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Commento di Tabukra

my husbands lvl 17 mage was able to pick this part of the quest up.

Commento di Flyv

When finishing this quest the NPC Aman spawns and gives you a warning "Be warned that even your creators are falliable". There's no followup quest, unfortunately.

Commento di 45262

The fossil is a random drop, but I found it one a mottled screecher. Had to kill maybe 12 other raptors before it dropped.

Commento di 48185

I confirm with Henryk about the fossil...its in the cave sitting on the ground at Whelgars Excavation Site at the top of the hill where other lvl 25-28 raptors are. The entrance to the Excavation Site is at coords. 35.42. As soon as you enter the site look to your left and you'll see a road that goes up hill that leads you to the cave.

I was able to get the stone from a mottled screecher close to coords 26.46

Commento di Thottbot

The stone is held by one of the Mottled Raptors/Screechers/etc on the RIGHT side of the road as you leave Menethil. It is a completely random drop and might take you a while to get it to drop.

The Fossil is inside the cave at the Excavation site. If you dont know where the site is, as you kill the raptors, keep heading away from Menethil and you will eventually see the entrance to it. There is a path on the left side as you enter the site that leads up a hill to the cave, the Fossil is actually a little earthen mound on the ground, you dont have to click on the guy beside it to get it.

Commento di Thottbot

To get to the excavation site, follow the path out of Menithel or whatever. Continue on it for about 2 or 3 minutes. Keep watching the right side of the map until there is a break in the mountains. That is the entrance.

Now to get the fossil, just keep to the left of the site until you get to a wall and a pathway leading up. Go up the pathway. If you are lower than 20, i recomend you get a high level to accompany you for there are a couple raptors. Once you get to the top, go into the cave and just right click on the fossil which looks like a mound of dirt.

Commento di Thottbot

Try this:

I've often found that unless the quest is very detailed, ("dire mottled boars in front of Orgrimarr", ect.) and you get the chance between two or more levels of beast in which the item(s) drop from , then it usually, not always, drops off of the higher one. For instance, Raptors range from 21-27 or so inside the Excavation. In https://www.wowhead.com/classic/item=3065/bright-boots , although probably inacurate, this is proven for most.

Good luck.

Commento di Thottbot

This quest also goes great with https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=873/isha-awak because it requires you to kill Screechers and Raptors, obtainable from a man outside the cave for the Stone.

Commento di Thottbot

got it from motled scythclaw lv25 inside the site on fifth kill

Commento di Thottbot

I got the stone of relu from a mottled raptor (had to kill about 7), then proceeded to whack the raptors in the excavation site...until I was told where the fossil was. It was sooo easy, just go up the hill and the cave at the top. I walked in, no mobs (maybe because there were a few high level chars around), and got the fossil.

Good exp too, 2000.

Commento di Thottbot

Stone of Relu drops from the raptors on the way up the road to the prospectors cave which is on the left hand side of the dig site as soon as you walk in. There are only two raptors on the way up they seem to always spawn in the same spots.

It really is a piece of cake, no need to run around killing 15,000 raptors for this one.

Commento di Thottbot

Exact coordinates Fossil 38,52

Commento di Thottbot

This quest consists of killing a bunch of level 23-26 raptors very close to MENTETHIL HARBOR.

If you are in Menthehil it will take you 30 minutes or so if you do it as part of the other Excavation quests.

If you want to stay in Ashenvale, this will suck the life out of you, wait until you move to the wetlands

The directions for both the Raptors and the cave that are printed above are accurate.

Wetlands (39,52) - Fossil
It is in the cave on the floor, all you need to do is click on it.

All around Wetlands (34,41) - Stone (rare drop from Raptor) If you are doing the various killing raptor quests in the area, you should get the Stone while finishing up your Raptor Genocide.

Commento di Thottbot

So, after reading all of the confusion here, I was concerned that this would take a while.

Nope, and here's how -

A short distance outside of the city you will see a banner (Mining Banner with Blue Symbols), off the right side road, and beside a gap in some hills. Turn right and go through that gap. There are some Raptors milling around just past the gap, just hang out there and kill those. You will usually get the drop in 1-4 kills at most. Then, look to your left and you will see another flag and a path leading up the hill. Take that all the way up until you reach the cave, go inside. There, ON THE GROUND is the fossil, click it and head on back. Took me 10 minutes, tops.

So don't be confused by all this jibbajabba, just shibbashabba like I do.

Commento di Thottbot

the entrance to the excavation site is about 34,40

Commento di Thottbot

i got it from Mottled Razormaw
doing it together with Ormer's Revenge
and i didn't kill any extra..
got it after killing 30 Mottled

Commento di Thottbot

The Stone of Relu is NOT a rare or random drop, though you cna get it by a lot of grind-work...

All you have ot do is go to the excavation site and pick up Flagongut's Fossil. When you start to walk back down the ramp a raptor will run up at you seemingly out of nowhere. Kill this raptor and he drops the Stone of Relu.

Commento di Allakhazam

After you hand in both stones a ghostly gian by the name of Aman apears and warns you of digging to far into the past? =P

Commento di Allakhazam

the raptor is just as u walk up the hill his name and lv will be green!

Commento di Allakhazam

man...i have been doing this quest for 3 days now trying to find the fossil. i got the stone with in the first 5 mottled beast i killed. now i think my count is up to a total of 8hrs and 200 mottled beast killed so far. I have been up and down the path from MH to LM and even went into the excavation site still no fossil.

OMG...im so stupid. Just so ya know the fossil in a cave atop the hill at the excavation site. The mottled beast only drop the stone.

Edited, Mon Dec 19 13:39:39 2005

Commento di Allakhazam

mine dropped by a mottled screecher all the way west at the bay - I had all but given up, and needed to repair and sell. My armor was down 80% and I just had 1 more - and he dropped it!

Commento di Allakhazam

Ths stone is not on a Raptor it's on a mottled razormaw

Commento di Allakhazam

lol ur going to kill me but for the hell of it i killed a rapter miles away from the site and i gt the drop :P

Commento di Allakhazam

Coordinates are about 36,40. Completed this in about 10 minutes as a lvl 21 hunter. Little tip for those of lower levels the stone drops from the raptors outside the excavation site and they range from lvl 22-24. Much easier than the 25-26 inside the site

Commento di Allakhazam

flagonut's fossil is in a rock ... open it :) it is beside whelgar in the cave, wait for it to appear :)
Lusi

Commento di Allakhazam

Ok, has Blizzard failed to complete this series of quests? That ghost Aman comes and warns you of digging up the past. Something about even your creator being fallible? And then there is no follow up quest!

Ok the Fossil is next to Whelgar in the cave. The Stone of Relu can be found off of any of the mottled raptors, really. It was my fifth Screecher. My 19th raptor though.

Commento di Allakhazam

Man!
I cann't get up the hill to the cave. At certain point i'm blocked like a do not enter area.It suck!

Commento di Allakhazam

After getting the quest from Flagongut in Menethil Harbor, go to Whelgar's Excavation Site in the Wetlands. When you get there, go up the ramp to the left and into the cave. In the cave you'll see Whelgar, on the ground near him is Flagongut's Fossil- pick it up.

Next run back down the ramp and start killing some raptors. WIthin five kills I got Relu's Relic from looting a Mottled Sytheclaw.

After you have both relics in your pack, go back to the Harbor and see Flagongut.

Commento di Allakhazam

I did this with my level 20 hunter (are hunters overpowered or what?)

As per the other comments, go up the ramp and see the guy... BUT the raptors near the town (20,45)-ish in the wetlands dropped the Stone of relu. I was expecting the guys in the excavation site to drop it (they look like raptors), i tried to take one on (it was level 24 and killed it), then tried a level 25 and after going back for my corpse decided to hunt next to the town and one of the 22/23 raptors there dropped it (altho, it was at least 12 of them dead before it dropped). I wasnt expecting it and caught me off guard a bit.

These raptors are not very near the excavation site.

As a side note, the raptors drop tooths that sell quite nicely to the npc's (in my vastly limited experience)

Commento di Allakhazam

Took me around 40 kills to get the stone, i was like "Woo!" when i got it

Commento di Allakhazam

Ok so how do you get the original Flagengots relic back?
It is removed after you accept the new quest and it is supposedly at the excavation site, but I have yet to find it.

Commento di Allakhazam

stone of relu drops off Mottled Scytheclaw too

Commento di Allakhazam

After killing hundreds of raptors all over the map, I have yet to find the Stone of Relu. Something is wrong with the quest?

Commento di Allakhazam

<edited by Weblo>

Edited, Tue Mar 1 18:25:11 2005

Commento di Allakhazam

took a bit of slaying but a mottled screecher finally dropped the stone, co-ordinates 24,52

Commento di Allakhazam

what r the cooridnates for the excavation site?

Commento di Allakhazam

Just did it... I had to kill like 30-40 of them for it.

Commento di Allakhazam

One is from raptors at base of ramp, other is a ground spawn in the cave at top of ramp.

Commento di Allakhazam

Stone droped from mottled raptors near the road, as it says in the quest.

Commento di Allakhazam

I found the Flagongut's Fossil in the cave on top. You know, the place where to find the Excavation team, it was dug into the ground. I didn't kill a single raptor for that one.

Edited, Wed Mar 23 13:35:29 2005

Commento di Allakhazam

The raptors closest to town are the ones that drop the stone. I was also close to giving up, but the raptors, if you have patience, are good for at least a level and if you're killing A LOT of them, know that you'll make a good amount of silver because they're Keen Raptor Teeth sell for good money.

Commento di Allakhazam

26,46

Commento di Allakhazam

I just got the relic off of a raptor wandering outside of the excavation site.

Commento di Allakhazam

i killed the Mottled raptor at the base of the path leading up to the cave, AND another that was wandering around right out in front of the cave - no stone either time. looks like you might need to kill a bunch of these Mottled guys if yer not lucky. =(

there is some nice almost free exp to be had while doing this part of the quest - there are a few unrelated quests you can take up along the way.

the first one you get from a Dwarf, Tarrel Rockweaver, on the bridge just ouside of Menethil Harbor, he gives this quest - In Search of The Excavation Team. his wife is in the cave where you find Flagongut's Fossil. she then gives a quest to return to her husband with a note. easy, and the exp isn't too bad.

the next quest is Omer's Revenge, which you get from Omer Ironbraid who is stalking about just outside the cave. he's got a "thing" for the Mottled raptors, and wants you to kill a bunch outside the excavation site - i'm pretty sure the Stone of Relu will drop before you finish this quest, unless yer unlucky... =(

this quests leads to two others - killing more raptors, this time inside the excavation site. the last one (the third) has you killing the boss raptor, Sarltooth, a level 28-30 baddie... you might not decide to go all the way with this series, but two of the rewards are pretty nice if yer a Hunter.

if you do decide to finish this line of quests, DON'T THROW AWAY OR SELL the raptors eggs you'll get as drops - one of the rewards you get is a recipe using those eggs. =)

good luck!

Rock.

Edited, Tue May 24 08:16:15 2005

Commento di Allakhazam

I was 23lvl Pally when I went to the site...kept dying from the lvl 26-27 razormaws swarming the site because I didn't know where the cave was.

After following the path from MH to the east, along the south of the swamp, you'll see a path thru the rocks with a blue flag with mining pick on it. Go thru rock path but not too far. Hug the west wall and wait for 1 razormaw to walk away, then stay left for a path up a long hill. You'll meet 2 razors on the way (lvl22-24)...bring help if you need it. Cave is at top of hill...talk to lady and click on big rock on floor.

Commento di Allakhazam

Just went to get the fossil as a 22 NE priest. While its correct that the NPC wont talk to you (silver ! over his head), I could 'open' the fossil on the ground in front of him.

Commento di Allakhazam

I noticed it says level 24, I was level 21,22 after i completed it.

Commento di Allakhazam

I killed a load of the various raptors outside the excavation site with no drop of the Stone, then decided to get the fossil as I had to log. At the bottom of the ramp upto the cave with the fossil I found a lone level 22 raptor. It surprised me as the excavation site's mobs are generally 25/26+ in there, so I killed it on the off-chance and because it was in the way & bam! got the stone 1st go.

I can't test the drop-rate as I finished the quest before thinking about it.

Commento di Allakhazam

i couldnt find the raptor with the relic, which one is it?

Commento di Allakhazam

Edited, Sun Aug 28 10:04:40 2005

Commento di Allakhazam

Took a while for it to drop for me - I am convinced that when you are question for faction the drops take longer! - but it came from a mottled screecher, in the first raptor 'camp' to the left around the base of the mountains as you leave the dig site

Commento di Allakhazam

What many do not seem to realise is that what
people call raptors are all the mottled creatures. This means that the stone drops from any creature with "Mottled" in its name.

Commento di Allakhazam

you have to kill the mottled raptors just east of menethil harbor in the black channel marshes

Commento di Allakhazam

Where is Whelgar?

Commento di Allakhazam

I killed a Raptor along the path from the Harbor and got nothing. The second one droped the relic!
Now I guess I need to find the site! :) Looks like its going to be hard though...I'm at level 21.

Commento di Allakhazam

feel a bit daft asking this, but where do i find the raptors?

Commento di Allakhazam

Got it my 8th kill, I really have pity for you people who had to kill a crap load of em. Not even being sarcastic I've had that problem with other quests before

Commento di Allakhazam

Mottled Raptors
Mottled Raptor Whelgar
Prospector Whelgar

Commento di Allakhazam

To find the excavation site, follow the road East from Menethil until the hills get close to the road on the right (South) side. You should see an opening in the hills and a sign with a shovel and pickaxe on it, the site is in there. Go up the ramp on the left side and Whelgar is in the cave at the top. Talk to him first and he'll give you another easy quest that you can do at the same time as this one. The fossil is a big rock on the ground next to Whelgar, pretty tough to miss, then go down and kill raptors. I killed about a dozen before getting the drop and it was a piece of cake at lvl 32. It had been in my quest log for ages, but was still green and I got 2200xp.

Commento di Allakhazam

I have yet to explore the Wetlands - I'm only lvl 22 and have gotten whacked a couple of times here. Does anyone have the coords of the Excavation Site or the cave that Whelgar is in?

Commento di Allakhazam

Ok so how do you get the original Flagengots relic back?
It is removed after you accept the new quest and it is supposedly at the excavation site, but I have yet to find it.

Commento di Allakhazam

Where do you turn this in? I've had the quest for quite a while and just neglected finishing it, now I want to and can't remember where to go to turn it in.

Commento di Allakhazam

I gave up....Way to annoying. The drop rate is stupid.

Commento di Allakhazam

I killed off 20-30 raptors yesterday without the damn thing dropping & today it came right off the 2nd raptor I killed. I can definantly recommend that you do this one along with the Omer's Revenge.

Commento di Allakhazam

the raptor is just as u walk up the hill his nema and lv will be green!

Commento di Allakhazam

Prospector Whelan won't give you his quest until you hit level 25 (as of 10th Jan 2006) so it might be worth waiting until then before you head to the excavations to do this series... at level 25 you can solo this quest, Whelan's quest, and the guy outside his cave (follow the left-hand wall all the way up the hillside path when you enter) pretty easily if you advance slowly and keep good awareness around you.

An important point that hasn't been mentioned so far is that when you finish the series, Whelan doesn't give you the final fossil part that you need - it's a large flat rock on the cave floor in front of him which you can interact with only when you've done all of the prerequesites.

If you do the associated series for the dwarf outside, you'll end up having to kill the named raptor - this is fairly easy at level 24 (for some classes) if you make sure you split the nearby unrelated razorgaw pop carefully (ie. when it's wandered away from the named). As a hunter I then placed a fire trap between me and the named, pulled with my DoT sting attack, sent the pet in as he crossed the trap (getting the DoT from that on him too) and then just blasted away making sure to control aggro. I believe it would be a tough fight for a mage or warrior to solo at that level as the named is level 29.

The stone seems to be a fairly rare drop (I killed about 20-30 of these guys yesterday and didn't get one, then got one on my first kill today).

The razormaws tend to be 25-26 and the razorgaws are 26-27, neither have very many hp, but they hit hard and fast, and they are very social.

Be very careful of the repop time in here because it's easy to get swarmed by 3 or even 4 raptors and end up back at the graveyard with a tough CR ahead.

Good luck!

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Commento di Saerthaera

The Stone of Relu no longer drops as of Classic.

Commento di Franknol

I had to kill like 30-40 raptors for the damn stone to drop

Commento di Ghyndui

Was really hoping for a follow-on. Maybe back to Ironforge; then another quest string. Oh well... :(

Commento di Yodamaddad

You cannot even pick up this quest. WOW tells me I have not Completed it. And the NPC clearly has not got it. seen this a lot lately on some quests and quest Chains in WOW Clasic.

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The Absent Minded Prospector

Archaeologist Flagongut in Menethil Harbor wants you to bring him the Stone of Relu and Flagongut's Fossil.

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Prospector Whelgar now holds the original fossil at his site in the Wetlands. When I discovered the Stone of Relu, I believed it to be the key to unlocking the mystery of the fossil.

While I traveled on the road to meet Whelgar, I was attacked by raptors and the relic was lost. I don't know which one of the mottled beasts swallowed the relic but if you can retrieve it, I can unleash the power of these artifacts.

Bring me both the Stone of Relu, and the original fossil he holds.

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