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Illidan Stormrage before the Black Temple

Black Temple — Burning Crusade raid · WoW WotLK

Level
70
Group size
25 players
Location
Shadowmoon Valley
Continent
Outland
Difficulty
Raid
Bosses
9
Quests
3
Availability
Open from launch
Access
No key needed to enter
Classic guide shown for ForeverThis guide describes the instance as it was in the expansion it comes from. Its encounters and loot carry over to Wrath of the Lich King, but keys and attunements changed: see the Attunements guide.More

Overview

A nine-encounter raid through Illidan's fortress. It combines coordinated raid damage, specialist tanks, resistance preparation, and multi-phase execution.

How to get there

Enter through the breach in the eastern wall of the temple grounds in eastern Shadowmoon Valley, rather than the sealed main gate.

Show entrance on the World Map

Alliance

Fly to Wildhammer Stronghold and ride east to the Black Temple.

Horde

Fly to Shadowmoon Village and ride east to the Black Temple.

Requirements & attunements

The Medallion of Karabor chain was the original attunement and is removed in later progression. Prepare shadow resistance for Mother Shahraz and appropriate fire resistance for Illidan's flame tanks.

All attunements and keys →

Map

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Black Temple, Black TempleStop 2: Supremus

Naj'entus in the Karabor Sewers and Supremus in the training grounds, then Akama's sanctuary, Teron Gorefiend, Gurtogg Bloodboil and the Reliquary of Souls, and the temple summit for Mother Shahraz, the Illidari Council and Illidan.

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Bosses

  1. High Warlord Naj'entus

    • Tidal Shield
    • Hurl Spine
    • Tidal Burst
    • Berserk
    • Impaling Spine

    Free Impaled players and use the collected spine to break Tidal Shield only when the raid is healthy enough for the burst.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · High Warlord Naj'entus

    • Requires level 70~100%
    • Item level 141 · Wrist · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Hands · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · One-Hand · One-Handed Axes · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Finger · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Shoulder · Leather · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Main Hand · Daggers · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    Show all 16 drops
    • Item level 141 · Head · Leather · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Finger · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Head · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Two-Hand · Polearms · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Cloth · Requires level 70~14%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

  2. Supremus

    • Volcanic Eruption

    Switch between normal tanking and the fixate phase; keep away from volcanos and chased players.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Supremus

    • Requires level 70~100%
    • Item level 141 · Shoulder · Plate · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Wrist · Mail · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Chest · Leather · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Ranged · Crossbows · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · One-Hand · One-Handed Axes · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Off Hand · Shields · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Cloth · Requires level 70~14%
    Show all 15 drops
    • Item level 141 · Relic · Idols · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Wrist · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Neck · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Finger · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · One-Hand · One-Handed Maces · Requires level 70~14%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

  3. Shade of Akama

    Kill channelers and waves while protecting Akama's progress, then finish the exposed shade.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Shade of Akama

    • Requires level 70~100%
    • Item level 141 · Legs · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Shoulder · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Leather · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Finger · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Wrist · Cloth · Requires level 70~14%
    Show all 16 drops
    • Item level 141 · Held In Off-hand · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Legs · Leather · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Hands · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Wrist · Cloth · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Hands · Mail · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Wrist · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Shoulder · Cloth · Requires level 70~14%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

  4. Teron Gorefiend

    • Destroy All Spirits
    • Shadow of Death
    • Incinerate
    • Crushing Shadows

    Players marked for death must move to the assigned area and use their ghost abilities to stop constructs.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Teron Gorefiend

    • Requires level 70~100%
    • Item level 141 · Chest · Cloth · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Back · Cloth · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Hands · Plate · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Wrist · Leather · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Ranged · Guns · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Mail · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Head · Cloth · Requires level 70~17%
    Show all 14 drops
    • Item level 141 · Thrown · Thrown · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Hands · Leather · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Relic · Totems · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Two-Hand · Two-Handed Axes · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Plate · Requires level 70~17%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

  5. Gurtogg Bloodboil

    • Fel Geyser
    • Fel Rage
    • Insignificance
    • Berserk
    • Bloodboil
    • Arcing Smash
    • Fel-Acid Breath
    • Bewildering Strike

    Rotate Bloodboil soak groups and commit healing and defenses to the Fel Rage target.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Gurtogg Bloodboil

    • Requires level 70~100%
    • Item level 141 · Trinket · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · One-Hand · Daggers · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Chest · Mail · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Finger · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Plate · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Back · Cloth · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Chest · Cloth · Requires level 70~14%
    Show all 15 drops
    • Item level 141 · Legs · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Plate · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Waist · Leather · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Ranged · Wands · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Shoulder · Cloth · Requires level 70~14%
    • Item level 141 · Two-Hand · Staves · Requires level 70~14%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

  6. Reliquary of Souls — Essence of Suffering, Essence of Desire, Essence of Anger

    • Aura of Suffering
    • Enrage
    • Soul Drain
    • Aura of Desire
    • Spirit Shock
    • Rune Shield
    • Deaden
    • Aura of Anger

    Adapt to each essence's restrictions, coordinate interrupts on Desire, and manage the escalating damage in Anger.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Reliquary of Souls — Essence of Suffering, Essence of Desire, Essence of Anger

    • Item level 141 · Held In Off-hand · Requires level 70
    • Item level 141 · Neck · Requires level 70
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Plate · Requires level 70
    • Item level 141 · Neck · Requires level 70

  7. Mother Shahraz

    • Silencing Shriek

    Use the planned shadow-resistance setup and have Fatal Attraction targets separate quickly from one another.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Mother Shahraz

    • Requires level 70~100%
    • Requires level 70~70%
    • Requires level 70~70%
    • Requires level 70~70%
    • Item level 141 · Chest · Plate · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Neck · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Feet · Leather · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Relic · Librams · Requires level 70~17%
    Show all 11 drops
    • Item level 141 · One-Hand · One-Handed Swords · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 141 · Legs · Cloth · Requires level 70~17%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

  8. Illidari Council — Gathios the Shatterer, High Nethermancer Zerevor, Lady Malande, Veras Darkshadow

    • Judgement
    • Seal of Command
    • Seal of Blood
    • Chromatic Resistance Aura
    • Devotion Aura
    • Blessing of Spell Warding
    • Blessing of Protection
    • Consecration

    Assign tanks and interrupts to all four members, avoid ground hazards, and interrupt Malande's heals.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Illidari Council — Gathios the Shatterer, High Nethermancer Zerevor, Lady Malande, Veras Darkshadow

    • Requires level 70~33%
    • Requires level 70~33%
    • Requires level 70~33%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

  9. Illidan Stormrage

    • Flame Crash
    • Summon Tear of Azzinoth
    • Shadow Blast
    • Throw Glaive
    • Glaive Returns
    • Shadow Prison
    • Enrage
    • Summon Shadow Demons

    Handle parasites, tank each Flame of Azzinoth in the assigned area, avoid Eye Blast, and separate demon-phase shadow demons from their targets.

    Tactics for tanks, healers and damage dealers →

    Loot · Illidan Stormrage

    • Item level 156 · Main Hand · One-Handed Swords · Requires level 70~4%
    • Item level 156 · Off Hand · One-Handed Swords · Requires level 70~4%
    • Requires level 70~100%
    • Requires level 70~70%
    • Requires level 70~70%
    • Requires level 70~70%
    • Item level 151 · Head · Leather · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Finger · Requires level 70~17%
    Show all 19 drops
    • Item level 151 · Off Hand · Shields · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · One-Hand · Daggers · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Head · Plate · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Ranged · Bows · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Trinket · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Two-Hand · Staves · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Trinket · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Main Hand · One-Handed Maces · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Back · Cloth · Requires level 70~17%
    • Item level 151 · Head · Cloth · Requires level 70~17%
    • Requires level 60~0.5%

Quests

Seek Out the Ashtongue Level 70+ · Both factions

Starts:

Requires: A Distraction for Akama

Leads to: Redemption of the Ashtongue

See also: Black Temple

Redemption of the Ashtongue Level 70+ · Both factions

Starts:

  • Seer Kanai · Black Temple

Requires: Seek Out the Ashtongue

Leads to: The Fall of the Betrayer

Objectives: 1 × Shade of Akama

See also: Black Temple

The Fall of the Betrayer Level 70+ · Both factions

Starts:

  • Seer Kanai · Black Temple

Requires: Redemption of the Ashtongue

Objectives: 1 × Illidan Stormrage · 1 × Medallion of Karabor

Rewards

Neck

See also: Black Temple

Loot & rewards

Notable boss drops. Full loot tables are longer.

  • Item level 141 · Wrist · Plate · Requires level 70

    High Warlord Naj'entus

  • Item level 141 · Hands · Mail · Requires level 70

    High Warlord Naj'entus

  • Item level 141 · One-Hand · One-Handed Axes · Requires level 70

    High Warlord Naj'entus

  • Item level 141 · Finger · Requires level 70

    High Warlord Naj'entus

  • Item level 141 · Waist · Cloth · Requires level 70

    Supremus

  • Item level 141 · Relic · Idols · Requires level 70

    Supremus

  • Item level 141 · Waist · Mail · Requires level 70

    Supremus

  • Item level 141 · Wrist · Mail · Requires level 70

    Supremus

  • Item level 141 · Legs · Plate · Requires level 70

    Shade of Akama

  • Item level 141 · Shoulder · Mail · Requires level 70

    Shade of Akama

  • Item level 141 · Waist · Leather · Requires level 70

    Shade of Akama

  • Item level 141 · Finger · Requires level 70

    Shade of Akama

  • Item level 141 · Chest · Cloth · Requires level 70

    Teron Gorefiend

  • Item level 141 · Back · Cloth · Requires level 70

    Teron Gorefiend

  • Item level 141 · Hands · Plate · Requires level 70

    Teron Gorefiend

  • Item level 141 · Wrist · Leather · Requires level 70

    Teron Gorefiend

  • Item level 141 · Chest · Cloth · Requires level 70

    Gurtogg Bloodboil

  • Item level 141 · Legs · Plate · Requires level 70

    Gurtogg Bloodboil

  • Item level 141 · Waist · Plate · Requires level 70

    Gurtogg Bloodboil

  • Item level 141 · Waist · Leather · Requires level 70

    Gurtogg Bloodboil

  • Item level 141 · Held In Off-hand · Requires level 70

    Reliquary of Souls — Essence of Suffering, Essence of Desire, Essence of Anger

  • Item level 141 · Neck · Requires level 70

    Reliquary of Souls — Essence of Suffering, Essence of Desire, Essence of Anger

  • Item level 141 · Feet · Plate · Requires level 70

    Reliquary of Souls — Essence of Suffering, Essence of Desire, Essence of Anger

  • Item level 141 · Neck · Requires level 70

    Reliquary of Souls — Essence of Suffering, Essence of Desire, Essence of Anger

  • Item level 141 · Chest · Plate · Requires level 70

    Mother Shahraz

  • Item level 141 · Neck · Requires level 70

    Mother Shahraz

  • Item level 141 · Feet · Leather · Requires level 70

    Mother Shahraz

  • Item level 141 · Relic · Librams · Requires level 70

    Mother Shahraz

  • Item level 141 · Shoulder · Leather · Requires level 70

    Illidari Council — Gathios the Shatterer, High Nethermancer Zerevor, Lady Malande, Veras Darkshadow

  • Item level 141 · Waist · Cloth · Requires level 70

    Illidari Council — Gathios the Shatterer, High Nethermancer Zerevor, Lady Malande, Veras Darkshadow

  • Item level 141 · Head · Plate · Requires level 70

    Illidari Council — Gathios the Shatterer, High Nethermancer Zerevor, Lady Malande, Veras Darkshadow

  • Item level 141 · Head · Mail · Requires level 70

    Illidari Council — Gathios the Shatterer, High Nethermancer Zerevor, Lady Malande, Veras Darkshadow

  • Item level 156 · Main Hand · One-Handed Swords · Requires level 70

    Illidan Stormrage

  • Item level 156 · Off Hand · One-Handed Swords · Requires level 70

    Illidan Stormrage

  • Item level 151 · Head · Leather · Requires level 70

    Illidan Stormrage

  • Item level 151 · Finger · Requires level 70

    Illidan Stormrage

Tips & preparation

  • Assign spine handling before Naj'entus and specialist tank roles before Illidan.
  • Plan cooldowns and healing targets for Bloodboil and Reliquary rather than treating them as ordinary tank fights.