Lower Blackrock Spire Guide (2024)

Last updated on Apr 05, 2024 at 03:16by Abide1 comment

Deep in the heart of Blackrock Mountain lies the stronghold of the BlackrockOrcs. Here you can fight your way through waves of Blackrock Orcs, Ogres, and otherdark creatures to find and defeat Overlord Wyrmthalak atop his throne. This is oneof the first "end-game" dungeons, in that it rewards several pieces of gear thatare considered pre-raid BiS for multiple classes. Additionally, this is one of themost efficient dungeons to do for experience if you are 55+ and trying to pushthat last bit to 60.

The entrance to Lower Blackrock Spire is located inside Blackrock Mountain. Thereare two entrances to get inside Blackrock Mountain itself, one located in southernSearing Gorge and the other located in north-western Burning Steppes.Once inside Blackrock Mountain, you will need to make your way to the second floorledge, which can be done by climbing the chains from the middle platform and jumpingoff the end onto the ledge. Once on the ledge, run along the wall until you see theonly available balcony, and jump onto it. The Blackrock Spire portal is right there.

It is important that you pick up the dungeon quests for this instance beforeheading inside, as you can get a variety of loot from them, as well as a solidchunk of experience.

The quests are all outlined in our separate dungeon quest guide for thisinstance.

Lower Blackrock Spire has many bosses and paths, which can be quite confusingif it is your firs time in the instance. The best advice would be to try to havesomeone in your group who has done the instance before and can show you where to go,or to look up a video of a clear if you get lost.

The initial trash packs at the start of the instance are going to be some of the mostdifficult, mostly due to the high number of groups in a small area. Just be careful aboutpulling groups one at a time, and try to focus casters down first whenever you pulltrash throughout the dungeon. If you find pulls to be too difficult, use more controlspells like Sap to only fight 1-2 enemies at a time.

There are 9 main bosses in Lower Blackrock Spire, all of which have a high chance to dropa blue item once killed. Additionally, there are several possible rare spawns throughoutthe dungeon, but generally award less desired gear.

If Spirestone Butcher is up, you will find him on the bridge on theway to Highlord Omokk.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Butcher's Apron	53	Cloak
Rivenspike	53	One-Hand Axe

If Spirestone Battle Lord is up, you will find him on the mound on theleft in the same room as Highlord Omokk.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Swiftdart Battleboots	53	Mail Boots
The Blackrock Slicer	53	Two-Hand Axe

• Cleave
• Enrage
• Knock Away

Highlord Omokk has two ogre guards with him, which if left uncontrolled,can be quite dangerous. Omokk himself is quite easy, but the combination of threeenemies at once can be tricky. The best option is to either control both adds whilekilling the boss, or control 1 add and quickly burn down the other at the start ofthe fight. The best option is always to fight only one target at a time, so definitelymake use of CC abilities if you have them available. Omokk also does a knock-backability and a cleave ability, so make sure the tank is facing him away from the group.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Fist of Omokk	55	2H Mace
Plate of the Shaman King	55	Plate Chest
Skyshroud Leggings	55	Cloth Legs
Slamshot Shoulders	55	Plate Shoulders
Tressermane Leggings	55	Leather Legs
Boots of Elements	54	Mail Boots

• Curse of Blood
• Hex

Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin also has two guards with him, but is not as dangerousas Omokk. Vosh'gajin has two Smolderthorn Shadow Priests with him that needto be either killed immediately or controlled until after the boss dies. Vosh'gajinherself will cast Hex, which will turn a group member into a frog for 8seconds at a time. She also has a curse that she will place on people, but it is notparticularly dangerous, but should still be removed by a Mage or Druid if possible.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Trueaim Gauntlets	54	Mail Gloves
Doomshot	54	Arrows
Funeral Cuffs	54	Cloth Bracers
Shadowcraft Gloves	54	Leather Gloves
Blackcrow	54	Crossbow
Demonic Runed Spaulders	54	Leather Shoulders
Riphook	54	Bow

• Cleave
• Snap Kick
• Thrash
• Throw Axe
• Uppercut

War Master Voone does not have any adds or real abilities, but does hitharder than normal. Make sure your tank has time to generate threat, and point himaway from the group to avoid his cleave.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Beaststalker's Gloves	54	Mail Gloves
Brazecore Armguards	54	Mail Bracers
Flightblade Throwing Axe	54	Throwing Weapon
Rosewine Circle	54	Ring
Keris of Zul'Serak	54	Dagger
Talisman of Evasion	54	Neck

If Bannok Grimaxe is up, you will find him in the Firebrand Legioncamp when you start finding orcs.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Backusarian Gauntlets	55	Plate Gloves
Chiselbrand Girdle	55	Mail Waist
Demonfork	54	Main-Hand Axe
Plans: Arcanite Reaper	300	Blacksmithing Pattern

• Crystallize
• Mother's Milk
• Summon Spire Spiderling

Mother Smolderweb has an AoE stun that fires as a cone in front of her,meaning the tank should keep her pointed away from the group. She also will sometimesuse Mother's Milk which poisons players, occasionally incapacitating them.There is not much strategy needed here, just kill her while paying attention to thepoison and boss facing.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Gilded Gauntlets	55	Mail Gloves
Smolderweb's Eye	55	Trinket
Venomspitter	55	1H Mace
Wildheart Boots	54	Leather Boots

• Summon Spire Spiderling

If Crystal Fang is up, you will find him in one of the next fewpulls directly after Mother Smolderweb.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Fallbrush Handgrips	56	Leather Gloves
Fang of the Crystal Spider	56	One-Hand Dagger
Sunderseer Mantle	56	Cloth Shoulders

• Intimidating Roar
• Rend
• Strike

Urok Doomhowl is a summoned boss. In one of the rooms with a pack of Ogres,you will come across a "tribute pile" of ogre heads on the ground. If you combine Omokk's Head from Highlord Omokk and Roughshod Pike, whichcan be picked up in the first room of the dungeon, you can place them on the tributepile to summon Urok.

Urok himself will not appear initially when summoned. Instead, you will need todefeat several waves of Ogres. This can be quite difficult if you are not prepared,so be ready to use any control spells you have to limit your mana usage when fightingthrough the waves. You will have limited recovery time and will not want to waste it.You can also use the pike that is now placed on the tribute pile, instantly killinga single ogre every 30 seconds. Eventually Urok will spawn, and needs to be tankedaway from the group so that the ranged and healer can avoid his fear ability.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Marksman's Girdle	56	Mail Belt
Ribsteel Footguards	56	Plate Boots
Slaghide Gauntlets	56	Leather Gloves
Boots of Elements	54	Mail Boots

• Drink Healing Potion
• Hooked Net
• Stun Bomb

Quartermaster Zigris is in a hall with many packs of orcs. As long as youcarefully pull the trash before pulling him, he should not pose a problem. He himselfdoes no noteworthy abilities.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Cloudrunner Girdle	55	Leather Belt
Hands of Power	55	Cloth Gloves

Quartermaster Zigris also can drop several of the Tier 0 pieces, both belts andbracers since he shares with the trash loot table.

• Rend
• Thrash

Halycon only has some melee abilities, so just have your tank holdher while the group kills the smaller worg adds that come out with her. They donot hit very hard and should die quickly. After they are dead, just turn and finishthe boss.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Halycon's Spiked Collar	55	Neck
Pads of the Dread Wolf	55	Leather Boots
Slashclaw Bracers	55	Mail Bracers
Ironweave Bracers	56	Cloth Bracers

• Enrage
• Fatal Bite
• Infected Bite

Gizrul the Slavener hits relatively hard, but has no special abilitiesthat need dealt with. Just make sure your tank holds him and burn him down quickly,preferably with DPS cooldowns if available.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Bleak Howler Armguards	56	Leather Bracers
Rhombeard Protector	56	Shield
Wildheart Spaulders	55	Leather Shoulders
Wolfshear Leggings	56	Cloth Pants

• Cleave
• Demoralizing Shout
• Sweeping Slam

Overlord Wyrmthalak needs to be tanked facing away from the group, withyour tank backed up against the wall to avoid getting knocked back. At 50% health,the boss will summon a wave of elites to help him, which can be problematic if left alone.The best strategy is to control all of the adds with whatever spells you have suchas Polymorph, Frost Nova, or Entangling Roots to keepthem out of the fight until the boss is dead. After the boss dies you can turn and cleanup the adds.

Item	Required Level	Slot
Mark of the Dragon Lord	56	Ring
Beaststalker's Mantle	55	Mail Shoulders
Chillpike	56	Polearm
Heart of the Scale	56	Trinket
Reiver Claws	56	Plate Gloves
Relentless Scythe	57	2H Sword
Trindlehaven Staff	56	Staff
Heart of Wyrmthalak	56	Trinket

If you are going in underleveled, Rogues and Magesare excellent choices due to their CC abilities against the many humanoid Orcspresent in the dungeon. You can Sap / Polymorph one or moreenemies in almost every single pull.

For optimal speed when experience grinding you will want to run either a meleecleave setup (4 Warriors / Rogues+ 1 Shaman) or a spell cleave setup (mostly as manyMages as possible for their AoE damage and CC abilities).

Regardless, you should be able to clear the dungeon with any group setup. It isworth noting that you can do this dungeon with up to 10 people, but using more than5 people will be much more inefficient for experience gain if you are not level 60yet.