Aq Loot Rep
Posted By admin On 30/07/22Temple of Ahn’Qiraj (AQ40) is the new 40-man raid in Phase 5 of WoW Classic. And will be the next level of progression for any guild who has Blackwing Lair on farm status. It offers new class armor sets, as well as weapons, trinkets, and more. But much of the loot isn’t a straight drop. And many of the bosses are optional. This AQ40 loot guide will help you understand where and how to get your next set of upgrades.
- Scarabs are small figurines made of various materials, carved in the likeness of beetles. These various types of uncommon scarabs are dropped from Trash Mobs in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj and the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj. Combined with idols and Qiraji items, they can be turned in for items from the Cenarion Circle or Brood of Nozdormu. There are eight types of scarabs: Bone Scarab Bronze Scarab Clay.
- The Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj (AQ20) serve as the easier of the two raids in Ahn’Qiraj, with the tougher Temple of Ahn’Qiraj (AQ40) found close nearby. AQ20 is very similar to Zul’Gurub, in terms of player numbers (20 raid members), overall difficulty (fairly easy), and the fact that it features a token system.
- This is the rep you get from Ahn'Qiraj, you can get it by doing AQ20 but you don't get hardly as much from AQ40. Each boss you kill in AQ40 drops an insignia and it gives you 500 Brood rep and 100 Cenarion rep. You want to save these insignias until you get 2999/3000 neutral rep, this is where you stop getting rep from trash mobs in AQ40.
- AQ40 full clear gives you 15k rep with brood of nozdormu (not counting the insignias you get for turn ins) as long as you're below 2999/3000 on neutral. After that you only get rep from turning in insignias which drop from all bosses except for cthun and give 500 each (meaning you get 4500 rep from insignias per full clear, twins give two), and from a random rep item that can drop from any.
AQ40 won’t be available until the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj event is completed.
The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj was Blizzard's first attempt at a massive event that required efforts from the entire server. When Patch 1.9 was released on January 3rd, in 2006, the two raid instances that composed Ahn'Qiraj, Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj and Ahn'Qiraj, were not immediately available to the general population. Instead, players had to undertake a.
Brood of Nozdormu Qiraji Mounts Tier 2.5 Non-tier Armor Weapons Bug Trio Eye of C’Thun Profession Recipes
Brood of Nozdormu
Before getting to the shiny new epics we need to cover the new faction tied with AQ40 in this loot guide. The Brood of Nozdormu. This is the same faction Scarab Lords had to grind for, killing over 36,000 bugs in the process. Luckily the rest of us won’t have to deal with that, once AQ40 is open.
Everyone starts at 0/36000 Hated. But don’t fret, reputation comes quickly from raiding. Just showing up to your raid each week will get you all the reputation you need.
How Much Reputation Do I Need?
Tier 2.5 pieces only need Neutral, Friendly, and Honored for their turn-ins. Honored is only for the chest, which comes from C’Thun. If your raid has difficulty with him some of you may be honored by the time he goes down.
The Brood of Nozdormu awards rings starting at Neutral. They are upgraded at each new rep level, all the way to Exalted.
Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight
Once Neutral with Brood of Nozdormu seek out Anachronos in Tanaris, outside the Caverns of Time. There you can pick up one of three rings, which can be upgraded as you gain reputation levels:
- Path of the Conqueror offers an agility based DPS ring
- Path of the Invoker offers an intellect based DPS and healer ring
- Path of the Protector offers a strength-based tanking ring
For many classes, these rings are BiS at the Revered or Exalted levels.
How to Earn Rep with Brood of Nozdormu
- Run AQ40 (trash gives rep until Friendly, bosses until Exalted)
- Run AQ20 (small amount of rep)
- Turn in Ancient Qiraji Artifacts
- Drop from trash, everyone in raid group can get one from the same body
- Recommended to save these until Friendly, when trash stops giving rep
- Turn in Qiraji Lord’s Insignias
- Drop from bosses, everyone in raid group can get one from the body
- Recommended to save these until Friendly, when trash stops giving rep
- Turn in Head of Ossirian the Unscarred from AQ20
- Turn in quests for your Tier 2.5 armor pieces or Signet Ring upgrades
AQ40 Mounts
Likely the first loot you’ll see in AQ40 are special mounts for the instance.
- Red Qiraji Resonating Crystal – Lowest drop rate
These 100% speed mounts drop from AQ40 trash and are important to your raid’s progress. Once you enter the temple (after Prophet Skeram) you can no longer use your regular mount. But you can use these. AQ40 is large, so having everyone in the raid with a Qiraji mount reduced downtime. They are also useful for getting into place for the C’Thun fight.
Unlike regular mounts, these will desummon as soon as you take any damage.
You cannot use these mounts outside of the AQ40 raid instance. Sorry, no free 100% mount today.
The Red Qiraji Resonating Crystal has a much lower drop rate, so expect it to be fought over. But again everyone in your raid needs to have a mount, whatever the color.
The Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal awarded from the Scepter of the Shifting Sands questline will also work in AQ40. While it is a normal mount outside AQ40, it will also desummon when taking damage inside the raid instance.
Aq Rep Loot
AQ40 Armor Sets (Tier 2.5)
Each class has a 5-piece armor set referred to as Tier 2.5.
- Druid – Genesis Raiment
- Hunter – Striker’s Garb
- Mage – Enigma Vestments
- Paladin – Avenger’s Battlegear
- Priest – Garments of the Oracle
- Rogue – Deathdealer’s Embrace
- Shaman – Stormcaller’s Garb
- Warlock – Doomcaller’s Attire
- Warrior – Conqueror’s Battlegear
The armor is not a straight drop like Tier 1 and Tier 2 was in Molten Core and Blackwing Lair. Tier 2.5 uses a token system like ZG. There are rep requirements (like ZG). But you also need to turn in specific scarabs and idols, too. The scarabs and idols drop from AQ40 trash. And will likely be collected and distributed by your guild officers.
AQ40 Armor
Lots of non-tier gear drops in AQ40, too. They are regular drops from bosses, no messing around with turn in requirements. For some classes, pieces will be much better than their Tier 2.5 counterpart.
There are too many items to list for this AQ40 loot guide. So instead here’s a link to an organized list on Wowhead.
- Link is organized into tabs, one for each slot
- Includes relics for druids, paladins, and shaman
AQ40 Weapons
If your guild is like mine you’re still short some weapon upgrades. Especially for melee players. AQ40 provides many new weapons. Both as straight drops. And from two new tokens.
Physical DPS Weapons
- Ancient Qiraji Ripper – Sword
- Death’s Sting – Dagger, low drop rate from C’thun
- Silithid Claw – Fist Weapon
- Barb of the Sand Reaver – Polearm
- Dark Edge of Insanity – Two-handed axe
- Kalimdor’s Revenge – Two-handed sword
Caster Weapons
- Scepter of the False Prophet – Mace
- Sharpened Silithid Femur – Sword
- Hammer of Ji’zhi – Two-handed mace
- Staff of the Qiraji Prophets – DPS staff
- Royal Scepter of Vek’lor – Healer held item
- Sartura’s Might – DPS held item
Ranged Weapons
- Huhuran’s Stinger – Bow
- Larvae of the Great Worm – Gun
- Wand of Qiraji Nobility – Wand
Shield
- Wormscale Blocker – Healing shield for paladins and shaman
Aq Loot Reports
Imperial Qiraji Armaments
One of two tokens which award a selection of weapons. Turn in also requires Elementium Ore (3). You can turn it in twice to get two of the non-unique weapons.
- Blessed Qiraji Pugio – Dagger with hit, crit, and attack power (can dual wield)
- Blessed Qiraji War Axe – Axe with intellect, attack power, and crit (can dual wield)
- Blessed Qiraji Musket – Gun with ranged attack power
- Blessed Qiraji Bulwark – Tanking shield
Imperial Qiraji Regalia
One of two tokens which award a selection of weapons. Turn in also requires Elementium Ore (3).
- Blessed Qiraji Acolyte Staff – DPS caster staff
- Blessed Qiraji Augur Staff – Healer staff
- Blessed Qiraji War Hammer – Feral druid mace
Bug Trio Loot
The Bug Trio fight involves three bugs at the same time: Vem, Princess Yauj, and Lord Kri. They share some loot. But each bug also has its own loot table. Whichever bug is killed last determines the loot table. A combination of that bug’s look and the shared loot. Killing them in different order also changes the fight’s difficulty.
Folks at /r/classicwow on Reddit put together a great visual guide. It shows an individual bug’s loot, their shared loot, and the difficulty when killing each bug last.
My guild will be starting with the easiest kill order. Later we’ll put the kill order up to a vote by those in the raid.
Eye of C’Thun
The final boss, C’Thun, always drops the Eye of C’Thun. It starts a quest that leads to one of three rewards.
- Amulet of the Fallen God – Healing necklace
- Cloak of the Fallen God – Physical DPS cloak
- Ring of the Fallen God – Caster DPS ring
AQ40 Profession Recipes
Check out my Phase 5 Professions post for more details on new professional recipes release in and alongside AQ40.
Blacksmithing
Aq Loot Republic
- Plans dropped by The Prophet Skeram in AQ40
- Epic plate chest with a spell shield proc
Cloak Enchants
Aq Loot Replacement Parts
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Adds 1% dodge
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Also drops from Moam in AQ20
- Increases your stealth level by 5 (equal to one level)
- Formula dropped by Twin Emperors in AQ40
- Decreases threat caused by 2%
Glove Enchants
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter), Viscidus, and Ouro in AQ40
- Increases fire spell damage by 20
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Also drops from Buru the Gorger in AQ20
- Increases frost spell damage by 20
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Also drops from Moam and Ayamiss the Hunter in AQ20
- Increases healing from spells by 30
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Increases frost spell damage by 20
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Princess Huhuran in AQ40
- Also drops from General Rajaxx and Ayamiss the Hunter in AQ20
- Adds 15 agility
Aq Loot Report
- Formula dropped by Twin Emperors in AQ40
- Increases threat by 2%