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 [Key to Searing Gorge]
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| Description: | Alliance only. Opens the tunnel that connects Loch Modan to Searing Gorge. |
| Found: | Reward from turning in quest At Last! to Mountaineer Pebblebitty in Loch Modan. The quest chain is started by killing Margol the Rager in Searing Gorge who drops Margol's Horn. |
| Note: | Only Alliance can obtain this key. Since the flight path was added at Thorium Point, it's much less worthwhile to obtain. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
 [The Scarlet Key]
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| Description: | Opening the Armory and Cathedral sections of the Scarlet Monastery. Also used to open the door in the Scarlet side of Stratholme |
| Found: | In Doan's Strongbox behind the boss Arcanist Doan in the Library section of the Scarlet Monastery. |
| Raidable: | You can do this in a raid (10 man), since all you have to do is open the strongbox and take the key. |
| Note: | This key is also used in the Scarlet (aka Living) side of Stratholme. So even at level 60 this is a useful key. |
| Pickable: | Yes, from skill level 175. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
 [Workshop Key]
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| Description: | Opens the backdoor to Gnomeregan, which lets you skip most trash mobs. |
| Found: | On the corpse of Electrocutioner 6000 in Gnomeregan. |
| Raidable: | Yes, it's a regular loot pick-up. 10 man maximum. |
| Map: | Gnomeregan |
| Pickable: | Yes, from skill level 150. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
 [Mallet of Zul'Farrak]
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| Description: | When going to the instance Zul'Farrak (Tanaris), you can pick up a quest beforehand in the Shimmering Flats (Thousand Needles) called Gahz'rilla. However, if you want to summon this boss, you will need the Mallet of Zul'Farrak. |
| Found: | To get it, you must travel to The Alter Of Zul in the Hinterlands. Here on top of the temple, you will find two elites around lvl 50. Kill them and get the Sacred Mallet from the corpse of Qiaga the Keeper.Then travel to Jinta'Alor, also in the Hinterlands. On the top of this temple you will find an altar. Stand near the altar, and click the Sacred Mallet to convert it into the Mallet of Zul'Farrak. |
| Map: | Hinterlands |
| Raidable: | Yes, the mallet drops and is usable in a raid. |
| Note: | The method of getting the mallet can be read on Ancient tablets that drop from mobs in Zul'Farrak. The tablet itself serves no other purpose but can be sold to a vendor for a reasonable price. |
| Keyring: | No |
| Yeh'kinya's Scroll | |
| Description: | Used to summoning Hakkar in the Sunken Temple. This is not as much a key, but a way to re-summon Hakkar when you already did the quest before. |
| Found: | Starts with the quest Screecher Spirits that Yeh'kinya at Steamweedle Port (Tanaris) will give to you. |
| Raidable: | No, you get this at the end of the quest chain. And you can not do quests in raids. |
| Map: | Tanaris |
| Note: | Step 2 of this quest chain takes place in Zul'Farrak, so you might want to get the [Mallet of Zul'Farrak] first.
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| Keyring: | No |
| Scepter of Celebras | |
| Description: | Allows you to skip 70% of the beginning of Mauradon for quick access to Princess Theradras. |
| Found: | Get the quest Legends of Mauradon from Cavindra, a female dryad standing in a pool outside the actual instance, in the orange section of Mauradon. Kill Noxxion and Lord Vyletongue in the Mauradon instance to get both parts of the scepter. Then find Celebras the Cursed and kill him, who will transform into Celebras the Redeemed. Keep talking to him to complete the scepter. |
| Note: | Before entering the Mauradon instance, you will have a choice of entries. You can go into the orange or purple areas, or go straight ahead to the first Kahn. Behind the first Kahn is a small altar. Use the Scepter on the altar create a teleporter. Only one person in the group needs it. |
| Raidable: | No, the quest items for the staff will not drop in a raid. |
| Map: | Mauradon |
| Keyring: | No |
 [Prison Cell Key]
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| Description: | Opens prison cell doors in BRD. Needed for Alliance and Horde quests like Commander Gor'shak and Marshal Windsor. |
| Found: | On the corpse of High Interrogator Gerstahn, who can be found in the prison section of Blackrock Depths. |
| Raidable: | Irrelevant. BRD is capped to 5 man, but only 1 key drops anyway. |
| Map: | Blackrock Depths |
| Note: | Be sure to kill patrols and mobs in the tunnel before attacking Gerstahn, she uses fear attacks. Also, the key doesn't pop up for rolling on, so agree who takes it in advance. |
| Pickable: | Yes, from skill level 250. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
 [Shadowforge Key]
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| Description: | Opens shadowforge doors in BRD. Allows you to skip things like the Ring of Law and gain access to the bar. |
| Found: | When you enter Blackrock Mountain, you will see an island suspended over the lava by chains. Walk across the chains to get onto the island. Inside the building on the island you will find a tomb. On this tomb stands Franclorn Forgewright who will give you the quest Dark Iron Legacy.
The catch, he's a ghost and you need to be dead and a ghost yourself to talk to him. The quest requires you to kill Fineous Darkvire and retrieve Ironfel from his corpse. Once you have Ironfel, find the statue of Franclorn Forgewright and use the hammer on it. |
| Note: | If you want to kill yourself, for example by jumping into the lava, be sure to unequip your gear so that you can avoid the 10% durability loss. |
| Raidable: | BRD has been capped to 5 man, so no raids. |
| Map: | Blackrock Depths |
| Pickable: | Yes, from skill level 280. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
| [Crescent Key]
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| Description: | Opens the doors to Dire Maul North and West. |
| Found: | Enter Dire Maul East from the center courtyard. You will find an imp called Pusillin there. Talk to him and he will run away and stop further on. This will happen about five times. Take your time and clear the mobs along the way. When he's finally cornered you will have to fight him. The key is found on his corpse. |
| Raidable: | Dire Maul is capped to 5 man, so no raids. |
| Note: | During the fight, Pusillin will sometimes put up a magic reflecting shield. Be careful you don't get hit by your own spells. Wands are not reflected. |
| Pickable: | Yes, from skill level 300. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
| Skeleton Key | |
| Description: | Opens the door to Scholomance. Please note that only one member needs to open the door, so you can most likely avoid this costly quest. The door can also be opened by lockpicking or Seaforium charge. |
| Found: | Go to High Executor Derrington (Bulwark/Tirisfal Glades) as Horde or Commander Ashlam Valorfist (Alterac Mountains) as Alliance and get the quest:
After completing the quest in the Un'goro crater, return to the original Scholomance key quest giver. The last part is retrieving Quest:Araj's Scarab for the head of the key. After all this you will receive the Skeleton Key. |
| Raidable: | No, quests can not be completed in raids. |
| Note: | You'll have to do the Quest:All Along the Watchtowers quest before you can get the Scholomance quest. The Horde also has to do Quest:Scarlet Diversions as a prerequisite. The towers have an elite in them, but you do not have to fight them. Just stand outside the tower facing a side of the doorway and use the flare. You do NOT have to do the Quest:Alas, Andorhal [1] quest. Also, attacking Araj from the west allows you to pull some of the guards safely. |
| Pickable: | Yes, from skill level 280. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
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 [Key to the City]
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| Description: | You can open the service entrance gate to Stratholme with this key. |
| Found: | On the corpse of Magistrate Barthilas in Stratholme, undead side. |
| Raidable: | No, instance has been capped to 5 man. Also, only one key drops. |
| Map: | Stratholme |
| Pickable: | Yes, from skill level ???. |
| Keyring: | Yes |
 [Seal of Ascension]
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| Description: | Lets you enter Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS). |
| Found: | Enter Lower Blackrock Spire (LBRS). Go up the stairs, take a right. Jump down and through the passage on the left. There will be a wooden bridge ahead of you.
If you look up and to your left, you will see a single mob standing on a ledge. Walk on a bit and take a left, (do not cross bridge), you will be able to get up on the plateau. This guy is Vaelan in disguise. When you get near him he will turn into a human. If you have the [Unadorned Seal of Ascension] then you can get the [Seal of Ascension] quest from him. The seal is a random drop and you can still collect gems if you don't have the quest or the seal. Now collect the gems: [Gemstone of Bloodaxe] (Overlord Wyrmthalak), [Gemstone of Smolderthorn] (War Master Voone) and [Gemstone of Spirestone] (Highlord Omokk). Return to Vaelan. He will give you the [Unforged Seal of Ascension] and an [Orb of Draconic Energy]. Travel to Wyrmbog in the Dustwallow Marsh and find the dragon Emberstrife. Place the unforged seal on the ground. Now attack the dragon until you get the notice in your log "Emberstrife's will is starting to falter". Use the Orb to mindcontrol the dragon to breathe frost on the seal. You'll end up with the [Forged Seal of Ascension]. Now travel back to Vaelan for the last time and he will present you with the finished [Seal of Ascension]. |
| Raidable: | Yes, the gems and seal drop in a raid. The rest must be done in a regular group. |
| Map: | Lower Blackrock Spire (LBRS) |
| Note: | To enter UBRS, only one person in the party/raid needs to have the seal. You don't even have to have it equipped, just have it in your inventory. Also Emberstrife can be easily fear kited by a warlock, so be sure to bring one along.
Another fun fact. Equip the ring and use it during the fight with Rend. A big ghostly dragon will come to give you a hand. This is a 'secret' because it's not mentioned in the ring description. |
| Keyring: | No |
| Quest:Attunement to the Core | |
| Description: | Allows entry to the Molten Core (MC). |
| Found: | When you enter Blackrock Mountain, you will see an island suspended over the lava by chains. Walk across the chains to get on the island. When you get all the way down, you will find a high elf Lothos Riftwaker in an alcove. Get the attunement quest from him.
Enter Blackrock Depths (BRD). When you get to the end of the instance, go to the The Black Forge. Beyond it is the swirly entrance to the Molten Core. Next to it on the left side is the Core Fragment. DO NOT ENTER the Molten Core before touching the fragment! If you enter the Molten Core and get out again, you'll end up outside next to the Elf, so stay in BRD unless you've done all you want there. |
| Raidable: | No, BRD is capped to 5 man.
However there is an easy way to get a lot of people attuned without running BRD over and over. Go through the first time with a warlock in your party and have everyone who needs attunment wait outside the BRD portal. After the initial group gets attuned kick two people out the group. Now add two new members to the group, let them enter BRD and get the warlock to summon them. Repeat as needed.. |
| Note: | Once you are attuned, there is a shortcut to the MC. In the alcove with the elf, you can touch the crystal and be teleported into the Molten Core. If you have to corpse run, there is a window on the teleporter. Jump through it to enter the MC. Do not try this if you are not a ghost. |
| Keyring: | No, the attunement does not give you a physical item. |
 [Drakefire Amulet]
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| Description: | Allows entry to Onyxia's Lair (Ony). |
| Found: | The Drakefire Amulet is acquired only after a long series of quests. The lines differ significantly by faction, starting with Warlord's Command for the Horde, and Dragonkin Menace for the Alliance. |
| Guide: | See Onyxia's Lair Attunement. |
| Raidable: | Obtaning the Onyxia key is a quest line, spanning multiple areas, and two instances. The first quests are not raidable, however, most of the quests starting with Stormwind Rendezvous are raidable, and a raid is necessary to complete them. |
| Note: | In order to enter Onyxia's Lair, all members of the raid must have the Drakefire Amulet in inventory. |
| Keyring: | No |
| Drakkisath's Brand | |
| Description: | Allows entry to Blackwing Lair (BWL). |
| Found: | When you enter Blackrock Mountain, you will see an island suspended over the lava by chains. Get on the chain but walk upwards. Jump off and go right. You can jump on a balcony at the end. In front of you will be the swirly entrance to Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS).
To the right is a small pathway with a few mobs. One of them is the Scarshield Quartermaster. Kill him and he will drop a letter called Enter UBRS and make your way to the end. Kill General Drakkisath and touch the orb behind him to finish your quest. |
| Raidable: | Yes, everyone can touch the orb. |
| Note: | Once you are branded, a quick way into BWL is touching the orb in the room where the Scarshield Quartermaster hangs out. You don't have to successfully kill Drakkisath, it is possible to use the orb while he is still alive and fighting. |
| Keyring: | No, the attunement does not give you a physical item. |
| The Dread Citadel - Naxxramas | |
| Description: | Allows entry to Naxxramas (Naxx). |
| Found: | Speak with Archmage Angela Dosantos in the chapel at Light's Hope Chapel. Depending on your reputation with the Argent Dawn, the attunement will require you to turn in different numbers of items, or none at all if you are Exalted with the Argent Dawn.
The Dread Citadel - Naxxramas (Honored) - 5 Arcane Crystal, 2 Nexus Crystal, 1 Righteous Orb, 60 The Dread Citadel - Naxxramas (Revered) - 2 Arcane Crystal, 1 Nexus Crystal, 30 |
| Raidable: | Irrelevant, as you simply turn in the quest. |
| Note: | Once attuned, you can enter Naxxramas in Eastern Plaguelands near the eastern gates. |
| Keyring: | No, the attunement does not give you a physical item. |
- Also see: Key