Onyxia's Lair (Classic)

Onyxia's Lair was a level 60, 40-man raid dungeon located in Dustwallow Marsh, home to Onyxia.

The original incarnation of the instance was one of two raid dungeons available upon release of World of Warcraft, the other being Molten Core. In patch 3.2.2 the instance was retuned as a raid dungeon for level 80 players in honor of the World of Warcraft 5-year anniversary. The original 40-man version is no longer accessible. Players who had completed it obtained Onyxia's Lair (Level 60) for their efforts upon the revamp.

Gaining entry


Prior to patch 3.0.2, a Drakefire Amulet was required to enter Onyxia's Lair.

Loot
Notable among Onyxia's loot were the tier 2 headpieces.

Dungeon denizens

 * Black dragons (one, Onyxia)
 * Black dragonspawn
 * Black dragon whelps

Mobs

 * Boss
 * Onyxia (tactics)
 * Trash mobs
 * Onyxian Warder
 * Onyxian Whelp

Trivia

 * The Comic establishes that canonically, Varian Wrynn and his allies raided the Lair and killed Onyxia at the end of The Burning Crusade events, not the adventurers during vanilla. The comic events were later partially mentioned in Night of the Dragon and the Ultimate Visual Guide books and reconfirmed in.