CRZ Exploit - Higher Learning

[lilsniff]

Searched the forums for a similar thread but since I didn't find any I'll post. If it is indeed a repost let me know!
The exploit itself is the same as all the other CRZ exploits, but none of the threads I found contained any guides on how to get Higher Learning using it.

Since I'm not going to include any guides on Peerblock in this thread, make sure to read up on Piju's guide on Peerblock and CRZ disabling here: Peerblock and you - A guide to exploit CRZ

For those who don't know Higher Learning is an achievement earned in Dalaran by reading 8 rare books found around the city. Each of these 8 books also share their spawnpoint with 3-4 other books that do not count towards the achievement ("fake" books). Upon completing the achievement you'll get a book that ports you to one of the towers where you'll receive your very own Kirin Tor Familiar.

Getting the Achievement:

Prerequisites:
Noodle Cart Kits (to check each spawnpoint 9 times from different phases you'll need 72, probably less. Cheapest way is to make them, but you can also buy them @AH)
Peerblock + sufficient knowledge gained from reading Piju's guide

1. Start with disabling CRZ in Dalaran. (You'll see "Transfer Aborted: Instance not found" if you've done it correctly)
This can be done coming from 9 zones in Northrend (excluding Crystalsong). All of these give you a different phase so you have 9 chances every 3-4 hours to get each book.

2. Find one of the 8 spawnpoints for the books. (Spawnpoints: map - waypoints)

3. Use a noodle cart right next to one of the spawnpoints, causing you to phase into a player-empty Dalaran with all books spawned.

4. Read the book by simply right clicking it (there's no need to exit the noodle cart before reading it like when looting mobs).

Repeat these steps on all the different spawnpoints and after a few spawns you'll have 'em all!
Keep in mind that some times "fake" books will spawn, but just wait 3-4 hours and come back again!

[Augury13]

This very much sounds like a guide to me. Seeing how you are just using a previous exploit to get another achievement...

[lilsniff]

It's way better to post it in the exploit section rather than posting it as a comment to one of the many peerblock guides.
And seeing as it is an exploit, I'd say it belongs under exploits and not guides (if I understood you correctly).

And yes, I am using the basic method of CRZ disabling mentioned in other guides, but as this builds into getting other rewards I thought it deserved it's own thread.

[Planetdune]

I would care about this, if this was 2008. Isn't Dalaran a ghost town anyway, even without CRZ blocks ?

[Sharkeeper]

I would care about this, if this was 2008. Isn't Dalaran a ghost town anyway, even without CRZ blocks ?

On higher Realms it not,cause orgrimmar etc. is to laggy for most of the players

[berryman13]

This exploit is already well documented, I do not think this thread should be it's own - merge with the other?

[Alissa]

I posted a guide for that in the CRZ disable thread in February (Perfectly Disable CRZ(no special tools needed)) - pretty sure someone else has done it before aswell hence why I posted it in another thread.

My guide is as follow (posting it here if people need more in-depth walkthrough):

Another use I've found for this excellent tool - probably has been noted somewhere but will post here instead someone who is interested:

Achievement and a pet - Higher Learning and Kirin Tor Familiar


What you will need:

• Time, unless extremely lucky and get all the real books with one try (more explanation below).
• Noodle carts.
• CRZ disable tool.

This achievement requires you to read 8 different books in Dalaran. Doing so will grant you the achievement and a pet! Some important facts about the achievement:

• The books have set locations:
  
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic - Abjuration]
    Location: Dalaran Visitor Center (52.2,55.5), on the floor to the right as you go in, in front of the little table with books on it.
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic - Conjuration]
    Location: Violet Citadel (30.9,46.3), group of bookcases on the right as you go in, Bottom of the left bookcase.
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic - Divination]
    Location: Violet Citadel (26.5,51.7), Up the stairs to the left, on the floor in front of the bookcase, next to the sands of time portal.
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic - Enchantment]
    Location: Threads of Fate (Cloth Armor shop)(43.6,47.1), Go up stairs out on the balcony on top of a crate to your right as you walk out onto the balcony.
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic Illusion]
    Location: Violet Hold (64.5,52.8), as you go in head to the left and against the wall on the left crate, next to Archmage Timear.
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic - Introduction]
    Location: Violet Gate (Crystal Portal)(56.7,46.1), to your right as you enter (northern bookcase) on the floor in front of bookcase.
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic - Necromancy]
    Location: Legerdermain Lounge (46.9,39.1), Upstairs west room, empty bookcase.
  • [The Schools of Arcane Magic - Transmutation]
    Location: Legerdermain Lounge (46.9,39.8), 1st floor western bookcase near the door.
  • A picture of all the books and their locations (link, just in case the picture doesn't work):
    
• The books respawn timer is known to be around 3-4 hours.
• If noone clicks on a book, it stays there forever. If someone clicks on the book, it will despawn in about 3 minutes.
• Theres no set amount of people who can click on a book - if someone clicked on a book, infinite amount of people can still click on it until it despawns. The despawn timer starts when the first person clicks on the book.
• There is a chance that a fake book will spawn. Fake books have different names and won't count towards the achievement, but they share the spawn and despawn timers with the real books. So if you click on a fake book and it despawns, there's a chance that next time an actual book will spawn.
• Conclusion: always click on a fake book aswell, to make it despawn, so you can check back in a few hours for the real book.

Now to the important part - how to get the achievement with the disable CRZ tool:

• Go to Dalaran and check the IP with windows command tool (guide how to do it is atthe beginning of this thread). You should see something like this:
  
• Now go to Icecrown (or any other close area which has a different IP - you'll "feel" and see the phasing) and do the IP command again. You should see something like this:
  
• NOTE! One IP has stayed the same, the other (bottom one) has changed. The new IP on the second picture is Icecrown's and we are going to keep that.
• STAY IN ICECROWN!
• Open Windows Firewall and block Dalaran IP (which is the new established ip on the second picture). Use the firewall ip-blocking tool to block a range of IP's but dont block Icecrown's AND the original host IP which is the same on both pictures (or you'll get disconnected). In my case I would block something like 195.12.234.145-195.12.234.175. Oh, and I personally create only an "Outbound rule"!
• Enable the rule and fly back to Dalaran. You notice that everything is empty and there are no books up.
• Go to the locations where the books should be and use noodle carts. Remember, try to stay as close as possible to the book's spawn location.
• Once you are in the noodle cart, you see all the books up and you can click on them while you are still in the cart - you need only one cart per book unless you placed yourself too far away.
• If you get a fake book, still click on the book (check the fact list about the books above), and repeat the IP blocking in about 4 hours. Hopefully you'll get the right book then.

Happy hunting!

[lilsniff]

Nice guide, much more detailed than mine! Wonder why it didn't show up when I searched for it tho :S

[jimmys96]

This exploit is already well documented, I do not think this thread should be it's own - merge with the other?

Digging through a 100 page thread searching for another use of an exploit is much better than having it's own thead, right?

EDIT: Just did this, got 2 of the real books, rest fake

[lilsniff]

Digging through a 100 page thread searching for another use of an exploit is much better than having it's own thead, right?

EDIT: Just did this, got 2 of the real books, rest fake

Ah, unlucky! Good luck finding the others
thanks for rep!

[lilsniff]

Digging through a 100 page thread searching for another use of an exploit is much better than having it's own thead, right?

EDIT: Just did this, got 2 of the real books, rest fake

I've got some good news for you, if you didn't already know it. You can start disabling the CRZ from 9 zones in Northrend that gives you a different phase for each of them. So you'll have 8 more chances left