Blackfathom Deeps

Blackfathom Deeps Route & Boss Strategy

Blackfathom Deeps is long and wet: flooded caves at the front, a murloc warren in the middle, and the Twilight's Hammer temple at the back. No trash pack needs a special trick, so the run comes down to steady pulls and the healer's mana. Kelris and the four flames behind him are the real test. Allow an hour to ninety minutes.

1. The flooded caves

   • From the portal the path drops into a cavern with a deep pool. Cross on the stones, or swim and climb out on the far side.
   • Naga, snapjaws, and crabs hold this stretch. Pull them onto dry ground so nobody fights while swimming.

2. Ghamoo-ra

   Boss

   Trample

   Damages everyone standing close to him.

   • A giant turtle on the shore of the first cavern. His armor is enormous, so the fight is slow, not dangerous.
   • Ranged players and the healer stay clear of Trample. Melee accept it and the healer tops them up.

3. Lady Sarevess

   Boss

   Forked Lightning

   Lightning that hits several players in front of her.

   Frost Nova

   Freezes players near her in place.

   • She patrols the next cave with two naga guards. Clear the cave first, then control one guard, kill the other, and turn to her.
   • Alliance players find Argent Guard Thaelrid lying wounded close by, for In Search of Thaelrid and the quest he gives next.

4. Geilhast

   Boss

   Net

   Pins the tank in place.

   • The murloc chieftain stands in front of a shrine, and his room is packed with murlocs. Clear all of them before the pull: a netted tank cannot step back from a pack that joins late.
   • After the kill, touch the shrine behind him for the Blessing of Blackfathom, a small buff for the rest of the run.

5. Lorgus Jett

   Optional

   Lightning Shield

   Shocks anyone who hits him in melee.

   Lightning Bolt

   Direct damage on one player.

   • A Twilight's Hammer shaman who stands in one of several places along the route from here on. Horde players need him for Allegiance to the Old Gods.
   • Interrupt Lightning Bolt and he falls like any elite.

6. Baron Aquanis

   Optional
   • A water elemental who only appears when someone touches the Fathom Stone, which lies underwater in the pool past Gelihast.
   • Horde players loot the Strange Water Globe from him to start Baron Aquanis. Everyone else can swim past.

7. Moonshrine Sanctum

   • The caves give way to worked stone and Twilight's Hammer cultists. Their casters heal, so kill or control them first.
   • Alliance players pick up the Lorgalis Manuscript for Knowledge in the Deeps in these ruins, and both factions collect their Twilight and Aku'mai quest items from the cultists and the creatures in the water.

8. Twilight Lord Kelris

   Boss

   Sleep

   Puts a player to sleep, often the healer.

   Mind Blast

   Heavy shadow damage on one player. Interrupt it.

   • He channels at the foot of a great statue. Clear the hall before you start.
   • Keep the tank topped up at all times so a sleeping healer costs nothing. Hybrids take over healing the moment the healer goes down.
   • Both factions take his head for Blackfathom Villainy.

9. The four flames

   • Four braziers stand at the corners of the statue's base. Lighting one calls a wave of creatures out of the water, and the door to Aku'mai opens only when all four waves are dead.
   • Light one, kill the wave, drink, then light the next. Never light two at once.
   • The turtle wave hits hardest: a second player, a pet, or a rogue with Evasion should hold one turtle so the tank does not take them all.

10. Old Serra'kis

    Optional
    • A thresher in the flooded tunnel past the door. He has no abilities worth the name, and the fight happens underwater, so watch your breath.
    • Optional, with three good drops.

11. Aku'mai

    Boss

    Poison Cloud

    A cloud on the ground that poisons everyone inside it.

    Frenzied Rage

    He enrages and hits the tank much harder.

    • The hydra in the last chamber. Step out of every Poison Cloud so the healer can spend everything on the tank.
    • When he enrages, hybrids add heals and the tank uses a potion or a cooldown. Kill him quickly once it starts.