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The gate of Hellfire Citadel behind a fel orc warlord's spiked pauldron

The Blood Furnace Guide — Dungeon guide · WoW Burning Crusade

Level
61–63
Group
5 players
Bosses
3
Difficulty
Normal and Heroic
Location
Hellfire Peninsula
Key
Hellfire Citadel – Heroic

How the run goes

A fel orc breeding laboratory inside Hellfire Citadel. The Maker guards the first labs, Broggok waits behind four prison cells that open one after another, and Keli'dan the Breaker holds the last chamber, surrounded by his channelers.

Group: A tank, a healer and three damage dealers from about level 61. Shadowmoon casters and stealthed rogues fill the halls; interrupts and crowd control matter, and the Broggok gauntlet tests the healer's mana.

Map and route

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Up the entrance hall to The Maker's room, north to Broggok's cells, then down into the central chamber where Keli'dan waits among the channelers.

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  1. 1.The labs

    From the entrance through the Shadowmoon halls to The Maker's laboratory.

    1. 1The Maker
  2. 2.The prison and the furnace

    To the prison room: when you start the event, the four cells open one after another and their orcs attack, then Broggok comes out of the last. Through the gate beyond, Keli'dan the Breaker channels with five Shadowmoon Channelers.

    1. 2Broggok
    2. 3Keli'dan the Breaker

Boss by boss

The labs

On the way: Shadowmoon warlocks and technicians, and stealthed Laughing Skull rogues that ambush the healer.

  1. Normal
    Level
    62 · Elite
    Health
    38,722
    Armor
    4,391
    Heroic
    Level
    71 · Elite
    Health
    100,534
    Armor
    7,500
    • DominationTakes control of a humanoid enemy up to level 70 for 10 sec.
    • Exploding Beaker

    A fel orc scientist who throws Exploding Beakers that knock players around and mind-controls a player with Domination.

    Tanks
    Fight with your back to a wall so beakers don't throw you away from him.
    Healers
    A mind-controlled player attacks the group: crowd-control them, don't kill them.
    Damage dealers
    Burn him down; stop attacking a dominated party member.

The prison and the furnace

On the way: Each prison cell is a full pack. Rest between cells if the event lets you.

  1. Normal
    Level
    63 · Elite
    Health
    30,960
    Mana
    18,468
    Armor
    2,374
    Heroic
    Level
    72 · Elite
    Health
    82,656
    Mana
    22,500
    Armor
    3,728
    • Poison Cloud
    • Slime Spray
    • Poison BoltShoots poison at an enemy, inflicting Nature damage, then additional damage every 3 sec. for 9 sec.
    • PoisonInflicts 0 Nature damage to nearby enemies every 1 sec. for 1 min.

    A slime creature released after the four prison cells. He drops Poison Clouds, sprays slime in front of him and casts Poison Bolt.

    Tanks
    Keep moving him out of each Poison Cloud he drops, facing away from the group.
    Healers
    Poison damage on everyone: cure poison and stay out of the clouds.
    Damage dealers
    Stay behind him and out of the clouds; move with the tank.
  2. 3

    Keli'dan the Breaker

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    Normal
    Level
    63 · Elite
    Health
    34,830
    Mana
    6,156
    Armor
    2,374
    Heroic
    Level
    72 · Elite
    Health
    103,302
    Mana
    7,500
    Armor
    4,000
    • Evocation
    • Fire NovaInflicts Fire damage to nearby enemies.
    • Burning NovaBanishes self, preventing all action but making it invulnerable for up to 5 sec.
    • Vortex
    • Shadow Bolt VolleyHurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
    • CorruptionCorrupts nearby enemies, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec. for 24 sec.
    • Shadow BoltHurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.
    • Mark of ShadowIncreases the Shadow damage taken by an enemy by 1000 for 2 min.

    The Shadowmoon leader, channelled by five channelers. Once they die he casts Shadow Bolt Volley and Corruption, and every so often pulls the group in and explodes with Burning Nova.

    Tanks
    Pick up the channelers first, then Keli'dan. When he pulls everyone in, run out of the nova.
    Healers
    Shadow Bolt Volley hits the group; run out of Burning Nova before healing.
    Damage dealers
    Kill the channelers fast, then Keli'dan. Run away from him as soon as Burning Nova begins.

Before you go

  • Interrupt Shadowmoon casters and keep stealthed enemies away from the healer.
  • Recover before activating Broggok's lever: prison waves continue without a normal room-by-room pause.
  • No Normal key. Heroic uses the Hellfire Citadel key and level 70.

Hellfire Citadel – Heroic attunement

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