Drop rate on these are ridiculous

we was two players, both level 22. we got four greens before we got the gem. so prepare to grind a while.
and 31,31 is the right spot, are enough to grind for two and they spawn again pretty quickly.
most of them are warlocks, and have a pet, voidwalker or imp, we simple took one each, and if we took deferent targets we took the imp out first, then lock.

This quest is an utter waste of time!

ffs Ive tried this 5 times and cleared out hole camp around 8 times and still haven't got the drop this quest is ridiculous!

Yeah most def a pain quest......took forever for gem to drop. really its not worth it but if you are bored its good for a lowbie quest

after about a ""hour"" of grinding for this quest, it dropped for me off a dark strand enforcer...strange drop rate X_X

Yes this quest can be annoying. I tried this quest at lvl 19 as a druid. I found it easy to Wrath, Moonfire the imps and concentrate on the Cultist. That usually killed off the imp. With the voidwalker mobs, its a great help if you use Entangle Roots on the Voidwalker, again concentrating on the Cultist. After trying to just kill off the mobs as quickly as I could without CC, I avoided this quest for as long as I could from the resulting deaths. Enforcers and Excavators are relatively easy for a Wrath, Root comboing Druid.

Have fun, after around the 20th mob the quest item finally dropped for me.

I cleared the camp twice then decided I didn't really care... good luck to all of you who are trying to find this gem!

Upon completion Delgren the Purifier will smash the soulstone and a night elf spirit in a red kilt named Sargath will appear. This dialogue will follow:

Delgren the Purifier says: A simple enough task to break this soulstone!

Glowing Soulgem bursts open!

Sargath says: In the throes of the Sundering, Ameth'aran was at the whim of the terror that gripped the land. There was little hope for survival.
Sargath says: Athrikus came to us. He told us that he could save us from harm. He cast a spell upon us to protect us from harm.
Sargath says: When the shaking stopped, his true motives were revealed. We were trapped, and he was slowly draining our powers.
Sargath says: There were hundreds imprisoned by his spell. Now only a few remain in their prisons. He would speak to us sometimes.
Sargath says: He worried that his power weakened, that soon even we last of his precious soulgems would fade and die.

Delgren the Purifier says: Then we must put an end to Athrikus Narassin. Tell me, spirit, where might we find the other soulgems, to undo his magic?

Sargath says: His lieutenant, Ilkrud Magthrull possesses a tome which might indicate the location of the remaining soulgems.

Sargath fades into the mist...

I picked one up after about half a dozen or so kills. Either they improved the drop rate or I got lucky.

Be warned: This is (by quite a lot) my most hated quest in the game. I can't say I have done all quests, but with 3 pretty high level toons (and one more on the way), I certainly have done a lot.

The drop rate on this is STUPIDLY low! Wowhead says 5%, which seems generous. I cleared their ruins 2-3 times before FINALLY getting this stupid gem to drop. I cannot for the life of me see why Bliz felt it necessary to make this so low a drop. It is totally incongruous with the rest of the game and simply leads to endless frustration. Obviously other posts agree.
Well I can say as of 3.2 this is NOT fixed. I am baffled how update after update can come along and Bliz ignores this glaringly frustating quest. Perhaps they are oblivious (our bad for not reporting it), but one would think they'd have play testers who maybe kind of noticed this quest is a useless waste of time! And I have to believe more than one person has complained directly to them about the amazing frustration i this one.

About all this quest is good for (other than continuing a long chain) is farming exp IF you happen to be blue. My suggestion: Go rest up for a couple of days, get lots of blue, and at least get a ding out of this annoying quest! I almost dinged myself, and I was far from blue on my exp bar!

Good luck; I hope the rest of you have better drop rates that I had!

A pain for a priest, mobs that drop it are immune to fear and have a pet (imp - void)

This quest is probably the most annoying quest implemented in the game. So far, I've wasted literally 2 hours on it and it hasn't dropped. It's a pain. If you love grinding, this is the quest for you.

Best of luck to people trying to complete the quest. I hope you have better luck then me.

Edit: Exactly after I wrote this, it dropped. O.o Surprisingly enough, it was the same for me just like it was for Godistigger.

I just tried this quest today, expecting to at least level once. As it turns out, I cleared 3/4th's of the camp and found the gem. I have to wonder if the rather-large patch that updated this morning might be the cause of this?

Anyways, level 21 hunter did fine handing those mobs. Just be cautious of the rogue-type, they go straight at you, not your pet.

surprisingly enough, i only had to kill 6 before i got the drop. guess i have good luck :)

Eight times I've cleared this stupid camp, still no drop. Beyond annoying.

If you share my problems with reading comprehension or are just a confused person in general:

Even though the quest is called The Tower of Althalaxx, the npcs you kill for the gem are not at the the Tower of Althalaxx.

Hence, the very, very low drop rate if you farm it there ...

I read this to check the loaction and was considering going to The Tower of Althalaxx in Darkshore but then it dropped after I'd cleared the camp once. Pretty sure they must have increased the drop rate on this one because iirc it used to be near impossible to get.

I don't know if they fixed the drop rate or i just got really lucky, but I was only out here for about 10 minutes before i got the quest item to drop.

It dropped for me when I cleared the camp twice, logged out for a day and killed 4 of the enemies. Seems like I was luckier than other people.

It dropped the moment my bags filled...

D=<

The camp for these is north of Maestra's Post in Ashenvale--various Dark Strand members. I cleared the camp once and got it on the next pop, about 20 kills and 4 minutes.

I dropped this quest after spending more than 2 hours, more than 20 bottles of Melon Juice, and countless pauses to eat.
No drop! Not fun at all!
As a level 23 Shadow Priest I was not able to clear the camp. In fact, I could not get half way before they spawned behind me. I found my self in a 3 v 1 situation a few times!

Spent 2 mins on this quest as a 80 lock. And yes It counts towards Loremaster of Kalimdor.

The drop rate is still terrible. I slaughtered the camp over and over again, and finally logged on here to see if it was bugged or something. I went from a couple bubbles in to 20 all the way to 21 without seeing the gem. Yes, I had rest bonus, but really. Almost an entire level on one quest?

I wish I'd been one of the lucky ones, especially since I'm trying to get Darnassus faction. *sigh* I guess I could slaughter mobs for another level and see if I get any luckier. :(

Edit: And after posting here it was only another near clearing of the camp to get it. Posting here does seem to improve things. (I know, I know, magical thinking.)

this quest just sucks. ive spent over an hr on it and am extremely irritated. some of the other comments say posting made it drop, so im having a go. its got to be worth a try xD

yep, next mob it dropped! ^^ weird.

dont know if anyone has made this clear yet or not, but i spent about 10 mins attacking the wrong mobs because the name of the place changed to ordil'aran while i was still in bahran's haunt.
the place you need to be is at 31,30 but it should be easy to find now with blizz's new feature to make their names stand out.
good luck

This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.

And there was much rejoicing!