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Quest
Grim(oire) Business
A World of Warcraft quest in Blade's Edge Mountains. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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To explain the full event....
The event takes place in a ring near the bridge to Netherstorm. There are five small circles of fire around the edge of the ring.
When characters stand in the circles, red lines form between them. So, each occupied circle is linked by a red line to the other occupied circles. When all five circles are filled, the red lines form a pentagram, and Vim'gol, an ogre warlock, is summoned.
Vim'gol will pause for a couple seconds and complain, during which time he is invulnerable. He will then attack whoever was the last character to step into a circle.
He attacks with a heavy melee hit and a Shadow Bolt Volley that hits everyone nearby. A tank, a healer, and some solid damage-dealers are highly recommended for this encounter.
At 50% health, Vim'gol announces that he's going to grow large and smash everything. He then runs to the center of the ring and channels a "growth" spell for 10 seconds. If five characters get in their circles and re-form the pentagram, it will interrupt his cast, and he will not grow. If it completes, he will be very large, dish out substantially more damage, and likely wipe the attempt.
When he dies, a container appears at his feet. Loot it for the quest item.
Some tips:
Have your tank enter the fire last. That way, he'll head directly for the tank.
Healers, ranged damage-dealers, and the tank should not move until the the growth spell is dispelled. If all five characters simply stay in their circles after the event starts, the growth will never happen. Only melee damage -dealers need to run around.
Everyone will be taking damage. Use potions and bandages to relieve pressure on the healer. Five living characters are required to stop the growth buff, so make sure you're alive at least that long.
The quest item container appears to be lootable by anyone with the quest. There is no need to be in on the kill or the summon.
Since it's an outdoor event, characters outside the group can assist with healing and damage-dealing, to break the five-man group size and make the event considerably easier.
Despite the experience of some well-geared players who have commented here, it's considerably easier to finish this event if he does not get his growth buff. Do run to the circles.
Make sure that you are not standing in the circles of fire when Vim'gol dies! If you are, he will be instantly summoned again, and at full health! You can still loot his quest item if this happens, though.
As of 3.1 You can Summon him on your own, Just walk into a Circle of fire and he will spawn.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 20-30
Quest ID10998
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10998))
Requirements
Requires all ofGrulloc Has Two Skulls, Maggoc's Treasure Chest, Even Gronn Have Standards
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
There is one more gronn to be slain: Skulloc Soulgrinder. He keeps himself hidden away, but there is a way to coax him forth. He was trained by an ogre warlock known as Vim'gol the Vile, whose grimoire you must retrieve! Vim'gol must be summoned by standing within a fire ring at his circle. Find Vim'gol's Circle in the mountains, to the northeast, near the Broken Wilds.
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Money21 gold
Experience6,200 XP
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the quest's prerequisites.
- Grulloc Has Two Skulls
To the east, at the terminus of Dragons' End, is the Cursed Hollow. Therein, Grulloc, son of Gruul, plots his dimwitted schemes. I heard that one of his possessions was stolen from him through trickery. Was that you? Unfortunate that he was not slain in the process.
- Maggoc's Treasure Chest
On the Razor Ridge, above and to the southeast, Maggoc patrols. His father assigned him as the warden of the eastern mountain range, and he revels in terrorizing any creature that gets in his way. As a son of Gruul, he must be done away with if my clan is to survive. That's where you come in.
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.