What is the drop rate for Vortex Pinnacle?

Altairus in the Vortex Pinnacle has a chance to drop this mount in both Normal and Heroic modes. It has a 1% drop chance.

What difficulty is The Vortex Pinnacle?

The Vortex Pinnacle is a Cataclysm dungeon located in the south of Uldum zone, on the Kalimodor continent. It is available to all players on Normal, Heroic, Mythic and Mythic+ difficulty and is part of the Mythic+ rotation in Season 2.

Who is the final boss in Vortex Pinnacle?

Asaad is the third and final boss in The Vortex Pinnacle.

How rare is Drake of the North Wind?

This drake drops off the 2nd boss of The Vortex Pinnacle. It drops from regular and heroic, both have a 1% chance to have it drop. It has the same model as all "Of <direction> Wind" mounts, with different coloring. A very nice looking model.

Which portal for Vortex Pinnacle?

How to get to The Vortex Pinnacle. Note: You can use the portals in Valdrakken to get here. Alternatively, you can quickly get there by going to Orgrimmar (Horde) or Stormwind (Alliance), and taking the portal to Uldum directly.

What zone is the Vortex Pinnacle in?

Throne of the Four Winds The Vortex Pinnacle is a level 82-84 5-man dungeon located inside the Skywall, the air domain of the Elemental Plane. The entrance can be found in the skies of Uldum. Here Al'Akir's armies of air elementals and commanders below the top of the chain gather their strength.

What's in Grim Batol?

Grim Batol, once one of the greatest dwarven fortresses, is now home of the Twilight Hammer and the corrupted Black Dragonflight after the battle between the Wildhammer and the Dark Irons. The 5-man dungeon lies to the west of the Twilight Highlands.

How do I get to Vortex Pinnacle M+?

Getting into The Vortex Pinnacle The Vortex Pinnacle is a max-level dungeon in Uldum, Kalimdor. You can quickly go there by accessing the portals in each of the capital cities (Orgimmar or Stormwind) .

How many dungeons are in Cataclysm?

Get ready to take on Cataclysm Classic's nine dungeons: Blackrock Caverns, Throne of the Tides, Vortex Pinnacle, The Stonecore, The Lost City of Tol'vir, The Halls of Origination, Grim Batol, Deadmines, and Shadowfang Keep.

How do I get to Vortex Pinnacle from Orgrimmar?

The easiest way to get to this zone is to use the Uldum portal in Stormwind and Orgrimmar. However, it's not in the Portal Room in these capital cities. They can be found among the Cataclysm portals in these cities. Barring that, you can head to Zuldazar or Boralus and take the portal to Silithus.

Who is the secret final boss Sekiro?

While this is true for this part, the end of the fight is long off. After downing Genichiro, you'll face Isshin the Sword Saint , a strange abomination that emerges from the body of Genichiro. This is the true boss, and has 3 posture nodes, with three distinct Phases that you'll need to learn and work your way through.

How do you unlock utgarde Pinnacle?

Utgarde Pinnacle is the second of Utgarde Keep's two 5-man wings. It is a level 80 instance, and you need to be at least level 75 to enter it . The instance has its own meeting stone at the top level of the keep. On Heroic, it awards approximately 2000 reputation.

How do I get into the Vortex Pinnacle?

Getting into The Vortex Pinnacle The Vortex Pinnacle is a max-level dungeon in Uldum, Kalimdor. You can quickly go there by accessing the portals in each of the capital cities (Orgimmar or Stormwind) .

The Vortex Pinnacle Dungeon Guide (2024)

Last updated on May 18, 2024 at 00:00by Abide

The Vortex Pinnacle is an airborne citadel located high above Uldum in theclouds, where players navigate through swirling winds and dangerous platforms todeal with the deadly elemental threats found within.

The Vortex Pinnacle Entrance Location

The Vortex Pinnacle is located on the far Southern side of Uldum, on afloating platform in the middle of the air.

Overview of Bosses in The Vortex Pinnacle

Here we will give you a full rundown of what you can expect from each of thebosses found here on both Normal and Heroic difficulties as well as the itemsthey drop.

Grand Vizier Ertan

Cyclone Shield
Storm's Edge
Lightning Bolt
Summon Tempest

Lurking Tempest

Grand Vizier Ertan starts the fight by casting Cyclone Shield, creating 8 cyclones around her that spread outaround the room. She can then recall these cyclones, pulling them in aroundherself, damaging any nearby enemies and reducing their movement, attack, andcast speed. Grand Vizier Ertan will also periodically summon aLurking Tempest to aid her in combat; these can be ignored by simplyfacing your character towards them as they will always "play dead" ifsomebody is looking at them.

2.1.1.

Loot from Normal

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Biting Wind	81	Main-Hand Dagger
Fallen Snow Shoulderguards	81	Mail Shoulder
Headcover of Fog	81	Plate Head
Red Sky Pendant	81	Neck
Stratosphere Belt	81	Cloth Waist

2.1.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Biting Wind	85	Main-Hand Dagger
Fallen Snow Shoulderguards	85	Mail Shoulder
Headcover of Fog	85	Plate Head
Red Sky Pendant	85	Neck
Stratosphere Belt	85	Cloth Waist

2.2.

Altairus

Call the Wind

Upwind of Altairus
Downwind of Altairus

Chilling Breath
Lightning Blast
Twisting Winds

As soon as Altairus is engaged he will cover the platform with Twisting Winds, damaging and knocking up any players that touchthem. He will target random players with Chilling Breath, dealinghigh Frost damage to the target and any nearby allies; be spread out for this.The main ability Altairus will use is Call the Wind,changing the direction from which the wind blows. Depending on which directionthe new wind blows, and the relevant position of both the player andAltairus, you will get a buff or debuff. If the new winds blows overthe player before reaching Altairus, they will get Upwind of Altairus; however if the wins blow over Altairusbefore the player, they will get debuffed with Downwind of Altairus.

2.2.1.

Loot from Normal

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Amulet of Tender Breath	81	Neck
Axe of the Eclipse	81	One-Hand Axe
Hail-Strung Belt	81	Mail Waist
Mantle of Bestilled Winds	81	Leather Shoulder
Skyshard Ring	81	Finger
Reins of the Drake of the North Wind	70	Flying Mount

2.2.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Amulet of Tender Breath	85	Neck
Axe of the Eclipse	85	One-Hand Axe
Hail-Strung Belt	85	Mail Waist
Mantle of Bestilled Winds	85	Leather Shoulder
Skyshard Ring	85	Finger
Reins of the Drake of the North Wind	70	Flying Mount

2.3.

Asaad

Unstable Grounding Field
Supremacy of the Storm
Chain Lightning
Skyfall Star

Arcane Barrage

Static Cling

Asaad will periodically summon a Skyfall Star to aidhim in the fight; this Skyfall Star will cast back-to-back Arcane Barrage on random players, dealing high DPS. Simply haveyour ranged DPS kill these stars quickly to prevent them from overwhelming yourhealer. Asaad will also cast Static Cling, rooting allplayers touching the ground in place for 18 seconds; to avoid this root,you must jump right before the Static Cling cast ends.A few times during the fight, Asaad will cast Unstable Grounding Field, drawing a triangle on the ground. Afterthe triangle is completed he will cast Supremacy of the Storm,killing anyone that is not inside the safety of the triangle. It is veryimportant that you jump to avoid the root from Static Cling andmake it to the inside of the triangle to avoid dying to Supremacy of the Storm.

2.3.1.

Loot from Normal

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Billowing Cape	81	Back
Captured Lightning	81	Relic
Gloves of Haze	81	Leather Hands
Heart of Thunder	81	Trinket
Leggings of Iridescent Clouds	81	Cloth Legs
Legguards of Winnowing Wind	81	Plate Legs
Lightningflash	81	Gun
Lunar Halo	81	Plate Head
Ring of Frozen Rain	81	Finger
Shadow of Perfect Bliss	81	Back
Thundercall	81	Gun

2.3.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Billowing Cape	85	Back
Captured Lightning	85	Relic
Gloves of Haze	85	Leather Hands
Heart of Thunder	85	Trinket
Leggings of Iridescent Clouds	85	Cloth Legs
Legguards of Winnowing Wind	85	Plate Legs
Lightningflash	85	Gun
Lunar Halo	85	Plate Head
Ring of Frozen Rain	85	Finger
Shadow of Perfect Bliss	85	Back
Thundercall	85	Gun

The Vortex Pinnacle Quests

Starting in Cataclysm, dungeon quests are found directly inside the dungeonand have no quest chains required. This means you can simply queue up for thedungeon and grab all of the available quests inside without needing to completelong-winded, complicated quest chains! The following quests are found inside thedungeon:

A Long Way from Home
Vengeance for Orsis

The Vortex Pinnacle Achievements in Cataclysm

Achievement	Description
Extra Credit Bonus Stage	Collect 5 Golden Orbs in a single visit to the Vortex Pinnacle on HeroicDifficulty.
No Static at All	Completely avoid the Static Cling effect during the Asaad encounter inthe Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic Difficulty.
The Vortex Pinnacle	Defeat Asaad in the Vortex Pinnacle.
Heroic: The Vortex Pinnacle	Defeat Asaad in the Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic Difficulty.
Heroic: The Vortex Pinnacle Guild Run	Defeat Asaad in the Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic difficulty while in aguild group.

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The Vortex Pinnacle Dungeon Guide (2024)

The Vortex Pinnacle Entrance Location

Overview of Bosses in The Vortex Pinnacle

Grand Vizier Ertan

Loot from Normal

Loot from Heroic

Altairus

Loot from Normal

Loot from Heroic

Asaad

Loot from Normal

Loot from Heroic

The Vortex Pinnacle Quests

The Vortex Pinnacle Achievements in Cataclysm

Changelog

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