Eye of Eternity WotLK Classic Raid Overview
Published on: 21 October, 2022 | Last Updated on: 18 November, 2023
Eye of Eternity Instance General Facts
The Eye of Eternity is one of three instances, which were released within the first phase for Classic WotLK realms. The other two are Naxxramas and the Obsidian Sanctum. You may be interested in reading complete and detailed overviews for these raids, including loot tables. Check links to learn more.
The Eye of Eternity raid is a part of a Nexus complex, where players may also visit two dungeons with the same stylistic features: the Nexus and the Oculus. Here lives Malygos, the Spell-Weaver. It seems like the blue dragon aspect has gone a bit crazy and needs to be taken care of.
At least one person in the party should complete attunement quests to summon Malygos in the Eye of Eternity. Both normal and heroic quests drop in the Naxxramas raid from Sapphiron in 10- and 25-player mode. The quests are called The Key to the Focusing Iris and The Heroic Key to the Focusing Iris accordingly.
To start a fight, players should click on the Focusing Iris in the center of the platform.
Malygos has two mounts, the Reins of the Azure Drake and the Reins of the Blue Drake. They say both of them may drop in a single run.
The Eye of Eternity Location
The Eye of Eternity raid is on a separate island called Coldarra, to the West of the Borean Tundra zone. To get there, players may use their flying mounts, taxi, or ask someone from their party to summon them. The nearest flight point is Transitus Shield; it has neutral status, so both factions can use it. The raid is at the highest level of the Nexus tower; don’t mix it with dungeons. To get the actual information about which gear to set up, use our Raidbots guide!
Malygos is the only inhabitant of this place, so there is only one area with a single boss. But dragons can fly obviously, and this one is not an exception, so the boss area also has a vertical structure.
The Boss
Malygos is the only boss in the Eye of Eternity, which makes it easier to get ready for a raid and to learn the necessary tactics and actions. We will not place here a full strategy guide – it requires a separate article; instead, we will give you terse notes that may help your party during a fight with an aspect.
Tanks
Keep the dragon’s jaws away from the raid, as this specimen doesn’t have rear cone attacks.
Control the adds and stay within purple protective bubbles during the second phase.
Melee Damage Dealers
Enter the pulsing ground effect to get the Power Spark buff.
Scions of Eternity are your prior target on a second phase; just don’t forget to hop on flying disks.
A viable rotation on a third phase is: use ability number one Flame Spike twice, then ability number two Engulf in Flames once. Repeat until Malygos dies.
Range Damage Dealers
Enter the pulsing ground effect to get the Power Spark buff.
Nexus Lords are first, then take care of the flying Scions of Eternity during the second phase.
Mages may use Spellsteal to delete buffs from Nexus Lords.
A viable rotation on a third phase is the same for melee and Range Damage Dealers. Use Flame Spike twice, then Engulf in Flames once. Repeat until Malygos dies.
Healers
During Vortex, you will only be able to use instant-cast spells.
Dispel Haste from the Nexus Lords, as it deals massive damage to tanks.
Use both Revivify and Life Burst to heal yourselves and damage dealers.
The Eye of Eternity Quests
There are only three quests for the Eye of Eternity raid, with only one repeatable. All quests may be completed only upon reaching level 80.
Judgment at the Eye of Eternity
Defeat Malygos in 10-player mode and return with the Heart of Magic.
- Questgiver: Krasus, Wyrmrest Temple, Dragonblight, /way 59.79, 54.69;
- Reputation Gains: The Wyrmrest Accord, 500 points;
- Players may choose one of four neck items as a reward: Chain of the Ancient Wyrm, Torque of the Red Dragonflight, Pendant of the Dragonsworn, Drakescale Collar.
Heroic Judgment at the Eye of Eternity
Defeat Malygos in 25-player mode and return with the Heart of Magic.
- Questgiver: Krasus, Wyrmrest Temple, Dragonblight, /way 59.79, 54.69;
- Reputation Gains: The Wyrmrest Accord, 1000 points;
- Players may choose one of four neck items as a reward: Wyrmrest Necklace of Power, Life-Binder’s Locket, Favor of the Dragon Queen, Nexus War Champion Beads.
Defeat Malygos on either 10- or 25-player difficulty. This quest is repeatable.
- Questgiver: Archmage Lan’dalock, The Violet Hold, Dalaran, /way 57.46, 67.11;
- Reputation Gains: Kirin Tor, 250 points.
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Rewards
Malygos is the only boss in the Eye of Eternity; there aren’t even any guardians, like in the Obsidian Sanctum, for instance. This means we cannot count on many rewards of any type. There are some, however, including two mounts. Let us look at all of them.
Achievements
The achievement system is a large and divaricate structure. It has several sizable groups, each of which is also divided into smaller ones. Here we will mention only those which are connected to raids. There are four types of instance-related achievements in World of Warcraft:
- Challenge Achievements are given for completing certain challenges or tasks in the raid;
- Kill Credit Achievements, which are earned for defeating bosses;
- Meta Achievements are a combination of several minor achievements;
- Feats of Strength are a limited or one-time thing.
As long as there are two versions of the Eye of Eternity raid, the achievements are also presented in two variations, for 10 and 25 ppl parties. Here we will mention only the ones for 25 people, keeping in mind, they are practically the same for the normal difficulty.
Challenge Achievements
A Poke In The Eye
Achievement Points: 10
Defeat Malygos with fewer than 21 people in 25-player mode.
Denyin’ the Scion
Achievement Points: 10
Deliver a killing blow to a Scion of Eternity while riding on a hover disk in 25-player mode.
You Don’t Have An Eternity
Achievement Points: 10
Defeat Malygos in 6 minutes or less in 25-player mode.
Kill Credit Achievement
One boss – one achievement; very simple.
The Spellweaver’s Downfall
Achievement Points: 25
Defeat Malygos in The Eye of Eternity in 25-player mode.
Glory of the Raider Meta Achievements
A long and exhausting work awaits those who decided to complete this meta-achievement. There are 17 achievements in total in this big one. The majority of them relate to Naxxramas, but 4 are done inside the Eye of Eternity and here we shall demonstrate only them; you can read about achievements for other instances in their corresponding overviews.
Since the rewards are different, both 10 and 25 people variations are shown.
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Glory of the Raider (10 player)
Achievement Points: 25
Mount reward: Plagued Proto-Drake
Glory of the Raider (25 player)
Achievement Points: 25
Mount reward: Black Proto-Drake
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Feats of Strength
A very usual Feats of Strength-type-thing: participate in the realm’s first defeat of Malygos in 25-player mode to get this achievement.
Realm First! Magic Seeker
Achievement Points: 0
Title reward: %s the Magic Seeker
The Eye of Eternity Loot Table
Depending on the raid difficulty, Malygos will drop items of either 213 or 226 item level.
Normal Difficulty (10 Players)
| Slot | Item | Drop Chances |
| Mount | Reins of the Blue Drake | 2% |
| Mount | Reins of the Azure Drake | 2% |
| Finger | Surge Needle Ring | 14% |
| Neck | Necklace of the Glittering Chamber | 15% |
| Mace (Main Hand) | Ice Spire Scepter | 14% |
| Polearm | Black Ice | 14% |
| Shield | Barricade of Eternity | 14% |
| Staff | Greatstaff of the Nexus | 14% |
| Sword (One-Hand) | Hailstorm | 15% |
| Cloth Chest | Gown of the Spell-Weaver | 15% |
| Leather Feet | Footsteps of Malygos | 13% |
| Plate Shoulder | Focusing Energy Epaulets | 15% |
Heroic Difficulty (25 Players)
| Slot | Item | Drop Chances |
| Mount | Reins of the Azure Drake | 2% |
| Trinket | Mark of Norgannon | 13% |
| Trinket | Living Ice Crystals | 13% |
| Cloth Chest | Blanketing Robes of Snow | 14% |
| Cloth Feet | Arcanic Tramplers | 13% |
| Cloth Head | Hood of Rationality | 11% |
| Cloth Legs | Leggings of the Wanton Spellcaster | 13% |
| Cloth Shoulder | Mantle of Dissemination | 16% |
| Cloth Waist | Leash of Heedless Magic | 12% |
| Leather Chest | Chestguard of the Recluse | 16% |
| Leather Hands | Frosted Adroit Handguards | 18% |
| Leather Shoulder | Spaulders of Catatonia | 12% |
| Leather Waist | Unravelling Strands of Sanity | 15% |
| Mail Chest | Tunic of the Artifact Guardian | 15% |
| Mail Feet | Boots of the Renewed Flight | 12% |
| Mail Hands | Winter Spectacle Gloves | 14% |
| Mail Head | Blue Aspect Helm | 13% |
| Plate Feet | Melancholy Sabatons | 12% |
| Plate Feet | Boots of Healing Energies | 13% |
| Plate Legs | Legplates of Sovereignty | 14% |
| Plate Shoulder | Elevated Lair Pauldrons | 14% |