Griftah Griftah is a level 60 phony amulet vendor located in the Lower City of Shattrath . He persistently announces his silly wares , such as and other white neck slot items , all of which are quite useless , either granting abilities you already have ( such as jumping , swimming , or returning to your body upon death ) or effects you do not need ( such as protection from critter s or from " Tikbalang s " , which aren ' t actually in the game ) . At the launch of the expansion , Griftah was located in the Lower City market section of Shattrath City , trying to sell his wares to unsuspecting bypassers . Early on he was standing next to who often contradicted and questioned Griftah ' s claims about his wares , leading to amusing conversations , but for a short time Griftah was exiled from the city due to the endless reports of his shady business practices . He continued to sell his questionable goods outside of Shattrath , at the city ' s south - western entrance from Terokkar Forest , asking players who pass by about the state of his stall . Peacekeeper Jadaar was standing guard outside Griftah ' s stall , while the troll ' s inventory was examined by . However when Zul ' Aman was re - discovered , Griftah was let back into Shattrath selling his old goods , and sells a necessary in crafting the Turbo - Charged Flying Machine Control , the epic flying mount created by engineers . He also starts a quest , , involving Zul ' Aman . Griftah ' s exile from Shattrath City . In Patch 2 . 2 , Griftah was exiled from Shattrath City as a result of fraudulent activities . The reactions of the players were varied , with some happy with the change while others were disgusted of what they think was Blizzard taking this action due the complaints by players who had got " grifted " ( and perhaps because they would lose the opportunity of visiting his stall to hear his funny conversations with Peacekeeper Jadaar ) . However , his creator , World Designer Kisirani , answer the following to one of these claims : I can say with the utmost confidence that you are incorrect . There is no ret - con occurring here , and the changes to Griftah were not done as a result of player or GM complaints . I assure you , had that been the case , his amulets would likely have been removed entirely rather than merely relocating the NPC . They were done in the interest of making the world a bit more interesting , and from the vast majority of responses , it appears that motivation is a success . Wait and see . : ) Kisirani later explained : It ' s a shame you ' re unwilling to believe what is , in essence , the truth - - that Griftah has been a small foray in progressive content as we gauge certain things . I ' m the person behind making the content . I ' ve no reason to deceive you . It ' s one of the goals of my job , at the heart of it , to make the world feel more alive . The larger parts of it primarily contain holiday content and world flavor ; this was a small bit of the latter . Griftah was seen in Shattrath City again in Patch 2 . 3 . 0 . Quotes . Old location ( Shattrath ) . Check Peacekeeper Jadaar for some of his conversations with him . " Want to be better , stronger , faster ? Each one of these amulets be guaranteed to do just what I say they be doin ' . Step up and buy one of these miraculous baubles ! Cheap at twice the price ! "