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Comment by netherbane

A silly 3% faster riding reward from killing this boss is hardly a 'bomb' item. Being able to move a tad bit faster may save you once or twice, or allow you to get to flags a bit faster or whatever your style may be, but it takes up a trinket slot. 3% is only a teaser. With the carrot, glove enchant, and spurs, you can recieve a total of 15% increased mount speed. Used with some very easy macros, you can even have all the item switch in and out of slots at you mount/dismount. So the only slot it wastes in an inventory slot. And I would hope you have plenty of those.

Trinkets cannot be swapped in combat, so in order to move a bit faster you are sacrificing something like a counterattack lodestone, blackhand's breath, eye of the beast or other useful-if-you-need-to-fight item.

I will certainly admit that being able to move a bit faster can be fun and useful at times, especially in PvP, but that does not make this quest reward 'da bomb'.

Useful, most certainly.

Worth getting if you are already planning on going thru Zul Farrak, but not if you are an engineer and already have a dozen other trinkets taking up space IMO. Certainly not the be all and end all that calling it a 'bomb' would imply.

I am almost inclined to use the older implication of the reward being a bomb - that is, something that blows up in your face and/or does not go as planned. Just my opinion of course.

As well, am I the only one that thinks it is very unbalanced of Blizzard for folks to need to quest against an entire city of level 48-52 elites in the Hinterlands in order to make the frikkin hammer to summon one level 46 elite in Tanaris????? For a dungeon that is mid-high 40's....that is a bugger of a hill to climb (literally - you climb 2 ziggurats in the hinterlands to get the mallet)...almost makes the actual run thru Zul Farrak anti-climactic

I know thousands have done it....but come on...that is just dumb.

Comment by TheOnyx

For information on how to summon this creature, see the related quest: https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=2770

Comment by WildW

Fairly easy kill once you summon him. Remember to clear the room before doing so.

The boss has the ability to knock players high up in the air.

Comment by 4006

I'm Fairly Certain Gahz'rilla is an "Easter Egg" for Godzilla.

Comment by FerdinandeZ

You need to summon gahz'rilla

How to summon:

First, you need to head to The Hinterlands. Go to the Altar of Zul. At the top are two elite mobs, Qiaga the Keeper and Morta'gya the Keeper. They should be no problem for a group of level 46+. The Sacred Mallet drops off of Qiaga.

Next, you need to go to Jintha'alor, namely, the altar at the top. You'll fight your way through level 45-50 elites on the long trek up. At the top is an ampitheater, with the Altar of Jintha'alor in the middle. On it is Elder Torntusk, a Horde NPC. After clearing the mobs, stand by the altar and right-click the Sacred Mallet. This will transform it into the Mallet of Zul'Farrak.

Notice that the mallet is very hard to get. Do this with a party

Comment by 49328

The chain to summon Ghaz might seem pretty ludicrous, and indeed it is but it's not altogether worthless. As long as you get all the other Jintha'alor quests from Revantusk before you go, it's an incredibly rewarding run, better than a lot of instances IMO. I ran a 3-man all the way through and really enjoyed the whole thing, so even though Ghaz'rilla himself doesn't give any insane rewards for the most part, it's worth doing along with the other quests.

Comment by Thottbot

The drops suck because it's killed for a quest that gives a trinket that you'll be using for the rest of the game.

Comment by Thottbot

I just soloed this quest from beginning to end as a 60 Rogue. Pretty easy, but Gahz'rilla was a bit of a challenge. Stealthed to the Altar in Hinterlands and killed the two elites for the mallet, stealted to the altar in Jintha'Alor and got the mallet charged, then vanished. Gahz'rilla was a bit more difficult though. Since he casts when you get out of his range, I just beat him in the face until I was at low health, then backed off and bandaged up (keeping him targeted, or else he'll heal) then went back in for the finish.

Easy =)

Comment by Thottbot

the reason the drops suck so much is that the quest rewards are bomb. (Quest given by the dude in thousand needles)

7100xp(i was 46)

and trinket - Carrot on a stick (3% Mount speed increase)

Comment by Thottbot

could a lvl 60 solo this guy?

Comment by Thottbot

have everyone mount and just run thru- turn left then up to the pool. IF YOU JUMP IN POOL you will lose aggro!

climb out clear a few around the north of pool then summon. So easy.

Easy to solo as 60 also...

Comment by Thottbot

Well i joined a PUG and was given 4 Quests. We completed all 4 which leveled me from 40 to 41 and i came away with "The Carrot on a Stick" too!

i count myself very lucky, but good to know if a guildie has got it and can share with you.

Comment by Thottbot

Hit him with a few spells, shifted to bear. When I started to get low on health, switched back to heal myself, then right back to bear, etc. etc. Took about five minutes.

Comment by Thottbot

the quest giver is in mirage raceway hes one of the 2 gnome brothers

Comment by Allakhazam

U gotta go through all this, just 2 get the Carrot on a Stick? Now i wonder if its worth it. Sounds like Felhunter all over again!

Comment by Allakhazam

Clearly inspired by Ghidrah, not Godzilla. How disappointing. At least the turtle in BFD isn't called Mothra.

Comment by Allakhazam

oh my Gahz

Comment by Allakhazam

We went after him last night for the carrot on a stick quest (and for the sweet mail he drops)

It was pretty smooth. We had 2 warriors that were alternating holding aggro and doing DPS. A hunter with broken tooth going to town on DPS and me dropping totems and healing with a priest. I was melee only b/c my shocks love pulling aggro.

We killed him pretty quick and our warriors never fell below 70% health with 2 healers. He dropped the mail which I rolled on and won. And we all got the loot for carrot on a stick.

I was able to get the mallet with 2 others earlier and blessing it was pretty easy with a hunter's pet distracting the priestess.

And it says 3% but when you combine all 3 riding speed bonuses, you get more than 3%. I had +9% with mithris spurs and riding enchant on gloves. After adding carrot on a stick I have +15% boost. So I'm at 175% speed when mounted and with automountequip I can switch between my mount gear and enchanted gear without having to think about it.

It only took about an hour and a half to go through the instance and we killed more than just Gahz'rilla so it should only take a group about 30-40 minutes to get to him and take him out. He's relatively close to the entrance.

Happy huntin!

Comment by Allakhazam

ok, i was being stupid, and so on my first run-through of ZF we killed Gahz and i got the Gahz'rilla Fang. i rolled a need on it. i am a hunter.

Comment by Allakhazam

we have defeated this mob whit a lv 43 druid and a 49 hunter only...

Comment by Allakhazam

Copied from the quest section. this isn't my post, but...
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By: DaiXing

Optional: Go to Zul Farrak and kill Trolls until a Tablet drops on how to make the Mallet of Zul Farrak. But since I'm going to tell you...you won't need this, so skip ahead.

Go to Hinterlands, and go to the middle/south of the map and you'll find Altar of Zul. It's a pyramid object and you will fight trolls 47+. Once you get to the top, you'll fight lvl 52 elite and his 2 guards. Loot the named, and you should get the Mallet.

Take the Mallet East, towards Jintha'alor, the troll city. Basically follow the path inside and whenever you have the chance, go up the stairs, so basically, keep going up and up. Once you reach an area that looks somewhat like an amphitheatre, you'll see a Named, called Vile Priestess Hexx. Now, my strategy is to get a Hunter to tank her while you run to the Stone Altar in front of them and Use the mallet. While Hexx is preoccupied, you'll have the mallet turned into the Mallet of Zul Farrak. Once completed, u can choose to kill Hexx, or die and Spirit Rez, or whatever u wish to do.

Once you have the Mallet of Zul Farrak, head back to Zul Farrak in Tanaris, and go hit in on the Gong. It'll summon Gahz'rilla the hydra-lookin beast. And have some fun, hope this helps.

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Volley Shot !

Comment by Allakhazam

Blizzard needs to update the loot table for this so called last boss.

1. He is the final boss of the instance.
2. Getting the mallet is a pain.

1 blue and 1 green in the loot table? That's something I'd expect from a first boss.
Not to mention that the blue drop (mail chest) is only a viable choice for Resto/Elemental Shamans, or maybe a Paladin.

More loot please.

Comment by Allakhazam

Once you have the mallet and use it to summon Gahz'rilla, does the mallet disappear or can you use it over and over again?

Comment by Allakhazam

So it is my 1st ZF. We get to the little pool, clear everything around and I, curious as I am, want to check what's in the pool. So I jump in it and notice it's deep, while someone must have sounded his mallet and he spawned right before my eyes. I panic, try to get out of the pool but can't find the stairs, the guy aggroes me and the tank has to get it off me. He casts Frostbolts and does a sort of Uppercut that sends you stratospheric, when I fell I got 550 dmg. Ouch. But I survived, the breastplate dropped, everyboty greeded and me too. Won it, merchanded it, got more than 1g. Exciting.

Comment by Allakhazam

this guy is madddd easy. Maybe we just had a good group, or that and the quest is really stupid (says 50). I know you need the mallet and blah blah blah but seriously this guy is real easy.

Comment by Allakhazam

how do you get the mallet to summon this guy?

Comment by Allakhazam

This guy bounces you way up in the air, and it hurts when you land. Went from full to 1/10 HP and had to bandage.

However, nobody died. I have to think that the bounce isn't a fixed amount of HP, as it doesn't actually kill you.

He seemed pretty slow. The best strategy might be to just hang back and used ranged combat.

What have other people's experiences been?

Comment by Charak

My lvl59 druid solo'd him for the carrot quest.

Went and solo'd the mallet at Hinterlands. Then moonglade hearth, and flew down to gadgetzan.

You can summon him without aggroing anything, then go to the hill back left, kill the basilik and a few trolls pat. Pulling the boss doesnt aggro any trolls.

moonfire from range, then just walk up the hill (he has a range spell, so gotta out range him so he moves), bear form and FF again to keep aggro.

He has a stun (frost) and a slam knockup. Being high level and with marks, have a chance to resist, but bring a pvp trinket too. Always save 10 rage to charge back when he knocks you up.

He has 23000 HP, but doesnt hit hard, can resist his frost spells. either bear form heal or popout regrowth/rejuv.

loot the quest item and get your carrot.

Comment by kreepy

Solo'd as a 60 warlock to get the carrot for an alt. Fight was trivial with a voidwalker pet, as his knockback spell is an aggro drop and he does very little damage. I pulled aggro from the pet once and he was dead before I could pull it again.

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