So You Want To Be a Furbolg
Every once in a while you see someone cast a spell, and transform himself into a Furbolg. How do they do it? Well, the answer is this…the power to become a Furbolg is accomplished by obtaining Dartol’s Rod of Transformation. This is a quest item that can be obtained through a short series of quests.
The quest line begins in the inn at Astranaar (Ashenvale)…the quest giver is Raene Wolfrunner, who is easily spotted, as she is a night elf accompanied by her pets, Dagri (a wolf) and Korra (a striped cat).
Raene’s Cleansing (1)
Speaking with Raene allows you to pick up the quest Raene’s Cleansing. She wants you to locate her friend, a night elf named Teronis. He is located on a small island in the center of Lake Falathim (Lake Falathim can be reached by traveling southwest from Maestra’s Post). Unfortunately for everyone involved, he is dead…presumably slain by the Saltspittle murlocs in the immediate vicinity.
Raene’s Cleansing (2)
Examination of Teronis’s body completes the quest and permits the next step. You need to recover the Glowing Gem (the object Teronis was seeking), which is now in the possession of the murlocs. You’ll have to kill the murlocs nearby until the gem drops. I’ve been fortunate, as the gem usually drops for me within the first few kills. This object is then retuned to Raene Wolfrunner at the Astranaar inn.
Raene’s Cleansing (3)
Raene is dismayed to learn of her friend’s death. She now asks you to complete Teronis’s task…by reading his journal and listening to Raene, we learn that Teronis was trying to recover an object to help deter the furbolg attacks on the elves. Raene now sends you to find a dryad named Shael’dryn.
Raene’s Cleansing (4)
Shael’dryn immediately tasks with you with recovering a piece of the rod, the Iron Shaft. This fragment is locked in a chest hidden in a small glade. This chest is unlocked with the Wooden Key, which can be obtained by slaying treants (Withered Ancients and Crazed Ancients) found along the border between Ashenvale and Felwood. I had to kill at least a dozen of these treants before the key would drop. The Iron Shaft is then returned to Shael’dryn.
Raene’s Cleansing (5)
Shael’dryn wants you to recover the final piece of the rod. This is the Iron Pommel…she doesn’t really know where it is, but you’re sent to find it anyway. We learn that this fragment was given to a group of druids for safekeeping, but these druids have been slain and their encampment has been run over with slimes. You follow the roads toward the Barrens, but before entering the Barrens, you leave the road to the east…the area is brimming with slimes. Kill them all, and eventually one of them will drop a chest (a strange sort of surprise). The chest contains the Iron Pommel.
Raene’s Cleansing (6)
Shael’dryn wants to help you reconstruct the rod. She assembles the fragments into a rod, and you are tasked with getting it re-enchanted. In order to do this, you must bring the rod to a small shrine nearby. It’s sort of hidden…you’ll travel south and east away from the dryad, and then follow a winding path up the nearby mountain. At the top (and now given away by the golden question mark on your minimap) is the shrine. Use the rod at this shrine, and you will receive Dartol’s Rod of Transformation. This is what you want!
The rod itself is used further into the quest line, but most people would rather keep the rod and enjoy being able to transform into a furbolg. This transformation effect lasts for three minutes. As usual, you cannot ride your mount or ride a gryphon taxi while you are shapeshifted like this.
How many times can Dartol’s Rod of Transformation be used?
This item has an infinite number of uses. As usual, each use is subject to a one-minute cooldown.
How long does the shapeshift effect last?
You remain in furbolg form for three minutes (at which point the buff expires), until you manually cancel the buff, or until you take combat damage of any sort.
Can a furbolg dance?
Unfortunately, this is no dance animation for toons shapeshifted into furbolg form.
Watch The Guild
I’ve recently become aware of an ongoing series of webisodes about a group of World of Warcraft gamers. The whole thing is the brainchild of Felicia Day, the popular actress who is also known for her involvement with the World of Warcraft.
The short movies follow the lives of the characters inside and outside of the game. Maybe I should preface this…everyone should know the people portrayed in the webisodes are fictional, but we know people like do exist in the real world.
You can check out the episodes at http://www.watchtheguild.com.
At the time of this writing there are 5 in the public domain, and a 6th is scheduled to be released this week).