The WoW Blazing Shadowflame chest is found in the Zaralek Cavern in World of Warcraft, but as it's engulfed in flames, it's not exactly accessible right away. You're greeted with the message "The shadowflame is too strong to bear" when you try to interact with it, and there's nothing nearby that hints at what you need to do.
Unlike the Old Trunk or the Dreamer's Bounty, you will need to go a little further afield to get this chest open. In fact, you'll need to head back several expansions and get your hands on the Onyxia Scale Cloak. With that in mind, here's how to unlock the WoW Blazing Shadowflame chest and where to get the Onyxia Scale Cloak if you don't already have it.
WoW Blazing Shadowflame Chest: How to unlock
The Blazing Shadowflame chest is found on the western edge of Zaralek Cavern, around the large lava pools of Zaqali Caldera. You can see the exact location in the screenshot above. Any effort made to open the chest will be greeted with failure unless you happen to be wearing the Onyxia Scale Cloak.
With the cloak equipped, you can open the chest and loot the Blazing Shadowflame Cinder toy.
How to get the Onyxia Scale Cloak
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If you don't have the Onyxia Scale Cloak tucked away in your bank, buying it from the Auction House is the easiest way to get hold of one. The price you pay for it will vary, depending on your server's economy, but if you don't mind forking out the gold, this is by far the quickest and easiest way of acquiring the cloak.
An alternative is to get the leatherworking pattern and craft it yourself, though you'll need a skill of 300 in vanilla leatherworking to get the recipe. Head to Onyxia's Lair in Dustwallow Marsh, defeat the raid boss and loot Onyxia's Head to get the quest "A Most Puzzling Circ*mstance", then head back to Orgrimmar or Stormwind to hand it in.
The next quest, The Journey Has Just Begun, is only available after you've handed in the previous one and if you have the required skill level in leatherworking. You'll find Overlord Natoj just inside the main gate of Orgrimmar in the Valley of Strength or Major Mattingly just inside the gates of Stormwind City.
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The Onyxia Scale Cloak pattern is added automatically, and you should find it when you open up your profession window.
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Any effort made to open the chest will be greeted with failure unless you happen to be wearing the Onyxia Scale Cloak. With the cloak equipped, you can open the chest and loot the Blazing Shadowflame Cinder toy.
Any effort made to open the chest will be greeted with failure unless you happen to be wearing the Onyxia Scale Cloak. With the cloak equipped, you can open the chest and loot the Blazing Shadowflame Cinder toy.
To open the chest you need to click on the floating icons - in the same order as they appear on the stone discs on the wall behind - left to right. The first disc is buried, so you have to rely on the other disks to determine which icon is the buried one and the first to go.
Some chests may be locked, and will need to be opened with a key, an explosive charge made by Engineers, or by a rogue's Lockpicking ability. Opening chests will usually draw aggro from nearby unfriendly and hostile enemies. Opening a chest without looting it will make it disappear after 5 minutes.
You can open Chests you have earned in Shadow of War by going to Menu > Garrison. Chests can be opened immediately or you can save them to open later. If you have any saved Chests, you can open them by selecting the Garrison: Unopened Chests option at the top of the screen.
The runes are on bells on the pillar to the left of it (with an Odin's Raven perched on top). You must hit all three bells in quick succession with your axe to successfully unlock the chest.
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To release the locking mechanism on the chest, you need to play both instruments at the same time. You'll need two players for this—one on the harp and the other on the drums. Once you've both interacted with your instrument, run to the chest and you should be able to unlock it.
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When you make it to the Restricted Section, you will be able to use the charm to open an Eye Chest for the first time. Before you get too close to the chest, you want to cast the spell and get close enough until you are prompted to unlock it.
Use Phial of Glacial Fury and pull a mob next to the chest and dmg the mob so that the ice AOE's the chest. This will remove the molten lock from it and you can open the chest. If you dont have any mobs nearby, ask a friend or someone close to duel you and do the same thing.
To get the Old Trunk Key for this chest, you have to find the Thieving Rock Mouse 5 times. You are able to use /tar Thieving Rock Mouse to easily locate it as it moves around Glimmerogg.
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