Loot Special – What’s the point of beating the Lich King in WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Classic?

On September 23, 2022By Garmin Philip

The Lich King Arthas is the big boss in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic. But what are the great treasures that you can loot?

What is the Arthas Loot all about? At the end of the Wrath of the Lich King campaign, you enter the mighty Icecrown Citadel. There Arthas is waiting for you and after an epic fight and a great sacrifice he can be defeated in the end. Once the Lich King’s corpse kisses the cold floor of his throne room, it’s time to loot!

After all, why else would you bother to attack such a strong opponent? The reward for the effort is varied, but some items stand out as particularly desirable from the Lich King’s loot.

These are the Lich King’s greatest treasures!

The following items are special loot that the Lich King occasionally drops upon dying, or that must be earned through hard quest work. Such top loot is by no means guaranteed and many guilds have developed special methods of gifting their deserving members with items from the Lich King’s estate. So it’s best to think about how best to distribute the loot before you set off for Icecrown Citadel.

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Invincible – The mount people are still farming today!

What is that? This is a special flying mount only available from the Lich King. And only in the brutal 25-person version in heroic mode. And even then, the mount is by no means a guaranteed drop. The mount is so rare that players still regularly farm it in Icecrown Citadel in regular retail WoW.

The mount is actually the legendary horse that Arthas rides in the Warcraft 3 campaign. In addition, his trusty steed is at his side when the fallen prince wears the Lich King’s crown. Invincible is an undead, armored horse that can also fly. By the way, the faithful steed is even dedicated to a song that can be heard in the Openic cinematic of Wrath of the Lich King.

Shadowmourne – A powerful axe!

What is that? Here you get a particularly strong, two-handed ax of legendary rarity. The weapon does not normally drop from the Lich King. Rather, you have to laboriously earn them over the course of a tough quest line. The weapon is reforged in this series from the old hammer of Arthas from his time as a paladin and at the end you get the sinister ax Shadowmourne.

To get the part, you must be on good terms with the Ashen Verdict faction at Icecrown Citadel. Once you reach Friendly status with them, you can accept a quest that will eventually unlock the Shadow’s Edge weapon, the precursor to Shadowmourne.

Until then, though, you’ll have a lot of work to do, including farming 50 Shadowfrost Shards, which can only be found in the 25-person raid mode. Once you’ve done all that grueling work, you’ll finally get Shadowmourne, a powerful ax that Death Knights, Paladins, and Warriors can wield.

The ax has an item level of 284 and three socket slots. It increases your critical hit rating and armor penetration. Also, your attacks can build up a buff that ends up ending in an explosion that deals chaos damage to all nearby enemies.

Finally, the final part of the quest brings you into battle against the Lich King at the end of the raid. But what happens then, you will learn in the following paragraph.

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The Sealed Chest – A source of more secrets!

What is that? As previously indicated, there is a special reward for wielding the Shadowmourne and knocking out the Lich King. Then he drops a special item for each bearer of the legendary ax: a sealed box.

You can then “unseal” the box and a few personal items from Artha’s past will appear. The items are:

Blood of Sylvanas
Silver Hand Badge
Arthas Training Sword
Jaina’s medallion
Alexandros Soul Shards

You can then use all of these items in other quests and get even more cool loot. For example, for the vial of her blood, Sylvanas gives you a music box that plays a sad tune, the legendary “Lament of the Highborne.”