Arcane Crystal Focusing Lens

This is one of the components for the Auctioneer that can be constructed in your trading post. Once you get a [building=144], you will find a broken [npc=87205] on the floor. To fix it, you need to complete the quest [quest=36948] which requires 5 modules. Each module is made up of 3-4 components, which individually drop in specific places. Note that all modules and individual components can be traded, vendored or auctioned.

[item=118375] - Requires [item=118344], [item=118345], [item=118346], [item=118347]. These drop in garrison invasions and in raids. [item=118376] - Requires [item=118197], [item=118331], [item=118332]. These drop in dungeons. [item=118377] - Requires [item=118333], [item=118334], [item=118335]. These drop in Ashran. [item=118378] - Requires [item=118336], [item=118337], [item=118338], [item=118339]. These drop in Shadowmoon Valley, Talador or Nagrand. [item=118379] - Requires [item=118340], [item=118341], [item=118342], [item=118343]. These drop in Frostfire Ridge, Gorgrond, or Spires of Arak.

The Universal Language Module is no longer required.

Seeing as there's still no reported drops from raid bosses, it's safe to say this only drops from Invasion satchels and Garrison raid bosses whereas the other three Arcane Crystal parts also drop from LFR as well. Personally, I have gotten it in all four of the different invasion satchels from the bronze reward, [item=120320] to the platinum reward, [item=122163].

I found one in the epic invasion satchel awarded from earning Gold during an invasion.

You sure it was this particular part? I've seen every other part drop a dozen times but never the focusing lens from LFR, there's still no reported drops on Wowhead and the AH prices are [s]10[/s] 30 times higher than the other parts of this module.

I've got multiples over every other part, still waiting for my Focusing Lens. Guess I'll have to do more garrison invasions.

@"Eminence on 2014/12/19 (Patch 6.0.3) i got one in highmaul LFR last week, from the Butcher. " This item is not on The Butcher's loot list under any difficulty; you must be talking about one of the other pieces, not this Focusing Lens. The reason this one particular Arcane Crystal Module piece is so much more valuable than the 3 others is because it can ONLY be obtained via garrison invasions, not raids/dungeons or anywhere else.

@Fruhauf Actually, and no offense intended, if you read the tool tip on the Arcane Crystal Module it says: "Parts to construct this module are found in Draenor invasions, raids, or sold on the auction house."

I've been checking the AH every time I'm there for this and have yet to see it. It is literally the only piece I am missing.

Same here. I'm not sure why nobody seems to have this particular piece...

It's quite simple really. It's a low % drop from a boss that itself is only spawned from a rare drop reward from garrison invasions, and which in turn requires at least a raid group to complete. You'll be lucky to get a PUG for it these days, since the boss only drops ilvl 645 items.

That's where your guild and Real ID buddies come in.

I see it on Hellscream-US AH.. for 20k

I see it for never less than 16k :/

OK Bliz, no one is doing the elite invasions anymore, and the lens is selling for 50K on my server. Please allow this to drop off mobs in the regular invasions. At least then I'll have a chance to get it.

Blizz does not read this site bud.

Game masters / Admins, actually reference wowhead all the time, and it is their number 1 go to for information. Actually.

Costs 32k in Zuluhead as well. Haven't even seen an invasion in 6 mos....can you force one?

You can virtually force invasions by doing the corresponding assault quests of course, as in the daily quest as well as those started by the missives sold by the garrison quartermaster. You attack the iron horde, the iron horde retaliates, you attack the botani, the botani retaliate - or at least they try. Not every assault quest forces an invasion though, sometimes they need their butts kicked more than once. (e.g. Doing both Shattrath assaults is highly likely to trigger an invasion. Also, killing the "blue" rares in the assault areas seem to yield a higher chance at it.)

I really don't understand why Bliz made it SO difficult to assemble the auction robot.

ikr, it's as if they don't want us to sit in the garrisons all the time, and want to force us out into the cities and such. :/

Well I get tired of someone flapping thier mount while you're browsing the auction and covering the local mailbox with a large dragon. Garrison has none of those annoyances.

I got one on the first invasion garrison quest I did. Was looking in the AH for other parts, saw these for 30k and up. So I did the kind thing of posting one for sale for 20k. We'll see if anyone jumps on that.....but in reality most of the parts I got from random drops all over. I have not done a single raid or dungeon since cata so they were all found in draenor.

Just randomly had one saved in my bank. Sold it for 40k. Not sure why people still want these but good thing I saved all trash

The Universal Language Module is no longer required.

arcane - understood by few; mysterious or secret. crystal - a piece of a homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces.

Just obtained 2 from a single invasion. 22-04-2023 One from Invader's Damaged Cache One from Invader's Forgotten Treasure