💀 Naxxramas (Naxx) Raid Guide
The pinnacle of Classic raiding. This 40-man necropolis is divided into four distinct wings and a central frost-wyrm lair. Success here requires near-perfect execution, massive consumable stocks, and Frost Resistance (FrR) for the final encounters.
📋 Pre-Raid Checklist
- [ ] Attunement: Requires Honored+ with Argent Dawn. (Free at Exalted; expensive at Honored).
- [ ] Frost Resistance: Essential for Sapphiron. Targets: Tanks $300+$, Melee/Healers $200+$.
- [ ] Consumables: - Protection: Greater Frost, Shadow, and Nature Protection Potions.
- Special: Stoneshield Potions (Patchwerk), Free Action Potions (Anub'Rekhan).
- [ ] Frozen Runes: Collect these from the walls of Naxx to craft your Tier 3 and FrR gear.
⚔️ The Four Wings
🕸️ Arachnid Quarter (The Spider Wing)
Considered the easiest wing. Good for warming up. * Anub'Rekhan: Avoid Locust Swarm by kiting the boss in a circle around the room. Kill the Crypt Guard adds immediately. * Grand Widow Faerlina: Use Priest Mind Control on the Worshipper adds to silence the boss and remove her Enrage. * Maexxna: The raid gets stunned by Web Spray every 40s. Healers must top off the tank before the spray hits.
🤢 Plague Quarter
Tests your movement and dispelling speed. * Noth the Plaguebringer: Dispel Curse of the Plaguebringer instantly or it will wipe the raid. * Heigan the Unclean: The "Safety Dance." Memorize the floor eruptions (1-2-3-4-3-2-1) to avoid instant death. * Loatheb: Healing is restricted to one spell every 60s per player. Use a strict Heal Rotation and spam Bandages/Healthstones.
🏗️ Construct Quarter
The "Gear Check" wing. High DPS and high health pools are mandatory. * Patchwerk: The ultimate "Hateful Strike" tank test. Off-tanks must have the highest HP to soak the hits. * Grobbulus: If you get Mutating Injection, run to the back of the room to drop the poison cloud. * Thaddius: The Polarity Shift. Match your "+" or "-" charge with your group. Crossing the wrong side will one-shot your teammates.
🗡️ Military Quarter
Highly technical fights requiring specific class utility. * Instructor Razuvious: Requires Priests to Mind Control the Understudies to tank the boss. * Gothik the Harvester: The raid splits in two (Living side and Dead side). You must balance your DPS so one side isn't overwhelmed. * The Four Horsemen: A complex dance involving 8 tanks and rotating "Marks." If you take 4 stacks of a Mark, you die.
🔥 The Frostwyrm Lair
Accessible only after all four wings are cleared.
| Boss | Key Mechanic | Strategy |
|---|---|---|
| Sapphiron | Frost Aura | Constant raid-wide frost damage. Full FrR gear is mandatory. |
| Ice Bolt | Hide behind ice-blocked players to survive the Frost Breath explosion. | |
| Kel'Thuzad | Phase 1: Adds | Manage waves of soldiers, souls, and abominations. |
| Phase 2: Shadow Blast | Interrupt Frostbolt and spread out to avoid Frost Blast (Ice Tomb). | |
| Phase 3: Guardians | At 40% HP, 5 giant Nerubian Guardians spawn. Off-tanks must kite/shackle them. |
[!IMPORTANT] Kel'Thuzad's Mind Control: KT will MC the top threat targets. Do not kill them; use Sheep or Fear until the effect wears off.
💎 Notable Loot
- Tier 3 (Faith, Dreadnaught, etc.): The most powerful armor sets in Classic.
- The Phylactery: Drops from Kel'Thuzad; used to obtain the best-in-slot Sapphiron/KT trinkets.
- Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian: The legendary staff (requires 40 splinters from Naxx bosses).