WoW Classic - Dire Maul N+E Mage Solo Speed Leveling Farm! 57-60 in 7 hours! 

this is what I needed, I refuse to kill less then 30 mobs at a time after doing the zf gy pull for 10 levels, doing quests makes me feel like a peseant

As lvl 57, I did my 2 first runs without problem. But when I tried to optimize it according to the video, I died 20 times in a row. But I figured it out! The problem for me was a few things: First problem, when I jumped down from the safe spot to the ledge, the first pack immediately pulled because of range. Therefore they got ahead of the pack that you pull with counterspell, making the dogs more spread out. The second problem, was standing too close to the corner (as seen at 17:26). Having the dogs spread out as previously mentioned, and standing 20 yards from the corner, simple didn't give me time enough to get them affected by blizzard, before I had to ice block. When I did get out of ice block, the mobs were all hitting me at different times, killing me almost every time. Even when I survived, I didn't have time enough to recover, before the dogs had run back past the corner, and the pull was ultimately scuffed. Even when I did succeed with block and nova, I didn't have the damage to get them down before they'd run back past the corner, and it was almost a guaranteed reset. The solution: standing at max range to the corner, while gathering up the dogs (blizzard range/36 yards). This allowed me to cast blizzard for longer during the grouping, leading up to ice block. Having them grouped up, allowed me to get out of ice block unharmed, much more consistently. Between the nova and the corner, I had time to channel a whole extra blizzard before going into nova/flamestrike/cone, ultimately giving me the time and room I needed to kill them. I hope this helps others who's struggling to make it work. And thank you for the video Arlaeus!

Your ability to clearly explain these pulls in a single take without a script is impressive. Great guides as always!

Thank you all for watching! I hope you enjoyed this video!! I tried to include everything I could, but please ask me any questions you have below! Also, If you would like to see this and more mage/priest content live check out the links below!! Twitch - twitch.tv/arlaeus Discord - discord.gg/M97FQtF Twitter - twitter.com/arlaeus Also another tip! Use dampen magic when fighting everything except the dogs! It helps to mitigate the damage you take :) My hope is to one day make content like this and stream full time. Just watching the video helps me get one step closer to that goal, so thank you very much. If you would like to support my channel further, below is the link to my streamelements tipping page! Support the Channel - streamelements.com/arlaeus/tip

Hey Arlaeus! Thank you for your AoE guides! I started with your ZF guide and have looked through all of the classic mage guides now. I really appreciate you taking the time to get this information together and teaching people how to do this farms! I sub'd to your channel and look forward to more videos! :D

I wish I saw this before trying the DMN run tonight. Thanks another amazing video, Jestermagearugal.

I love those new mage solo dungeon leveling videos so helpful

Your videos are simply amazing man, one of the main reasons i leveld a mage to 60. thank you for everything you do!

Great video, you're always such an awesome help for me when I'm pretty much just solo leveling my mage, I'd love to get a list of your addons and see what you use!

Looking forward to go ahead to go ahead to getting ready to go ahead and farm this. Go ahead. Great guide!

Aug the legend! Great mage info man never stop

You’ve inspired me to level a mage alt with all of these awesome, super clear cut guides. Really excited to solo ZF, Mara, and Dire maul packs in the coming days with these strategies. :D

Great video as always! Heard you the other day say you were making a complete 1-60 AOE farm/lvling guide? Super pumped for that if I heard that right. I am 33 right now on my mage after only 4 real time days of pure solo AOE farming starting at lvl 22 with few quest in between (Zero carries thru instances, so far) Super pumped to hit 42 and do ZF solo. 5:27 Epic tip!

Glad I found this channel. Great content.

Arlaeus you are legit bro. Insanely knowledgeable and a great mage!

Love all the videos, they're very helpful! Can you make a video explaining how to use TSM to its full potential?

Was struggling a lot with this, but figured out a strategy that is really safe and doesn't require LIP or Iceblock. If you wait for the dogs to pat right around where he says, jump down to aggro and instantly CS the further dogs. They usually clump up together pretty good. Once they start getting closer, precast R1 blizzard left of the corner, just far enough so that the outside of the circle covers the corner but most of it is left of it. 95% of the time this will slow all of them, although they will start getting close. Once the lead dog starts getting close to you, jump off immediately and put a max rank blizzard right on top of them and then another in the corner. When they start running around the corner, frost nova to group them up and flamestrike/coc. Finish off stragglers with AE. If you dont manage to kill them the first time, just run back and use his corner jump to get back on the ledge and repeat the process. I was able to farm here consistently using this method, whereas with ice block it was basically rolling the dice. Hope this helps some people out there, just dinged 60 using this strat :)

I have been struggling a ton with these pulls - I always die when I come out of IB, both on the dogs and the insects. However, buying a lot of LIP's(limited invulnerability potion) has made this work for me. Just put it on your action bar and spam click it the last second of your IB and then frost nova. Works very well for me - And one more thing I found, is if you point your character to run off the wall before you IB, all you have to do is hold W and you run right off. Thanks for the great video Arlaeus! Subscribed. ^^

this channel is getting crazy interesting nice job mate !

Good video ! Thanks Side note, your keyboard typing for doing just one ability or mounting was like “wtf” lol, i was tripping for a bit

Been watching a few of your videos This is sub worthy

I never comment on videos, but you're tips are amazing. Keep up the good work man!

For those having trouble with this at 57, as I have...I suggest nova'ing after the initial CoC on dogs. This will make sure everything gets slowed and is in your control.

Thanks for another great video. The ice block strat is rough on the dogs. Lot of what seems to be RNG happening there as oneshots coming out of block are common (esp at 57). LIP strat much more consistent. Personally...I've spent far more time learning the strat than it would've taken me to go from 57-60 through efficient questing. If you plan to farm a lot using these starts (which I do) it makes sense to put in the work to get them down. As a leveling strat...unless you are very good, in particular on the CoC part, I'm not sure this is a reliable leveling alternative for first time mages. At the very least...be ready for some frustration.

awesome vid as always! for scarabs, i just put both shields up, jump up, blink right into the other 2 packs, block, come out of block into nova, shatter flame strike cone of cold combo and it 1 hits all 3 packs. takes like 10 seconds very fast

Just in case anyone is still dying to the hounds, you need to counterspell the far right ones near the corner so when they get towards where you rank 1 blizz they all group on top of eachother and share the see melee tick. You wait until you hear them all bite at the same time, break your block, nova and drop at the same time then run up to the bench and proceed.

dude thanks man!

Im diying a lot when exit from IB on those hounds, i hade full barrier and mana shield before going IB, but when i exit instant die :( (lvl 57 atm)

For anyone still wanting to do this during TBC, you can do both pulls in DM North (hyenas and scarabs/spiders), at level 57, very easily with no risk of dying after Ice Block in a similar fashion to the Zul Farrak pull : exploit the mob's pathing when you jump off the ledge. My kill time using this method was fairly similar (I was done looting just before the 6minute mark, while he was done looting at 5m40). When you jump off the ledge, the mobs will turn around and start going all the way around. During this time you have more than enough time to get back up using the climbing spot he shows at 3:25. So Using that you can kite the mobs endlessly and Blizzard in the corner the same way you do in Zul Farrak. A few tips : - Run Mage Armor as the monsters should never hit you using this strat, and mana is good. - To climb back up consistently : stand still (no moving forward) IN THE CORNER he shows at 3:25, as close to the wall as possible, facing towards the corner. Jump without moving forward. When you're at the max height of your jump, press forward for half a second (press and release straight away). Your character should land on an invisible edge halfway up the wall (note that if you're still pressing forward when your character lands, you will fall immediately). Jump again (without moving forward), and at max height press and hold forward, this should land you on top of the edge. Once you have it mastered, I'd wait a bit to climb back up as both packs of mobs run FAST and you're further away from the corner than you were in ZF. - The scarab/spider pull will probably not be perfectly packed, this doesn't really matter as they have very low HP and basically die in one or 2 blizzards. - To make the kills faster, I run a spec that goes all the way to Water Elemental. This allows me, just after each pack gets around the corner the first time, to summon a water ele, and nova the pack just after the corner (without putting myself in danger), jump down, and flammestrike --> Coc -> Blizzard in the corner, to speed up the kill process. This does mean I only have 2/5 clearcasting at level 57, but I don't miss it. Water Ele should be juuuust back for the second pull, if not it doesn't really matter as they have low hp.

You can also kill Guard Mol'dar in DMN after clearing the dogs and carrion swarmers/bugs. Mol'dar takes about 7-8 min additional and drops a good cloth wrist, not the thing if you are there for XP and no loot. If you need a good cloth wrist upgrade he might be worth the time. After pulling Mol'dar, jump up from the hill to the bug ledge and back to the hill while DPSing. Make sure you jump up when Mol'dar gets to the base of the hill. There is a reset location as well on the wall to the left as you go up to to the bug ledge. If you move up there and wait - everything will reset.

Been doing this successfully at 57 for a while now so figured I would throw out some tips for the many frustrated people here. 1. By far most important buy Limited Invuln Pots. PERIOD use them for the dog pack. Once this runs out immediately frost nova then go into blizzard slow rotation. At the corner is where you do your shatter kill combo 2. Maybe equally important is dont even try the block or invuln stack strat on the scarabs it isnt worth it. Those mobs have 800 health they die from one blizzard or one shatter combo. I take them all the way back to the dog spot to just play it safe in case I need the soft reset spot.

How do you not die after iceblock? The iceblock into death is my biggest problem. So I died like 6x in a row now on the hounds after iceblock.

I have tried practicing the reset spot for DME before doing the pull, I have tried for 10 mins and got it once. I think you may need to explain how to do the jump other than "jump on the rock and then jump on this rock" I think you have to angle it like he does but slightly before the tip of the rocks you are standing on, then run forward and jump. It's difficult to the point where I just take a death if I fail the pull instead of attempting it.

Did the hyenas + 1st guard as warlock SM/DS, if you are fast enough they won't reset/heal when using "Safe spot" to get back on the ledge.

can i ask what scroll combat text youre using? im trying to use Miks scrolling battle text, but the hits all come up in one place and i gett dying out of iceblock because im not timing it right, with your one they come up in three seperate sections so you know when youre getting hit the most

There is one stealth pat in each of the hallways leading into the satyr room. (You didn't quite go wide enough while entering, so thats how you got him during the pull as he patted back inside.) Then, inside the room there is ONE stealth satyr in the room with a 25% chance of him being at 4 locations. The first location is on the right as you enter the room which is the worst spot for this as it means you're dealing with two stealth pats. The second spot is by the second group is the one you reset at the end. The third and fourth locations are at the very back of the room on both the far left and far right of the room (on top of the ghost mushroom spawn locations).

What is the addon you are using that replaces the loot window with the upward scrolling text when you are looting? love how that looks I really want it now

Not sure if anyone posted this above, but for those of you who are struggling with getting out of the ice block and being destroyed by the mastiffs, I found a way to avoid it. I simply crafted ( you can as well buy them) lips (limited invurnelability potions) and i use one at the very second my ice block falls off. This way i survive, nova the mastiffs and do the rest as is said in the video. Ofc this way you have to spend extra gold on each run, as it will take 2 lips per run (one for dogs and one for spiders), but the exp you gain is worth it if you ask me. Hope this will help someone =)

at 57 I was able to do this the first time no problem. and then every time since I've been one shot coming out of the block. I'm so frustrated but I can't stop because I KNOW it works

The amount of cheese in this channel could feed all of france for an entire year lol

A great idea for this is to grab the thornling seeds up top and then switch each reset between a thornling and a LIP only for the Mastiffs as they hit very hard if timed incorrectly. A LIP or Thornling negates this being an issue Being able to run it twice if you don't do DM East part you will make your money back on the Lips especially if you get green drops to disenchant. Also Nova them at the start even if you LIP makes them much easier to keep grouped and you will get your nova back as they get yo the corner if you're blizzarding appropriately.

As a warrior player currently still leveling, I watch your videos specifically to feel offended.

how do you do the dogs without lip? As soon as brick wears off I get killed instantly.... even as I spam blink so I can blink after the block is done

Question about instance lockout, I ran this instance 20 times and then started getting instance lockout, logged for 3 hours and still locked, I know about the 30 per 24hr and 5 per hour, but theres no way I've hit the 30 for 24hr because I ported to SW and was able to enter Stockades. Are you only able to run a specific dungeon x amount of times? I'm not completely informed about the instance changes they made in attempt to counter bots so if anybody has some insight, I'd appreciate it, thank you.

These guides are the reason my mage is over 52 xD

I was struggling doing this for so long until I saw this video. I still struggle with killing them, however now I can actually kill them all and not die! :D It is nowhere near as fast as yours, I think it takes me about 3-4 min to kill them however I am still very happy with that! Also because I am slow I take my time with the insects and then kill the guard boss for the chance at the sublime wristguards because they are pretty good. For the boss I just use that jump on the ledge trick where the insects were and get close enough to aggro with a R1 blizzard, hop off and wait for me to come to me, then jump onto the rocks and run to the ledge and follow the ledge all the way to the ramp near the entrance. Just Cast max rank Frost Bolt as he is coming around the corner and run to the ramp, hop off onto the grass and blink forward and you can cast 3-4 frost bolts before he is out of range. Run back to the ramp ledge and do the jump trick to get back on, rinse and repeat. He also gives 2.2kish xp at level 58 when you solo him, so if you are not that great at doing these runs but don't have enough time to do DME try killing this boss, takes up a bit of time, chance at a good item upgrade or a couple of gold from the item he drops being vendored.

What do you do with the stealth satyrs? You said to not have them pulled with the packs but they seem tricky/inefficient to solo them before.

Do you have a link to your mage talent tree, for this grind?

Great vid. But please please post a ZG Solo farm one before release :D thank you

Any tips how NOT to get insta killed when coming out of nova ? i have IB and MS up, make sure the yattack at the same time, use cancel aura and before i even move of the ledge ( 0.5 sec ) i am insta dead

Every time I try to block the dogs 1 shot me despite having both shields up. I get that you are supposed to wait for them to swing, then break, but it just looks like an endless barrage of attacks to me. Also it feels like there's a 1 second delay to cancelling ice block. Lips are 3g, so I am hesitant to use them. I am trying to use the spot you showed to get back on the ledge to get them together instead of using iceblock. PS: you can flamestrike cone of cold and basically 1 shot the bugs.

It would be nice to see this at 57...since you know the title of vid says so..Thanks keep the good work up

the absolute god

Love your guides. Boost never went easier :P

Would limited invulnerability potions work on the hyenas rather than using iceblock?

how do you get out of iceblock and dont die ? i dont get it. ive did try this like 30 times and im insta dead every time

Ty for your vid. I had ~3 good tries. but now I'm constantly dying right after I get out of Ice Block. I tried it with /cancelaura Ice Block macro but didnt help. Is there something else I have to watch out? Shields are up as well

You can use the thornling in DM:N instead of on Satyr's too. I can survive 95% of the time coming out of Satyr's with just ice barrier so it's probably more helpful on the dogs than them.

is ice shards (+100% frostcrit dmg for 5 points) really worth it... it only really applies to CoC anyway, feels like getting sooner into other trees is better.

After having found 2x Greater Arcane elixir patterns in the DM E chest I always aim to get it :)

YOU DID IT AGAIN! YOU CRAZY SOB! YOU DID IT AGAIN!

I keep dying as I come out of block, any tips?

This is not so simple, even with ice block timing to avoid most of the hits i get shreded 100% -> 0 the moment is remove ice block. with barrier + mana shield doesnt matter. Before ice blocking i even try to stand on the very last pixel of the ledge to instantly fall down. But the leeway fuck me up anyway 80% of the time i get 1-shoted.

I have been attempting the satyr packs in DME but I can't get CoC kiting down 🥺

If you need a vendor theres 1 in the library of DMN, he also repairs, need to have a DM key to access.

Ive tried synching up coming out of iceblock like 10 times now and can't seem to manage. I always get instantly killed :'(

For scarabs ill just do 1 or 2 packs and geoup them by jumping back amd forth w that rock (similar to the boss) nova coc arc e and donezo. Do the next pack and use my block for dogs. Have pulled multiple axe of deepnwoods out these packs. Made a killing w skinning earlier on and when dmf dropped

I die everytime I come out of block. How do you not take ANY damage there?? I try to time it but they are in range too long.

are you using fire aoe type spec or ur usual spec into arcane etc..?

Very good video. Thanks to you I have leveled my mage from 48 to 54 in ZF. Now doing quests seems so boring. Any guide for bracket 54 to 57 as alliance regarding solo instance farm? Congrats once again for your explanations!

Great video, i wonder how necessary using block is to group the Hyenas / scarabs. Could you Just ledge dance to make them kite back and forth. Instead of using "of the Eagle" gear using "of the Owl" for the increased mana regen since you probably wont be getting hit. This would be similar to the ZF farm where you keep jumping over the corner on top of the walls. You wont be killing the mobs as fast as youll need to waste some mana on rank 1 blizzards grouping them and then hoping back and forth on that corner. Yet since you need to wait for reset timers and blocks anyway it may not matter? Just a thought and some theory crafting

Did you use a mouseover / interact bound to mouse wheel up/down to loot the mobs? Thanks

Started doing this at Lvl 56 cause I was bored with Gorshak. Invest in some LIPs and you'll make your money back ez. Good farm.

How do I survive the Mastiffs after I ice block without a LIP? They apply like 6 bleeds all at once and then I just get one shot by them.

is there any solo farm from 54-57 before doing this

Can you link spec since i cant see quite well on video thank you

So there's one major problem with the iceblock strat. After trying it for almost 4 hours, I keep getting "tendon ripped" by at least 4 of them which kills me. There's never a time where they are all hitting at once to make sure you don't get the DOT. the LIP strat is the only way to insure it goes off well, which is very frustrating as they are about 2g on my server and this only gets me about 1 and 1/2 exp at 57. I'm sorry but this just doesn't work as well as some of your others.

Great guide, what's the exp per hr like if I get my 60 Mage to power level my 50 alt. Don't no where to go after Mara as I can't do Strat

You deserve so many more views than you get.

What is that loot addon that shows it in the middle of the screen as a scrolling text?! I need this in my life. TY in advance.

Holy f****** s*** I think I can do this farm now! I was able to do a strat that doesn't require lip or ice block but the biggest issue was the mobs bugging out and running far away when I don't have enough Mana. previously I would attempt to get back on the ledge from the ramp but that would always reset their health of it and I wouldn't be able to get enough Mana to kill them but with this new way to get onto the ledge I think I can do it. I was getting so frustrated I don't know if it's something with the undead female body hitbox but if I get too close to that bench that you were mage was jumping on I am instantly dead like even if I'm 2 ft in front of it I have to go there gat out ASAP I wouldn't be able to CoC there or I'd be instantly killed. Dude thank you so March first video I tried and failed at this so many times I just decided that it wasn't for me I'm not good enough I should just give up.

this dont work for shit. Dogs are insta killing me from block. when i use pot they all hit me from upstairs when im down on the exact same place as you are. Is this patched??

What addon are you using to display the number of kills of different type mobs?

I gave up.. I get out of iceblock straight after i receive most of the ticks from the dogs, still i get left with about 3-4 rends, also there is one dog 5/10 runs that resists on level 57.

I'm only getting around 80-130 xp per wolf. I'm level 57, did they got nerfed or anything? ZG is way too hard for me to level

I instantly die when I come out of block so I guess I need to use LIPs all the time

To make it even easier grab the key off the imp boss first so you can sell and repair inside north! It'll save a ton of time instead of having to go and port somewhere to sell stuff

thx your bro

What addons do you use that tell you how much damage you take and also the instance counter? Good vid btw :)

so if i instantly die when coming out of block i guess im not grouping them up effectively or timing my iceblock aura cancel correctly?

just had the mastiff's hit me from a mile away. they somehow hit me when i was very far away from them while they were trailing that lip. anyone else had this happen or was it just a fluke?

this is very difficult at lvl 57, the amount of resists and shit you get+having to use a lip is a bit rough when they 3-5g each.

This is the most sketchy xp farm out there. So even when you time the dog's melee up and don't die after iceblock breaks, you still have a very low chance of catching them all in your nova. if one gets lose, you are screwed. Also, when the dogs are running on the ledge, they are buggy AF

For DM:N only, recommend doing sublime wristguard farm if you don't want to wait for the instance timer, so all your IB and Cold Snap are back up too

Heya I note you did the video for 42 -54 ZF and DMN for 57 -60, what did you between 54-57? Btw great vids, have helped me a lot

I can't seem to get out of block without instantly dying in north & standing on the little chair thing in north they all turn around and 1 shot me. I've probably died 15x and lived once using block strat. Now I just use a lip every time. It's incredibly frustrating not being able to do it with block :(

you took all the exp and left the fun behind.

Can DMN be done at lvl 56

This is impossible with any amount of lag. It was a waste of gold and time. Do you have any suggestions to help with regular 250ms?

Hey Arlaeus - I can ..sometimes.. kill the dogs, but the bugs kill me coming out of ice block 100% of the time, and yes, I use a cancel aura macro. I have tried various different positions on the ledge, walking out sideways, backwards, forwards, none of it matters. Any ideas?