Raid Attunement Guide - World of Warcraft Raid Attunement

A Guide to Raid Attunement

Posted by Kaets - February 21st, 2008

Raid attunement refers to the process of gaining permanent access to a raid. Many of the raid in World of Warcraft require, or required, you to complete a quest or obtain a certain item to allow entrance. The term attunement originates from one of the first quests created for allowing raid entrance: Attunement to the Core - for Molten Core. Listed in this overview are all the raids which require attunement.

Raid Attunement

Upper Blackrock Spire Attunement
Molten Core Attunement
Onyxia’s Lair Attunement
Blackwing Lair Attunement
Naxxramas Attunement
Karazhan Attunement
Serpentshrine Cavern Attunement*
Tempest Keep: The Eye Attunement*
Battle for Mount Hyjal Attunement**
Black Temple Attunement**

* No attunement required as of patch 2.1.2
** No attunement required as of patch 2.4

Instances

There are also a number of 5-man instances which require a key or another form of attument for access to some areas or the entire instance. In some cases a rogue can use lockpicking instead of a key. In most cases only one player needs to open the door for all members of the group to gain access.

Scarlet Monastery (Armory and Cathedral)
Blackrock Depths
Dire Maul (North and West)
Scholomance
Stratholme
Hellfire Citadel - Shattered Halls
Auchindoun - Shadow Labyrinth
Tempest Keep - The Arcatraz

Heroic Instances

As of patch 2.3, to enter the heroic mode version of an Outland instance, you must earn honored reputation status (was revered) with a specific faction related to that instance. Once honored status is obtained, the keys can simply be purchased from that faction’s quartermaster. The currently available instances and their respective factions are listed below. Please note that all party members must have a key to enter the instance in heroic mode.