Ogri ' la Ogri ' la is a community of Blade ' s Edge ogre s who have transcended their brutish nature — and the domination by the gronn — to achieve enlightenment , aided by the powerful influence of the Apexis Crystal s . The ogres are in battle with the forces of the Burning Legion , seeking to claim the Apexis Crystals for themselves , and the black dragonflight . The ogres are aided by the Sha ' tari Skyguard and by adventurers who overthrew Gruul the Dragonkiller ' s sons , ending their control over the ogre clans of Blade ' s Edge . The concept of Ogri ' la is based on the fictional valley of , which itself is based on the Buddhist myth of . This concept seems to go beyond just the similar name , as other ogres mention Ogri ' la as a sort of promised land . For example , if you attack and kill the common ogres in Blade ' s Edge Mountains after becoming , they will say various phrases referencing Ogri ' la upon death . Patch info . " " The Ogre plateau of enlightenment opens to those who prove their worth in Blade ' s Edge Mountains . Level 70 players will be able to help the Ogres of Ogri ' la battle invading forces and engage in new and exciting quests , such as a repeatable and ever popular bombing - run , this time using your own flying mount but with a dangerous twist ! Featuring tons of new quests , the Ogri ' la faction , 5 - person bosses , and rare and epic items , Ogri ' la is a place we ' re hoping all will aspire to enter . " ( World of Warcraft Under - Development Page , for patch 2 . 1 . 0 ) " Location . Ogri ' la is situated on a plateau near the western edge of the Blade ' s Edge Mountains , west of Sylvanaar , and between Forge Camp Terror and Forge Camp Wrath . It is only accessible by a flying mount or flight form . ( Players can also access the plateau after having honored reputation with the Sha ' tari Skyguard via the transportation between Terokkar Forest and Blade ' s Edge , but players still need to be able to fly to access the Skyguard camp near Skettis . ) Reputation . Players start out with Ogri ' la . Rewards . Note that all faction items require while the and items also require . Apexis Shards are gathered from the environment , looted from mobs , and received as rewards for most daily quests in the zone . Apexis Crystals drop from the summoned dragons and demons in the zone ; they are elite mobs requiring 35 shards to summon and recommend having 5 players to defeat . Reputation rewards . Faction items sold by : " Depleted " items . " Depleted " items will sometimes drop from mobs and the Shartuul event . These items , when combined with 50 , gain sockets , stats , or effects . The upgraded items are all bind on equip , so they can be traded or sold to other players . Note that the depleted items , though many already have stats , cannot be equipped . Other rewards . Gathering a scale from each of the dragons , ( , , , and ) , allows you to create a . This is a bind on pickup cloak with a random suffix , with stats in the " + 27 stamina and + 18 to two other attributes " range . If you get a suffix that you ' re not interested in , you may trade in your cloak for an at the Skyguard Outpost . Trading in your cloak does not yield reputation . NOTE : Remember , when you are interested more in the money than the Deathwing Brood Cloak or Apexis Crystals , sell this cloak to a vendor instead of trading it for an Apexis Crystal . The cloak will vendor for , while the 140 shards would value at , and trading in for a crystal is Apexis Crystal . Completing rewards an which can contain : Apexis Shard and Crystal values . If none of these Reward Items are useful to your character , you can always use the Apexis Shards and Apexis Crystals you receive to make some money by checking out the following information . Apexis Shard value is each when used for buying the Crystal Healing Potion and the Crystal Mana Potion . For all the other vendor rewards items ( Honored , Revered , and Exalted ) , the Apexis Shard value is each and the Apexis Crystals are valued at across the board . So in a nutshell . . . once you are past the Friendly Reputation for Orgi ' la it doesn ' t matter what Rep . Reward you choose from the Honored , Revered , and Exalted items . . . all shards are valued at and all crystals are valued at . Just pick any item and go sell it to the nearest vendor . IMPORTANT : If you find any depleted item * , use your shards to combine with all those items because they raise the shard values to anywhere in between and each when crafted and sold to vendors . As an added bonus all the items that you craft when combined with Apexis Shards are ' Bind on Equip ' so they can potentially be sold on the Auction Houses too . Quests . Getting to Neutral . To start obtaining Ogri ' la reputation , one must first finish a chain of quests starting in the lower city of Shattrath leading to Mog ' dorg the Wizened in Blades Edge Mountains . . Bash ' ir Landing Raid . Once every two hours , a group of Skyguard will launch an attack from the Skyguard base at Ogri ' la to Bash ' ir Landing . Three waves of attackers will spawn and attack the Skyguard NPCs , each wave stronger than the previous . If the Skyguard NPCs are killed the event is over . At the end of each wave a boss has to be defeated . Once he is defeated a NPC vendor will spawn with rare items . Three different vendors are available , each with better items like flasks and unique gems . These can only be bought with Apexis Shard s . The waves of mobs get stronger fast . The first phase will require about three people to beat , the second phase can not be done without a Karazhan - size raid force and the last phase needs a full 25 man raid group to beat . Vendors : How long will it take ? Doing nothing but the repeatable daily quests , it will take you about 30 days to max out your Ogri ' la reputation from . This does factor in the quests needed to unlock the dailies , and the fact that you can do the dailies twice the first time . The group quests are not included in these calculations , so doing those will lower the time required . Just Daily Quests :