Temple of Atal'Hakkar

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Temple of Atal'Hakkar
Sunken Temple, Temple, ST
Temple of Atal'Hakkar loading graphic
Location	Pool of Tears, Swamp of Sorrows
Race	Green Dragonflight Jungle troll
End boss	Avatar of Hakkar
Instance info
Advised level	45-54
Player limit	5 (10)
Bosses Outside the instance Jade (Rare) Zekkis (Rare) (lore) (lore) Circle guardians Gasher Hukku Loro Mijan Zolo Zul'Lor (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) Bosses Veyzhak the Cannibal Kazkaz the Unholy (Rare) Atal'alarion Avatar of Hakkar Ogom the Wretched Jammal'an the Prophet Dreamscythe Weaver Morphaz Hazzas Shade of Eranikus (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore)

The Temple of Atal'Hakkar (also known as the Sunken Temple and more rarely, the Lost Temple) is a shrine erected by the Atal'ai trolls, led by their master Jammal'an the Prophet to the nefarious Blood God - Hakkar the Soulflayer. Believing that this was the intended site for Hakkar's reentry into Azeroth, the great dragon Aspect Ysera and her Green Dragonflight sunk the temple into the depths of the Swamp of Sorrows...but the dragons did not realize that it was the wrong location until it was too late.

Many of the bosses in the instance have some kind of prerequisite in order to encounter them. Atal'alarion will appear after activation of statues, Jammal'an the Prophet can only be reached by killing the 6 troll mini-bosses, Avatar of Hakkar must be summoned and the Shade of Eranikus will only be killable after the death of the Prophet.

The Temple may be entered by level 35 and the Meeting Stone is operational from level 45-54. The mob level range is 45-49, with the final boss being 50 with the patch 2.3 changes.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Maps 2.2 Subregions 3 Quests 3.1 The Hinterlands 3.2 Stormwind 3.3 Swamp of Sorrows 3.4 Tanaris 3.5 Feralas 3.6 Un'Goro Crater 3.7 Temple of Atal'Hakkar 3.8 Quest Log 3.9 Class Quests 3.9.1 Druid Quest 3.9.2 Hunter Quest 3.9.3 Shaman Quest 3.9.4 Paladin Quest 3.9.5 Priest Quest 3.9.6 Rogue Quest 3.9.7 Mage Quest 3.9.8 Warrior Quest 3.9.9 Warlock Quest 4 Group info 5 Walkthrough 6 Resources 7 Dungeon Denizens 8 Loot 9 External links

History

From Blizzard's Official World Dungeons site:

Over a thousand years ago, the powerful Gurubashi Empire was torn apart by a massive civil war. An influential group of troll priests, known as the Atal'ai, attempted to bring back an ancient blood god named Hakkar the Soulflayer. Though the priests were defeated and ultimately exiled, the great troll empire buckled in upon itself. The exiled priests fled far to the north, into the Swamp of Sorrows. There they erected a great temple to Hakkar - where they could prepare for his arrival into the physical world. The great dragon Aspect, Ysera, learned of the Atal'ai's plans and smashed the temple beneath the marshes. To this day, the temple's drowned ruins are guarded by the green dragons who prevent anyone from getting in or out. However, it is believed that some of the fanatical Atal'ai may have survived Ysera's wrath - and recommitted themselves to the dark service of Hakkar.

The name Atal’Hakkar can mean either 'Devoted to Hakkar' or 'In Honor of Hakkar' in Zandali, the language of the trolls. ^{DF 127}

Geography

Maps

Map showing the way into the instance.

A very detailed map of the Temple of Atal'Hakkar.

Subregions

The Broken Hall • The Butchery • Chamber of Blood • Chamber of the Dreamer • Den of the Caller • Hall of Bones • Hall of Masks • Hall of Ritual • Hall of Serpents • Hall of the Cursed • Lair of the Chosen • The Pit of Refuse • The Pit of Sacrifice • Sanctum of the Fallen God

Quests

The Hinterlands

From Atal'ai Exile:

•  [53D] Jammal'an the Prophet

Stormwind

From Brohann Caskbelly:

•  [43] In Search of The Temple
  •  [43] To The Hinterlands
    •  [43] Gryphon Master Talonaxe
      •  [43] Rhapsody Shindigger
        •  [43] Rhapsody's Kalimdor Kocktail
          •  [43] Rhapsody's Tale
            •  [50] Into The Temple of Atal'Hakkar

Swamp of Sorrows

•  [43] Pool of Tears (Quest is in Swamp of Sorrows outside the temple in the water)
  •  [44] The Atal'ai Exile (Quest is in the Hinterlands)
    •  [44] Return to Fel'Zerul (Quest is in Stonard, Swamp of Sorrows)
      •  [50] Temple of Atal'hakkar

Tanaris

From Yeh'kinya:

•  [44] Screecher Spirits (Quest is in Feralas)
  •  [44] The Prophecy of Mosh'aru (Quest is in Zul'Farrak)
    •  [50] The Ancient Egg (Quest is in The Hinterlands)
      •  [53] The God Hakkar

Feralas

From AAngelas Moonbreeze at Feathermoon Stronghold or HWitch Doctor Uzer'i at Camp Mojache:

•  [51] The Sunken Temple (Quest is in Tanaris):
  •  [51] The Stone Circle (Quest is in Ratchet)
    •  [51] Into the Depths
    •  [51] Secret of the Circle (You can have both Into the Depths and Secret of the Circle at the same time)

Un'Goro Crater

•  [52] Muigin and Larion (Quest is in Un'Goro Crater)
  •  [52] A Visit to Gregan (Quest is in Feralas)
    •  [52] Haze of Evil
      •  [53] Bloodpetal Sprouts (Quest is in Un'Goro Crater)

•  [52] Larion and Muigin (Quest is in Un'Goro Crater)
  •  [52] Marvon's Workshop (Quest is in Ratchet)
    •  [52] Zapper Fuel

Temple of Atal'Hakkar

•  [55] The Essence of Eranikus
  •  [55] The Essence of Eranikus (2)
    •  [55] In Eranikus' Own Words

Quest Log

Alliance

• Class
  • [52] Class Quest (Dungeon)
• Sunken Temple
  • [52] Into The Temple of Atal'Hakkar (Dungeon)
  • [51] Into the Depths (Complete)
  • [51] Secret of the Circle (Dungeon)
  • [53] Jammal'an the Prophet (Dungeon)
  • [53] The God Hakkar (Dungeon)
• Un'Goro Crater
  • [52] Haze of Evil (Dungeon)

Horde

• Class
  • [52] Class Quest (Dungeon)
• Sunken Temple
  • [50] Temple of Atal'hakkar (Dungeon)
  • [51] Into the Depths (Complete)
  • [51] Secret of the Circle (Dungeon)
  • [52] Zapper Fuel (Dungeon)
  • [53] Jammal'an the Prophet (Dungeon)
  • [53] The God Hakkar (Dungeon)

Class Quests

All classes will have a class-specific quest chain that will lead them into the Temple of Atal'Hakkar. Each quest chain ends with a choice of 3 rare items. For an analysis of the item choices, see: Sunken Temple Rewards (work still in progress).

Druid Quest

•  [52] Torwa Pathfinder
  •  [52] Bloodpetal Poison
    •  [52] Toxic Test
      •  [52D] A Better Ingredient

Hunter Quest

from Olmin Burningbeard in Ironforge or Ormak Grimshot in Orgrimmar

•  [52] The Hunter's Charm
  •  [52] Courser Antlers
    •  [52] Wavethrashing
      •  [52D] The Green Drake

Shaman Quest

•  [52] Elemental Mastery (Starts with Shaman trainer)
  •  [52] Spirit Totem (Quest is in the Western Plaguelands)
    •  [52D] Da Voodoo

Paladin Quest

1. [52] Chillwind Camp
2. [52] Dispelling Evil
3. [52] Inert Scourgestones
4. [52D] Forging the Mightstone

•  [52] To The Bulwark (Champion Bachi or Champion Cyssa Dawnrose)
  •  [52] Prove Your Hatred (Requires killing stuff in Western Plaguelands)
    •  [52] Wisdom of the Banshee Queen
      •  [52D] Ancient Evil

Priest Quest

From ABrother Joshua at Stormwind Cathedral

•  [52] Cenarion Aid
  •  [52] Of Coursers We Know
    •  [52] The Ichor of Undeath
      •  [52D] Blood of Morphaz

Rogue Quest

•  [52] A Simple Request
  •  [52] Sealed Azure Bag
    •  [52] Encoded Fragments
      •  [52D] The Azure Key

Mage Quest

Note: You get this quest (the first one) from Mage trainers in any major city

•  [52] Magic Dust
  •  [52] The Siren's Coral
    •  [52D] Destroy Morphaz

Warrior Quest

• A Troubled Spirit (quest is in Swamp of Sorrows)
  • Warrior Kinship (quest is in Blasted Lands)
    • War on the Shadowsworn (quest is in Blasted Lands)
      •  [52D] Voodoo Feathers

Warlock Quest

• An Imp's Request (You get this quest from Warlock trainers in any major city)

or

• Hot and Itchy (Impsy in Felwood)
  • The Wrong Stuff (Impsy in Felwood)
    •  [52D] Trolls of a Feather

Group info

A good group to have for this instance would consist of a tank, a healer, preferably a Mage for AoE, and two damage dealers. AoE's are very helpful, as there are many packs with non-elites. The instance offers a lot of opportunity for crowd control, and magic dispels make it a lot easier, as there a various negative effects (Fear and Sleep being the most dangerous). One of the two damage dealers should be able to tank, or have a pet that can tank, for the Shade of Eranikus fight.

Each of the classes bring something useful to this instance, and as much depends on player skill and character levels as does group composition. That said, it's very nice to have reliable Crowd Control from a Mage, good healing from a suitably geared and/or spec'd Paladin, Priest, Druid or possibly Shaman, as well as some form of out of combat Resurrection and Wipe Recovery from a Paladin, Priest or Shaman unless the group is overpowered for the instance, very competent or just plain ready to do a corpse run or two.

Walkthrough

The temple is split up into two main sections, the first is mandatory for completing the main run of the dungeon (where you defeat the Shade of Eranikus), whereas the second section is the basement - a completely optional section, however there are two enemies there that have good drops (Spawn of Hakkar and Atal'alarion). Each of these two main sections contains a few floors - the main section has a top floor, a middle section (balconies), and a bottom (the dragon pit area). The basement also has a top and a bottom. In between the two main sections are staircases.

If you don't have a lot of time to spare, stick with the main section and focus on the related quests or loot you are looking for (for experience, just explore wherever). However, if you do have time to take on the basement, you'll want to go there first.

Optional - The Basement

From the start, head forward and to the left. Head down to the bottom of one of the stairwells (not the two spiral staircases available from the instance entrance). The hallway area you reach is a giant ring around the main basement floor; this hallway contains Murk Worms (aggressive) and maggots (neutral), however the maggots will aggro if you get in a fight so if there are any you can pick off, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Inside the circular hallway there are tunnels that lead to balconies in the inner chamber. Each balcony contains a serpent statue - by activating the statues in a specific pattern (south, north, south west, south east, north west, north east) you will summon Atal'alarion. If you want to save time here, you'll have to try and minimize the number of groups you take on in the circular hallway (although the running distance to avoid mobs may be just as burdensome).

After summoning Atal'alarion, jump down to the left of the balcony you are standing on and clear the mob and any patrols around you. Heal up, and hop down into the shallow water. Wait for Atal'alarion to move away from the Murk Worms and try to pull them without aggroing him - fighting them together can be painful. He hits hard, so try to stun him and keep your tank over healed (if you have someone with additional healing abilities you may want to use them; potions are also recommended).

From the pit of water, head straight up the stairs, down the hall, and up the spiral staircase.

The 6 Protectors

Jammalan

The Dreamer

Optional - Hakkar

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Resources

Skinning

• Heavy Leather
• Thick Leather
• Rugged Leather
• Heavy Hide
• Worn Dragonscale
• Green Dragonscale

Dungeon Denizens

• Bog beasts
• Dire trolls
• Green dragons (one, at least)
• Green dragon whelps
• Green dragonspawn
• Green drakes
• Grells
• Maggots
• Oozes
• Serpents
• Skeletons (one, at least)
• Snakes
• Trolls
• Wind serpents
• Worms
• Zombies

Loot

See Temple of Atal'Hakkar loot.

External links

v • d • e Subzones of Temple of Atal'Hakkar The Broken Hall · The Butchery · Chamber of Blood · Chamber of the Dreamer · Den of the Caller · Hall of Bones · Hall of Masks · Hall of Ritual · Hall of Serpents · Hall of the Cursed · Lair of the Chosen · The Pit of Refuse · The Pit of Sacrifice · Sanctum of the Fallen God

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