Raid for 40 players

Onyxia's Lair

Onyxia's Lair is a 40-player raid in WoW Forever with 1 boss, for level 60 characters.

Level: 60
Bosses: 1
Item level: 65

Onyxia's Lair is not open yet. It opens on December 9, 2026. Its bosses and loot are shown from the game files and may change, and its gear stays out of the rankings until it opens.

Game data · build 1.60.1.70888 · Loot seen in the live game

Find the way in

Getting there

Onyxia's Lair is entered from Dustwallow Marsh, with the way in near 52.9, 77.7 on its map.

Map of Dustwallow Marsh — The pin marks the way into Onyxia's Lair on the map of Dustwallow Marsh.

Nearest flight point

Alliance: Theramore about 1,200 yards away in a straight line
Horde: Freewind Post in Thousand Needles about 1,490 yards away in a straight line

Plan the flight on the travel map

From the game files. The pin is where the game puts your body when you die inside, so it is the spot you run back to. Distances are straight lines on the ground; the road or path may be longer.

The pull, at a glance

Bosses & loot

1 encounter listed

Bosses in the game’s encounter order, each with what it drops, how often, and the specs that rank the piece highest for its slot (its place in their top ten for dungeon gear). Your group still decides who rolls.

Onyxia 1 piece of gear

Gear Onyxia drops
Gear	Chance	Best for
Exalted ShieldOff Hand · Shields	2.3%	No spec’s top ten

Quest itemsHead of Onyxia45%Mature Black Dragon Sinew44%Head of Onyxia43%

Also dropsOnyxia Hide Backpack84%Scale of Onyxia3.7%

Not listed: 17 drops seen under 1% of the time and 181 grey and common items (potions, materials, vendor trash). Onyxia’s page

Pick these up first

Raid quests

1 quest on record for Onyxia's Lair: who gives each one, the quests to finish first, and the items each rewards. Quest level is the level the quest is tuned for; you can take it from the lower level shown.

Either faction · 1

The Forging of Quel'Serrar Quest level 60, from level 60
You must get Onyxia to breathe fire on the Unfired Ancient Blade. Once this is done, pick up the now Heated Ancient Blade. Be warned, a Heated Ancient Blade will not remain heated forever - time is of the essence.
Starts
Lorekeeper Lydros · Dire Maul
Do first
1. Nostro's Compendium from the item Nostro's Compendium of Dragon Slaying · drops from Alzzin the Wildshaper, King Gordok or Hydrospawn
2. The Forging of Quel'Serrar
Quel'Serrar

Quests filed under Onyxia's Lair itself, each with who gives it, where, and the quests you must finish first. A quest that sends you here from elsewhere shows as a step before one of these; one that is not part of a chain on record may be missing.

Why run this?

Is it an upgrade for you?

“Best for” above shows where each piece ranks highest. To see what is an upgrade for your own character, open your spec, set your level and filter to dungeon drops: every piece here is scored against what you can already get.

Find upgrades for your class

Where this comes from

The raid, its bosses and their order come from the WoW Forever game files; item details come from the game files too (provisional items show what the live game shows until the game files carry them). Loot and drop chances come from data collected from the live game, matched to each boss by name within this raid. Where several bosses share one fight, the loot may be listed under only one of them. Quests are the ones the same data files under this raid.