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Onyxia's Lair

  • Raid
  • 40 players
  • 1 boss

Map

Laid out from the game's own minimap tiles, room by room. 1 of 1 bosses are pinned — 1 where they stand in Classic.

Its entrance is pinned on the Atlas’s Kalimdor map.

Quests (3)

  • 60A Proper String1 spotStoma the Ancient has asked that you bring him a Mature Black Dragon Sinew. Should you find this sinew, return it to Stoma in Felwood.

    From Stoma the AncientBack to Stoma the AncientRequires level 60

    Vartrus may offer you the stave to create a bow of Ancients but only I can enchant the string required to complete the bow.

    It is a simple task, puny one. Slay a mature black dragon and remove the sinew from its bones. Return that sinew to me and I shall enchant the material into an almost indestructible bow string.

    Quest Objectives

    Stoma the Ancient has asked that you bring him a Mature Black Dragon Sinew. Should you find this sinew, return it to Stoma in Felwood.

    • Mature Black Dragon Sinew1Dropped by Onyxia40%

    Rewards

    You will receive:

    Its questline

    1. 60The Ancient LeafMolten Core
    2. 60A Proper String

    Counted as this dungeon's: an item found only inside.

  • 60Victory for the AllianceAlliance1 spotTake the Head of Onyxia to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon in Stormwind.

    Back to Highlord Bolvar FordragonRequires level 50

    You have accomplished the impossible. The brood mother of the Black Dragonflight lies dead at your feet. Take her head and present it to the Highlord.

    Quest Objectives

    Take the Head of Onyxia to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon in Stormwind.

    • Head of Onyxia1Dropped by Onyxia100%

    Rewards

    You will also receive:

    • +500 reputation with Stormwind

    Its questline

    1. 60Victory for the Alliance
    2. 60Celebrating Good Timesout in the world
    3. 60The Journey Has Just Begunout in the world

    Counted as this dungeon's: an item found only inside.

  • 60Victory for the HordeHorde1 spotTake the Head of Onyxia to Thrall in Orgrimmar.

    Back to ThrallRequires level 60

    You have accomplished the impossible. The brood mother of the Black Dragonflight lies dead at your feet. Take her head and present it to your Warchief.

    Quest Objectives

    Take the Head of Onyxia to Thrall in Orgrimmar.

    • Head of Onyxia1Dropped by Onyxia100%

    Rewards

    You will also receive:

    • +500 reputation with Orgrimmar

    Its questline

    1. 60Victory for the Horde
    2. 60For All To Seeout in the world
    3. 60The Journey Has Just Begunout in the world

    Counted as this dungeon's: an item found only inside.

Quests are the server's, so these are Classic's, from the cmangos Classic database, not yet confirmed in Forever. A quest is counted as this dungeon's when its own zone says so, when it is given or handed in inside, when something it asks for is here, or when an item it wants is found nowhere else. A line is read back along what must be done first and forward along what the same giver hands you next.

Where this comes from

Map: the game's own minimap tiles laid flat — Classic never had dungeon maps. In 3D: the rooms themselves, read from the client's own building files, lit by the light the game bakes into them. Boss pins: where each boss stands in Classic, from the cmangos Classic database; Blizzard's dungeon journal for the few it cannot place. Forever's own bosses have rough positions until they are confirmed in the beta, and are marked that way. Portraits: the dungeon journal's own boss portraits, which ship in the Forever client.

Loot: AtlasLootClassic (GPL-2.0), a community addon's record of Classic Era, because the Forever client does not say which boss drops what. That is Classic Era data, not yet confirmed in Forever. Models: which one a boss wears is not in the client either, so it is AtlasLootClassic's, or the cmangos Classic database's for the few bosses it has none for, not yet confirmed in Forever. The models themselves are the client's own, and a humanoid boss is dressed the way the client dresses a character — race, skin, hair and gear — though without the weapons the server hands out.

Abilities, dialogue and stats: what a boss casts and when, what it says, and its health, armor, damage and the rest are the server's, so these are Classic 1.12's, from the cmangos Classic database, not yet confirmed in Forever. The animation, effects and sound of a cast, and the voice of a line, are the client's own. Quests: Classic 1.12's too, from the same database, not yet confirmed in Forever.

From the Forever beta: boss by boss, what the opt-in collector addon records replaces the Classic data — loot, model, abilities and dialogue, each on its own — and the note under each says which you are looking at. A quest it saw taken or handed in here counts as this dungeon's, whatever the Classic database says, and is marked as seen in Forever. Stats stay Classic's: the collector does not record them.

MapID 249 · build 1.60.1.70245 · Next raid: Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj →