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So my group just got 8 Orbs in this first run we did,
1 & 2 - After first boss walk past him and look on the back of his platform, 2 next to the tornado you need to take to progress, look right and you can grab it without falling off the platform
3 & 4 - The hurricane gale balls one on each side.
5 & 6 - Only obtainable during the boss fight
7, 8, 9 - 7 is on the first platform after the second boss, 8 and 9 are on the second platform just before the boss. (These are the only *hard* to find ones since they may not be in plain sight)
EDIT: found another one after the first boss
Achievements › Dungeons & Raids › Cataclysm Dungeon
Achievement Points10
Achievement
Extra Credit Bonus Stage
Collect 5 Golden Orbs in a single visit to the Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic Difficulty.
How to Earn
WhereThe Vortex Pinnacle (entrance in Uldum at 76.8, 84.6)
ObjectivesThe Vortex Pinnacle
How to Complete
1 criterion from the current game data.
Other objectives (1)
Objectives the game data describes in text only.
- The Vortex Pinnacle
Details
- Category
- Dungeons & Raids › Cataclysm Dungeon
- Points
- 10
- Faction
- Both factions
- Requirements
- 1 criteria line
- Instance
- The Vortex Pinnacle
- Instance type
- Dungeon
- Expansion
- Cataclysm
About The Vortex Pinnacle
The Vortex Pinnacle exists within the elemental plane of Skywall. Its elegant structures, crowned with bronze and gold, sit atop platforms bridged by pure air. Yet behind its exterior beauty, the pinnacle harbors Neferset tol'vir, as well as Al'Akir the Windlord's merciless elemental legions. As long as the barrier between Skywall and Azeroth remains open, terror will rain down on Uldum from the skies.
From the in-game Adventure Guide.
Where to Earn It
Extra Credit Bonus Stage is earned inside The Vortex Pinnacle, a dungeon. The entrance is marked below.
The entrance to The Vortex Pinnacle is in Uldum at 76.8, 84.6.
Entrance 76.8, 84.6Uldum, from the game’s own world map art. The framed marker is the Adventure Guide entrance.
Part of
Meta achievements that count this one among their criteria.
- Glory of the Cataclysm Hero 25 points
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Don't forget that the Slipstream at the beginning of the instance will port you past the furthest boss you have defeated. It will reduce your running time through the instance after you jump into the abyss to grab orbs.
Note that this achievement is shared for all the group members, you don't have to collect 5 orbs with your character, anyone can get them and as soon as you earn 5 the whole group receives the achievement.
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