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1.	Linken's Adventure
2.	It's Dangerous to Go Alone

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Comment by 7423

Easiest tactic to kill this level 56 elite is as follows.

Clear all the top level of Fire plume Ridge. When engaging, run straight to the back of the cave, he will follow. This will ensure you do not get knocked off the cliffs with his ability as your inside.

Once at the back of the cave, use the rod to remove his almost invincible aura. Nearly all forms of crowd control work here, frost nova, fear, stun. Make sure he never receives his aura back, and it should be either solable or in a group of 2.

Comment by 8714

Although this chain is quite long, many people don't realize it's all just a tribute to the Legend of Zelda. Link's Master Sword a.k.a. Linken's Master Sword and other parts of this quest are all remeniscent of the Zelda franchise. Blizzard's little fun game of "guess what we're referencing." :)

Comment by Wildarms1

This quest is an awesome reference to Zelda, it gives hints like the item is on the bridge close to the river. The stats are somewhat low but the quest is lengthy and fun.

Comment by 9531

The name "It's dangerous to go alone" is from the frist Zelda game.
The guy who gives you the sword tells you.

Comment by 23009

Took down Blazerunner before we got the quest to kill him with a 54 and 56 shaman. One tanked/DPSed while the other healed, and he went down within a minute.

Later, we came back and trashed him with the shield-killer item you get from the quest to kill him. He went down FAST.

Keep your back to the inside of the cave, or if you can't get past him, pick the mountain wall next to his cave on the left if you're looking towards the inside. He'll bounce you up a bit, but if you're relatively quick to react, you should have no trouble.

Note that the reward for this quest, the Linken's Boomerang (https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=11905) is a great item for Paladins, as it gives them a viable pulling tool if they don't have Holy Shock.

Comment by 30936

I found an easy way to get to Blazerunner by killing one or two elementals max.

1) Go to 47, 52
2) There's a cliff, you need to pass to its right. Try to jump, you may have a little trouble here, but it shouldn't take long.
3) Go to 47, 49
4) There's another cliff, but it's easy to climb.
5) Finally, go to 48, 49
6) Another cliff, also easy.

You should be right next to Blazerunner. Though, you won't aggro him if you pay attention. I suggest you to run in the cave like mikedoh said.

If you don't kill him fast, you may have to cast the spell to remove his aura. I figured it out after two deaths :p

Good luck !

Comment by 33585

With the help of the above comments i soloed Blazerunner as a 57 Frost Mage.

Mana shield, Ice Barrier and Fire Ward up before you run in.
Wait about 10 seconds so the spells can be ready when the initials run out. I think Dampen Magic also helps here.

I basically just ran in and summoned my water elemental, used the totem and Frost Novad the guy where he was, moved to the back of the cave and nuked him. Try and always keep your shields up, and have your mana gem handy. I used cold snap and summoned my elemental again, and repeated the strategy. With the time it took for me, i had to use the totem a second time.

Killed him on second try, and didnt have any health pots.
Good Luck.

Comment by Bandit

As a 56 DW Enhancement Shaman with not bad gear, soloing this guy was impossible. I got him to about 25%, after which he regained his aura and I was screwed. That was the best I could do before giving up after 4 attempts.

He hits for around 300-400 every hit, and with 3k total HP and mail gear, you don't last long. I recommend finding one other person to help you with this.

Comment by 40584

How long is the cooldown on the Boomerang?

Comment by 3946

Very easy kill as a 57 bm hunter followed comments above

Comment by 48317

Soloed as a 56 rogue. Just used Evasion when i was at 50% health, then used a major healing pot and adrenaline rush.
Also used a thistle tea at the very beginning of the fight just to Slice and Dice asap, and a mechanical yeti! :)

Comment by Deragallo

Solo'd this earlier as a 54 affliction lock. It'll be rough if you're a class w/o any form of CC, as he can hit pretty hard. I just chain feared and kept all my DoT's and my VW on him. The VW eventually died, but I was able to stay alive w/ the help of a healthstone. Good chunk of XP for this whole line, as annoying as it was flying all over Kalimdor.

Comment by 56155

just solo'ed as a lvl 55 frost mage had to use coldsnap for the extra frost nova and ice barrier though but just using the water elementals frost nova twice plus mine pretty stopped most damage, as well as frost barrier and fire ward other than that it was pretty easy just using frostbolt although i had to pop a mana pot to keep my mana up

Comment by 60499

and for the love of god, please, please remember that there is the box in the back of the cave that you need to get!

Comment by 15517

Soloed this as 55 boomkin. Pulled with anti-shield-thingie, threw in treants, IS and SF until treants died (Aquementas at 40% or so), then roots and nukes until dead. Didn't get hit once, 2/5k mana left, no pots or innervate used.

Very pie-like in terms of simplicity.

Comment by 22087

Just soloed Blazerunner as a 54 Warlock. With his force-shield protecting him, I sent in my voidwalker to attack, ran through to the back of the cave, used the staff to disable his shield, health-funneled my VW, tossed on dots, then sacrificed the voidwalker when he was nearly dead. I let Blazerunner take a few swings at me (with my back to the wall) then feared him. While feared, I summoned my imp, dark pacted twice, reapplied dots, and let him run wild as I feared him again, reapplying dots and/or lifedraining as needed.

Never dropped below 75% health. I don't see melee classes doing this so simply, unless you're burning your cooldowns and you're buffed up on potions and backups.

Best of luck though, this is a fun quest and it's definitely worth seeing through to the end.

Comment by 30516

Soloed Blazerunner as a 54 shadow priest. Stayed out of shadowform... Opening cast sequence:

Bubble
Vamp Touch
Vamp Embrace
Dispel Blazerunner Aura
SW: Pain
Fear

Then alternated Mind Flay and Mind Blast. The first time you get the urge to cast a heal, fear and then bandage instead. Makes the difference at the end of the fight when you're low on mana.

cheers

Comment by Sethryn

Solo'ed as a level 55 Beast Master hunter.

1. Freeze trap
2. Pet sic
3. Totem
4. Bestial Wrath -> Intimidation
5. Shots and Mend Pet
6. Pull pet back when it gets near death, mob runs into freeze trap
7. Mend and bandage your pet
8. Repeat from step 2.

Very easy. Don't forget the chest at the back of his cave.

Comment by 76436

I solod this at 54, frost mage ftw.
i just had to use cold snap and a health pot!

Comment by 79023

Was a little harder than i thought... long quest. Any way got there with after a lev 66 dwarf finshed with it has about a 10 minute spawn time MAKE SURE TO TAKE OFF IT BARRIER THING!

Comment by 59868

Soloed as 54 Affli warlock. Easy fight if you don't forget to renew that aura-removing thigie. Died once since forgot about that -> he recovered -> nuked me badly.

Done like this:
Felhunter go + Unstable Affli while he's running to the sucker
Siphon life
remove aura
curse of agony
corruption
Death Coil
Fear
Life tap
renew what's missing
fear
life tap
drain life
...
shake, rinse, repeat.

And yes, felhunter is best pet for this fight. Imp simply useless, succy dies too fast, VV useless. And felhunter live long enough and do some additional DPS that is also good.

Comment by andywoho01

Level 61 paladin: solo, died twice before I finally finished. This is what I did.

I had the Silver Totem of Aquementas on hotbar. I used a sword and shield. (If you use a two-hander, you will NOT arm the totem if you click on the hotbar icon.) You WILL need to re-arm the totem at least twice if you're solo.

Keep in mind this is not how you HAVE to do it. This is simply how I FINALLY did this.

(My advice is this: Drink a combat potion immediately before engaging Blazerunner. Add any enhancements to your weapon and shield. Have a high level healing and/or mana potion ready, preferably on hotbar. Make sure buffs are up and not about to expire. I strongly recommend rebuffing before the battle. Make sure any and all cooldowns are up.)

Just to make this fight even more difficult, the totem has about a 30-second cooldown if you arm it from the hotbar. It will have no effect on Blazerunner when you click from hotbar; it simply arms and you will wait on the cooldown.

Believe it or not, I also brought and used my yeti reward from Are We There, Yeti?
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=15778

I made sure health and mana bars were full. I buffed Greater Blessing of Might, drank Winterfall Firewater https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=12820 (if you spent any time in Winterspring, you should have some) and applied a rune to my shield. I cleared the area immediately around Blazerunner's cave to avoid nasty adds. I summoned the yeti. It didn't aggro anything in the vicinity and didn't run off to find a mob. I armed the totem and waited on the cooldown, keeping Blazerunner in sight. I used my fire protection aura.

I aggroed Blazerunner and used the totem. (Once it's armed, you CAN use it by clicking the hotbar icon.) I switched back to my shield, and the fight was on.

The first thing I did was run past Blazerunner and turn my back to the back of his cave. If I had to pick one thing that means success, THIS IS IT. Otherwise, he's got a strong knockback and will whomp you all over the volcano, into lava, into other mobs, etc., and you'll feel like he's hit you all the way back to Tanaris.

This wasn't an easy fight. When he's not using his fire attack, he's hitting physically, and he's got one hell of a punching arm. I took down maybe 1/4 of his health before I realized I had 1/4 of my health LEFT.

I healed out of it. By this time, his aura was back up. (The aura comes back after about, oh, a minute. Maybe a little less.) Re-armed the totem, waited on cooldown, etc.

The second round went better than the first. Blazerunner seems to get weaker the longer the fight lasts. I managed to take him down to about 1/3 health before I had to bubble out. Here, something interesting happened. While I was bubbled, the yeti seemed to SCARE Blazerunner. Ol' Blaze looked like he was trying to run while the yeti chased him around the cave. Luckily, they don't go far. lol.

Heal, totem, fight. Heal, totem, fight. I popped a mana potion when Blaze and I were finally down to about nothing. I got off a heal. Luckily, I never saw Blaze do the same. At this point, it was pretty much over. I judged Seal of the Crusader on him over and over just to take down his remaining health quickly. I didn't want any nasty surprises. Out of mana but with about half my health, I finished Blaze.

I looted him for vendor trash and a green. (An one-handed axe, I think.) Keep your wits about you because you still need to collect the flame to complete this quest. It's in a chest near the back of the cave. Open, loot, done. Don't discard your totem, either. Link...excuse me, LINKEN wants it back before he gives you your rewards.

You'll get a nice one-handed sword or an off-hand for your troubles. The sword is nice for the level. It also vendors for nice gold if you decide not to keep it.

But the boomerang is what I really wanted. I've got it on my hotbar and just spent some time wandering around Hellfire Peninsula, hitting stuff from range. Just a really neat trinket for all us non-ranged paladin. One day, it could save your life. ;)

Comment by rodmin

A little curiosity: The Golden Flame ( https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=11179 ) has a shape of a triangle, much like one of the three pieces of the Triforce.

Comment by shinoka

youre screwed if you use 2h weapons cause you cant switch back and forth cause the thing has a 30 sec cooldown

Comment by 99668

As of patch 2.3 this quest gave me 10550 exp instead of 7300.

Comment by 94939

As of all the XP given in this chain (on here, it's not updated yet for 2.3) You can expect 56,900 XP if you complete every part of it. I'll lay odds it's almost twice that with 2.3.

Comment by 63872

as said before the quest name is derived from the first Legend of Zelda game. If you found an old man with a sword he would say "ts dangerous to go alone take this" and give you the sword. The reward Linken's Sword of Mastery is an obvious hint to The Master Sword the ultimate wepon in all Legend of Zelda games

Comment by 49555

Just soloed this quest as an 57 affliction warlock. Funny thing is, i forgot all about his aura and didn't use the totems at all. Fight without totem took me 5 min.
All warlocks should use this strategy.
Start fight with banishing him. Run to back of cave and send in Voidwalker. As soon as banish breaks, DoT him up and health funnel Voidwalker. When Voidwalker is about to die, rebanish use bandages and get Voidwalker topped of again. Rinse and repeat.
Remember i did this without totem. So if you use the totem this fight will be a piece of cake for any Warlock to solo.

Comment by 9697

Still elite as of 2.3.

Comment by Toldry

soloed as a level 52 BM huntard

1.clear area near fire guy
2.put pretty blue stick on hand
3. use stick on fire guy
4.send scorpid at fire guy
5.mend scorpid
6.go inside cave loot golden frame
7. RUN LIKE HELL

note: if scorpid die befor you get out combat, feign death

Comment by Finko

Solod this as a 60 warrior. It should be noted I had some BC gear on. 31 fury, 15 protection.

The biggest problem presented when soloing this, is that you lose your off-hand slot. So, here is the trick. Use the totem to dispell his aura, then either fight it out till you die (or better yet kill him), or I guess running would work too. When you come back, you will be out of combat and the aura will still be gone. Just equip your off-hand or shield at that point. Prep and go at him again. I had about 6000 armor, 5000 hp and in defensive stance I only survived with about 130 hp left. Tried a fire protection pot, but those put your healing potions on cooldown. I think the only thing the FR would be good for is his fire shield that hits for 60-70 and a blast wave he does occasionally for 250dmg. He's mainly melee damage and with 6000 armor was hitting me for ~250. So, I elected to go with the healing potion. He didn't use the knockback on me once. So, not sure if I was lucky or if it's gone as of 2.3

Comment by 86771

I just finished this quest and this may be a bug, but when we were in the back of the cave we couldn't damage him. He could sure hit us but nothing we did was effective. We had to run out of the cave before any of our spells or weapons were effective on him. Wonder if this is something new since the latest patch?

Comment by 105012

dont see how no nes gunna mention that fact you get the boomerang as well. come on. this is one of the first quest's i ever heard about before i even played wow. and its a big reason i started playing. for the humor of this quest. come on ppl. you get links sword and boomerang. straight up. a BE hunter with this stuff could easily become link.

Comment by 75772

For such a long quest chain, these are pretty paltry rewards. :P Was sort of hoping they'd boost the rewards in 2.3 ... I don't think the pop culture references alone are worth 13 quest steps.

Comment by 113929

After I completed this Quest and got my reward and exp I still had in my inventory:

Silver Totem of Aquementas
Silvery Claws x11
Irontree Heart x 1
Videre Elixir x 1
Faded Photograph x 1

Can I destroy these now taking up 5 of my slots?

Comment by 114163

Solo'd with a 57 Feral Druid. Not to hard.

Just clear some fire elementals in the area.

Cast the totem on Blazerunner to remove aura, he should be out of cave now, coming at you. Cast Entangling Roots, and start using Starfire. Continue casting Entangling Roots when it wears off. Use a mana potion, then innervate, then mana potion as needed. If cooldown on potions is not done yet, just keep it back with roots while you wait for potion cool down. Easy stuff.

Comment by 114245

Solo'd this one as a 56 BM hunter.

Very easy to do this, make sure you have the totem equiped and ready to go.

If your pet can stealth do that first before you send him in. Cast Hunters mark on Blazerunner and send your pet in, right before your pet strikes use the totem to remove aura, then cast mend pet, beastial wrath, rapid fire, then go to town, took him out under 30 seconds. He never touched me.

Comment by 114245

I destroyed my items didnt need them anymore, only kept quest rewards.

Comment by 113883

if u are a frost mage he are easy to kill :) just use all of yours cd!

Comment by 87017

It's important to note that his 'aura' does not show up as a debuff! I made the mistake of fighting him and waiting to look for some kind of aura buff before using the totem. Instead, begin the fight by using the aura-removing totem on him. Fighting in the cave works well. The aura shows up as a king of blue shield around him, as soon as you use the totem this will dissapear and he will attack. From there go all out.

Soloed him as a lvl 60 enhance shammy, and survived with barely 23 hp left, not at all an easy fight.

Comment by 118228

I can confirm that as of patch 2.3, he STILL uses a knockback, so the above advice about going into the cave to avoid being sent flying is still good. I was unable to solo this as a lvl 56 paladin with mainly blues, even using divine shield and lay on hands. FR is also not very important as most of his damage is physical.
It was no problem however grouped with a same level hunter and I would think pretty much any group of 2 around 55-58 could handle this, although it's obviously easier with a healer.

Comment by 118967

This guy sucks to solo if you're used to having a shield. 54 Prot Pally, well-geared. I put up fire resist aura, bless might (for quicker kill), and sealed and judged light. I had to pot, and i had about 10 hp left.

I'm guessing an ice mage can tear this guy down no prob.

Please read the above advice about the cooldown on the wand, it may save your life.

Comment by 111794

Depends on class, but i'm a 57 shadow priest and i can get him to about 25-30% before dying. Hes really hard and fears CD is too long before hes back hitting on you again. After a few tries i just gave up. So yeah, if you don't have tones of CC like other classes, don't try it without 2 people.

Comment by 121275

As of patch 2.3 this chain now gives 82250 total xp. Nice

*shuriken*
*shuriken*
NINJA ATTACK

Comment by 110644

So, i doesn't seem like any rogue have written here yet...solo'd as a 58 Rogue...

Stealthed my way up, and then sneaked my way into the cave. (if you have 5 points in master of deception, it should go smooth if you are careful)

started by cheap shot, using the totem, then evasion, blasting him with sinister strike then eviscerate...after that gouge, backed away, then cast blind on him, giving me the time to use bandage, after that blasted him again with everything i got :) ....used one healing pot in the process, and died twice...glad i'm done with that SOB..

Comment by make87

lv57 ret build pally , solo & finish within minute .
4377 armor after devotion aura using ice barbed spear.
not even need bubble , just a major healing potion with some luck , remember JoC after staff , should be no problem , even left 50% hp after boss died.

Comment by 125040

I tryed to solo blazerunner as a 56 feral druid and I managed with healing myself just once >.> I think he has been nerfed a little bit after patch 2,3

Comment by 125140

are u hating those knockbacks as much as me? dont fight him til u get to tha back of the cave. it will be a little hard to seehim but he cant hit u past the wall can he??

Comment by Kaynos

Maybe it's just me, but it seems that for such a long quest series ending up with the kill of a tough Elite, the rewards should have been blue.

Comment by Ptangh

Just soloed this as a 56 shadowpriest.. dots and fear.

Comment by 29281

Quest chain, from start to finish for all steps, is worth 82250 xp. It's a good quest to do when the server is busy since you won't have to worry about competing for mobs and such. A lot of travelling though.

Comment by 91711

Upon completion, not only will you will have recieved 82250 exp like Jeho above me said, but you'll have a sense of accomplishment! I think this is probably one of the top 5 longest chains in the game.

Comment by landazzar

As a 59 warlock I used the fellguard. First clear the ledge of all the mobs, then send it fellguard, dispell his aura. Fear him dot him with your shadow spells and cast drain life. Fear him again if it breaks. My fellhunter did die, but I got him down this way.

Comment by Tryxtira

Much easier than I first thought when reading these comments. I could easily kill him as a 55 lock. Demonology. I didn't even have to resummon my Felguard. Just fear, dot and spam shadow bolts!

Comment by Zoomagic

The entire quest line as of 2.3 grants an amazing 82250 xp!

Very well worth the effort and the rewards are nice

:)

Comment by 137686

Soloed as a 54 demo lock. Didn't even have to fear.

Comment by geoffster

Byobong7 said:

The quest chain is worth is just for the tens of thousands of experience it gives throughout.

As a level 58 warrior this is impossible to solo, just deals way too much damage, do yourself a favour and find a group!

Comment by messiah77

As a level 57 hunter, no special gear just in questing rewards this was actually very easy to solo as BM. Just equip the wand, use it on pull, pop BW and Rapid Fire, mend pet, serpent sting and he'll be dead. My pet did have 90 fire resist which might've helped a bit but he still finished on ~40% health.

Comment by WokkaD

To do this quest you need a SINGLE HANDED weapon as the Silver Totem of Aquementas needs to be equiped in the off hand to be used.
I reccomend clearing all adds from the immediate area as they may join in the fight.
As you get pushed back a lot, it's probably better to fight Blazerunner inside the cave facing the entrance.

As the quest title suggests, it will be easier in a group as one can hold back using Silver Totem of Aquementas and the other(s) fight Blazerunner.
This is where pet classes have an advantage.

Comment by Wimbleton

It's been over five years since I took a shot at this last time, when a team of us whacked him in under a minute. A solo with my 57 Pally didn't turn out quite as well. He ran out of the cave and I hit him with the Totem. He knocked me back into the flame bath and of course you can't climb up the vertical walls. Since you're in flaming fluid, you can't "run" out of the lava and by the time you do get out, you're a crispy critter. So I rebuffed and came back, trying to charge past him into the cave as I remembered we had done five years ago. I couldn't get past him and he bumped me back into the lava lake. This time I got out the other side and avoided a second death.

At that point my accountant called on the cell and reminded me that I had spent half a year's salary in buffs and repairs so far and we'd be in the red after another attempt, whereas the potential reward would just barely cover next month's guild dues, so I could see this had become a hopeless cause. Oh well, can't win 'em all, I guess.

Comment by acares

Counts towards Loremaster of Kalimdor and 3000 Quests Completed.

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It's Dangerous to Go Alone

Travel to Fire Plume Ridge, south of Marshal's Refuge.

Find Blazerunner and use the totem to remove his protective aura. Once he has been defeated, acquire the Golden Flame from the cave.

	Blazerunner slain (1)
	Golden Flame (1)
	Silver Totem of Aquementas (Provided) (1)

Description

<name>, I finally remember now... I did come here to fight Blazerunner. I was on a journey, and this was to be the last step.

But I am no longer the hero... You are. All that you have done -- you must finish this now, not me.

Blazerunner guards an artifact called the Golden Flame. It provides power more vast than anything else I have ever known, and it is dangerous in the hands of one with an evil heart.

You will want to bring others with you -- it's dangerous to go alone. Take this as my advice.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Linken's Sword of Mastery		Spirit of Aquementas

You will also receive:

	Linken's Boomerang		Linken's Sword of Mastery
	Spirit of Aquementas

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(3962))