Maws

Maws
Race	Shark (Beast)
Level	?? Boss
Location	Bay of Storms, Azshara

Maws is a massive shark boss that guards the  [Blue Scepter Shard] of  [The Scepter of the Shifting Sands].  Azuregos refers to Maws as a "minnow". He is summoned by using an  [Arcanite Buoy] at the [Swirling Maelstrom] which is an enormous floating wreckage off the coast of Azshara around ^[65, 55].

Strategy

For a guild on The Scepter of the Shifting Sands quest chain, this fight should not be a challenge and can be done with as few as 15 members. Maws is a straightforward boss fight in the waters of Azshara. There is no need to submerge during this encounter, so [Water Breathing] is not necessary. Maws will hit the MT pretty hard and somewhat sporadically so you need a fair amount of healers on him. Maws will frenzy, so it is important that your hunters use a [Tranquilizing Shot] when this occurs. Maws enrages every 25 seconds, and every 15 seconds when his health reaches 20%. When Maws is below 20%, he will occasionally AoE for 2000-3000 damage every 15 seconds. [Prayer of Healing] should be able to keep all raid members up due to the long interval between AoE ticks. Make sure the druids and paladins/shamans step up the healing on the MT while the priests are group healing.

Quests

Floating wreckage. They should have used a bigger boat.

This is part of the  [Blue Scepter Shard] fork of  [The Scepter of the Shifting Sands] quest chain:

1.  [60] Azuregos's Magical Ledger
2.  [60] Translating the Ledger
   •  [Narain's Scrying Goggles]
     1.  [60] Stewvul, Ex-B.F.F.
     2.  [60R] Scrying Goggles? No Problem!
   •  [500 Pound Chicken]
     1.  [60] Never Ask Me About My Business
     2.  [60R] The Isle of Dread!
     3.  [60] Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops
     4.  [60] Return to Narain
   •  [Draconic For Dummies: Volume II]
     1.  [60] Draconic for Dummies
        •  [60] Love Song for Narain (very helpful, but not strictly necessary quest to complete Draconic for Dummies)
     2.  [60] rAnS0m
     3.  [60G] Decoy!
     4.  [60R] The Only Prescription
3.  Maws
   1.  [60] The Good News and The Bad News
   2.  [60] The Wrath of Neptulon

Loot

• [Blue Scepter Shard] (Quest Item)

Trivia

Maws is named after the huge shark, Jaws, in the movies.

Patches and hotfixes

Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Added

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

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