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C'Thun: Death Is Close

C'Thun warning that death is close.

Art: Temple of Ahn'Qiraj loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, C'Thun's prison

0:00 / 4.3s

Download MP3MP3 ~178k · 93 KB iPhone ringtone (.m4r)iPhone ringtone .m4r · 4.3s OGG / DiscordDiscord soundboard .ogg · fits ≤5.2s

How to install it on a phone, Discord, Windows or a stream

Where you hear it

cthundeathisclose.ogg is one of the whispers of C'Thun, the Old God imprisoned beneath the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, which opened in patch 1.9. During the raid, C'Thun sends whispers to random players as both chat text and voice, so only some people hear each line. 'Death is close' is the best known of the set and became shorthand for the encounter's brutality. The voice is deep, slow and distorted, unlike any mortal speaker. It runs a little over four seconds.

TriggerOne of the Old God C'Thun's whispers, sent to players in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.

Death is close.

In the game client

Client path	`sound/creature/cthun/cthundeathisclose.ogg`
FileDataID	546627
Expansion	Classic
Game versions	Retail, Classic, Forever
Duration	4.3s
Sample rate	22,050 Hz
Channels	Mono
Loudness	-15.6 LUFS
MP3 size	93 KB
M4R size	49 KB
OGG size	35 KB

Other cthun sounds in the client

C'Thun deathsound/creature/cthun/cthundeath.oggFDID 546622
C'Thun your friendssound/creature/cthun/cthunyourfriends.oggFDID 546620
C'Thun you are alreadysound/creature/cthun/cthunyouarealready.oggFDID 546621
C'Thun you will betraysound/creature/cthun/cthunyouwillbetray.oggFDID 546623
C'Thun attack (take A)sound/creature/cthun/cthunattacka.oggFDID 546624
C'Thun wound criticalsound/creature/cthun/cthunwoundcrit.oggFDID 546625
C'Thun your couragesound/creature/cthun/cthunyourcourage.oggFDID 546626
C'Thun your heart willsound/creature/cthun/yourheartwill.oggFDID 546628

Use it as

Notification sound

Over a text, a four-second distorted whisper registers instantly and is hard to confuse with a stock phone chime.

Discord soundboard

On a soundboard the 4.3-second C'Thun: Death Is Close clip lands and finishes before anyone has to stop talking.

Alarm

As an alarm, C'Thun: Death Is Close (mastered near -15.6 LUFS) has a voice that is hard to sleep through, and it loops without a gap until you are up.

iPhone

Tap iPhone ringtone (.m4r) above and choose Download.
Open the Files app, go to Downloads and open the file.
Tap Share, then Use as Ringtone (iOS 26).
Pick it in Settings, Sounds & Haptics, Ringtone or Text Tone.

Full iPhone steps, including older iOS

Android

Tap Download MP3 above.
Open Settings, Sound & vibration, then Phone ringtone or Default notification sound.
Tap My sounds, then +, and pick the MP3 from Downloads.

Full Android steps, Pixel and Samsung

Discord

Download the OGG or MP3 above.
Open Server Settings, Soundboard, Upload Sound, and pick the file.
Name it and choose an emoji. You need the Manage Expressions permission.

Discord takes clips up to 5.2 seconds and 512 KB; this one fits.

Windows

Windows sound schemes only take WAV files, so convert the MP3 to WAV first (Audacity or any audio converter does it in one export).
Open Settings, System, Sound, More sound settings, then the Sounds tab.
Pick an event such as Notification, click Browse, choose the WAV, then Apply.

OBS alert

Download the MP3 above.
In your alert tool (Streamlabs or StreamElements) set it as the alert sound file.
Or in OBS add a Media Source with the MP3, untick Loop, and fire it with a hotkey.

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