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Molten Core

RaidLevel 60+40 players

Raid Map, Bosses & Location

Molten Core, the fiery 40-player raid beneath Blackrock Mountain that ends with Ragnaros the Firelord.

Burning Steppes

Map Art

Burning Steppes world map art
Flame Crest, Burning SteppesMorgan's Vigil, Burning Steppes
Molten Core entrance
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Molten Core entrance in Burning Steppes at 26.3, 24.6.
Level
60+
Raid Size
40
Bosses
10
Location
Burning Steppes
Continent
Eastern Kingdoms

About Molten Core

Ragnaros did not arrive in this world by invitation the first time. He was bound and buried at the end of the war the titans fought against the elemental lords, put somewhere he could not reach the surface, and left. Thaurissan reached down and undid that with a single summoning, and the Firelord has been in the roots of Blackrock Mountain ever since, exactly where the Dark Iron put him.

They serve him now. The city above exists to keep the Core supplied — ore, bodies, worship, whatever it asks for — and the Firelord's lieutenants hold the caverns in his name while he sits in the lake of fire at the bottom, building an army out of the mountain itself. Majordomo Executus stands between him and everyone else, and considers the arrangement a promotion.

The heat is rising through the mountain and everything above it is starting to notice. The Dark Iron cannot stop what they started, the Dark Horde on the upper floors is not equipped to care, and the only thing keeping Ragnaros in the Core is that he has not yet finished getting ready to leave it.

First Run

  • The Core is reached from inside Blackrock Depths, through the Molten Bridge behind the Lyceum.
  • Forty players at maximum level. This is the first true raid of the Classic progression.
  • Attunement is a run of its own before the first pull. Sort it out for everyone beforehand, not on raid night.
  • Fire resistance is the gear check here rather than raw item level.

Veteran Notes

  • Ten bosses, ending with Majordomo Executus and then Ragnaros himself.
  • Forty players, maximum level.
  • In Forever's schedule, Molten Core follows the first tier rather than opening it.

Changes in Forever

  • Forever opens with a different first tier. Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair unlock together on December 9, 2026, and Molten Core comes later in the progression.

Raid Bosses

10 bosses wait in Molten Core.

  1. 01Lucifron
  2. 02Magmadar
  3. 03Gehennas
  4. 04Garr
  5. 05Shazzrah
  6. 06Baron Geddon
  7. 07Sulfuron Harbinger
  8. 08Golemagg the Incinerator
  9. 09Majordomo Executus
  10. 10RagnarosFinal

Getting There

  1. ContinentEastern Kingdoms
  2. ZoneBurning Steppes Levels 50–59 · Contested territory
  3. Nearest flight pathFlame Crest, Burning Steppes Horde · 65.6, 24.2
  4. Entrance26.3, 24.6

Raid Progression

  1. Barrow Deeps10 players · 0 bosses
  2. Hyjal Summit20 players · 0 bosses
  3. Molten Core40 players · 10 bosses
  4. Onyxia's Lair40 players · 1 bosses
  5. Blackwing Lair40 players · 8 bosses
  6. Zul'Gurub20 players · 10 bosses
  7. Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj20 players · 6 bosses
  8. Temple of Ahn'Qiraj40 players · 9 bosses
  9. Naxxramas40 players · 15 bosses