Who thinks we’re ready to hit Scholomance? Based on the levels needed to acquire the quests, some of the upper-mid 50′s may be ready, but to prepare, should probably check out the following list. In fact, 60′s might want to check the list of quests too, to see if they’ve missed anything.

• At level 52, get [60] Barov Family Fortune from Alexi Barov at the Bulwark, Tirisfal Glades. There may well be pre-requisites for this quest, but they are not officially linked…
• At level 55, get [58] Plagued Hatchlings from Betina Bigglezink at Light’s Hope Chapel, Eastern Plaguelands.
• At level 55, get [60] Doctor Theolen Krastinov, the Butcher from Eva Sarkhoff at Caer Darrow, Western Plaguelands. This short quest chain will take you into Scholomance 3 times in a row unless you turn-in during the instance. The last two parts are [60] Krastinov’s Bag of Horrors and ultimately [60] Kirtonos the Herald. For Warriors, the last of these quests give relatively easy access to the [Boots of Valor].
• At level 56, get [58] Healthy Dragon Scale from Betina Bigglezink at Light’s Hope Chapel, Eastern Plaguelands. This quest is repeatable, however, you will need to have finished Plagued Hatchlings in order for the scales to drop.
• At level 57, get [60] The Human, Ras Frostwhisper from Magistrate Marduke at Caer Darrow, Western Plaguelands. This is a 6-step chain, taking you to Stromgarde, Arathi Highlands, then to Light’s Hope Chapel, Eastern Plaguelands, into Stratholme, back to Caer Darrow, and ultimately into Scholomance for [60] The Lich, Ras Frostwhisper.
• At level 58, get [60] Leonid Barthalomew from Tinkee Steamboil at Flame Crest, Burning Steppes. This short chain has you speak to a couple people at Light’s Hope Chapel before getting [60] Dawn’s Gambit.
• And lastly, once level 60, when you’re well on the way to upgrading your Dungeon 1 Armor Set to Dungeon 2, you may acquire [60] The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak’s Amulet from Bodley within Blackrock Mountain during the final step of the upgrade process (Head & Shoulders). Unfortunately, the upgrade quests’ chains splinter, so you never know where you’ll end up.

We could hit Scholomance on Friday, if there is enough interest. It is a 5-man area, and will probably be rough depending on how many 50-ish characters we have. An alternative is participating in the Melraids by The Afflicted, who are doing partial-PUG runs into Molten Core on Fridays. Signup for those is at 6:15pm PST (early!), and I believe you need to talk to Melod if you are interested. I’ll see if I can dig up more information on that if any of you are interested…