WoW Instance Guides

The Frostwyrm Lair is the final lair in Naxxramas, available once you've completed all four quarters. It is home to the Frost Wyrm Sapphiron and the final boss in Naxxramas: Archlich Kel'Thuzad.

Sapphiron

The Abom quarter is the North Western quarter of Naxxramas. It's also the most exciting quarter as it is home to some dynamic and fun encounters. Patchwerk is a great DPS test, Grobbulus drive you insane if you try to bring noobs into the raid and Thddius's polarity shifts are an absolute blast.

Patchwerk

Spider Quarter

The Spider Quarter is home to three fun bosses. Each that require unique strategies to defeat. It is in the north eastern section of Naxxramas. The bosses include: Anub'Rekhan, Grand Widow Faerlina and Maexxna.

Anub'Rekhan

Military (Death Knight) Quarter is located in the southwestern portion of Naxxramas and has been considered the most difficult quarter of the four. It is home to Instructor Razuvious, Gothik the Plaguebringer and the once challenging Four Horsemen (now a bit easier to manage)

Instructor Razuvious

The Plague Quarter is usually the first wing completed. Probably because it can be the quickest if done properly. The most challenging boss is Heigan the Unclean, and he is only challenging to players who haven't encountered him before. You will also face Noth the Plaguebringer and Loatheb.

Noth the Plaguebringer

Quick Strategies

Naxxramas is the first level 80 raid players are likely to experience in Wrath of the Lich King, similar to Karazhan at level 70. Naxxramas comes in two flavors, 10 man (Normal Difficulty) and 25 man (Heroic Difficulty). It is home to 13 boss encounters spread across 4 themed Quarters which must be completed before entering Frostwyrm Lair, home of the last 2 bosses; Sapphiron and Kel'Thuzad.

This guide will help you to get your Death Knight ready for Naxxramas 10 and then you can progress on your own from there.
I will suggest the best gear and a couple of alternatives for the item for those who may not have the time or the gold to get the best.

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Spiked Titansteel Helm - This helmet is crafted from a Blacksmith. It is very good, has a meta slot as well as a nice amount of hit.

Unless you have a nice guild chances are you will have to gear up before you can being raiding with them. There are a lot of items out there that a hunter can use, but choosing the best can at times be difficult. In this guide I will advise you to pick up some gear which will help you get raid spots.

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King Dred's Helm This is a great piece of gear and there is only two better from Naxx 10. It drops from King Dred in Drak'Tharon Keep Heroic.

The main aim at level 80 is to clear the end game content. There are many addons out there that will assist you in doing this and will make it easier to assess your own performance and the performance of others.

Deadly Boss Mods

In our examination of priest glyphs last time, we took a look at some healing-focused options, primary for the Holy spec but with some crossover for certain. This time we'll polish off healing options, and move into some PvP-centric glyphs for Discipline.

Priests have a pretty attractive set of glyphs to choose from no matter what spec they choose to be or where they intend to focus their attentions, PvE or PvP. Here's a breakdown of some of the best that you should consider and what roles they're useful for. This part focuses on glyphs you might use for Holy PvE, though there is some crossover into Discipline PvE and PvP specs as well.

No doubt in the course of leveling you settled upon a pretty solid way to grind your way through mob after mob. Shadow priests are particularly good at moving from one enemy to another quickly and with little downtime thanks to DoTs, and you probably felt pretty slick as you worked your way to 80. Once you hit the endgame, however, it's time to start working on maximizing your spellcasting to do the most damage possible in any given situation. More damage makes you a better asset to your group, will get you invited more often, and ensures you're able to gear yourself up!

Been back out again farming relics, some good news and some areas to stay away from. Fjorn's anvil is defiantly the best spot and the most overcrowded place in Wrath.

5. The Howling Haunt (67,47)
Relics 10
Gold 96

The cave is full with Scion Of Storm, easy clear run in the cave. Not much drops here except eternal air, bad for relics and low gold rate.

6. Bor's Breath (37,74)
Relics 56
Gold 137

The Violet Hold is a level 75-77 instance located inside Dalaran. It is similar to Stormwind Stockades in the sense that it is a prison complex and located in a major city. It is also similar to The Black Morass as it is a timed event consisting of 18 portals where bosses are encountered after the 6th, 12th and 18th portal.

Culling is the 'selection' (removal and killing) of surplus animals from an animal population.

The Culling of Stratholme is a level 80 Caverns of Time instance where you must prevent the Infinite Dragonflight from altering history. You will meet up with Arthas and assist him in burning down the city and killing all its citizens and eventually find and battle Mal'Ganis. You will begin killing waves of Undead, after the first 5 waves Meathook will appear and after 5 more Salramm the Fleshcrafter will appear. On your way to the final boss, Mal'Ganis, you will have to fight the third boss, Chrono-Lord Epoch.

Drak'Tharon Keep is a level 74-76 dungeon located in south western Zul'Drak. It is full of Undead Drakkari Trolls and a few Humanoid mobs that can be Crowd Controlled. There are raptors, lizards and bezerkers as well. It's home of 4 bosses: Trollgore, Novos the Summoner, King Dred and The Prophet of Tharon'ja.

Utgarde Pinnacle is the second of the three winged Utgarde Keep located in the center of the Howling Fjord. It's a 5-man level 80 dungeon (requires level 75) It's home of Svala Sorrowgrave, Gortok Palehoof, Skadi the Ruthless and King Ymiron. There is nothing particularly difficult about this instance except perhaps Skadi may present a challenge to new players.

Azjol-Nerub is a level 72-74 instance in Wrath of the Lich King located in western Dragonblight. It's accessed via Star's Rest (Alliance) and Agmar's Hammer (Horde). It's entrance is located underground near Kilix the Unraveler who is also an important quest NPC. AN has 3 bosses (Krik'Thir the Gatewatcher, Hadronox and Anub'Arak) which are protected mostly by level 72-73 Undead Spiders.

The Nexus is a level 71-73 instance in Wrath of the Lich King, Borean Tundra. It is found north of Coldarra flight path. There are 4 bosses in The Nexus, Grand Magus Telestra (left), Anomalus (deep in the instance), Ormorok the Tree-Shaper (right), and Keristrasza (at the entrance).

Utgarde keep is the first instance in Wrath of the Lich King, it's recommended for levels 70-72 and can be found in the Howling Fjord. Utgarde Keep is home of level 70-71 Vrykul Humanoids and has 3 bosses. The follow up to this instance is Utgarde Pinnacle at level 80.

Quests

There is one quest for each faction that leads to Utgarde, neither of them are part of a chain and can be shared before killing the final boss Ingvar the Plunderer.

Most prognosticators suggest World of Warcraft's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King (WotLK), will be released somewhere between late October and late December of 2008. With the expansion looming, many WoW gamers have felt a bit of gaming fatigue with their favorite pastime. This article gives those who may be feeling a bit down on the game in this late stage of the expansion cycle a few ideas on how best to prepare for the launch of WotLK.

When I started doing research in how to gear up my Paladin I found that a lot of the gearing is the same as for my Warrior, for that reason this guide ended up looking a lot like my Warrior Pre-Kara guide. The most significant difference is that you're going to want to get some decent +Spell Damage. The best place to do this without sacrificing other stats is to put it on your sword. Since your sword does not need to have high damage (most of your threat is generated through Holy Spell Damage).

The following guide is for a Beast Mastery Hunter talent build but you can probably gather most of this gear for any Hunter Talent Build and still be pretty good. The only change you may want to make if you are not a BM spec is to get a slower Ranged weapon than the Bow I suggest.

Melee Weapon

*This guide was written for the Alliance Paladin Mount Quest. If you would like to write a similar quality Horde version, please do, and please submit it to our site.

The Paladin Epic Mount Quest is somewhat of a novelty these days, you can pickup an epic ground mount for around 600g, which is about what all the materials will cost you for doing the quest. The quest will also take you 3-5 hours of time. If you don't enjoy doing these types of quest lines and don't care what type of mount your Paladin is riding, skip this guide and skip this quest. But if you enjoy the unique Charger and the sense of accomplishment given by a quest-line like this, read on.

New Warlock Talents

Here is a preview of the new Warlock talents coming in Wrath of the Lich King. Of course, they are all preliminary and subject to change. The information is from the World Wide Invitation and we will keep it updated as Blizzard releases more information.

Affliction