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Comment by 83214

As of beta build 3.0.2.8885, this place is now open as a level 73-75 5-man instance. Therefore, this instance is, in terms of difficulty and level at this point, will be "The Underbog" of WotLK. This dungeon is the home of the remainders of the once magnificent Nerubian Empire, not yet touched by the Scourge.

Comment by 204641

..... QQ No Wc3TFT Forgotten One boss? *moar QQ*

Comment by TommyK

Did our first attempt at this today, a group of lvl 70's with 1 71 dps, all geared with tbc epic ranging from endgame tank to starting epics dps,

for starters we where surpised that at level 70 you can get in;)

the instance itself is a bit of a maze but surely doable, first part undead(bring a shackle) 2nd part humanoids, we failed to get past the 3rd boss though, just lacking enough dps(or actual hits for that matter^^)

all in all another beautifull instance

for those interested
1st boss, clear the 2 platform to free him
he summons a fireball that channels dmg to any raid memeber close enough, it floats away from the boss till it disappears, walking away from it will save the healer some mana but it's not hurting too bad
also he disappears every now and then and emerges behind a random(?) player and start sucking blood, this can be interupted by damaging him(no fixed amount of damage for breaking it, can happen first hit can take a lot of hits)

2nd boss,
fairly strait forward fight, only thing he does is bubble and summon an add every so often, the bubble will last till the add is death
during the fight some small spiders will run in as well, just have someone cast an aoe every now and then(they have 350 health) to get rid of them as they do hit for around 250 on cloth and if you have 20 running around it will be a strain on the healer or might even lead to the untimely demise of a player or 2

3rd boss, kill the worshippers to start the fight
when the fight starts a good number of adepts come running and gather around him in a dubble circle, these are imune to all attacks and do not attack themselves, every 25% he goes up in the air and 1 adept starts walking to the center to sacrifice himself, kill the adept before he reaches the circle(this is where we lacked dps at our low level), if the adept reaches the circle he will channel health to the boss
during the normal fight phase he will also use 2 abilities.
he will call forth a ligthtning on a player that hits for about 1500 and creates a thunderclap area that will deal damage to everyone in it each second, about 5 yards in diameter so easy to walk out
also he will do a sort of whirlwind around himself that deals up to 10K damage on leather and cloth, tank can be healed through it but melee dps should watch out for this, not sure yet if it has a cast time will update that next time i visit it

4th boss,
no idea yet but will fill in the blank as soon as i've seen it^^

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Comment by 245626

Blizzard really did a great job with this instance, fun boss encounters, really nice.

For the previous poster:
4th boss has mechanics where you have to kill "clones" of your 4 other group members, I believe it's percentage based (33% or 25%, slips my mind). Depending on how fast you kill your set (you will only see yours until you kill them), you can help other people kill theirs.

Comment by sdkphoenix

I would suggest doing Prince 2nd and the Elder first seeing that the path to the 3rd boss is right next to the Prince. It is a really awesome looking instance. Very much detail to it, but also slightly confusing.

Comment by 247871

tough instance to start out with not knowing anything about it but that's half the fun
3rd boss took us a while but we figured out that u needed to down those spawns fast otherwise u get screwed and to stay out of the lightning bolts aoe
all in all best looking instance so far

Comment by Annubis

To all the mages, Frostbringer have an buff that's called Icy wind or something.
If you spell spellsteal this your casting of frost spells get decreased.
But your Damage done by your Frost spells increases by 75%!

I had allot of fun with this buff :-)

Comment by airtonix

I would like to know where to entrance actually is?

edit: It north up the path from Stars Rest.

Comment by 33153

Attention Warrior tanks: The Ahn'kahar Spell Flinger have a reflectable spell with a 6 second cast that does 20,000 damage! It's a 50% spell modifier and really holds the aggro.

Comment by 253196

This is a very Lovecraft-inspired instance. Hidden cult, sunken city, acolytes praising Yogg-Saron (similiar to Yog-Sothoth, a Great Old One in Lovecraft's fiction for non-Lovecraft readers out there), and Volazj is somewhat reminiscent of Cthulhu, being covered in tentacles and driving you insane. Good job on this one Blizzard, I /salute you.

Comment by 65665

What reputation does this instance give, if any ?

Comment by 99303

I ran this yesterday, Nov 22, and Jedoga Shadowseeker bugged. When she elevated the first time, the mobs behind the adept's came in and wiped our group. Going back to her, the encounter did not reset. I reported it and this was the reply:

Issue Reported: The boss encounter in Old Kingdom seems bugged - boss: Jedoga Shadowseeker
When we started this boss fight, everything was normal. When she got to the point where she was going to levitate, the adds from behind those that were bubbled came in and killed us.

Coming back in, they had not reset.

We are aware of the situation you reported, and we are currently working on a solution. Please check the World of Warcraft website (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com) for future updates and corrections. We appreciate your patience.

Comment by 181664

On the Spell Flingers, a warrior can two-shot them with correct use of spell reflects :].

I'm always first on DPS charts when I'm tanking there!

Comment by 25578

In heroic mode, there is an extra boss: Amanitar

Comment by alorathepriest

Heroic Old Kingdom awards just over 2300 reputation.

Comment by 258269

Will I as a level 73 protection warrior be able to tank this?

Comment by lamyaspaska

Where exactly is the entrance of the Old Kingdom?

Comment by 153623

Complete guide to heroic:

-After going down the ramp and picking up the corpse you head straight in and to the left(I prefer left). Some mobs and then boss to the right
Through this way you will meet a "Ahn'Kahar Spell Finger" Interupt it as often as possible. Aspecially the Shadow Blast.

-First Boss:
No cleaves so standing inside tank is prefered. Here is the protection paladins time to shine. Aoe down those tiny adds, annoying as a healer to be attacked by those. A raidwarning will come about an egg hatching. All tiny adds and boss because immune untill the elite add is down. Here is a picture of where to deal with him. Tank should stand atop of me, but he was moving :-( http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firstbossahnkahetzm4.jpg

Loot and go down stairs. Giants ahead fear, kill all mobs around and the platform. Remember a magic effect here is watching you. Sometimes it counterspells you and the healer might have big problems. try to dispell

-Second boss:
Pull him down to the big area you came from, good space is beneficial. When he spawns his "Fire Spheres" move away, don't stand close to them and melee is the first ones to run. Now you can benefit from the space, because the tank can kite the boss. On 80-60-40 and 20% he will vanish, and sit down next to a player and stun the player. This player cannot be healed nor damage, only bubble and iceblock. On normal you need to nuke 20k damage. On heroic you need to nuke 40k damage before the player dies of 2500 damage every other second.
I usualy put my totems here(where the picture shows), to get good space and be sure we ain't getting out of line of sight(the circle where the boss is standing can LOS dwarves and gnomes) http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firstbossahnkahetzm4.jpg

Keep on going and kill your way through, upto the "altar" by going right side.The Worshippers do a really nasty Flamestrike you don't want to get hit by, and the Apostle is like a shaman with heals.

-Optional boss
This boss called "Amanitar" is hiding around this place. When you enter this entire "altar" place check to your left, there you will see alot of mushroom, and this is the boss' hiding place. These trash mobs will simple do tank dmg, and some poisionous cloud around them, heal through it and go down to the boss.
Potent Fungus is the buff from the Healthy Mushrooms.
Poison Cloud is the debuff from the Poisonous Mushrooms. It is a poison and can be dispelled by all poison abolishing spells.
The mushrooms spawn as soon as you engage Amanitar and respawn roughly every 30 seconds.
All these mushrooms will spawn when the fight starts, clear out the bad ones and try to keep the good ones in order to boost your damage. The boss will do a debuff called "Mini" to everyone, decreasing damage done by 75% and defense rating by 500. This needs to be healed hard aspecially on warriors and paladins. Keep on going and kill him down. This is a boss only for heroic mode.
-Third boss:
Don't go to far away from the boss, stand inside the "outter circle" made by the adds the comes, or else you will pull elites behind you. Watch out for lightning on the ground(almost like thunderstorm from elemental shaman). When the boss fly up she will bring an add(one of those passive standing around you) to her by calling him out. Nuke this add very fast or else the boss will recive 200% more damage, which can two shot tanks. It is able to heal through this with nice spell power and mana regen.

Go back down the stairs you came from, and go the right, up the ramp of web. These following mobs will send out missiles to anyone standing more then 5 yards away. This missile take around 10k damage with a small AOE. Without a hunter you can stand in melee range and let the healer heal up the shadow nova damage. These also fear.

-Last boss:
This is a hard fight for the healer. Heal up the mind flay and damage on tank, a curse will bounce around. Have a resto shaman, druid or mage to decurse this fast. Then the "Insanity" comes. You will now have to kill your teamates with 12k hp. They only do basic spells, such as mages do fireball, warlock shadowbolt etc. but these spells vary with the players talent. The healer will heal hard, this should be nuked first and HARD. When you kill your 5 people, you can help your teamates, and if you are luck, killing yourself, and the rest. As a healer this is hard part. If your mana regen is low, just survive and don't mind the damage. If you got water shield up all the time or so, you can regen mana fast, and nuke. Don't always trust your teamates. If they die, you will not kill you later though. Meaning that when three people get insanity(three people alive) you only need to kill those three people.

This can be completed on around 30-50minutes with a good heroic group.
Note that the corpse quest(awards 22gold) can only be completed on Heroic.

Happy Hunting.

Comment by Gorehowl

Found out that last boss is easier if you only have 1-2 dps left standing!

I tanked this last night with a druid healer (green/blues) and a warlock, hunter, rogue.
On the first Insanity the rogue and Hunter died. After that it was easier than ever.

The healer just healed himself through the insanity with a few HOTs and i just healed myself using Death Strike. The warlock managed to kill his clone party (took a while) and he helped the healer kill a few of his afterwards. We just tried to (and managed to) stay alive until the Insanity effect wore off and it was back to tank and spank. Extremely easy to heal if you're a druid healer as the Mind Flay does close to no damage if you've got the right resistance and AM-zone and AM-shell also helped.

So here's a tip: Don't worry if 1 or two of your DPS die. It will be easier for the healer as there'll be 2 less hitting him/her with the Insanity effect, and it's easier for the tank and last dps as well. He goes down fairly quickly even with just one dps.

Comment by Oblivexx

"?" Whats that in pool after the first couple of mobs ( over u killl the first three mobs and go up the short stairs and enter the area to eaither go left or right to reach the first boss), do you think thats Yogg-Saron.

Comment by towa1

I'm a holy priest and I saw someone mention using MC on the clones and then dismissing and they will die. I tried this last night and I'm able to MC one of the clones ok, but it wouldn't let me dismiss it. I tried 3 times clicking on dismiss but nothing happened. The next time i just used MC to help kill the other clones. Also used fear and that hymn spell to CC them until other party members helped me kill the rest.

Also for some reason during the second insanity, everything reset so we had to start the fight over.

Comment by 182762

This instance, though considered to be the Underbog of Wrath of the Lich King, is not nearly as easy as the original. The bosses are actually quite difficult for a lot of groups (from my experience) and this dungeon was a challenge for me and my guildies. Despite its difficulty, it's still a beautiful dungeon. Blizzard has really outdone themselves with this expansion.

Here's a run-down on the Bosses:

1st Boss
This guy is pretty annoying. He summons little spider adds that are fairly easy to deal with unless they get on your healer. There are tons of em, and it interrupts healing a LOT. After a short while, you will get a raid warning about an elite hatchling. The boss and all of the adds become immune to damage and the elite add starts attacking. Down him as quickly as possible. Rinse and repeat.
2nd Boss
Easy boss. He casts http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=55931 that damages your party. Simply move away from them. Every 20%, he will http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=55964 and stun one of your party members. This leads to http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=55959. The target will suffer 2500 damage every second until the entire party can do 20k damage to the target.
3rd Boss
In my opinion, this is the 2nd hardest boss in this whole place. First, clear all of the small adds around her before you pull the boss. Then, pull the boss. She doesn't hit too hard, I would guess somewhere around 600-800 on the tank. She also has a knock back, http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60030, that the tank and melee can usually avoid. All of her melee abilities are mixed in with some http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=56891 She casts http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=56926, an AOE spell similar to http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=48467 that you must move out of. Lastly, she will occasionally fly up into the air, Criss Angel style, and call on one of the fanatics along the outside ring. He/she will walk slowly to where the boss is standing. YOU MUST KILL THE ADD BEFORE IT REACHES THE BOSS. If you don't the boss receives an Enrage buff, hitting 200% more damage. This can EASILY 2-4 shot your tank, depending on how much their health is. Rinse and repeat until the boss dies.
4th Boss
Personally, this last boss is one of the best boss encounters in all of Northrend. The boss casts Mind Flay on the tank, which is no big deal. Then, the boss will cast http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=57949 on a party member. And, finally, the boss uses http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=57496, which makes everyone in the party phase out. They are forced to kill one of every party member, including themselves. These adds have around 4k health. Once everyone has killed their clones, they can resume the boss fight. This happens about 2 times per fight, from what I can tell.

Happy PUGing, Dungeoning, and Pwning!

~~Lloroy

Comment by 315935

Heres my order for boss hardness (on heroic) i ran this yesterday and we were fine on first two bosses wiped once on heroic boss twice on twighlight cultist boss and 2 on volazj. The order is 1 is not very hard 2 is harder and so on until 5

Number 1 on easiness is prince taldaram tactics are easy no one in group even got to lower than 5k health.

Number 2 is Elder nakox one person died but other than that we downed him.

Number 3 is Aminatar please remember those mushrooms and though being mini is fun make sure you get it off if you can.

Number 4 is Jedoga Shadowseeker i really hate her if you-re a clothy dps stay away from her as she hit me for a 19k hit on her whirlwind and your ranged dps stay that way.when under the influence of having killed a cultist ive seen her hit for 60k (that part was really weird) so follow tactics and if you-re ranged dps stay at far range.

Number 5 is Herald Volazj i highly recommend 3 manning this as the 12k copies can be bloody difficult to down we wiped twice before i thought of a clever warlock trick and my group 3 manned him to his death.

This i think is an order most people will agree on but feel free to post your own order.

Comment by 315935

For quick heroic badge daily proof of demise you only have to kill 1 boss (not counting herald) heres how:

In the first room take the left instead of the right this will take you to a ramp there are 2 groups of four mobs down them. Next go down the steps and you have skipped elder nakox then do prince encounter. Go to Jedogas room quickly clear some mobs to heralds room you have now done the super quick 30 minute glit4evr run please post if this works out for you. If you want you can go back and kill the other bosses but with this method you skip out annoying Jedoga.

Comment by 177935

Whoever designed the trash mob positions, the mobs' capabilities, and the tricky boss fights needs to be fired. casters that don't obey LOS, pats that can't be pulled without pulling at least one other group, and a boss fight that takes 3 dps in all epics all out dps to kill them, and then just barely, or the boss get enraged and kills the entire group. In any particular case, they can be worked around. combined, and it's nothing but a wipe fest.

I pull a group, one caster stays and casts, pulling the pat and the next group, so we get to fight 11, not once, not twice, but 8 different places. it's totally pathetic. We didn't wipe on a single boss fight, but we wiped 14 times on trash mobs. How pathetic is that?

Comment by Nubtrain

If you're pugging this instance with decent dps and you fight Herald, when he turns you all insane, kill the healer first (especially if he/she's epic'd out, times and time again where my party nearly wiped because they could not kill the healer, kept the clones alive. btw it's 12k hp on heroic.

Comment by 26263

Can the first two bosses be skipped in order to go directly to final boss? I know Amanitar and Jedoga can, but what about Prince and Nadox?

Comment by 142629

I find it difficult to imagine taking 5 hours to clear this in Naxx gear. My partially geared, (1-2 Naxx each) guild group took under 90 minutes.

Comment by 292117

Did this instance yesterday as a holy priest level 73 with 1K SP and a group of 74-75. It is an amazing , beautifull and fun instance, but i found it not easy :) (and thats the most fun imho)
Lucky we got a good warrior tank and a very good mage. No wipes, but i did need to rez some players hehe. I wasnt awake and on my relax mode, but that was not the best option here haha. at the 2nd or 3rd boss, cant remember it, our mage got a crushing blow from full health (10K) till death: oops ;( damn...
We cleared it in 1 hour something. the best wotlk instance so far :)
But with that shadow fight i didnt know what was happening... I dont even know where my attack button is haha. was trying to heal the others but that wont work....after reading the above i know lol. i shielded and hot and after some time my group mates came to the rescue. This place didnt gave me only experience but i did really learn something here as a 'green' healer ;)

Comment by Floral

I like to call this instance in heroic mode the "Instance that everyone wipes at least once while attempting it".

Today I had a group of me tanking with pre nax gear(prot paladin) a healer friend in 25 nax gear (Holy Priest) and 3 pugged dps (1600-2.4k dps range)

We didn't wipe at all until after the first boss, which I found odd. While walking down the path after the first boss, a dps pulled the pack of non elite undead that run around the stairs, but lived through it, then when we reached the pulls before the prince (the ones you have to do in order to open where he is contained) that have two skeletons and two fire ghosts, here I died for the first time but luckly the group didnt die since the mobs had taken a lot of damage and died after I hit the floor.

After the prince boss, we headed down the tunnel and into the area where all the twilight cultist are, and sort of ironic, just before I say "all right, Im going to pull the mobs up here to the stairs, I don't want adds", one of the dps becomes impatient, and pulls a group of two mobs, who then chain pull 2 other groups of mobs.

Eventually after the wipe passed and we recovered, I felt like saying it big and loud: "THIS IS THE INSTANCE WHERE EVERYONE WIPES AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TIME"

Wotlk might be "EZ mode" for some people, but no matter how much gear and how "easy" the game is or isn't, just a little amount of stupidity and selfishness will cause the worst wipes ever, specially this lovely instance and Azjol Nerub (which I hate greatly with my heart and has a hate place inside my heart for the first boss pull, just beside Skadi's gauntle even over at UP, the Brann's event at HoS, and the final HoL boss) which both are merciless to even those with "Immortal" tittle.

Comment by aceysmith

Here's a video of all of the boss fights soloed by a hunter. Gives a pretty good picture of what the bosses are like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVdJnyPdquM

Comment by spiralyguy

Uh..... sounds like you're just new..... or bad. The spell flingers at the start need to be interupted, silenced, or death gripped back to the party. The pulls after the 2nd boss can be line of sight pulled up the stairs. dps needs to use their cooldowns at the right times on bosses, and people need to interupt or CC the healer during insanity. It's basically the only challenging heroic in the game, I like it.

Comment by 387445

That ring never seems to drop

Comment by 347772

This is a pretty fun but kinda-hard place and I think I'll explain all but Elder Nakox's fight:

Prince Taldaram: He 'Vanishes' mid-fight (His health does not regain and you keep in combat) He will throw up on people after being vanished, as an Orc Hunter with 19.6K Health he was able to kill me by the time he was done throwing up (He throws up on the player with the most DPS) 'Bloodthirst' which does 120% of damage and makes the next 3 attacks he does heals for 1% of his health, he also does 'Conjure Flame Sphere' which does about 700 dmg per .5 seconds I believe and its similar to rock shards on the Archavon the Stone Watcher fight.

Jedoga Shadowseeker: She will be untargetable and there will be about 20 mobs, have your tank pick them up then AoE.. When they die about 20 people with 60K Health spawn, Jedoga comes down and starts attacking, mid-fight she will go up in the air (not resetting) and one of the 20 people will yell "I am the chosen one" or something like that and walk to a circle, try to kill it before it reaches the middle where Jedoga Shadowseeker will come back.. If they don't die Jedoga will come down and do 200% damage than normal for about 20 seconds, this is survivable and by not killing any volunteers you get an achievement. She does a Thundershock which creates a circle of thunder that burns for about 1700 DMG per 2 seconds, dissapears after being placed for 10 seconds, she also does a simple Lightning Bolt which does nature damage, Cyclone Strike which is similar to mortal strike but instead of healing reduction it knocks you back, this does normal weapon damage + 150%.

Herald Volazj: I love this fight personally, he does a spell called Insanity which 'takes you out of the real world' stalling Herald's health and making you attack your group members (they all have 12,000 health when insanity is active) your group members don't lose health or die when you kill them as they are 'NPCs', you kill the Healer first, Tank second, and your 2 DPSes (Depends on what you are im a DPS) he does a Mind Flay which does Shadow Damage and slows you similar to the priest move Mind Flay, Shadow Bolt Volley which is an aoe Shadow Bolt dealing some Shadow Damage, Shiver which does 1500 (around there) damage and jumps to nearby players which being spread out helps.

Amanitar: (Only seen on Heroic Mode) Is a pretty simple fight, after the tank engages the boss a ton of 'sick' mushrooms will spawn, these should not be killed at all and spawn 5-10 healthy mushrooms, he does a shrink which reduces the damage you deal by 75% and defense by 500, this should be cured by killing a healthy mushroom which makes it necessary to tanking him near a healthy mushroom and killing it ASAP. the sickmushrooms drop a poison cloud when killed and does around 2K damagea pop, while killing health mushrooms without the mini debuff it increases your damage by 100% which makes it necessary to kill them. His abilities aren't very 'bad', hes got the mini which is the shrink I mentioned earlier, Venom Bolt Volley which is like Herald
s Shadow Bolt Volley which does nature damage, Bash which does around 4K damage Entangling Roots that does damage every 2 secs for 10 secs, ifyour a paladin or something you can help out the healers by dispelling that but the damage isn't big-time.

I hope this helped and I will see if I can do Elder Nadox.

I forgot to mention this is a heroic mode PoV.

Comment by Modibybob

Doing this as a healer on heroic is a tad more stressful than the other heroics.
Lots of disease and powerful AoEs and silences too.

Bring a warlock to banish the fire elementals in the 2nd half of the instance, they suck.

Comment by 412600

In the area north of the 2 platforms needed to open up the prince there are about 4 big spiders channeling spells around a huge statue of a prophet. Anyone know who it is, or what they are doing? If anything at all other than cosmetic effect.

Comment by 491242

everytime i come here on my rogue and kill a few of the bugs i get and extra buff called combined poisons. I get it randomly in here and from what ive seen in my groups i have been the only person to get it. It is like an extra poison buff that does natural damage to enemies everytime i hit them. Anybody know why i randomly get that buff only for my rogue?

Comment by 491242

correction the buff i get is called combined toxins

Comment by tomux123

to me this dungeon is the most beatifull

Comment by 519720

Upcoming patch change(s):

* Elder Nadox’s now spawns only one Ahn’kahar Guardian.
* Jedoga Shadowseeker air phase now only happens once.
* Some monsters between Jedoga Shadowseeker and Herad Volazj have been removed.

Comment by Jaebn

Here's to hoping Blizzard does something to help those poor sobs that actually want the bosses that always get skipped.

Call me an achievement addict, but it's pretty pathetic that you can't get Heroic: Halls of Stone or Heroic: Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom nowadays since everyone says "I don't want anything to do with you people, I just want my two frost emblems so I can leave and get on with my business."

Comment by 232757

Probably the worst Heroic to end up in if you use the random dungeon finder. Every single group I've been in skips Amanitar all the time, sometimes even Jedoga, and this is the only Heroic I need for the achievement Northrend Dungeon Hero. I've atleast gotten HoS, but as I said, either get a guild to run this or don't aim for the achievements.

Comment by 311760

so what is the purpose of that little off-shoot in the upper right corner of the map? After my group disbanded, i went to go check it out. A few swarmers on the circular landing (easily swiped away) then a standard pack of trash gaurding some sort of door. Couldn't get much closer, even while prowling, so i couldn't investigate this door.

Comment by 564720

heres my questing you know the shadow blast attack on heroic when first tanked this i did fine but then i just tryed again betetr geared and everything and i got nuked and died in 2 hits from mobs which made no sense def capped and everything can someone tell me whats going on >.<

Comment by 260788

Probably needless to say, but this instance can be rather easily soloed in normal mode by protection spec paladins.
The only boss that I thought would maybe be a little tricky was Prince Taldaram, as his Embrace of the Vampyr lasts for 20 seconds and only Divine Shield gets rid of that (PvP trinket doesn't have an effect). However, the shadow damage is perfectly sustainable and for a few times I just waited for the stun/debuff to run out.
Good luck trying! :)

Comment by blall

Solo'd this today on a 85 warrior with an ilvl of 359.

It was very easy on normal.

Comment by 958055

Just solo'd this on heroic as an 85 BM Hunter Ilvl 386, I found it fairly easy.

Comment by kgurnhill

If you listen, you can sometimes hear Yogg-saron whisper to you, for example

"A mysterious Voice whispers: You will be alone in the end."

Comment by YoshiCline

Do any of the trash mobs at the beginning have any sort of move that deals a % of your health or something? Because as a 90 hunter I went from about 318k to dead with just a small group of mobs in 3 seconds.

Comment by 30049

Just a little info...

Normal

You can enter this dungeon on foot at lvl 70.

You can queue this dungeon as specific dungeon lvl 71-80.

In the specific dungeon finder, this dungeon is orange difficulty lvl 71-72, yellow difficulty lvl 73-77 and green difficulty lvl 78-80.

You can queue this dungeon as random dungeon lvl 73-75.

You have to be lvl 73 to obtain the quests.

Heroic

You can enter this dungeon on foot at lvl 80.

You can queue this dungeon as specific dungeon lvl 80-82.

In the specific dungeon finder, this dungeon is yellow difficulty lvl 80-82.

You can not queue this dungeon as random dungeon.

Item level requirement: 180.

See more in this guide.

Comment by Barringa

If you're a DK running through this instance, don't forget to use Control Undead on a Spell Flinger! Their Shadow Blast spell has a long cast, but will have a boss from full health to near death when it hits. Makes the place go insanely fast.

Comment by reelic

For all those people trying for achievement at maxed level after patch 5.4.7
Location:on map Dragonblight-Azjol Nerub;
Instance is underground, Fall down hole at 29.0 / 49.6 face south is the summoning stone for Azjol Nerub instance. Path to the left goes down to Ahn'Kahet: The old Kingdom entrance at 28.5 / 51.7
Should be green, I don't know how to make it green. Good Luck happy hunting.

Comment by Zidane3838

The entrance to this instance is in the pit found at 26.30 49.46.
Turn south to the Azol-Nerub meeting stone and go down the left path.
The coordinates to the entrance is at 28.39 51.68.

/way Dragonblight 26.3 49.46 Pit to Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom/Azjol-Nerub
/way Dragonblight 28.39 51.68 Entrance to Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom

Comment by Kyok

Suprisingly Ahn'kahet has Dungeon Quest available earlier than Azjol=Nerub wich you unlock faster in Dungeon Finder. Keep that in mind if you leveling an alt and doing dungeons once only for quests.

Comment by 1440987

Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom Entrance: http://youtu.be/TVhwWPck1do

Comment by Kanariya

This dungeon drops 30x Timewarped Badge (assuming you kill Amanitar) during the Timewalking event.

Comment by Sarthorius

While the Timewalking event is up, my fellow DKs, you'd like to use the Control Undead on an Ahn'kahar Spell Flinger you know, to speed things, be you tanking or only damaging in there.

Just keep an eye on the Control Undead for when its about to vanish to reapply it.

Comment by eric0707

Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom Dungeon Entrance Location --> https://youtu.be/_I2FQpwx5Mg

Comment by WoWGnGP

Ahn'kahet The Old Kingdom Entrance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxy_irc425E&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Trylion

This used to be a fun instance to run with lots of skills used. But now it is a race to get to the last boss, which as a healer chasing some of these druid and demon hunter tanks who for all I know are level 70 and have no experience are making the last boss tough. Because you have to run down this corridor avoiding objects that Blizzard has placed there which slow you down and around a sharp right and supposedly there is an arrow although I didn't see it so you don't agro the mobs to the left. So you have to jump over the pendulum to the boss, but anyway you won't have time unless you have run it a few times. Good luck!

Comment by Arkonath

I think that face we see in the pool is probably Vezax-

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Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom

Azjol-NerubAhn'kahetElder NadoxPrince TaldaramJedoga ShadowseekerHerald VolazjAmanitarAzjol-NerubDragonblightAhn'kahet: The Old Kingdom

If Chromie Time is enabled, Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom's level range is 15-50, but can only be queued if you're using Chromie Time on the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Check more information on Chromie Time in our guide!

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Elder Nadox – Nadox was once a venerated nerubian leader who taught the ancient ways of his race to generations of broods. When the War of the Spider ravaged Azjol-Nerub, he was overcome by legions of undead. The Lich King reanimated his corpse and bled everything wise and noble from Nadox, forcing him to slaughter his students, friends, and all other nerubians who opposed the might of the Scourge.
Prince Taldaram – After Kael'thas's failed assault against the Lich King, some of his greatest blood elf followers were slaughtered and raised into undeath as darkfallen. Prince Taldaram is one of these cunning and bloodthirsty vampiric beings. Always seeking to please the Lich King, he has entered the war-torn depths of Ahn'kahet in search of lost nerubian relics that can empower the Scourge's murderous ranks.
Jedoga Shadowseeker – Jedoga dreams of apocalypse. She is rumored to be one of the most fanatical adherents of the Twilight's Hammer. Under the guidance of the ruthless ogre mage Cho'gall, she learned to twist her shamanic powers to serve the Old Gods. Not long ago, Jedoga journeyed into the bowels of Ahn'kahet to prepare for the glorious day when Yogg-Saron will arise and envelop the lands of Azeroth in shadow.
Amanitar – For ages, fungi and other benign forms of life have thrived in Ahn'kahet's damp sun-starved caverns. Only recently has Yogg-Saron spread its oppressive will into this isolated ecosystem. The Old God used its immense corruptive powers to warp one of Ahn'kahet's native beasts into a monstrous creature known as Amanitar, an unthinking terror bristling with the destructive energies of its master.
Herald Volazj – Amid the Scourge's invasion of Azjol-Nerub, many of the kingdom's denizens tunneled underground to escape the Lich King's minions. Yet some of them dug too deep, exposing the tendrils of Yogg-Saron. Roused by this disturbance, the entity has sent one of its most ancient warriors - Herald Volazj - to cull the beleaguered nerubians and annihilate anyone foolish enough to threaten the Old God.

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A Fortnight in Dalaran: Farming Northrend Mounts and Pets Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom (Timewalking) Dungeon Strategy Guide How to: Glory of the Hero Achievement Wrath Timewalking Guide

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