Drakefire Amulet in WoW: Forever: Onyxia attunement step by step

You can't enter Onyxia's Lair on December 9 without the Drakefire Amulet in your bags. You don't need to wear it. The chain differs for Alliance and Horde, but both end with the blood of General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire. Start early: depending on how quickly you find groups, the chain takes several evenings.

The amulet itself is a blue neck piece with 10 Stamina and 15 Fire Resistance, which is a decent start for the Onyxia fight.

Before you start

• Dungeons: Alliance needs several runs into Blackrock Depths and a General Drakkisath kill in Upper Blackrock Spire. Horde needs Lower Blackrock Spire and two trips into Upper.
• Level: The first Alliance quests open at 48, the later ones at 50. The Horde chain starts at 55.
• Group: Team up with people who need the same steps. Kill Drakkisath together and everyone loots their own blood. You can find a Blackrock Spire group in the raid planner.

Boss tactics for the dungeons along the way are in the Upper Blackrock Spire guide and on the two dungeon pages.

Alliance step by step

1. Dragonkin Menace (level 48+): Helendis Riverhorn in south-eastern Burning Steppes sends you after black dragonkin in the zone: broodlings, dragonspawn, wyrmkin and one drake.
2. The True Masters, six parts: Helendis sends you to Magistrate Solomon in Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains. From there you go to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon in Stormwind and back again. You end up with Marshal Maxwell, also in south-eastern Burning Steppes. These parts are pure travel.
3. Marshal Windsor: Maxwell sends you into Blackrock Depths. Windsor sits in the last cell at the far end of the prison block.
4. Abandoned Hope: Windsor has given up. Take the news back to Maxwell.
5. A Crumpled Up Note: Any Dark Iron dwarf in Blackrock Depths can drop the note. It starts the quest itself, and you turn it in to Windsor in his cell.
6. A Shred of Hope: Windsor wants his lost papers back. Golem Lord Argelmach and General Angerforge in Blackrock Depths carry them.
7. Jail Break!: Escort Windsor out of Blackrock Depths. Clear the path first or the escort gets messy. Turn in to Maxwell.
8. Stormwind Rendezvous: Maxwell sends you to Stormwind. Reginald Windsor waits outside the city gate.
9. The Great Masquerade: Escort Windsor to the throne room, where Lady Prestor is unmasked. The guards and Bolvar do most of the fighting.
10. The Dragon's Eye: Bolvar sends you with the fragment to Haleh, who waits at the very back of Mazthoril in Winterspring.
11. Drakefire Amulet: Haleh asks for the Blood of the Black Dragon Champion. Kill General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire, loot the blood from his corpse and bring it to Haleh for the amulet.

The slow part is the Blackrock Depths stretch: the note, Argelmach, Angerforge and the escort. With a steady group you can finish steps 5 to 7 in one long run.

Horde step by step

1. Warlord's Command (level 55+): Warlord Goretooth in Kargath, Badlands, wants three Blackrock leaders dead: Highlord Omokk, War Master Voone and Overlord Wyrmthalak. All three are in Lower Blackrock Spire.
2. Eitrigg's Wisdom: Goretooth sends you to Orgrimmar. Talk to Eitrigg, then to Thrall.
3. For The Horde!: Thrall wants the head of Warchief Rend Blackhand, the boss of the arena in Upper Blackrock Spire.
4. What the Wind Carries: Thrall tells you his story. No fighting, just listening.
5. The Champion of the Horde: Find Rexxar in Desolace. He walks the road through the zone, so you may have to look for him.
6. The Testament of Rexxar: Rexxar sends you to Myranda the Hag in Western Plaguelands, south of Andorhal.
7. Oculus Illusions: Myranda needs 20 Black Dragonspawn Eyes from the dragonspawn in Upper Blackrock Spire. She turns them into an amulet that lets you pass as dragonkin.
8. Emberstrife: Wearing the amulet, visit Emberstrife in the Wyrmbog of Dustwallow Marsh.
9. The Test of Skulls: Emberstrife wants four skulls. Scryer is in a cave near Mazthoril in Winterspring, Somnus in Swamp of Sorrows south of the Sunken Temple, Chronalis outside the Caverns of Time in Tanaris. Do those three in any order. Axtroz, in eastern Wetlands near Grim Batol, comes last.
10. Ascension...: Emberstrife hands you the Dull Drakefire Amulet. Take it to Rexxar in Desolace.
11. Blood of the Black Dragon Champion: Rexxar needs General Drakkisath's blood from Upper Blackrock Spire. Bring it to him and you get the Drakefire Amulet.

The Horde chain is longer. Plan for two Upper Spire runs (Rend and the eyes, then Drakkisath) if your group doesn't reach Drakkisath the first time. The four skull dragons are elites, so bring backup.

Tips for the chain

• Kill Drakkisath together: Gather players in the raid planner who all need the blood. Everyone loots their own, so one kill covers the group.
• Seal of Ascension: At least one player needs the seal to open Upper Blackrock Spire. How to get it is on the Blackrock Spire page.
• Horde eyes on the side: The dragonspawn eyes drop as you clear Upper Spire. Once you have the quest, pick them up on every run.
• Every quest with its start point, in order, is listed on the Onyxia's Lair page.

Once the amulet is in your bags, the fight is next. Phases and jobs for tanks, healers and DPS are in the Onyxia's Lair raid guide, and preparation for all three raids is in the December 9 raid launch article.