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Onyxia's Lair: fiery cave
Onyxia's Lair: fiery cave. Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: World of Warcraft: Forever Raid Overview—Locations, Raid Sizes, and Attunement.

Onyxia attunement (Alliance) — all steps (Classic Era baseline)

Forever (Blizzard): Onyxia's Lair is a 40-player, level 60 raid in Dustwallow Marsh, unlocking 9 Dec 2026. Each faction has its own attunement chain. The Drakefire Amulet only has to be in your bags, not equipped. Bring fire resistance. (Blizzard raid overview)

The quest steps below are Classic Era data from Wowhead. Forever text, XP and level requirements: [Unconfirmed]. The chain starts at level 48 and runs through Blackrock Depths and Upper Blackrock Spire.

Steps

# Quest What to do
1 Dragonkin Menace Kill 15 Black Broodlings, 10 Black Dragonspawn, 4 Black Wyrmkin and 1 Black Drake (Burning Steppes). From Helendis Riverhorn.
2 The True Masters Take Helendis Riverhorn's Letter to Magistrate Solomon, Lakeshire
3 The True Masters Take Solomon's Plea to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, Stormwind
4 The True Masters Speak with Lady Katrana Prestor, then Bolvar
5 The True Masters Take Bolvar's Decree to Solomon
6 The True Masters Speak with Marshal Maxwell, Burning Steppes
7 The True Masters Speak with Ragged John (cave to the north)
8 Marshal Windsor Find Marshal Windsor in Blackrock Depths
9 Abandoned Hope Give Maxwell the bad news
10 A Crumpled Up Note Dropped note in Blackrock Depths; bring it to Windsor
11 A Shred of Hope Golem Lord Argelmach and General Angerforge (BRD)
12 Jail Break! Help Windsor escape; return to Maxwell
13 Stormwind Rendezvous Meet Squire Rowe at the Stormwind gates; ends at Reginald Windsor
14 The Great Masquerade Escort Windsor; ends at Bolvar
15 The Dragon's Eye From Bolvar to Haleh, Winterspring
16 Drakefire Amulet Kill General Drakkisath (Upper Blackrock Spire) for the Blood of the Black Dragon Champion; return to Haleh
Official WoW Forever image: forest under blue light screenshot
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Black dragon at sunset (SoD Phase 5)
Black dragon at sunset (SoD Phase 5) — Blackwing Lair art, not the attunement itself. Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: Season of Discovery Phase 5 is Now Live!. Source.

Other NPCs

NPC Where
Magistrate Solomon Lakeshire, Redridge (29.8, 44.6)
Highlord Bolvar Fordragon Stormwind Keep (77.4, 18.8)
Marshal Windsor Blackrock Depths
Squire Rowe Stormwind gates, Elwynn Forest (32, 49.2)
Haleh Winterspring (54.4, 51.2)

Reward (Classic Era baseline)

Card: Classic Era stats (also in our item record from the Blizzard API, pending Forever check). Tooltips: Wowhead (Classic Era data). Horde players: see Onyxia attunement (Horde). Raid overview: raids.

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Sources
  • Wowhead Classic — Dragonkin Menace (quest 4182)
  • Wowhead Classic — The True Masters (quest 4183)
  • Wowhead Classic — The True Masters (quest 4184)
  • Wowhead Classic — The True Masters (quest 4185)
  • Wowhead Classic — The True Masters (quest 4186)
  • Wowhead Classic — The True Masters (quest 4223)
  • Wowhead Classic — The True Masters (quest 4224)
  • Wowhead Classic — Marshal Windsor (quest 4241)
  • Wowhead Classic — Abandoned Hope (quest 4242)
  • Wowhead Classic — A Crumpled Up Note (quest 4264)
  • Wowhead Classic — A Shred of Hope (quest 4282)
  • Wowhead Classic — Jail Break! (quest 4322)
  • Wowhead Classic — Stormwind Rendezvous (quest 6402)
  • Wowhead Classic — The Great Masquerade (quest 6403)
  • Wowhead Classic — The Dragon's Eye (quest 6501)
  • Wowhead Classic — Drakefire Amulet (quest 6502)
  • Blizzard — Forever Raid Overview
Official WoW Forever image: misty green forest screenshot
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