Shattered Dawn: Battle of the Nexus

Level 118SignatureHeroic

Walkthrough

Steps

Travel to a tunnel mouth at and meet Haradol McNeil at .
Speak to Haradol McNeil at .
Use the portal at to enter Fordel Midst: The Listless Spires [Solo].
Speak to Apprentice Trevyr at . He is hiding to left by a crystal.
- Note: The mobs are too busy to attack you so just walk over there. Be on the lookout that many areas have repeated rockfalls that will knockback throughout the zone.
- Warning: Be sure to talk to Apprentice Trevyr inside the instance.If you fail to do this you will have to redo the instance.
To get Old Witherby to spawn you must clear most of the area "in front of the bridges". So defeat all a resurgent invader, a parched warboar, a merciless raider, a scorched terrortusk (also speak to frightened spirits to get your quest updates! - suggest speaking to all of them, not just those needed for the quest).
- Warning: If you fail to speak to the frightened spirits before killing Fire Monger Baltar, you won't be able to update the quest and will have to run the instance again. A few locations for frightened spirits are or or
Defeat Old Witherby at .
- Hint: At the beginning of your fight a lot of "adds" will spawn, but - as long as you do not attack them (e.g. by AE-effects) - they will not attack you and despawn after you have killed Old Witherby.
Defeat War Master Ryzon at . He's in the center area, one of the paths into the crystal is open and leads to a platform.
- To get War Master Ryzon to spawn, defeat all a resurgent invader, a parched warboar, a merciless raider, a scorched terrortusk if you have not already done so.
- During the fight, when he reaches 50% health Diretusk will add. Diretusk must also be defeated.
- Warning: Last Chance to make sure you free the frightened spirits! If you fail to speak to the frightened spirits before killing Fire Monger Baltar, you won't be able to update the quest and will have to run the instance again.
- Warning: It is not easy to defeat War Master Ryzon so if you have not spoken with all of the frightened spirits, now would be a good time. You have been warned!
Defeat Fire Monger Baltar near so Apprentice Trevyr can run the RIGHT way this time.
- The ghosts you rescued come to "help". You must click one spirit, to become spirit-form.
- As the spirits appear, you are only able to damage Fire Monger Baltar when you are in "spirit form".
- Stay away from the fire.
- Try not to get knockback from the rockfalls.
- Unclear whether using mage dispel is important in this fight, he has several beneficials on him. If you have it, use it.
Exit the zone at and speak to Apprentice Trevyr at in Aurelian Coast.

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Quest information

Journal Category: Signature
Introduced: Blood of Luclin
Journal Level: 118
Journal Difficulty: Heroic
Starting Zone: Aurelian Coast
How to Start: Speak with Al'Kabor at
Timeline: Blood of Luclin Timeline

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Timeline

Blood of Luclin TimelineStep 8

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Rewards

Coin: 2,525,984

XP: 300,842,638

Reward data may be incomplete for choice rewards and conditional items.