TheWoWDBKarthax is not inside the cave whose entrance is inconveniently located pretty much right where the WQ marker is on the map.
He is up above on a ledge.When I went to do the WQ, I got confused and ended up in the cave, only to be ambushed by a bunch of mad imps.
Don't be like me.If you don't have flying, you can follow these directions:
From the Watcher's Aerie flightpoint, follow the road downhill, through the port-like opening in the cliffs.
Continue towards the VotW dungeon entrance area then turn left after you pass the summon stone.
Keep following that road downhill and turn right where the road splits.
Now theres 3 possible paths, and you take the rightmost one.
Once you've passed those wooden poles, theres another 3 possible paths. Karthax is standing at the very end of the middle path.You have to get past quite a lot of spiders and a few hard-hitting elite mobs, and there is no way to avoid aggroing them.
If you have a spell like the rogue's vanish or the mage's invisibility, you can pop it after you've moved past them.
Quest
DANGER: Karthax
A World of Warcraft quest in Azsuna. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Drops a [item=140762] for warlocks on the hidden appearance quest The Grimoire of the First Necrolyte.
I finally figured out how to get on this ledge to fight Karthax and he is nowhere to be found.... is he still available to fight?
Quest facts
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44191))
Requirements
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Defeat a target in Azsuna
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #630 45.4 76.7
Coordinates
- Objective areaAzsuna 45.4, 76.7
/way #630 45.4 76.7
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Azsuna map
- Locke and Load about 630 yards
- Going Out With a Bang about 630 yards
- Keep Yer Powder Dry about 630 yards
- I'd Do It Myself, But... about 630 yards
- Going to Waste about 630 yards
- Presence of Power about 760 yards
- The Prince is Going Down about 780 yards
- The Right Weapon for the Job about 800 yards
- Plunder the Cove about 870 yards
- A Daring Rescue about 920 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azsuna, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Azsuna:
- Wardens' Redoubt, Azsuna
- Isle of the Watchers
- Watchers' Aerie, Azsuna
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Azsuna map
- Defending Azurewing Repose
- Azsuna versus Azshara
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Enchanting
- Behind Legion Lines
- Balance of Power
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.