Obtaining Legendary Items

By Runawaynow Updated: 2018/06/12

Obtaining Legendary Items: A Comprehensive and Understandable Guidedon't exist for players at alla guide about legendary itemsLegendary Legend

Italicized items are temporary in that they only exist for a certain amount of time or in a certain location
~~Strike-through~~ items are no longer obtainable in that the methods to obtain them have been removed from the game, and thus are not covered in this guide
Some items have Details in front of the item link. Clicking this will expand the entire sequence required for obtaining that item.
In cases where information was adjusted by a more recent game patch, the changed information and old information will be displayed similar to this: 50 ~~500~~ with a tooltip displaying the patch which caused the change

Please let me know if this guide helped you in any way, or what I can do to improve it for you!
Don't forget to rate this guide if you found it useful :)WoW ExpansionVanilla WoW

~~Talisman of Binding Shard~~ Only obtained once. Removed from drop tables.

Details Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros Raid: Molten Core

Obtain Eye of Sulfuras (very rare drop) from Ragnaros in Molten Core
Obtain Sulfuron Hammer from a 300+ skill Blacksmith
To get the Blacksmithing recipe for Sulfuron Hammer the blacksmith needs to talk to Lokhtos Darkbargainer in the Grim Guzzler within Blackrock Depths when a Sulfuron Ingot is in their inventory. They will be given A Binding Contract which rewards the recipe.
Sulfuron Hammer Materials:

8 x Sulfuron Ingot
20 x Dark Iron Bar
50 x Arcanite Bar
25 x Essence of Fire
10 x Blood of the Mountain
10 x Lava Core
10 x Fiery Core
Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros is created by combining Eye of Sulfuras with Sulfuron Hammer

Details Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker Raid: Molten Core / Blackwing Lair

Obtain Bindings of the Windseeker or Bindings of the Windseeker to begin the quest chain from Highlord Demitrian in Silithus

Examine the Vessel
Thunderaan the Windseeker requiring you to obtain the following

10 x Enchanted Elementium Bar Taught by Goblin's Guide to Elementium

10 (1 each) x Elementium Ingot
100 (10 each) x Arcanite Bar
10 (1 each) x Fiery Core
30 (3 each) x Elemental Flux
Essence of the Firelord 100% drop from Ragnaros in Molten Core when on the quest
Bindings of the Windseeker Drops from Baron Geddon
Bindings of the Windseeker Drops from Garr
Rise, Thunderfury! - Killing Prince Thunderaan Make sure you're ready for him!

~~Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal~~ Obtained through the Ahn'Qiraj opening event

~~Andonisus, Reaper of Souls~~ Used against Atiesh

~~Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian~~ Raid: Old Naxxramas

Burning Crusade

Cosmic Infuser Used during the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter in The Eye

Devastation Used during the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter in The Eye

Infinity Blade Used during the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter in The Eye

Phaseshift Bulwark Used during the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter in The Eye

Netherstrand Longbow Used during the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter in The Eye

Staff of Disintegration Used during the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter in The Eye

Warp Slicer Used during the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter in The Eye

Warglaive of Azzinoth / Warglaive of Azzinoth Dropped by Illidan Stormrage in Black Temple

Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury Dropped by Kil'jaeden in Sunwell Plateau

Wrath of the Lich King

Details Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings Raid: Ulduar

Collect 30 x Fragment of Val'anyr from the bosses in the 25 man version of Ulduar Hard modes have higher drop chances
Combine the fragments to create Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr which begins the quest chain

Ancient History
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings - Requires Unbound Fragments of Val'anyr to be "thrown" "into" Yogg-Saron while he is casting Deafening Roar (only used if 3 or less Keepers assist you)

Details Shadowmourne Raid: Icecrown Citadel

You must be Friendly with The Ashen Verdict to accept The Sacred and the Corrupt which requires

Light's Vengeance
Acquire Light's Vengeance from Light's Vengeance in Dragonblight This was a "difficult" solo-only task at level 80
25 x Primordial Saronite
Festergut's Acidic Blood
Rotface's Acidic Blood
Shadow's Edge
Rewards Shadow's Edge
A Feast of Souls - Shadow's Edge must be equipped
Kill 50 ~~1000~~ NPCs within Icecrown Citadel
Unholy Infusion - Shadow's Edge must be equipped during encounter
"Drive" the Abomination during the Professor Putricide encounter and use the ability Shadow Infusion
No credit if you die during the fight
Blood Infusion - Shadow's Edge must be equipped during encounter
Requires you to be the target of Blood Mirror or Blood Mirror which will cause Gushing Wound
Gushing Wound will stack every time you Vampiric Bite another player.
4 stacks of Gushing Wound is required for the infusion, thus you must bite 3 times.
This means you must be the one of the first two players with the Essence of the Blood Queen
No credit if you die during the fight after Blood Mirror or Blood Mirror is applied
Frost Infusion - Shadow's Edge must be equipped during encounter
Requires you to be hit by Sindragosa's Frost Breath
Each breath causes Frost Infusion to stack
At 4 stacks of Frost Infusion it falls off and you get the buff Frost-Imbued Blade
Frost-Imbued Blade will fall off after 6 minutes, and Sindragosa must die while you have the buff
No credit if you die during the fight
The Splintered Throne
Collect 50 x Shadowfrost Shard from 25 man mode bosses
Heroic mode bosses have a higher drop chance
Shadowmourne...
Rewards Shadowmourne
The Lich King's Last Stand
The first kill per Shadowmourne wielder while on this quest will cause The Lich King to also drop the Sealed Chest which is only loot-able by the wielder of Shadowmourne
It begins the quest Personal PropertyRewards Unsealed Chest which contains

Alexandros' Soul Shard ─► Mograine's Reunion ─► Reins of the Crimson Deathcharger
Jaina's Locket ─► Jaina's Locket ─► Jaina's Locket
Arthas' Training Sword ─► Muradin's Lament ─► Muradin's Favor
Badge of the Silver Hand ─► The Lightbringer's Redemption ─► Tabard of the Lightbringer
Blood of Sylvanas ─► Sylvanas' Vengeance ─► Sylvanas' Music Box

Cataclysm

Details Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest Raid: Firelands

To begin this quest line, you must have killed a Molten Lord or have completed

Blackwing Descent

The Bastion of Twilight

Throne of the Four Winds

Additional (although partially inaccurate/out-of-date) information can be found hereA guide specifically written for this item by Gnub can be found herePhase 1

Your Time Has Come ─► A Legendary Engagement
Your Time Has Come ─► A Legendary Engagement
A Wrinkle in Time
All-Seeing Eye

25 x Eternal Ember
3 x Sands of Time
On a Wing and a Prayer
Through a Glass, Darkly
Actionable Intelligence
Delegation

Lord Rhyolith

Gather 3 x Rhyolite Fragment from Rhyolite Fragment during the encounter
Create Dull Rhyolite Focus and "throw" it on the ground before Lord Rhyolith does his Concussive Stomp and it will change into a loot-able object Charged Rhyolite Focus
Beth'tilac

Gather 3 x Obsidian-Flecked Chitin Fragment from Obsidian-Flecked Chitin during the encounter
Create Dull Chitinous Focus and "throw" it on the web before Beth'tilac does her Smoldering Devastation and it will change into a loot-able object Charged Chitinous Focus
Shannox

Gather 3 x Emberstone Fragment from Emberstone Fragment during the encounter
Create Dull Emberstone Focus and "throw" it on the ground before Shannox does his Hurl Spear and it will change into a loot-able object Charged Emberstone Focus
Alysrazor

Gather 3 x Pyreshell Fragment from Pyreshell Fragment during the encounter
Create Dull Pyreshell Focus and "throw" it on the ground before Alysrazor does her Burnout and it will change into a loot-able object Charged Pyreshell Focus
The 4 Charged Focuses are then combined and open the portal allowing access to the event to obtain the Branch of Nordrassil
Nordrassil's Bough

Rewards - Branch of Nordrassil

Phase 2

Emergency Extraction

At One

Time Grows Short

1000 x Seething Cinder

Alignment

Rewards - Runestaff of Nordrassil

Phase 3

Heart of Flame / Heart of Flame

250 x Siphon Essence

Heart of Flame

The Stuff of Legends / The Stuff of Legends

Rewards - Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Details Fangs of the Father Raid: Dragon Soul

A guide specifically written for these items by Pathal can be found here
Phase 1

Proving Your Worth - Pickpocket a Cryptomancer's Decoder Ring from Hagara the Stormbinder within the Dragon Soul
A Hidden Message - Charge the Cryptomancer's Decoder Ring (12 hour real-time charge time) by paying to Thaumaturge Altha and use the Charged Decoder Ring with the Singed Cipher from Corastrasza to create the Solved Cipher
To Ravenholdt - Speak with Mostrasz
To Catch a Thief - Locate the missing black dragon egg in Ravenholdt Manor without being detected
Our Man in Gilneas - Speak with Zazzo
Assassinate Creed - Kill Lord Hiram Creed
The Deed is Done - Return to Wrathion- Rewards: Jaws of Retribution Fear
Vengeance

Phase 2

Cluster Clutch - Collect 333 x Shadowy Gem
Our Man in Karazhan - Report to Zazzo
Blood of the Betrayer - Sneak into the Master's Cellar near Karazhan, defeat Nalice, and acquire Vial of Black Dragonsblood
Victory in the Depths - Turn in current daggers.- Rewards: Maw of Oblivion The Sleeper
The Dreamer

Phase 3

Sharpening Your Fangs - Collect 60 x Elementium Gem Cluster
Patricide - Defeat Deathwing- Rewards: Fangs of the Father Golad, Twilight of Aspects
Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages

Related Achievements: Fangs of the Father - Personal, Fangs of the Father - Guild Edition - Guild
Additional Sources: Blackriver, Kalx

Mists of Pandaria

Details ~~Legendary Cloaks~~ Raids: T14 → T15 MoP Raids; Timeless Isle

No Longer Obtainable as of Warlords of Draenor release
Old Questline Note: Some links may be broken due to quest removals.

As of Patch 6.0.2 the initial quests to begin this chain have been removed. Blizzard has said that the cloak chain will be removed entirely with the release of Warlords of Draenor and it will no longer be possible to obtain a legendary cloak on any character who has not yet completed the questline.
With news of patch 5.4, it was confirmed that indeed it would be legendary cloaks for everyone rather than a weapon. This marks the first time in WoW history where the legendary item(s) in an expansion are not weapons.
In MoP, specific items will be later "modified" by a legendary from a quest which will allow any class to obtain a legendary item in patch 5.x
Here is a Wowhead News article about the items which can be made into legendaries.

A guide specifically for this quest line written by Perculia can be found here.

Phase 1 - Chapter I: Trial of the Black Prince

(non-rogue) Stranger in a Strange Land or (Rogue) Stranger in a Strange Land from Teng Firebrew
A Legend in the Making- Have a drink with Wrathion
Trial of the Black Prince- Reach Honored with The Black Prince
The Strength of One's Foes- 10 x Sigil of Power from Mogu'shan Vaults/Heart of Fear/Terrace of Endless Spring/Throne of Thunder/(Siege of Orgrimmar wings 1 & 2) bosses- 10 x Sigil of Wisdom from Mogu'shan Vaults/Heart of Fear/Terrace of Endless Spring/Throne of Thunder/(Siege of Orgrimmar wings 1 & 2) bosses
Fear Itself- Defeat Sha of Fear in the Terrace of Endless Spring to obtain Chimera of Fear
Breath of the Black Prince- Rewards Crystallized Horror or Crystallized Dread or Crystallized Terror(Additional gems can later be purchased from Blacktalon Quartermaster or Commander Oxheart for )

Phase 2 - Chapter II: Wrathion's War / Chapter II: Wrathion's War

If your character has not completed the 5.1 introduction quests, you will receive Incoming... which can be completed by the following quests:

Meet the Scout → The Might of the Warchief → Domination Point

Meet the Scout → A King Among Men → Lion's Landing

The Measure of a Leader or The Measure of a Leader from Wrathion

The Prince's Pursuit or The Prince's Pursuit- Reach Revered with The Black Prince
~~A Test of Valor or A Test of Valor- Earn 3000 6000~~ x Valor Points
A Change of Command - Kill High Marshal Twinbraid or A Change of Command - Kill Warlord Bloodhilt
Glory to the Horde or The Lion Roars- Win a battle in Temple of Kotmogu- Win a battle in Silvershard Mines
The Soul of the Horde or Call of the Packmaster- Speak with Wrathion- Rewards Eye of the Black Prince(Additional Eyes can later be purchased from Blacktalon Quartermaster or Commander Oxheart for )

Phase 3 - Chapter III: Two Princes

Meet Me Upstairs (The Thunder King if acquired prior to 5.2) - Go upstairs in the Tavern

I Need a Champion- Reach Exalted with The Black Prince

Secrets of the First Empire- 40 x Trillium Bar- 20 x Secrets of the Empire from Throne of Thunder/(Siege of Orgrimmar wings 1 & 2) bosses. 100% drop from Lei Shen and Sha of Pride

The Thunder Forge- Unlock the Thunder Forge (a realm progression stage on the Isle of Thunder which should be complete on all realms by this point)- Complete Wrathion's Task

Spirit of the Storm Lord- Unlock the Foot of Lei Shen (a realm progression stage on the Isle of Thunder which should be complete on all realms by this point)- Tempered Lightning LanceUse the Lightning Lance on Nalak and avoid death until the Essence of Storms dies

The Crown of Heaven- Speak with Wrathion- Rewards Indomitable Primal Diamond or Courageous Primal Diamond or Capacitive Primal Diamond or Sinister Primal Diamond(Additional meta gems can later be purchased from Blacktalon Quartermaster for 5 x Primal Diamond)

Echoes of the Titans- 12 x Titan Runestone from (Throne of Thunder wings 3 & 4)/(Siege of Orgrimmar wings 1 & 2) bosses. 100% drop from Lei Shen and Sha of Pride

Heart of the Thunder King- Defeat Lei Shen in the Throne of Thunder to obtain Heart of the Thunder King

Phase 4 - Chapter IV: Celestial Blessings

A Reckoning

Celestial Blessings- Complete one of the Celestial's Challenges (based on specialization)

Yu'lon = Ranged DPS

Chi-Ji = Healer

Xuen = Melee DPS

Niuzao = Tank

Cloak of Virtue- Speak with Wrathion- Rewards Oxhoof Greatcloak or Oxhorn Bladebreaker or Tigerclaw Cape or Tigerfang Wrap or Cranewing Cloak or Jadefire Drape(Additional cloaks can later be purchased from Blacktalon Quartermaster for )

Phase 5 - Chapter V: Judgment of the Black Prince

Meet Me Back at the Inn (Preparing to Strike if acquired prior to 5.4)

A Timeless Discovery- Travel to the Timeless Isle southeast of the Jade Forest and speak with Wrathion

Secrets of the Timeless Isle- 5000 x Timeless Coin

The Emperor's Way- Defeat the four August Celestials of Pandaria (requires a "small army", 25 man group)

A Pandaren Legend- Rewards: Timeless Essence of the Black Dragonflight (Used to upgrade to respective legendary cloak)(Additional Essences can later be purchased from Blacktalon Quartermaster for )

Judgment of the Black Prince- Kill Garrosh Hellscream

Warlords of Draenor

Details ~~(Legendary Ring)~~ All WoD Raid Content

No Longer Obtainable as of Legion release
Old Questline Note: Some links may be broken due to quest removals.

To begin this questline, you must be level 98 and have built your Garrison
An in-depth guide specifically for this quest line written by Wowhead can be found here.

Chapter I: Call of the Archmage

Call of the Archmage Accept quest from Khadgar's Servant in your Garrison- Speak to Archmage Khadgar
Spires of the Betrayer- Obtain Pure Solium Band from High Sage Viryx in Skyreach
Khadgar's Task- Return to Archmage Khadgar- Rewards: Pick One
Core of Flame- Obtain Core of Flame from Gug'rokk in Bloodmaul Slag Mines on Heroic
Core of Iron- Obtain Core of Iron from the train engine in Grimrail Depot on Heroic
Core of Life- Obtain Core of Life from Yalnu in The Everbloom on Heroic
Draenor's Secret Power- Collect 4986 x Apexis Crystal
Tackling Teron'gor- Obtain Corrupted Blood of Teron'gor from Teron'gor in Auchindoun on Heroic
Eyes of the Archmage- Protect Archmage Khadgar during role-playing event
Fugitive Dragon- Meet with Archmage Khadgar in Nagrand
The Dragon's Tale- Follow trail of clues to find Kairozdormu
Tarnished Bronze- Defeat the Spirit of Kairozdormu using preferred class role

Chapter II: Gul'dan Strikes Back

Power Unleashed- Return to Khadgar's Tower using the portal- Rewards: Pick One
Empire's Fall- Obtain Felbreaker's Tome from Ko'ragh in Highmaul- Obtain Sigil of the Sorcerer King from Imperator Mar'gok in Highmaul
Legacy of the Sorcerer Kings- Obtain 125 x Abrogator Stone from bosses in Highmaul or by breaking apart Abrogator Stone Cluster- These can also be found by followers at your garrison on various missions- Rarely from Garrison Work Orders
The Scrying Game- Talk with Khadgar for role-playing event
Hunter: Hunted- Track down Garona
Touch of the Kirin-Tor- Rewards: Pick One

Chapter III: The Foundry Falls

Might of the Elemental Lords- Obtain 3 x Elemental Tablet by combining Elemental Rune from bosses in Blackrock Foundry- These can also be found by followers at your garrison on various missions- Rarely from Garrison Work Orders
Heart of the Fury- Obtain Heart of the Fury from Foreman Feldspar encounter in Blackrock Foundry
Flamebender's Tome- Obtain Flamebender's Tome from Flamebender Ka'graz in Blackrock Foundry
Reverse Piracy- Obtain Draenic Thaumaturgical Orb from the Dread Grotto in Blackrock Foundry
Blackhand's Secret- Obtain Blackhand's Severed Arm from Blackhand in Blackrock Foundry

The Unbroken Circle6.1 - Garona HalforcenWe're Not Finished...

Prisoner of the Mind- Protect Archmage Khadgar during the role-playing event

Orb of Dominion- Locate the Den of Shadows- Obtain the Orb of Dominion
The Shadow War- Kill 15 Shadow Council members
Breaking Badness- Assist Archmage Khadgar during the role-playing event
To Gul'dan!- Speak with Archmage Khadgar in Talador
An Inside Job- Infiltrate the Iron Horde compound and spy on Gul'dan
My Garona- Obtain Garona Halforcen

6.2 - Chapter IV: Darkness Incarnate

The Final AssaultDetails - Construct your Garrison Shipyard

We Need a Shipwright or We Need a Shipwright

Derailment or Derailment

The Train Gang or The Train Gang

Hook, Line, and... Sink Him! or Hook, Line, and... Sink Him!

Nothing Remains or Nothing Remains

All Hands on Deck or All Hands on Deck

We Don't Need No Library Card- Collect 33 x Tome of Chaos from bosses in Hellfire Citadel

Command of the SeasDetails - Upgrade Garrison Shipyard to Level 2

Let's Get To Work or Let's Get To Work
Shipbuilding or Shipbuilding => Strange Tools
Ship Shape or Ship Shape
The Invasion of Tanaan or The Invasion of Tanaan
Obstacle Course or Obstacle Course
In, Through, and Beyond! or In, Through, and Beyond!
The Assault Base or The Assault Base
Shipyard Report or Shipyard Report
Naval Commander or Naval Commander
Destroying the Competition or Destroying the Competition
If At First You Fail, Try Again! or If At First You Fail, Try Again!
Equipping Our Fleet or Equipping Our Fleet
I Sunk Your Battleship or I Sunk Your Battleship
Upgrading The Fleet (Unlocks ~12hr after your first naval missions)- - 1,000 x Garrison Resources- Complete 15 Shipyard Naval Missions

Master vs. Commander- Complete Naval Missions to unlock Boarding the Master's Call which rewards Draenic Sea ChartCooking the BooksDraenor's BlessingLight Be With YouDarkness IncarnateArchimondeCrystallized FelLegendary Item Overall Statistics

22 total weapons
14 are permanent
4 of those 14 represent the same item (Atiesh) bringing the total down to 11.
Out of those 11, 10 are still available to players.

Given the 10 current, obtainable, and permanent legendary weapons in the game,

the following weapons can be wielded (appropriate Feat of Strength Achievement can be obtained):

Warrior - 6

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury
Shadowmourne

Paladin - 4

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
Shadowmourne

Hunter - 2

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury

Rogue - 6

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury
Golad, Twilight of Aspects
Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages

Priest - 2

Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Death Knight - 5

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Shadowmourne

Shaman - 3

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Mage - 2

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Warlock - 2

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Druid - 3

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Monk - 4

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Warglaive of Azzinoth
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings

Comments

Comment by hatman555

Very nice content formatting inside the tabs. There is just enough details given for each entry and that works really well. For some of the more complicated items you illustrate the quest chain in a very simple to follow format.

As for the rest of the formatting, I really don't like the legend box at the top =/ I think the best way to deal with it, would be to add a small introduction paragraph to the guide, offset a picture of your choosing to the right side of the screen, and then you could put the legend under the intro paragraph as a 1 by 2 table instead of a 2 by 1. It would help center up the guide and make it less sparse on top.

Content: 10/10
Formatting: 8/10

Overall Rating: 9/10

Cheers,
Hat

Comment by Desoxyn

Nice work!

Comment by 696346

The guide lists Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings under legendaries Warriors can wield. I cannot verify this myself, but in the comments section of the item a user says the hammer can only be obtained by healing classes.

Great guide though.

Comment by tanzine

Nice work - its empowered my mojo to grind one out !

Comment by 892039

So a Hunter cannot epuip the Warglaives?

Comment by 681550

I suggest adding a bit more clarity to the Vanilla section. While clicking the item links will tell you how to obtain the Bindings and Eye of Sulfuron, having the information in the guide would be convenient.

Comment by 1013336

i dont get it every time i click on it,it just shows the item

Comment by Onijitsu

Thank you very much for this article! I am sure it wasn't easy to put together.

I think it's a bit telling that some classes have vastly more legendary items available to them (including, Death Knights, which were latecomers!) than others. 'Twould be nice if Blizzard would give some more love to the classes which have only two available.

Comment by tanzine

Really good feedback on the formatting

Comment by 63753

Ranged weapons can still be equipped by the melee classes, they just no longer have a dedicated range slot.

Comment by 550332

One addition I'd like to see to this guide is what items a class can get, even if they can't actually get the FoS for using it. For example, I have a Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros on my hunter, just because I can. It popped the guild achievement for me, but obviously not the personal one.

Comment by Wimbleton

I've been in Azeroth since about two months after launch and I never even conceived of pursuing a legendary item, partly because (some of you might remember) parts of Vanilla were pretty tough. Some quest chains (Fallen Hero of the Horde - the ne plus ultra) required some help, which usually didn't take more than a week to arrange, and some of the tougher quest chains, not to mention raids, took as long as six hours to complete. I just assumed that there would never be a legendary on any of my characters and that was that.

After reading Runawaynow's outstanding guide, I'm definitely going after my first one. Thank you very much for all the work and making it so easy for the rest of us.

Comment by Vampyrr

Warriors can still get the legendary bow achievement I just obtained it the other night on my 90 by equipping it

Comment by Haigure

I have been collecting legendaries for quite a while and it was not entirely clear for me which classes can Obtain the item and which ones can Wield it:

Please correct me if I'm wrong:

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
Obtained by all clases
FoS only by two-handed maces wielders: Death Knights, Paladins, Shamans, Druids, and Warriors.

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
Obtained by all clases
FoS only by one-handed and two-handed wielders: Death Knights, Hunters, Paladins, Warriors (Two handed), Rogues, Mages, Monks, and Warlocks (one-handed)

Warglaive of Azzinoth / Warglaive of Azzinoth
Obtained by all clases
FoS only by Warrior, Rogue, Death Knight and Monk (class specific item)

Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury
Obtained by all classes
FoS only by ranged wielders: Hunter, Warrior, Rogue

Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
Quest item Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr Only obtained by Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Monk and Druid
Wielded by the same classes

Shadowmourne
Quest The Sacred and the Corrupt Only obtained by Warrior, Paladin and Death Knight
Wielded by the same classes

Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest
Quest Your Time Has Come Only obtained by Druids, Mages, Warlocks and Shamans
Wielded by the same classes

Golad, Twilight of Aspects / Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages
Quest Patricide Only obtained by Rogues
Wielded by the same class

Sorry if this was really obvious, for me it wasn't

Comment by 1248602

It's good to remember "The Old Days".. :)
..and the old ways to get a legendary item - one of all.. ;)))

Comment by mkpturtle

Nice work! Very informative.

Comment by Xastral

Nice work Everything is So detailed ;).That helped me alot when i was doing my Dagger Quest for my rogue twink

Comment by 598246

The section for Dragonwrath, Delegation quest might need updating. Lord Rhyolith's spell is a missing link, 'chucking it on the ground' during the Alysrazor fight just makes it vanish after the ground caves in when she resurfaces with the timing your guide suggests on and lord rhyolith doesn't have the fragments spawn during the encounter at all.

Any idea what the deal is?

Comment by 1064751

Do note, its not the makeing of the item that gives achievment, its the equipping.
- Love, hunter with hammer that cant give the achiev

Comment by Alfa

I have the eye of sulfuras but I'm a dwarf so no achievement. Since they changed it to having to equip it to get it, not just obtain it. :c

Comment by Eido

Blizzard answering questions, Blizzcon 2014 (source):

Will we ever make the Eye of Sulfuras or older legendaries bind on account?
No current plans to alter them, they're a snapshot of the game as it existed.

Comment by 1079196

I love how casters get literally 2 choices but warriors get 5...

Comment by 541362

This is a very nice guide indeed, however, if I may make a suggested edit:

For Shadowmourne, it might be suggested before you begin the three infusion quests, and the 50 souls quest, the item Shadow's Edge needs to be equipped during these parts of the quest (especially the three infusion encounters) for credit to be received.

But apart from that, very nice guide Runawaynow.

Comment by VoltageAu

Awesome Guide, since reading this I have gone out and gotten my self the Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros, I acquired the Eye of Sulfuras which was extremely lucky of me.
Thank you so much for creating this guide, it has been a massive help to me :D

Comment by idiotix

A comprehensive and clear guide!
Thank you so much!
Small typo error under draenor tab though.
I think you meant begin.

"Warlords of Draenor
Details (Legendary Ring)
To being this questline, you"

Comment by KingClockwerk

Chapter IV: Darkness Incarnate requires you to complete the quest "Light Be With You". So it would seem that Light Be With You" gives you the legendary ring. Also it is possible that some of the chapter iv quests will take place in hellfire citadel. It is currently unknown if blizz will make the legendary rings purchasable like the legendary cloak parts were.

Comment by 985910

I've been playing since BC, but never had a chance to get into raiding. Now that most of this content can be done solo, I'd like to get my hands on some of these beauties.

Your guide is making it so much easier, thanks a lot ! =)

Just one little note : it would be nice to have an idea of the estimated time needed to get these quests done (not including random loot, of course, like the warglaives).
I spent a few weeks doing the quests and reading comments : here is what I could find out.

Thanks again for your work =)
- and sorry about my lousy english : not my native language ;)

In short (details below) :

Fangs of the Father • 8 to 9 runs • 2 month + 10 000 gold
Shadowmourne • 8 to 10 runs • 2 months give or take
Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros • RNG for Sulfuron Ingot and Eye of Sulfuras + roughly 2h of mining Arcane Crystal
Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker • RNG for Bindings of the Windseeker + roughly 4h of mining Arcane Crystal

Fangs of the Father - in Dragon Soul - 25N

- Gathering Shadowy Gem for Cluster Clutch

Week 1 : 25N - I got exactly 2 of them on each boss. So 16 per run. So... 333 divided by 16... Seriously ? 21 runs ! ... well, I hope I'm wrong !
Week 2 : 25H - again : 2 from each boss. Except I found out that I was looting Elementium Gem Cluster, and that I had to open them to get the Shadowy Gem... no comment. So when you open the clusters, you get from 3 to 9 gems (most of the time it's 5 or 6). Total gems this run : 88 ! (previous run was 87) Which brings us down to a total of 4 runs to complete the quest. That much better. ^_^
Week 3 : 25N - 15 clusters : 85 orbs, for a nice total of 260 orbs in 3 runs. Next week guys, next week !
Week 4 : 25N - I had enough orbs without killing madness, so I left him alone, just in case...

Bad news guys : I should have done my homework, I wasn't expecting another collection quest... When you return with your 333 orbs, you're asked to kill a bad guy and get some blood for Blood of the Betrayer. Simple enough, there are videos if you need help to locate the cave. Come back with the blood... and... go back to DS for more clusters !

This time, Wrathion needs 60 Elementium Gem Cluster, not the previously required Shadowy Gem. So... 15 to 16 clusters per run... 4 more runs to go.... Oh, and on your last run, dont kill madness : you'll need him alive for the final quest : Patricide.

- Collecting Elementium Gem Cluster for Sharpening Your Fangs

Week 4 : 25N - only one boss left from the previous run : 2 clusters.

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros - in Molten Core - crafting Sulfuron Hammer

Blood of the Mountain is a (very) rare drop from Molten Destroyer and Dark Iron Deposit
Kill no bosses, run the trash mobs over and over again... One tenacious bastard could get the 10 bloods in a single day - so far, 10 runs, I could only get my hands on a couple of them. This is going to take time.

Sulfuron Ingot is a drop (38% chance according to wowhead) from Golemagg the Incinerator. Yep. Only one boss, once a week.

Get every toon you have to run MC every week. RNG gods at work here...
Week 1, my 8 toons ran the instance, I got 2 ingots.
Week 2, two of my rerolls went down there, got only 1 ingot.

Arcanite Bar : check out my "Quick facts about Arcanite Bar" at the en of this comment.

You should be able to get all needed reagents in 2h if you mine Thorium veins in Silithus.

All other reagents are looted in MC. By the time you get all the Sulfuron Ingot, you should have everything you need.

Important note : all of these reagents can be bought in the AH, but some of them are very, very expensive on my server !

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker - in Molten Core and Blackwing Lair - gathering reagents for Thunderaan the Windseeker

The miner's part
Goblin's Guide to Elementium is dropped by Master Elemental Shaper Krixix in BWL - it has a 50% droprate, and the guy will respawn even if you cleared the instance. It teaches you how to craft Enchanted Elementium Bar
Elementium Ingot drop from some of the trash mobs in BWL - it drops from respawns as well, but there is a set amount of ore that drops per Raid ID, as confirmed by several players and GM (see comments on that page). It seems you can get up to 8 of them per raid ID. So with a bit of luck, 2 or 3 runs should be enough
Arcanite Bar : check out my "Quick facts about Arcanite Bar" at the en of this comment.

The alchemist's part

Well... craft the Arcanite Bar =)

Your part

Fiery Core is a drop from MC trash mobs
Elemental Flux is sold by blacksmiths in every major city

Shadowmourne - in Icecrown Citadel 25H - collecting Shadowfrost Shard for The Splintered Throne

The guide gives pretty good details for the quests, just wanted to give you guys an idea of the needed time to gather the 50 Shadowfrost Shard :

A few comments on different pages state that you get 5 to 7 shards per run. No hard math here : you'll need from 8 to 10 runs for the shards alone
On my first run, I got only 5. So it seems the droprate is still the same. I will update as I do more runs.
Second run : I got lucky and looted 8 of these shards
Third run - not too bad either : 7 shards this time. So 20 total in 3 runs.

Quick facts about Arcanite Bar

First rule of Arcanite Bar is : don't underestimate Arcanite Bar. You'll have to spend either a lot of money or a lot of time to acquire them.
Only alchemists can craft it, with a recipe sold by Alchemist Pestlezugg in Tanaris
Reagents (per Arcanite Bar) :
1xThorium Bar - I like to go to Silithus for those (clique here for a map with the nodes)
Should you choose to farm the Arcane Crystals, you'll have plenty of thorium. Far more that you'd ever need. No kidding.

1xArcane Crystal - beware : these cannot be obtained through prospection, you have to mine them from thorium veins !

1h mining session in Silithus : I got 28 crystals, which seems to be the common rate, according to comments
If you choose to buy them, you should know : on my server, they currently sell for 500gold on my server.

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Comment by KingClockwerk

Light Be With You is the quest that gives you your legendary ring

Comment by sabrestryke

OK forget to add Blood of the Mountain as a crafting piece for the Sulfuron Hammer.

Comment by 1509008

Hey, why the legendary cloaks are not available anymore? Can't find anywhere.

Comment by Stabaro

Kinda stupid that you need more than 1 person to do parts of a legendary...

Comment by Counterclockwork

No guides seem to do this, so I'm making this comment to help you if you're planning on going on a Legendary journey but aren't certain what ones you even can get on your class. Also generally worth noting that 4 of the 8 legendaries are class restricted and the other 4 are not.

Equipable / Obtainable

Comment by Sh3phrd

I just wanted to say that this is the best legendary guide page I have ever come across. The way everything is laid out and linked, with the concise information available and extra detail just a click away. This page has been a huge help for me.
I've had it bookmarked for years, ever since I was working on Dragonwrath during Cata. I have since gone back and started collecting all the others on alts, and been referencing this page for every one.
Just figured that with the amount of time I've spent reading this guide, I thought you should know how much I appreciate your work. Keep it up!

Comment by Sukrez

Great guid :)

Comment by Swiftcut

I wish there was a way that Blizzard would allow us to upgrade those legendary items (weapons ,armor,etc) use some kind of currency (like valor for example ) and bring them to the current world ,instead leave them the way it is with those poor stats.:(
Make the upgrade options tough but doable!

Comment by Apocalex

What happens if you throw the Val'anyr thing into Yogg's mouth then die before the kill?

Comment by Gymlea

I just got all seven of the BC Legendary items, which are dropped by Kael'thas Sunstrider. I am a lvl 110, iLvl 891, priest, with 3,423,000 HP. Even gathering all of the mobs in one room they could not do any damage to me.

I do not understand why all seven dropped in one fight.

Comment by Morrivar

Important note: Firelands can apparently no longer be run in 25-man since the advent of the TW version, meaning Dragonwrath takes considerably longer than it would have before.

Comment by Soulkeeper1987

I love your guide, it is the most complete that I have seen for the staff. I have written the following for a more in-depth procedure of attaining the fragments, because honestly, there really isn't anything that says how. I am not sure if you want to add more in-depth procedure, especially since most characters are too high a level to proceed normally now.

First of all, Delegations gives almost know knowledge of what you need to do:
• Gain a focus from 4 bosses in Firelands: Beth'tilac, Lord Rhyolith, Alysrazor, Shannox
• Uses those focuses to open a path in the circle of thorns, this area is up the Path of Desolation behind Beth'tilac area, the path starts to the near the bridge on the left side of Shannox spawn.
• Kill the Harbinger of Flame and attempt to loot the Branch
• When you click on the branch a Tormented Protector will spawn, kill him
• After he dies, he will pass on his will to you and Volcanus will spawn, kill him.
• You should now be able to loot the Branch of Nordrassil.
• Return to Kalecgos at Amber Ledge in the Borean Tundra.
• At max level everything is 1 shot able.
• If you need to reset any boss, running out of the raid will reset them if you can't figure out how to die.

Now for each of the focuses, you need to do different things:
Beth'tilac
• I am not sure of other classes, but shamans can start the fight by dropping Capacitor Totem
• The fragments drop from the Cinderweb Drone. Three Obsidian-Flecked Chitin Fragment drop from each drone, there are three drones total. You will be interrupted by boss attacks so time your pickup. They are blue in color.
• Combine the fragments to make Dull Chitinous Focus. Kill one of the Cinderweb Spinner to get up top.
• Don't move, throw the Dull Chitinous Focus and wait for Beth'tilac to use Smoldering Devastation.
• Loot the Charged Rhyolite Focus on the ground.
• The first drone does not spawn until after the first Smoldering Devastation. The boss only casts it 3 times total.
• On the third cast the entire upper web disintegrates, and I am not sure if the Charged Rhyolite Focus is still loot-able.
• That pretty much means you only get one shot per attempt. The fragments do not disappear to my knowledge, so you can pick it up, reset the boss, and have 2 waves to attempt it on.
• Reset boss if possible, as you need to kill the boss and loot cinders from it for the follow up quest chain Time Grows Short.

Lord Rhyolith
• Out of the 4 bosses this is by far the easiest.
• The Rhyolite Fragment drop on the outside ring of the landmass the boss is at. They are purple in color.
• You can kill any mobs that spawn, just wait for the fragments. It took about 2 minutes for me to get my 3.
• Once you have all 3 Rhyolite Fragment, combine them to make Dull Rhyolite Focus.
• Wait for Lord Rhyolith to start casting Concussive Stomp and place the Dull Rhyolite Focus down.
• Loot the Charged Rhyolite Focus on the ground.
• Reset boss if possible, as you need to kill the boss and loot cinders from it for the follow up quest chain Time Grows Short.

Alysrazor
• During P1 of this fight Voracious Hatchling will spawn, directly underneath them is the Pyreshell Fragment. it is yellow.
• I did this in Heroic and had 2 Voracious Hatchling each time, meaning 2 shards.
• You can kill all mobs in P1 and P2.
• Once you have the 3 Pyreshell Fragment combine them to make Dull Pyreshell Focus.
• Now you wait. You have to wait for P3 when Alysrazor falls to the ground.
• Do not attack. Place your Dull Pyreshell Focus, and wait for her to reach 100% energy.
• When she does, she will fly into the air, knocking you back and charging your Dull Pyreshell Focus
• Loot the Charged Pyreshell Focus
• Reset boss if possible, as you need to kill the boss and loot cinders from it for the follow up quest chain Time Grows Short.
• On this boss you can reset easily by picking up three feathers and flying toward the entrance.

Shannox
• This REQUIRES 2 people, or a pet (hunter pet, treants, water elemental, earth elemental, totems), lightning and fire elemental are not recommend, because they can accidently kill the boss on dismissal.
• I recommend summoning elementals/pets, ect before pulling and setting them on passive.
• On initial aggro, kill Rageface, DO NOT KILL Riplimb.
• Shannox should start casting Throw Crystal Prison Trap#summons
• Either lead your pet or 2nd person into the trap, if you can't step in it yourself. I had to trap myself, then target the prison and had my elemental attack it.
• Immediately after freeing myself, I made sure my elemental was passive. According to other posts shaman Capacitor Totem and Earthgrab Totem will cause traps to be cast as well.
• After freeing yourself, pickup the Emberstone Fragment it is red.
• If your elemental times out, or you can't free yourself the trap wears off after about 2 mins, and the fragment will still show up.
• You can always reset this boss by running out of the dungeon, if you get him too low, or are afraid you might kill him.
• After you have 3 Emberstone Fragment, combine them to make Dull Emberstone Focus.
• Wait for Shannox to start casting Hurl Spear and place your Dull Emberstone Focus down.
• Loot the Charged Emberstone Focus.
• Reset boss if possible, as you need to kill the boss and loot cinders from it for the follow up quest chain Time Grows Short

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