Attunement to the Core: the Molten Core attunement (Classic Era baseline)

Community-reported, not yet confirmed by Blizzard.

Attunement to the Core is a one-step quest from Lothos Riftwaker, who stands inside Blackrock Mountain by the Molten Core entrance. He wants a Core Fragment from the Molten Core entry portal deep in Blackrock Depths. Bring it back and he'll teleport you to Molten Core whenever you ask, so you don't have to walk through Blackrock Depths every raid night. This is the Classic Era version. Molten Core isn't in Forever's confirmed raid line-up yet, so whether you'll need this in Forever is.

Quick facts

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Steps

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Finding Lothos Riftwaker

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Lothos is in the open part of Blackrock Mountain, the volcano between Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes. Our Blackrock Mountain page puts him by the Molten Core entrance near the lower chain, going raid-entrances guide. The listed NPC page has no map coordinates for him, so we haven't pinned him. He's friendly to the Alliance and the Horde, and he's the start and end of the quest.

Getting the Core Fragment

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The quest text sends you to "the Molten Core entry portal in Blackrock Depths". The Core Fragment item is listed as coming from a Core Fragment object in Blackrock Depths and shows it at 100% from that object, from 1,912 samples. In other words, once you reach it, the fragment is always there.

The hard part is reaching it. Blackrock Depths is a long, maze-like dungeon, and the portal is a long way in, so plan it as a group run with other people who want the attunement. Our Blackrock Depths guide covers the route and the bosses, and Blackrock Depths quests lists the other quests worth taking on the same run.

Tips from player reports. All of these are; they aren't part of Blizzard's or the listed own quest data, and many date from the original game: - Finding Lothos: on the way down the pillar towards Blackrock Depths you pass two big chains, and Lothos stands after the second one. - Solo routes: several players describe sneaking to the fragment alone. They use the Shadowforge Key doors, invisibility, fire resistance and swim speed potions, and swim through the lava past the fire elementals. - Quick way back: after looting the fragment, enter Molten Core in a raid group and step back out. Commenters say you come out right next to Lothos, which saves the walk back.

Checking whether you're attuned

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Once you're done, you can confirm the quest is complete with this macro (Classic Era baseline; Forever API ):

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(7848))

It prints true if you've turned in Attunement to the Core. Also has a second, unused record with the same name (quest 7487) and no quest giver. The one Lothos gives is 7848.

No map pins on this page. Lothos and the fragment are both inside Blackrock Mountain or Blackrock Depths, and No zone-map coordinates for either.

Molten Core in WoW Forever

Community-reported, not yet confirmed by Blizzard.

Here's what Blizzard has said so far, checked 31 Oct 2026:

So Molten Core is coming back in some form, but there's no date, and nobody has said whether Attunement to the Core, Lothos or the fragment carry over unchanged. Treat everything above as the Classic Era version until Blizzard says more.

Related

• Blackrock Mountain, including the other attunements and keys that start there
• Blackrock Depths dungeon guide and Blackrock Depths quests
• Seal of Ascension, the Upper Blackrock Spire key
• WoW Forever raids
• Raid attunement guide (Onyxia's Lair)
• Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge

*Cards: Classic Era baseline, checked 31 Oct 2026; Forever stats unconfirmed.*

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