TheWoWDBOnyxia's Lair
Onyxia Guide
Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair: a journal-derived encounter reference quoted from the Adventure Guide, not a strategy guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Antediluvian Cornerstone GrimoireAntique Cornerstone Grimoire
Aurora of Transcendence
Bloodfang HoodBloodfang Mask
Burnished Quel'SerrarCirclet of Transcendence
Coif of Ten StormsCoronet of TranscendenceCowl of Ten StormsCrown of Ten Storms
Dragonstalker's HelmDragonstalker's Helmet
Empowered Deathbringer
Enlarged Onyxia Hide Backpack
Eskhandar's ChokerEskhandar's Links
Faceguard of Wrath
Flowing Sapphiron DrapeFluttering Sapphiron Drape
Frostforged GreathelmFrostforged HelmFrostforged HelmetFrostforged RinghelmGaze of Ten StormsGleaming Quel'Serrar
Glinting Azuresong MagebladeGreathelm of WrathHalo of TranscendenceHelmet of Ten StormsHelmet of WrathHelm of Ten StormsHelm of Wrath
Honed Fang of the Mystics
Judgment CoverJudgment CrownJudgment HeaumeJudgment HelmJudgment HelmetJudgment Hood
Keen Obsidian Edged Blade
Nemesis SkullcapNemesis Skullcover
Netherwind CrownNetherwind HoodPolished Azuresong Mageblade
Purified Shard of the FlamePurified Shard of the ScaleRaging Deathbringer
Reclaimed ShadowstrikeReinforced Shadowstrike
Reins of the Onyxian Drake
Rifled Blastershot Launcher
Runed Ring of Binding
Rusted Gutgore RipperSharpened Fang of the MysticsSharpened Obsidian Edged BladeShiny Shard of the FlameShiny Shard of the ScaleSignified Ring of Binding
Singed Vis'kag the BloodletterSnub-Nose Blastershot Launcher
Stormrage AntlersStormrage CoverStormrage CoverletStormrage CrownStormrage HelmStormrage HoodTarnished Gutgore RipperTempered Vis'kag the Bloodletter70 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
Item sets and transmog
Entrance and location
Onyxia's Lair entranceThe 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
What does the Adventure Guide say about Onyxia?
The Adventure Guide entry for Onyxia is on this page, quoted from the game files.
What does Onyxia drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 70 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Onyxia's Lair database page.
Does Onyxia change on Heroic or Mythic?
The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.
Does Onyxia drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Onyxian Drake. Each links to its TheWoWDB mount 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). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.
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.