Soloer's Guide to Splintered Warg Claws

All of the other items on stage two of our level 45 class quest are pretty easy to solo, Splintered Warg Claws are a different story.

I have found that they drop in two places, Carn Dum instance from level 48 Wargs, and Nan Gurth from level 50 Wargs.

For Carn Dum you will need a group, and probably some CC as the wolves are in tight packs, with lots of other elites around them. Two runs or so there with a group that defers the claws to you and you should get your 20.

If you are too low, or if this place is not an option for you yet, there is Nan Gurth.

Nan Gurth is in the middle east part of Angmar, south of the town of Gath and the Himbar area. The place is populated by mobs ranging from 50-ish normals to 52+ Elite Masters, all more or less roaming in the same area together. Unlike most other areas in the game, Nan Gurth is populated by 80% elite mobs in the 50 range (Dwarves, Orcs, Goblins, Drakes, Trolls, etc.). For a Fervour ladened Champ, this area is bad news. Scattered among these deadlier foes, are packs of level 50-52 wargs and warg pack leaders. These are what you are looking for.

The best place I have found to approach Nan Gurth is coming from the south. From the Dwarf town, you would go east past the orc camps as far as you can, pass the drake area, then head north. You will pass the dread statue and the Arena on your left, keep going north until you hit a large cliff.

At the cliff, if you are lucky, on the left side will be a pack of wargs. If you are unlucky, there are level 50 elite orcs. Directly north of the cliff and dropping down there will be either a pack of wargs, or elite dwarves. I have found that the mob type will change from orcs/dwarves to wargs and back again. This could be driven by killing a place holder, but I didn't have enough evidence to draw a real conclusion.

If you drop off the cliff and head a little left and down one more level, there are usually two packs of wargs near a small rock jutting into the air. You will need to do some fancy footwork to shake aggro, but on the SW side of this rock is a safe spot. It may take you a few tries to get to the camp. Once there, you will need to split the wargs from each other without aggroing the surrounding elites. Sometimes this can be done by watching the pathing, other times you have to be more crafty in your pulling techniques. The Pack Leader is only a sig and not elite, and you should be able to kill it if you can get it single (may take Dire Need and human racial heal depending on level). Once both camps are broken, it is just a matter of farming them and dodging the elites that roam near you.

I was able to do it when I was level 47, but I believe it can be done perhaps at earlier levels, certainly at higher ones.

The place is no joke, and was probably the biggest challenge for me soloing up to that point.

Oh, and of note is the fact that only level 50 wargs drop the Splintereed Claw, but you will still have to kill the rest to get the respawn.

I hope others find this guide helpful, good luck and have fun.
(post by sixsixsix@http://forums.lotro.com)