Onyxia's Lair Raid Guide for WoW Forever

Nobody enters the lair without the Drakefire Amulet. Each faction earns it through a long quest chain that runs through Blackrock Depths and both halves of Blackrock Spire and ends with General Drakkisath's blood.

You only need the amulet in your bags: there's no need to wear it. It does carry 15 fire resistance, so a raider short on fire resistance can put it on for this fight.

Every step of both chains is in our Drakefire Amulet attunement guide. Start it early: the chain takes several dungeon runs and a few elite quests, and the whole raid has to finish it before December 9.

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   Step 1: Reach 60 and get attuned

   Onyxia is a level 60 raid. Get to 60, respec into your level 60 build from our class guides, then work through the Drakefire Amulet chain. The chain already takes you through the dungeons you'll gear up in, so the two goals go hand in hand.

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   Step 2: Gear up in the endgame dungeons

   Work through the endgame dungeons in level order:

   Dungeons in order

   Rung	Dungeon	Level	Players
   1	Blackrock Depths	52–60	5
   2	Dire Maul	54–60	5
   3	Lower Blackrock Spire	55–60	10
   4	Scholomance	58–60	5
   	Stratholme	58–60	5
   5	Blackmaw Hold	55–60	5
   	Shaper's Terrace	58–60	5
   6	Upper Blackrock Spire	59–60	10

   Upper Blackrock Spire is where both chains end, so plan a few runs of it with raiders who still need their amulet.

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   Step 3: Collect fire resistance

   Everything in this fight burns. Tanks want fire resistance most, since they take Flame Breath on every cast, but every raider gains from some. Pick up fire resistance pieces as you go, and bring Greater Fire Protection Potion for the second phase.

   Paladins and Shamans cover their groups: one with Fire Resistance Aura, the other with a Fire Resistance Totem, which reaches the whole raid in Forever.

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   Step 4: Fill forty slots

   Plan for two or three tanks, around ten healers and the rest damage dealers, with a good share of them ranged: the second phase is a ranged fight. Bring a couple of backups on top, so one absence doesn't cancel the night.

1. 11. OnyxiaLevel 63Final boss

Onyxia drops the Head of Onyxia for Alliance raiders and the Head of Onyxia for the Horde. Its quest, Victory for the Alliance or Victory for the Horde, takes the trophy back to your capital, to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon in Stormwind or Thrall in Orgrimmar.

Leatherworkers will want her Scale of Onyxia as well.