Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom


 * Not to be confused with the Akhenet Fields in Uldum.

Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom (also referred to simply as Ahn'kahet or The Old Kingdom) is an instance located in the Dragonblight on the icy continent of Northrend. The huge underground city serves as home to remnants of the once magnificent Nerubian Empire.

Ahn'kahet is one of the sections of Azjol-Nerub, the others being the Inner Kingdom and the Upper Kingdom. The city is controlled by Undead nerubians and Yogg-Saron's faceless ones, with a presence of the Twilight's Hammer clan.

On heroic, it awards approximately 2300 reputation.

History
The Old Kingdom was represented in Warcraft III:The Frozen Throne by the Old Kingdom Door, which had at least part of the Inner Kingdom and the whole of the Upper Kingdom behind it. Anub'arak confirms that the Old Kingdom begins behind the gate, but where the Old Kingdom ends is up for debate. The quest to kill the Forgotten One implies that the Old Kingdom ends right after the creature, but the quest to escape Azjol-Nerub in the following mission implies that the collapsing section of Azjol-Nerub that the mission is set in is still the Old Kingdom.

Azjol-Nerub can be divided into two sections: the Old Kingdom and the Upper Kingdom.

The area known as the Old Kingdom is deep below the surface and is the original location of Azjol-Nerub. The nerubians preferred to stay well below surface level. This area has not been well maintained because the Scourge never descended this far. By the same token, that means they have not looted as much here, and it is also easier to avoid them by staying to these lower levels. Most of the nerubian rebels live down here. Though with the recent Scourge incursion (all nerubians seen here in WotLK are undead), it is unknown if they still survive.

Dungeon denizens

 * Air elementals
 * Bog beasts
 * Darkfallen (one, Prince Taldaram)
 * Fire elementals
 * Flesh giants
 * Faceless ones
 * Forsaken
 * Geists
 * Gnomes
 * Humans
 * Nerubians
 * Nerubian spiderlings
 * Nerubian vizier (one, Elder Nadox)
 * Orcs
 * Plague eruptors
 * Rats (critters)
 * Roaches (critters)
 * Shades
 * Skeletal mages
 * Spiders
 * Tauren
 * Trolls
 * Water elementals

Bosses

 * Elder Nadox - An undead nerubian vizier serving the Lich King. (Optional.)
 * Prince Taldaram - A darkfallen prince.
 * Jedoga Shadowseeker - A Twilight's Hammer cultist. (Optional.)
 * Amanitar (heroic mode only) - A fungal monster. (Optional.)
 * Herald Volazj - A Faceless One.

Only Prince Taldaram and Herald Volazj need to be killed to complete the Dungeon Finder's automatic quest.

Quests
There are two quests and two level 80 daily.

Videos

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