💀 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.
1. Anub'Rekhan
Avoid Locust Swarm by kiting the boss in a circle around the room. Kill the Crypt Guard adds immediately.
2. Grand Widow Faerlina
Use Priest Mind Control on the Worshipper adds to silence the boss and remove her Enrage.
3. Maexxna
The raid gets stunned by Web Spray every 40s. Healers must top off the tank before the spray hits.
🤢 Plague Quarter (The Plague Wing)
Tests your movement and dispelling speed.
4. Noth the Plaguebringer
Dispel Curse of the Plaguebringer instantly or it will wipe the raid.
5. Heigan the Unclean
The "Safety Dance." Memorize the floor eruptions (1-2-3-4-3-2-1) to avoid instant death.
6. Loatheb
Healing is restricted to one spell every 60s per player. Use a strict Heal Rotation and spam Bandages/Healthstones.
🏗️ Construct Quarter (The Abomination Wing)
The "Gear Check" wing. High DPS and high health pools are mandatory.
7. Patchwerk
The ultimate "Hateful Strike" tank test. Off-tanks must have the highest HP to soak the hits.
8. Grobbulus
If you get Mutating Injection, run to the back of the room to drop the poison cloud.
9. Gluth
10. Thaddius
The Polarity Shift. Match your "+" or "-" charge with your group. Crossing the wrong side will one-shot your teammates.
🗡️ Military Quarter (The Deathknight Wing)
Highly technical fights requiring specific class utility.
10. Instructor Razuvious
Requires Priests to Mind Control the Understudies to tank the boss.
11. Gothik the Harvester
The raid splits in two (Living side and Dead side). You must balance your DPS so one side isn't overwhelmed.
12. 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.
14. Sapphiron
| 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. |
15. Kel'Thuzad
| Boss | Key Mechanic | Strategy |
|---|---|---|
| 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).