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Araj's Scarab

Destroy Araj the Summoner and bring Araj's Scarab to Apothecary Dithers at the Bulwark, Western Plaguelands.
Araj's Scarab

Description

Araj the Summoner lords over Andorhal from the ruined city's heart. We know that he was the former leader of Scholomance before claiming the city as his own. To finish the key, we will need his signet - called a scarab - mounted as the head of the key.

Make your way into the heart of Andorhal, and break his hold on the city now that he is drawn into the open. Once destroyed, seize his scarab from his fallen phylactery!

The Key to Scholomance awaits, <name>!

Progress

You've come this far <name> - only the destruction of the physical form of Araj the Summoner will provide us with the means to finish the key. Get Araj's scarab, by hook or by crook, and bring it to me - I will fuse it on as the head of the key.

Completion

Yes, this is it! I... again, I'm absolutely amazed at the depths of your cunning and bravery. It simply boggles the mind the lengths you are willing to go in order achieve victory.

Allow me now to play my small part in this. I've prepared a special solvent that should allow me to secure the scarab on as the head of the key, infusing it with the power to breech the locked door of Scholomance.

This should take just a moment...

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 495 experience (29 70 at max. level)

Related

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By Elfknight979172 on 12/12/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
Araj is located in the middle of Andorhal. Coordinates: 45,69 He has a few adds around him so I would suggest a group of at 3-5 level 55+ (Note:he is a 61 Elite)
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By kadjii on 12/19/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
You can solo Araj with a warlock or hunter

Just set your pet to go attack a distant mob, pulling agro from everyone around Araj, then focus all your DPS on Araj and kill him quickly.

If you dont have enough time to get the scarab before you die, just soulstone or rez there and send your pet off again...
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By Shivacode on 03/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
You can (or you used to) be able to kill him on your main and then loot the scarab on an alt, same for the phylactery. Anyone else who had the quest in the area could loot the items as well. Haven't tested this since pre-2.0 but about to check now. =P
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By Sazger on 07/12/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Once you complete this quest, you get the Skeleton Key, which is the key for Scholomance
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By 1yc1 on 10/13/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
Good to pair this quest with Alas, Andorhal one(https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=105 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=105)
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By Pariah on 08/11/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
7,150 xp as of 2.3

This leads to 'The Key to Scholomance' - https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=5505 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=5505
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By Grunthorus on 04/30/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
I just completed this quest today. Araj had been killed already so I was planning to camp him. The Phylactery was there and I looted it so yes, you do not need to be the one to kill him to get the scarab.
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By Hogogogo on 04/01/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
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By Vlad on 07/19/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
To get the item from Araj, you basically need to:
  1. Kill him (https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=1852 Araj the Summoner).
  2. Loot the object (https://vanillawowdb.com/?object=177241 Araj's Phylactery) he spawns on his death.
  3. You are done!
Quick info
Now to do this might be a little tricky if you are alone, now he is supposed to be a 2 man (or higher) ""boss"". Luckly you can solo him as a ranged class! With some DPS and smart use of enviroment you can solo him without a problem (at least no problem for a Frost Mage, probably Fire too :P)

I made a small video (50 seconds) how you can pull him and then kill him without any adds interrupting you! ;)
You can stream it from my private Stage6: http://vlacula.no-ip.com/stage6/play?19 http://vlacula.no-ip.com/stage6/play?19
If its offline then use the Google version: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6786488128267862111&amp;hl=en http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6786488128267862111&amp;hl=en


If you don't want to watch the video, then listen up!
  1. Clear a bit when going forward closer to the boss (https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=1852 Araj).
  2. Take a quick look at these 3 pictures (http://i33.tinypic.com/jingop.jpg the pull, http://i36.tinypic.com/n2fr54.jpg the jump and the http://i36.tinypic.com/11qhi7a.jpg dps spot).
  3. That's about it!
Good luck!
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By Drajanuma on 03/09/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By Plaetolius on 07/10/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By wtfulooser19 on 12/21/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
there is an easier way to kill him... there is a quest a little to the north west of the ruins that give u an item that if i remember correctly lowwers his health quite a bit. so try that out and give some feedback.
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By dt75006 on 07/31/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By svstoned on 02/15/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
Kill all the undeads near him, they will engage combat when you pull Araj and the mobs are still alive.
Once you kill him a magic urn will appear right on Araj his left overs, everyone can loot the quest item even people not in your group.
The box stays around for a good 5 minutes!

Ps:
Don't forget to loot Araj his corpse, it might be hard to target with the urn right on his corpse.
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By Thoorin on 03/26/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
As of 3.0.8 I soloed this quest with my lvl59 reasonably well-equipped protection warrior. I guess this means a pala would be capable of this, too.

Go in from the side and aggro each of the four groups of mobs - there's one at each entrance to the square where Araj is standing. Wipe them one by one. Once these are gone, go in and kill Araj himself. If you don't, they will ALL attack you once you hit Araj - then you can only survive with a healer and dps behind you...

There's a flesh golem running around town, if you get unlucky he will run by while you're at it. You may want to wait for him so that you can deal with Araj uninterrupted.
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By Sneetch on 09/18/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By reamaree on 12/19/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Does anyone know the approximate respawn time on this guy?
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By achildofearth on 03/12/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Counts towards the https://vanillawowdb.com/?achievement=1677 Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms achievement.

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