Onyxia's Lair
Opens December 9, 2026. Blizzard has not given an hour; the countdown assumes the Nov 4 launch hour (3 p.m. PST).
Three phases: ground, air (Deep Breath, whelps), ground with fears. Classic's Head of Onyxia buff in the capitals. The 40-player raid at launch tier; Blizzard has said raid sizes may be revisited.
Entrance
Wyrmbog, south-east Dustwallow Marsh
Attunement
Drakefire Amulet, one per character, from the faction questline (kept in the bags, not worn). Alliance: Dragonkin Menace (Burning Steppes) → Marshal Windsor in Blackrock Depths → The Great Masquerade in Stormwind → Upper Blackrock Spire. Horde: Blood and Thunder (Kargath) → Lower Blackrock Spire → Test of Skulls (Dustwallow Marsh) → Upper Blackrock Spire. Blizzard confirmed the amulet; the step list is the Classic chain reported by guide sites.
Bosses in order (1)
- Onyxia
Bring
- Tanks: Protection Warrior, Protection Paladin (Shieldsworn, Holy Shield at row 5 since the Oct 30 hotfix), Feral Druid.
- Healers: Holy Priest, Holy Paladin (Oath of Light), Restoration Druid (Bloom, Wild Growth), Restoration Shaman.
- Buffs and debuff slots: plan the group in the raid roster planner; consumables and enchants on the pre-raid checklist; gear targets on the pre-raid BiS pages.
- Voice without a download: Echo Lobby.
Other raids
Barrow Deeps10-player · December 9, 2026Hyjal Summit20-player · December 9, 2026Molten Core40-player · No date yetBlackwing Lair40-player · No date yetZul'Gurub20-player · No date yetRuins of Ahn'Qiraj20-player · No date yetTemple of Ahn'Qiraj40-player · No date yetNaxxramas40-player · No date yet
Boss lists for Classic raids are the 1.12 order Forever inherits; loot is deliberately not listed because Forever changed hundreds of items. Blizzard (Sep 27 and Oct 21, 2026): Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair open December 9, 2026; all raids reset weekly. Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Zul'Gurub, Ahn'Qiraj and Naxxramas exist in the client (build 1.60.1.70707) with no date; the roadmap lists two new raids for spring 2027 and a revamped classic raid for summer 2027. Data from talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), read from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70630. Updated 2026-10-31. World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment; this is a fan site.