Icecrown Citadel (instance)

Icecrown Citadel is the final raid of Wrath of the Lich King expansion, and was released in patch 3.3.0 on December 8, 2009.
==Layout==
*4 floors and 12 boss encounters
*Waypoints and teleporters are being reused here because the instance is really big. The instance is built around the spire where the Frozen Throne sits.
**On the second floor, players will have to board an airship with their faction's military leader and race against the other faction to reach the third floor. Players will eventually board their ship with rocket packs and use cannons to fight them.
**The third floor is the biggest one and features 3 wings.
**The fourth floor is where players fight the Lich King.
===Zone map===
VZ-Icecrown Citadel.jpg|The Lower Citadel
VZ-Icecrown Citadel-s1.jpg|The Rampart of Skulls
VZ-Icecrown Citadel-s2.jpg|Deathbringer's Rise
VZ-Icecrown Citadel-s3.jpg|The Frost Queen's Lair
VZ-Icecrown Citadel-s4.jpg|The Upper Reaches
VZ-Icecrown Citadel-s5.jpg|Royal Quarters
VZ-Icecrown Citadel-s6.jpg|The Frozen Throne
VZ-Icecrown Citadel-s7.jpg|Frostmourne
===Difficulty===
Icecrown Citadel is home of the updated instance difficulty setting which can be changed on a boss per boss basis. It is also able to be switched at any time during a raid without leaving and reentering the instance.
Some restrictions on when you cannot change it are in place. Such as, you cannot change the difficulty in combat or during certain scripted events. To enable it you will first have to have defeated the Lich King on normal mode, and heroic mode does not affect trash in any way and only changes the bosses.
===Access progression===
Icecrown Citadel is split into four sections since release, in the following order: The Lower Spire (the first four bosses), the Plagueworks (the next three), the Crimson Hall (the next two), and Frostwing Halls (the last three). There was a period of some weeks after the opening of the first section before going on into the second. The Lich King may not be fought until Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana'thel and Sindragosa are dead. Any heroic modes may not be attempted until the Lich King has been defeated on normal mode, and you cannot face the Lich King on heroic mode during that week's lockout unless you defeat Putricide, Lana'thel and Sindragosa on heroic mode.
The second wing of the Citadel, the Plagueworks, was opened on US servers on January 5, 2010. The third wing, the Crimson Hall, was opened two weeks later, on January 19. The fourth wing was opened with content patch 3.3.2 on February 2, 2010.
==Dungeon Denizens==
Ghostcrawler stated that there would be 31 bosses in the Citadel, but later admitted it was a joke. It was later confirmed at Blizzcon that Icecrown would contain 12 bosses, plus an additional 7 in the 5-man wings.
===Bosses and encounters===
;The Lower Spire
* Lord Marrowgar
* Lady Deathwhisper
* Gunship Battle
* Deathbringer Saurfang, described as "the Lich King's most powerful death knight"
;The Plagueworks
* Festergut
* Rotface
* Professor Putricide
;The Crimson Hall
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** Prince Valanar
** Prince Keleseth
** Prince Taldaram
* Blood-Queen Lana'thel
;Frostwing Halls
* Valithria Dreamwalker
* Sindragosa, former consort of Malygos, raised as the Queen of the Frostbrood.
;The Frozen Throne
* The Lich King, master of the Scourge, is the final boss of Icecrown Citadel.http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/recaps/raid_dungeon-panel.xml
===NPCs, bosses and monsters===
Bosses	Monsters	NPCs
*Light's Hammer	
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* Highlord Tirion Fordring
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* Highlord Darion Mograine
Alliance Side
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* Muradin Bronzebeard
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Horde Side
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* High Overlord Saurfang
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*The Spire
** (lower)	
* (lower)
* (lower)
* (lower)
* (lower)
* (lower)
* (upper)
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* Infiltrator Minchar (lower)
* Alchemist Adrianna (upper)
*Oratory of the Damned
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*The Rampart of Skulls
**Gunship Battle
*** Alliance Gunship Cannon
*** Muradin Bronzebeard
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*** Horde Gunship Cannon
*** High Overlord Saurfang
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* Skybreaker Assassin
* Skybreaker Dreadblade
* Skybreaker Hierophant
* Skybreaker Luminary
* Skybreaker Marksman
* Skybreaker Protector
* Skybreaker Sorcerer
* Skybreaker Summoner
* Skybreaker Vicar
* Skybreaker Vindicator
* Kor'kron Defender
* Kor'kron Invoker
* Kor'kron Necrolyte
* Kor'kron Oracle
* Kor'kron Primalist
* Kor'kron Reaver
* Kor'kron Sniper
* Kor'kron Stalker
* Kor'kron Templar
* Kor'kron Vanquisher
*Deathbringer's Rise
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*The Plagueworks
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*The Crimson Hall
**Blood Prince Council
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*Sanctum of Blood
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*Frostwing Halls
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** Valithria Dreamwalker
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* Captain Arnath
* Captain Brandon
* Captain Grondel
* Captain Rupert
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*Frost Queen's Lair
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*The Frozen Throne
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*** (Heroic Mode Only)	 	
* Highlord Tirion Fordring
* Highlord Bolvar Fordragon
* Terenas Menethil
==Loot==
==Related achievements==
10-player mode 	25-player mode 	Objective 	
Lower Spire 	Lower Spire 	Objective 	
() 	() 	Defeat the first four bosses in Icecrown Citadel 	
 	 	Defeat Lord Marrowgar without anyone being impaled for more than 8 seconds 	
 	 	Defeat Lady Deathwhisper with at least five different types of Cultists active at the time of her demise 	
 	 	Claim victory in the Gunship Battle without any raid member visiting the enemy gunship more than once 	
 	 	Defeat the Deathbringer before Mark of the Fallen Champion is cast two (10man), five (25man) times 	
Plagueworks 	Plagueworks 	 	
() 	() 	Defeat the bosses of The Plagueworks in Icecrown Citadel 	
 	 	Defeat Festergut while none of the players in your raid group ever had 3 stacks of Inoculated 	
 	 	Defeat Rotface without a Big Ooze casting Unstable Ooze Explosion 	
 	 	Defeat Professor Putricide without using Regurgitated Ooze on the Abomination 	
Crimson Hall 	Crimson Hall 	 	
() 	() 	Defeat the bosses of The Crimson Hall in Icecrown Citadel 	
 	 	Defeat the Blood Council without anyone in the raid taking more than 21,000 spell damage in a single hit.	
 	 	Defeat the Blood Queen once as a vampire and again without becoming a vampire 	
Frostwing Halls	Frostwing Halls	 	
() 	() 	Defeat the bosses of The Frostwing Halls in Icecrown Citadel 	
 	 	Enter every portal spawned by Valithria Dreamwalker before healing her to full health 	
 	 	Defeat Sindragosa without any member of your raid receiving more than 4 stacks of Mystic Buffet. 	
Frozen Throne 	Frozen Throne 	 	
() 	() 	Defeat every boss in Icecrown Citadel 	
 	 	Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel 	
 	 	Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in Heroic mode 	
 	 	Allow Necrotic Plague to stack to 30 before defeating the Lich King 	
 	 	Kill every Vile Spirit that spawns before it explodes and then defeat the Lich King 	
 	 	Defeat the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel in a guild group. 	
==Notes==
*Icecrown Citadel cannot be entered while in a cross-faction group.
==Gallery==
Icecrown-citadel.jpg|Icecrown Citadel
Icecrown Citadel broken entry.jpg|Icecrown Citadel's door broken
Light's Hammer.jpg|Light's Hammer
Lower Spire.jpg|The Lower Spire
Icecrown Citadel entrance.jpg|The Lower Spire
Oratory of the Damned.jpg|The Oratory of the Damned
Rampart of Skulls.jpg|The Rampart of Skulls
Deathbringer's Rise.jpg|Deathbringer's Rise
The Spire.jpg|The Spire
Spire.jpg|The Spire
Plagueworks - Entrance.jpg|Entrance of The Plagueworks
Plagueworks - Festergut.jpg|Festergut's room
Plagueworks - Rotface.jpg|Rotface's room
Plagueworks - Doorway.jpg|Doorway to Professor Putricide's room
Putricide's Laboratory of Alchemical Horrors and Fun.jpg|Putricide's Laboratory of Alchemical Horrors and Fun
Crimson Hall 01.jpg|The Crimson Hall
Sanctum of Blood.jpg|The Sanctum of Blood
Frostwing Halls.jpg|Frostwing Halls
Frostwing Halls.png|The Frost Queen's Lair
Frozen Throne WoW.jpg|The Frozen Throne
==Patch changes==
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==References==
==External links==
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