Changes: Hydraxian Waterlords

Hydraxian Waterlords
Main leader	Duke Hydraxis
Base of operations	Azshara

Latest revision as of 16:16, 18 May 2023

The Hydraxian Waterlords (or the Warlords)^[1] are water elementals that made their home on the islands east of Azshara. They are sworn enemies of the armies of Ragnaros. Acting on rumors planted by Moira Thaurissan, they worked to banish Ragnaros back into the Elemental Plane, offering aid and rewards to anyone who would challenge the Firelord.^[2]

Background

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Adventurers heard about the Hydraxian Waterlords from the gossiping Grim Patrons in Blackrock Depths, some of them being worried that the water elementals could shift the balance of power in their struggle against the fire elementals.^[3]

Prior to patch 3.0.8, Duke Hydraxis offered quests leading players to the Molten Core including a questline to obtain [Aqual Quintessence] used to douse the runes found near most bosses in Molten Core. This was required to summon Majordomo Executus, the penultimate boss, and, after his defeat, to summon Ragnaros himself. Since there were seven runes, any raid needed at least seven players to bring a Quintessence if they wished to finish the instance. However, after the patch, Executus automatically spawns once the other bosses have been defeated.

Duke Hydraxis could once be found at the coordinates^[79, 73] in Azshara. Despite his removal from the game, and thus the absence of any known Waterlords in the game world, the Hydraxian Waterlords still exist as a reputation faction.

Legion

This section concerns content related to Legion.

During the Burning Legion's third invasion, the Waterlords were in Azsuna on the Broken Isles and sent for help to the shaman of the Earthen Ring at the Heart of Azeroth in the Maelstrom.^[4]

Aquelian Honor Guards accompanying Champion Aquaclease to the Broken Shore are members of this faction.

Battle for Azeroth

This section concerns content related to Battle for Azeroth.

Duke Hydraxis, Champion Aquaclease and their Honor Guard are present in Nazjatar. Neptulon himself can't cross the waters and only observes them from behind.

Reputation

All of the bosses in MC reward reputation until Exalted. However, it takes only a few MC runs (or a dedicated afternoon of trash farming) to get to Honored. If you're working on your Hydraxian reputation by yourself, or are below level 70 and can't get a group together, you may prefer to start by grinding elementals in Silithus; getting from Neutral to 5,999 Friendly requires about 1,800 kills, and thus requires several hours, but it will reduce the number of weekly lockouts required. At level 85 it is also possible to do a "trash run" of Molten Core, killing as many of the trash mobs as possible without engaging the bosses; roughly 2,500 reputation can be gained from each trash run, and it takes about 20-30 minutes. If you didn't kill any of the bosses, you can then leave and reset the instance and do another trash run immediately. Thus you could possibly go from 0 Neutral to 11,999 Honored in about four hours.

Majordomo Executus within Molten Core is worth zero rep, but must be defeated to unlock Ragnaros.

	Neutral	Rep	Notes
Mobs
	Desert Rumbler and Dust Stormer	5	Located in North-Western Silithus
	Greater Obsidian Elemental	5	Located in Burning Steppes
	Lord Incendius	15	Located by Dark Iron Anvil in Blackrock Depths
	Huricanian	25	Rare Spawn in Silithus
	Pyroguard Emberseer	20	First Boss in UBRS
Molten Core mobs
	Molten Giant, Ancient Core Hounds, Lava Surger, and Firelord	20	Located in Molten Core
	Molten Destroyer and Lava pack	40	Located in Molten Core
	Lucifron, Magmadar, Gehennas, Garr, Baron Geddon, Shazzrah, and Sulfuron Harbinger	100	Bosses within Molten Core
	Golemagg the Incinerator	150	Boss within Molten Core
	Ragnaros	200	Final Boss within Molten Core

Getting from Neutral to Exalted reputation will take 20-25 full clears of Molten Core, depending on reputation boosting items and abilities.
- Until Revered, a full clear gives about 4,500 rep before perks, meaning five full clears are required to reach Revered.
- Until Revered, a trash run gives about 2,500 rep before perks, meaning nine trash runs are required to reach Revered. However, a trash run does not save you to the instance, and you can do as many as you want each week.
- Only Molten Core bosses give reputation through Revered, for a total of 1,050 reputation per week before perks. This means another 20 weeks of boss kills are needed to reach Exalted.
- Once reaching Exalted, another 2-3 runs would be needed to reach 999/1000 Exalted, as only Ragnaros and Golemagg the Incinerator will continue to give reputation points.
Even though you can check "at war" with this faction, it is impossible to lose reputation with the Hydraxian Waterlords. Killing a Hydraxian Honor Guard will not result in any loss in reputation (nor any loot). The lowest possible reputation with the Hydraxian Waterlords is thus 0/3000 (Neutral).
As of Patch 3.0.8 returns are no longer diminished based on level and all bosses grant reputation through 20,999/21,000 Revered. Only Ragnaros and Golemagg grant reputation through Exalted.

Quests

The subject of this section has been removed from World of Warcraft but is present in Classic Era.

Hydraxian Waterlords currently offer no quests. Before the Shattering, Duke Hydraxis provided a series of quests; the NPC and his quests have since been removed from the game. Players gained no reputation from turning in these quests, except A Hero's Reward. The purpose of these quests was to lead players to the raid instance itself, and to other activities that improved Hydraxian reputation.

Revered - Exalted

Once the player reached Revered, Duke Hydraxis offered a self-replenishing [Aqual Quintessence] to douse the runes of Molten Core. As stated above, seven players would need to use the Quintessence to unlock the last two bosses. This is no longer necessary, as the final bosses now spawn once the first seven bosses have been defeated. The Quintessence can no longer be obtained (see Patch 3.0.8 note below).

Exalted

The only reward for reaching Exalted is the [Hydraxian Waterlords] achievement. Reputation can still be gained by killing the bosses in Molten Core.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2010-12-08): Quests for the Hydraxian Waterlords have been properly deprecated.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Duke Hydraxis no longer offers the [55] Poisoned Water quest. If you have not already completed this quest, it is impossible to obtain an [Aqual Quintessence]. Those who already have an Aqual or [Eternal Quintessence] receive the achievement [The Fifth Element].
Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): New revered option for Hydraxian Waterlords faction allows players to receive a non-consumable version of Aqual Quintessence.

References

^ [60] A Hero's Reward
^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 118
^ Grim Patron (mob)#Quotes
^ Troops in the Field

External links

World of Warcraft

[1] [60] A Hero's Reward

[2] World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 118

[3] Grim Patron (mob)#Quotes

[4] Troops in the Field

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 {{Infobox faction
-  | name = Hydraxian Waterlords
+ | name = Hydraxian Waterlords
-  | logo = Duke_hydraxis.jpg
+ | logo = Duke hydraxis.jpg
-  | races = [[Water elemental]]
+ | races = {{Race|Water}}
-  | base = [[Azshara]]
+ | base = [[Azshara]]
-  | leader = [[Duke Hydraxis]]
+ | leader = {{NPC||Duke Hydraxis|icon=WaterFury}}
-  | factions = Horde and Alliance
+ | factions = Neutral
-  | rewards = {{loot|common|Eternal Quintessence}}<br />{{loot|rare|Ocean's Breeze}}<br />{{loot|rare|Tidal Loop}}
 }}
-The '''Hydraxian Waterlords''' are [[elementals]] that have made their home on the islands east of [[Azshara]]. They are sworn enemies of the armies of [[Ragnaros]]. Historically servants of the Old Gods, the four Elemental Lords served the gods with undying loyalty. The minions of [[Neptulon]] the Tidehunter were numerous and mindless. It is not yet known how [[Duke Hydraxis]] broke free of his lord's control (if indeed he has), or what his ultimate goals are, but the Water elementals are the only elementals that do not attack the mortal races with abandonment.
+The '''Hydraxian Waterlords''' (or the '''Warlords''')<ref>[[A Hero's Reward]]</ref> are [[water elemental]]s that made their home on the islands east of [[Azshara]]. They are sworn enemies of the armies of [[Ragnaros]]. Acting on rumors planted by [[Moira Thaurissan]], they worked to banish Ragnaros back into the Elemental Plane, offering aid and rewards to anyone who would challenge the Firelord.<ref>{{Ref WoWCV3|118}}</ref>
-Located on a remote island in the far east of Azshara, [[Duke Hydraxis]] offers some quests.  The first two require killing various elementals in [[Eastern Plaguelands]] and [[Silithus]].  Increased faction with the Waterlords opens up additional quests leading into the [[Molten Core]]. Any items obtained from the Hydraxian Waterlords, are obtained from its various quests.
+==Background==
-Prior to [[patch 3.0.8]], Duke Hydraxis offered the questline to obtain [[Aqual Quintessence]] used to douse the runes found near most bosses in Molten Core. This was required to summon [[Majordomo Executus]], the penultimate boss, and, after his defeat, to summon [[Ragnaros]] himself. Since there were seven runes, any raid needed at least seven players to bring a Quintessence if they wished to finish the instance. However, after the patch, Executus automatically spawns once the other bosses have been defeated.
+===World of Warcraft===
+{{wow-section}}
+Adventurers heard about the Hydraxian Waterlords from the gossiping [[Grim Patron (mob)|Grim Patrons]] in [[Blackrock Depths]], some of them being worried that the water elementals could shift the balance of power in their struggle against the fire elementals.<ref>[[Grim Patron (mob)#Quotes]]</ref>
+Prior to [[patch 3.0.8]], [[Duke Hydraxis]] offered quests leading players to the [[Molten Core]] including a questline to obtain [[Aqual Quintessence]] used to douse the runes found near most bosses in Molten Core. This was required to summon [[Majordomo Executus]], the penultimate boss, and, after his defeat, to summon [[Ragnaros]] himself. Since there were seven runes, any raid needed at least seven players to bring a Quintessence if they wished to finish the instance. However, after the patch, Executus automatically spawns once the other bosses have been defeated.
-[[Duke Hydraxis]] could once be found at the [[coordinates]] {{coords|79|73|Azshara}} in [[Azshara]]. Despite his removal from the game, the Hydraxian Waterlords still exist as a reputation faction.
+[[Duke Hydraxis]] could once be found at the [[coordinates]]{{Coords|79|73|Azshara}} in [[Azshara]].  Despite his removal from the game, and thus the absence of any known Waterlords in the game world, the Hydraxian Waterlords still exist as a reputation faction.
-=== Reputation ===
-All of the bosses in MC reward reputation until Exalted. However, it takes only a few MC runs to get to Honored. So if you are in a MC capable guild don't bother with [[Silithus]] (you do however have to do all the quests to get your ring).
+===Legion===
-* [[Majordomo Executus]] within [[Molten Core]] is worth zero rep
+{{Legion-section}}
+{{Stub/Lore-section}}
+During the [[Burning Legion]]'s [[third invasion]], the Waterlords were in [[Azsuna]] on the [[Broken Isles]] and sent for help to the [[shaman]] of the [[Earthen Ring]] at the [[Heart of Azeroth (Class Hall)|Heart of Azeroth]] in the [[Maelstrom]].<ref>[[Troops in the Field (shaman mission)]]</ref>
+[[Aquelian Honor Guard]]s accompanying [[Champion Aquaclease]] to the [[Broken Shore]] are members of this faction.
+===Battle for Azeroth===
+{{Bfa-section}}
+{{Stub/Lore-section}}
+[[Duke Hydraxis]], [[Champion Aquaclease]] and their [[Hydraxian Honor Guard (Nazjatar)|Honor Guard]] are present in [[Nazjatar]]. [[Neptulon]] himself can't cross the waters and only observes them from behind.
+== Reputation ==
+All of the bosses in MC reward reputation until Exalted. However, it takes only a few MC runs (or a dedicated afternoon of trash farming) to get to Honored.  If you're working on your Hydraxian reputation by yourself, or are below level 70 and can't get a group together, you may prefer to start by grinding elementals in [[Silithus]]; getting from Neutral to 5,999 Friendly requires about 1,800 kills, and thus requires several hours, but it will reduce the number of weekly lockouts required. At level 85 it is also possible to do a "[[trash run]]" of Molten Core, killing as many of the trash mobs as possible without engaging the bosses; roughly 2,500 reputation can be gained from each trash run, and it takes about 20-30 minutes. If you didn't kill any of the bosses, you can then leave and reset the instance and do another trash run immediately. Thus you could possibly go from 0 Neutral to 11,999 Honored in about four hours.
+* [[Majordomo Executus]] within [[Molten Core]] is worth zero rep, but must be defeated to unlock Ragnaros.
 {| class="darktable" style="text-align:center;"
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 ! Notes
 |-
-! rowspan=18 | Mobs
+! rowspan=6 | Mobs
 |-
-| colspan=2 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Desert Rumbler]]}}
+| colspan=2 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Desert Rumbler]] and [[Dust Stormer]]}}
-| colspan=3 |
-| 5
-| Located in North-Western [[Silithus]]
-|-
-| colspan=2 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Dust Stormer]]}}
 | colspan=3 |
 | 5
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 | First Boss in [[UBRS]]
 |-
+! rowspan=6 | Molten<br />Core<br />mobs
-| colspan=3 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Molten Giant]], [[Ancient Core Hounds]], [[Lava Surger]], and [[Firelord]]}}
+|-
+| colspan=3 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Molten Giant]], [[Ancient Core Hound (Molten Core)|Ancient Core Hounds]], [[Lava Surger]], and [[Firelord]]}}
 | colspan=2 |
 | 20
 | Located in [[Molten Core]]
 |-
-| colspan=3 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Molten Destroyer]] and [[Lava Pack]]}}
+| colspan=3 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Molten Destroyer]] and [[Lava pack]]}}
 | colspan=2 |
 | 40
 | Located in [[Molten Core]]
 |-
-| colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Lucifron]]}}
+| colspan=4 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Lucifron]], [[Magmadar]], [[Gehennas]], [[Garr]], [[Baron Geddon]], [[Shazzrah]], and [[Sulfuron Harbinger]]}}
+| colspan=1 |
 | 100
-| Boss within [[Molten Core]]
+| Bosses within [[Molten Core]]
-|-
-| colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Magmadar]]}}
-| 100
-| Boss within [[Molten Core]]
-|-
-| colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Gehennas]]}}
-| 100
-| Boss within [[Molten Core]]
-|-
-| colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Garr]]}}
-| 100
-| Boss within [[Molten Core]]
-|-
-| colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Baron Geddon]]}}
-| 100
-| Boss within [[Molten Core]]
-|-
-| colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Shazzrah]]}}
-| 100
-| Boss within [[Molten Core]]
-|-
-| colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Sulfuron Harbinger]]}}
-| 100
-| Boss within [[Molten Core]]
 |-
 | colspan=5 |{{Reptable Spanbar|[[Golemagg the Incinerator]]}}
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 | Final Boss within [[Molten Core]]
 |}
+*Getting from Neutral to Exalted reputation will take 20-25 full clears of Molten Core, depending on reputation boosting items and abilities.
+** Until Revered, a full clear gives about 4,500 rep before perks, meaning five full clears are required to reach Revered.
+** Until Revered, a trash run gives about 2,500 rep before perks, meaning nine trash runs are required to reach Revered. However, a trash run does not save you to the instance, and you can do as many as you want each week.
+** Only Molten Core bosses give reputation ''through'' Revered, for a total of 1,050 reputation per week before perks.  This means another 20 weeks of boss kills are needed to reach Exalted.
+** Once reaching Exalted, another 2-3 runs would be needed to reach 999/1000 Exalted, as only [[Ragnaros]] and [[Golemagg the Incinerator]] will continue to give [[reputation]] points.
 *Even though you can check "at war" with this faction, it is impossible to lose reputation with the Hydraxian Waterlords. Killing a [[Hydraxian Honor Guard]] will not result in any loss in reputation (nor any loot). The lowest possible reputation with the Hydraxian Waterlords is thus 0/3000 (Neutral).
 *As of Patch 3.0.8 returns are no longer diminished based on level and all bosses grant reputation through 20,999/21,000 Revered.  Only Ragnaros and Golemagg grant reputation through Exalted.
-=== Quests ===
+== Quests ==
+{{Classic only-section}}
-The quests [[Duke Hydraxis]] provides are the following. There is no rep gain from turning in these quests (at least the ones listed at Neutral).
+Hydraxian Waterlords currently offer no quests.  Before the Shattering, [[Duke Hydraxis]] provided a series of quests; the NPC and his quests have since been removed from the game.  Players gained no reputation from turning in these quests, except A Hero's Reward.  The purpose of these quests was to lead players to the raid instance itself, and to other activities that improved Hydraxian reputation.
-====[[Neutral]] - [[Friendly]]====
+===Neutral - Friendly===
-*{{questlong|neutral|57|Stormers and Rumblers}}
+*[[Poisoned Water]] / [[Stormers and Rumblers]]
-**{{questlong|neutral|60R|Eye of the Emberseer}}
+**[[Eye of the Emberseer (quest)]]
-***{{questlong|neutral|60R|The Molten Core}}
+***[[The Molten Core (quest)]]
-====[[Friendly]] - [[Honored]]====
+===Friendly - Honored===
-* {{questlong|neutral|60|Agent of Hydraxis}}
+* [[Agent of Hydraxis]]
-====[[Honored]] - [[Revered]]====
+===Honored - Revered===
-* {{questlong|neutral|60R|Hands of the Enemy}}
+* [[Hands of the Enemy]]
-** {{questlong|neutral|60|A Hero's Reward}} +500 rep
+** [[A Hero's Reward]] +500 rep.
-====[[Revered]] - [[Exalted]]====
+===Revered - Exalted===
+* Once the player reached Revered, [[Duke Hydraxis]] offered a self-replenishing [[Aqual Quintessence]] to douse the runes of [[Molten Core]].  As stated above, seven players would need to use the Quintessence to unlock the last two bosses.  This is no longer necessary, as the final bosses now spawn once the first seven bosses have been defeated.  The Quintessence can no longer be obtained (see Patch 3.0.8 note below).
+===Exalted===
-* [[Duke Hydraxis]] will offer a self-replenishing [[Aqual Quintessence]] to douse the runes of [[Molten Core]].
+*The only reward for reaching {{rep|Exalted}} is the [[Hydraxian Waterlords (achievement)]] [[achievement]]. Reputation can still be gained by killing the bosses in [[Molten Core]].
-* Once you've reached 20,999/21,000, you must defeat [[Golemagg the Incinerator]] or [[Ragnaros]] to gain the final point to Exalted.
-====[[Exalted]]====
+==Patch changes==
+*{{Hotfix
-* There are no rewards for 999/1000 Exalted. It would take 3-4 additional runs once reaching exalted to reach 999/1000 Exalted, as only [[Ragnaros]] and [[Golemagg the Incinerator]] will continue to give [[reputation]] points.
-== Patch changes ==
-*{{Patched
   |date=2010-12-08
   |bluenote=Quests for the Hydraxian Waterlords have been properly deprecated.
   |link=http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/137110/patch-403a-hotfixes
 }}
-*{{Patch 3.0.8|note=Duke Hydraxis no longer offers the {{quest|Poisoned Water|Poisoned Water}} quest.  If you have not already completed this quest, it is impossible to obtain an [[Aqual Quintessence]].  Those who already have an Aqual or [[Eternal Quintessence]] receive the achievement [[The Fifth Element]].}}
+*{{Patch 3.0.8|note=Duke Hydraxis no longer offers the [[Poisoned Water]] quest.  If you have not already completed this quest, it is impossible to obtain an [[Aqual Quintessence]].  Those who already have an Aqual or [[Eternal Quintessence]] receive the achievement [[The Fifth Element]].}}
 *{{Patch 1.11.0|note=New revered option for Hydraxian Waterlords faction allows players to receive a non-consumable version of Aqual Quintessence.}}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
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+{{Factions|classic}}
-[[es:Hydraxian Waterlords]]
-[[fr:Seigneurs des Eaux Hydraxiens]]
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+[[Category:Elemental organizations]]
+[[es:Srs. del Agua de Hydraxis]]
+[[fr:Seigneurs des Eaux Hydraxiens]]