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This article is about the Skywall 5-player instance. For the Blade's Edge Mountains subzone, see Vortex Pinnacle (subzone).

Vortex Pinnacle
VP, Sky5
Vortex Pinnacle loading graphic
Location	Skywall (Uldum) [77, 84]
Race(s)	Air elemental
End boss	Asaad
Instance info
Type	Dungeon
Advised level	82-84
Player limit	5
Bosses Grand Vizier Ertan Altairus Asaad (lore) (lore) (lore) Loot

Skywall
Vortex Pinnacle (5)
Grand Vizier Ertan Altairus Asaad
Throne of the Four Winds (10/25)
Conclave of Wind Al'Akir

Vortex Pinnacle the level 82-84 five-man wing in the Skywall complex, accessed at ^{[77, 84]}

via the floating spires off the southeastern Uldum coast, introduced in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Here the armies of Al'Akir reside, who will not take kindly to any intruders in his elemental plane. The air elementals have entered an unholy alliance with the Worldbreaker, Deathwing and now threaten the denizens of Uldum. It is up to the adventurers to stop the elemental incursion to the ancient land, and the task is uneasy as they have to face the most powerful lieutenants of the Air Lord.

To pass from platform to platform, players have to jump onto Tornados.^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Encounters 2 Videos 3 References

Geography

Location: Uldum. Southeast corner of the zone. It’s one of the most out of the way dungeons. Not only is it tucked in the absolute bottom corner of the world but the dungeon is up in the clouds – think Tempest Keep. Cataclysm Dungeon Location Gallery.

Encounters

Bosses	Monsters
Cyclone Summit Grand Vizier Ertan	Armored Mistral Cloud Prince Gust Soldier Lurking Tempest Wild Vortex
Nimbus Rise File:IconSmall StormDragon.gif Altairus	Empyrean Assassin Turbulent Squall Young Storm Dragon
Temple of Asaad Asaad	Executor of the Caliph Minister of Air Skyfall Star Temple Adept

Videos

Various walkthroughs/guides
Heroic Dungeon Guide [HD] by The Yogscast on YouTube	How to solo	Normal/Heroic Guide by love2playwow.com

Various walkthroughs/guides
Video guide	Entrance location

References

v • d • e Subzones of Vortex Pinnacle Cyclone Summit · Nimbus Rise · Temple of Asaad

v • d • e Instanced dungeon locations Instances by level · Instance portal · Instance limitations · Battlegrounds · Non-instanced dungeons Kalimdor Ragefire Chasm · Wailing Caverns · Blackfathom Deeps · Razorfen (Razorfen Downs, Razorfen Kraul) · Maraudon · Dire Maul · Zul'Farrak · Caverns of Time (Opening the Dark Portal, Escape from Durnholde Keep, Culling of Stratholme, End Time, Well of Eternity, Hour of Twilight)  · Uldum (Halls of Origination, Lost City of the Tol'vir) · Zul'Gurub Raids: Caverns of Time ( Battle for Mount Hyjal · Dragon Soul) · Onyxia's Lair · Ahn'Qiraj (Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj · Temple of Ahn'Qiraj) Eastern Kingdoms Deadmines · Shadowfang Keep · The Stockade · Gnomeregan · Scarlet Monastery ( Scarlet Cathedral, Scarlet Halls) · Uldaman · Scholomance · Stratholme · Temple of Atal'Hakkar · Magisters' Terrace · Blackrock Mountain ( Blackrock Caverns · Blackrock Depths · Blackrock Spire) · Grim Batol · Zul'Aman Raids: Blackrock Mountain · ( Blackwing Descent · Blackwing Lair · Molten Core) · Karazhan · Sunwell Plateau · Bastion of Twilight · Baradin Hold Outland Auchindoun (Auchenai Crypts · Mana-Tombs · Sethekk Halls · Shadow Labyrinth) · Coilfang Reservoir (Slave Pens · Steamvault · Underbog) · Hellfire Citadel (Blood Furnace · Hellfire Ramparts · Shattered Halls) · Tempest Keep (Arcatraz · Botanica · Mechanar) Raids: Black Temple · Serpentshrine Cavern · Gruul's Lair · Magtheridon's Lair · The Eye Northrend Azjol-Nerub (Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom · Azjol-Nerub) · Crusaders' Coliseum (Trial of the Champion · Trial of the Grand Crusader) · Icecrown Citadel (The Forge of Souls · Halls of Reflection · Pit of Saron) · Nexus (Oculus · The Nexus) · Violet Hold · Ulduar (Halls of Lightning · Halls of Stone) · Utgarde (Utgarde Keep · Utgarde Pinnacle) · Drak'Tharon Keep · Gundrak Raids: Eye of Eternity · Ulduar · Icecrown Citadel · Naxxramas · Obsidian Sanctum · Ruby Sanctum · Trial of the Crusader · Vault of Archavon Elemental Plane Throne of the Tides · Stonecore · Vortex Pinnacle Raids: Firelands · Throne of the Four Winds Pandaria Temple of the Jade Serpent · Stormstout Brewery · Shado-Pan Monastery · Mogu'shan Palace · Gate of the Setting Sun · Siege of Niuzao Temple Raids: Mogu'shan Vaults · Heart of Fear · Terrace of Endless Spring · Throne of Thunder (Patch 5.2) Removed dungeons Naxxramas (40-man) · Onyxia's Lair (40-man) · The Stockade (pre-) · Stratholme (pre-) · Deadmines (pre-) · Ragefire Chasm (pre-) · Scarlet Monastery (pre-) · Zul'Aman (10-man) · Zul'Gurub (20-man) Guides Instance grouping guide · Instances by level · Instance attunement Instances category · Instance bosses category