Pull all the mobs out before killing Balgaras, he's a tough one. If you find him on the hills, then your lucky.

Found him at 60,26, he's easily recognizable by his blue lvl 34 minion. You need to do this with a group though, he's always surrounded by lvl 28-30 mobs.

the minion was level 31 when i found him, not 34 as stated above.

level 34 arch/fire mage
found him in the hills location
cleared out all the mobs around him
sheep'd him, killed his minion then killed him. both went down without much of a fight.

also the mobs seemed easier to kill in the hills than they did in dun modr, something to keep in mind for ""the dark iron war"" quest

He is immune to shadow magic and his 2 main spells are shadow bolt volley and frost nova.
Died once because of his immunity to shadow. (Shadowpriest ^^)

I might have just been really lucky...

I am a 30 shadowpriest, so I thought for sure it'd be challenging. He was at 62,29. It was really easy to pick off the two mobs near him. I opened with smite, ignored the minion. Kept up Power Word: Shield and fought using excavation wand (fire damage, not shadow damage). Got an add when he ran away on low health, but was still not a big deal.

took me 2 tries as a lvl 28 dici priest. concentrated on him, bubble up, holyfiire, smite, and wand

yeah very easy quest. I actually had some help with it cause i was a 27 warlock and I'm practically powerless. But with my rogue friend, we cleared out the guys near him and then sapped balgaras, killed the voidwalker then in about 3 seconds, killed balgaras. Over all easy quest. P.S. I found him in the direforge hills. Don't forget to clear the adds.

62,29 on hill carefull though as these guys team well and can spot you from a decent distance.
Solo'd easily lvl 28 Pally

Soloed this as a (very green newbie) draenei hunter at level 31 and found it quite easy... the toughest one was the level 31 mob he has next to him. Be careful if you're a hunter though... My pet alone killed Balgaras while I was fighting the minion (I told you I'm a newbie xD) so I couldn't loot the ear and had to wait until it respawned :)

(he was on the third camp, the one further from the road)

You can only find him in the Direforge Hill.

Done with a 28 priest.

I read the comments, and noted that he was immune to my shadow spells.

So I simply used Smite at maximum distance, Holy Fire, then spammed Smite until he died, wasting no time on shadow spells that will fail.

The voidwalker will not die after he is killed, but you should definately head for Balgaras first.

Good luck.

(By the way, no healing was needed, besides my Power Word: Shield.)

i did it with a 32 rogue with much easy also i confirm its at 62,29

61,29
picked off surrounding mobs with 31 pally easily then slayed balgaras......

2550 XP
275 Rep Ironforge

Easily done by a level 28 paladin. Just wiped out area of regular dwarfs before attacking Balgaras. I used Turn Evil to fear his Voidwalker and then quickly killed Balgaras and looted the ear.

For Warlocks, send pet in to Balgaras and just cast Immolate and spam Searing Pain until he dies. His minion despawns when he dies. I did this as a level 27 Warlock. You may aggro 1-2 mobs around him, so be careful.

I had a problem when I first tried to take on one of the three Iron Band Dwarf camps at Direforge Hill solo with my lvl29 Dwarf Warrior. I could take on the mobs around the first (NW) camp one at a time, but when I went in to the camp I got 4 and it was too much for my tank without a healer. So, I went off and did other things and came back when I was lvl32. I still got killed three times before I figured out better tactics with this camp and was able to get the adds down to three at the worst, which I could handle by myself. The trick was the Dwarf who would hide on the N side of the SE tent until the Demolitionist in front (SW) of the tent was pulled, and then he would join the melee as the fourth. When I attacked him directly from the NE, only the Demolitionist was pulled, and I handled the two of them easily.

I found Balgaras at the third (SE) camp, and made a pass around the camp perimeter taking out all the mobs one at a time before attacking Balgaras and his minion at the center. I was able to use a shout to get the minion to flee while I finished off Balgaras, so it really wasn't too hard. I never did attack the middle camp, even though I could see a nice looking chest there, because by this time I had my quota of Iron Band kills for The Dark Iron War quest. After taking down Balgaras, I explored further East and found a nice cavern full of Raptors which had good ore deposits and a nice treasure chest.

Hey Everyone! This is my first post so go easy. I just finished this quest, lvl 32 Rogue and I completed it within 4 minutes. It was actually one of the easiest quests I've done in a while. I've been reading the comments and I need to say that Balgaras is lvl 31 and his minion is lvl 31 (not 34 as previously stated). There was two Ironforge Demolitionists and two Saboteurs near him. They are fairly spread out to take out individually. Then just focus on Balgaras. Leave his minion alone. Once he's dead, loot him and do a runner. Simple! Hope that helped.

this is cake.I swear they should make him level 33-34 since they make him look sooooo tough..

Earlier Today I Soloed This Guy as a Level 26 Paladin, the Strategy is to Burn Him Down with all CD's (being an engineer really helps) and then loot his ear and bubble and run to deaggro minion and then run back to Lonbraid with your prize

Earlier Today I Soloed This Guy as a Level 26 Paladin, the Strategy is to Burn Him Down with all CD's (being an engineer really helps) and then loot his ear and bubble and run to deaggro minion and then run back to Lonbraid with your prize