Summoning Ivus isn't really required anymore since the typical game just involves zerging the Horde base and the game is usually done within 45 min. I have been in very few AV battles that last long enough to need him. If you are looking for rep just turn in the crystals to the druids, but don't bother asking them to summon Ivus, they will die long before they reach the spawn point anyway.

Ivus is worth only one thing apart from rep and honour, when the horde have ice blood gy bottlenecked and alliance are unable to push any further south, summon Ivus and boom horde swept aside in about 20 seconds once he gets his wandering about the middle of the field of strife out of the way. Because once IB gy is taken horde will just kite him to their tunnel and pwn him, He's just a big bad battering ram :)

Can anyone confirm how many people it takes to summon him? I know it's quite a few, but have never been sure of the actual number.

https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=6881"">(Quest #6881) is one of the repeatable quests used to turn in https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=17423"" class=""qundefined icontiny"" style=""background-image: url(images/icons/tiny/inv_misc_gem_pearl_06.gif)"">Storm Crystals in order to summon https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13419"">(NPC #13419); this quest is used to turn the https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=17423"" class=""qundefined icontiny"" style=""background-image: url(images/icons/tiny/inv_misc_gem_pearl_06.gif)"">Storm Crystal in one at a time.<hr>https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=17423"" class=""qundefined icontiny"" style=""background-image: url(images/icons/tiny/inv_misc_gem_pearl_06.gif)"">Storm Crystals are obtained through the looting of the insignia's of enemy players or units killed in https://vanillawowdb.com/?zone=2597"">Alterac Valley and will be removed from your inventory when the battleground ends.

• They are used to summon https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13419"">(NPC #13419)

They can be turned into https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13442"">(NPC #13442) in stacks of (1) via the quest https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=6881"">(Quest #6881) or in stacks of (5) via the quest https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=7386"">(Quest #7386).

For quick turn ins I use and suggest the following macro.
<pre class=""code"">/script SelectGossipAvailableQuest(1)
/script CompleteQuest()
/script GetQuestReward()</pre>You simply need to place this macro into a keybound slot, right click https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13442"">(NPC #13442), press the keybind a couple times (rinse and repeat). You need only to change the ""(1)"" to a ""(2)"" if you would like to turn in the https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=17423"" class=""qundefined icontiny"" style=""background-image: url(images/icons/tiny/inv_misc_gem_pearl_06.gif)"">Storm Crystals in stacks of (5) as the above macro is meant to select the first quest (i.e. https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=6881"">(Quest #6881)).

• 200 https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=17423"" class=""qundefined icontiny"" style=""background-image: url(images/icons/tiny/inv_misc_gem_pearl_06.gif)"">Storm Crystals are required to summon https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13419"">(NPC #13419).

After 200 https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=17423"" class=""qundefined icontiny"" style=""background-image: url(images/icons/tiny/inv_misc_gem_pearl_06.gif)"">Storm Crystals have been turned into https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13442"">(NPC #13442) (in a single match) then the Druids will begin to head south towards a destroyed ballista located in the Fields of Strife next to the Stonehearth Bunker.

Once they have reached the Fields of Strife they will dismount and summon a Circle of Calling.

• Ten Players must click the Circle of Calling.
• The Circle of Calling will bug out quite often.
  
  Primarily: If the Druids are attacked at any point after they've placed the Circle of Calling then instead of continuing to channel after killing the target, they will stand around aimlessly and https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13419"">(NPC #13419) will not be able to be summoned.
  
  It's also suggested that players only click the Circle of Calling ""once"" and make sure not to accidentally begin channeling and end channeling by clicking multiple times (If your player does nothing after clicking the stone, wait a tad, if your not purple and channelling then move closer and try again, you were likely too far away).
  
  All in all, the process (especially the end) for summoning https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=13419"">(NPC #13419) can be very buggy; Blizzard has indeed known of this issue for quite some time (years); one can only hope at this point for a fix.
  
  Best of Luck to all of You!