This can be a little tough, I would suggest at least a couple other people for help. The prospector walks all the way through the ruins pulling everything, including things that spawn if he passes. All of the creatures are at least level 18, you will be dealing with at least three at a time. Also he has very low life and can be killed easily, make sure he doesn't get hit too often. As hard as it is I would definatly do this quest, it leads to a series that gives great exp and rewards.

He's got a respawn time of 8-10mins approx.

Make sure you let the prospector walk first, or else the Golems will agro on you instead of him. He will not stop to help you like most Escort quests, but move along instead. It's vital that you let him go first. Also, he is healable, so his health shouldn't be a problem if you can heal or use a bandage on him.

This quest can be soloed as long as you know what to expect and can be prepared for it. I just pulled it off with a level 21 mage. I wouldn't recommend trying to solo this before 20. This quest is easily done with two people, but if you're stuck on your own, I hope this helps get you through it.

First, note that Remtravel is indeed oblivious. He will not attack unless he is personally aggroed first, otherwise he will keep walking the scripted route. Mobs attacking you are not his concern. Mobs you aggro yourself will be ignored as well. If you let him lead, he will draw the initial aggro and stop. This can be useful if you need a few seconds to catch your breath, but don't leave him alone too long -- he can't solo these mobs and he can't withstand too much punishment from them. If more than one mob is on him, you need to intervene quickly. AoE attacks are useful here, as he rarely accumulates much threat and any decent damage will get the mobs onto you instead.

Second, avoid the use of snares (Frost Nova, Entangling Roots, etc). If you snare and attempt to pull back for a more opportune attack, the mobs will drop threat on you and switch to something else in melee range -- Remtravel.

Now to tell you what to expect, besides the golems infesting the whole place.

When you begin the escort, there are a couple tents straight ahead and a ramp and scaffold along the right side. Remtravel will eventually walk up that ramp. This cues a single trogg to spawn. This trogg always seems to ignore Remtravel and go for you, so be prepared to dispatch it quickly so Remtravel doesn't get too far ahead of you.

Shortly after this, he will investigate Hollee's tent (he will comment ""Oh, that's Hollee's tent, and it's empty"") Two troggs will spawn from the back right corner of the camp and go for Remtravel.

Now he will start walking down into the more open area of the dig site. At the far end, straight ahead, is another ramp and scaffold, with a small hill to the left. Remember this spot.

His path will take him down into the dig site, to the left and back around the other side of the wall to the dead end, then turn around and start heading back out to the start point. On his way out, he will investigate that ramp and scaffold I mentioned earlier. When he does, this will trigger two troggs to spawn on the hill to the left, one of them being a caster that likes Fireball. The caster will drop Remtravel in two shots, so you need to draw its aggro immediately. Personally I stood on the hill and cast Fire Blast on it while it was spawning. Even so, it will get one Fireball off on Remtravel before switching to you (both troggs aggro Remtravel immediately upon spawning), so you also need to get the melee trogg off of him and then take them both down before they manage to kill you instead.

If you get past this, you're pretty much clear, you just have to get him back to the front, past the few golems that have respawned, but those should be easy compared to what you just did.

Hard to believe the Wowhead report that this guy has 410 HP. I'd honestly estimate that he has more like 200 at most, which is the main reason why anyone would find this quest difficult - if you don't immediately peel mobs off of him he'll die and it's over.

There is a pre-req

https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=729 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=729

Holy crap this quest is hard. I just soloed this as a level 17 druid because I had no idea that I was doing a level 20 group quest when I started it.

NOTE: I died TWICE during this and I was able to run back to my corpse in time to heal this idiotic dwarf up and keep the event active. How that is possible I'm not sure, being he's the squishiest NPC imaginable. But either way, if you die, don't go afk in frustration. Walk back first.