The Vault of Archavon is a raid dungeon found in Wintergrasp Keep in the World of Warcraft. This location makes it different from other raids, due to the fact that the keep is in a PVP zone and changes hands every few hours as the battle for Wintergrasp is fought. When your faction holds the keep you can join a raid group and enter VOA, however if your faction doesn’t hold the keep you need to wait until they do.

The other thing that makes VOA different from other raids is the loot that is available there. Each boss can drop PvP or PvE gear of varying quality, for any class or spec in the game. This makes loot quite random, as a piece of gear may drop for a spec or class that is not present, or all PVP gear could drop, or all PVE gear could drop. The randomness to the loot frustrates many players. It also means that groups should attempt to bring as many different classes and specs as possible so that most loot can be used in World of Warcraft.

The raid currently contains three bosses, but has expanded from one on initial release. Currently in ascending order of difficulty the bosses are: Archavon the Stone Watcher, Emalon the Storm Watcher, and Koralon the Flame Watcher.While we will describe the fights and strategies in this order, realize that most groups will start with the hardest boss first. That way if they fail to down him, they are not saved to a failed group and can instead look for a better group of raiders. If you are raiding with your guild, then this is not an issue and you can do the bosses in any order