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Comment by Doranos

There are 4 parts to the quest to get this. The first is to collect the wood from Deadmines. Usually it is easy to find a group and I doubt this is soloable in the low 20s. For the next part you have to pick up some ore in the elite ogre area in Loch Modan. This is very easy to do solo, you will probably only have to fight a few of the ogres to get to the ore which is sitting there right in the open. The next part is to collect a corrupted Kor gem. This can be obtained in BFD and it drops off Naga mobs. You don't even have to go inside the instance, just kill some of the Naga outside the instance until it drops. Finally it's best to save SFK for last as it is the hardest one to solo. I solo'd this at level 22. I fought my way to the room where the guy is held captive in the cell. At this point I ran down and opened the cell and died, the guy will still walk over and open the door even after your death. After that I made my way to the courtyard hugging the left wall. You will have to fight through a few mobs. If you have Consecration use that to easily kill the ghosts that spawn when you are cursed. Having decent gear also helps. The hardest part was taking out multiple elite mobs in SFK. One thing that helps is to pull them to the instance exit. Once you kill one of them run out, eat to restore your health and mana and go back in to fight the next one.

Comment by Saiyan

Definitely a quality paladin weapon, well worth the annoying quest! The slow attack speed is great for the proc's per minute, which paladin seals are based on.

I used this from level 20 all the way up to level 30, when I replaced it with the Manual Crowd Pummeler from Gnomeregan.

Comment by 6861

I used this on my paladin till 29 and got a corpsemaker, merely for the upgrade to dmg and str and stam. but definitely worth the time.

Comment by 7718

The order of weapon progression to 60 for grinding should be the following:

Verigan's Fist
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=6953
Binds when picked up
Two-Hand Mace
65 - 99 Damage Speed 3.20
(25.6 damage per second)
+7 Stamina
+6 Intellect
+12 Spirit
Durability 100 / 100
Classes: Paladin

THEN

Executioner's Cleaver
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=13018
Binds when equipped
Two-Hand Axe
127 - 191 Damage Speed 3.80
(41.8 damage per second)
+23 Strength
Durability 100 / 100
Requires Level 43
Equip: Improves your chance to hit by 1%.

OR

The Rockpounder
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=9413
Binds when picked up
Two-Hand Mace
126 - 190 Damage Speed 3.70
(42.7 damage per second)
+5 Strength
Durability 100 / 100
Requires Level 44
Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 2%.

THEN

Twig of the World Tree
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=13047
Binds when equipped
Two-Hand Mace
147 - 221 Damage Speed 3.70
(49.7 damage per second)
+14 Strength
+21 Stamina
+12 Spirit
Durability 100 / 100
Requires Level 53

OR

Ice Barbed Spear
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=19106
Binds when picked up
Two-Hand Polearm
155 - 233 Damage Speed 3.60
(53.9 damage per second)
+13 Strength
+21 Agility
+20 Stamina
Durability 100 / 100

My order was...Fist, Cleaver till i got lucky on my first run in ulda and obtained the Rockpounder, then Ice Barb. With AV these days only running 15 min or so you can pound out a win very easily. Save your cash and don't buy the twig. Grind to 60 and then switch to what your raid/guild needs you to be.

Comment by 7779

Vaerigan's Fist is a VERY reliable weapon till your mid to late 30s. The quest to obtain it is also not too insainly hard with a good group either.

If you want to obtain it quickly id say get a couple higher level players to help you out. Or if you want the thrill of getting the quests done by yourself *for the most part* that is always a good choice too.

~Chaos~

Comment by Delandel

The best weapon for the early 20's in the game. As a paladin this weapon can serve you from level 20 and you won't even think about exchanging it for something else until level 30. You'll be cutting through everything incredibly fast.

Why is it good? The stats, the DPS, and the slow speed. The slower a weapon is, the higher the chance that you'll proc SoC, the paladin's best damaging seal.

Comment by 7901

This is by far one of the best quest weapons in the game pre 60.
As it provides the more benefit for the longest period of time. So congratulations paladins. you've reached level 22 and your ready to start your Quest towards Verigan's Fist.

The quest starts from the Cathedral in Stormwind City.
Duthorian Rall will give you the Tomb of Valor, which asks you to help out a poor farmer in Westfall defend her farm against a Defias Raiding Party.

Off you run to Daphne Stilwell, who's farm is located near the exit point of The Deadmine's Instance.

Once you locate her she will ask you if you are ready to help her defend her farm. Accept and waves of defias bandits will begin comings. 1st Wave = 3 Bandits, 2nd Wave= 4 Bandits, 3rd Wave = 5 Bandits.
Afterwhich should you be successful she will send you back to the Cathedral in Stormwind City to speak to Duthorian Rall.

He will then give you Test of Righteousness. And send you to speak to Jordan Stilwell outside the Ironforge Gates.

Jordan Stilwell will give you a list of items he requires to forge a mighty weapon ( Verigan's Fist ).

Whitestone Oak Lumber - Drops of the Goblin Woodcarvers in Deadmines instance.

Jordan's Refined Ore Shipment.
This you have to go to Loch Modan, and talk to Bailor Stonehand BEFORE you go and find the crate or you will not be able to loot it. The crate is then located in the NW part of Loch Modan just outside one of the ogre caves.

Jordan's Smithing Hammer.
This is found in the stable area of Shadowfang Keep. Its extremely hard to solo at level 22 so if you attempt it at this level then you should bring help. Pretty straight forward to find.

Purified Kor Gem.
You must first talk to Thundris Windweaver in Auberdine, Darkshore. Then he sends you to go to Blackfathom Deeps to kill the naga in the tunnel before the instance entrance. Any of the elite naga will do, they will drop a Corrupted Kor Gem, which you bring back to Thundris and he will give you the Purified Version.

Bring back all those items to Jordan Stilwell and he will craft Verigan's Fist.

Good Luck to you Paladins.!

Comment by 7930

Must have for all pally's as they level, not only is it a good weapon but the xp is great too. i used verigan until mid 30's then used frostblade until i got Witchfury at 39. SFK is possible to solo, you may die a few times but as long as you get back before the instance resets, your in good shape. hardest part is at the cells. i was able to jump over the stairs into the little space there to draw out one and then you have to take on the others at one time. after that, its not too bad, you just have to make it to the stable across the courtyard

Comment by h4rr0d

horde equivalent: Blood-Tempered Ranseur(##RESPBREAK##)258##DELIM##Sas148##DELIM##

Comment by 1624

What is the best enchant that can go on this amazing weapon, with the new "anti-twink" level restrictions?

Comment by jonte9494

I love this Weapon and i use it at WoW

Comment by 47175

Lol @ previous comment, where else would you use this weapon if not in WoW?!?

But yeah, love this mace, getting it at lvl20 is awesome, no other 2hander comes close to matching this at that level. Very long winded the quest though, took me forever to trek around to all the instances...luckily I had a lvl70 warlock with me and we had a great time even with all the travelling about and when its finally done the sense of achievement is so much more than if you had just got a weapon from the AH.

So enjoy this quest guys, wish there were more long drawn out quests like this, with a really nice reward at the end of it of course.

Comment by ookluh

Definitely a viable weapon until the early 40s, at which point it's still basically equivalent to the greens you'll find at that level (for those of us who have this as our first toon and can't always afford all the blues). The earlier you can get it, the better.. though you'll most likely need help in some areas. I had trouble soloing SFK at 27 (though I eventually did), though apparently it can be done sooner.

Comment by 59493

I used this weapon only till 28, since Protector's Sword https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=19557 and a shield to 35. It's speed and ability to use shield make up easily for the few lost damage points and it isn't too hard to get.

Comment by 42377

How in hell can this be equivalent with https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=25464?! for the horde?That is ridiculous!
The fist got like 6dps more then blood tempered ranseur!
And the fist got better stats......... Nerfed horde, as allways..

Comment by 66059

Just for those who does this quest and doesnt know. SFD where you have to get the Smithing Hammer, the Hammer is in the stables(The big room with lots of mobs with cages in them). In the Stable area there is a crate with a blue tool lying on it. Loot that.

I cleared the whole instance before finding that out.

Comment by 66063

This is an excellent hammer for Paladins in their twenties. Takes some work to get hold of, but is well worth the trouble.

Comment by littlidabbi

Verigan's Fist. Classic.

Comment by 70137

im a little annoyed with this weapon, and its something that seems to prevail over alot of low level class specific weapons in this game. if blizz wanted to give us a good weapon. why not make it slower for better soc damage, and why give it spirirt of all stats, its like they dont even know how their own mehcnaics work -.-

Comment by Billa

Got mine @ lvl 21, after I've soloed the part in Loch Modan, got boosted by a buddy in SFK, made a group for DM and teamed up with a fellow Paladin at the last place, whatever its called. =P

Think I will be keeping this weapon a while, might replace it with Corpsemaker from RFK.

Comment by 82315

Before Igot this, I used Smite's Mighty Hammer, which was good also for a few lvls past 20.

Comment by 122149

this is the Blood knight quest weapon

https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=25464

Comment by 111929

Want to get it started? Just talk with Duthorian Rall in Stormwind and he will give you the Tome of Valor. Then talk with him again to complete it. He will start out with a blue ? over his head.

Comment by Salus

I put Enchant Weapon - Lifestealing on mine, it procs all the time and looks really nice :D

Comment by mmorpgaddict

A fine weapon to be sure, without any equal for the level it's attainable at. Though it's a shame we don't have the option of choosing a one-handed version of Verigan's, and perhaps an additional side quest to obtain a nice shield as well.... I'm currently leveling a Protection Paladin, and I've always been a shield kind of guy, so if I do get Verigan's I'll not be using it anyway.

Comment by 153886

I'm surprised that --even after all this time --Blizzard still hasn't tweaked this item's stats.

+12 Spirit is pretty much useless for a paladin, so to see it on such a sweet weapon baffles me. If they'd drop Spirit and change it to +9 Stamina, +6 Intellect with a slower attack speed, or perhaps lower the stat allocation to allow a bit of Strength, it'd be perfect.

Comment by Thottbot

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/defaux/WoW%20Equipment/VerigansFist.jpg
Binds on pickup with no level requirements.

Paladins, I'll say this. Don't skip out on the Fist. Get it as low level as you can and the happier you'll be. Get help if needed, just get the Fist.

You're not a real Paladin without it as obtaining it is our right-of-passage test.

Comment by Thottbot

You need to get the quest in SW cathedral first, go to Westfall (on the shore the most eastern place), then go just outside IF to receive the quest.
Suggest doing before the Deadmines so you don't have to do it again (this is the 3rd time I do it now- first time didn't have all quests, then did it with remaining quests, now for the wood).
Apart from that I'm still finding out how to get other items, need to find out where Blackfathom Keeps are.

Dale
(Moxie, Pally lvl 23, Vashj)

Comment by Thottbot

Yeah so the guy who called all paladins @#$s...What's wrong with healing? It's a spell paladins have to make up for their lack of damage...without healing we would just be weak warriors...hell why don't we just say rogues can't use sinister strike and warriors can't use heroic strike, and mages and warlocks can't cast spells. Everyone just has to stand there and duke it out with melee...wow that would make for a great game...try thinking things through before you rant on a thread that has nothing to do with what you posted... ....anyway regarding verigan's fist...this mace is like the best weapon a paladin can get until low to mid 30s...gives some hp mana and regen on top of all that damage

Comment by Thottbot

well there seems to be a little bit of confusion and i cbf reading all the posts above so heres wat i did
first of all....you must have completed the previous quests ie. the one where you have to protect that chick in westfall froim the waves of defias
then you get this quest
i did this at lvl 22 or something with another paladin
so first:
loch modan...if you haven't been there then your silly but yes its in mo'grosh stronghold IT IS NOT A DROP so killing everything will get you nothing but xp and prove the soloing ownage of the paladin but thats a different story
it is a CRATE near a tree in the middle area of the compound (i think can't recall precisely) so just mouse over anything, it is a brown box so just search around and you'll find it, this is probably the bit people have most trouble with so dont stress, maybe do the chok sul and mercenaries quests from town while you're at it

then off we go to deadmines
groups are easy as hell to get so yeah just get one and either go for the whole thing if you need items or drop out after the goblins, it dropped first goblin for me so yeah not hard to get at all

then shadowfang keep
this is the biggest !@#$% to get to coz you'll most likely have to run all the way from loch modan or menethil harbour(this is when num lock for auto run is useful)
anyway run along and either have another paladin like me or if you're extra lucky find a hunter friend lvl 40 or above who can aspect of the pack and protect you to get there a helluva lot easier :)and faster
or you can get a shadowfang group obviously and its impossible to go wrong to get there although i've been there once and it was very confusing after the courtyard with the hammer
so yeah get ur way to shadowfang (in tirisfal glades for all you who dont know) and go foward, rescue some mage guy and into the courtyard where excorcism comes in handy :)
and its in the stables
if you have a high lvl friend or a group kill the horses to get a 10 slot bag but dont otherwise
on a crate, theres a screenshot of where it is somewhere around so yeah easy as pie

blackfathom deeps or w/e
easy to get to..menethil: should have been there by now so take the boat (right pier) and then to auberdine
then get down into ashenvale (south) and after you enter make a right or west (coz ur coming from the north) when u can and u will find a path like thing
its easy enough to get to, just ask some of the locals if you're having difficulty
and from recollection there is a quest in auberdine which gets you some nice mail bracers which is very easy to do so thats a good pickup
so yeah just kill some things in outside the instance and it should drop
and before you head off make sure you get the quest from the guy in the house just left of the inn where the pier goes into so you can get the gem lol and return it once found to get it enchanted
then back to ironforge with an excited expression and get your very brand new nice ownage weapon and then get it replaced in gnomer :)
best weapon in the game considering its level, nothing at that stage can beat it i dont think
so yeah thats about it
if you wanna start a paladin go on stormreaver and whisper Arantalin (thats me) of Sorrow (great tabard) and ill come and help you grow into a nice big paladin who kills lots of smelly horde
happy hunting
pallies ftw!

Comment by Thottbot

I got this mace when I did the paladin quest at level 21 and I must say it served me well. I used it until level 39, because I couldn't find anything better. Every paladin should get it as soon as they can do the quest.

The quest line, was fun and moderately easy.

- The ogres in Loch Modan weren't hard to kill and the crate sits outside near a tree in the compound.

- Lumber from Deadmines was a piece of cake, just find a deadmines group, get to the goblins and one of them will drop the lumber. You can do this quest along with all the other DM quests so you don't have to keep running DM over and over again.

- The gem from BFD was a bit harder. You can kill the naga just outside the instance (below the ground in the caves) and one will drop the gem. While the naga were tough for me at level 21, my 3rd kill dropped the gem.

- The toughest part was finding a group for Shadowfang Keep, so I finally had a level 60 guildmate run me through to the stables.

Overall I enjoyed the quest and got this great weapon, I highly recommend all Paladins getting it as soon as you hit early 20's. Like I said, I had it until 39 and loved it.

Comment by Thottbot

With out this weapon a low lvl pally will never be able to see how good the pally has gotten. For example if a pally is lvl 20 and has verigans fist and has gone down the retribution tree he would have the opportunity to use seal of command which would boast the damage effects on npcs and in pvp and that is one of the main reasons why pally's are donomaint in pvp between lvls 20-29.With seeing the effects of the masly 10 pionts in one tree can boast the effectiveness of a pally,a pally at lvl 40 should have Blessing of kings (protection), Seal of command (retribution), and Consencration (holy). With all these and a decent blue weapon a pally would be a unstoppable force in pvp. Thus making the best pvp tree for lvl 40. :)

Comment by Thottbot

This is an ideal weapon for Holy or Retribution paladins from 22-30 and very nice for Protection Paladins to have available. It is excellent for DPS, healing, or offtanking. Its stat benefits make it a decent choice even over Aku'mai's sword from BFD and even Thermaplugg's Arm from Gnomeregan. It is still very useful to Protection paladins in the 22-30 range if your 1h/shield set is lagging and you are unable to hold aggro. However, Prot Paladins should be investing more heavily in a good shield and 1-hand weapon.

After level 30, it is still good for all paladins have Verigan's Fist in the bank for the purpose of backup healing. Until you can get access to +Healing weapons/items from RFK and SM, hold onto this mace for the +INT benefits.

Comment by Thottbot

im lvl 29 and havent done the q because 1; i; too lazy and 2; since i got a rare wpn tht does more dmg then fist and has a effect, no xtra spirit, stamina , etc though. So i dont really see the point of doing it

Comment by Thottbot

(from easiest to hardest)

Lumber- really easy, you just go into the Deadmines in Westfall and it will drop from one of the goblins in the goblin shredder room.

Ore- Also easy, you go to Loch Modan-Thelsamar by griffin or walk there from Kharanos. You speak with the dwarf(entering thelsamar, the 2nd house on the left), and he gives u the quest thing and then you run/swim across the loch to get to the Mo'grosh Ogre Compound. Once there, you kill the first 4 or 5 ogres in the way and there should be a box laying beside a large tree. The golden wheel will appear, so click on it and get it. Depending on you level, u should probably have a companion with you.

Kor Gem- this is not the hardest one, but it takes forever to get there. You walk through the Wetlands to Menethil Harbor(you should see signs on the way). Once there you go on the ship docked there going to Auberdine, Darkshore. FIRST, YOU HAVE TO TALK WITH THUNDRIS WINDREAVER IN AUBERDINE OR ELSE THE GEM WILL NOT DROP!(many people forget this and become very frustrated.)You then walk south down the beach or down the trail. You should see the meeting stone for BFD and a bunch of ruins. You walk into one of the ruined areas down the steps and in the water. Swim down and across and kill the npc's u see in the tunnel.
You should get the Gem dropped on the 1st or second drop.Then take it back to Thundris in auberdine, and he'll purify it for you.(You'll want a partner with you on this one probably over lvl 30 to help u out.

Smithing Hammer- You go through the wetlands past arathi and find a high lvl to help you. (lvl 40+) They'll take you to the Shadow Fang Keep and the hammer should drop within 10 minutes into it. The drop is next to 3 horses in their sheds. Unless you're a rogue(it's a pally quest) and you can stealth past guys, youll defenitely need a compaanion.

That's it.
It'll take a while and a lot of patience, but it is defenitely worth it in the end. Upon completion of getting the items just fly back to IF outside of the front(where many people duel) and you'll see him there.
Good Luck!

Comment by Thottbot

i now have the fist in my hands and it took like 5-7h to get it.its great pally weapon indeed 25dps and with seal of command it makes nice holes to my enemies.so i started to get it 24lvl and i get it in 25.it's not that hard to do.here is some tips for those 4 items.

1/4 the whitestone oak lumber:"GROUP" just get some group to DEADMINES with you.at there, the woodroom where is the robot boss you just kill those elite-goblins. the lumber should drop of the first 3 goblin,no need to rekill this room.

2/4 Jordan's refined ore shipment:"ALONE" you have to talk to the dwarf (Bailor Stonehand) in THELSAMAR to get the quest. Then, you swim across the lake to the MO 'GROSH STRONGHOLD.there is 20-22lvl elite mobs so be carefull if you are lower than 22lvl . Near the cave entrance there is 2-3 boxes next to the tree.1 of those is the shipment.

3/4 Jordan's smithing hammer:"GROUP" this is the tricky 1 because the SAHDOWFANG KEEP instance is on horde territory. you could go alone there (18-20lvl elites), but i got killed there many times because all those nice and lovely hordes just didnt felt comfterful that i walked there. So, bring some friends whith you. i did it with 33lvl pally easily.in the instance there is these humanoids with theyr wolfs.just kill the wolf first and then focus on the humanoid.you soon realize that the main gate is closed,so go to the little door near the gate and there should be a prison. so kill the humanoid who guars the prisoners,heal,get mana, and then open the cells.first 1 of the cells got undead boss (24lvl if i remember correctly) and he is a badass.just kill him quick and move to the last cell.there is another humanoid but not boss.then at the middle,there is a mage who will open the door for you if you talk to him.as soon as you open the door you will see huge mass of elite humanoids.just go agenst the wall and you should fight just 2-3 of them.atlast there is the stables, 1 humanoid inside and then in the middle the hammer is on the box.but just 1 more thing:DONT ATTACK THE STABLE HORSES! if you do, they all attack you and you WILL die.

4/4 Purified Kor Gem:"ALONE" this 1 is on night elf land,so take a boat-trip to there.you arrive in AUBERDINE where you must talk the THUNDRIS WINDWEAWER to get the guest. then, find you way to the BLACKFATHOM DEEPS. There is 20-22lvl elites in the start.i did it alone when i was 24lvl. just kill 1 and get the gem.then go back and complete the guest in AUBERDINE.

then you should have them all, i think :D

easy guest if you don't wonder around the world and searching the gem in westfall.i tryied to tell the tips as basic as i can so everybody could understand.I hope that this helped some1.

PS:plz dont judge my english, its my second language xD

Comment by Thottbot

I just got it, and its amazing, the weapon speed could be better, but it far outshines gargoyles bite, normal weapon damage is in the mid 100's... can't wait to get into the battle grounds with it.

Comment by Thottbot

Horde will have it's own version of this quest probably with WC instead of DM and ofc not horde hostile NPC's involved :]

Comment by Thottbot

I was able to solo Jordan�s Hammer in Shadowfang Keep fairly easily at lvl25. I�m sure that using this technique lower levels could do it as well. But no lower than level 23. I did this PvE. I know that PvP there are going to be other complications (like getting there safely) so maybe those people will still need help.

Here�s how:

First clear the building you start in. If you are careful you should not be fighting more than 2 enemies at any one time. They are levels 18-20. Take your time. Practicing is easy since this task is the first in the instance and you can get easily get your equipment patched-up next door in Pyrewood for another try (but it is a long way to come from the cemetery). Free the prisoner who then unlocks the door. Go to the doorway and look out. No-one will attack you.

You will see the stables directly across from you. There are 3 archway entrances. In between the courtyard is full of bad guys and it looks impossible to fight your way through. Here�s the trick. You have been to the AH and bought yourself Lesser Invisibility Potion. You must be level 23 to use this. It will give you 15 seconds of invisibility. In 15 seconds you can run clear across the courtyard and into the rightmost archway. Go into the back corner and spin around. As you reappear you may pull a single nearby attacker. Take him down.

The box containing Jordan�s hammer should be in view. This is a one-way trip. Get the hammer and hearth-out.

Comment by Thottbot

I solo'd this entire thing between lvl22 and lvl24 except Deadmines (but who has a problem getting a DM group?), not difficult at all if you do SFK last. The only hard part to solo is Rethilgore in SFK, but all you do is pull him to the instance gate and then zone out. Zone back in, kill one of his adds (2H DPS required) and zone out. You'll probably need a health pot to kill him, but he really isnt that tough without his adds. The rest of SFK is just about controlling your adds; with half-decent gear you can take on two Worgen, kill one and then bubble up and heal, then kill the other. It is possible, and it isnt hard, just concentrate and be *very* aware of aggro radius. If things go @#$%-up make sure you know your escape route, because if you die it's a long walk from Southshore.

With regards the weapon itself, it is perfect for any Paladin; even Prot Paladins need DPS to level, and this weapon provides enough of that to last beyond lvl30. It's better IMO for Ret-specs because of the high max damage, but no Paladin should miss getting the Fist.

Comment by Thottbot

I got this at 21 solo you need this hammer or else forever more be called a noob. This has to be my favorite weapon so far. I'm sure anyone who gets this hammer will get a whole lot of use out of it. This hammer is REQUIRED!

Comment by Thottbot

any equivalent for blood elf?

im using rakzur @ L17 and need a upgrade at 22-25ish

will be using nightblade later also

all these nice blue and purple weps that wont sell on ah :( so i slap an glow enchant and start a pally :)

Comment by Thottbot

Verigan's Fist is definitely worth the time to get it! I have the impact enchant on it and it rocks! I started the quest at 20 and I got mine at 22 and I'm 26 right now and I still have it. My character is Illidian in the realm Stormreaver.

Comment by Thottbot

Like it's been said, everything can be solo'd but Deadmines. The hardest part for me was SFK, here's how I solo'd it with a two way ticket at level 21:

Go in, you can fight your way to the first boss easily, if there is a group of two just kill the one and run back to the portal, use Divine Protection to get out if necessary. Once you get to the cells, line yourself up with the second cell, jump over, hit the lever and run in and talk to the wizard (You NEED to use Divine Protection here, just use it as late as possible as you may not make it back out if you use it too early). When his dialog opens, click the bar at the bottom and run back to the portal. When you come back in, the door to the courtyard is open. Now, the fights are easy, only one group of two, then go into the stables. There's one more Shadowfang Moonwalker in there, DO NOT (as I did) use Consecrate in the stables as all the horses will trample you. Grab the hammer off of the box, and stroll on out.

Comment by Thottbot

im a lvl 31 should i even bother?

Comment by Thottbot

i think that u should go corpsmaker, at lvl 29
it doesn't have the great spirit and int stats, but it has good stam and strength which are also inportant, plus it is a lot stronger.

Comment by Thottbot

Just got this at lvl 22, after upgrading from the Taskmasters axe, the dps is great but this weapon is damn slow. I'm looking to get an enchant on it but don't know what's best to get. Can anyone recommend any? I've been eyeing up Superior Impact but should I be looking at stat enchants instead due to the slow weapon speed?

Comment by Thottbot

What else besides this is a good 2 hand weapon for a lvl 21 pally.

Comment by Thottbot

So true about it power at lv20 i had till i got Bone beiter for doing SM (guild practically boosted me whole game im almost a twink on my first char) in terms of getting it my lv46 hunter freind took me around np it kinda in so low lv instance getting boosted by even prob a lv39+ would get you it.

Oh and for all new palay's wanting this and cant find a safe route to SFK dont walk thro wetlands then arathi highlands swim it :D go striaght north from Menethril trun right every time you get the sickness thing and left near the top (this cos of lv25+ naga in water but they near shore mostly so swim close to outer bits to avoid any bad aggro) get FP from South shore and after running form bears and cats you should get there NP

Comment by Thottbot

This is a walkthrough that explains how to get the awesome two handed mace, Verigan�s Fist, which is a great weapon that will be your main weapon of choice from level 20 up to level ~ 35. I started the quest at level 23 and ended it at level 25, which included a Deadmines run. Including Deadmines, it took me about 4-5 hours to complete this quest, but depending on traveling time, it may take some players longer

The first part of this quest becomes available at level 20 and starts by speaking to Dunthorian Rall in Stormwind Cathedral. He gives you a quest called �The Tome of Valor� and tells you to go protect Daphne Stillwell in Westfall. Daphne is located on the southwest corner of Westfall in the hills South of the exit from the Deadmines. If you look at the map, she�s on the shore just east of the lighthouse in the south. Speak to Daphne and the quest will start.

I was level 23 when I completed this part, and I was able to do it solo using Smite�s Mighty Hammer and Judgment of the Crusader/Seal of Righteousness. There are three waves of 3, 4 and 5 Defias respectively, who run up and try to kill Daphne, you need to kill them all and keep Daphne alive. It took a few times, but if you heal often you should hold most of the aggo off of Daphne and be able to kill all the Defias pretty easily. I did have a problem once when I died right before I killed all but one of Defias. Daphne was apparently able to kill the last one off on her own, and when I returned she had a greyed out question mark over her head and was cheering that we had succeeded. I needed to abandon the quest, and then re-acquire it by speaking to Daphne again and then re-killing the Defias. This time it worked fine and I completed the quest. I�ve head that on some servers there�s a bug where Daphne doesn�t show up and you have to wait for a server reboot for her to spawn, but I haven�t encountered this.

After the Tome of Valor is complete, Daphne tells you to speak to Dunthorian Rall, who tells you to speak to Jordan Stillwell who is outside the gates of Ironforge. This starts �The Test of Righteousness� quest. Jordan tells you he will make you a great weapon if you bring him 4 items. He gives you a note that tells you where to find these items. The items are: 1) Whitestone lumber, 2) Jordan�s Refined Ore, 3) Jordan�s Smithing Hammer, 4) Purified Kor Gem

1) Whitestone Lumber

This is the only part that I didn�t do solo. The lumber drops off of the goblin woodcarvers in the Deadmines instanced dungeon in Moonbrook. I got mine early in the Mast Room, but it will drop off a goblin eventually. Just don�t be a jerk and abandon your group after you get the lumber � unless you�ve told them that you will do so beforehand�Be aware that I think the lumber will drop if you have the �Tome of Valor� active � but you don�t know that you need it yet! I seem to remember selling the lumber earlier after I did the Deadmines for the first time, so save it!

2) Jordan�s Refined Ore

Go to Loch Modan and speak to Bailor Stonehand in Thelsamar. Bailor is in one of the houses in Thelsamar proper. He tells you to go to the Mo'grosh Stronghold and get Jordan's Ore Shipment. The Mo'grosh Stronghold is located in Loch Modan in the northeast corner of the map. Jordan's Ore Shipment is located in the middle of the areas where the orgres are, near a broken wagon, behind a large tree. It�s located OUTSIDE of the caves and dungeons, so don�t bother going inside any caves looking for it (like I did!). The ogres are pretty easy to solo, and many of them may already be dead if you do this quest during peak playing times when other players are around. This is the easiest of the quests to do quickly�it shouldn�t take you more than 5-10 minutes. Bring Jordan's Ore Shipment to Bailor Stonehand and he will give you Jordan�s Refined Ore�done!

3) Jordan�s Smithing Hammer

Oh lord�this is a tough one, but it can still be done solo with patience, but if you can find another pally to do this with it will make your life MUCH easier (but on my server I could never seem to find one�). I did this solo, so these instructions describe how I did it alone.

You don�t need to speak to an NPC for this one, just travel to Silverpine Forest. Shadowfang Keep is located just north of Pyrewood Village in Silverpine. Getting to Silverpine is tough if you haven�t already discovered a griffon route to Southshore. The easiest way is to take a griffon to Southshore in Hilsbrad and then walk west into Silverpine. Alternatively, you can take a griffon to the Wetlands and walk north into Arathi Highlands, west into Hilsbrad, then west into Silverpine. You�ll need to dodge some level 35 mobs along the way, stick to the roads and you should be OK.

Shadowfang Keep is a horde instance with horde quests, and you�ll often see horde in queue waiting to enter�hopefully they won�t gank a lone pally�but don�t count on it, so move quickly.

Once you�re in the instance you�ll notice a large gate in front of you that is closed. You�ll need to enter via door on the right, which has a room with two mobs, a Shadowfang Wolfguard and a Wolfguard Worg. These are the two mobs you�ll most likely encounter in this instance�and they tend to travel in pairs, and are very hard to aggro alone (don�t you hate it that we don�t have long range pulling ability!), most likely you�ll aggro them both. Just run to the area in front of the exit from the instance and stop. Then concentrate on killing ONLY 1 of the mobs while the other wails on you. Hopefully you can kill one of the mobs before dying, then exit the instance and heal and wait for mana regen. Then re-enter the instance and kill the second mob. This is the technique I used for this whole instance 1) Aggro 2 mobs 2) Run to exit of instance 3) Kill one mob 4) Exit instance 5) Heal and regen 6) re-enter instance 7) Kill second mob 8) Rinse and repeat!

Once you�ve killed the Wolfguard and Worg in the room on the right, go up the stairs and use the above techniques to kill the rest of the mobs on the landings, just remember to run to the instance exit once you�ve aggro�d them. I died a few times doing this anyway, and it�s a long corpse run�very frustrating.

Once you�ve climbed the stairs and landings you�ll come to a long hallway, at the end of the hallway is a room on the left with more Wolfguards and Worgs, on your right is a locked door (more on that in a minute). Take a minute to look behind you. Once you aggro the next group of mobs, you�ll be running down this hallway to get to the instance exit, instead of taking the stairs, jump over the railing onto the first landing, then run to the opening in the railing to fall onto the second landing, then turn right and jump over the railing to enter the first room you entered, turn right to get to the instance exit. Practice doing this a few times without having mobs chasing you. If you do this well it�ll prevent excess damage while running away to the instance exit and give you a few extra seconds to heal etc. once you get there.

Ok, once you�ve turned left at the end of the hall and killed the mobs in that room, go down the stairs, into the jail room. There will be a few worgs and wolguards here, draw them out, two at a time, to the instance exit as described above. In addition, you�ll find the boss of this area, Rethigore, in the jail room as well. Try NOT to pull Rethilgore with both a worg and a wolfguard, or else you�ll probably die. However, I was able to kill Rethilgore and one wolfguard at the instance exit pretty easily.

OK..now open the middle jail cell and speak to the NPC there. Follow him and he will open the door at the end of the hall letting you into the courtyard behind the gate you saw when you first entered the instance. From the open door there are stairs going down into a courtyard with a TON of mobs in it. THE STABLES ARE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU ACROSS THE COURTYARD, YOU WILL ENTER THE STABLES USING THE LEFT SIDED ENTRANCE AND JORDAN�S SMITHING HAMMER IS SITTING ON A BOX ON THE RIGHT JUST INSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE STABLES.

Now, there are some people who say you can just shield and run into the stables, grab the hammer, and run out, but I was never able to do this. It takes a while for you to grab the hammer as it�s just like opening a chest�with about a 4-6 second delay. My shield always ran out before I got the hammer, but mine�s only speced for 8 secs, so if you have a longer Divine Shield you may be able to do it�

Instead I went down the stairs and stayed close to the wall/gate on the left and pulled mobs out to the instance exit as described above. There�s a new mob here, the Haunted Servitor. They�re not hard to kill, but they will �haunt� you if they get the chance, which means a ghost with about 50 hp will appear and attack you every minute for about 5 minutes. It�s annoying as they�re easy to kill, but try to pull mobs right after you kill a ghost so they don�t get in the way.

Just stay to the far left and just pull those mobs that are between you and the left stable entrance, only pull two at a time, max. Once the way is clear you�ll be tempted to run into the stables and grab the hammer, but once you enter the stables, another Haunted Servitor will jump from above and attack you, just run back up the stairs to the hallway and kill it�THEN go and grab the hammer! Success! Whew that was a pain!

4) Purified Kor Gem

Travel to Auberdine via a boat in Menethil Harbor and speak to Thundris Windweaver in Auberdine, Thundris is located in a house in Auberdine, he�s looking out over the water. He will give you the quest for �Seeking the Kor Gem�. Remember, you MUST speak to Thundris and get the quest, or the Kor Gem will never drop! Thundris tells you �do not go alone� and that�s probably good advice, but you can do this solo (I did). Travel south in Darkshore, then continue south in Ashenvale, once you enter Ashenvale, turn west, then north and enter the Zoram Strand, there you will find the entrance to the Blackfathom Deeps.

Jump down into the deeps, then swim to enter some caves. Note: at the end of these caves is an entrance to the instanced dungeon � YOU DO NOT NEED TO ENTER THE INSTANCE TO GET THE CORRUPTED KOR GEM, although it will drop in the instance, as well as in the caves that precede the instance. The Corrupted Kor Gem will drop from Blackfathom Oracles, Blackfathom Tide Priestess�, (it will drop from Blackfathom Sea Witch�s as well within the instance). These creatures look like mermaids and they�re found in the caves before the instance entrance. There are also stealthed stayrs in these caves, you probably can�t take on more than two oracles/satyrs at a time, so be careful with your pulls. You can try to do this part during busy times on the server, as it�ll let you get farther into the caves, with the downside of having more competition for Oracles and Tide Pristesess�.

Alternatively, you can camp at the entrance to the caves and just kill Oracles and Tide Priestess� until the Corrupted Kor Gem drops. You can get another quest �Researching the Corruption� from Gershala Nightwhisper in Auberdine who wants 8 Corrupted Brainstems, which you can get here as well, making it a two for one. In my case the Corrupted Kor Gem dropped after killing about 10 oracles, but I�ve heard of it taking moore. It�s easiest to do this with a pickup group in the caves, but not necessary.

Once you have the Corrupted Kor Gem, speak to Thundris Windweaver and he�ll give you a Purified Kor Gem.

Well you�re done! Go back to Ironforge and speak with Jordan Stillwell, he�ll tell you to wait, and you�ll get the awesome Verigan�s Fist for all your hard work. Hope this helps!

This is the guide I used at level 23 with my level 22 warrior brother tagging along helping me. It was very easy and took us about 3 hours to complete without flight points! Hope it helps!

Comment by Thottbot

i just replaced this with manual crowd pummeler that you can get from gnomeregan. I used verigan's fist for like 3-4 levels, it was very good.

Comment by Thottbot

Ahh..I remember soloing this quest at 22. It took a long long time, and some great luck getting the gem. The wood is easy, and the hammer is really tough to solo. I recommend having the first aid profession because u will waste less mana. Used this till about 30

Comment by Thottbot

I dont know if its because my Two- Handed Mace skill is not at its max for my level(123/135) but i am not hitting consistently. I hit at 25 or 40 most of the time when i fight the normal(about 2-3 lvls higher than me). But I totally smash low lvls like for 110 points on average. Can anyone help me out and let me know if i am doing something wrong.

Comment by Thottbot

dude thi weapon is freakin tight.Sure i had to get someone from my guild who helps anyone and he is lvl 65 because it wasnt that easy but if your reading this get it ASAP because I owned a lvl 26 in goldshire and man did that *!@#$ beg for mercey.In the end the person who helped me asked show me the weapon on guild chat and all of a sudden they went sweet.

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Comment by Thottbot

Is there a horde equivalent to this weapon for pallys?

Comment by Thottbot

Is there a horde equivalent to this weapon for pallys?

Comment by Thottbot

Haha I remember when i was a lvl 25 noob pally, and my m8 showed it to me, and we did the questline,,I was so excited when I got it, but now i'm a 1.8k healing holy pally with full epics its all a blur :D

Comment by Allakhazam

I met 2 other pallys after getting wood and ore, and me 22, and 22 and 24 pallys easily did the rest. And got a level doing all of it :)

Comment by Allakhazam

soloed the whole thing today at 25... pretty easy except for shadow fang... the cell keeper and a few elites in the courtyard were 20's a couple elite 21s but they were undead and went down pretty easy... just dont concecrate in the stables... :) gonna go try out this hammer now...peace!

Comment by Allakhazam

I did everything myself in this quest except for the smithing hammer. like ppl have said, i got my but kicked up and down when i tried. however me and a lvl 28 preist did it easily, took less then ten mins. for all those doing this part of the quest, exorcism is a god sent!..... stupid ghosts lol

Good luck

Comment by Allakhazam

is this obtainable from horde?

Comment by Allakhazam

1. Jordans Refined Ore.

Location - northwest Loch Modan its behind the middle camp of 3 elite ogres, I could just avoid aggro and get the item.

2. Kor Gem

This seemed like the toughest part, the blackfathom oracles sure nuke hard and there are invis fallout rogues. About 15 mobs in a blackfathom oracle dropped my piece.

3. Jordans Smithing Hammer

This I brought my 14 boxed druid along to help with heals. I got either single or double pulls the whole time. There is a named was a big tauren or minotaur was Rethilgore <The Cell Keeper> before the quest guy who opens the door for u, he has a nasty ae stun, however it let me cast heals while I was stunned just couldnt melee. The human female mobs, I think it was a Haunted Servitor, casted a curse on me which would last 8 mins and pop an undead level 20 mob(Haunted Spirit) every like 1 min (only 50hp on them). I would estimate I killed about 14 mobs to get into the stables and loot the hammer.

4. Whitestone lumber.

I just joined a VC group and lumber dropped off the first goblin mob in the middle of the instance.

In total I finished this at 22 and got about 3300 exp. Hope this helps :o)

Airrlan 23 Human Paladin <Forgotten Truth>
Whisperwind

Comment by Allakhazam

I got this around lvl 22 and used it to about 33. This is a solid pally mace and is completely worth the effort to get.

Comment by Allakhazam

Did BFD and Loch Modan part Alone

Got boosted in DM and SFK by my 60 pally friend so I got it at 20 =)

It's really worth begging if you need to trust me ^^
I just got my corpsemaker so I'm gonna waste the hammer now =(

Comment by Allakhazam

~ is this weapon to low for a 30 dwarf pally because this is the only thing i could find after being stuck with a lvl 18 smite's mighty hammer :( so i would appreciate it if someone would help me out and let me know if this is too low and if it is i would like to know what i should be lookin for or buy :)

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Gemly-30 dwarf pally

Comment by Allakhazam

When i was running this quest on lvl 20 i was still too weak for the last wave of 5 guys.
Mrs. Stilwell dies and when i return she stands in her little garden with a gray question mark above her head.
So i thought a well she might need some time to respawn or anything, i walked on and forgot about this quest till lvl 23 (i`m on the EU realm).
When i got there the question mark was still there and grey.... so i abandoned the quest....

Is there any way for me to get this quest again?
I went to Duthorian Rall (or whats his name) but i cant talk to him anymore.

I could use an awnser on this

Thnx in advance.

Comment by Allakhazam

You're a fool if you say this is good for any class but hunter.

Comment by Allakhazam

Got this hammer at like level 23 or so and have used it ever since definitally worth doin the quest for, you almost always hit for over 100 damage with it.

Comment by Allakhazam

Hunter Weapon

Comment by Allakhazam

You get this quest from the same person who gave you the quest for ressurection.

Comment by Allakhazam

pwns the hell outta the blood elf version,

Blood-Tempered Ranseur

Comment by Allakhazam

I got help from a high lvl friend to get this, and so therefore got it at 20. I used this hammer 'till 28 when I replaced it with Burning War Axe(I don't know why). I could have easily used this until about 35ish with an on it.

Comment by Allakhazam

This is a great weapon to have and I got mine at lvl 22 with lots of help. I intend to use it as my first choice weapon until i have to get rid of it.

It is more the travelling thatn the instances that gets you down. I have kept a 2 handed sword as well as my shield and one hande sowrd and axe. I was advised to train up in all weapons (if possible) as you don't want to get a great weapon as a drop only to find you have no skill for it.

Comment by Allakhazam

You get it from tiza battleforge in the IF hall of mysterys I beleive...its a very long un-soloable quest that involves 3 seperate instance areas..but its nice for quite a while if you get it soon after you receive the quest...which was mid 20's I think.

Comment by Allakhazam

I have a 29 pally and I NEVER got it...i only got the gem..the rest (except for wood) had my stuck..

Comment by Allakhazam

i want this wep soooooooo bad with my pally, but im still only lvl 15......*cries*

Comment by Allakhazam

Where does this come from? I heard a pally quest, but who starts it? Any required lvl?

Comment by Allakhazam

I stopped using this at lvl 31 though. Too slow for me, so I kept running out of mana cause I had to heal.

Comment by Allakhazam

How do I get to Auberdine? Is there any boat that will take me across the sea? Thanks in advance...

Comment by Allakhazam

This quests starts out as the Tome of Divinity. Once you finish that quest, you will go to IF and talk to Mr. Stillwell outside the front gate (cant remember his first name lol).

I have completed three of the four parts and tonight I am going to get my crystal so I can finally get my hammer.

On some servers, the Tome of Divinity quest is bugged and the lady (Daphne Stillwell) that you have to protect has despawned. If that is the case on your server, you will have to wait for a server reboot for her to respawn. It took me 4 days to finally catch her ;)

Comment by Allakhazam

yup, definatley a great mace for lvl 20 paladins and definatley, a keeper till around lvl 30, but even then this mace still comes in handy.

Got mine yesterday (im lvl 21 as of now :) )

Comment by Allakhazam

This weapon served me well.
Got it as lvl 24 and fought with it up to today. Just got ot lvl 35 and decided to change. Got myself a Hellslayer Battle axe and, sadly, had to sell the mace... the bloddy merchant only pays 74s for it.
My advice is get it as early as possible and there will be no need to upgrade until ur lvl 35. When I was lvl 34 I used it to beat tha crap out of lvl's 35-38 and even some 39's... we were fantastic toghether (cries)... of course having Seal Of Command did help a lot.
Trust me, its worth it.

Comment by Allakhazam

I got all the stuff needed with no help except for the Hammer and Gem parts.

I got the Kor Gem with help from two lvl 20+ Pallies who were doing the same quest as I.

The Hammer was tricky as a lvl 30+ Rogue and I (lvl 24) got wiped out all the time. Finally a lvl 55 Pally helped me out.

This mace rocks! I did 90-100 dmg (70-80 with Seal of the Crusader) per hit (and some nice 120-130 crits). I think my DPS was 50+ with SotC.

Edited, Sat Feb 19 20:23:20 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

I got mine at lvl 20 and used it all the way till lvl 36 then I got a sequoia branch

Comment by Allakhazam

I LOVE THIS WEP

ALL THE WALKING MAKES THE QUEST SORTA HARD

THE ACTUAL KILLING OF STUFF WAS EASY

Comment by Allakhazam

The Legendary fist.

Comment by Allakhazam

I really need a high level player 2 help me with this.

It is such a cool weapon

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Pigs May Fly

Comment by Allakhazam

Poached from www.graffe.com/forums written by klietus

Just thought I'd share my experience as it is kinda unusual and might be useful for other pally's out there.

So the quest was my level 20 hammer, Verigans Fist. I just have to say that having this weapon makes a huge difference for a paladin. I was soloing level 30 mobs at 25 with it. I was level 23 when I completed the quest by the way.

The quest starts out in the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind. You get sent to Westfall to help a Mrs. Stilwell fight off some raiders. This part is easily soloable if you have a decent weapon (like the 2hander from redridge Tharil Zun) and the 22 holy light. Alternately you can wait for another paladin to wander through and duo it if you get beat down. It involves killing 3 waves of between 3 and 5 level 18 raiders that rush down to kill Stilwell. She helps a little bit but not enough to really make a difference.

After you complete this you get sent to Ironforge to talk to her hubby. He gives you a list of 4 items to get and he'll give you a "weapon". This is verigans fist.

1. Jordans Refined Ore.

Location - northwest Loch Modan. In thelsamar you talk to a miner who tells you where to find it. It is in the Mo'Grosh Ogre stronghold at the back behind a tree. It is not in a cave or anything. Just wait for it to be cleared by the groups here or clear yourself. The Ogres can be soloed so not really a big deal. Loot, return to miner in Thelsamar and turn in. Fin.

2. Kor Gem

In Auberdine across the ocean there is a quest giver named Windweaver something or another that gives this quest. Get the quest then run south into Ashenvale to Blackfathom depths. The naga in here are soloable and have a decent chance of dropping the Corrupted gem you need to turn in. Grab a second person to make the fights go faster if you want. I didn't and got it in about 30 minutes. Run back to Auberdine and turn in. Fin.

3. Jordans Smithing Hammer

This is probly the hardest part that is soloable. Shadowfang Keep is located in Silver Pine forest which is northwest of wetlands across Arathi Highlands. Note on the run there. There are several places along the road where you can get agro from level 30+ mobs when running through Arathi. Shield and run on if you get agro. You can time your run passed them so you don't get agro if you are careful. There is also a patrol of skull level undead that wander this road. Leave the road and let them pass.

Once you get to Shadowfang if you don't have a group you are in for some fun. I was stumped for a while lfg to open the courtyard door. You can take 2 of the mobs in here ok if you shileld/heal and are careful. It's a pretty nasty fight though when you do get 2. The person that opens ths courtyard door is in a cell behind a solid 4 mob pull. Almost impossible for a 20 something paladin to solo. The mobs are all 18-20 elites. Fortunately you don't have to kill any mob in that 4 pull to open the courtyard. Heres how.

You can reach the lever to open the door from the top of the ledge above the 4 pull without agro. Once the door is open make sure both shields are refreshed. No repops so don't get hasty. Once they are refreshed shield 1 and immediately run into the room. Talk to the guy. Say "open the door" or whatever then book it for the entrance of the instance. Zone out. At this point you should have 3-4 mobs behind you waiting inside. They WILL be there when you zone back in. All is not lost though. Let your shield refresh and zone back in. 3-4 mobs will immediately attack you. Pop shield immediately, run into the next room and whatever your target is nail him with Hammer of Justice. Zone back out. The mob you stunned will return to spawn and you have 1 less to deal with then you zone back in. Let everything refresh, rinse and repeat until you have an easily soloable single mob in there. Kill it and wander upstairs. Courtyard door is now open. Kill the mobs along the left hand wall, should only be a single 2 pull.

Loot hammer and hearth out. Congrats. You just soloed a hell of a quest piece.

4. Whitestone lumber.

Just grab a VC group in deadmines and loot it. No biggie here.

Return to Stilwell outside of Ironforge and turn in. He makes your hammer and you are done. Congrats. Go beat down some mobs several levels above you. Solo a few dragons .. well .. the whelps.

Comment by Allakhazam

Finally got mine last night! Went to BTD with my lvl 34 rogue friend (I'm 24 btw =p) to get the Kor Gem. The toughest part of that was Ghamoo-ra, that big turtle mob. After that is when the Naga start poppin and the Gem dropped off the first one. After that we headed to SFK, this time it was the rogue and my other friend, a 35 mage. We swept though the zone fairly easily and got the smith hammer in the stables after the large courtyard. We decided to see how far we could get. We got to the end, wiped, came back in with more health pots and demolished the boss. My rogue friend got a Meteor Shard off of him. I also got a Phantom Armor drop off one of the mobs in the zone.

Before we did that, days before actually, I did the other two parts quite easily. I went to DM (22 or 23 at the time) with my lvl 24-25 warlock friend. Single pulled our way down there pretty easily, only hard part was that ogre guard. After that, went all the was to Sneed's room where the gobbies are, wood dropped of the first one. The ore shipment was by far the easiest. Same party as DM, we went to Loch Moden, wandered through the ogre caves, I spotted some boxes on the ground, noticed one was clicky, and it was the ore. We killed only 3 or 4 ogres to get there and in all honesty, you really could get to that without drawing any ogres out to fight.

And this hammer kicks some major dps butt! I can't wait to pwnz with this now!

Comment by Allakhazam

Don't be like me and skip this Quest! You can use it from lvl 20 to almost into the mid 30's if you decide to keep it around. Its a mistake to not get this weapon, like me.

Comment by Allakhazam

What happens if you fail the saving of Mrs. Stilwell?

Comment by Allakhazam

This weapon was so cool when i was at lvl 21,lol i kept it till i was around lvl 32.but i saw the strangest thing,a lvl 41 pally with this.

Comment by Allakhazam

Soloed the entire quest at lvl 25. Only trouble I had was getting the hammer in BFK. Never pulled more than 2 elites at once, nothing a surplus of healing potions couldn't solve. Very.Sweet.Hammer.

.....my precious....

Comment by Allakhazam

I think that is is test for palas skill. If paladin never get it it means that he is complitely noob.

Comment by Allakhazam

im hitting bout 300+ wen i crit with this then i do SoC im unstoppable

Comment by Allakhazam

I started the quest for this hammer at 23, and got it at level 24.

Had help from a lv. 23 elf hunter with Daphne. Had the 23 elf hunter with me to get the Kor Gem.

Ore quest. No biggie here. Lots of people to help you if want as well. There's a Wanted Poster Capture in this area. Get the quest in Thelsamar and earn a ring for your pinky while you're in the area.

Just joined a group going into the dead mines to get the lumber.

Hammer - As a lot of other people are saying - "The Hammer was tricky". One, you have to run for what seems like days to get to this area. Then when you get there, you are in Horde territory, and there's not really any alliance members around Silverpine Forest to get help from. I tried soloing this, but too hard for a 23-24 when two elites are attacking you at a time. So, finally, I made Southshore in Hillsbrand Foothills my hometown. I asked for help for a bit. (not too hard to beg for help as this hammer is before the instance). A level 33 Paly who didn't even know about this Quest gave me a hand. He tanked and I served as healer, and I still wouldn't call it easy. But we both grabbed the hammer.

I highly recommend stopping in Southshore while you are running to Silverpine. You have an inn you can hearth back to, and you can add it to your flightpath for future reference.

Comment by Allakhazam

Haven't gotten it yet but I will try to get it as close to 20 as possible. But no way is it worth ussing past 28. A corpsemaker would crush that mace by then. Hit 28 and start doing RFK. Good luck getting a group together though most alliance avoid it like the plague for some reason. Opting for Gnomer or BFD.

Comment by Allakhazam

Well just recently i managed to get the mace at lv 25 i found the ore went through DM (twice with a group)and at the deeps i killed 1 oracle ang it dropped the gem. The only times i died was in the keep. just pull and take your time. At the cell i jumped down and opened the door i was killed but the mage unlocked the door for me. The hammer itself is great for me and ill probably be using it until lv 32-35

Comment by Agentkillerlee

All I can say is don't accidentally abandon this quest

Comment by KlausKerner

For the renewed wow classic my story of getting this item:
1)Did the first part with protecting the girl from 3 waves of mobs at lvl 21 with a full group after running deadmines
turned the quest in, got sense undead and the nice shield - Bastion of Stormwind
2)Took the follow up which led to collecting the 4 items for the Hammer:

-) ran deadmines to goblins (got the quest wood drop from 2nd gob) did it at lvl 21 as a tank was super easy, kept going up to smite and got the Smite's Mighty Hammer drop too after 5 runs this was the first time I saw it drop ;)
-) next stop was thelsamar for the ore shipment, did it at lvl 21 (still) with my leveling partner that is a rogue, also did the 2 elite killquests Mercenaries, and the named ogre, he was a little bit harder as he came with 1 additional add, but we managed it by using all our cds
-) so now the hardest part, I thought, was shadowfang keep, but I got super lucky a warlock was looking for a tank for the dungeon, I got an invite even though being still lvl 21 at this point, so I was portet there right to the entrance ;) and dinged within the first couple mobs right before reaching the stables for the hammer... we finished the run (we were 3 paladins in the group btw :D) and I also got the shield from springvale (Commander's Crest) and the sword from the butcher (Butcher's Slicer) *woohoo
-) so with lvl 22 smite's hammer and fully motivated I got to BFD and found out that only the naga's outside the instance drop the gem, killed a couple of the naga casters, 3x tide priestess(lvl 20 to 21) and 2x oracles (both lvl 22) each single pulls, it was easily doable with seal of the crusader judged and seal of command active, wait for HOJ cooldown and use it when they try to heal, to finish them off with SoC Judgement when they're stunned. The gem dropped by the 4th naga tide priestess, easy going

only problem there were a horde party going into the instance chasing me off at first, but then a rogue got me when I ran up, so had to do 2 corpse runs, one bc of the rogue and 1 because there were respawn after I got the gem to get back outside. Returned to the questgiver to convert the gem and will do the turn in today in ironforge (had to log off bc was late yesterday) -> one happy pally :D

Comment by KnightTime

These are the type of quests in Classic that make the game so much more fulfilling than what "retail" brings to the table.

Comment by Quineloe

Whitestone Oak Lumber:
Drop from Woodcarvers Deadmines from Sneed's area. Trivial at level 20 due to large number of DM groups
Jordan's Ore Shipment:
Doable at level 20 with occasional groups for Mercenaries and Chok'Sul quests in Loch Modan
Jordan's Smithing Hammer:
Shadowfang Keep Stables, item pickup The hardest part since Alliance groups are hard to come by for a horde territory dungeon. Don't be a retrinoob diva, play healer or tank and LFM in Wetlands, right now there are enough players in that level range on classic. Later on you might wanna beg a 60 to help you. Otherwise level 24+ is a good time to attempt this.
Purified Kor Gem:
Drop from Naga in- and outside of BFD. Reasonably easy to solo at level 24. Groups more likely to get than SFK as well.

result is an ilevel 31 weapon, essentially the Paladin's Whirlwind Axe if you get it early enough. At level 20 this weapon feels like an Epic.

Comment by Serraphine

I just finished soloing most of this quest at level 21 thanks to everyone's detailed instructions on here. I'd just like to add that while getting a group for the DM part is easier, it can be soloed if you can't find a group and want to get it over with. I soloed this part at level 22. The hardest part was the ogre boss and it was very close. I ended up using a greater healing potion, lay on hands, and a heavy wool bandage to get through it. I did have a Searing Blade with the fiery enchant, without which I don't think I could have pulled it off. My only other blue piece of gear were the pants you get for turning in VC's head. Everything else I was wearing were greens I bought off the AH. Happy hunting!

Comment by Gangfire

I started the chain at early level 20. After the "maiden rescue" mission (not too hard) I joined an SFK group to get the first item, which is NOT on a log but just lying there on a crate just inside the stable area. I joined another group for the Deadmines portion, no big deal.

The third part I did was the ogres -- get the generic ogre quest in Loch Modan while you're at it (killing four of three different kinds). You don't have to enter any of the caves for the pally quest; the crate you're looking for is in one of the camps, easily located (there were some multiboxers there who killed the three mobs for me; all I had to do was run up and grab it). Ran back to Loch Modan for the turn-in and that wrapped up the third bit.

The fourth in the tunnel leading to the BFD instance was actually a little more challenging; I had to kill 9-10 mobs until the gem dropped. There's a "rogue" patroller who can pop up while you're fighting one of his friends so try to tackle him by himself, he can be detected if you're close enough to him. Spellcasters further in should be line-of-sight (LOS)-pulled around the corner to separate them from their friends (body-pull or explosives/rockets from an earlier Elwynn Forest quest). Then I ran back to Darkshore for the turn in, then hearthed back to Ironforge for the final turn in and the reward, which also pushed me to level 22.

I played a pure Retribution Paladin with Seal of Command, an uncommon level 20 two-hander with a dinky +2 damage enchantment, decent "greens" for armor (including all the uncommon mail you can build from the Blacksmith trainer plans), also lightly enchanted/light-armor kitted, and just enough Engineering for Rough Dynamite for pulling/AOE damage against multiple mobs. Expendables used were Minor/Lesser Healing potions, Minor Mana potions, Rough Weightstones, and low-level food to increase Stamina/Spirit. It really helped in the final two parts to heal once or twice during each little battle. (I'm VERY glad I upgraded from the level-14 two-handed sword I previously had; I couldn't have done the last two parts without the level 20 uncommon weapon.)

Verigan's Fist was a 23% DPS improvement from my level 20 green two-hander, and will beat almost any uncommon-quality weapon you might find until about level 33, at which point you want to start thinking about upgrading if you haven't found better already.

Comment by Zavant

Solo'd at level 25 in Hardcore Classic with relative ease!

I won't be explaining the Kor Gem or the Ore Shipment as these two items are not a challenge to obtain even in the slightest, you should be able to solo these even at lower levels and they don't require going into an instance.

But if you're like me and can't get a group for Deadmines (no one wanted an overleveled paladin, sadge) or Shadowfang Keep (Alliance L, no quests), then this guide is for you.

Here's what you should do:

Prerequisites
Obviously I didn't go into this unprepared. Have food for buffs, have water and most importantly, HAVE A GOOD WEAPON.
I was Holy specced at this moment for Consecration which you will not be using either way, so you DO NOT need to have Seal of Command. A decent green with 18-19 DPS is more than enough. I personally was using Rakzur Club (18.3 DPS) and got by just fine. I can not stress how important a good weapon is, so don't go into this with a 10 DPS one-hand and a shield.

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The Whitestone Oak Lumber (Deadmines Solo)
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I would consider this one to be the hardest, and I certainly recommend obtaining the quest early and doing it with a group, or having a friend help you. However, that's not what this post is about. We're here to solo it on Hardcore.

Firstly, clear mostly everything leading up to the boss. You don't need to clear everything, mostly as that would be a waste of time (also be aware of respawn timer). Just enough so that you are able to cleanly run back to the entrance and zone out, should you need it. I advise taking it slow, and a good strategy for the Flamestrike-spamming Evokers is to move, and line of sight them. When they cast Flamestrike, it casts to where you stood when the cast begun, so by moving roughly 15-20 yards away from that spot you won't get hit at all, and moving out of LoS will ensure they won't immediately cast it again.

The hardest part of Deadmines Solo is the first boss, Rhahk'zor. He has roughly 4.5K health and hits for nearly 100 per auto attack. He can be especially deadly as he will knock you down which interrupts your heals, and he can easily crit you for 200 damage sending you right back to Elwynn Forest.
He has two guards, but these will not be important as we won't be fighting them at the same time.

My number 1 tip for this boss is to use Blessing of Wisdom. The mana sustain is incredibly important and will ensure your survival. This fight takes a while, and without it you will be out of mana before he even reaches 75%.

When pulling him, make sure that he has patrolled as far away from the locked door as possible (towards you). If he is as far up as he can be, and you pull him with a careful Judgement, you won't aggro the two guards making this kill... actually possible. Once you're fighting him just make sure to heal yourself often (only with Holy Light) and get a few swings in here and there. As long as you keep yourself alive, he will eventually die.

Once he's dead, make sure to kill the patrol coming from behind before you pull the two guards and you will be just fine.

Once you're at the lumber room (the room with Sneed's Shredder), pull the first goblin to your left and you should get the lumber first kill. If not, try to pull a different one that you can get alone. The goblins attack very fast, making it incredibly hard to get a heal off if there are two of them on you, but it's not impossible. I pulled two myself and came out unscathed.

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Jordan's Smithing Hammer (Shadowfang Keep Solo)
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This one was honestly the easier of the two instances. It did require almost always pulling two mobs at a time, whereas with Deadmines you usually only have to pull one, but Shadowfang Keep doesn't require you to kill any bosses.

For every pull leading up to the first boss and the locked door to the courtyard, you will have 1 worgen "Whitescalp" and 1 worg. What's important to note here, is that the Whitescalp has Frost Armor which slows your attack speed and cast speed, and the Worg has a magic debuff which also slows your attack and cast speed. YOU MUST kill the Worg first, and then the Whitescalp, otherwise these two debuffs stack and suddenly your attacks and casts take twice as long and you're likely dead.

All packs leading to the boss are identical, always containing 1 of each of these, so it's just a simple rinse and repeat strategy. There can be times where you can manage to pull only one of each.

Once you're at Rethilgore, the first boss, you want to just jump down with a YOLO attitude. As there are 3 other mobs by the boss who will guaranteed pull, you can not solo kill these. Other strategies for this boss includes: dying. Not recommended.

When you jump down you want to make sure that you land by the middle gate and lever. Pull the lever as fast as you can and talk to the Sorcerer inside the cell to make him open the gate. Once you've spoken to him, and ONLY then, may you pop Divine Protection and book it back out of the instance. Be sure to jump over the railing back at the first room to get down, as it forces the mobs to take a longer route to get to you. Once outside, make sure you aren't in combat before re entering.

This leads you to the courtyard which is far easier to manage. Pull carefully on the left side and pull all the mobs back up the staircase. The Worgens in this area will cast an anti-magic shell, so I advise to just use Seal of the Crusader here for damage output. While they're casting anti-magic shell, it gives you a perfect opportunity to cast a heal on yourself. Overall very easy to deal with. Clear down to the stable and then loot your hammer. DO NOT pull the horses.

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Comment by HeliosActual

So I came on to WOTLK Classic this week and used my boost to make my paladin at 70; I don't have any desire to re-live BC, but I missed Wrath and was excited to jump in. And especially to be able to do a quick solo Verigan's Fist run--I love this quest, loved this weapon back in Vanilla.

Lo and behold, it looks like my 70 boosted toon can't pick up the quest--the NPC doesn't have Tome of Valor for me. He DOES have the Charger quest (even though my chargers were given to me by Blizz's level boost). I submitted a ticket but haven't received a human response yet. Anybody else run into this?

Comment by GamerGilgamesh

Season of Discovery:

This weapon is extremely good even at the level 25 cap. It is equivalent or better to the 2-Hand raid weapons for ret paladins. It is definitely worth it for quick leveling and level 25 content.

I started the quest at level 20 and finished just after level 22 because you have to run DM and SFK. You also have to fight some elites in Loch Modan and near entrance to BFD dungeon.

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Verigan's Fist

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Item Level 31
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Two-Hand	Mace

65 - 99 Damage	Speed 3.20

(25.63 damage per second)
+7 Stamina
+6 Intellect
+12 Spirit
Durability 100 / 100

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