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Blackrock Spire: Upper

Boss order, key drops and quests for the Upper wing of Blackrock Spire, from the Classic Era database database (Classic Era baseline). Back to the Blackrock Spire guide. Other wings: Lower.

Pyroguard Emberseer → Warchief Rend Blackhand → Gyth → The Beast → General Drakkisath

Bosses in their original Classic Era listing order for this wing.

Upper bosses (Classic Era baseline)

Boss Top drops (Classic Era rate)
Pyroguard Emberseer Flaming Band (27%), Wildfire Cape (26%)
Warchief Rend Blackhand Warmaster Legguards (24%), Dragonrider Boots (21%)
Gyth Dragoneye Coif (21%), Tribal War Feathers (20%)
The Beast Tristam Legguards (26%), Bloodmoon Cloak (25%)
General Drakkisath Tooth of Gnarr (27%), Painweaver Band (23%)

Key drops (Classic Era baseline)

Rare and epic boss drops with the best Classic Era drop rates. Blizzard has re-examined dungeon loot for Forever, so this is the original table, not a promise.

Tooth of Gnarr
General Drakkisath · 27% · req. level 58
Flaming Band
Pyroguard Emberseer · 27% · req. level 56
Tristam Legguards
The Beast · 26% · req. level 58
Wildfire Cape
Pyroguard Emberseer · 26% · req. level 56
Bloodmoon Cloak
The Beast · 25% · req. level 58
Warmaster Legguards
Warchief Rend Blackhand · 24% · req. level 58

Blackrock Spire Upper quests (Classic Era baseline)

Quests whose Classic Era objectives name a boss in this wing or an item one of them drops.

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Quest Level (req.) Faction Quest giver Giver's zone
Blood of the Black Dragon Champion 60 (55) Horde Rexxar Desolace, Feralas and Stonetalon Mountains
Drakefire Amulet 60 (50) Alliance Haleh Winterspring
For The Horde! 60 (55) Horde Thrall Orgrimmar
General Drakkisath's Demise 60 (55) Alliance Marshal Maxwell Burning Steppes

Forever status

Blizzard hasn't published wing-by-wing changes for Blackrock Spire in Forever. Bosses, drops and quests above are Classic Era baseline. Any Forever change is [Unconfirmed] until Blizzard posts it.

Where Blackrock Spire: Upper fits in Forever levelling

The Forever beta level table [Unconfirmed] puts Blackrock Spire: Upper at levels 58–60. 7 other dungeons overlap that band, so groups at this level have a choice. 2 of them are new to Forever.

Run before it
Blackmaw Hold · 55–60
This dungeon
Blackrock Spire: Upper · 58–60 · 5 bosses listed
Run after it
Dire Maul · 58–60
Best-odds drop (Classic Era)
Tooth of Gnarr from General Drakkisath · 27%
Same-band dungeon Levels Type
Sunken Temple 50–60 Classic
Blackrock Depths 52–60 Classic
Blackmaw Hold 55–60 New
Dire Maul 58–60 Classic
Scholomance 58–60 Classic
Shaper's Terrace 58–60 New
Stratholme 58–60 Classic
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Levels: Blizzard for the new dungeons. Classic dungeon levels come from the Forever beta and are [Unconfirmed].

A simple run plan

  1. Get to level 58 or close to it.
  2. Pick up the quests before you zone in. The lowest-level ones here are Blood of the Black Dragon Champion (level 60, requires 55) and Drakefire Amulet (level 60, requires 50) (Classic Era baseline).
  3. Work through the bosses. The Classic Era database lists 5 of them, from Pyroguard Emberseer to General Drakkisath. That's the original listing order, which isn't always the order you'll kill them in.
  4. Group inside your ruleset. Blizzard says dungeon groups stay within one ruleset and faction. Use the group finder to fill spots.
  5. Check Forever loot changes after each boss. Boss uniques are now blue and some bosses drop Blueprints (Blizzard). See loot changes.

How this page is checked

Wing boss lists come from the Classic Era database's Blackrock Spire zone page. Drops come from each boss's Classic Era database page, filtered to rare or better with a 3%+ drop rate and only Classic Era items listed. Updated 3 Nov 2026. Quests are matched to a wing when their Classic Era objectives name one of its bosses or that boss's loot.

Sources
  • Wowhead Classic: Blackrock Spire (zone 1583, boss list by wing)
  • Wowhead Classic: Pyroguard Emberseer (NPC 9816)
  • Wowhead Classic: Warchief Rend Blackhand (NPC 10429)
  • Wowhead Classic: Gyth (NPC 10339)
  • Wowhead Classic: The Beast (NPC 10430)
  • Wowhead Classic: General Drakkisath (NPC 10363)
  • Wowhead Classic: Blood of the Black Dragon Champion (quest 6602)
  • Wowhead Classic: Drakefire Amulet (quest 6502)
  • Wowhead Classic: For The Horde! (quest 4974)
  • Wowhead Classic: General Drakkisath's Demise (quest 5102)
  • Wowhead — Forever Dungeons Overview
  • Blizzard — Return to Azeroth in WoW Forever (2 Nov)