- This article is about the 25-man raid instance. For the history of the Sunwell and WCIII appearances, see Sunwell.
- See also Sunwell Plateau guild progression.
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Location | Isle of Quel'Danas | ||||||||
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File:IconSmall PitLord Small.gif Annihilan Blood elf Blue dragon Felblood elf Man'ari eredar File:IconSmall Naaru Small.gif Naaru | ||||||||
End boss | Kil'jaeden | ||||||||
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Type | Raid | ||||||||
Advised level | 70+ | ||||||||
Player limit | 25 | ||||||||
Key | None | ||||||||
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The Sunwell Plateau is a raid instance located on the Isle of Quel'Danas north of Silvermoon City. Blizzard planned for it to become the hardest raid instance in the game until the release of Wrath of the Lich King. The Sunwell Plateau is tuned for Tier 6-geared players and the gear that drops from the first three bosses are additional Tier 6 items (boots, belt and bracers), and non-set epics as well.
The instance contains both outdoor areas and building interiors, where players will find captured naaru, which are the primary power source of the town, and inside the final building the Sunwell itself.
The architecture of the Sunwell Plateau is comparable to that of Silvermoon City.
Attunement
The instance was open to players right from the start of patch 2.4, but the last 3 bosses were only available as each gate - which blocked the next boss encounter - opened over a set period of time on all servers. (Although this happened on maintenance day, so the US had an apparent one day advantage over the EU servers)[1] The first gate was opened on 8 April 2008 in the US, two weeks after the patch went live. The second gate opened after weekly maintenance on April 29, 2008. The third and final gate was opened on May 20, 2008 on US realms. The difficulty of the instance was set at the first 3 bosses being on par with Tier 6 encounters, and then the last three and increasing from each.
Dungeon Denizens
- File:IconSmall Abyssal Small.gif Abyssals
- File:IconSmall ArcaneGuardian Small.gif Arcane guardians
- Blood elves
- File:IconSmall DragonBlue Small.gifFile:IconSmall Kalecgos Small.gif Blue dragons (two, Kalecgos and Madrigosa)
- Draenei
- File:IconSmall Dragonhawk Small.gif Dragonhawks
- File:IconSmall Dreadlord Small.gif Dreadlord (one, Sathrovarr the Corruptor)
- Eredar
- Felblood elves
- File:IconSmall FelDragon Small.gif Fel dragon (one, Felmyst)
- File:IconSmall FelReaver Small.gif Fel reavers
- File:IconSmall Fiend Small.gif Fiends
- File:IconSmall FloatingEye Small.gif Floating eyes
- File:IconSmall Imp Small.gif Imps
- File:IconSmall Infernal Small.gif Infernals
- File:IconSmall Naaru Small.gif Naaru (one, M'uru)
- File:IconSmall Brutallus Small.gif Pit lord (one, Brutallus)
- File:IconSmall Rat Small.gif Rats (critters)
- File:IconSmall Shivarra Small.gif Shivarra
- File:IconSmall Skeleton Small.gif Skeletons
- File:IconSmall Voidcaller Small.gif Voidcallers
- File:IconSmall VoidGod Small.gif Void God (one, Entropius)
- File:IconSmall VoidTerror Small.gif Void terrors
- File:IconSmall Voidwalker Small.gif Voidwalkers
- File:IconSmall Voidwraith Small.gif Voidwraiths
- File:IconSmall Wrathguard Small.gif Wrathguards
Encounters
Note that nearly every mob in the instance has the [Sunwell Radiance] buff, increasing melee hit by 5% and reducing opposing chance to dodge by 20%.
A scripted event will occur after Kil'jaeden's defeat.
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Map
Gallery
Apex Point, where Kalecgos is possessed by Sathrovarr
The balcony overlooking the Dead Scar
The Witch's Sanctum, home to Sacrolash and Alythess, the Eredar Twins
The Shrine of the Eclipse, overlooking the Sunwell
The Sunwell, as seen from the Scrying Orb in the Magisters' Terrace
Subzones
- Parhelion Plaza
- Apex Point (Kalecgos)
- Inner Veil (Sathrovarr the Corruptor)
- Den of Iniquity
- The Dead Scar (Brutallus, Felmyst)
- Sanguine Chamber
- Agamath, the First Gate
- Terrace of the Sun
- Witch's Sanctum (Eredar Twins)
- Rohendor, the Second Gate
- Shrine of the Eclipse (M'uru, Entropius)
- Archonisus, the Final Gate
- The Sunwell (Kil'jaeden)
Videos
Patches and hotfixes
- Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Added
References
- ^ Tigole 2008-03-07. Essence of Immortals plea for help..... Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
External links
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