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Dungeon - Wrath of the Lich King
The Violet Hold
7 encounters and 51 drops. Every drop links to its item page; tradeable drops carry a live Auction House price.
Among the ornate spires and enchanted streets of Dalaran, a dark presence stirs within the mighty walls of the Violet Hold. Long used to restrain threats to the city, the tower holds row upon row of deadly inmates, and it has been diligently watched over by the Kirin Tor. However, a sudden assault has tested the integrity of the hold, putting at risk the safety of everyone outside the prison's walls.
Quick Facts
| Type | Dungeon |
|---|---|
| Expansion | Wrath of the Lich King |
| Encounters | 7 |
| Drops | 51 |
| Item level | 34 to 35 |
| Tradeable drops | 0 |
| Difficulties | Normal, Heroic |
Difficulties and Lockouts
The Violet Hold has 2 difficulties in the game data: Heroic resets daily; Normal can be run again at any time.
| Difficulty | Players | Level range | Lockout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 5 | 15 to 30 | None |
| Heroic | 5 | 30 | Daily |
Loot Table Value
Every one of The Violet Hold’s 51 drops is Bind on Pickup, so none of this loot can ever reach the Auction House. The table below the bosses is the complete reward list; its value is item level, not gold.
Where It Is
The entrance to The Violet Hold is in Forlorn Woods, Crystalsong Forest at 35.4, 45.6.
Crystalsong CrisisEntrance 35.4, 45.6Crystalsong Forest, from the game’s own world map art. The framed marker is the Adventure Guide entrance; gold diamonds are the zone’s landmarks.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Instance Map
The Adventure Guide places 7 bosses of The Violet Hold on 1 map. Numbers follow the encounter order; each links to that fight below.
1Erekem2Moragg3Ichoron4Xevozz5Lavanthor6Zuramat the Obliterator7CyanigosaEncounters
NNormalHHeroic
Erekem
The Violet Hold's inmates include the most notorious of Outland's criminals, and Erekem is no exception. The Kirin Tor thwarted his plot to assassinate the Council of Six, but now the blue dragons have recruited this insidious arakkoa to achieve a more ambitious feat: wiping out every mage in Dalaran.
Abilities & Strategy
Earth Shield
Erekem protects an ally with an earthen shield, causing melee attacks to heal them.
Chain Heal
Erekem infuses a wounded ally with healing energy that spreads to another nearby ally. The spell affects up to 3 targets.
Bloodlust
Erekem increases melee, ranged, and spell casting speed by 35% for all of his allies. This effect lasts 20 sec.
Lightning Bolt
Erekem blasts a player with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.
Break Bonds
Erekem breaks all of his allies within 20 yards out of snares, crowd-control and stun effects.
Erekem Guard
Two Erekem Guards accompany Erekem.
Howling Screech
Erekem Guards screech, reducing the movement speed and attack power of all players within 10 yards for 6 sec.
Gushing Wound
Erekem Guards wound a player, inflicting Physical damage every 5 sec. for 15 sec. This effect is removed by any healing effect.
Strike
Erekem Guards strike a player, inflicting Physical damage.
Storm Unleashed
If both of Erekem's Guards are killed, he becomes enraged and attacks players with new abilities
Stormstrike
Erekem attacks a player with both weapons, inflicting Physical damage. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20% for 12 sec.
Windfury
Erekem's melee attacks have a 35% chance to strike 2 additional times, increasing his attack power for 1.5 sec.
Earth Shock
Erekem shocks a player with concussive force, inflicting Nature damage and interrupting their spell casting for 2 sec.
Loot
7 drops · item level 34 to 35 · 5 slots (Back, Feet, Legs, One-Hand, Shield) · all Bind on Pickup
Moragg
Cyanigosa has enlisted Moragg to help her annihilate Dalaran's renegade magi. This nightmarish demon once served the Burning Legion, eviscerating Sargeras's enemies with the baleful gaze of his seven eyes. Now he will show Azeroth's heroes that one does not simply walk into the Violet Hold...
Abilities & Strategy
Optic Link
Moragg channels a beam of dark energy at a player, inflicting Shadow damage over 12 sec. This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the channel reaches its full duration.
Corrosive Saliva
Moragg licks a player, covering them in saliva that eats away 5% of their armor per application.
Ray of Pain
Moragg periodically fires a ray at a random player, inflicting Shadow damage. Moragg periodically fires a ray at a random player, inflicting Shadow damage and reducing their healing received by 15% for 5 sec.
Ray of Suffering
Moragg periodically fires a ray at a random player, inflicting Shadow damage every second for 5 sec.
Loot
6 drops · item level 34 to 35 · 4 slots (Chest, Finger, Shoulder, Two-Hand) · all Bind on Pickup
Ichoron
A foolish apprentice summoned this revenant from the Elemental Plane, only to discover that disgruntled soldiers of the Old Gods make poor pets. Ichoron slew her would-be master and has rotted in the Violet Hold ever since, eager to wreak vengeance on her jailors.
Abilities & Strategy
Protective Bubble
Ichoron is shielded in a protective bubble, reducing all damage taken by 99%. Each attack or spell hit against Ichoron will remove one charge. When the shield expires, Ichoron bursts.
Burst
Ichoron bursts into 10 Ichor Globules, stunning her for 15 sec. For each Ichor Globule created, Ichoron loses 3% of her maximum health.
Splash
Ichor Globule
Merge
Ichor Globules move towards Ichoron and attempt to merge with her, healing her for 3% of her maximum health and destroying itself.
Water Blast
Ichoron shoots a blast of water at a player, inflicting Frost damage and knocking them back.
Water Bolt Volley
Loot
6 drops · item level 34 to 35 · 5 slots (Chest, Finger, Hands, Legs, Shoulder) · all Bind on Pickup
Xevozz
Xevozz was an arcane weapons dealer... until the Kirin Tor discovered he was arming the Burning Legion. Now this hardnosed ethereal is executing a three-point business plan: destroy his enemies, escape incarceration, and get back to servicing his biggest client.
Abilities & Strategy
Arcane Bolt
Xevozz hurls a magical bolt at a player, inflicting Arcane damage.
Arcane Barrage Volley
Arcane Buffet
Xevozz inflicts Arcane damage to a player and increases the Arcane damage they take for 20 sec.
Ethereal Sphere
Xevozz summons Ethereal Spheres that move towards him.
Arcane Explosion
Arcane Power
Ethereal Spheres that come within 3 yards of Xevozz empower him, increasing his melee and spell casting speed and his damage done for 8 sec.
Loot
7 drops · item level 34 to 35 · 6 slots (Feet, Hands, Held In Off-hand, Neck, Shield, Waist) · all Bind on Pickup
Lavanthor
Cyanigosa in her cold cunning has unleashed the core hound's inferno. The magi imprisoned Lavanthor to stanch the two-headed terror's thirst for blood, and years of isolation have done nothing to improve its temper.
Abilities & Strategy
Firebolt
Lavanthor inflicts Fire damage to a player.
Flame Breath
Lavanthor inflicts Fire damage to all players in a 15 yard cone in front of him.
Lava Burn
Lavanthor spits a Lava Bomb at a random player, inflicting Fire damage and creating a pool of fire at the player's location. The pool inflicts Fire damage every second for 8 sec. to any player that enters it.
Cauterizing Flames
Lavanthor inflicts Fire damage to all players and increases the Fire damage they take by 35% for 3 min.
Loot
7 drops · item level 34 to 35 · 7 slots (Feet, Hands, Head, One-Hand, Ranged, Shoulder +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup
Zuramat the Obliterator
It took one hundred of Dalaran's finest to subdue Zuramat; it took twice as many to clear the carnage from the killing field. The Obliterator's malevolence gives pause even to mad Malygos, who considers the void lord's appetite for magic distasteful. But genocide makes strange bedfellows.
Abilities & Strategy
Summon Void Sentry
Zuramat the Obliterator summons a Void Sentry.
Void Sentry
Void Sentries are shifted into the void and are invisible to players who are not also shifted into the void.
Shadow Bolt Volley
Void Sentries hurl bolts of dark magic at all players, inflicting Shadow damage.
Void Shift
Zuramat the Obliterator violently shifts a player into the void, inflicting Shadow damage every second for 5 sec. At the end of this effect, the player is fully shifted into the void and is able to see hidden Void Sentries.
Void Shifted
The void inflicts Shadow damage every second for 15 sec., allowing players to see Void Sentries.
Shroud of Darkness
Zuramat the Obliterator shrouds himself in darkness, causing attacks against him to reduce healing received by the attacker for 10 sec.
Loot
6 drops · item level 34 to 35 · 4 slots (Feet, Head, Legs, Neck) · all Bind on Pickup
Cyanigosa
Malygos chose Cyanigosa to execute his machinations because of her unquestionable loyalty. She did not flinch when her master withdrew into madness; she did not falter when he commandeered Azeroth's ley lines; and she will not fail to eradicate all who defy him.
Abilities & Strategy
Uncontrollable Energy
Cyanigosa releases a torrent of Arcane energy, inflicting Arcane damage to all players in front of her. In addition, any player hit by Uncontrollable Energy take additional Arcane damage every 3 sec. for 15 sec.
Tail Sweep
Cyanigosa swings her tail, inflicting Physical damage to all players in a cone behind her, interrupting their spell casting.
Blizzard
Cyanigosa calls down a blizzard that lasts 8 sec., inflicting Frost damage every 2 sec. and slowing the movement speed of all players in a selected area by 40%.
Arcane Vacuum
Cyanigosa summons all players to her.
Mana Destruction
Cyanigosa destroys a player's mana every 2 sec. for 8 sec, inflicting Arcane damage equal to the amount of mana destroyed.
Loot
12 drops · item level 34 to 35 · 7 slots (Feet, Hands, Legs, Shoulder, Trinket, Two-Hand +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup
Quests
2 quests Blizzard’s quest data files under The Violet Hold, all for level 15 to 30:
- Choose one:10 gold50 silver 500 reputation with Kirin Tor
- Reward:1 gold5 silver
Achievements
7 achievements tied to The Violet Hold, worth 70 achievement points in total.
Heroic: The Violet Hold Guild RunDefeat Cyanigosa in The Violet Hold on Heroic Difficulty while in a guild group.10
The Violet HoldDefeat Cyanigosa in The Violet Hold.10- Heroic: The Violet HoldDefeat Cyanigosa in The Violet Hold on Heroic Difficulty.10
DefenselessDefeat Cyanigosa in The Violet Hold without using Defense Control Crystals and with Prison Seal Integrity at 100% while in Heroic Difficulty.10
Lockdown!Defeat Xevozz, Lavanthor, Ichoron, Zuramat the Obliterator, Erekem, and Moragg in The Violet Hold on Heroic Difficulty.10
DehydrationDefeat Ichoron in the Violet Hold on Heroic Difficulty without allowing any Ichor Globules to merge.10
A Void DanceDefeat Zuramat the Obliterator in The Violet Hold on Heroic Difficulty without killing any void sentries.10
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