Onyxia's Lair
40-player raid · level 60 · returning from Classic · opens 2026-12-09
▸Onyxia
Forever clientFear immunity / wardFire resistance21 items
| Ability | School | Effects | Cast | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flame BreathThis is a blast of fire that hits everyone in front of Onyxia, including to a considerable distance to the sides. This damage is fire based and hits for upwards of 4000 damage. At level 70 it is very easy to survive a Flame Breath. | fire | AreaFrontal cone | 2.0 s | 3,063–3,937 |
| Wing BuffetDamages and knocks back multiple targets in a cone in front of Onyxia. Unlike the Drakes in Blackwing Lair, Onyxia does not reduce her threat of targets she hits with this attack. | physical | AreaFrontal coneKnockback | 1.0 s | 56–94 |
| Tail SweepOnyxia can attack everyone behind her with her mighty tail. This hits for very little damage (about 300) but sends the target flying sideways. This attack can cause a wipe if the victim gets knocked into a whelp cave. | physical | AreaFrontal coneKnockbackStun | 600–1,000 | |
| FireballWhile in flight Onyxia will breathe fireballs down on random players. This hits as a main hit and a splash damage hit. It does up to 3000 damage to the player it hits and can do up to 1500 to anyone nearby. Note: Research in November 2006 strongly indicates that these fireballs target whoever is highest on Onyxia's threat list, and impose a large (probably complete) threat wipe for the characters targeted. | fire | Area | 3.0 s | 68–92 |
| BreathOnyxia emotes and a few seconds later, she flies across her chamber as she breathes a huge gout of fire that rolls straight across the room from her initial position to the opposite wall. Characters in the middle of this attack get hit five or six times and are likely to die. Characters on the sides of the attack get missed entirely or get hit only once. | fire | Area | 5.0 s | 1,275–1,725 |
| Bellowing RoarOnyxia does an AoE fear at random intervals, causing everyone to run around randomly for a few seconds. Sometimes there are 30 seconds between fears and sometimes as little as 10 seconds. Just before she casts the fear, the screen shakes. After the fear is over, the lava cracks spew forth lava for a few seconds. Characters hit with the lava take about 1,500 points of fire damage (unresisted). | fire | AreaFearfrom text |
Abilities: Classic-era boss page (Onyxia (Classic)) — not confirmed for Forever. Schools, dispel types and damage come from the Forever client where the spell exists there.
Bring:Fear immunity / wardFire resistanceInterrupt
- Frontal cone — only the tank in front; everyone else at the sides or behind. (Flame Breath, Wing Buffet, Tail Sweep)
- Knockback — tank with a wall behind, keep away from ledges and packs. (Wing Buffet, Tail Sweep)
- Stuns — expect damage spikes the victim can’t react to. (Tail Sweep)
 Ancient Cornerstone Grimoireunverified | Held In Off-hand · Miscellaneous | 76 | 25% | Classic-era |
 Bloodfang Hoodunverified | Head · Leather | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Dragonstalker's Helmunverified | Head · Mail | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Halo of Transcendenceunverified | Head · Cloth | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Helm of Wrathunverified | Head · Plate | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Helmet of Ten Stormsunverified | Head · Mail | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Judgement Crownunverified | Head · Plate | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Nemesis Skullcapunverified | Head · Cloth | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Netherwind Crownunverified | Head · Cloth | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Stormrage Coverunverified | Head · Leather | 76 | 21% | Classic-era |
 Deathbringerunverified | One-Hand · One-Hand Axe | 75 | 8% | Classic-era |
 Vis'kag the Bloodletterunverified | One-Hand · One-Hand Sword | 74 | 8% | Classic-era |
 Ring of Bindingunverified | Finger · Miscellaneous | 73 | 25% | Classic-era |
 Sapphiron Drapeunverified | Back · Cloth | 72 | 25% | Classic-era |
 Eskhandar's Collarunverified | Neck · Miscellaneous | 71 | 25% | Classic-era |
 Shard of the Scaleunverified | Trinket · Miscellaneous | 71 | 8% | Classic-era |
 Feathermoon Headdress | Head · Leather | 63 | 2.5% | Classic-era |
 Scarlet Kris | One-Hand · Dagger | 63 | 2.5% | Classic-era |
 Blanchard's Stout | Two-Hand · Two-Hand Mace | 50 | 2.5% | Classic-era |
 Guttbuster | Ranged · Gun | 50 | 2.5% | Classic-era |
 Wand of Allistarj | Ranged · Wand | 50 | 2.5% | Classic-era |
Quest rewards
For All To See
 Dragonslayer's Signet | Finger · Miscellaneous | 65 | Classic-era | |
 Onyxia Blood Talisman | Trinket · Miscellaneous | 65 | Classic-era | |
 Onyxia Tooth Pendant | Neck · Miscellaneous | 65 | Classic-era |
Celebrating Good Times
| Dragonslayer's Signet | Finger · Miscellaneous | 65 | Classic-era | |
| Onyxia Blood Talisman | Trinket · Miscellaneous | 65 | Classic-era | |
| Onyxia Tooth Pendant | Neck · Miscellaneous | 65 | Classic-era |
Mobs: rare and better drops
No rare or better mob drops attributed to this instance.
Rare and better only; world-drop items (under 0.1%) are left out. Named mobs with their own loot are listed with the bosses.