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Comment by yarrly

These are also in the Swamp of Sorrows for those that are trying to farm the hard to get Breath of Wind

Comment by 32383

killed 11 and 0 drops...80% drop rate?? =/

Comment by Aisha

I were farming for my Phantom Blade, killed like 20 of this guys but, only got two Breath of Wind. So they do drop but, its very low drop rate.

Comment by Feszy

odd, i killed 6, got 5. the drop rate seems acurate to me.

Comment by 41367

Do these guys wander around randomly, or is there a certain spot where there are more? Because I'm having a hard time finding any of them....

Comment by 44071

Killed 49, dropped only 7...
14,2% nice, what can i say

Comment by Kria

85% Just for Gusting Vortex 45 lvl

Comment by Thottbot

I saw a post before that contained some coordinates. Does anyone have them?

Comment by Thottbot

The drop rate for Breath of Wind is definately not 47%... I farmed these for three days and the drop rate is probably closer to 14.7% maybe, and that's if you are lucky.

48 kills 6 BoW total.

Comment by Thottbot

I have just been farming these to get 6 BoW to make a phantom blade....

The drop rate, in my experience is about 1 in 5 kills (average) - so about 20% i'd say.

The main annoying thing is that the gusting vortexes are difficult to findl. I'd say there are probably only 5 or 6 on the entire map at any one time....and i've found they travel around on random paths - rather than wandering in circles....so this makes ity extra difficult to find them.

I find that going up to the hill in front of gadgetzan (where the 'abyssal sands' text is on the map), and then doing a large circular run around the map...going out to the noxious lair...then down to the rocks just north east of the dunemaul compound....then across to the caverns of time area.....up to winterspring field...and back to the large hill. You should pass 2-4 gusting vortexes per round trip (note - if you spot any rock elementals....kill them...they occupy the spawn points of the gusting vortexes).

A word of warning.....be prepared to get frustrated....you can go killing 8,9 or 10 without a drop....which can take a long time...put the kettle on, get some snacks, have one eye on the TV and grind.....cos it IS a grind.

good luck all

Comment by Thottbot

Finding these guys was not a problem. They seem to be all over the place. I slaughtered them for about 4 hours and I only recieved one breath of wind. Honestly the longest I had to look for a vortex was maybe 2 - 3 minutes. The drops are very hit or miss. My buddy came out for a different quest and killed one because it was in his way and got a breath of wind. Arrrgggghhhh! I wish they at least dropped some other kind of vendor trash. When your not lucky enough to get the breaths you walk away with nothing but frustration.

Comment by Thottbot

i rode around tannaris for 1 hr and found 2 of the wandering Gusting Vortex, neither dropped 1 - frkin waste of time , going to silthius

Comment by Allakhazam

Its pretty simple... Its just what depth said up top where one has to be dead for another to spawn. There is 1 more location that I went to. I have to admit it still is difficlut to find them. I spent 2-3 hours and I got 3 drops lol. The location is "around" 50.44 on the sand hills, it has writing on the map in that location. There are 2 Vortex and Land Rover (stone elemental) spawns there so you got a pretty good deal.

- Just post if you have any difficulties

Comment by Allakhazam

A little clarification. Gusting Vortex spawn is linked to "Ground Pounder Elementals". Kill Ground Pounders to get Vortex. The coordinates 58,58 & 50,45 seem to work best. You can encounter Ground Pounders almost all over Tanaris just as Depth's map shows but the spawn seems to be around the coordinates. Remember the drop rate is tied to YOUR/group level. I.E. if your low the drop is low. So my lv 52 Paladin was getting 20-25% drop. And for a laugh try escorting Tooga (starts @ about 33,70? the turtle). As soon a quest started I saw a Living Storm and later 2 Gusting Vortex lol

Hope This Helps
Flynts of Medivh

Comment by Allakhazam

when I went out and was outright farming for the Breath of Wind, I thought the drop rate sucked too. Afterwards though I left my mage logged in a spot that has a possibility of 3 Vortexes pathing nearby. I would log in every day or so and kill any I saw. The droprate seemed alot more reasonable when I didnt really need the breaths badly. I farmed about 20 this way to bump my Smiths skillup on Truesilver champions. So while the droprate seems bad I dont think it really is, is finding the damn things up that makes it seem bad.

Comment by Allakhazam

I killed 1 just because I wanted to smash something. Looted Warden's Wizard Hat, nothing else!1

Comment by Allakhazam

i got 3 in 3

Comment by Allakhazam

this also drops gut render or ripper w.e its called teh epic dagger

Comment by Allakhazam

50% drop rate on breath of wind my FOOT

more like....5% maybe

Comment by Allakhazam

*!@#ing drop rate! Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing! BAH! 45% my ass!

Comment by Allakhazam

I would like to point out that the spawn to the west of the Dunemaul Compound is bugged. Although the elemental is there, it may appear invisible (although not stealthed, so it can't be detected) yet still be able to attack.

You will not be able to counter attack, but it should appear after a few seconds of waiting

I would also like to confirm that the drop rate of Breath of Wind is by no stretch of the imagination even close to 45%.

There is also the point that even though Land Ragers are more common, I have not once seen one drop a Core of Earth. I have killed more of these than Gusting Vortexes, yet come accross 4 Breath of Wind.

Comment by Allakhazam

I wonder if it is 50%, its more like 25%. I killed 8 of them and got 2. But the rock elementals rarely drop the core. Riding a circuit made it much easier, just need to keep ur eyes open and u can find them pretty easily. There seems to be more rock spawning than wind

Comment by Allakhazam

All I needed was 1, for the +5 resistances cloak enchant. I killed 2 in Tanaris near 54,54 and got 1 drop at lvl 52. Hope that helps some people.

Comment by Allakhazam

Here's what I found:

An elemental will spawn at 43,69
It's split between a Gusting Vortex and Land Rager.
The spawn time is 6-8 minutes.
If you stand at the top of the dune & look east you will be staring at the spawn spot, and the drop for breath of wind for me (52 Tauren Hunter) is poor--25% at best.

Comment by Allakhazam

these guys arent all over like the map says, where have you guys seen em?

Comment by Allakhazam

I think you'll probablu make more money just killing everything in sight, and killing these when you see one.

Comment by Allakhazam

hahaha the entire map is covered in white squares

Comment by Allakhazam

Depth, your chart is spot on mate, well done.

I spent only 25 minute going clockwise starting at the top of the map mentioned in Depth's Post. I found 10 Vortexes, almost exactly in the middle of each area indicated on the map, and 4 or 5 or the stone ones. Only problem was i did not get one drop, nothing except some solid stone. I guess there is some lucky guy out there getting 9/10 to make the numbers add up. Either way good i know how to find them now cheers depth.

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Comment by Allakhazam

Luckily I found one at 58,58. Very tough to do.

Comment by Allakhazam

I agree. I killed upwards of a 10-15 of those and got 2. And felt lucky to get that many, heh. Max 10% drop rate from my subjective view. Also those vortex mobs are far, far too rare.

Comment by Wimbleton

I have killed about 50+ of these guys out of curiosity in Tanaris the first time around and now in Classic, mostly to get them out of the way of something else I was after. Not one has dropped anything. They're not hard and the XP is level-appropriate but if you're looking for loot, get thee to Silithus.

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Gusting Vortex

This NPC can be found in Tanaris (528).

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