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Ol' Waxbeard
Ol' Waxbeard - Darkflame Cleft
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Ol' Waxbeard encounter in Darkflame Cleft.
Sit a spell. Hear about Ol' Waxbeard. Kobolds respect this old-timer for tamin' Wick, the rowdiest mole in creation! Waxbeard's seen folks come n' go. Now Candle King's in charge. That don't change nothin'! Ya still need to stay off his property! Why are here?
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Darkflame Cleft, Ol' Waxbeard comes 1st of 4, before Blazikon.
- Ol' Waxbeard
- Blazikon
- The Candle King
- The Darkness
Instance Entrance: The Ringing Deeps
Darkflame Cleft entranceThe Darkflame Cleft entrance is in The Ringing Deeps, at 55.5, 21.4 on the The Ringing Deeps map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Ol' Waxbeard summons waves of kobolds and deadly minecarts that run over all units. He marks priority targets for his allies with Luring Candleflame and spurs Wick into a Reckless Charge towards a distant player, devastating players and kobolds alike in his path.
Tanks
- Menial Laborers quickly become a threat as they survive, due to Crude Weapons.
- Ol' Waxbeard's Rock Buster causes the target to take increased Physical damage for a brief period.
Healers
- Luring Candleflame draws all Menial Laborers to focus the target.
- Ol' Waxbeard's Reckless Charge, the resulting Cave-In, and speeding minecarts all instantly kill Menial Laborers.
Damage Dealers
- Menial Laborers quickly become a threat as they survive, due to Crude Weapons.
- Ol' Waxbeard's Reckless Charge, the resulting Cave-In, and speeding minecarts all instantly kill Menial Laborers.
"Kol"-to-Arms
High Speed Collision
Menial Laborers
Menial Laborers will fixate random nearby players when they enter the fray.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for this encounter, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
"Kol"-to-Arms
Physical · Instant
Ol' Waxbeard calls Menial Laborers into battle on foot or by minecart.
High Speed Collision
Physical · Instant
The minecart slams into anything in its path knocking back and inflicting Physical damage to players it strikes. Fatal to Menial Laborers.
Crude Weapons
Physical · Instant
Underhanded Track-tics
Physical · Instant
Menial Laborers sneak a dynamite laden cart onto the nearby tracks. If it is not destroyed within 20 sec, it explodes inflicting Fire damage to all players with an additional Fire damage every 1 sec for 20 sec.
Reckless Charge
Physical · Instant
Cave-In
Physical · Instant
Ol' Waxbeard's charge reverberates through the cave, dropping boulders above each player after a short delay. Fatal to Menial Laborers.
Luring Candleflame
Physical · Instant
Rock Buster
Physical · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Ol' Waxbeard pierces his current target's armor with their pickaxe, inflicting Physical damage and increases Physical damage taken by 25% for 6 sec.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Darkflame Cleft.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Ol' Waxbeard encounter lists 5 items in the dungeon journal, item level 437. Equip slots covered: Held In Off-hand, Trinket, Shoulder, One-Hand and Finger. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Arcane Scuttle Held In Off-hand, item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 28g 53s for it.
- Conductor's Wax Whistle Trinket, item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. Tooltip: “A hero's symbolic trophy, for the kobolds need not be summoned. The kobolds yearn for the catacombs.” A vendor pays 43g 32s for it. Equip: Candle Conductor's Whistle.
- Mole Knight's Grimemail Shoulder (Mail), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 25g 1s for it.
- Rail Rider's Bisector One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 46g 12s for it.
- Wick's Golden Loop Finger, item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 21g 7s for it.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.