Found him on top of Deadmist Peak. Came up the southern face just to the right of the Horde Camp to the top and killed the mage without any intereference from others.

Soloed as a Level 30 Night Elf Druid.

I did not turn in the quest until I was a level 34 and I only got 500 xp and my reputation with Darnassus only went up 150. Moral: Turn in your quests right away even if it is a long trip.

Solo'd this as a 22 Demo Lock. This was not an easy fight - as it wouldn't be seeing as how he's level 25. It is doable though.

Located him at the very peak of the mountain, about where you'll see a green dot/pool on the map. Or if you're using a coord mod, 48,19 as onegirlarmy pointed out.

As Childermass stated before - this guys runs around *alot* ... and if you can't trap him or slow him down, he's bound to run into alot of the other mobs. It's a good idea to clear the top of the platform of Acolytes/etc where he is first, and than the ones right below him (or vise versa).

Another thing, he summons water minions. They're only level one, but he can summon up to 3-4 of them. Also, I may be wrong about this, but I *think* if you don't kill them quick enough - they heal him. Couldn't scroll up far enough in the combat log after to check this.

Was able to do this using a Voidwalker as the tank. Just have him chase him around. Dot up Sarilus as much as possible in the beginning (Curses, Corruption, Immolate, etc...). Have to wand the Water Elementals and cast shadowbolts, searing pain, etc... whenever you can.
It requires alot of multitasking (but as a lock you should be use to that by now), but it is possible - at 9% HP, I just shadowbolted him down.

2550 xp @ level 22, 350 Rep with Darnassus

Goodluck. :)

Another way to get to Ratchet: Go to the gate as described above and try to walk as far in as you can. Horde-guys will follow and kill you but you will find yourself in a graveyard in The Barrens! Revive, and from there it's an easy walk to Ratchet, just keep running south-east. You will encounter only lvl 11 or 12 animals, no problem! Once there don't forget to pay the flightmaster a visit.

Easy mode as a 27 rogue, Crippling poison on MH instant Offhand, Open with cheapshot to backstab, eviscerate and he was dead.

Fast easy quest. :D

Just go to the Barrens and start climbing at 48,13. That way you avoid all other monsters on the mountain.

For those of you who don't have coords. It's the mountain peak just north of the ""crossroads""

Freaking impossible as a warrior. For whatever reason, Charge followed by Hamstring never seems to work. Dude will keep running around, casting and summoning adds. I tried it at 25 and got promptly trounced. Came back at 30, same result. Eff this quest, the reward isn't half worth it. Easy as hell if you're ranged or a caster, though.

Level 26 Rogue, first couple of times I took a whack at him he proved to be annoying.
Just Ambush or Garrote him at first, your pick, and then Gouge him to interrupt his Elemental summon. Then just backstab him. If he gets you with the frostbolt and slows you, Toss a Deadly Axe at him. If you're lucky, the axe will have killed him. :P

For a non elite, this guy sure does get a lot of minions. I do recommend attempting this with another player, as it can be tough to solo for some classes.

I did this as a 23 draenei Shaman, took me 3 tries.

Tips for the shamans:

~Your searing totem wont be of great use here, as he likes to run for some distance to cast, when he does, place it close to him (nearly next to him so it doesnt target his water elementals) and it will land a few hits,
~Re-summon your totems close to him every time he moves (including stoneclaw if you can),
~If he summons his water elementals, use your stoneclaw totem to attract, and stun them,
~keep using your earth shock to disrupt his spell casting when he is not summoning more elementals (you can tell by the summoning circle under his feet, he is calling more elementals),
~hit him with flame shock whenever you can,
~If you're a Draenei, use your Gift of the Naaru when ur at about half health.

That's all it took for me to take him down. Hope this helps some people.

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this must have been nerfed... just took him down as a 26 paladin. he didnt do 1 dmg on me and didnt get the time to summon.
i started out with hand of reconing and judgement, stunned on first summon attempt, laied out a consecration and he started running around, stunned him once with seal of justice, and finaly killed him with exorsism. 0 dmg taken.

This quest seems soooooo much harder than it actually is due to the fact that he spawns up 15 water elemental's all at lvl 25, and to make matters worse he runs off, but i found after dying twice at lvl 31 druid, all you have to do is chase him, the elemental's are really slow so you should have plenty of time to kill him :)

(Alliance) The quest counts towards https://vanillawowdb.com/?achievement=1678 Loremaster of Kalimdor.

I solo'd this guy, on my first try, as a level 24 shaman and it was super easy, I used one healing spell after I killed him so that his minions wouldn't kill me but I'd say that the whole fight took about a minute.

This place is kinda hard to find for those who don't have Coordinates. I had to run south from Ashenvale, Go until you reach the Forgotten Pools, stay close to the mountains on the left side because if you do you'll see a path lighted with torches as you keep traveling south. Go up the path and you'll see level 10-12 burning blade Orcs, the sky will also turn a musky dark red. You'll see a small cave but he is on top of it.My level 33 warrior easily killed him. He only summoned two elemental's for me. A lot of quest mobs are easy to kill now. I think they are making it easier and easier to level as each new expansion comes out. Blizzard wants players to reach the maximum level before a new expansion is released.

Very nice reward, even for level 80. I like it, much better than some green gear to vendor. Yay.

I wish the Light of Elune wasn't soulbound--I have it on my Hunter, but, I wanna give it to my Mage. XD Well... did I ever equip it? Hm.... sucks you can't do this quest anymore really. Glad I already did it on my main. = 3=