See You on the Other Side

Quest Giver: Kraz — orc male at Harkor’s Camp [73.8, 34.0]

Objective: Use the Charged Drakil’jin Mallet on the gongs at Drakil’jin Ruins, die from Warlord Jin’arrak’s wrath, then enter the crypt as a ghost and speak to Gan’jo.

Quick Facts

• Level: 75
• Type: Normal
• Prerequisite: Drak’aguul’s Mallet
• Unlocks: Chill Out, Mon (from Gan’jo, accepted while still dead)

Walkthrough

Step 1: Clear the Area Around the Gongs

The gongs are at [71.3, 24.7], inside the ruins but just outside the crypt entrance. Despite the quest text saying “outside Drakil’jin Ruins,” the gongs are actually within the ruins area, just not inside the underground crypt itself.

Kill any hostile Drakkari guardians near the gongs BEFORE using the mallet. If a guardian kills you before Jin’arrak’s death effect activates, you’ll get a normal death instead of the quest “death” and won’t be able to enter the spirit realm. You’ll need to redo it.

Step 2: Ring the Gongs

Stand close to the gongs and right-click the Charged Drakil’jin Mallet from your inventory. Warlord Jin’arrak’s spirit is summoned and declares something along the lines of “How dare you summon me without an offering.” The screen shakes and the death effect begins.

DO NOT MOVE after ringing the gongs. Moving while the screen is shaking cancels the death effect. You won’t die, won’t get the buff, and will need to use the mallet again. This catches many players, especially those who habitually strafe or jump while waiting. Just stand still.

Cannot be completed in a raid group. Being in a raid group prevents the quest from completing. Leave any raid before attempting.

Step 3: Die and Enter the Spirit Realm

After the death effect, you “die” but this is a special quest death with these properties:

• No durability loss. Your gear takes no damage.
• Does not count as a death in your Statistics tab. Completely invisible to your character’s death counter.
• You retain full health, mana, and all abilities. You can mount up and even fly around. You can cast spells.
• Buffs (including Well Fed) persist through the death.
• You are phased into a spirit version of Drakil’jin Ruins where you can see and interact with quest NPCs.

For Druids: this is one of the rare opportunities to see your cat/bear form death animation, since you aren’t shifted back to caster form when you “die.”

Step 4: Find Gan’jo Inside the Crypt

Enter the crypt (the underground portion of the ruins, past where you collected canopic jars for It Takes Guts). Walk past your corpse and proceed through the first large room with rubble in the center. Gan’jo is in the second room, standing near a wall fountain at [69.4, 19.5].

Gan’jo greets you: “Your coming has been foretold, friend. It was good of you to come.”

Talk to him to complete See You on the Other Side. He immediately offers the follow-up quest Chill Out, Mon.

Step 5: Getting Back to the Living

After completing the quest and accepting Chill Out, Mon:

1. Loot the Snow of Eternal Slumber from Gan’jo’s Chest (right next to him).
2. When you’re ready to return to the living, talk to Gan’jo again and ask him to resurrect you. He will restore you to the normal realm.

Do NOT try to click off the spirit realm buff manually (it doesn’t work). You must either talk to Gan’jo or run far enough away from the ruins (~100+ yards) for the buff to drop.

Lore Context

This quest is the narrative centerpiece of Kraz’s chain. Kraz’s instructions are extraordinary: “To cleanse this place and send the spirits to their eternal rest, you must join them in death.” He’s asking you to deliberately die so you can enter the spirit world and communicate with a ghost who holds the key to the ruins’ corruption.

The quest text acknowledges how unusual this is: “These Drakkari have met you with nothing but savage hostility. You owe them nothing. Few indeed would carry out the task that Kraz asks of you today.”

Warlord Jin’arrak is the corrupted spirit who guards the ruins. His power is what keeps the Ancient Drakkari spirits trapped and unable to find rest. He kills you when you ring the gongs because you summoned him “without an offering,” essentially an act of sacrilege in Drakkari tradition.

The final quest in the chain (Jin’arrak’s End) will bring him a proper offering that destroys him.

Gan’jo is a benevolent Drakkari spirit who has been waiting for someone to enter the spirit realm and learn the truth. He provides the Snow of Eternal Slumber needed for the next quest, and his existence suggests that not all Drakkari spirits are hostile; many are simply trapped by Jin’arrak’s corruption.

The “death as quest mechanic” is relatively rare in WoW. Other notable examples include the Death Knight starting zone (you’re already dead) and certain spirit-world quests in Zul’Drak. This quest uses it to create a genuinely atmospheric moment: you ring the gongs, the screen shakes, you die, and suddenly the ruins look different. You’re walking among the dead.

Easter Egg

• The quest name is likely a reference to the Ozzy Osbourne song “See You on the Other Side” (1995), originally dedicated to Randy Rhoads. Korn’s 2005 album of the same name may also be a reference. Given WoW’s heavy metal connections (the game features bands like Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain), the Ozzy reference seems most fitting for a quest about deliberately dying.

Chain Position This is step 3 of 5 in Kraz’s spirit cleansing chain:

1. It Takes Guts…. (collect canopic jars) ✓
2. Drak’aguul’s Mallet (kill Drak’aguul for mallet) ✓
3. See You on the Other Side ← you are here
4. Chill Out, Mon (use Snow of Eternal Slumber on spirits, collect Spirit Particles)
5. Jin’arrak’s End (destroy Warlord Jin’arrak, free the tormented souls)

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