Blackrock Depths

Blackrock Mountain, Eastern Kingdoms. Entrance at 20.8, 38.6.

How to find the entrance

On the way to the Blackrock Depths entrance (image 1 of 3)

You can enter Blackrock Mountain from two entrances, find them in Burning Steppes or Searing Gorge (Eastern Kingdoms).

On the way to the Blackrock Depths entrance (image 2 of 3)

Make your way over to the Blackrock Depths summoning stone (located in the middle), you can reach hear by flying over or climbing down the chain.

On the way to the Blackrock Depths entrance (image 3 of 3)

Head down the long chain and you should see an npc Lothos Riftwaker, run past him and inside take the left side, run all the way through and at the back you will come across the dungeon portal.

Blackrock Mountain, main level, with the Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes entrances. The chain in the middle leads down to the lower level. In-game map from the WoW Forever client.

Blackrock Mountain, lower level. The Blackrock Depths portal is at the top and Molten Core at the bottom. In-game map from the WoW Forever client.

Route

Detention Block

Upper City

The door to reach West Garrison (Boss 3) will be locked. To unlock the door pull Shadowforge Lock. This is located within East Garrison down the stairs.

To unlock the door to bosses 11 & 12 light the two Shadowforge Braziers. Kill two Shadowforge Flame Keepers to get a Shadowforge Torch.

Archive note: the full route map uploaded to this page in Feb 2024 was never captured by the Wayback Machine.

Original 2014 route maps (from the 2018 version of this page):

Blackrock Depths route, upper city of 2 (image 1 of 2)

Blackrock Depths route, upper city of 2 (image 2 of 2)

Bosses

Blackrock Depths is one dungeon in WoW Forever. The old guide split it into the Detention Block and the Upper City, each with its own route maps; numbers match the markers on that part’s maps.

1 High Interrogator GerstahnDetention Block
/i Interrupt Mana Burn. Psychic Scream fears all nearby players. Shadow Word: Pain inflicts player with shadow damage. Boss absorbs damage with Shadow Shield.
2 Ring of LawDetention Block
/i You will face waves of mobs, a group of smaller mobs & then 1 difficult mob. This boss is random on what spawns (can be any of 6 different mobs).
3 Lord RoccorDetention Block
/i Stuns players. Earth Shock inflicts nature damage & interrupts spell casting on a player. Flame Shock burns a player dealing fire damage.
4 Houndmaster GrebmarDetention Block
/i Demoralizing Shout reduces attack power of all players. Pummel inflicts physical damage & interrupts spell casting. Uses Bloodlust on an ally. Boss will flee at 15% health.
5 Bael'GarDetention Block
/i Magma Splash inflicts fire damage to any player who strikes boss with melee attacks, this stacks. Inflicts fire damage to players in random locations, summoning a spawn (red ooze) that attack you.
6 Lord IncendiusDetention Block
/i Move out of fire patches on ground. Mighty Blow inflicts physical damage & knocks back. Curses a player reducing fire resistance.
7 Fineous DarkvireDetention Block
/i Devotion Aura increases armor of nearby allies. Interrupt Holy Light. Kicks a player inflicting damage. Seal of Reckoning allows boss or an ally to gain health everytime an enemy is struck.
1 Warder StilgissUpper CityRare
/i Kill the dog first. Uses frost spells. Interrupt ‘Frostbolt’.
2 Pyromancer LoregrainUpper City
/i Kill fire totem. Flame Shock inflicts fire damage to a player. Interrupt Molten Blast.
3 General AngerforgeUpper City
/i Sunder Armor increases physical damage taken. Uses Enrage. At 40% health summons mobs to fight (interrupt Medics healing spells).
4 Golem Lord ArgelmachUpper City
/i Uses Chain Lightning. Players are hit with nature damage.
5 Ribbly ScrewspigotUpper City
/i (he is friendly, speak with him to start fight). Deals physical damage. Hamstring damages & slows movement speed. At 30% health boss runs away from players.
6 Hurley BlackbreathUpper City
/i (smash the 3 Thunderbrew Lager Kegs in the empty left room to summon boss). Avoid frontal fire cone Flame Breath. Drunken Rage increases his attack speed & physical damage by 50%.
7 Plugger SpazzringUpper City
/i (Eat x3 food & drink on the table to turn him unfriendly). Hits players with shadow & fire damage. (Killing him unlocks the Bar Door & room becomes unfriendly.)
The VaultUpper City
8 PhalanxUpper City
/i Turns unfriendly when you kill Plugger Spazzring. Mighty Blow damages & knocks back player. Thunderclap damages all nearby & slows speed. Fireball Volley inflicts fire damage to all nearby players.
9 Ambassador FlamelashUpper City
/i Burning Spirit sacrifice themselves when near boss to increase his damage & size, this stacks. Inflicts fire damage to players hit by his melee.
10 The SevenUpper City
/i Speak with Doom’rel to start. Kill all 6 ghosts & boss will join fight. Summons Voidwalkers. Interrupt Banish & Shadow Bolt Volley. Immolate inflicts fire damage to a player.
11 MagmusUpper City
/i Careful of statues flames. War Stomp inflicts physical damage to all nearby & knocks back (if you are hit with this you will be stunned). Fiery Burst inflicts fire damage to players in selected areas.
Princess Moira BronzebeardUpper City
12 Emperor Dagran ThaurissanUpper City
/i Hand of Thaurissan inflicts fire damage to a player & stuns them. Interrupt High Priestess of Thaurissan (you can interrupt all her spells).
Panzor the InvincibleUpper CityRare