Icecrown Citadel (instance)
- For the greater complex of which this dungeon is a part, see Icecrown Citadel.
| Icecrown Citadel | |||||||||
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| ICC, ICC10, ICC25 | |||||||||
 Icecrown Citadel loading screen | |||||||||
| Location | Icecrown Citadel, Icecrown Glacier | ||||||||
| Race(s) |
    Scourge  Frost vrykul    Nerubian  Human  Orc  Dwarf  Troll  Gnome  Goblin  Night elf  Tauren  Draenei  Blood elf  Taunka Green dragon | ||||||||
| End boss |
 The Lich King | ||||||||
| Instance info | |||||||||
| Type | Raid | ||||||||
| Level | 30 | ||||||||
| Player limit | 10/25 | ||||||||
| Associated faction | Ashen Verdict | ||||||||
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Icecrown Citadel is the final raid of Wrath of the Lich King expansion, and was released in patch 3.3.0 on December 8, 2009.
Layout
- 4 floors and 12 boss encounters
- Waypoints and teleporters are being reused here because the instance is really big. The instance is built around the spire where the Frozen Throne sits.
- On the second floor, players will have to board an airship with their faction's military leader and race against the other faction to reach the third floor. Players will eventually board their ship with rocket packs and use cannons to fight them.
- The third floor is the biggest one and features 3 wings.
- The fourth floor is where players fight the Lich King.
Zone map
The Lower Citadel
The Rampart of Skulls
Deathbringer's Rise
The Frost Queen's Lair
The Upper Reaches
Royal Quarters
The Frozen Throne
Frostmourne
Difficulty
Icecrown Citadel is home of the updated instance difficulty setting which can be changed on a boss per boss basis. It is also able to be switched at any time during a raid without leaving and reentering the instance.
Some restrictions on when you cannot change it are in place. Such as, you cannot change the difficulty in combat or during certain scripted events. To enable it you will first have to have defeated the Lich King on normal mode, and heroic mode does not affect trash in any way and only changes the bosses.
Access progression
Icecrown Citadel is split into four sections since release, in the following order: The Lower Spire (the first four bosses), the Plagueworks (the next three), the Crimson Hall (the next two), and Frostwing Halls (the last three). There was a period of some weeks after the opening of the first section before going on into the second. The Lich King may not be fought until Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana'thel and Sindragosa are dead. Any heroic modes may not be attempted until the Lich King has been defeated on normal mode, and you cannot face the Lich King on heroic mode during that week's lockout unless you defeat Putricide, Lana'thel and Sindragosa on heroic mode. The second wing of the Citadel, the Plagueworks, was opened on US servers on January 5, 2010. The third wing, the Crimson Hall, was opened two weeks later, on January 19.[1] The fourth wing was opened with content patch 3.3.2 on February 2, 2010.
Dungeon Denizens
Ghostcrawler stated that there would be 31 bosses in the Citadel,[2] but later admitted it was a joke.[3] It was later confirmed at Blizzcon that Icecrown would contain 12 bosses, plus an additional 7 in the 5-man wings.
Bosses and encounters
Lord Marrowgar
Lady Deathwhisper
Gunship Battle
Deathbringer Saurfang, described as "the Lich King's most powerful death knight"
Valithria Dreamwalker
Sindragosa, former consort of Malygos, raised as the Queen of the Frostbrood.
The Lich King, master of the Scourge, is the final boss of Icecrown Citadel.[4]
NPCs, bosses and monsters
Loot
- Main article: Icecrown Citadel loot
Related achievements
| 10-player mode | 25-player mode | Objective | |
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| Lower Spire | |||
 Storming the Citadel ( Heroic) |
Storming the Citadel ( Heroic) |
Defeat the first four bosses in Icecrown Citadel | |
| Boned |
Boned |
Defeat Lord Marrowgar without anyone being impaled for more than 8 seconds | |
| Full House |
Full House |
Defeat Lady Deathwhisper with at least five different types of Cultists active at the time of her demise | |
| I'm on a Boat |
I'm on a Boat |
Claim victory in the Gunship Battle without any raid member visiting the enemy gunship more than once | |
| I've Gone and Made a Mess |
I've Gone and Made a Mess |
Defeat the Deathbringer before Mark of the Fallen Champion is cast two (10man), five (25man) times | |
| Plagueworks | |||
| The Plagueworks ( Heroic) |
The Plagueworks ( Heroic) |
Defeat the bosses of The Plagueworks in Icecrown Citadel | |
| Flu Shot Shortage |
Flu Shot Shortage |
Defeat Festergut while none of the players in your raid group ever had 3 stacks of Inoculated | |
| Dances with Oozes |
Dances with Oozes |
Defeat Rotface without a Big Ooze casting Unstable Ooze Explosion | |
| Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... |
Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... |
Defeat Professor Putricide without using Regurgitated Ooze on the Abomination | |
| Crimson Hall | |||
| The Crimson Hall ( Heroic) |
The Crimson Hall ( Heroic) |
Defeat the bosses of The Crimson Hall in Icecrown Citadel | |
| The Orb Whisperer |
The Orb Whisperer |
Defeat the Blood Council without anyone in the raid taking more than 21,000 spell damage in a single hit. | |
| Once Bitten, Twice Shy |
Once Bitten, Twice Shy |
Defeat the Blood Queen once as a vampire and again without becoming a vampire | |
| Frostwing Halls | |||
| The Frostwing Halls ( Heroic) |
The Frostwing Halls ( Heroic) |
Defeat the bosses of The Frostwing Halls in Icecrown Citadel | |
| Portal Jockey |
Portal Jockey |
Enter every portal spawned by Valithria Dreamwalker before healing her to full health | |
| All You Can Eat |
All You Can Eat |
Defeat Sindragosa without any member of your raid receiving more than 4 stacks of Mystic Buffet. | |
| Frozen Throne | |||
| Fall of the Lich King ( Heroic) |
Fall of the Lich King ( Heroic) |
Defeat every boss in Icecrown Citadel | |
| The Frozen Throne |
The Frozen Throne |
Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel | |
| Bane of the Fallen King |
The Light of Dawn |
Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in Heroic mode | |
| Been Waiting a Long Time for This |
Been Waiting a Long Time for This |
Allow Necrotic Plague to stack to 30 before defeating the Lich King | |
| Neck-Deep in Vile |
Neck-Deep in Vile |
Kill every Vile Spirit that spawns before it explodes and then defeat the Lich King | |
| The Frozen Throne - Guild Edition |
Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in a guild group. | ||
Notes
- Icecrown Citadel cannot be entered while in a cross-faction group.[5]
Gallery
Icecrown Citadel
Icecrown Citadel's door broken
The Lower Spire
The Spire
Entrance of The Plagueworks
Festergut's room
Rotface's room
Doorway to Professor Putricide's room
Patch changes
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Door leading past Valithria is now open by default, allowing players to skip the encounter. 
Hotfix (2013-03-21): Fixed an issue where Master Looters were unable to assign Shadowfrost Shards to another player. 
Patch 3.3.2 (2010-02-01): Frostwing Halls, the final stronghold of the Scourge and their Lich King, has been added. - Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Added.
References
- ^ Bornakk 2010-01-05. MMO-Champion BlueTracker - New Content today?. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05.
- ^ Ghostcrawler. Re: 3.3 is the Age of the Warriors.
- ^ Ghostcrawler. Re: 31 bosses in icecrown raid..
- ^ http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/recaps/raid_dungeon-panel.xml
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment 2022-05-25. Shadowlands: A Look at Cross-Faction Instances.
External links
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