Onyxia Attunement in WoW Forever: Drakefire Amulet Quest Chain

What You Need Before You Start

The two chains share a shape: a long quest line, dungeon trips, then General Drakkisath. Blizzard's advice is to "Start early, bring a few friends for the elite quests, and leave plenty of time for several trips into high-level dungeons."Confirmed, a first-party sourceSource: Blizzard: Raid Overview, Get Attuned to Onyxia's Lair, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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Quest counts follow Blizzard's step list. Required levels, XP and reputation come from ForeverChanges' Forever records, and the Horde totals exclude Blood and Thunder, which has no record.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: Dragonkin Menace and Warlord's Command, sidebar, checked Nov 8, 2026. Our dungeon list covers the Blackrock trips, and First Raid Prep covers getting the group ready.

Alliance Chain

Helendis Riverhorn starts it at 85.8, 68.9 in the Burning Steppes. Coordinates and levels below come from ForeverChanges' quest records, and the order comes from Blizzard's guide.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: Blizzard: Raid Overview, Alliance tab; ForeverChanges: The True Masters and linked records, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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Blizzard tells you to gather allies for The Great Masquerade, and to speak to Squire Rowe again if Windsor is not present. ForeverChanges tags Dragonkin Menace Elite, steps 8 to 12 Dungeon, and steps 13 to 16 Raid.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: Dragonkin Menace, Jail Break! and The Great Masquerade, Type field, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Steps 8 to 12 are the group block. Marshal Windsor, A Crumpled Up Note and Jail Break! all run inside Blackrock Depths, so one dungeon session can cover several of them if everyone is on the same step.

Horde Chain

Horde starts in Kargath with Warlord Goretooth, at 5.8, 47.5 in the Badlands. The chain needs Lower Blackrock Spire, four drake kills across Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, and a final trip to Upper Blackrock Spire.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: Blizzard: Raid Overview, Horde tab; ForeverChanges: Warlord's Command and linked records, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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Warlord's Command starts from an item called Warlord Goretooth's Command on ForeverChanges' record, and Blizzard's guide names Blood and Thunder as the step before it. The ForeverChanges records opened for this page include none for Blood and Thunder, so check your log at Kargath.

Wear the Amulet of Draconic Subversion before you speak to Emberstrife, because the quest tells you to. The quest text says the amulet will not work inside Blackrock Spire.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: Emberstrife and Ascension, Objectives, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Where Each Chain Sends You

The two chains travel very differently, which is the main thing to plan around.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: Blizzard: Raid Overview, Alliance and Horde tabs; ForeverChanges quest records, Start and End fields, checked Nov 8, 2026.

The Somnus record does not name a zone. Scryer's says Winterspring, Chronalis's says the Caverns of Time in Tanaris and Axtroz's says Grim Batol.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: The Test of Skulls records 6582 to 6585, Objectives, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Rewards Along the Way

The chains pay gear as well as the amulet, and ForeverChanges lists these reward choices.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: Abandoned Hope, Jail Break!, Warlord's Command and For The Horde!, Rewards, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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Plan Around Shared Quests and Drops

Eleven quests cannot be shared, so everyone in the group needs their own pickup.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges quest records, Shareable field, checked Nov 8, 2026.

• Alliance: three True Masters steps.
• Alliance: A Crumpled Up Note and Jail Break!
• Alliance: The Great Masquerade and The Dragon's Eye.
• Horde: Warlord's Command, The Testament of Rexxar, Emberstrife, Ascension.

Two item steps can take more than one trip. Those percentages are reported figures and can change.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: A Crumpled Up Note and Oculus Illusions, Objectives, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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Do you need the Seal of Ascension?

Both chains end in Upper Blackrock Spire, so check this before you book the run. Blizzard's attunement guide does not mention a key, and the quest records opened here don't say whether the upper door needs one. Our Blackrock Spire guide reports from wowf.io that the upper half needs the Seal of Ascension.

The key quests are still on record. Seal of Ascension (quest 4742, required level 57) asks for three gemstones from the Lower Blackrock Spire generals, and its follow-up (quest 4743) sends you to Emberstrife in the Wyrmbog.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: Seal of Ascension 4742 and 4743, Objectives and drops, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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The sources disagree on the reward. The quest record still lists a Seal of Ascension, but the Forever client has no item row for it, while Classic Era does and the Unforged Seal is in both.Confirmed, a first-party sourceSource: Wago Tools: ItemSparse, build 1.60.1.70862, rows 12323 and 12344 by name, compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.70576, checked Nov 8, 2026. Horde players already kill those three generals for Warlord's Command, so ask your group before you commit to the gemstone route.

What Changed From Classic

ForeverChanges flags these quests as changed, all of them experience cuts. The rest of the chain is marked unchanged "as far as is known," meaning its text and rewards are Classic's until the game shows otherwise.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: ForeverChanges: Drakefire Amulet quest, For The Horde! and linked records, status lines, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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The client still lists the Drakefire Amulet as a rare neck, item level 63, required level 50, binds on pickup, matching Classic Era.Confirmed, a first-party sourceSource: Wago Tools: ItemSparse, build 1.60.1.70862, row 16309, compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.70576; checked Nov 8, 2026. Its +15 Fire Resistance suits the fight, since Blizzard tells raiders to build fire resistance. The Onyxia's Lair guide has the raid itself.

Classic Era's client also carries a Chipped Drakefire Amulet at item 226500, and the Forever client has no row with that name.Confirmed, a first-party sourceSource: Wago Tools: ItemSparse, build 1.60.1.70862, by name, compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.70576, row 226500, checked Nov 8, 2026.

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