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Comment by Bwgmon

I heard a rumor that if you leave this under your pillow, Magni will visit your house in the middle of the night. If the sound of sniffing wakes you, be careful not to make eye contact with him, otherwise he won't leave a piece of titanforged equipment for you.

Comment by Electros

Drops from ashvane mobs out in the world, like south of boralus in tirgarde sound.
But it drops at a much higher rate from the dungeon Tol'dagor from mobs with ashvane in their name after 2nd boss.
If you are geared you can solo it on normal.

Comment by Hackman

The town of Bridgeport at 79.71, 47.53 in Tiragarde Sound is where you want to Farm them.

Comment by rslucas

The drop rate from world npc's seems to be quite terrible. I recommend doing Tol'Dagor Normal solo. Clear all the trash between the 2nd Boss and the end, they can drop 1-3 each. Got 26 on my first run. So doing it twice should be enough.

Comment by sirenspew

These are really annoying to farm outside in the world. The items needed for enchanting I was done in a half hour, spent multiple hours around Bridgeport and drop rate is very low.

If you can solo Tol'Dagor normal kill all the Ashvane named mobs after second boss and the few on the ramparts on the way to third boss.

If you can't solo the bosses, just queue for a normal/heroic and go back after the group kills the last boss and clean up whatever Ashvane named mobs you can find, usually there's 15-20 depending how many your group cleared.

I got around 15 per clear going back after bosses were dead.

Comment by Tehrroar

Normally a resto druid I soloed Tol'Dagor by just swapping to a tank spec. took me awhile since I wasn't geared but on normal clearing to the 3rd boss I got 44. Make sure you clear the side rooms I got several drops of 3 at a time off of one add and once I got 8 on one add to drop

Comment by Arnathon

Just farmed these solo in normal Tol Dagor, got 28 in total, none of them from bosses, all of them after Jes Howlis. (2nd boss)

Comment by Djuntas

SOLO INFO: Hard to solo this on normal as feral druid 390. Stealth is good, but still clunky. I went as tank.

I guess if 410 or more it gets easier.

Comment by Taoma

The chest at the end of m+ Tol Dagor does not drop any of these :(

Edit: But m+0 mobs do drop them :)

Comment by AlicePrime

Note that in a GROUP of five on normal, you barely get 4-5 per run. Almighty janitor got us. The numbers of 20+ are for solo runs. If you can't solo, do mythics - about 12 per run.

Do not even try to farm it in open world, because you get 1 per 15-20 mobs. At best you can get your last 1-5 missing pieces.

Comment by Bitterst

Full clearing every trash mob in Tol Dagor from after the 2nd boss until the last boss resulted in 45 Fine Azerite Powder. This was done solo on normal as a 415 BM hunter on Tuesday, March 19th 2019 after weekly maintenance on NA servers.

Edit: Total clear time was under 29 minutes from zoning in until zoning out, but that was skipping a lot at the start.
I killed the first boss, traps and croc in the sewer, then ran all the way to the second boss room and feigned to reset the boss. Used the 30 seconds until he respawned to kill the trash pack right before him. Then killed AoE'd the boss with all the trash back to where he channels, dispelled his enrage and interrupted him, then finished him and the rest of the remaining trash. After that, I killed everything throughout the rest of the instance for Fine Azerite Powder.

Comment by Warthog12

Soloed Tol Dagor on Normal as a 401 Enhancement Shaman. Received 21 in total in one run. Took about 30 minutes. Health pots are useful and don't forget to use your elemental.

Comment by AlicePrime

For people who report 20+ on normal, please mention if you got it SOLO or IN FULL GROUP.

I begin to suspect that in a group of 5 you get 5 times less drops :)

Comment by Haverok

I have no idea, why people insist that Tiragarde is the best outdoor farming spot.
Vol'Dun's Redrock Harbor is in my opnion much better - more mobs, every single one of them counting as Ashvane one. You can literally pull the whole beach and gets 3-4 powders at the time. Of course it all depends on luck and it's not as good as running Tol'Dagor, but I found it perfect to farm, while waiting for my TG queue. Don't be afraid to experiment with other Ashvane locations, I feel that the one north of Drustvar could work pretty neat as well.

Comment by Daaavos

Currently soloing on normal. ~~Haven't had one drop yet.~~ A few days ago I got 11 by soloing. Today 8 so far between the 2nd and 3rd boss. Maybe they nerfed it. I've been clearing the extra rooms too.

Did a regular mythic and got 1 for the entire run.

Did LFG Heroic and got 6.

Comment by wingram

For what it's worth, here is my experience: Ran normal Tol'Dagar in a 5-man group and got only 2. I stuck around in the instance and cleared a couple of side chambers on an upper floor and got 4 more. I then cleared the mobs around Bridgeport and only got 1 more in about 1/2 hour.

I finally decided to solo Tol'Dagar as a 395 frost DK and got 40 but it took a lot of patience and time. Soloing the bosses wasn't that hard, but I had to be careful when pulling the mobs. I couldn't get to the final boss because I couldn't get past two Priests that keep disorienting me and healing each other. So that got me to 47.

I then went to Vol'Dun's Redrock Harbor and cleared the mobs there. The drop rate wasn't great but I got the last 3 that I needed in about 20 minutes.

Comment by thalestx

Tol Dagor normal mode Solo as BM Hunter 388, kinda easy - 30 powders

Comment by Mamdarynek

I have a solution. You can go on normal Tol Dagor with 5 people, and when they leave, you can go back down and kill elit Ashvane mobs. They drop like 1-3 azerite per 1 mob then. They are then scaled for 5 people so they hit hard, watch out There !

Comment by UAEUAEUAE

31-03-2019

Hi i found good place to farm Fine Azerite Powder where u find many Ashvane Mobs
Ashvane Deckhand
Ashvane Enforcer

it's in Vol'dun :44.50, 88.95
/way Vol'dun 44.50, 88.95

Rate my comment if u find it helpful

Comment by jocobralex

Hello, as i've seen many people having trouble finding those pesky Ashvane troops outside of Freehold i've decided to post how i found them.

Step 1. Progress your war campaign until the achievement Tides of Vengence
Step 2. Pick up the quest Loose Ends in Boralus and deliver it to Kelsey Steelspark in Freehold.
Step 3. Pick up the quests Ashes to Ashvane and Correspondence Connundrum from Kelsey Steelspark in Freehold.
Step 4. Move inside the quest area

The Ashvane Worker, Loyalist Enforcer, Loyalist Pistoleer and Loyalist Overseer are now found on location and they do drop Fine Azerite Powder

Comment by biggbyte

I ran Tol Dagor (heroic) in a group and only got 2 of these to drop. I then went to Redrock Harbor in Vol'dun and got 18 to drop in an hour from the Ashvane mobs there. Respawns were fairly quick but still a long grind. I then moved to Ashvane Foundry, which is just east of Bridgeport in Tiragarde Sound. This was, by far, the best drop rate for me. Kill all the Ashvane mobs, as well as the neutral Foundry Worker NPCs. Got the remaining 30 powders at this location in about 45 mins.

Make sure you kill every Foundry Worker, as they had the best drop rate for me. Tooltip gave me a clue to kill these guys: "It's tough to find it in powder form, but Ashvane Company employees who handle Azerite may have some."

Comment by Stealthfire13

If you're using the "queue for normal, clear, and finish off the scraps solo" strat and are having trouble killing mobs on your own, do remember that you can kite any mob on the floor to the cannons out on the ramparts. If you're undergeared this will probably be the fastest way to kill them. It's generally best to only pull one group at a time so you can keep them fairly grouped up and stunlock the whole group with the cannonfire.

I generally got anywhere from 4-16 powder per run with this strat (which seems to be less than others here, but that's RNG for you). Meanwhile it took me about 15 minutes at Ashvane Foundry to get the last 6 I needed. A normal clear takes around 15 minutes with finishing off the mobs taking a few more after, so the Tol Dagor strat is probably faster and significantly less boring.

Comment by cgilm2526

Just turned 120 on my DK and thought I would get the profession quest out of the way. Got everything done but this part. Gonna be a while. Forgot that Blizzard intended these quests to be done by toons that were geared. Not sure what iLevel(Currently 325) I should be able to solo TD, but here's to the grind and finding out. LOL

Comment by dewald

I ran one Tol Dagor on heroic and only got 4 Fine Azerite Powders. I decided to look for Ashvane mobs to farm some more after we killed the last boss. I've been able to clear the top floor of all Ashvane mobs even the big pack of 4 on the left side of the hallway to the exit to the cannon area using the following method. Pull the mobs and use any kind of speed boost to get to the cannons. Just be careful to target the Marines and Officers first because they run up to the cannon and begin doing damage to you and cannot be killed while so close. If this happens then exit the cannon pop defensive and any CC, stun, fear, and speed boost, etc cooldowns and get to the next cannon.
Hint. As soon as you get to the first cannon begin firing into the doorway even if you don't see them yet. The knockback may give you that one of two more hits that are needed to prevent them from getting to you.

Comment by isiowa

I tried a few farms but best so far was Winterchill Mine in Tiragarde Sound, /way 78.79, 53.29. You can pull many pack of mobs as: company watchman, company worker, company fusilier - they have almost an insta-respawn. I can recommend doing it during WQ event if you are less geared. I was farming as a mage, so it took me longer to farm these. Also you get plenty of tidespray linen and deep sea satin.

Comment by Kilinea

I made Tol Dagor on Normal difficulty with my ilvl 415 Destruction warlock. It took us around 10 minutes with another 415 Affliction warlock to go through second boss, then around another 10 minutes to solo Ashvane trashes between second and last boss. It took 2 runs to obtain the 50 needed powders (34 on first run, and I got the remaining 16 between second and third boss on second run).

For a warlock, I suggest to have at least 405-410 ilvl. The dungeon is easily solotable on Normal difficulty if you go with a Demonology spec (we ran it at 2 warlocks to fasten the runs, furthermore allowing me to keep my Destruction spec).

Note: I soloted the first run with my Destruction spec, and the second boss was really hard to down alone. It took me 40 minutes overall, rather than 20 with my friend.

Comment by Augos

solo'd as 376 tauren prot pally. got 33 on my first run.

Comment by Xlsfd

The drop rate for this item is beyond abysmal... I know this item only drops for people who have completed the Jewelcrafting questline and have the recipe for Jewelhammer's Focus unlocked, but there simply aren't any elite mobs outside of instances who are guaranteed to drop 1 Fine Azerite Powder per kill like there are for Lingering Drust Essence (the elite witches in Drustvar).

Comment by prolo

Priest based post: Is possible to solo Tol Dagor to third boss in around an hour as a priest permitting you play shadow and disc and it is much quicker than other farming. I did it in 366 (upgraded to 368 during the run thanks to loot from the first boss) so gear isn't very important.

Not put off by comments of nerfed drop rates, I did heroic (not taking extra trash) and got 3. I farmed 10 more in 40 mins in Redrock Harbour but it was painful with the stuns the mobs did so I couldn't mass pull.

Strategy:
* Waterwalk/levitate to first boss, pull the crabs and kill them as either spec.
* Spec Disc and kill the boss, took about 4 minutes with not much hassle but a few hard hits at enrage.
* AE spawn packs were ^&*! as shadow, probably be better as disc, but just took a bit of kiting outside.
* Plough through the dungeon as shadow, lots of the mobs can be LoS to interrupt any casts, and you can offensively dispel the rats. Be careful not to aggro extras with Void Eruption and be prepared to kite a lot.
* Spec Disc for Jes Howlis and cry at how long it will take. Use some good pillar humping to LoS casts, you can actually LoS fear (when you can't interrupt it) and blades, but I'd just tank the blades for more dps time, fear is 6 seconds and can still sometimes get you through the wall.
When he stuns you and runs off, just stay where you are and kill the mobs he releases. The timing worked well for me that I was finishing the final mob as he came back round to me - his motivation stacks had run off and he didn't bring Bobby with him.
* Carry on as usual through the instance as shadow taking in all the extra rooms, corner pulls, doorway LoS and it is fairly simple to do packs of 2/3. There is one pack with two officers and two mariners that needed to kite downstairs to complete, otherwise everything else was fairly straightforward.

I was lucky to get 37 before the third boss. You might be able to do the third boss as shadow, but as disc it would take forever, so you're better off resetting and going again if you don't have enough by the time you get there. Tol Dagor cannon nerf won't really change anything here, as I only bothered with 3/4 shots before finishing the mobs myself as I wasn't sure if it would impact the looting if I killed them with just the cannons.

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Comment by Karma99

Either I got very lucky or they've upped the drop rates for Tol Dagor, soloed it as a brewmaster and had 50 before the third boss, just at the first cannon to be exact. Multiple mobs dropping multiple powders, notably the officers dropping 2-3 at a time.

Comment by kashah

i just got 25 of these from doing a +11 tol dagor, from the chest at the end

Comment by Azkehdahlia

Without a doubt, Tol Dagor is the place to go. In one run, I got 17! I ran heroic, and that was only from the Ashvane Marine's that were directly in our path. If you also do the side-rooms, there are many more of the mobs, and they have the best drop rate. Definitely one to do with a couple guildies or mates, so you can actually kill all the AM's and get the best yield. :)

Comment by alpanhell

Sadly the only sensible way to grind these is Tol Dagor. I did a heroic and about 20 dropped (it would be 3 or more off of a mob). I tried farming both Vol'dun and north of Bridgeport and the drop rate was just terrible.

Comment by Tackett

I soloed up to the first cannon in normal Tol Dagor on a 393 prot paladin relatively easily, and got number 50 from the officer in front of the cannon. I'm not sure if it helps but I looted each kill seperately, no aoe lotting.

Comment by smashandtoss

Solo'ed for the first time today (20-Dec-19) with my assassination rogue (ilvl 411) and counted 58.

Comment by Sturmrufer

Today I got exactly 50 Fine Azerite Powder soloing Tol Dagor on normal, which leads me to believe that the droprate was adjusted to allow for exactly this. They drop only between the second and third boss. Soloing Tol Dagor with iLvl 420+ is pretty easy nowadays, like questing in Uldum. It took about 30 minutes.

Comment by Seylana

Ran a Tol'Dagor Normal SOLO today (28/2/20) as a 462 Balance Druid with no issues. Killing all trash after the second boss I was able to loot 50 Fine Azerite Powder well before the third boss. Possible the drop rate has been buffed slightly.

Comment by Zayedx

Fine Azerite Powder is needed to craft Jewelhammer's Focus, check this comment for more info.

Comment by cfmreggae

Just go in Tol Dagor NORMAL dungeon and solo it - it will take you 20 mins.
Dusts drop from all human mobs after the second boss.

I did it solo with no pain, with my 445 rogue. 50 dusts in 1 run.

And the 2 others items (others dungeons) for the jewelry craft can be solo'ed too.

Comment by JDLKY

It's changed. I just went through with a group on Normal and got 23. I then went back solo in that same dungeon and got another 22.

Comment by podnov

If you're hunting for these after it's current, it's very easy to get all 50 in a single run by clearing all the ashvane mobs, didn't make it to the third boss before I had enough.

Comment by Pwnboi

Just did this in 10.1.7 - one normal run (solo) of Tol Dagor, up to the spotter that shoots the barrel (so last mob before the ramparts and cannons) and I had my 50 powder. Took 5 minutes.

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"It's tough to find it in powder form, but Ashvane Company employees who handle Azerite may have some."

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