Eastern Plaguelands Rare Spawns

There are a total of 13 rares that can be found within Eastern Plaguelands. Almost all of them are undead, and two of them are neutral mobs. I recommend not killing Duggan Wildhammer right away if you find him up. Watching his drunken antics can be quite amusing. Death-Hunter Hawkspear will also make you feel bad for engaging him in combat.

Be careful looking for Hed'mush the Rotting in The Noxious Galde. There is a level 45 elite named Garginox that patrols around the area. He is incredibly easy to spot and he patrols rather slowly, so avoiding him shouldn't be difficult. If Hed'mush is up, it's best to clear around him, wait until Garginox pats by, then when he is out of range pull Hed'mush. It should be another minute or so before Garginox pats by again.

I would also like to note that Lynnia Abbendis is not affected by the phasing in Tyr's Hand Abbey. If you have completed all of the Tyr's Hand quests, when she is up you can run right in and she will be the only mob there. If you haven't done the quests yet and she is up, you will still be able to see her, but there will also be a whole bunch of unfriendly undead waiting for you as well.

Also be careful pulling Zul'Brin Warpbranch. There are two troll graves right in front of him and if you get too close his undead troll buddies will join him.

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Here are some screenies of each of the rares in order by level:

WoW Ironman Challenge Update - Ironstevo Dings 70

Well, Ironstevo has officially hit another milestone. He dinged level 70 last night and is still alive and kicking! For anyone unaware, Ironstevo is participating in the WoW Ironman Challenge. In short, the challenge is to level from 1 - 85 with no talent points spent, using only grey/white quality gear, no potions, elixirs, scrolls, etc., no help from other players, no dungeons or battlegrounds, and the number one rule.....NO DYING. (More info on the challenge and current challengers can be found at wowironman.com.)

Ironstevo had moved from level 1 - 60 rather quickly by killing rare spawns for extra experience. Since hitting Outland though, he has only killed a couple of rares. I had not been actively seeking them out as much while moving from 60 - 70, but now I may start looking a bit more for achievement purposes.

I have no immediate plans on heading to Northrend to continue Ironstevo's journey. He still has most of Blade's Edge, and all of Shadowmoon Valley and Netherstorm quests to finish before he even thinks about venturing there. I was even thinking about checking out the dailies on the Isle of Quel'Danas and the Skyguard dailies as well before heading there. Ultimately, the plan is to - TAKE IT SLOW. I'm not in any rush. This isn't a competition. I just want to get Ironstevo to the end without taking any unnecessary risks.

For reaching level 70 Ironstevo also got a little bit of a reward. I let him purchase an Armored Blue Wind Rider, which he purchased with monies received from greens that dropped from rares that he sold on the ah while leveling up.

Blood Elf Bandit and the Blood Elf Bandit Mask

As my husband was running from the Exodar this morning I noticed his SilverDragon addon go off as he was running toward the dock to catch a boat to Teldrassil. The mob that triggered it was curiously enough the Blood Elf Bandit, the level 7 mob that drops the highly sought after Blood Elf Bandit Mask. Although not a rare spawn, I figured he was worth a mention because of what he drops and the way he spawns.


I'm sure most seasoned players have already heard about the Blood Elf Bandit Mask. Some of you have probably seen it drop yourself and the rest have likely seen it on the auction house for an incredible amount of gold. On my server it can usually be found listed anywhere from 500g -1,000g +.

For those unaware, the reason that this item is so highly desired is because it can be worn by anybody level 5 and up, and doesn't bind to one character. Use it for a bank toon, look cool on a low level alt before you get a real head item with stats, then send it off to another toon later! People starting fresh on a new server can also sell this item and start off quite comfortably right at the get-go.

Maps are good, M'kay?:

For anyone interested in finding this guy, I've made a map below that shows each of his spawn points. The red line is the route that I used to travel between each spawn point. I traveled clockwise, and that is pretty much the direction that you have to go if you want to include the spawn at 64.8, 39.4 (the furthest spawn east, across the river).  You need to jump down off of the cliff just north of Azure Watch to get there. If you point your camera straight down into the water when you jump you will take no damage.

Tanaris Rare Spawns

There are quite a few rares that can be found in Tanaris. As a matter of fact, this zone boasts 18 rares altogether! They range from level 45 - 50, and can be found pretty much all over -- with the lower levels rares being toward the northern end of the zone and then higher levels as you move south.

Seven of these rares can be tamed by hunters. Four of them are in the Silithid family, and hunters need to be at least level 69 and specced BM in order to tame them. Two of these rares, although not unique, are still highly sought after; and those are Ainamiss the Hive Queen and Harakiss the Infestor. These two rares have their own posts on this blog with a little more information on them if interested.

For those using SilverDragon to help find these low levels rares: Warleader Krazzilak (found in the tower at Sandsorrow Watch) did not import with the rest of the rares in the zone on SilverDragon and it did not find him until I moused over him. I'm not sure if it was just me or an error with SilverDragon. Either way, be aware.

Also, one of the rares in this zone is quite...disturbed. Fronkle the Disturbed crashed his tiny plane on the shores of Land's End Beach and refuses to leave the wreckage. He can be found at the crash site yelling all sorts of nonsensical (and quite amusing) things. Cymre over at Bubble's of Mischief has a great post on him with some screenshots and his full dialogue.

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More Screen-shots (in order by level, and corresponding to the map above) for all of those out there who like visuals. ~

Winterspring Rare Spawns

There are seven rares in Winterspring ranging from level 51 - 55. Two of these rares make gorgeous hunter pets, and they can both be found right near one another just south of Frostsaber Rock. They are both cats (Rak'shiri & Sian-Rotam), and they each have their own posts on this blog with a little bit more information on them if interested.

Again, these rares do not share spawn timers. Their timers are not long and seem to be roughly in the 1 - 3hr range. The only one that may be a bit of a pain to track down is Azurous because of his large patrol area. General Colbatann also patrols the length of the road between Mazthoril and the main road. Other than that the rest don't move much at all.

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Screenies of each rare in order by level, and as you would find them throughout the zone. ~

Ironstevo hits 65 and Ironsteve gets lucky!

Ironstevo is still running strong. Well, as strong as an ironman can I guess. He just hit level 65 last night and is slowly and steadily making his way toward 66. He is still questing in Hellfire Peninsula and still has a few more to go before they run out. Quests are also finally starting to turn green there so I'm pretty happy about that. 

I'm really trying not to rush at this point. I've made it this far and I'd be pretty bummed if I did something stupid to kill Ironstevo now. I'm doing everything I can to try and make sure quests can be green in areas he's in. I'm also taking advantage of any xp that I can get from quests that pose no threat to Ironstevo such as the Noblegarden dailies. If he is still alive during Children's Week I plan on using those to boost his xp as well.

Ironstevo has also found a few rares since he's arrived in Outland netting him his Medium Rare Achievement and some decent xp (which you can see in the video below). He has been lucky enough to find a couple of Silverbound Treasure Chests as well, which give an absolutely insane amount of experience and a blue item.