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Wick

Ol' Waxbeard - Darkflame Cleft

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Wick is a boss of the Ol' Waxbeard encounter in Darkflame Cleft.

Found In

EncounterOl' Waxbeard
Journal creatures5

Encounter Facts

Instance modesNormal, Heroic, Mythic, Mythic Keystone, Follower
Group size5 players
Instance typeDungeon
ExpansionThe War Within
Encounter ID2829
Adventure Guide pin22.5, 20.5 on the instance map
  1. Ol' Waxbeard
  2. Blazikon
  3. The Candle King
  4. The Darkness

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

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Instance Entrance: The Ringing Deeps

The Ringing Deeps mapDarkflame Cleft entrance

The Darkflame Cleft entrance is in The Ringing Deeps, at 55.5, 21.4 on the The Ringing Deeps map.

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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
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

Spell details
High Speed Collision
Spell details
Menial Laborers

Menial Laborers will fixate random nearby players when they enter the fray.

Crude Weapons
Spell details

Underhanded Track-tics

Spell details

Reckless Charge

Spell details

Luring Candleflame

Spell details

Rock Buster

Spell details

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

Menial Laborers' attacks inflicts Physical Damage every 1 sec for 5 sec. This effect stacks.

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

Ol' Waxbeard commands Wick to charge towards the furthest player. This attack knocks back and inflicts Physical damage to all players and triggers a at the end of the charge. Fatal to Menial Laborers.

Cave-In

Physical · Instant

Ol' Waxbeard's charge reverberates through the cave, dropping boulders above each player after a short delay. Boulders inflict Nature damage. Fatal to Menial Laborers.

Luring Candleflame

Physical · Instant

Waxbeard throws a fresh lit candle at a random player. The burning wax inflicts Fire damage and causes all Menial Laborers to fixate on that target for 10 sec.

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.

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.

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?

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 28 gold53 silver 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 43 gold32 silver 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 25 gold1 silver 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 46 gold12 silver for it.
  • Wick's Golden Loop Finger, item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 21 gold7 silver 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.

Where to Find Wick

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