World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic has hooked players with its faithful recreation of the original Azeroth everyone came to know and love in the mid-2000s. Players who have been nostalgic for the olden days of World of Warcraft can finally relive the memories made in the virtual world. The first expansion to WoW, The Burning Crusade, originally released in 2007, went live in WoW Classic on June 1. World of Warcraft Classic players are now able to access new areas of Azeroth, create Draenei and Blood Elf characters, and progress characters up to level 70.
Among the new areas players will unlock in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic is the Tempest Keep instance. This instance, located in the Netherstorm in Outland, contains several sections with a variety of coveted loot drops to collect. However, one of the sections of the Tempest Keep, the Arcratraz, must be unlocked to proceed. The key to the Arcatraz can be obtained through a questline acquired in Area 52, the southwestern island of Netherstorm. Here’s how players can obtain the key to the Arcatraz in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic.
How to Get the Key to Unlock Arcatraz in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic
Players who experienced the expansion in 2007 will be pleased to learn this questline is almost identical to the original Burning Crusade. Head to Area 52 to talk with the quest giver in the inn, who directs the player outside to speak with Nether-Stalker Khay’ji. Players must then kill Pentatharon in the Arklon Ruins to acquire the Arklon Crystal Artifact. Bring the artifact back to Khay’ji. He will task players with killing mobs of ethereals in the heap to the left of Arklon Ruins to procure ten Zaxxis Insignias. Take these insignias back to Khay’ji and he will tell players to go back to the heap to kill Warp-Raider Nassad. Khay’ji will then send players to Gahruj in Eco-Dome Midrealm.
Gharuj will send players on a quest to retrieve ten Boxes of Surveying Equipment from Manaforge Duro to the east of the Eco-Dome Midrealm. The boxes are scattered around the area outside of the manaforge. Gharuj Tells players to head north to Stormspire to deliver the survey equipment to the Image of Nexus-Prince Haramad. Haramad asks players to use a Triangulation Device to locate two triangulation points. The first triangulation point is nearby the Celestial Ridge. Find the first triangulation point and report the location to Dealer Hazzin at the Protectorate Watchpost. Hazzin will send players to the second triangulation point outside Manaforge Ara. After finding the second point, head across the bridge to speak with Wind Trader Tuluman, who will ask players to kill Culuthas, a level 70 elite located at the Ruins of Farahlon in Netherstorm. After killing Culuthas, bring the Ata’mal Crystal to Image of Nexus-Prince Haramad, who sends players to A’dal in the center of Shattrath City.
A’dal will set players on the last portion of the Arcatraz Key questline. This portion of the questline has players journey to the Tempest Keep dungeon to clear out Botanica and Mechanar and kill the bosses at the end of each dungeon. Players should make sure their character build is ready to take on dungeon bosses! Once players have killed Warp Splinter in Botanica and Pathaleon the Calculator in Mechanar, they will have the two halves of the Arcatraz Key. Return to A’dal to complete the quest and receive the key to Arcatraz in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic.
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic is available on PC and Mac