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Comment by 20820

This guard is supposed to spawn when you open the Arcane Container in Steamvault (https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/object=182196) since Patch 2.0.7, to prevent more players than just the original group from getting the key without having to run the instance.

Comment by 29954

Duo'd tonite with 2 mages. One was Arc/Fire, other deep fire. Basically there is this little rock hill to the the left of the bridge that leads to the last bosses, this is where you want to run to.

We both used invisibility and ran as close to it as we could. Then right when we had 1 second or so left on it we both chugged a Lesser Invisibility pot which gave us enough time to get the top of the hill.

At this point you can jump into water and not have to worry about any mobs.

We had one swim down and open it then swim back up to the top while one hammered it. When we got low on HP we staggered our frost novas to keep him off of us and bandage. Neither of us died. We were quite impressed :]

So it is duo'able with 2 mages :]

Comment by 46908

Very easy solo as a warlock, put on your waterbreathing buff and go underthe water, he can be feared so keep up fear and he wont agro other mobs either.

Comment by 14370

today i soloed it as 70 level bad geared feral druid. Hardest part was to get by pass all patrols.

Comment by 66363

soloed him as a 40/21 arc fir mage, just pop all ur cooldowns

Comment by 5979

soloed him after dying twice 21/40 arc fire mage... good times! :)

Comment by ZombiePope

A rogue can solo this key fragment. A healthstone, a potion, and buffs from friends help, but regardless you can stealth to it solo and should be able to solo the guardian after 1 or 2 tries.

Comment by 11253

Easily soloed as a 70 druid, prowl/sprint to the water. Cast regrowth and rejuvenation before opening the Arcane Container then bear form and mangle/maul away (may want to bash then heal if required ,make sure you swim back up so you don't drown :)

Comment by Rasztra

In my opinion, these are things to keep in mind if trying to solo this (especially if you're a mage):

1) Lesser Invisibility Potions share a 10min cooldown with Mana Emeralds... be prepared to wait if you think you'll need the Emerald (turns out I didn't... but it would help).
2) The Fragment Guardian is classified as a beast, so anything that works on beasts should work on it (I have only tested sheep, which works).
3) If you summon it, and it kills you, it will be there when you go back and won't require another summon (unless you take a really long time). This was great for me as it allowed me to start the fight at max range and open with a pyroblast.

I solo'd this a few days after I hit level 70. Used a health potion and some mana-shielding. Not too difficult, it only has 21,000 hp.

Comment by Katanshin

the doorway shuts after you defeat the last boss, trapping you in the chamber - make sure you get this before you kill the last boss.

Edit: You can HS out, and reenter the instance without resetting it in order to get the fragment. Had two others with me at the time. One stayed in the instance, myself and the other HS'd out and then summoned the guy who was in the instace using the meeting stone, then we reentered. Worked nicely :)

Comment by Exanimo

The guardian can be feared!
As it counts as a beast as others say, Scare Beast of a Hunter likely works aswell.

The way i solo'd it on my lock:
- Soulstoned myself, sacced Voidwalker and drank Lesser Invisibility potion.
- Die halfway in between and wait for the 10min CD on the potion to pass.
- Ressurect (there is a save spot in between, just wait for the elemental patrolls to pass), drink a pot and run the other half.

Remark: Swiftness potion will remove your invisibility buff, so not useable in combination. (found out the hard way)

Comment by Thottbot

Solo-able by a level 70 assassination rogue. He is susceptible to poison so I used Instant Poison VII on both daggers. Used evasion ability and stunned him as much as possible because he would hit me for 650 on average. His attack speed is nothing to insane, so it's a manageable fight. I used a water breathing potion before hand and didn't bother to pull him to the surface because that would have wasted dps. When I beat him down to around 6k health he crit me for just over 1600 dmg; I blinded him and bandaged for 510 health per tic over the full 8 seconds. (quick recovery talent)
The fight lasted for 1.5 minutes. Good Luck!

-Harmtouch (shadowmoon)

Comment by Thottbot

Ok, this is what I did, lvl 70 shadow priest, only 2 glad epics. What I did is used lesser invisibility potions, you can get to a certain spot in between a doorway and the ramp up to the lake with them as long as you have killed the first two mobs of the instance (i used MC) once there you wait 10 mins for the cooldown of the potion then use another to get to the lake, i solod the gaurdian easy not much hp at all i got off two fears didn't even last a minute. Good Luck guys, might take a bit to get that spot, use MV to find it...

Comment by Thottbot

Method for warlock who needs the key and have two friends: tank and healer.

1) Kill the mobs at the entrance
2) Kill the next group (the patrol)
3) Kill the elementals group (banish the big one, kill the others, then kill the big one)
4) Use SS on yourself
5) Run to the water: the tank goes first aggroing every group you are gonna aggro anyway and the healers heals the tank and also the lock if by any means he gets aggro from some mob.
6) When you reach the entrance to the second boss zone and you have a lot of mobs on you, use Howl of Terror and continue running, let the others back from you and try to die in the water or close.
7) Wait for the others to die, and use SS
8) Go to the beginning of the ramp, drink, eat, fel armor, unending breath, wait for CDs and go for the key fragment with voidwalker (or felguard if you have).
9) The mob is easy to solo even with blue/green gear, just dot him a lot and when you get aggro just chain fear and continue shadow bolts, renew dots.

I have 3 epics, 3 greens and the rest blues on the lock. I think it can be soloed with all green/blue easy anyway.

Comment by Sipder2

Second Key Fragment drop from Second Fragment Guardian. This guy appear after interact with Arcane Container in The Steamvault.
Arcane Container is located before the first boss inside the water. After enter the dungeon go straight until reach the water.

Video guide: https://youtu.be/y-9VCdocGmE

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