How to Prepare to get Your Karazhan Key in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade

Karazhan is one of the new raid instances that came out with World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade expansion. It is a 10-person raid and has a lot of interesting challenges and a boatload of sweet loot just waiting to be found! The catch of course is that there is a long chain of quests before you can get into Karazhan. Want to get into Medivh’s home and reap the treasure? Follow these helpful tips and get started.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Obtain level 70. Once you hit level 58, you can go to Outland and once there, questing and dungeons can take you to 70 in a couple months of casual play.
2. Buy a flying mount. These can be purchased from vendors in Shadowmoon Valley once you hit level 70. The Riding skill and the basic mount will run you 900 gold.
3. Get some good gear. Depending on your class and specialization, this can be just about anything. There is plenty of good gear to be had from quest rewards in Netherstorm and Shadowmoon Valley, but we also recommend visiting the Auchindown instances and the Steamvaults in Coilfang Reservoir before you attempt to get into Karazhan. A large part of surviving the big instances is having the right gear.
4. Complete the Durnholde Keep (Old Hillsbrad) instance in the Cavers of Time if you have not already done so. This is required to get you into the Black Morass instance, which you will need later. If you’ve already run Black Morass, so much the better.
5. Head to Deadwind Pass. This is the area between Duskwood and the Swamp of Sorrows that you probably ignored until now. Bring a friend if you can. You’ll be fighting a bunch of level 69 and 70 mobs and while they can be soloed, it does help to have a friend.