TBC Classic Attunement Guide
Many raids and all heroic dungeons in The Burning Crusade Classic require an attunement — a quest chain or key you complete before you can enter. This guide lists what each one needs, ordered by raid phase.
Heroic dungeon keys
Each dungeon hub has a faction. Reach Revered with that faction and buy the heroic key from its Quartermaster. Heroic keys are a prerequisite for several raid attunements, so work on reputation early.
Phase 1 — Karazhan, Gruul's Lair, Magtheridon
- Karazhan — requires The Master's Key, a long quest chain that sends you through several dungeons (including Black Morass). Everyone in the raid needs it.
- Gruul's Lair and Magtheridon's Lair — no attunement; just level 70.
Phase 2 — Serpentshrine Cavern & Tempest Keep
- Serpentshrine Cavern (SSC) — requires the Karazhan attunement and a Coilfang Reservoir quest chain (including heroic clears).
- Tempest Keep: The Eye (TK) — the Trial of the Naaru chain, which requires heroic keys and the lengthy Cipher of Damnation questline in Shadowmoon Valley first.
Note: Blizzard removed the SSC and TK attunements in the original patch 2.4, so depending on the current phase these may no longer be required.
Phase 3 — Mount Hyjal & Black Temple
- Mount Hyjal — The Vials of Eternity: defeat Lady Vashj (SSC) and Kael'thas (TK) to obtain their vials.
- Black Temple — the longest chain: all heroic keys, Karazhan, Trial of the Naaru, SSC + TK, Hyjal, then the Black Temple chain (A Distraction for Akama / Medallion of Karabor).
Full step-by-step walkthroughs are on the Wowhead attunement guide. Once you're raiding, grab your phase's gear:
