- Author: Taladril
- Date: January 13, 2025
- Updated: January 13, 2025
- Expansion: WoW Classic
Use this reference for a quick guide for what keys and attunements are worth getting and a quick source for them. This guide isn’t meant to give step by step instructions for each one, so consult a specific, more in-depth guide for the attunement or key you care about.
Keys
Keys are frequently needed to access doors and vaults in World of Warcraft. While most locks can be picked with Lockpicking, some absolutely require a key. Once a key is obtained, it will appear in your inventory, usually in your Key Ring (a special container separate from your bags) if there is room.
Keys | How to Obtain | Use |
|---|---|---|
Opens the back door to Gnomeregan | ||
Opens the doors to Scarlet Monastery Armory, Scarlet Monastery Cathedral, and Stratholme Living Scarlet Keep | ||
Kill Margol the Rager and loot Margol’s Horn | Opens the gate between Loch Modan and Searing Gorge | |
Franclorn Forgewright (found while dead in Blackrock Mountain) starts the quest Dark Iron Legacy | Opens the Shadowforge Gate and allows access to more of Blackrock Depths | |
Opens all prison cell doors in Blackrock Depths | ||
Drops from mobs in Blackrock Depths | Opens Relic Coffer in the vault (Need 12 to open all) | |
Opens the door to enter Scholomance | ||
Viewing Room Key (One time use) | Needed to continue inside Scholomance | |
Opens the Strathome back door and Stratholme Undead | ||
Opens the doors to Dire Maul West and Dire Maul North | ||
Gordok Shackle Key (One time use) | Drops in Dire Maul North | Allows you to complete Free Knot! and loot Knot Thimblejack’s Cache |
Gordok Inner Door Key (One time use) | Opens the last room of Dire Maul North | |
Seal of Ascension (Ring) | Opens the door to Upper Blackrock Spire if in inventory and also can be used during the fight against Rend Blackhand | |
Drops in Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj | Opens Scarab Coffer | |
Drops in the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj | Opens Large Scarab Coffer |
Alliance only)
Horde Quest:Â Attunements
Most raids in WoW Classic require attunement before you will be able to enter them. In the case of Onyxia’s Lair, you will need to carry an item, Drakefire Amulet, in order to enter the raid after you complete the attunement quests.
Attunements | How to Obtain | Guide |
|---|---|---|
Lothos Riftwaker starts Attunement to the Core | ||
Kill Scarshield Quartermaster and loot Blackhand’s Command | ||
The Dread Citadel – Naxxramas (Argent Dawn – Honored) | ||
The Dread Citadel – Naxxramas (Argent Dawn – Revered) | ||
The Dread Citadel – Naxxramas (Argent Dawn – Exalted) |
Special Items
There are several items in the game that aren’t keys, but still allow access to things you can’t otherwise get to.
Special Items | How to Obtain | Use |
|---|---|---|
Teleports you to the entrance of Gnomeregan | ||
Kill Qiaga the Keeper and loot Sacred Mallet then bang the gong at Jintha’alor | Allows you to summon Gahz’rilla in Zul’Farrak | |
Cavindra starts Legends of Maraudon | Teleports you to the last section of Maraudon | |
Start Quest Screecher Spirits | Allows you to summon Avatar of Hakkar in Sunken Temple | |
Yeh’kinya’s Scroll (Repeatable) | After completing The God Hakkar talk to Yeh’kinya | Allows you to summon Avatar of Hakkar in Sunken Temple |
Start Quest Doctor Theolen Krastinov, the Butcher | Allows you to summon Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance | |
Blood of Innocents (Repeatable) | After completing Doctor Theolen Krastinov, the Butcher, drops off of: Blood Steward of Kirtonos, Doctor Theolen Krastinov, Jandice Barov | Allows you to summon Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance |
Alexi’s Gambit (Repeatable) | Start Quest Broodling Essence | Allows you to kill Vectus in Scholomance |
Allows you to summon Theldren in Blackrock Depths | ||
Allows you to summon: Isalien in Dire Maul East Jarien and Sothos in Stratholme Living Kormok in Scholomance Mor Grayhoof in Lower Blackrock Spire | ||
Aqual Quintessence (Repeatable) | Douse runes in Molten Core to summon Majordomo Executus (Need 8 in raid) | |
Available when Revered with Hydraxian Waterlords | Douse runes in Molten Core to summon Majordomo Executus (1 hour cooldown) | |
Twilight’s Hammer Mobs (Silithus) | Allows you to summon Azure Templar, Crimson Templar, Earthen Templar, or Hoary Templar in Silithus | |
Twilights Hammer Mobs (Silithus), 3 Templars (Summoned, Silithus) | Allows you to summon The Duke of Zephyrs, The Duke of Cynders, The Duke of Shards, or The Duke of Fathoms in Silithus | |
Twilights Hammer Mobs (Silithus), 9 Templars (Summoned, Silithus), 3 Dukes (Summoned, Silithus) | Allows you to summon High Marshal Whirlaxis, Prince Skaldrenox, Baron Kazum, or Lord Skwol in Silithus |
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