Solo Run Icecrown Citadel Guide
A Little Information About this Raid
✦ This raid is located in Icecrown, Northrend the waypoint for the raid entrance is (53.70, 87.70). There are twelve bosses in this raid. If you are running the raid for Invincible’s Reins you will need to run it on 25 Heroic. There are 5 different zones in this raid The Lower Spire where Lord Marrowgar, Lady Deathbringer, Gunship Battle, and The Deathbringer. Next is The Crimson Hall which has the Blood Prince Council, and Queen Lana’thel. The Plagueworks where Festergut, Rotface, and Professor Putricide are. Then The Frostwing Hall where you will find Valithiria Dreamwalker and Sindragosa. Finally, The Frozen Throne where The Lich King is. This raid gives reputation with the Ashen Verdict.
The Raid Bosses (Pets and Mounts)
✦ Lord Marrowgar this is the first boss you will fight in the raid. This is in the Lower Spire of the raid. He has a chance to drop the battle pet Boneshard. The item will show up in your bag as Fragment of Frozen Bone. This battle pet can drop on 10 Normal, 25 Normal, 10 Heroic, and 25 Heroic.
✦ Boneshard is an undead battle pet. He has an AFK animation he will yell BONESTORM and start spinning around. This battle pet’s abilities are Chop this is a level 1 ability it has a 100% hit chance deals 10 mechanical damage and can cause the target to bleed for 5 beast damage per round for 5 rounds this ability is strong against mechanical and weak against critter. Blistering Cold is a level 2 ability and this has a 2-round cooldown with a 100% hit chance this ability chills the air around the enemy, causing them to be afflicted with frostbite each round for 3 rounds. Frostbite’s damage grows until the pet is swapped. This ability lasts for 4 rounds and persists through pet swaps. It is strong against mechanical and weak against critter. Ice Spike this a level 4 ability it impales the target dealing 40 elemental damage, this ability has a high chance to miss, and it is strong against mechanical and weak against critters. Bonestorm this is a level 10 ability with a 3-round cooldown with a 100% hit chance it deals 13 undead damage to the enemy team but costs 10% of your total health, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Bonestorm! This has a 3-round cooldown with a 100% hit chance it deals 13 undead damage to the enemy to the enemy team but costs 30% of your total health, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Bonestorm!! This is a level 20 ability with a 3-round cool down and 100% hit chance it deals 13 undead damage to the enemy team but costs 50% of your total health, it is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. This battle pet is also part of the achievement Raiding with Leashes IV: Wrath of The Lich King. There are six battle pets in this raid for that achievement. This battle pet is tradable you can choose to put it in a cage and trade it to a friend or sell it at the auction house.
✦ Lady Deathwhisper is located in the Lower Spire and is the second boss you will fight. You don’t have to kill the mobs that are in the room with her you can just run straight to her and kill her. After you kill her you will need to wait for the elevator that comes down and ride it up.
✦ Icecrown Gunship Battle this boss is located in the Lower Spire and after you get off the elevator you can mount up and you will follow the pathway and take a right. You will get to an empty platform and you can run up to the ship. You don’t need to fight the mobs before if you are mad level they will pretty much ignore you. Once you board the ship you will talk to High Overlord Saurfang. After you talk to him run and jump on one of the cannons. When the enemy ship is in range do as much damage as you can to the ship with the cannon. You will be thrown off the cannon and a couple of mobs will spawn and it will go through some dialogue and the fight will be done and it will take you to the next boss’s platform. This fight can be hard to solo if you do not do enough damage to the enemy ship.
✦ Deathbringer Saurfang this boss in the Lower Spire of the raid and this is the first boss after the Gunship fight. Once you get off the ship you will need to talk to Overlord Saurfang after he walks off the ship to the platform. You will need to wait for a couple of minutes of dialogue to get over till you can fight the boss. After you kill the boss the chest with loot will spawn to the right of the platform. This boss has a chance to drop the battle pet Blood Boil this is a magic pet. The pet will show up in your bag as Remains of a Blood Beast. This battle pet can drop on 10 Normal, 25 Normal, 10 Heroic, and 25 Heroic.
✦ Blood Boil is a magic battle pet. Blood Boil’s abilities include Diseased Bite this is a level one ability it has a 100% hit chance and infects the enemy dealing 21 undead damage, it is strong against humanoids and weak against aquatic. Plagued Blood is a level 2 ability with a 100% hit chance and deals 16 undead damage and plagues the target for 5 rounds, while plagued enemies who strike the target are healed, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Drain Blood is a level 4 ability it has a 3-round cooldown with a 100% hit chance, it drains the enemy of 10% of their maximum health, the user is healed for 300% of the health drained, it is strong against humanoid, and weak against aquatic. Ooze Touch is a level 10 ability with a 100% hit chance, it oozes onto the enemy, dealing 20 magic damage, this is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. Expunge is a level 15 ability with a 3-round cooldown with a 100% hit chance, it deals 32 magic damage to the target and is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. Drain Power is a level 20 ability with a 4-round cooldown with a 100% hit chance, it deals 10 magic damage, reduces the target’s damage by 25% for 2 rounds, and increases the user’s damage by 25% for 2 rounds, it is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. This pet is also needed for the Raiding with Leashes IV: Wrath of The Lich King Achievement.
✦ After killing Deathbringer Saurfang you will run into the door and then you will be brought to a hall with frost shooting out of the walls this typically does damage to you but if you are max level it won’t do anything to you. Just run through till you get to an open area with Val’kyrs flying around the spire. You can choose to do any of the rooms in any order. I always just start to the left and make my way around the circle. The different areas around the circle are The Plagueworks, The Crimson Hall, and The Frostwing Hall.
✦ Starting with The Plagueworks you can bypass most of the mobs unless you get too close to them. You will run up a curved staircase and after the staircase, you can choose to go left or right. You can go to the middle room with Professor Putricide until you kill Festergut and Rotface.
✦ Festergut is to the left these bosses are pretty easy to solo if you are max level you will pretty much one-shot them. After you kill Festergut there is a Gas Release Valve on the wall to the right of where you walked in. You need to click this to open the door to Professor Putricide.
✦ Rotface is to the right of Professor Putricide once again it is easy to solo if you are max level. After you kill Rotface just be sure to click on the Gas Release Valve on the wall that is to the left of where you walked in.
✦ Now that you clicked both of the Gas Release Valves you can go to the middle room. Before Professor Putricide’s door opens you will get locked in and a bunch of beetles will spawn. You have to kill so many of the beetles for Professor Putricide’s door to open.
✦ Professor Putricide is the last boss on The Plague Works floor. This is an easy fight if you are max level. This boss has a chance to drop the battle pet Blightbreath. This pet will show up in your bag as Putricide’s Alchemy Supplies. This pet can drop on 10 Normal, 25 Normal, 10 Heroic, and 25 Heroic.
✦ Blightbreath is an undead battle pet. The abilities for this pet are Dreadful Breath this is a level 1 ability, that has a 100% hit chance and it channels a dreadful toxic breath that deals 19 humanoid damage that is split across the enemy team, it deals additional damage if the weather is cleansing rain, your pet will continue performing this attack for 3 rounds, and it is strong against dragonkin and weak against beasts. Sleeping Gas is a level 2 ability with a 1-round cooldown and a 100% hit chance, it deals 10 dragonkin damage and has a 25% chance to put the target to sleep for 1 round, damage increases by 10 each time it is used up to a max of 30 dragonkin damage, this is strong against magic and weak against undead. Acid Rain is a level 4 ability and has a 3-round cooldown, it poisons the clouds with acid that deals damage to all enemies, and the acid quickly disperses and calls down a cleansing rain for 9 rounds, during a cleansing rain, the duration of hostile damage over time effects is reduced by 1 round and aquatic abilities deal 25% more damage, this is strong against elemental and weak against magic. Slime is a level 10 ability with a 1-round cooldown and a 100% hit chance, that oozes onto the enemy, dealing 25 undead damage, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Toxic Smoke is a level 15 ability with a 100% hit chance, it covers the enemy team in toxic smoke, dealing 16 mechanical damage instantly and 5 mechanical damage every round for 2 rounds, and it persists through pet swaps, it is strong against beast and weak against elemental. Bash is a level 20 ability and has a 5-round cooldown with a 100% hit chance, that stuns the target for 1 round, this is stone against critter and weak against flying. This battle pet is also needed for the Raiding with Leashes IV: Wrath of The Lich King Achievement.
✦ The next room if you just keep going around the circle is The Crimson Hall there are mobs all the way up to Blood Prince Council you can kill them or leave them once you get to Blood Prince Council you will need to kill the 3 groups of mobs they will attack you when you walk onto the platform where the bosses are. After you kill the mobs go stand on the platform where the bodies of the bosses are. There will be some dialogue you will have to wait on for the bosses to spawn. After you kill the council doors will open up that will take you up to Blood-Queen Lana’thel. There is a group of mobs before her kill them, and after you kill her a chandelier will drop down where the group of mobs were and you can jump down to the first floor you will take quite a bit of fall damage.
✦ Blood Prince Council consists of three princes, Prince Valanar, Prince Keleseth, and Prince Taldaram. You only have to kill one of them to finish the fight. This boss fight is easy to solo at max level.
✦ Blood-Queen Lana’thel this is an easy boss kill if you are max level. After you kill her just jump down where the group of mobs were and that is it.
✦ The last set of rooms is located in The Frostwing Hall. When you get to the opening for this hall there are friendly NPCs there, and they will start talking. Just kill all the mobs that show up once you get to Sister Svalna. She will spawn one or two mobs behind you just kill them and then kill her. There is some dialogue in this fight but it is not long. You will head to the right which is where Valithria Dreamwalker is located. If you are playing a character that has no way of healing her you will have to skip her. To skip her you can just go around her and directly behind her in a little room is an elevator. Take the elevator down and it will take you to a room where some mobs will spawn. Just stand in the middle of the room you will have to kill 2 waves of the mobs and the door in front of you will open. After the door opens you can go to where Sindragosa is located. You can mount here so if you have a vendor mount you can use it and get some space in your bags. Kill the 2 groups of mobs. After you kill the 2 groups of mobs 2 dragons will fly down. Kill the 2 dragons and Sindragosa will come down to the platform. After you kill Sindragosa go back up the stairs and go to the right all the way up. There will be a Scourge Transporter you will want to choose the Upper Spire.
✦ Valithria Dreamwalker this boss is probably the easiest if you have a way to heal her. All you have to do is heal her up and kill the four mobs that are with her. A chest will spawn in the middle of the room after that. Then you just go to the little room behind her and use the elevator. This boss has a chance to drop Illusion: Earthliving this can be used by shamans and it is a weapon enchantment appearance.
✦ Sindragosa is another easy kill for max-level characters. You just have to kill the 2 groups of mobs and the 2 dragons that come down before her. This boss has a chance to drop the battle pet Soulbroken Whelpling.
✦ Soulbroken Whelpling this is an undead battle pet. It will show up in your bags as Skull of a Frozen Whelp. This battle pet can drop in 10 Normal, 25 Normal, 10 Heroic, and 25 Heroic. This battle pet ability is Spitfire Bolt this is a level 1 ability with a 100% hit chance that hurls a bolt of mystical fire at the enemy dealing 22 magic damage, this is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. Uncertainty is a level 2 ability with a 3-round cooldown, that increases your critical strike chance by 100% and reduces your accuracy by 25% for 1 round, this is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. Soul Ward this is a level 4 ability with a 3-round cooldown, it is a ward of powerful magic that surrounds you blocking the next attack, this is strong against dragonkin and weak against beasts. Shadow Talon is a level 10 ability with a 100% hit chance that slashes at the target with cruel talons dealing 21 magic damage, this is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. Amplify Magic this is a level 15 ability with a 3-round cool down that increases the damage done by your active pet by 50% for 2 rounds, this is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. Arcane Storm this is a level 20 ability with a 3-round cooldown and it has a 100% hit chance, this deals 24 magic damage split between all enemies and warps the weather into arcane winds for 9 rounds, it does additional damage if arcane winds are already active, and during arcane winds, pets cannot be stunned or rooted, this is strong against flying and weak against mechanical. This pet is also needed for the Raiding with Leashes IV: Wrath of The Lich King Achievement.
✦ Once you are teleported to the Upper Spire you will run straight to the middle of the spire. You can just run through the transporter and it will take you to the Lich King’s platform. You will see Highlord Tirion Fordring you will need to talk to him to start the encounter. You will have to wait for some dialogue till the Lich King can become attackable.
✦ Lich King This fight is really easy at max level it is just a bunch of dialogue. After you pretty much one-shot him you will just need to wait for Highlord Tirion Fordring to break out of the ice and interrupt the Lich King. There will be some more dialogue after the dialogue just hit the boss once and it is done. After the fight, there will be a portal down to the beginning of the raid where all the class gear vendors are, or you can just hearth out. This boss has a chance to drop Invincible’s Reins, Wicked Soul battle pet, and Drudge Ghoul battle pet.
✦ Invincible’s Reins this teaches you how to summon the mount Invincible. This only drops from the Lich King on 25 Heroic. This has a 1% drop rate.
✦ Wicked Soul this is an undead battle pet. This can drop on 10 Heroic and 25 Heroic. It will show up as Call of the Frozen Blade in your bags. This battle pets abilities are Shadow Shock which is a level one ability with a 100% hit chance, that shocks the target with dark energy dealing 22 undead damage, this is strong against humanoids and weak against aquatic. Agony is a level 2 ability with a 100% hit chance, that inflicts agony on the target, causing increasing undead damage each round for 2 rounds, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Haunt is a level 4 ability with a 4-round cooldown and a 100% hit chance, the user transforms into an unholy spirit and enters the target, dealing 10 undead damage every round, while haunting the target the user is considered dead, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Ghostly Bite this is a level 10 ability with a 3-round cooldown and a 100% hit chance, that deals 40 undead damage and stuns the user for 1 round, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Haunting Song this is a level 15 ability with a 4-round cooldown, this howls a haunting song restoring 16 health to all allies, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Curse of Doom is a level 20 ability with a 5-round cooldown and a 100% hit chance, that deals 40 undead damage after 4 rounds, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. This battle pet is also needed for the Raiding with Leashes IV: Wrath of the Lich King Achievement.
✦ Drudge Ghoul this is an undead battle pet. This pet drops on 10 Normal and 25 Normal. This battle pet will show up in your bag as Drudge Remains. This battle pets abilities are Infected Claw this is a level 1 ability with a 100% hit chance, that tears at the enemy with plagued claws, dealing 22 undead damage, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Rot is a level 2 ability with a 3-round cooldown and a 100% hit chance, it rots the target’s flesh dealing 25 undead damage and transforming them into undead for 5 rounds, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Consume Corpse this is a level 4 ability with a 3-round cooldown and a 100% hit chance, it consumes an allied corpse to restore 50% of total health, the allied corpse can only be used once, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Death Coil is a level 10 ability with a 100% hit chance, that deals 14 undead damage and heals the user for 50% of the damage dealt, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Death and Decay this is a level 15 ability with a 100% hit chance, that deals 3 undead damage to the enemy’s active pet every round for 9 rounds, and it persists through pet swaps, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. Corpse Explosion this is a level 20 ability with a 100% hit chance, this instantly kills the user and causes 15% of their health as undead damage to the enemy and infects the target, the infected targets receive 5% of their maximum health as undead damage every round for 4 rounds, this is strong against humanoid and weak against aquatic. This pet is also needed for the Raiding with Leashes IV: Wrath of the Lich King Achievement.
Achievements you can Obtain in this Raid
✦ There are 49 achievements that you can obtain from this raid.
All You Can Eat (10 Player)
Defeat Sindragosa in 10-player mode without any member of your raid receiving more than 5 stacks of Mystic Buffet.
All You Can Eat (25 Player)
Defeat Sindragosa in 25-player mode without any member of your raid receiving more than 5 stacks of Mystic Buffet.
Bane of the Fallen King
Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player Heroic mode. Rewards title Bane of the Fallen King.
Been Waiting a Long Time for This (10 Player)
Allow Necrotic Plague to stack to 30 before defeating the Lich King in 10-player mode.
Been Waiting a Long Time for This (25 Player)
Allow Necrotic Plague to stack to 30 before defeating the Lich King in 25-Player mode.
Boned (10 Player)
Defeat Lord Marrowgar without any raid member remaining impaled for more than 8 seconds in 10-player mode.
Boned (25 Player)
Defeat Lord Marrowgar without any raid member remaining impaled for more than 8 seconds in 25-player mode.
Dances with Oozes (10 Player)
Defeat Rotface without a Big Ooze casting Unstable Ooze Explosion in 10-player mode.
Dance with Oozes (25 Player)
Defeat Rotface without a Big Ooze casting Unstable Ooze Explosion in 25-player mode.
Fall of the Lich King (10 Player)
Defeat every boss in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player mode.
Flu Shot Shortage (10 Player)
Defeat Festergut while none of the players in your raid group ever had 3 stacks of Inoculated in 10-player mode.
Flu Shot Shortage (25 Player)
Defeat Festergut while none of the players in your raid group ever had 3 stacks of Inoculated in 25-player mode.
Full House (10 Player)
Defeat Lady Deathwhisper with at least five different types of Cultists active at the time of her demise in 10-player mode.
Full House (25 Player)
Defeat Lady Deathwhisper with at least five different types of Cultists active at the time of her demise in 25-player mode.
Heroic: Fall of the Lich King (10 Player)
Defeat every boss in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: Storming the Citadel (10 Player)
Defeat the first four bosses in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: Storming the Citadel (25 Player)
Defeat the first four bosses in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: The Crimson Hall (10 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Crimson Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: The Crimson Hall (25 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Crimson Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: The Frostwing Hall (10 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Frostwing Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: The Frostwing Hall (25 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Frostwing Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: The Plague Works (10 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Plague Works in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player Heroic mode.
Heroic: The Plague Works (25 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Plague Works in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player Heroic mode.
I’m on a Boat (10 Player)
Claim victory in the Gunship Battle without any raid members visiting the enemy gunship more than twice in 10-player mode.
I’m on a Boat (25 Player)
Claim victory in the Gunship Battle without any raid members visiting the enemy gunship more than once in 25-player mode.
I’ve Gone and Made a Mess (10 Player)
Defeat the Deathbringer before Mark of the Fallen Champion is cast three times in 10-player mode.
I’ve Gone and Made a Mess (25 Player)
Defeat the Deathbringer before Mark of the Fallen Champion is cast five times in 25-player mode.
Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion…(10 Player)
Defeat Professor Putricide without using Regurgitated Ooze on the Abomination in 10-player mode.
Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion…(25 Player)
Defeat Professor Putricide without using Regurgitated Ooze on the Abomination in 25-player mode.
Neck-Deep in Vile (10 Player)
Kill every Vile that spawns before it explodes and then defeat the Lich King in 10-player mode.
Neck-Deep in Vile (25 Player)
Kill every vile that spawns before it explodes and then defeat the Lich King in 25-player mode.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy (10 Player)
Defeat Blood-Queen Lana’thel once as a vampire and again without becoming a vampire in 10-player mode.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy (25 Player)
Defeat Blood-Queen Lana’thel once as a vampire and again without becoming a vampire in 25-player mode.
Portal Jockey (10 Player)
Enter every portal spawned by Valithria Dreamwalker before healing her to full health in 10-player mode.
Portal Jockey (25 Player)
Enter every portal spawned by Valithria Dreamwalker before healing her to full health in 25-player mode.
Storming the Citadel (10 Player)
Defeat the first four bosses in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player mode.
Storming the Citadel (25 Player)
Defeat the first four bosses in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player mode.
The Crimson Hall (10 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Crimson Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player mode.
The Crimson Hall (25 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Crimson Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player mode.
The Frostwing Hall (10 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Frostwing Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player mode.
The Frostwing Hall (25 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Frostwing Hall in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player mode.
The Frozen Throne - Guild Edition
Defeat the Lich King on Heroic mode in Icecrown Citadel while in a guild group.
The Frozen Throne (10 Player)
Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player mode. Rewards the Kingslayer title.
The Frozen Throne (25 Player)
Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player mode. Rewards the Kingslayer title.
The Light of Dawn
Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player Heroic mode. This rewards the title the Light of Dawn.
The Orb Whisperer (10 Player)
Defeat the Blood Council without anyone in the raid taking more than 23,000 spell damage in a single hit in 10-player mode.
The Orb Whisperer (25 Player)
Defeat the Blood Council without anyone in the raid taking more than 25,000 spell damage in a single hit in 25-player mode.
The Plagueworks (10 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Plagueworks in Icecrown Citadel in 10-player mode.
The Plagueworks (25 Player)
Defeat the bosses of The Plagueworks in Icecrown Citadel in 25-player mode.
