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“Magnataur are hideously violent creatures… this is the main reason we rarely see them come together in any real numbers without killing each other. A powerful leader has stepped up somewhere among them and we need to hunt him down if we are to stop this threat. I will start asking around. I need you to disrupt them as much as possible in the meantime. East of here there are 3 torches erected.
Near them, there are 3 dominant Magnataur – put them down to buy us some time to hunt down this leader.”
-Aurastrasza
Hunt down and kill Bloodfeast, Iceshatter, and Drakegore east of Wyrmrest Temple.
Bloodfeast resides in the southeastern corner of the Dragon Wastes, just north of the Emerald Dragonshrine. Iceshatter patrols the northern edge of the Mirror of Dawn. Drakegore wanders at the bottom of the cliffs west of the Bronze Dragonshrine. Return to Aurastrasza at Wyrmrest Temple once the magnataur have been slain.
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Quest Giver: Aurastrasza at Wyrmrest Temple (ground floor)
Objective: Kill three elite magnataur lieutenants east of Wyrmrest: Bloodfeast, Iceshatter, and Drakegore.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
All three targets patrol the Dragon Wastes east of Wyrmrest Temple. Each has a lit torch near their patrol area, as referenced in the quest text. They can be killed in any order, and all three are level 73 elites. Each has a unique combat mechanic, making this more interesting than a typical “kill three named mobs” quest.
Drakegore [68, 41] — West of the Bronze Dragonshrine
Patrols the bottom of the cliffs. The easiest of the three.
Iceshatter [67, 50] — Northern edge of the Mirror of Dawn (frozen lake)
Patrols around the frozen lake east of Wyrmrest. The most dangerous of the three.
Bloodfeast [66, 70] — North of the Emerald Dragonshrine
Patrols the southeastern corner of the Dragon Wastes, overlooking the Emerald Dragonshrine. Mechanically unique among the three.
Efficiency Tips
Lore Context
Aurastrasza identifies these three magnataur as “dominant” members of the growing coalition. The fact that three powerful magnataur are each staking out territory near the dragon shrines (Bronze, Mirror of Dawn, and Emerald) is no coincidence. They’re positioning for a coordinated assault on settlements while the dragonflights are distracted fighting the Scourge and Malygos’s blue dragonflight.
This quest buys time while Aurastrasza investigates who is actually leading the magnataur unification.
Her completion text reveals she couldn’t find the leader’s name, but she uncovered someone who will: the runemaster Dregmar Runebrand, target of the next quest.
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Vikstone's War Journal“Magnataur are hideously violent creatures,” Aurastrasza said. “This is the main reason we rarely see them come together in any real numbers without killing each other. A powerful leader has stepped up somewhere among them and we need to hunt him down if we are to stop this threat.”
She gestured eastward, toward the Dragon Wastes. “I will start asking around. I need you to disrupt them as much as possible in the meantime. East of here are three torches erected. Near them are three dominant magnataur. Put them down to buy us time to hunt down this leader.”
Bloodfeast prowled north of the Emerald Dragonshrine, massive even by magnataur standards.
“I can smell your fear.”
No, just the familiar cold before combat. He charged, and the impact nearly shattered my guard. Worse were the maggots he summoned from somewhere beneath his hide, writhing things that bit and gnawed and somehow fed their strength back to him. I had to kill them as fast as they spawned while avoiding his crushing blows. By the end, my arms burned and the maggot bites wept blood.
Iceshatter patrolled the Mirror of Dawn, near a frozen lake thick with revenants. He began to channel something that made the air itself crystallize. Frost shards erupted around him in waves, each one slowing my movements, numbing my fingers, making every swing feel like pushing through deep water. I learned to retreat when he channeled, to close only when the spell broke. The dance went on until exhaustion made him sloppy.
Drakegore waited beneath the cliffs of the Bronze Dragonshrine. Fire wreathed his fists, a constant burning aura that scorched anything within reach. I fought in bursts, darting in and out, letting the cold air be my only healer.
Someone had chosen them deliberately, positioned them at dragonshrines like generals commanding different fronts.
“Excellent work,” Aurastrasza said. “No one could tell me who this leader might be. But I was able to uncover the name of someone who will have our answer.”
The way she said uncover told me the asking hadn’t been polite.
Aurastrasza had turned up one name, a Reclusive Runemaster hidden somewhere in the wastes who knows exactly who the magnataur answer to.
