Ulduar - The Complete Achiever's Guide

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UlduarGlory of the Ulduar RaiderReins of the Rusted Proto-DrakeReins of the Ironbound Proto-DrakeRaidAchievementThe Siege of UlduarFlame Leviathan

Three Car Garage: It will take 3 runs of this raid to get this achievement. The achievement requires you to kill Flame in each of the 3 vehicles. 3 runs, 3 different vehicles - you're good.

Dwarfageddon: This is the only gauntlet achievement. It requires you to kill 100 defenders in 10 seconds. Best way to do this is to have everyone stay at the stairs and run the choppers through the crowd to the end and back. Then, wait for the defenders to gather up at the stairs and nuke them down. If you don't get it - it's fine, you can do it all again. Defenders will keep spawning.

Unbroken: This achievement requires you to NOT repair your vehicle at all during the gauntlet or before the Flame encounter. This is easy to do and is best done when you're NOT doing Orbit-uary. Just stay grouped during the gauntlet and don't repair at the end.

Take Out Those Turrets: To complete these achievements, you need to be the passenger in the demolisher. Two people can get this achievement each encounter (that's 5 weeks of runs for the whole group to get it). As the passenger hit the "load into Catapult" button. Then have the driver face Flame, stop moving, and use Throw Passenger action. Once atop Flame, there are 2 turrets, one in both melee and range DPS range.

Orbit-uary: Kill Flame with all 4 defense turrets active. If you complete this, you'll also get: Nuked from Orbit, Orbital Devastation, and Orbital Bombardment. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Shutout: To do this you need to NOT work on Take Out Those Turrets. Merely go in without any defense systems active and DPS him down. It's basically a speed kill achievement.

Razorscale

A Quick Shave: This is a speed kill achievement that requires you only allow her to land once. Basically, you have to DPS her down to 50% when she lands for the first time. Very easy at 85.

Iron Dwarf, Medium Rare: This achievement can happen over multiple runs, so don't think you need to do it in one run. It requires you to have Razor kill 25 of the dark ruin adds from phase 1. It will take some time, but here's what to do. During phase 1, just kite around (don't kill) the dark ruin adds. You can kill the sentinels that spawn. Kite them around during phase 1 and bring them into the fire pools that Razor spits down. Then, during phase 2, bring the adds in front of Razor's mouth. The goal is to have Razor kill the adds using her fire breath. You can try, if you want, to weaken the adds a bit, but it will be hard to not kill them in Cata gear. Basically, keep bringing the adds into the fire and ignore Razor until you're sick of going after this. I try to get about 8 each run, as you have to come back to do Flame multiple times. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Ignis the Furnace Master

Stokin' the Furnace: Speed kill within 4 minutes. Very easy. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Hot Pocket: RNG achievement requires you to get thrown in the slag pot by Ignis. You'll easily survive it; harder to be chosen to get thrown in.

Shattered: For the sake of having time to spare, I'd recommend doing this achievement when not going for the speed kill. During the fight, Ignis will spawn Iron Constructs. This is a kiting challenge. Once 2 constructs are up, do the following: first, kite them both into the fire left by Ignis. This will cause them to gain a Heat debuff. Once this stacks to 10 each, they gain a new debuff, Molten, which last for 20 seconds. Within this 20 seconds, kite them into the water on side of the boss area. They will then get a new debuff, Brittle. Then just do some solid DPS (~5k) and they'll explode. You need both to shatter within 5 seconds to get the achievement.

XT-002 Deconstructor

Must Deconstruct Faster: Speed kill in 205 seconds (just over 3 minutes). Easily done both in easy mode and hard mode.

Heartbreaker: Destroy his heart (basically complete hard mode). You can do this and the speed kill the same run. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Nerf Gravity Bombs: Occasionally XT casts a gravity bomb on a player - nothing really to worry about. The achievement basically requires that no one dies from the gravity bomb; which should be no problem at 85. Basically stay out of the pooh and heal through.

Nerf Engineering: Don't allow any Scrapbots healing XT. Scrapbots will heal XT when they get to him, so basically just kill the Scrapbots when they spawn. It's easy, Scrapbots are very weak at 85. You can easily do this in the run as the 3 achievements listed above.

Nerf Scrapbots: This achievement is tough and may take a few attempts to pull off. I'd do the above 4 achievements during one run and focus on this the next run. The goal is to kill 20 Scrapbots in 12 seconds using a Boombot. First, this is somewhat RNG driven, so good luck. Every 25% when XT exposes his heart he spawns a set of adds. Start the fight with XT by the stairs. DPS him to 75%. When the heart comes out, nuke it down to 5%. When that is happening, throw some slows down (frost traps, etc.). When the heart phase ends, you want to quickly nuke him down under 50% to push him into the next heart phase. Get the heart down to 3-5% again. After the heart phase ends, nuke him down below 25% to push him into the third heart phase. Once this happens you will hopefully have 20 Scrapbots out converging on XT and a Boombot. A few hits on the Boombot will blow it up and destroy all the nearby Scrapbots. If RNG was on your side, you're good.

The Antechamber of UlduarStormcaller Brundir

I Choose You, Runemaster Molgeim: Simply kill Molgeim last.

I Choose You, Steelbreaker: Simply kill Steelbreaker last. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

I Choose You, Stormcaller Brundir: Simply kill Brundir last.

But I'm On Your Side: You need to be under the effect of the Iron Boot Flask when the last boss dies. The flask is for sale by Olug Alegut in Storm Peaks for 10 Relics of Ulduar. You can drink this before the fight or during - just don't forget to drink it before the last one dies. The flask is BOP, so you need to get it yourself - no buying for or from friends.

Can't Do That While Stunned: This is best done by killing Brundir first. You want to interrupt his Chain Lightning and Lightning Whirl. If you kill him first, you only need to worry about the Chain Lightning (his other ability is gained when he's 1 of 2 bosses left). Have the group focus on Brundir first while doing I Choose You, Steelbreaker, and you'll be good.

Kologarn

Disarmed: Kill the arms and Kologarn within 12 seconds. The key to this is to bring his head down to about 30%. Then bring each of the arms (left and right) down to 20% each). Then nuke the arms, then nuke the head. Should be solid. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Rubble and Roll: To do this achievement, just destroy 5 arms. After you destroy an arm, it will spawn 5 Rubble creatures. After a bit, fallen arms will respawn. So, just do this until you've killed 5 sets of Rubbles (25 total) and you'll be set.

With Open Arms: You have to nuke Kologarn without destroying his arms. Very easy to do.

If Looks Could Kill: Defeat Kologarn without any raid member being hit by Focused Eyebeams. It's noted that pets (and possibly totems) cannot get hit - so you should dismiss if you're going for this. This is a raid awareness achievement and just requires people to nuke the boss and avoid the eyebeams. The beam will target a player and then try to follow them - that player should run in big circles and avoid the group.

Auriaya

Crazy Cat Lady: Simple kill Auriaya without killing the Sanctum Sentries. Just single-target DPS, no totems, pets, etc. You'll easily get this. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Nine Lives: You need to kill the Feral Defender that spawns during the Auriaya encounter before killing Auriaya. The Feral Defender will spawn about 1 minute into the battle, so you need to really not DPS Auriaya at all (as at 85 you'll easily kill her). Once the defender spawns, you'll need to DPS him. He'll "revive" himself 8 times - meaning you basically kill him 9 times during the fight. Once this is done, take done Auriaya and you're set.

Algalon the Observer

Observed: Just kill Algalon. You will also get the and titles.

Supermassive: You have to close 3 black holes within 10s by kiting living constellations into them. As you're 85 and overpowered, patience will be key for the black holes and constellations to spawn.

The Keepers of UlduarFreya

Knock, Knock, Knock on Wood: Kill Freya while leaving all 3 elders alive. If you do this (which is part of the Glory achievement) you'll also get Knock, Knock on Wood and Knock on Wood.

Deforestation: This requires you to kill 2 water spirits, 2 storm lashers, and 2 Snaplashers within 10 seconds. Basically, you need to divide DPS and focus on killing off all 6 mobs. These mobs will spawn during the first part of the Freya encounter. You'll most likely get this without trying.

Lumberjacked: This requires you to kill all 3 elders within 15 seconds. To do this, first clear the trash in the area, then start with one elder and kite it to the other, and then kite the 2 to the third (or just divide tanks up and kite them all to a single point). Straight DPS and watch health levels. If you balance it out - it should be pretty easy.

Con-speed-atory: Kill Freya within 20 minutes of killing the first creature in the Conservatory.

Getting Back to Nature: Kill Freya while she has 25 stacks of Attuned to Nature. Freya starts with 150 stacks of this and each mob you kill in the waves reduces her stack. What you need to do is down the first 3 waves of trash, then just ignore the rest of the waves and nuke Freya down. This is very doable at 85.

Hodir

I Could Say That This Cache Was Rare: This is a speed-kill. The timer starts when you enter his tunnel. The official time isn't quite known as it's laggy and buggy (they say 3 mins), but people should aim for a kill within 2mins 45secs. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Cheese the Freeze: You need to do this without any raid member getting flash-frozen. This a raid-awareness achievement completed by everyone going on the snow mounds right before he casts the freeze. You should not go on the mound before the ice falls, as you'll be knocked off. You want to go to the mound right after it forms.

Getting Cold in Here: Another raid awareness achievement. This is done without any getting more than 2 stacks of Biting Cold. You can remove the debuff by constantly moving or standing by the fire.

I Have the Coolest Friends: During the fight, there are NPCs who'll help you. To get this - none of them can die. A speed kill is the best way to do this. Or you can try to waste some heals on them - your choice.

Staying Buffed All Winter: You need to get the 3 buffs that occur during this fight. Some of this a bit of RNG luck, but here's how you get the 3. The NPCs will cast 1 of the buffs on you. The other two are from objects in the room: toasty fire and starlight. The fire and starlight will be received by going by those items. Each buff lasts for 30seconds and should be obtainable by running around next to items/NPCs. Most people will "just get this" by doing the fight - but you might need to pay a bit of attention to get them.

Mimiron

Firefighter: Before the fight starts, sneak behind Mimiron and, in the back of the room, there is a big, red "Do Not Push" button. Push that to activate hard mode. Kill him and you'll get this achievement. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Not-So-Friendly Fire: This takes some coordination. You need to take a bot-add from phase 3 and kite it into phase 4. Once in phase 4, you need to move it to into a rocket strike area (red zone) and have Mimiron kill it.

Set Up Us the Bomb: This is a raid-awareness achievement. Throughout the fight, no one in the raid can get hit by the "extra attacks" Mimiron is doing. This includes Mines (ph1), Rocket Strike (ph2), and Bomb bots (ph3). Good luck - it'll take a few runs.

Thorim

Lose Your Illusion: This is a speed kill that requires your tunnel team to get to Thorim in under ~3 minutes. Very easy to do at 85. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Siffed: You need to kill Thorim while Siff is still present. This is also a speed kill - do the same as listed under Lose Your Illusion.

Don't Stand in the Lightning: This is a raid awareness achievement. You need to kill Thorim without anyone being struck by lightning. Once Thorim is engaged, he'll cast this every 15 seconds. The attack will be a coned-based attack that is aimed at a lightning orb in the back. Avoid being in line between the orb and Thorim.

I'll Take You All On: To get this you need to be in the group who goes through the tunnel. After downing the 2 mini-bosses in the tunnel and Thorim, you got this.

Who Needs Bloodlust?: To get this you need to Mind Control a Dark Rune Warbringer. The MC'd Warbringer will be able to cast Aura of Celerity. While under the buff you need to kill Thorim.

The Descent into MadnessGeneral Vezax

I Love the Smell of Saronite in the Morning: During the first ~ 3minutes of the fight Saronite Crystals. Do NOT attack these. So - this means single target DPS, no totems/pets/etc. You'll basically need to let General Vezax stand there while you heal through his DPS, as you can easily kill him before the crystals all spawn. Once the first 6 crystals spawn, they'll merge into a Saronite Animus. Kill the Animus then nuke Vezax. The Animus must die first. Note: If you kill 1 of the first 6 crystals that spawn, you have to wipe it, as only the first 6 crystals can merge into the Animus. (This is part of the Glory achievement.)

Shadowdodger: This is a raid-awareness achievement. You need to kill Vezax without getting hit by shadow crash. I'd advise not doing this achievement while doing the other Vezax achievement. If you focus on just this achievement, it'll be much easier.

Yogg-Saron

Alone in the Darkness: Defeat Yogg-Saron in Ulduar without the assistance of any Keepers. This achievement will also grant you One Light in the Darkness (This is part of the Glory achievement), Two Lights in the Darkness and Three Lights in the Darkness.

They're Coming Out of the Walls: During Phase 1 while killing guardians, this achievement requires you to kill 9 guardians in 12 seconds. Guardians spawn by players touching the 4-5 floating clouds around the room. So, spawn 9 guardians and nuke them all down in the middle of the room.

He's Not Getting Any Older: Speed kill of Yogg in under 7 minutes. That's it.

Drive Me Crazy: You need to kill Yogg without anyone going insane. This is partly a raid-awareness achievement, but also one that can be obtained by nuking this fight as fast as possible. It's very doable to kill Yogg before anyone loses all 100 stacks of their debuff.

In His House He Waits Dreaming: During phase 2 - you need to witness all 3 nightmares/visions that are presented inside the portal. This will take a few runs of Yogg most likely. The achievement can be completed in multiple runs, so you don't need to do this all in 1 encounter.

Kiss and Make Up: During phase 2, Sara is sitting above the group. Just /kiss her and you're good. Most people will forget about this - so remind the group during the phase.

Conclusion

The Siege of Ulduar

The Antechamber of Ulduar

The Keepers of Ulduar

The Descent into Madness

The Secrets of Ulduar

About the AuthoreidyiaUlduar's reworkNightswifty

Comments

Comment by nashoh

Nice guide. Easily understandable and traceable.
It shows the "Need to know and How to" get every achievement.
Even it's quite hard to find a group to do this raids at this time, i'll give it a try
5/5

edit: typo

Comment by rahael

awesome guide! just a heads up that you've linked the xt gravity bomb achievement as 3934 when it is actually 2934.

also, your hodir achievement link for 2963 is currently broken. an easy way to do this achievement is to break the mage NPCs out of the frost tombs first and then they will go ahead and break all the other NPCs out so that your raid can focus on hodir. on alliance, their names are Missy Flamecuffs and Sissy Flamecuffs and on horde their names are Veesha Blazeweaver and Amira Blazeweaver. if you put raid icons on the NPCs before the fight starts, it makes identifying their frost tombs a lot simpler.

a couple of notes on yogg saron as well:
if you do yogg with the aid of no keepers, you have no Sanity Well (comes from freya), so nobody will be able to regen sanity.
in phase 2, people need to stay away from the raid if they have Malady of the Mind and move to their partner if they have Brain Link. in the brain room, in addition to the tentacles/adds that you need to dps down, there are skulls that will do Lunatic Gaze. it's a lot easier for ranged to go through the portals because they can just turn to kill other adds while facing away from the skulls.
in phase 3, if people are low on sanity, they need to be careful to turn away from yogg when he casts Lunatic Gaze. healers can just always keep their back towards him.

Comment by karatechop

Must've taken you a very long time to do all 138 of these achievements!
great work :D

Comment by MasterGaming101

i only need 30 more! got the metas now its just the extra ones to do....

14 on 10man and 16 on 25man

Comment by Twizelbang

These Achievements give some nice titles.

Observed (10 player)

Defeat Algalon the Observer in 10-player mode.

Title Reward: Starcaller

Observed (25 player)

Defeat Algalon the Observer in 25-player mode.

Title Reward: The Astral Walker

Herald of the Titans (10 player)

Defeat Algalon the Observer in 10-player mode, Under set conditions.

Character must be level 80
Armour items must be ilvl 226 or less, and weapon items must be ilvl 232 or less.

Title Reward: Herald of the Titans
Rewards: Feat of Strength

Not 100% sure if you can still get the title: Herald of the Titans as of Patch 5.1.0, so any information on this would be nice.

Comment by Elriomir

Thanks this helped me alot :D!

Comment by Nachor

I really appreciate this guide. A couple of these achievements I had no clue how to complete.

Comment by tauna

Solo'd all of the Glory ones as a 561 Frost Mage in one day, except for Throim (stupid needing two people mechanic). Easily doable, even if a few took a few tries before I got them right (Yogg and Mimiron were the most difficult)

Comment by Zarggg

How do I actually get through the gauntlet at the beginning of the raid? I'm trying to do it solo, but attacking the towers/portals doesn't seem to do anything and there's a closed gate at the end of the hallway that I'm presuming I'm supposed to go through to get to the first boss.

Comment by Amineshak

Can this be done 1 man lvl 100?

Comment by RealUnimportant

For Freya's Deforestation, do be careful if you're a high level; it's possible to bypass the waves entirely by "pulling" with too powerful an attack and immediately dropping her HP to 1. Not a problem for mount hunters, but if you're looking for as many points as possible in a run then this can set you back a week.

Comment by zaxsd321

Great guide helped me get almost all the achievements! :)

Comment by 15885

This guide is now very outdated due to the complete restructuring of Ulduar achievements with this week's arrival of patch 7.3.5.

Comment by FedaruD

For But I'm On Your Side if you're Alliance, the Iron Boot Flask can be bought from Rork Sharpchin in Frosthold, Storm Peaks.

/way The Storm Peaks 28,8 74 Rork Sharpchin

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