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1.	A Taste of Flame
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Comment by Kjeldoran

Does the second part of "A Taste a Flame" require a group?

Where does it take place?

Comment by Thottbot

U talk to the guy and he will spawn the dragon to kill if you have more peps than one you have to wait for the dragon to respawn and them to loot it

Comment by Thottbot

cave is at 94,31

Very easy to find. Its in the top right corner

Comment by Thottbot

Ok to talk to this guy you go to 94,31

click on man in cave

he says proove your worth

accept quest

click on man again

click "how do i prove my worth?"

slay dragon

get molt

then BRD time:)

Comment by Thottbot

You can also get the molt by completing a series of quests, which ends with the quest Set Them Ablaze, in the Searing Gorge. After all is said and done, there's a chest next to the squire; from this chest you get the molt.

THAT is what the other folks were talking about. The info is still valid with v1.10, 'cause I just completed it about 15 minutes ago. (29March2006)

Comment by Thottbot

If you are in a group, only one person can get the quest item for each kill. To make it worse, the dragon will only respawn once every 10 minutes. So a party of five will take about an hour total.

Comment by Thottbot

I agree with Vulturefu, if you haven't done it already, take the quest to get the molt:
Set Them Ablaze
https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=3463/set-them-ablaze

It will be much easier if you're higher level, but not a strong soloer against the Dragon, or if in a group, only one person needs to light the braziers & everyone gets a molt from the turnin npc, plus the rewards from that quest are also a bonus! Much easier than a group needing to kill the dragon over & over.

Comment by Thottbot

Just wanted to let people know that if you completed Set Them Ablaze a long time before getting this quest, you can go back to Kalaran in Searing Gorge and the chest will still be there. (At least it was for me.)

I looted it and got the molt, no problem.

Comment by Thottbot

Once obtaining the quest from the Dragon, talk to him again to prove your worthiness. He will spawn outside the cave.

I did this as a 54 warlock (affliction spec'd). I put my voidy on him, applied all of my DOT's (and I mean all of them). Once I pissed him off, I shadow bolted a couple of times and deathcoiled him once. I had to use a healthstone and sacrificed my pet in the end, but I did kill him :)

Comment by Thottbot

Soloed the Frenzied Black Drake as a level 52 Troll Hunter.. Piece of cake. (Beast master)

Comment by Allakhazam

You can only get one molt at a time off the minion dragonspawn. So if you have multiple people on the quest, you have to keep respawning it. I don't think anyone's mentioned it. Also, can you only get it by skinning the drake? Another intereting question.

Comment by Allakhazam

where do u find him?

Comment by Allakhazam

I just spoke with him and said i couldnt prove myself and i fought his pet and kicked but with a 54 holy priest ^_^

Comment by Allakhazam

where exactly can i find the molt! any c o ords?

Comment by Allakhazam

Note that the Frenzied Black Drake is immune to fire damage. So not much point in bringing your imp if you're a warlock.

Comment by Allakhazam

Soloed as a 53 hunter, and hit 54 in the process. I just kept him at the end of the cave with my pet, and just went all out on him. Flame buffet is a #$%^&. Once he killed my pet, he came after me and took me down to 300~ish. Not. Fun.

Comment by Allakhazam

For me there wasn't any prereq for this quest. When I walked into the cave for the first time without ever having done any of the quests that are supposed to load up to this one I was already able to get this quest and the mold by talking to him.

Is this site wrong or is it perhaps a bug?

Comment by Allakhazam

I happened to stumble upon this quest while levelling in the Burning Steppes. I had seen the Black Drake flying around the area already and avoided it because I didn't realize it was a couple levels below me (I see a giant dragon and think Pwnage x_x). When I accepted the quest I figured he wanted me to kill it, I wasn't prepared for the 500DMG Flame Breath, so I died the first time.

As a level 52 Affliction Lock (without Curse of Doom ... you don't get that until 60), I simply sent my VW into him, making sure I'm at least with in the minimum range to start dotting immediately after my VW successfully Torments it. Siphon Life, Corruption, (Amplify Curse) Curse of Agony, Unstable Affliction. Then begin to use Drain Life as much as I can, though eventually it's attention turns off the VW and on to me. At this point I just start running away, lol. We don't have to be facing it to recast the dots (except for Unstable Affliction, but I'm not stopping for that) and I somehow managed to avoid his Flame Breath. I never thought about sacrificing the VW, so I'll keep that in mind next time, lol ...

Using a Superior Health Potion and a Greater Healthstone, I survived with a little over 1k HP.

No Molt, wasn't aware YOU had to summon it. Oh well, it was a fun fight, I'll do it again some time.

Comment by Allakhazam

Soloed it as a lvl 53 warlock.
Used my healthstone, a major heal potion and sacrifice. Survived with 140hp (:

Comment by Allakhazam

just talk to him twice ppl no need for cords or just kill the LARGE elite Dragons you had to aviod while questing

Comment by Allakhazam

the interaction with this NPC - Cyrus Therepentous - was a bit confusing for me... i talked to him and showed him the Molt. then i had to talk to him again before i could continue with this quest...

this whole line of quests seems to need a little work...

later on,
Rock.

Comment by Allakhazam

oops

Edited, Dec 5th 2006 10:01am by rescoto

Comment by Allakhazam

I just tried this quest again, and when I didn't have proof, he spawned a 55 elite drake. After I died and went back, I tried to get another chance, but could not get him to spawn another drake. After abandoning and reaquiring the quest, the dummoned drake did not appear, so I will try again another day.

Comment by Allakhazam

If you already have a Molt, it seems you do not need to fight the Black Drake

Comment by Allakhazam

What SHOULD be posted here: If you don't already have the molt, talk to Cyrus again. You'll be able to fight his pet for a molt.

Comment by Allakhazam

Where do you find the drake that drops the molt?

Comment by Allakhazam

I facemelted him. Was freaking easy. :P

Comment by Allakhazam

Please post something useful. No one cares how you did it, only where you did it.

Comment by Allakhazam

there are two ways to obtain the molt:
1. there is a chain in searing gorge (The Flawless Flame), in the chest you'll get as reward there is a molt aswell. the NPC will know this and ask you to show it to him in a mini-quest.
2. speak with him, say you don't have a proof and accept his challenge. A frenzied black drake (elite 52) will enter the cave and attack you. He will drop a molt aswell.

There seems to be some timer on the latter quest, when I and a friend did it, he had to wait a bit until "his" drake spawned.

Comment by Allakhazam

Solo'd as a 54 hunter... Started the fight with pet tanking and spamming as much dmg as possible before pet died... Then I kited the drake south following the mountains using serpant sting and acrane shot... Aspect of Cheetah helped to get some distance for some auto and multishots before he got in range again... Didn't use any pots or other perishables during the fight

Also, I'm pretty sure the level of the drake is related to the level of who who spawns it, as it was always 54 on my attempts~

Note: The drake is immune to all non-damage status effects

Comment by Allakhazam

If you are doing this quest by summoning the Drake in the Burning Steppes, be advised that the spawn may be camped and 'stolen' by anyone who is outside the cave at the time it is summoned.

Make sure you have your group waiting outside the cave for the spawn so you can tag it before a farmer does.

Sad that there are those who would grief like this, but they are out there :(

Comment by Allakhazam

Its on a time - about 3min or so - if it doesn't spawn for you after 3min - logout and back in and do it - In a group of 3 - we managed to get him to come 3 times by doing this. . . . proof . . . ready . . . KILL

Comment by Razza

Solo'd this one with my Lvl 53 Shadow priest... the key was to dispel the stacks of Flame Buffet. 5 stacks of this will hit you for 500 damage per cast and you'll be done for. Mana was the only issue but 1 greater mana potion and a little bit of wand mana management saw me through.

To mitigate damage i used Vampiric Embrace and Shadow Word: Pain for a smallish heal. Didn't need any of the holy heals to stay up.

Hope this helps any other priests in the same boat.

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A Taste of Flame

Show Cyrus Therepentous proof of your worth.

You have a feeling that Cyrus already knows that you are unworthy.

	Black Dragonflight Molt (1)

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You seek out the Flight? Present to me proof of your worth, mortal.

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/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(4023))

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