WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Ogri'la Guide

Ogri'la is a TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2 content faction, meaning none of this was available to you in Phase 1 no matter how much you wanted it. The faction occupies a floating plateau accessible only via flying mount: the game's polite way of telling anyone without wings to go home. Their war against the Burning Legion and the Black Dragonflight over Apexis Crystals gives you a tidy excuse to extract value from all of it, assuming you can stomach the commute.

The Ogri'la daily quest hub and the full Ogri'la reputation track only become available at Phase 2. You can complete the introductory group quest chain (up to Neutral) during Phase 1 if you want a head start, but the Ogre Heaven quest and all dailies require Phase 2 to be live.

The primary reason anyone grinds Ogri'la in WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2 is a combination of pre-raid gear, uniquely cheap consumables, the infamously punishing Shartuul's Transporter solo event, and the deeply questionable life choices that lead a person to care about ogre faction standing. This guide covers all of it with the compassion it deserves: which is to say, none.

Requirements (Yes, All of Them)

Before you consider the Ogri'la grind in WoW TBC Classic Anniversary, run through this list and confirm that you meet every single prerequisite. Skipping this step will cost you a trip to Shattrath City, possibly a group, and definitely your dignity.

• Level 70. This is not negotiable. The ogres will not see you otherwise.
• A flying mount. Normal flying works. Epic flying makes you less pathetic on the commute. The plateau is physically inaccessible without one: you cannot walk, swim, or cry your way up there.
• A group of five for the initial unlock chain. The Sons of Gruul do not respect solo players. They barely respect groups. Plan accordingly.
• Phase 2 must be active for the Ogre Heaven quest to appear and the daily quests to unlock.
• Patience engineered to industrial tolerance. The reputation is heavily time-gated through daily quests. There is no shortcut. There is only the passage of days.

Warning

Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard provides a free flight path to the Skyguard Outpost adjacent to Ogri'la: but reaching that Exalted status also requires flying. Do not convince yourself this is a workaround. It is not.

Before a single daily quest becomes available and before Ogri'la's reputation track begins to move in any meaningful direction, you must endure an introductory chain that serves as the game's way of verifying that you deserve ogre friendship. It does this by sending you to kill several oversized gronn sons of Gruul the Dragonkiller, summon an ogre warlock into existence against its will, and drag a gronn's soul out of a barrow. Standard TBC Classic Anniversary content.

Phase 1 Accessible (Pre-Phase 2): The Bloodmaul Chain

This portion of the chain can be completed during Phase 1 if you're a forward-thinking individual who doesn't mind doing group content for rewards that don't exist yet. Speak with Grok in the Lower City of Shattrath to pick up Speak with the Ogre. This sends you to Mog'dorg the Wizened atop a tower near the Circle of Blood in Blade's Edge Mountains, who will generously offer you a queue of group quests in exchange for your suffering.

1. Pick up Speak with the Ogre from Grok in Shattrath Lower City and fly to Mog'dorg the Wizened at the Circle of Blood.
2. Complete Grulloc Has Two Skulls: kill Grulloc in the Cursed Hollow to the east. Bring four friends and enough mana to matter.
3. Complete Maggoc's Treasure Chest: hunt Maggoc patrolling Razor Ridge. The chest is empty. The irony is not lost on Mog'dorg either.
4. Complete Even Gronn Have Standards: fly to the Barrier Hills above Shattrath and dispatch Slaag. Yes, this one is above the city. Yes, you need flying. Yes, for the third time.
5. Complete Grim(oire) Business: summon Vim'gol the Vile at his circle northeast of the arena using five players standing in fire rings. Retrieve his grimoire. When the game tells you he's "getting bigger," that means stop standing in the center like a tourist.
6. Complete Into the Soulgrinder: use Vim'gol's grimoire at Soulgrinder's Barrow to force Skulloc Soulgrinder into the physical world, then kill him. Mog'dorg will yell about you being a king or queen of ogres. Enjoy it. It's the last praise you'll receive for a while.

Efficiency Tip

The quest objectives for all Sons of Gruul quests are lootable by anyone who has the corresponding quest active, regardless of who gets the killing blow. If another group is already working through the chain, shamelessly tag along. The ogres will never know.

Phase 2 Required: Ogre Heaven and Opening the Hub

Once Phase 2 goes live and you've completed the Bloodmaul chain, return to Mog'dorg the Wizened to receive Ogre Heaven. This quest sends you directly to Ogri'la on the plateau to speak with Chu'a'lor. From there, a series of quests introduces you to the hub, the Apexis Relics, the Skyguard Outpost, and ultimately unlocks the three initial daily quests. Complete everything Chu'a'lor and the surrounding NPCs hand you: none of these one-time quests are optional if you want the dailies open. You also receive The Trouble Below during this chain, which will loop you back to Mog'dorg once more because the developers wanted to ensure you made the most of your flying mount subscription.

Once the chain is complete, you land at Neutral standing with Ogri'la and the daily hamster wheel begins its long, slow spin toward Exalted.

Neutral to Honored: The Daily Treadmill Begins

This is the most time-gated stretch of the entire Ogri'la grind in WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2. There are no shortcut methods, no bonus reputation sources, and no emergency exits. You log in, you do your dailies, you log out. You do this for days. The game is aware this is tedious. It does not care.

Three daily quests unlock after completing the Ogri'la introductory chain. All three grant reputation with both Ogri'la and Sha'tari Skyguard simultaneously, which is the game pretending to reward your time investment with two-for-one efficiency. Don't let it flatter you.

At maximum efficiency: meaning all three dailies completed every single day: you generate 1,100 Ogri'la reputation per day. Neutral starts at 0/3000. Honored requires 12,000 total reputation from Neutral zero. Do the math, accept the minimum eleven days of dailies, and plan your life accordingly. This is your TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2 reality now.

The Relic's Emanation tasks you with interacting with an Apexis Relic and repeating back a sequence of colored crystal pads in the correct order. The sequence grows longer the further you progress. The speed debuff the Relic applies to you when standing on the pads is the game's way of ensuring you look as undignified as possible in front of other players. Write down the sequence on paper. Alternatively, use one of the many addons or WeakAuras that track it for you and pretend you memorized it.

Bomb Them Again!: The One Quest You'll Actually Enjoy

Bomb Them Again! gives you Skyguard Bombs on a free flight: you drop them on marked Fel Cannonball Stacks in either Forge Camp: Wrath or Forge Camp: Terror while mounted. This is the closest TBC Classic ever comes to something resembling fun on a daily basis. At 500 reputation per completion with both factions, it's also the most efficient quest in the rotation. Complete this one first, every day, without exception.

Wrangle More Aether Rays!: A Quest Designed to Punish Button Mashers

Wrangle More Aether Rays! requires you to damage Aether Rays to below 20% health and then use the Wrangling Rope to capture them. The quest requires five captures. Kill an Aether Ray instead of wrangling it and you start over. The distinction between "almost dead" and "dead" is a skill check the game is delighted to fail you on repeatedly.

Honored to Exalted: Banishing & Shartuul's Transporter

Reaching Honored with Ogri'la in WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2 unlocks the fourth daily quest in the rotation and opens the door to the Shartuul's Transporter event: arguably the most elaborate and soul-crushing solo encounter in all of TBC Classic content. Congratulations on your progression. It gets worse from here.

Banish More Demons!: The Fourth Daily

At Honored, Kronk at Ogri'la first offers the one-time quest Banish the Demons, which rewards 350 reputation with both Ogri'la and Sha'tari Skyguard on first completion. After that it becomes the daily Banish More Demons!, which awards 350 Ogri'la reputation only: the Skyguard stops caring about your demon-banishing activities after the first time, apparently satisfied with your dedication. You use a Banishing Crystal to summon a portal near demons in either Forge Camp: Wrath or Forge Camp: Terror and kill 15 of them near it. The demons at Forge Camp: Wrath deal less damage. Choose accordingly.

The daily Banish More Demons! also provides a chance to receive a Darkrune from Kronk's Grab Bag as a quest reward: the currency required to participate in Shartuul's Transporter event. The chance is not guaranteed. The RNG is not apologetic about this.

Shartuul's Transporter is a solo event at Forge Camp: Wrath that rewards Depleted items, including the coveted Badge of Tenacity trinket in its depleted form: a trinket so good for Feral Druid tanks that it has become one of the primary reasons anyone grinds Ogri'la in TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2 at all. To access it:

1. Obtain a Darkrune from the Banish the Demons first completion or as a drop chance from Banish More Demons! daily rewards.
2. Take the quest A Crystalforged Darkrune from Gahk at Ogri'la. Hand over your Darkrune and receive a Crystalforged Darkrune in return.
3. Head to the southern boundary of Forge Camp: Wrath and find Shartuul's Transporter. Use the Crystalforged Darkrune near the Felguard Degrader NPC to begin the event.
4. Control a sequence of three possessed demons across multiple phases, surviving waves of enemies and ultimately facing Overseer Shartuul himself.

The event is entirely solo: no group members can assist you. It involves controlling three distinct demons across several phases, each with their own ability bars and positioning requirements. The Felguard Degrader starts the encounter by destroying the warp-gate's shield. You then possess each subsequent demon as Shartuul throws increasingly obnoxious things at you, culminating in a battle with a Shivan Assassin and then Shartuul himself. First-time players are politely advised to research each demon's abilities before pressing the Crystalforged Darkrune, unless failure is a form of entertainment for you, in which case proceed immediately.

Critical

Both the Darkrune and the Crystalforged Darkrune are Unique items. You can hold only one of each at a time. Plan your inventory accordingly, or enjoy the special despair of looting a Darkrune when your bags are full.

Bash'ir Landing Raid Event

Every two hours, the Sha'tari Skyguard launches an assault from Ogri'la against Bash'ir Landing to the northeast of the plateau. This is a public, multi-player event with three stages that can yield rare and unique vendor items: particularly Charged Crystal Foci, which are helpful for surviving the Shartuul event. The event requires coordination and sufficient bodies; going in with a small group during off-peak hours is one of TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2's greatest disappointments. The three stages proceed as follows:

• Stage 1: Non-elite Fleshbeasts spawn in waves for one to two minutes, culminating in the Bash'ir Flesh Fiend, who must die to activate the first vendor. Small groups can manage this stage.
• Stage 2: Three elite Disruption Towers spawn and AoE both NPCs and players. All three towers must be destroyed. A ten-man group is the practical minimum; larger is better. This stage ends Bash'ir Landing events more often than any other.
• Stage 3: The Grand Collector spawns with strong AoE and splits into three during the encounter. Completing this stage opens the final and most valuable vendors.

Note

The Bash'ir Landing event does not award Ogri'la reputation directly, but the vendors that spawn during it sell Charged Crystal Foci: consumables that give your possessed demon bonus abilities during the Shartuul event, dramatically increasing your odds of not dying on stage two.

Apexis Shards & Crystals: The Currency Explained

Ogri'la operates on two proprietary currencies that the quartermaster accepts in lieu of gold, presumably because regular gold would be too convenient. Understanding the difference between the two before you start hoarding the wrong one will save you a frustrating quartermaster visit when you've finally ground your way to Revered.

Each daily quest rewards fifteen Apexis Shards in addition to its reputation. At four dailies per day, that is sixty Shards daily: a respectable accumulation rate that makes the Exalted gear purchases feel almost achievable by the time you get there. Killing mobs around Blade's Edge Mountains also drops Shards passively, though at a rate calibrated to make you feel like a prospector whose mine is mostly gravel.

Quartermaster Jho'nass stands at Ogri'la in Blade's Edge Mountains at coordinates 28.0, 58.6, accepting only Apexis Shards, Apexis Crystals, and gold. He is indifferent to your reputation standing beyond what it unlocks, which is a level of professional detachment worth admiring.

The reputation rewards are, in the politely restrained assessment of someone who has spent weeks grinding TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2 daily quests, fine. The consumables at Neutral are genuinely inexpensive and useful as potion alternatives. The Revered pieces are pre-raid quality with meaningful stats. The Exalted gear is solid for non-raiders and alts, though by the time you reach Exalted through dailies alone, your main raider has likely replaced everything anyway. The tabard is the true reward. Wear it proudly and let people know what you've endured.

Depleted Items & Upgrades

Alongside the quartermaster rewards, Ogri'la offers access to a parallel economy of "Depleted" items: BoE drops from mobs throughout Blade's Edge Mountains and the Shartuul event. These items arrive in a non-functional "depleted" state and must be upgraded at the Ogri'la base using 50 Apexis Shards each to reveal their actual stats. Because they are BoE, they are tradeable and purchasable on the Auction House: which is the game's subtle acknowledgment that not everyone enjoys the Shartuul event enough to farm Darkrunes for it.

The most sought-after depleted item in TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 2 is the Badge of Tenacity in its non-depleted form: a trinket with a passive armor bonus and an on-use ability that has made it a staple for Feral Druid tanks since original TBC. Depleted Badges drop from the Shartuul event as well as from various elites in the zone. Check the Auction House before committing to the transporter event; the price may make the daily farming feel less obligatory than your therapist already does.