Complete Guide To Ragnaros Molten Core With Pictures

Facts:
Friendly-Domo will reset after standing in Ragnaros' Lair for a while. Never seen him despawn myself, but it's at least 30 minutes, probably longer. You can not, for example, kill Domo on Friday and then spawn Rag on Saturday without killing Domo again.

Ragnaros despawns 2 hours after you talk to Domo and spawn him. He will not despawn while in combat; he will wait until you wipe if the 2 hour mark comes mid battle.

He has a rather small agro radius but puts everyone in the zone into combat when agroed. His Magma Blasts (discussed below) hit everyone in the zone.

Preparation:
Equipment-wise, FR is very important overall but less important for certain people. All melee should have 150 unbuffed FR, both MTs should have over 300 buffed FR, everyone else (ranged dps and healers) should be aiming for 80+ unbuffed, but don't gimp your mana pool.

Equipment is a hot discussion on the raid/dungeons forums, everyone seems to have their own opinion. I asked my guild what they used for equipment vs. Rag and here is what they have to say.

All of this potion stuff below becomes optional once your entire raid is extremely familiar with the encounter, plays the top of their game, and has good equipment/FR. If your raid is just starting Rag or having problems, definitely invest in all of these things, they make the fight much easier.

Get a big stockpile of this stuff: Greater Fire Protection Potion, Elixir of the Mongoose, Greater Arcane Elixir, Elemental Sharpening Stones, and Winterfall Firewater.

Every person present should have what they need. Don't skimp on the potions. All melee should get at least 3 Fire Prot. potions because they are a million times better than healing pots for this. If you're preparing correctly, a couple hundred gold worth of potions should be used in every serious attempt. I don't suggest using any potions or anything special until you are getting him under 40% pre-sons and 25% pre-wipe because it is quite expensive to do all out runs.

Another great and likely-to-be-nerfed crutch is heading to LBRS and MCing a Scarshield Spellbinder (you'll find one quickly in the first few pulls of LBRS) who can buff you with +83 FR. Take into consideration Rag is only up for 2 hours if you decide to go down this shameful path. Update: MCing Spellbinders to get their FR buff has been declared an exploit by at least one GM. There is no official word on the forums yet.

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All of this potion stuff below becomes optional once your entire raid is extremely familiar with the encounter, plays the top of their game, and has good equipment/FR. If your raid is just starting Rag or having problems, definitely invest in all of these things, they make the fight much easier.

Get a big stockpile of this stuff: Greater Fire Protection Potion, Elixir of the Mongoose, Greater Arcane Elixir, Elemental Sharpening Stones, and Winterfall Firewater.

quipment-wise, FR is very important overall but less important for certain people. All melee should have 150 unbuffed FR, both MTs should have over 300 buffed FR, everyone else (ranged dps and healers) should be aiming for 80+ unbuffed, but don't gimp your mana pool.

Equipment is a hot discussion on the raid/dungeons forums, everyone seems to have their own opinion. I asked my guild what they used for equipment vs. Rag and here is what they have to say.

Get a big stockpile of this stuff: Greater Fire Protection Potion, Elixir of the Mongoose, Greater Arcane Elixir, Elemental Sharpening Stones, and Winterfall Firewater.

Every person present should have what they need. Don't skimp on the potions. All melee should get at least 3 Fire Prot. potions because they are a million times better than healing pots for this. If you're preparing correctly, a couple hundred gold worth of potions should be used in every serious attempt. I don't suggest using any potions or anything special until you are getting him under 40% pre-sons and 25% pre-wipe because it is quite expensive to do all out runs.