Raid encounter reference

Onyxia's Lair Guide

A journal-derived encounter reference for Onyxia's Lair, not a strategy guide: every section quotes the Adventure Guide. Open Database for the raw journal tree and the full loot grid.

30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

The Adventure Guide lists 1 encounter: Onyxia.

At a glance

Type	Raid
Expansion	Classic
Entrance	Kalimdor 56.6, 69.6
Encounters	1
Drops	70
Item level	28 to 35
Tradeable drops	0
Difficulties	10 Player, 25 Player

Encounters

Adventure Guide says

1Onyxia

Antediluvian Cornerstone Grimoire25P

Antique Cornerstone Grimoire10P

Aurora of Transcendence25P

Bloodfang Hood25P

Bloodfang Mask10P

Burnished Quel'Serrar25P

70 drops · item level 28 to 35 · 10 slots (Back, Bag, Finger, Head, Held In Off-hand, Neck +4 more) · all Bind on Pickup

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.

Mounts

Onyxian Drake

Item sets and transmog

Purified Shard of the Gods · Shiny Shard of the Gods

Entrance and location

Map of Kalimdor with the Onyxia's Lair entrance pinned

The game data places the raid entrance for Onyxia's Lair in Kalimdor at map coordinates 56.6, 69.6. The Onyxia's Lair database page carries the raw journal and the full loot grid.

Player strategy

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Questions

How many bosses are in Onyxia's Lair?

The Adventure Guide lists 1 encounters.

What loot does Onyxia's Lair drop?

The journal lists 70 drops across its encounters. Open a boss guide or the database page for the per-encounter tables.

Is this the database page for Onyxia's Lair?

No. This is the journal-derived encounter reference, not a strategy guide. The encyclopedia page with the raw journal tree and the full loot grid is linked as Database on this page.

Where does this guide's text come from?

Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69875, ingested 2026-09-18). We do not invent positioning, assignments, or cooldown timings.

Source and build

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69875, ingested 2026-09-18). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.