- For the retail version, see Naxxramas. For the classic version, see Naxxramas (Classic).
The Naxxramas is a level 60 raid dungeon floating above the Eastern Plaguelands.
For the Season of Discovery it was revamped as a 20 player raid, though it will allow up to 40 players.
Difficulty
Upon entering Naxxramas, the doors to all four quarters will be locked. Near the Scarlet Inquisitor, Caldoran, are four crystals that can be empowered to add a stacking health and damage buff to all creatures in the raid and a stacking dodge and hit debuff to all players, as well as adding specific mechanics to the bosses within that quarter. After empowering the desired number of crystals, speak to Caldoran and he will summon a Burning Conduit. Interact with the conduit to lock in the difficulty and unlock all four quarters. Crystals can be deactivated at any time, though there is a 15-minute cooldown for doing so. While empowered, bosses will drop additional loot and Splinters of Atiesh based on the number of empowered crystals. Clearing all four quarters with all crystals empowered will further augment Sapphiron and Kel'Thuzad, and completing the entire raid will reward one of the skeletal horse mounts used by the Four Horsemen.
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Notes
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| Arachnid Quarter
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 Abhorrent Infestation — The Arachnid Quarter is empowered. While in combat, egg sacs will randomly spawn nearby and explode after a few seconds.
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Exploding egg sacs will knock players back and spawn spiders.
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| Plague Quarter
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 Fungal Contagion — The Plague Quarter is empowered. Bolstering mushrooms will randomly grow nearby, but will explode when they reach maturity.
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Mushrooms provide a stacking buff to nearby players that increases spell and attack speed by 1%, and Nature damage taken by 20%.
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| Military Quarter
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 Marching Orders — The Military Quarter is empowered. While in combat, orders will be issued at random. Obey them, or suffer the consequences!
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Raid warnings will command that specific emotes be used. Using the correct emote increases healing by 5% and damage by 2% for 5 minutes. Using the wrong emote causes the player to become feared for 5 seconds.
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| Construct Quarter
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 Overcharged — The Construct Quarter has been empowered. Players are randomly targeted to be struck by energizing lightning.
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Overcharged players deal Nature damage to nearby allies, but have increased attack and spell speed for 30 seconds.
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Encounters
Patch changes
Hotfix (2025-03-17): Changing difficulties or activating and deactivating orbs in Naxxramas will no longer interrupt the drinking or eating of players in the raid that aren't channeling on the orb or conduit.
- Hotfix (2025-02-21):
- The exit portal that spawns in Sapphiron's room after the boss has been defeated will now persist after players leave and soft reset the instance.
- The gates blocking entrance into the various wings of Naxxramas will now stay open forever if Kel'Thuzad has been defeated.
- Fixed an issue where the number of bosses killed on the hardest difficulty weren't tracking properly if you soft reset your raid after killing Four Horsemen.
- Hotfix (2025-02-13):
- A portal has been added inside of the entrance to Naxxramas that will allow players to exit the instance.
- A portal has been added in the Frostwyrm Lair that becomes active when Sapphiron is defeated, allowing players to return to the entrance of Naxxramas.
- Patch 1.15.6 (2025-01-28): Added.
External links
Cultist
Scourge
Kel'Thuzad
