WoW Anniversary TBC Attunements: Heroic, Karazhan & Raids

Attunements in TBC Anniversary are account-wide, so you only complete each one once and your alts gain access. Heroic dungeons still gate on reputation with their hub faction, while raids run on long quest chains that start with Karazhan. Raid attunements from earlier phases stop being required as later phases arrive.

Account-wide attunements

Once one character finishes a Heroic unlock, you can buy account-bound keys so your alts gain access without repeating the full chain, though the alt must reach at least Friendly with the associated faction. Raid attunements work the same way: after one character completes a raid attunement, every character on that Battle.net account can enter without reputation. Quest progress is not shared, so a partially finished chain gives no credit to your other characters.

Heroic dungeon attunements

A key is required for every one of the five dungeon hubs to unlock Heroic mode: Hellfire Citadel, Coilfang Reservoir, Auchindoun, Tempest Keep, and Caverns of Time. Each key comes from Revered reputation with that hub's faction, bought from the reputation quartermaster. Normal clears of dungeons in a hub are the fastest way to build that reputation, except Mana-Tombs, which gives Consortium reputation rather than Lower City.

The reputation requirement drops to Honored in a later phase. Magister's Terrace, added in Phase 5 on the Isle of Quel'Danas, skips reputation entirely and instead requires a quest chain that runs you through the dungeon on Normal mode.

Karazhan attunement

Karazhan is the first raid you attune for, and it gates the rest of the chain. The quests start at level 68, though level 70 is advised and needed to finish.

1. Take Arcane Disturbances and Restless Activity from Archmage Alturus in Deadwind Pass, outside Karazhan.
2. Complete both in the cellars near Karazhan, then take Contact from Dalaran to Archmage Cedric in Alterac Mountains.
3. Deliver the report to Khadgar in Shattrath City and pick up Entry Into Karazhan.
4. Clear Shadow Labyrinth and loot the First Key Fragment from the guardian behind Murmur.
5. Loot the Second Key Fragment from the water before the first boss of The Steamvault.
6. Loot the Third Key Fragment from the container after the first boss of The Arcatraz.
7. Run Black Morass in full, keep Medivh alive through the waves, and turn in to him, then return to Khadgar in Shattrath for The Master's Key.

Every raid member needs The Master's Key to enter Karazhan. You can run the required dungeons on Normal or Heroic. The Arcatraz needs flying to reach, and Warlock summons do not work there.

If you would rather not run the Return to Khadgar chain yourself, the TBC Anniversary Karazhan Attunement Boost has a booster complete the questline and secure The Master's Key for you.

Serpentshrine Cavern attunement

The chain begins with The Cudgel of Kar'desh from Skar'this the Heretic, a captured naga inside Heroic Slave Pens past Mennu the Betrayer. The Earthen Signet is wanted from Gruul the Dragonkiller, and the Blazing Signet is wanted from Nightbane. Nightbane needs the Blackened Urn, which comes from a long Karazhan quest chain that ends with kills in Sethekk Halls and The Shattered Halls.

Turn both signets in to Skar'this and he casts The Mark of Vashj on you, which opens Serpentshrine Cavern. The Serpentshrine Cavern attunement is no longer required to enter the instance, but completing the quest line grants the "Champion of the Naaru" title.

Tempest Keep attunement

You cannot start the Tempest Keep chain until you finish the Cipher of Damnation quest line in Shadowmoon Valley, which begins at Wildhammer Stronghold for the Alliance or Shadowmoon Village for the Horde. That chain sends you a Letter from Shattrath and leads into four Trials from A'dal.

Khadgar in Shattrath offers the quest that starts the Trials, and completing them rewards The Tempest Key along with the Phoenix-fire Band. The Tempest Key unlocks Tempest Keep.

Tier 6 attunements

Mount Hyjal

Soridormi in the Caverns of Time offers the quest, and it requires the final boss of Serpentshrine Cavern and the final boss of Tempest Keep. Kill Lady Vashj for Vashj's Vial Remnant and Kael'thas Sunstrider for Kael's Vial Remnant, then turn both in to Soridormi. The old Revered requirement with Keepers of Time no longer applies, and players have picked the quest up at Honored.

Black Temple

The chain starts with your Aldor or Scryer representative in Shadowmoon Valley, so you must have chosen a faction in Shattrath first. You gather 12 Baa'ri Tablet Fragments from the Ruins of Baa'ri, kill Oronu the Elder, and collect four medallion fragments from Eykenen, Haalum, Lakaan, and Uylaru. After the Warden's Cage quests and a trip to Seer Udalo in The Arcatraz, you kill three channeling fel orcs and Shadowlord Deathwail at the Ata'mal Terrace for the Heart of Fury.

Akama then gives you the Medallion of Karabor, which you bring to A'dal in Shattrath. The chain continues inside Serpentshrine Cavern with Fathom-Lord Karathress and Seer Olum, then Tempest Keep with Al'ar killed while wearing the Ashtongue Cowl, then Rage Winterchill in Mount Hyjal for the Time-Phased Phylactery. The final scripted quest at the Black Temple entrance with Xi'ri awards the Medallion of Karabor that lets you enter.

Black Temple requires attunement to Hyjal Summit, while Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep no longer require attunement.

Raids with no attunement

You can walk straight into Gruul's Lair and Magtheridon's Lair in Phase 1, Zul'Aman in Phase 4, and Sunwell Plateau in Phase 5 without any prerequisites. Karazhan, Magtheridon's Lair, and Gruul's Lair are the three challenging raids at launch.