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Blackwing Lair
BWL, Blackwing
Blackwing Lair loading graphic
Location	Upper Blackrock Spire, Blackrock Mountain
Race(s)	Black dragonflight Blood elf Chromatic dragonflight Goblin Orc Red dragonflight
End boss	Nefarian
Instance info
Type	Raid
Advised level	60
Player limit	40
Key	Blackhand's Command
Lockout timer	1 week
Bosses Razorgore the Untamed Vaelastrasz the Corrupt Broodlord Lashlayer Firemaw Ebonroc Flamegor Chromaggus Nefarian (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) NPCs Master Elemental Shaper Krixix (lore) Loot
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For the server of the same name, see Server:Blackwing Lair US.

Blackwing Lair is a 40-man raid dungeon located at the top of Blackrock Mountain, home to Nefarian. It was released with patch 1.6.

Contents 1 Encounters 2 Quests and Reputation 2.1 Gaining Entry 3 History 4 Geography 4.1 Subregions 5 Resources 6 Dungeon denizens 6.1 Trash 7 Patches and hotfixes 8 External links

Encounters

See also: Blackwing Lair loot

• Razorgore the Untamed
• Vaelastrasz the Corrupt
• Broodlord Lashlayer
• Firemaw
• Ebonroc
• Flamegor
• Chromaggus
• Nefarian

Most notably, bosses drop tier 2 set items.

Quests and Reputation

Killing NPCs in Blackwing Lair does not reward reputation for any faction. The only quests involve the The Scepter of the Shifting Sands quest chain and handing in the [Head of Nefarian].

Gaining Entry

There are three possible ways to enter:

• By completing  [60] Blackhand's Command and thereafter porting in by using Orb of Command. This quest has not been removed as is said and must still be done to attune yourself.
• By entering the portal in Blackrock Spire. This entrance to Blackwing Lair is located within upper Blackrock Spire, several turns past Rend's room. There is a shortcut to the raid zone if you already attuned to it: go to the end of the hallway on the right hand side of the entrance to the zone and touch the Orb of Command. If you die in Blackwing Lair, you can recover your corpse via two portals:
• Via a warlock's Ritual of Summoning. (Which causes a known glitch at the first boss. The room will continue to spawn adds after the boss has been downed, keeping the raid in almost perpetual combat. The raid leaving the instance may or may not fix this.)^{[citation needed]}

History

Nefarian has vowed to crush Ragnaros. To this end, he has recently begun efforts to bolster his forces, much as his father Deathwing had attempted to do in ages past. However, where Deathwing failed, it now seems the scheming Nefarian may be succeeding. Nefarian's mad bid for dominance has attracted concern from the Red Dragon Flight, which has always been the Black Flight's greatest foe. Though Nefarian's intentions are known, the methods he is using to achieve them remain a mystery. It is believed, however that Nefarian has been experimenting with the blood of all of the various Dragon Flights to produce unstoppable warriors.

Geography

Subregions

Dragonmaw Garrison • Halls of Strife • Nefarian's Lair • Shadow Wing Lair

Resources

• [Elementium Ore] - Rare drop

Dungeon denizens

• Black dragon (one, Nefarian)
• Black drakes (three, Ebonroc, Firemaw, Flamegor)
• Black drakonids
• Black dragonspawn
• Blue drakonids
• Blue whelps
• Bone golems
• Bronze drakonids
• Bronze whelps
• Chromatic drakonids
• Drakeadon (one, Chromaggus)
• Felguards
• Goblins
• Green drakonids
• Green whelps
• Infernals
• Orcs
• Red dragon (one, Vaelastrasz the Corrupt)
• Red drakonids
• Red whelps

Trash

• Death Talon Packs
• Lab Packs
• Wyrmguard Pack

Patches and hotfixes

Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Added

External links

• Armory (EU)
• Wowhead
• Thottbot

• Elite Chaos - Blackwing Lair on Fileplanet.com

v • d • e Subzones of Blackwing Lair Dragonmaw Garrison · Halls of Strife · Nefarian's Lair · Shadow Wing Lair

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