get it by 80 I'll start grinding for it, I guess.

Comment by 287196

Confirmed, it is a random world wide drop rate. However it seems to drop off mobs lv75-76 or higher. Drop rate is much more higher in instances.

Comment by Amafrostblood

Went to 33,80 in Zul'Drak and it dropped off 2nd mob.

My first aid was at 390.

I have done loads of heroics and never seen it drop (I have over 150 emblems of heroism, so done quite a few instance runs)

Comment by Corvan

i farmed Zul'Drak on my 73 rogue with 402 first aid for hours. no drop at ALL. not from the raptor riders, not from the berserkers, not from the hunters, not from anything. finally decided to give up and stop wasting my time. maybe ill get the book from AH or something.

Comment by Ston

You can't get the book on the AH. It's Bind on Pickup. It'll drop eventually. Like people have said - there's a much higher drop rate in instances. So even if you have to wait until 80, you'll get it eventually.

Comment by 138715

The book is Bop, meaning there won't be any "15g" buyouts on the auction house like there was with the TBC one.

Zul drak is a great place to get it, i went there at level 70 and on my first kill got the book and already had lots of cloth from questing in Borean tundra, just keep killing and you will get it, the drop rate is VERY high if you have the required amount of skill in First-aid and you're level 70 (which you should be, can't see lower levels attempting to take on level 75-76's) I only managed to take him down because my character was in T6/TBC badge gear.

Comment by 300191

Confirmed - You can 100% get this at lvl 39...went and pulled some lvl 75+ mobs into guards and tagged them - this allows looting and after around 10-15 mobs this book dropped. I assume there is NO lvl restriction on the book drop. Pretty nice how 1-2 ticks will full heal me...kinda like a lay on hands every minute.

Comment by Stormwaker

The drop rates only look bad due to how many people are killing the mobs and seeing them drop. On every single one of my characters, 390+ in zul'drak (usually in front of the Argent Crusade's stairway), just questing along, it drops. So to say it's has a decent/moderate drop rate for those who qualify, and no real need to farm it, it'll come eventually.

Comment by 258932

Wow, you guys are right about Zul'drak. Went to light's breach and got it on my first kill.

Comment by 112763

Confirmed: Straight to Rageclaw Den (where the fires are burning) there are guards fighting just outside, tap their kills & mine dropped after 3rd kill........ too easy

Comment by 299802

went to the spot, killed 3 guys, it dropped :D

Comment by 233150

by the way cant lvl my FA cuz im capped because i kept doing frostweave bandages and now im kinda locked at 410 skill lol
ye know if it sells well at AH (or if it is sellable at AH)

Comment by 159597

I got it the very first time I attacked Drakuru Raptor Rider. Call it luck or whatever, but I think it must have a higher drop rate than 4%

Comment by 330870

Can confirm that you need at least 390 skill, I tryed to get the manual, but nothing dropped, rised my skill to 390 and dropped from 1st troll.

Comment by 330935

This Manual is a rear drop so .... Best for farming i think is Violet Hold .... Coz you get big XP from the elites , it have something like 2-3% drop and from Violet Hold you can get some items too so .... its your choice but i think that is best in Violet Hold . For me it droped from the first time :)

Comment by eljimmystrappo

I picked one up tonight off of a Venture Co. excavator in Sholazar. My first aid skill was at 390. Looks like its a low drop rate off the Venture Co. NPCs, so you might be better picking it up in an instance.

I will not however, that the Venture Co. NPCs seem to drop a lot of frostweave cloth.

Comment by 220163

yeh that's the case 390 for it to drop

Comment by 167070

Looks like this is the only bandage that still requires a book.

Comment by 226951

One further note when farming Zul'Drak for the Manual.

There's a battle raging between Drakuru and Rageclaw just north of Light's Breach at approximately 33, 80. If you're relatively low level (70), you can attack Drakuru that are being beaten up by the Rageclaws and make pretty good progress, even solo.

Comment by 357355

Personally, I've found the mobs of Violet Hold drop it regularly. I ran it with an IRL friend and it dropped twice that run, so we both got it. Now on my second character I'm levelling, I also managed to pick it up in a VH run, and another friend of mine got his when we grouped to do the instance the next day too.

Comment by iwua

Looking for a challenge on my 67 deathknight, I made the run from Howling Fjord up through Grizzly Hills, got the flight points in central Zul'Drak, including Lights Breach.

Sure enough, this was a challenge - both the run and killing the 75 Drakuru Prophets. The 74 were a bit easier, and the Berserkers a bit easier still.

Then I found the Rageclaws a bit southeast of Lights Breach. They were friendly to Horde, and very unfriendly to the Drakuru. With careful aggro management, it was pretty easy to kill the Drakuru. I killed them, (slowly) farming cloth to bring my First Aid up from 373 to 390. Sure enough, the Manual dropped within about 4 kills after I got to 390.

And a mob that died just before the manual dropped also dropped a BoE blue.

Not a bad adventure. Now I just need enough cloth to get up to 400...

Comment by 267003

Lol, was on my way to the aforementioned co-ords. 400 FA skill. Got to 36.77. Mob attacked me. First mob in the zone, and the book dropped. :D

Comment by Beerster

HAHA Awesome! Went to the coords 33, 80 and got it to drop on fifth kill! Just go there lol.

Comment by 361988

Don't bother going to grind for the book, it looks like it will simply drop just because you have 390 fa skill. It dropped in Dragonblight for my friend, and it dropped for me in Sholozar Basin.
Just do your thingy, quests etc and it will drop for you.

Comment by shockwaver

Just summoned lvl 54 warrior at Light's Breach with first aid already at 400+. Dropped of first mob.
Perfect if you want to pvp at lvl 60.

Comment by Sevaru

Rogue 70, First Aid 401. Took 54 kills at Zul'Drak but I got it, lol.

Comment by Diexcy

I was a 80 mage so I decided to kill the Drakuru Raptor Rider to get this item, and i found out a really good/easy (and comic) way to solo these badboys very fast without taking nearly any dmg (yes, there is shields xD) Polymorph the Raptors and then kill the riders, outrun the raptors or not - its up to you.

Edit: Now I found out an even better way xD Polymorph the raptors as mentioned before, kill the riders then get out of combat, invisibilty or run, doesnt matter but when you run back / stealth fades, there will be a new rider on the raptor and the raptor wont be morphed :D This method is kinda fast if you wish not to walk in a square all the time.

Comment by 193729

Thanks so much for the advice - the coords of 33,80 were fantastic and dead on, as other posters have mentioned. Took my level 73 mage out there and did as some suggested, just tagging the trolls as they came out to fight the Rageclaw fellows. Got my book on the third drop!

Comment by 388859

Hey This was pretty easy to find.... The coordinates are perfect and luckily for me! IT DROPPED AFTER KILLING 2 MOBS loool

Comment by Werlwind

1st Drakuru Prophet for me. So I guess I was lucky :)

Comment by 414687

04/07/09 Got this drop first kill off a Drakuru Raptor Rider, i had 400 first aid at the time.

Comment by 344586

I just followed the advice above, levelled First Aid to 400, went to 33,80 in Zul'Drak and Manual: Heavy Frostweave Bandage dropped on first kill.

EDIT: Why was this rated down, is my comment inaccurate?

Comment by 422815

Dropped for me...first kill at 33.80

Comment by 423720

yep Zul'Drak is the best place to be for this book :D

Comment by sindreh93

17/07/09

Just got mine from doing the daily quest killing exhausted vrykuls i was very surprised to see this drop!

Comment by FuxieDK

I wonder if this farm-spot is removed/fixed/bugged..

My first 2 toons, I farmed the manual in less than 5 kills, with skill 390-395..
My current toon, I've killed 28 mobs so far and still no manual, with skill 400..

Only difference I can come to think of, is my current toon is only level 72 and thus too low level for ZD in general. The first 2 were 75 and 74 when I farmed the manual..

Comment by 346672

at 74, once my first aid skill hit 390, the manual dropped off my second troll kill in Zul'Drak. great place to farm junk for gold and frostweave cloth.

Comment by edanu

Leveled to 400 First Aid, hunted down the first Blood Drinker at those coords and got the manual on the first kill. This wasnt the case on my first two characters who came through here at wotlk launch, probably took somewhere around 25-30 mobs to get it to drop then. Still not unreasonable, but first kill is nice. :)

Comment by 367325

I'd saved up all my Frostweave once my 1st aid skill reached 400 (the minimum for this book).

It took a total of 82 Heavy Frostweave Bandages (164 frostweave cloth) to skill up from 400 to 450 first aid.

Skill ups on orange / green are unreliable, but this should be roughly how much frostweave you need.

Comment by 421845

For those of y'all that don't know, here is what you need to know:

1) It will not drop for you until you are at 390 First Aid.
2) It only drops on humanoids AND Undead in Icecrown, Storm Peaks, Zul'Drak, Any Level 80 Instance/Raid/Heroic.
3) It should drop on your first kill, but if it doesn't keep going; it should drop soon.

EDIT: because ASpi pointed out it drops on Undead.

(Captain Obvious AWAAAAAAAAAAY!)

EDIT2: As of patch 4.0.1., this book is not needed to learn Heavy Frostweave Bandage, but can still be used to do so.

Comment by 227629

This dropped right after i got 400 first aid when I found it on a Tempest Warder in VoA

Comment by 429998

Dropped for me from the first killed Drakuru Raptor Rider in Zul'Drak. My level was 77 and first aid skill 410.

Comment by 347911

this dropped for me while killing unbound seer's below dalaran to level my unarmed skill after only killing a few of them

Comment by 235376

Dropped for me off a Daraku Blood Drinker after about 20 minutes killing mobs at 33, 80 in Zul' Drak. From the posts at the beginning of this thread I believe one could be forgiven for thinking they should only kill the Daraku Beserkers, this is incorrect, kill all the mobs. Good hunting.

Comment by Hereti

Well yesterday this dropped off a Drakuru mob near Light's Breach in Zul'Drak while I was on doing the quests. Very happy it did and now my First Aid is 450 and I'm on getting those First Aid achievements!

Comment by Berrenger

Dropped for me on my second or third kill in the courtyard in front of the Argent Stand.

Comment by krunj82

Inexplicably, and against all my experience with 7 other characters, the Manual just dropped for me in Crystalson Forest (at 73.3, 66.8) from a Shandaral Warrior Spirit. I was hitherto completely unaware that the manual could be found outside Zul'drak.

Comment by 178034

At first i was sceptical, but indeed. After a few kills it nicely dropped for me, and i didnt even have to kill the things :3

Comment by acff

Dropped after my 3rd kill in Zul'Drak having 402 skill.

Comment by 457653

Had the prerequisites of level 70 and skill 400 (77, 408), flew to that area after reading these posts, upon FIRST kill the book dropped. THANKS!

Comment by 451532

I killed Drakuru Raptor Riders and got the manual on the 3rd kill, i was excited =D

Comment by 470450

I dropped it at 75 with 390 First Aid

At Halls of Stone in the first 2 mobs dropped 2 manuals. I think theres the best place to go if you can.

Comment by 480038

I killed about 6 mobs in Rageclaw Den (Zul'Drak) and already found the recipe.
From a blooddrinker. thx 4 advice :)

Comment by Ethesis

The easiest way to get to Rageclaw den is to go up the stairs towards the entrance to the instance as you leave Grizzly Hills, get ganked, and then resurrect at the graveyard, that will walk you right into the flight master next door, get the flight point then just go out the south exit and farm a little. Usually 2-3 minutes or less until the book drops.

Then you can return to your normal progression.

What is really impressive about this particular drop is that you don't have to do much damage at all on the mobs to get the drop (unlike some where you have to do half the damage or more, on this set you just have to tag them to be able to loot).

Which is why a level 35 could grind the manual here.

Comment by 428084

I spent about 30 minutes grinding in Rageclaw Den with First Aid at 390. It never dropped, so I decided to level it to 400 to see what would happen. It dropped on the first kill after lvl'ing to 400.

I don't know if that was just coincidence, but thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.

Comment by 488009

Dropped after 5 kills in RAGECLAW DEN (http://wow.gamepressure.com/map.asp?ID=118)
410 Skill (dont know if it's related or not).

Comment by 489426

This item dropped from my first kill, killing "Unbound Seers" located under Dalaran (Under Krasus Landing)

Comment by 356696

Neat little trick with this book...

If you drag the manual to one of your hotbars and THEN learn it, the manual will be replaced with a spell to create an individual heavy bandage. While It doesn't have the convenience of being able to just "set it and forget it" to make a stack of 'em, you don't have to open your First Aid crafting pane to make one if you like to make them one at a time.

So, not as practical as it is neat.

Comment by 402957

Got my first aid to 400 and within 3 kills at Rageclaw Den it dropped, make sure you are 400 in first aid imo that way you will get it pretty well much straight away.

Comment by jaypee13

Dropped off a Head Hunter on first kill near steps near Zim' Torga

Comment by 533466

Could Someone help me?
I have been killing mobs in Zul Drak for more than 1 hour and a half, then i read the comments and y go to kill to Rageclaw den but i have been killing Drakuru berserker and blood drinker for more than one hour and the book doesn't apear. I have 403 In first AID
Could Someone help me?
Thx
PD: Sorry if i speak bad but im spanish ;)

Comment by 200754

Don't farm the book, farm the zone. Otherwise, just run lots of instances. It drops all the time.

Comment by 126459

Also tried grinding it at lvl 380. no drop in 30 mins. then at level 390, droped from fourth mob.

Comment by 525711

I have a question. Can i see it again when i see it once, but not loot it? Caz i farming it 2 days :(

Comment by 154075

I can confirm that if you have First Aid or 390 (or higher) to get this to drop.. I tested this by having first aid of 388 and did enough heroics to get the title "the patient" (50 random people) and it never dropped. Then after gaining the 2pts to 390 the *first* trash mob we pulled dropped the book.

Comment by Thaillen

I got my manual at the top of the steps entering Zul' Drak from a drop after killing the first monster that approaced. Couldn't believe it... good luck.

Comment by Ocker

Just got it at 33.80 Zul Drak. 3rd mob i killed - took all of about 45 seconds. Was sitting on 401 First Aid at the time.

Comment by 547266

The key is being 390 First Aid. I was 386, and i was killing mobs for about 15 mins before i realized...got the extra few points. 3 kills after reaching 390 it dropped.

Comment by 80158

Ok, finally got it for my lvl 69 priestess, 409 first aid, and it turns out to cost about a gold. 3g50 or so in repairs and almost 2g50 for loot scraps and potential profit on a nice green to put in AH. All in all, worth the effort. Had cold weather flying from the book and may hit 70 by the time I finish exploring Northrend. Some helpful comments on here, got mine in rageclaw den, btw, though at first didn't think the guys were gonna help me.

Comment by 551398

As of 2-25-2010 the bandage book still drops at 33,80 in Zul'Drak. Thank you to all the other ppl that posted the information prier to this post.

Comment by 258663

390 First Aid required for the book to drop.

Comment by aseron

I'm lvl 36, and have 410 first aid. Where do you suggest i grind with a lvl 80 buddy?

Comment by Marloss

Since I came to Zul'drak from Dragonblight I met some mobs on the road to 33,80. I decided to kill two mobs that followed me, and the manual dropped. So the manual dropped before I even got to 33,80. Therefore it might be worth noting that the mobs on the road do drop the manual as well, so one would perhaps save time by killing these if following the same road as I did.

Also, I had been saving Frostweave Bandages for this manual through my questing in Northrend, and had 207 cloths when I got this manual. Straight up to skill level 450. :p

Comment by Seac

I've had no trouble getting this book on my toons before, I always grab it at 400 first aid. I went to pick it up for my DK today, patch 3.3.3 just dropped yesterday--I've been farming mobs in Zul'drak for about 40 minutes and still no drop. 401 first aid.

Comment by 59602

I just picked it up at 33,80 with my level 73 Pally. I farmed there for 1/2 at FA lvl 380, not realizing I needed to be at 390. Took a min to level up to 400 (had 120 FW in my bag) and the book dropped on the 4th mob..

Comment by Perlita

I looted this book along with my friend easily in front of the cementary at the coordinates 29,71. Just kill the Drakuru around in front of the cementary; I killed 3 and then got the book.

Comment by 1Beachcomber

Just got this in 4 kills at 400 first aid. Level 70 mage. As stated, just tag the Drakuru mobs at some point and you will be able to loot.

The friendly Rageclaws do not always help right away. If you are a low level toon you may get beat down a few times as a result. You may fare better if you let the Drakuru enter the area where the 5 Rageclaws are parked, then they are more likely to aggro. I sent in a screenshot of the location you need to be in.

Comment by jive

yep. 33,80 . Got the book in like 5 minutes. Took only like 10 kills. Easy stuff.

Comment by 567476

just got the book to drop for my lvl 43 hunter.... i just took a lvl 80 had them in the same group book dropped after i killed 4 mobs .....lvl 43 hunter now has first aid max out

Comment by 569045

I just stood there waiting (33.2 - 79.8) waiting for the blood drinker to come to me.
3 wave dropt it, less then 5 minutes. FA 400

Comment by Fondell

Did this on the 17th of April 2010, and it dropped for me after 7-8 mobs in Zul'Drak at the previously specified coordinates, southeast of Light's Breach.

Comment by 65054

4-18-10:
level 80 toon. hit level 390 on first aid...10 kills later the book dropped. was at the 33,80 mentioned spot in the posts above.
hope this helps.

Comment by 437577

Just wanted to post a level related update. Just got this manual at 407 First Aid, at level 36. Doesn't appear to be any level requirement involved in the drop, just First Aid skill.

For anyone else wishing to get this at low level, leap from Dalaran sewers and splat on the floor below. Corpse run your way across Crystalsong and into Zul Drak to the spirit healer just outside of Lights Breach. Log out, then back in (Unsure whether this is still a needed step, I did it to ensure I wouldn't rez at the Crystalsong spirit healer). Rez at the healer. Run out to 33.80 and watch for close aggro mobs. Make your way to where the fighting is happening and either wand the mobs like I did, or whatever ranged weapon you can pull out, and be ready to run back to the camp to let the guards take care of any mobs that want to try maim you. Took me 13 kills, and 1 death, but I'm now a level 36 warlock that can heal for 5800 over 8 seconds.

Comment by 577934

on 4-19-10 I spent 5 minutes in Zul'drak @ 33, 80 and it dropped from a Drakuru Blood Drinker, so the location still appears to be correct.

I was already at 400 first aid as well.

Comment by Krusader

Wow, thanks for your comments guys. 1st Drakuru Berserker killed - it dropped.

Comment by Qoko

All the discussion involving the 'drop rate' of this book for different kind of mobs seems pretty useless: once you obtain 390 First Aid (it is pretty much confirmed 390 but some have seen different) the 'drop rate' changes from 0% to ~50%-100% on ANY humanoid mob. As such it's rather odd why Blizzard didn't just put this as a trainer recipe on 390 First Aid, because it drops pretty much immediately after reaching this skill.

Comment by Vladi1q1

The easiest way to get this is to go to a random dungeon or random heroic and It will drop very (like very very) fast.
I think this is better than farming :P

Comment by 126811

got it from a Drakuru Berserker at first kill.
i had 400 first aid skill.

Comment by 606338

I can confirm, that last night at 9 PM the book dropped for a level 60 DK with 400 skill level in first aid. We were fighting at 33, 80 like everyone else has said on here and it dropped after about three kills. So you do not have to be level 70 to loot the book, but it does seem that you need to have your skill level to about 400. We farmed for about 15 minutes at skill level 380 and it didn't drop, so we made the bandages and got the DK's skill level to 400 and it dropped almost instantly.

Comment by Vartrax

I farmed and FARMED for this book and it would never drop. First aid skill was at 400 and I killed dozens of mobs in Zul Drak to no avail.

I then looked in my bag and found that I had one stack of Heavy Frostweave Bandages in my bag. Must have picked them up as a quest reward. I deleted the bandages from my bag and presto! Got the book on the first kill.

So if you're having trouble, check for the bandages and delete them.

Comment by 504370

When i startet out, trying to learn heavy frostweave cloth bandage, i spended atleast 20 mins killing mobs at that 33.80 location, i said to myself i should start out by getting to 400 and then farm the book, so i did, i trained the last 50 skill levels i need to get to 400, i returned to the place and that DAMN book drops by the second mob, so maybe you should be skill level 400 or higher.... thats what i did :p

Comment by 583553

yup seems zul drak is the best place where u can get this

Comment by 597189

Got it after like 5 minutes? Really a good spot.

Comment by Allakhazam

Apparently you don't need 400 in First Aid for this to drop had this drop off an animal in Sholazar Basin with only 397 in First Aid.

Comment by Allakhazam

FYI: Apparently you need 400 First Aid skill not only to use the manual, but also for the manual to drop in the first place. I conclude this after farming about 100 riders with no drop, then skilling up to 400, after which it dropped on the 2nd kill. I hope this saves someone from wasting a lot of time.

Comment by Allakhazam

Just got this on my level 35 warlock. Leveled it up to 450/450 now, woo maxed First Aid at level 35. Should be an achievement =p.

Best place for partied lowbies is prolly Venture Co. Ruffians in Shalazar Basin (big ogre guys). Two graveyards right near their location, quick walk back when you die. I think you have to be alive for the book to drop, though, so resurrect right before one dies, then loot it before you die. Dropped off the first or second one we killed while I was alive.

Comment by Allakhazam

just had one drop for me off a Hath'ar Necromagus in Zul'dark on the 3rd kill

Comment by Allakhazam

First Kill, Drakkari Native in Zim'Abwa, Zul'Drak (35.5,73.6)

Comment by Allakhazam

After reading some of the comments at Wowhead, I headed to Light's Reach in Zul'Drak and farmed mobs in Rageclaw Den (directly EAST of Light's Reach) for MAYBE five minutes and the book dropped. I was pretty excited as I thought it was just a random world drop, but it seems to definitely have a high drop rate off of the mobs at Rageclaw Den. The book is also soulbound so you won't find it on the AH, this is the only way to get it.

Comment by Allakhazam

5 kills of bonescythe ravenger and then it droppped

lvl 75 warlock

Comment by Allakhazam

It dropped and I only have 391 first aid. Dropped in Sholazar Basin off an undead by a cave.

Comment by Allakhazam

Confirming Zul'Drak and farmed mobs in Rageclaw Den - 4 kils and i get Manual: Heavy Frostweave Bandage .

Comment by Allakhazam

got this off my first kill of a venture company guy in sholazar, 2 kills after I got a blacksmithing recipe

Comment by Allakhazam

Hey I got a book off a Banshee Soulclaimer

Comment by Allakhazam

just had 2nd one drop for party member off scourged argent footman

Comment by Allakhazam

these are on hill at 31-85 and they spawn fast and you can only roll on the 400 or more first aid skill it is a bop so you have to go to get this book

Comment by Allakhazam

This is a bop drop and will only drop for people with a 400 in first aid. Just kill Drakuru Blood Drinkers until it drops, which will be fast.

Comment by Allakhazam

I got the book of of a Drakuru Berserker. Random... but i like!

Comment by Allakhazam

I just got off of my first kill of a Drakuru Prohet by Light's Breach

Comment by stchristopher

In WotLK Classic, killed 4x Lv.77 Savage Hill Scavengers (I was Lv.73 as feral cat with 400 first aid skill) next to K3 and the Manual dropped on the 4th one. I did, however, have regular Frostweave bandages (35 of them) so that doesn't prevent it from dropping.

Comment by Subrosia

I confirmed today that even if your first aid skill is only 390, this can still drop.

Comment by Oranutachi

Was dropped from the second Drakuru Prophet mob.
406 First Aid level

Comment by exx52

unexpectedly very easy. Got it on my first mob :D
Mob: Drakuru Berserker
Location: Zul'Darak
Coords: 33,80

Comment by Ranadicus

As far as I can tell, once you get your first aid to 390 this becomes a random drop from pretty much anything. Don't worry about trying to farm it. Just get to 390 first aid, then go do dailies or whatever, and it will drop in a dozen kills or so.

Comment by ThemadPenguin

Just dropped 09 Jan 2023 from level 79 Reanimated Miner in Icecrown
My level 74, First Aid level 392.

Comment by arthas28zp

I don't know if this matters but I did all the quests up to take this scroll to Ebon Watch at the Light's Breach encampment before resuming killing Drukuru trolls. (I had no luck before this all the time I spent yesterday and during completion of the put out the fires etc.) On my third Drukuru Prophet I got the manual finally. I also picked up Recipe: Bad Clams after my first kill of a Blood Drinker post finishing the quest area. I did NOT have to complete the kill Rageclaw group quest from the sign post just FYI. Good luck!

Comment by Poppabare

Dropped at 33-80 on my second kill.

Comment by manicka222

I have been sitting with 400 First aid skill from 73 to 78 before it dropped. Got it from Bonescythe Ravager during An Issue of Trust quest in Sholazar Basin.

Comment by ariaser

Thexal Deathchill definitely doesn't have drop rate of this 25% - the player from who this data is from simply got lucky. Killed him like 10times - NO manual, no book.

Comment by BregoVelen

WOTLK CLASSIC: The drop rate has to be off, I have obtained 5 of these on my toons with high enough First Aid for it to drop with as little as 5 kills and once on first kill. I chose to kill Drakuru Beserkers and Blood Drinkers just south by south east of LIght'ts Breach at Rageclaw Den for TomTom users that is /way 33.76, 80.49 .

Comment by Aloradus

The usual profession guides point you to Zul'Drak.
Not necessary.

Grabbed this while doing the first quests in Sholazar Basin. Killing miners, rhinos, etc, escort, picking up engine pieces.

Many opportunities just doing the quests. No reason to seek it specifically unless you're playing catchup.

Comment by Hirokumata

good place to farm this is from a Forgotten Depths Slayer fighting a Crusader of Virtue @ 85.5, 74.6

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Manual: Heavy Frostweave Bandage

Item Level 80
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Requires First Aid (400)
Use: Teaches you how to make a Heavy Frostweave Bandage.

Sell Price: 2 50

Heavy Frostweave Bandage
Item Level 80
Requires First Aid (400)
Use: Heals 5800 damage over 8 sec.

Max Stack: 20

Sell Price: 25

Requires Frostweave Cloth (2)

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