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Breath of the Black Prince Legendary Quest Line Guide (MoP 5.4)

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The Breath of the Black Prince refers to the legendary quest lineof Mists of Pandaria. In the article, we will provide you with all theinformation regarding this quest line, as well as present you with astraightforward guide for completing it.

This quest line spans over several patches, and most likely will span overthe entirety of Mists of pandaria's content releases. We are constantlyupdating the guide as new information surfaces.

1. Preliminary Information↑top

There are still several unknown aspects of the Breath ofthe Black Prince quest line. In this section, we succinctly present theinformation that is currently known.

The quest line revolves around Wrathion (whom you might remember fromthe Fangs of the Father quest line in patch 4.3), and his new faction,The Black Prince.

  • Eligibility. The Breath of the Black Prince quest line is available only to level 90characters.
  • Class Restrictions. There are no class restrictions. All classes can progress through thequest line and obtain the rewards.
  • Tasks. The quest line requires players to perform various tasks. Some of them canbe performed solo, outside of instances, while others require thekilling of raid bosses.

2. Rewards↑top

Currently, the quest line offers several rewards to players, as theyprogress through it:

  1. legendary gems (+500 of a given stat);
  2. ability to add prismatic socket to weapons;
  3. legendary meta-gems (greatly enhanced meta-gems);
  4. epic, high item level cloaks;
  5. legendary, extremely powerful cloaks.

2.1. Legendary Gems

After competing the Patch 5.0.5 quest line, you will obtain a legendarygem, which is to be placed in a special Sha-touched socket found onlyon select weapons from Tier 14 raids. The first gem isprovided for free, and additional gems can be purchased from Wrathion.

There are 3 different legendary gems and you can only use one legendary gem at a time:

In the table below, you will find the list of Tier 14 weapons with a Sha-touchedsocket.

Item Name Type Main Stats
Kilrak, Jaws of Terror Icon Kilrak, Jaws of Terror (LFR, Heroic) One-Hand Sword Strength/Mastery
Shin'ka, Execution of Dominion Icon Shin'ka, Execution of Dominion (LFR, Heroic) Two-Handed Axe Strength/Mastery
Claws of Shek'zeer Icon Claws of Shek'zeer (LFR, Heroic) One-Hand Fist Weapon Agility
Spiritsever Icon Spiritsever (LFR, Heroic) One-Hand Dagger Agility
Gao-Rei, Staff of the Legendary Protector Icon Gao-Rei, Staff of the Legendary Protector (LFR, Heroic) Staff Agility
Taoren, the Soul Burner Icon Taoren, the Soul Burner (LFR, Heroic) Gun Agility
Kri'tak, Imperial Scepter of the Swarm Icon Kri'tak, Imperial Scepter of the Swarm (LFR, Heroic) Mace Intellect/Spirit
Loshan, Terror Incarnate Icon Loshan, Terror Incarnate (LFR, Heroic) Sword Intellect
Jin'ya, Orb of the Waterspeaker Icon Jin'ya, Orb of the Waterspeaker (LFR, Heroic) Staff Intellect

It is interesting to note that all three versions of the above mentionedweapons (LFR, Normal, and Heroic mode) have the hydraulic sockets and theflavour text, and the gems can be obtained even solely through LFR.

2.2. Prismatic Sockets on Weapons

After completing the Patch 5.1 quest line, players gain the ability to adda prismatic socket to Sha-touched weapons from Tier 14 and to weaponsfrom Tier 15.

2.3. Legendary Meta-Gems

After completing the Patch 5.2 quest line, players gain the abilityto use a legendary meta-gem, which is a lot more powerful than regularmeta-gems. The following 4 legendary meta-gems are available:

2.4. Epic Cloaks

After completing the Celestial challenge in the Celestial Blessingsquest, you will be able to obtain one of the following 6 cloaks fromWrathion:

2.5. Legendary Cloaks

After defeating all 4 August Celestials, on the Timeless Isle, youraforementioned epic cloak will be upgraded to a legendary version of itself.

3. The Quest Chain↑top

The Breath of the Black Prince quest chain is comprised of 32 quests, as ofwriting this guide.

3.1. Summary

The quest chain is comprised of the following quests:

  1. Stranger in a Strange Land;
  2. A Legend in the Making;
  3. The Strength of One's Foes*;
  4. Trial of the Black Prince**;
  5. Fear Itself*;
  6. Breath of the Black Prince;
  7. Incoming...;
  8. The Measure of a Leader (Alliance /Horde);
  9. The Prince's Pursuit (Alliance /Horde);
  10. A Test of Valor (Alliance / Horde);
  11. The Lion Roars (Alliance) / Glory to the Horde;
  12. A Change of Command (Alliance /Horde);
  13. Call of the Packmaster (Alliance) / The Soul of the Horde(Horde);
  14. The Thunder King*** and Meet Me Upstairs***;
  15. Secrets of the First Empire*;
  16. I Need a Champion;
  17. The Thunder Forge;
  18. Spirit of the Storm Lord;
  19. The Crown of Heaven;
  20. Echoes of the Titans*;
  21. Heart of the Thunder King*;
  22. A Reckoning;
  23. Celestial Blessings;
  24. Cloak of Virtue;
  25. Preparing to Strike;
  26. Meet Me Back at the Inn**;
  27. A Timeless Discovery;
  28. Secrets if the Timeless Isle;
  29. The Emperor's Way;
  30. A Pandaren Legend;
  31. Judgment of the Black Prince*.
  • * quests that require killing raid bosses.
  • ** quests that do not need to be completed by Rogues who have completedthe Fangs of the Father quest line.
  • *** optional/breadcrumb quests.

3.2. Meeting Wrathion

The quest chain starts at Half-Hill, in the Valley of the Four Winds. There,you will find an NPC called Teng Firebrew, who will offer youStranger in a Strange Land, the first quest of the chain. This is a simplequest that only requires that you travel to the Veiled Stair, to meetWrathion.

Specifically, Wrathion is inside the Tavern in the Mists, in the VailedStair. You are given a Mysterious Note Icon Mysterious Note, which you must deliver toWrathion. The note, which you can read, contains no meaningful information.

Once you have turned the quest in, Wrathion will offer youA Legend in the Making. This quest requires that you share a drink withWrathion. Wrathion goes into a protracted speech about the past and futureof Azeroth, finally enlisting your help.

3.3. The Black Prince Faction and Wrathion's First Tasks

When his speech is complete, Wrathion offers you two quests:

  • The Strength of One's Foes requires that you collect 20 Sigils from bossesin Mogu'shan Vaults, the Heart of Fear, and the Terrace of Endless Spring.Specifically, you must collect 10 Sigil of Power Icon Sigils of Power and 10Sigil of Wisdom Icon Sigils of Wisdom (more on this below).
  • Trial of the Black Prince requires that you attain honored reputation with The Black Prince faction, by killing moguand mantid mobs in:
    • The Vale of Eternal Blossoms (around the Ruins of Guo-Lai);
    • Townlong Steppes (around Niuzao Temple);
    • The Dread Wastes (all over the zone).

The Sigils drop from all raid modes and difficulties, including LFR. In 10and 25-man, there is a chance that each boss drops a Sigil. When this happens,everyone can loot the Sigil (but they must do so specifically, by looting theboss, otherwise the Sigil is not awarded). The drop chance seems to be around33%.

In LFR, due to the personal loot system that exists there, eachplayer has an individual chance of receiving a Sigil after a boss kill.

Also, it is worth noting that Trial of the Black Prince is not offered to,and does not need to be completed by Rogues who have completed the Fangs of theFather quest line.

The amount of reputation gained for each kill of the specified mobs israther low. So far, we have observed four different amounts of reputationoffered:

  • 40 reputation per kill, for Shao-Tien Behemoths, and several Mogu raremobs in the Dread Wastes and Townlong Steppes;
  • 10 reputation per kill, for the majority of the mobs;
  • 15 reputation per kill, for elite mobs in The Dread Wastes;
  • 1, 2, 3, and 5 reputation per kill, for very weak mobs in The Dread Wastes,Townlong Steppes, and Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

3.4. Obtaining the Gems

After you complete The Strength of One's Foes andTrial of the Black Prince, Wrathion will offer you the questFear Itself. This requires that you kill the Sha of Fear in theTerrace of Endless Spring raid, and loot the quest item that the boss willdrop (Chimera of Fear Icon Chimera of Fear).

After turning this quest in to Wrathion, he will offer what is currentlythe final quest of the chain, Breath of the Black Prince. This quest onlyrequires that you speak with Wrathion again, and he will offer you a choicebetween 3 gems we mentioned earlier:

Also, as we mentioned earlier, you can buy more gems from Wrathion afterthis, for 10,000 Gold. The gems are, however,unique-equipped, meaning that even if you are dual-wielding weapons withhydraulic sockets, only one legendary gem can be equipped at one giventime.

3.5. Patch 5.1 Quests

As soon as you complete the Breath of the Black Prince quest, you willearn the Chapter I: Trial of the Black Prince Icon Chapter I: Trial of the Black Prince, and you will be offered a newquest, called Incoming.... This quest requires that you speak toWrathion again when your faction's fleet arrives in Krasarang Wilds.

After completing Incoming..., Wrathion will offer you The Measure of aLeader (Alliance / Horde),a new quest. This is easily complete, and all it involves it listening toWration's monologue.

Afterwards, you are offered two new quests. The Prince's Pursuit(Alliance / Horde) requires thatyou attain revered reputation with theThe Black Prince faction, by killing NPCs of the opposingfaction in Krasarang Wilds. A Test of Valor (Alliance /Horde) requires that you gather 3,000 Valor Points (note that this only counts Valor Points that you gain from the moment of taking thequest, and does not include any Valor obtained up to that point).

On completing these two quests, you are offered two more quests.The Lion Roars (Alliance) / Glory to the Horde (Horde) requires thatyou obtain a victory in the Temple of Kotmogu and Silvershard Minesbattlegrounds. Simply queue for these battlegrounds (or use a pre-made group)and get your wins to complete this quest. The other quest, A Change of Command(Alliance / Horde) requires a moredetailed explanation.

3.5.1. A Change of Command and End of the 5.1 Questline

The quest objective of A Change of Command(Alliance / Horde) is to defeat apowerful NPC of the opposing faction. Alliance players must defeatWarlord Bloodhilt, and Horde players must defeatHigh Marshal Twinbraid. Both bosses require a single tank (there are nomechanics that impose a tank switch), and they can be completed in groups ofat least 3 players (provided that there is a tank and a healer in the group),but the larger the group, the easier the fight is.

Warlord Bloodhilt is located on the upper floor of the Horde keep inDominance Point. He uses several abilities against your group.

  • Bloody Knives Icon Bloody Knives applies a very damaging bleed effect on severalmembers of your group. Players can and should remove this bleed fromthemselves by using Rip it Out! Icon Rip it Out!, an extra action button that they gain.Note that using Rip it Out! causes the player to take 150,000 damage, so itshould not be used if the player is low on health (in which case they shouldwait and hope to get healed up before they die from the bleed).
  • Choke'em Out! Icon Choke'em Out! is an interruptible, channeled spell that Bloodhilt castson a random healer. It stuns the player and deals a large amount of damage tothem every second, so it must be interrupted immediately.
  • Brutal Charge Icon Brutal Charge is a charge that Bloodhilt casts on a random player whois far from the boss. If everyone is in the boss' melee range, he does notcast this spell. Therefore, you should just stack on the boss.
  • Coup de Grace Icon Coup de Grace and Bloodthirsty Strike Icon Bloodthirsty Strike are used to damagethe tank, but they are not problematic overall.

As long as the raid is stacked up in melee range, players use theirRip it Out! as soon as they are debuffed by Bloody Knives, and Choke'em Out!is interrupted promptly, this boss should not be difficult to kill for a groupof 5 or more players.

High Marshal Twinbraid is located on the upper floor of the Alliance keepin Lion's Landing. He uses several abilities against your group.

  • Sound the Alarm Icon Sound the Alarm is an interruptible spell that Twinbraid uses to callfor help from adds. Interrupt these casts.
  • Cannonball Spin Icon Cannonball Spin is a whirlwind-type attack that deals very highdamage to players within 8 yards of the boss. Everyone should move away toavoid being hit by this.
  • Chaingun Icon Chaingun is a frontal cone attack. Just make sure everyone exceptthe tank is behind the boss at all times.

Once you complete A Change of Command, as well asThe Lion Roars / Glory to the Horde (depending on your faction),a final quest will be offered to you. Alliance players are offeredCall of the Packmaster, and Horde players are offeredThe Soul of the Horde. This is a simple turn-in quest at Wrathion in theVeiled Stair. The quest rewards players with the Eye of the Black Prince Icon Eye of the Black Prince,an item adds a prismatic socket to a Sha-Touched weapon, or to a weapondropped in the Throne of Thunder raid in Patch 5.2.

It is important to note that, being a prismatic socket, you cannot addthe legendary gems to this socket. Also, characters who are dual-wieldingSha-Touched weapons or weapons from the Throne of Thunder can use an Eye ofthe Black Prince on both weapons. The second Eye of the Black Prince can bepurchased from Blacktalon Quartermaster next to Wrathion in the VeiledStair, or from Commander Oxheart in Townlong Steppes, for2,500 Gold.

Completing this quest also grants players the Chapter II: Wrathion's War(Chapter II: Wrathion's War Alliance / Chapter II: Wrathion's War Horde)achievement.

3.6. Patch 5.2 Quests

The 5.2 questline begins with two optional breadcrumb quests that do notprovide any rewards, and only require you to talk to Wrathion. Theyare The Thunder King and Meet Me Upstairs.

The first true quests in the 5.2 line are Secrets of the First Empireand I Need a Champion.

Secrets of the First Empire requires players to collect 20Secrets of the Empire Icon Secrets of the Empire items, and also turn in 40 Trillium Bar Icon Trillium Bars toWrathion. The Secrets of the Empire "drop" from bosses in the Throne ofThunder, although in effect, each player has a chance to automatically receiveone after killing a raid boss, much like how the Sigil of Wisdom Icon Sigils of Wisdom andSigil of Power Icon Sigils of Power were awarded in Looking for Raid before Patch 5.2.However, the Secrets of the Empire have a shared drop chance between 10/25-manand LFR, meaning that when you have killed the first version of a boss in alockout, you will either receive the item or not, and subsequent kills of thesame boss in that lockout can no longer award the item.

I Need a Champion requires players to reachexalted reputation withThe Black Prince, which can be done by killing mogu, Zandalari andSaurok enemies on the Isle of Thunder.

Once both quests are complete, Wrathion will offer you theThe Thunder Forge quest. This is a single-player scenario event, duringwhich you will need to defend Wrathion, and later on an NPC that Wrathionsummons, from several waves of enemy NPCs. Note that, in order to be able todo this quest, you must have reached Stage 4 in the Isle of Thunder, andyou must have completed the To the Skies!(Alliance/Horde) quest.

Once The Thunder Forge is complete, and you have gotten past Stage 5 in theIsle of Thunder (and completed The Fall of Shan Bu(Alliance/Horde), Wrathion will offeryou the Spirit of the Storm Lord quest. This quest requires that you usethe Lightning Lance Icon Lightning Lance (an item provided to you) on Nalak, the Storm Lord.Once you use the item, you will have to survive for a few seconds, whilekiting an add that follows you around. If you have a means of leaving combat(such as Feign Death Icon Feign Death), then you should do so as soon as you use thelance on Nalak. Nalak will despawn, and you will not need to worry about him,allowing you to simply kite the add for the few seconds required to completethe quest. Alternatively, you can ask some friends to help you.

The next quest you are offered is The Crown of Heaven. This justrequires you to speak to Wrathion in the Veiled Stair. You will beable to choose your reward from among the following 4 legendarymeta-gems:

The next two quests available during Patch 5.2 do not provide you with anyuseful rewards. The first is Echoes of the Titans, which requires you tocollect 12 Titan Runestone Icon Titan Runestones, which have a chance to drop from the last 6bosses in the Throne of Thunder. The final quest, Heart of the Thunder King,requires you to kill Lei Shen in the Throne of Thunder, and collect theHeart of the Thunder King Icon Heart of the Thunder King quest item from him. Completing this questalso completes the Chapter III: Two Princes Chapter III: Two Princes achievement.

3.7. Patch 5.3 Quests

Patch 5.3 introduces 3 new quests for players to complete. The firstquest is A Reckoning, which merely requires that you speak toWrathion. The next quest in the chain is calledCelestial Blessings. This quest requires that you travel to the fourCelestials located throughout Pandaria (at the Temple of the White Tiger inKun-Lai Summit, at the Temple of the Red Crane in Krasarang Wilds, at theTemple of the Jade Serpent in the Jade Forest, and at Niuzao Temple inTownlong Steppes) in order to obtain their blessings. Furthermore, in orderto complete the quest, you will need to successfully complete one of thefour challenges offered by the Celestials.

Each challenge is suited to a particular role, so you should attempt the oneappropriate for your class.

  • Temple of the White Tiger: physical DPS;
  • Temple of the Red Crane: healer;
  • Temple of the Jade Serpent: caster DPS;
  • Niuzao Temple: tank.

Completing Celestial Blessings opens up the next quest in the chain,Cloak of Virtue, which merely requires that you speak with Wrathion andchoose a reward from among 6 extremely powerful cloaks.

Finally, two quests called called Preparing to Strike andMeet Me Back at the Inn exist, although these are related to events that arecoming in Patch 5.4.

3.8. Patch 5.4 Quests

Wrathion offers the quest A Timeless Discovery to players,at the Veiled Stair. Players are required to travel to the Timeless Isle andmeet up with Wrathion there.

Once there, Wrathion offers players two quests:Secrets if the Timeless Isle and The Emperor's Way. Secrets of theTimeless Isle requires players to collect 5000 Timeless Coins Icon Timeless Coins, whichcan be done through a variety of means, as detailed in ourguide to the Timeless Isle. Note that thequest requires you to actually turn in 5000 coins to Wrathion, and not justto collect them.

The Emperor's Way requires players to defeat the 4 August Celestials, whichare world raid bosses located in the south-western part of the Timeless Isle(The Celestial Court). You must engage the bosses together with a raidgroup in order to be able to defeat them (although, thanks to thefaction-tagging system, you do not actually need to be in the raid groupyourself). You can familiarize yourselves with the abilities of these bossesby reading our relevant guides.

Once these two quests are completed and turned in, Wrathion will offeryou A Pandaren Legend, a quest that you will turn in to Wrathion at theentrance to Mogu'shan Palace. He will reward you with an item that you canuse to upgrade your epic cloak to its legendary version. TheBlacktalon Quartermaster in The Veiled Stair sells additional suchitems that you can use to upgrade cloaks that you may have for one of yourother specialisations.

Finally, Wrathion will offer you the Judgment of the Black Princequest, requiring you to kill Garrosh Hellscream in the Siege of Orgrimmar.This quest can also be completed in the LFR version of the raid.

4. Final Considerations↑top

This concludes the Breath of the Black Prince guide. As this quest line isfleshed out more, and as we can confirm new information, we will continue toupdate the guide. We'd love to receive your feedback on our forums, or throughe-mail.

5. Changelog↑top

  • 12 Oct. 2013: Updated the guide for Patch 5.4.
  • 21 May 2013: Patch 5.3 update.
    • Modified the number of Valor points needed for A Test of Valor(Alliance/Horde) from 6,000 to 3,000.
    • Removed mentions of Sigil of Power Icon Sigils of Power and Sigil of Wisdom Icon Sigils of Wisdom droppingfrom specific instances each, since they now all have a chance of droppingfrom bosses in any T14 raid equally.
    • Added Patch 5.3 quests.
  • 02 May 2013: Added the final Patch 5.2 quests.



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