Ulduar (instance)

Ulduar is a raid dungeon in the titan complex of Ulduar which is located in the Storm Peaks. It serves as the prison of the Old God Yogg-Saron as well as the current residence of most of the titanic watchers who have fallen under its influence.
Ulduar was implemented in patch 3.1.0, intended to be one grade in difficulty above Naxxramas.
Ulduar received good reception from the players who praised the instance's interior design, music, interesting and challenging boss encounters and the rich amount of lore. It is regarded by many to be the greatest and most successful raid instance Blizzard has so far released.
==Geography==
===Maps and subregions===
File:WorldMap-Ulduar.jpg|First level.
File:WorldMap-Ulduar1.jpg|Second level.
File:WorldMap-Ulduar2.jpg|Third level.
File:WorldMap-Ulduar4.jpg|Fourth level.
File:WorldMap-Ulduar3.jpg|Fifth level.
File:WorldMap-Ulduar5.jpg|Sixth level.
*The Antechamber
*The Archivum
*The Assembly of Iron
*The Celestial Planetarium
*The Clash of Thunder
*The Colossal Forge
*The Conservatory of Life
*The Corridors of Ingenuity
*The Descent into Madness
*Expedition Base Camp
*Formation Grounds
*Hall of Memories
*The Halls of Winter
*Iron Concourse
*The LMS Mark II
*The Mind's Eye
*The Observation Ring
*The Prison of Yogg-Saron
*Razorscale's Aerie
*The Scrapyard
*The Shattered Walkway
*The Spark of Imagination
==Encounters by location==
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The Siege of Ulduar 	The Siege of Ulduar 	The Siege of Ulduar
*Formation Grounds
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*Scrapyard
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The Antechamber of Ulduar	The Antechamber of Ulduar	The Antechamber of Ulduar
*The Assembly of Iron
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*Observation Ring
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The Keepers of Ulduar 	The Keepers of Ulduar 	The Keepers of Ulduar
*Spark of Imagination
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*Conservatory of Life
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*Clash of Thunder
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*Halls of Winter
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The Descent into Madness 	The Descent into Madness 	The Descent into Madness
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*Prison of Yogg-Saron
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*The Mind's Eye
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Supermassive 	Supermassive 	Supermassive
*Celestial Planetarium
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Ten of the raid dungeon's fourteen encounters have hard modes (different from normal and heroic modes). Algalon the Observer is a hard mode-only but optional encounter. Encounters completed on hard modes reward achievements as well as extra and/or improved item rewards. Siege vehicles play a role in the dungeon's first encounter, Flame Leviathan.
The dungeon does not follow a completely linear progression; Yogg-Saron and Algalon the Observer are regarded as the most difficult encounters, and are accessible independent of each other.
==Loot==
Items obtained in 10 and 25-man modes share the models, but vary in color. Set bonuses can be obtained when 10 and 25-man set items are worn together. 
Item levels range is between 219-232 (10-man) and 226-239 (25-man).
==Achievements==
*Alone in the Darkness - Guild Edition
*Observed - Guild Edition
*Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings (achievement)
==Raid setup==
The 10-man version
*A Naxxramas-geared group should do fine with 2 tanks, 3 healers and 5 damage dealers. With better gear a healer might be replaced by a damage dealer.
*For some encounters a tank or healer might switch to damage spec. A good example of this is Hodir, where one frost resistance feral druid can tank both phases of the encounter.
The 25-man version
*Nearly full Naxxramas 25/Malygos 25 gear is highly recommended to start and absolutely required for the later encounters. Expect most encounters to require 6-7 healers for new groups. Three tanks are required for many of the encounters and some such as Thorim even benefit from a fourth tank.
Comparison
*See this article for a detailed side-by-side comparison of the differences between 10 and 25 man Ulduar, specifically how abilities or strategies need to change.
==Ulduar World First Kills==
Ulduar Guild Progression
==Gallery==
File:Ulduar-portal.jpg|Placeholder (pre-3.1) Instance portal.
File:Ulduar-portal-new.jpg|Instance portal
File:The Antechamber.jpg|The Antechamber
File:Ignis the Furnace Master.jpg|Ignis the Furnace Master
File:Hodir.jpg|Watcher Hodir
File:Freya.jpg|Watcher Freya
File:XT-002 Deconstructor.jpg|XT-002 Deconstructor
File:Ulduarconcept.jpg|Ulduar concept art
File:Ulduar Art 1.jpg|Ulduar concept art
File:Ulduar Art 2.jpg|Ulduar concept art
File:Ulduar Art 3.jpg|Ulduar concept art
==Videos==
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==Patch changes==
Hotfixes can be found listed on the official forums at http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16474158165&sid=1 and http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17631614070&sid=1.
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==References==
==External links==
Ulduar	Scenario
 	
 
Category:Instances