Is the staff the only scythe looking weapon? or are there others....

My lock is only 58 and I am loving the staff, not to say that the shard isn't great. Yes, the staff can be replaced, but there are only a few blue staffs that are better.

With the Burning Crusade only a week ago, I will say that the Trinket here is the best quest reward choice.

Yes the Robe and Staff are nice... BUT you will replace them very soon. The Trinket, while you may not use it right away, very well might be very useful someday, even at level 70!

An example, in the Demonology tree there is a spec type that is dependent on summoning your Voidwalker and then sacrificing him to get major regen back for 30 minutes. What if Blizzard decided to make this spec really awesome someday? You'll be glad you still have this trinket that has it situational uses instead of a Robe or Staff that you vendored when you got to level 59.

And the trinket might have some other interesting uses here and there, yes even at level 70.

ok, i have a warlock, and im just wondering if you could use the trinket to get a new soulshard when you jumped on a flyer? summon a VW using it, fly from IF to SW, would you get a soul shard like normal or not?

I took the shard. At level 53 I got a robe with less stamina but nearly twice as much spell damage. I like my previous warlock quest shadow damage offhand. Offhands and 1hs open up a lot more possibilities than staves do. So I didn't really see the staff as a valid option for me. The trinket however...I can pop that on before I go farming or whatever, summon a free voidwalker, and swap back to a damage trinket. Seems to me like that will be useful forever, so thats why I made the choice I did.

I took the staff. To this day it sits in my bank, and sometimes I parade around Stormwind carrying it. Put Firey Enchant on it and nobody will cross your path with a high-and-mighty additude: they know where they stand. :)

The Abyss Shard is useless if you're a Demonology warlock, since you'll be using your Felguard anyhow.

The real strength of the trinket(and the reason I'm going back at 70 to go get it), is basically for DS warlocks, particularly DS/S+F warlocks.

When you're grinding(something everyone does no matter how far your guild has progessed raiding). If you use DS, you pretty much sac the voidwalker for the health regen. Without this trinket, even if you never die, you're looking at a soulshard every half hour just to keep your DS buff up to date.

With this trinket, every half hour(coincidentally both the duration of the DS buff and the cooldown on this trinket), you can give yourself fel stamina for free.

With certain specs, soulshard usage is a pretty big issue, and this trinket makes things a lot easier.

Shards aint that hard to get and if you are Demon warlock you already have Fel Domination https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=18708 https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=18708  that ou can use. Ok it cost some mana and a shard but what the h***

the trinket is really not the obvious choice here. I'm not saying it's poor but you are clearly overestimating it because of it's uniqueness.

it is very rare to be out of mana or out of soul shards if you play like you're supposed to.
yes if you play warlock but for some reason is not affliction then there are situations where you could find good use for it but it is not the obvious choice.

I would have personally gained most from choosing the chest but since the staff looks cool (and I already kill everything too easy) - I took the staff. it's an addition to my collection of cool stuff that I will run around with when I'm 70, tiered of farming and have no raid.

just as you have to watch out for being blinded by the item rarity-color, you have to think before you choose.

Why would you need the shard anyway? At this level, I didn't use my Voidwalker. It was my succubus all the time.and<div class=""quote"">It may be the best and the most durable, but what's the problem with missing a Soul Shard and an amount of mana that'll be back in no-time (life tap and Drain life in the next fight?). And when you don't use the Voidwalker, this thing is just useless.A)
The succubus is your favorite minion. You are out of Soul Shards and your succubus isn't summoned. Not one mob that generates XP is in sight. You want to summon the succubus. What will you do?
1. Use the Abysss Shard to summon the Voidwalker.
2. Tell the VW to Stay.
3. Run away from the VW until it is out of sight: You will get a Soul Shard.
4. Summon the succubus.

B)
You are a Demonology spec Warlock. You are in a tough battle, solo. Both your HP and mana are low, and you are getting aggro. Your minion's HP is low too. What will you do?
1. Cast Fel Domination and use the Abysss Shard to summon the Voidwalker.
2. Choose to sacrifice the VW and run away (to fight another day) and/or choose to let VW attempt to tank (giving you time to use pots and/or bandages).

I am sure there are other senarios :).<div class=""quote"">Since this is a levelling quest, take the item that benefits you most at the time. That simple.Each quest reward has advantages: Who am I to say that choosing the staff or the robe is ""wrong""? But, I see at least a few people, already with level 70 Warlocks, who are posting here (and other sties) and are now saying they are going for the Abyssal Shard. True, these are rewards for a levelling quest, but the Abyssal Shard lasts forever (including times when you willl no longer be levelling ).

Now,except from the(VERY)very nice rewards(all of them)also the completition is funny with the imp rebeling :P

I totally agree with Masse. I used to be affliction and my voidwalker couldnt hold !@#$. I would curse of agony a mob AFTER my voidwalker torments and what happens?!?? I pull aggro , and I have NO problem keeping soulshards unlike someother people. I'm debating on what to choose though, staff or robe. I am using Hypnotic Blade (https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=7714 https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=7714) + Orb of Dar'Orahil (https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=15108 https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=15108) and my chest is thttps://vanillawowdb.com/?item=10021 https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=10021. Thinking the Soul harvester because of the spellhit, which is rare at this lvl and the spell damage.

While it really doesn't have too much of an endgame use, I used it right up until 70. Actually, I used it until I got my scryers trinkets n the sort. It's unique, and incredibly handy for most any spec I would imagine. Even with my other trinkets, I still find it to be useful when running low level instances where I can't exactly generate soul shards. With a few points in demonoloy but mostly being affliction, Fel Domination + this thing are the shizzle. Why take items that are going to be upgraded shortly anyways, go with the trinket.

This quest was easy, once I figured out how to do it. Lvl 61 demonology lock with felguard and lots of shards. Died several times before I got the scoop. What you do, don't bother with the stairs on the right or left, go to the doorways right in front of you when you first enter the instance. You'll fight a pack of two at first, then wait for the four mobs that roam. Hit them. After they're finished, go up (I believe it was three flights of stairs) until you run into the third set of mobs. After you kill them, the one you want is on that same level, don't go up the stairs, but rather turn the corner and you'll go up a slight incline, the mob with the feather is there. Kill him, get your feather then do the same for the other doorway back down by the entrance to the instance. After killing the second mob with the feather, leave the instance and reset it. The mobs move places. I got all six feathers this way. Towards the end, I had to reset the instance three times without killing anything because I used my eye of Kilrogg to see which mob was where. Just keep doing that until you have all six feathers. Those two are the easiest of the four directions you can take (two doorways and two stairways). Good luck.

The instance was quite simple, got the feathers in a matter of minutes, picking the quest reward was actually harder than doing the instance... let's go through possibility's.

Robe:
Simply a no-no, it get replaced too fast with Outland content - high-end and above; most important, I don't think it's worth it compared to the other two items, in short- easily replaced.


Abyss Shard:
Very nice, BUT! It totally depends on your build;
If you are the Demonology specification , your will love and want this item, however if you are an Affliction/Destruction Warlock, you possibly won't have that much of a use for it, however, it's a unique trinket.
(And about the shards, I always have atleast 20+ shards in my bags when questing or doing grinding, and NEVER below 10, you shouldn't really have a ""shard issue"".) ])

Staff:
Not bad, the only problem is you can easily replace this when you start Outlands, and you most likely will never use it for real pvp'ing, since you can't use your awesome offhand items, and your (mostly underestimated) spellstone, which just rocks against all caster classes!


What did I choose?
I choose the staff, the trinket (as unique as it is) - has no realistic use, and the staff and robe WILL be replaced in Outland or even before then, but if you feel the trinket is worth it, and you think you will use it, then go ahead and get it.
(Plus the staff looks cool)

Personally, the +15 stamina trinket is much better than a weapon that is +16, and will get replaced. Besides the fact that if you actually fight with your staff, you shouldn't have rolled a lock.

you should remeber thought that if your voidwalkers going up the creek and you are in a sticky situation all you need do is sacrifice him when he is near low health, thus earning you a forcefield for 30 secs, more than long enough to resummon.

Sorted, i would still go for a staff as cool as that over 50 trinkets.

...this may be just me... but the whole Shard vs. Staff vs. Robe debate is as pointless and trivial as the clicking vs. keybind debate...
I just finished this quest and am happy to say i'm going straight for the staff, simply cause i've always wanted it and it looks bloody awesome, nothing to do with its stats or what thing is better than the other. -shrug-

People take this game too seriously if you ask me...

With the advent of heirloom weapons and gear, and the maybe-sorta-useful-I-guess fencesitting about the trinket, the real question is now: what looks cooler?

The robe is a standard model but has a seriously badarse textural overlay seen nowhere else in the game, and gives off a faint feel of a sort of My First https://vanillawowdb.com/?itemset=-86#. Deathbringer Robe.

Then there's the scythe, but while there are other scythe models in the game, this is the only one so far that I've seen where the blade curves over the top of the head rather than sitting on the back. (They're also polearms, so it's a moot point.)

Ah, the agony of fashion.

uh... yeah... I just solod all these quests (Easy as a lv 74 demo lock), finally got the Abyss shard, and as soon as I try to use it I get an error.... ""Missing component, soul-shard"". So it seems the ONLY thing this trinket does is provide a vw with no mana requirement. The soul-shard is still required. In other words, completely useless. (tried after patch 3.2.2)

As of patch 3.2.2, the shard gives +15 stamina and allows you to summon your VW without using mana (presumably it still takes a Soul Shard)

I could see it being useful if you need to run quick interference while you regain mana with Drain Mana soloing; not sure about endgame.

Upon completion of the quest, Impsy gains a buff which makes him red and bigger. The following conversation takes place:<div class=""quote"">Niby the Almighty says: No! It can't be...
Impsy says: Pathetic fool! Now I will teach you the meaning of pain!
Niby the Almighty begs Impsy for forgiveness.
Impsy says: Prepare to meet your doom!
Impsy says: Uh oh...
Niby the Almighty says: Why you little!At ""Uh oh"" Impsy shrinks back again and gets chased by Niby.

Impsy is actually casting a Pyroblast at Niby as he's saying this, but when his enrage wears off the Pyroblast is interrupted.

The trinket is useless, always was more or less (unless u have a free slot and need 15 stamina), the scythe is only for show, the robe is somewhat useful for a few levels (can get better in instances).

Ok. I'm curently trying to do the quest right now. And NONE of your squabling about the staff, robe, or trinket and what's the most useful and whatever level doesn't help in the least bit.

I'm not good at the whole screenshots and stuff. But I know what WOULD be useful is a map with a circled location of each of the trolls that drop the feathers.

I went through just recently and somehow didnt get all 6 feathers I'm hoping i just missed out on loot and that there isnt one hiding sumwhere.

Now to touch on the item subject. All of the items are basiclly null becaue at 58 counting that you have the burning crusade expansion. youre going to replace those REALLY fast. but theyre nice while you have them. I personally am going with the trinket and not because of the CD. the +15stam is pretty good especially since trinkets arent very easy to come by.
On a side note: the CD of the voidwalker is quite useful for pve occasioanly a small surprise for pvpers.
as for the ppl that talked about the usefulless at lvl 70 for the trinket...the only ""usefull"" thing about the trinket is the 15stam you dont find very many trinkets except the pvp trinkets that give that much stamina which is nice.

Where exactly do you go to do this quest? If someone could help me to find it I would appreciate it.

Counts towards 3000 quests completed.

As of Patch 4.01, all class quests for the Sunken Temple have been removed