Blackrock Foundry | ||||||||
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Location | Gorgrond | |||||||
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Orc Ogron Magnaron Gronn Goren | |||||||
End boss | Blackhand | |||||||
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Type | Raid | |||||||
Advised level | 100 | |||||||
Minimum average item level | 635 | |||||||
Player limit | 10-30 | |||||||
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Blackrock Foundry is a raid instance introduced in Warlords of Draenor. It has 10 bosses, and serves as the source of Tier 17 gear. The entrance is in Gorgrond, and the raid was open on February 3, 2015.
Background[]
Adventure Guide[]
This foundry was the ancestral home of the Blackrock orcs, wherein master smiths smelted and worked the impossibly hard ore that is the clan's namesake. Now, massive giants captured and broken by the Thunderlord heat the great forges, flamebenders of the Burning Blade imbue the ore with an inner fire, and engineers shape the slag according to otherworldly schematics. Warlord Blackhand's foundry is the center of the Iron Horde's military might, churning out the weaponry that will be used to raze Azeroth.
The foundry has a shipyard where the dreadnaughts of the Iron Horde are forged and assembled before being sent to the Iron Docks.[1]
After the fall of Blackhand, the Iron Horde under the new leader, Gul'dan, retreated from the foundry to Iron Docks and from there to Tanaan.[2] It was still active as new munitions, cannons and supplies of parts for the Iron Reaver were being sent to Tanaan's Hellfire Citadel.[3][4][5]
Encounters[]
- Slagworks
Only the unnatural heat of the Foundry furnace can smelt the Blackrock ore, essential to the might of the Iron Horde.
- Gruul
- Oregorger <The Devourer>
- The Blast Furnace
- The Black Forge
Deep within the Blackrock Foundry, brutal and giant creatures temper and forge the machinery of war for the Iron Horde.
- Hans'gar and Franzok
- Flamebender Ka'graz <Shaman of the Burning Blade>
- Kromog <Legend of the Mountain>
- Iron Assembly
The extent of the Iron Horde's arms and armaments is a terrible sight to behold.
- Beastlord Darmac <The Iron Claw>
- Operator Thogar <Grimrail Overseer>
- The Iron Maidens
- Blackhand's Crucible
Atop the Blackrock Foundry, Warlord Blackhand oversees his clan's ancestral home amidst searing heat that only he can bear.
- Blackhand <Warlord of the Blackrock>
Opening dates[]
Date opened (US) | Mode | Wing/bosses | Required achievement |
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3 Feb 2015 | Normal | All | None |
3 Feb 2015 | Heroic | All | None |
10 Feb 2015 | Mythic | All | None |
17 Feb 2015 | Raid Finder | [Slagworks] | None |
24 Feb 2015 | Raid Finder | [Black Forge] | Slagworks |
10 Mar 2015 | Raid Finder | [Iron Assembly] | The Black Forge |
24 Mar 2015 | Raid Finder | [Blackhand's Crucible] | Iron Assembly |
Getting there[]
Fly to Skysea Ridge ([39.6, 36.6]) in Gorgrond, then run south of The Pit. Turn north on the pit's east edge, then keep heading north to get to the Meeting Stone at [51.7, 29.0] and the instance line.
The nearest Ogre Waygate is at [58.0, 34.4] in Everbloom Wilds, just past the Grimrail Depot instance line.
Maps and subregions[]
Maps[]
Denizens[]
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Achievements[]
- [Slagworks]
- [Black Forge]
- [Iron Assembly]
- [Blackhand's Crucible]
- [Mythic: Hans'gar and Franzok]
- [Mythic: Oregorger]
- [Mythic: Gruul]
- [Mythic: Blast Furnace]
- [Mythic: Kromog]
- [Mythic: Flamebender Ka'graz]
- [Mythic: Beastlord Darmac]
- [Mythic: Operator Thogar]
- [Mythic: Iron Maidens]
- [Mythic: Blackhand's Crucible]
Loot[]
The gear from Blackrock Foundry starts at 655 Item Level (Raid Finder) with an additional 15 ilvls for each increase in difficulty. Each piece of gear has the chance to have a gem socket, bonus stat, or be Warforged for an additional 6 item levels. Players on the legendary ring quest line also have a chance to receive 9, 18, or 27 Elemental Runes from each boss kill.
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Item | Type |
[Bracers of Callous Disregard] (H · M) | Mail bracers |
[Bracers of Darkened Skies] (H · M) | Cloth bracers |
[Bracers of Shattered Limbs] (H · M) | Leather bracers |
[Bracers of Visceral Force] (H · M) | Plate bracers |
[Doomslag Greatboots] (H · M) | Plate boots |
[Furnace Stoker's Footwraps] (H · M) | Cloth boots |
[Iron-Flecked Sandals] (H · M) | Leather boots |
[Treads of the Veteran Smith] (H · M) | Mail boots |
Notes[]
- At some point, the Alliance and Horde extracted oil from the foundry.[6]
- Fiery puppies were also located here.[7]
- In the future Gorgrond, Blackrock Foundry's rails are connected to Hellsreach Citadel.
- Blackhand crafted the weapons [Anguish] and [Sorrow] in his foundry,[8] which may have been the main-universe Blackrock Foundry.
Gallery[]
Crucible concept.
Videos[]
Patch changes[]
- Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): A raid-wide debuff has been added to reduce damage dealt by all creatures and NPCs in Highmaul and Blackrock Foundry on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulty.
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Added.
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