Neltharion's Lair Dungeon Guide: Location, Boss Strategies, Trash, and Loot (2024)

Last updated on Sep 04, 2023 at 15:00by Petko

Welcome to our guide to the Neltharion's Lair dungeon in Season 2 of theDragonflight World of Warcraft expansion. This guide will covereverything you need to know about the dungeon, including how to get to it,its layout, the trash and boss mechanics within, and its loot.

Neltharion's Lair is a max-level dungeon in Highmountain, Broken Isles.You can quickly access the portals in each capital city (Orgimmar or Stormwind).

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This guide will focus on an extensive overview of the dungeon, providing vital informationto increase your chance of completing the key. We will cover all 4 boss fightssupported by the most notable trash enemies in thedungeon and their important abilities. If you would like to learn about the rest of thedungeon in Season 2, please see ouroverviews linked below. Otherwise, without further ado, let us begin!

Right when you start the dungeon, you will slide down thecave, making your way towards the first boss of the dungeon - Rokmora.Here is what you should know about the non-boss-enemies prior:

• Avoid standing in the Acid Splatter upon killing theVileshard Crawlers.
• Embershard Scorpion will mostly be a concern for your tankdue to its Impaling Shard, as it will also add a follow-upBleed effect.
• If you end up pulling any Rockback Gnasher, they will dangerous for your tank,because of their Bone Chomp ability, dealing front-load damage and addingan additional Bleed effect.
• Tarspitter Lurker is one of the harder mobs in this area,first, because it will damage your party with Viscid Bile,followed by spawning toxic ground pools, which you should avoid - Rancid Ooze.If that weren't all, the mob would occasionally cast Submerge, becomingcompletely immune to attacks until the ability is over.
• Vileshard Hulk is the first tank buster in this dungeon,first because of its deadly Piercing Shards frontal,followed by its single-target hit ability Fracture.Use your party-external cooldowns to help your tank at any point!

• Rokmora will occasionally spawn Blightshard Skitter, focus them andkill them immediately. Avoid the follow-up Choking Dust ground ability.
• Make sure to have all Blightshard Skitter killed before the bossmanages to cast Shatter, otherwise you risk to takeadditional damage from Rupturing Skitter. Keep in mindtha
• When the boss casts Shatter, there will be a follow-upeffect called Crystalline Ground. Moving during the Crystalline Groundwill cause you to take extra damage, it is best if you stay still until thearea of effect is gone.

• Immediately taunt any newly-spawned Blightshard Skittersto avoid your team members dying from aggro.
• Move away from any existing Choking Dust to help yourmelee players position safely.
• Aim the Razor Shards frontal away from your team.

• Be prepared with your healing cooldowns if there are any existingBlightshard Skitters during the Shatter cast.The extra damage from Rupturing Skitter will turn lethalthe higher the key goes.

Once you defeat Rokmora, head towards the Empty Barrelsto access the next part of the dungeon - Broken Teeth, where you willmeet Ularogg Cragshaper.

• Beware of Understone Drummers, if you decide to pull them, theywill spawn an extra set of mobs which will be via War Drums, and makeyour run significantly harder, it is better to avoid them.
• Rockbound Pelter will spam-cast Jagged Disc andoccasionally re-position due to its Retreat ability.
• Watch out when you are fighting Stoneclaw Hunters, they willdeal AoE damage around them with Stone Shatter. In addition,they will have a Rockback Gnasher pet, which will cast Bone Chomp on your tank, with a follow-up Bleedeffect. The Stoneclaw Hunter will also cast Kill Commandempowering further the Rockback Gnasher, enabling them to have anextra ability called Stone Gaze.
• Mightstone Breaker is one of the most dangerous mobs in this area,because of their Avalanche cast, once you see it, change positionsto avoid its damage.
• Blightshard Shaper is the main focus-target in this area, interruptit* Stone Bolt cast and side-step its Petrifying Totemground visual effect.

• When Ularogg Cragshaper is casting Strike of the Mountain,move away from the ground animation to avoid taking damage.
• Watch out for Bellow of the Deeps cast, quickly focus theBellowing Idols to avoid taking damage from Falling Debris.
• Once the boss reaches maximum energy, he will cast Stance of the Mountain,transforming himself to a Bellowing Idol, your goal here is to follow thehim throughout the shuffle and nuke it. If you are playing with comms, it is best to markit once you have identified which is the right Bellowing Idol.

• Use activate mitigation for each Sunder attack.
• When Ularogg Cragshaper is casting Bellow of the Deeps,move him closer to any existing Bellowing Idols to make it easier for yourparty to cleave them.

• Keep everyone healthy on each Strike of the Mountain cast in caseeither of them gets caught in it.

• Stoneclaw Grubmaster is the only new non-boss-enemy you willface here. Watch out for his Stone Shatter AoE damage aroundhim and immediately focus the Tarspitter Grub when spawned with Worm Call cast. If you let the Tarspitter Grub finish*ts Metamorphosis (you can also stun them)cast, it will transform intoRotdrool Grabber and gain several new abilities.

• Avoid being hit by Rancid Maw and its follow-up ground effect.
• Melee players should be aware of the acid pools near the boss coming from Putrid Skies.
• It is extremely important to kill the 2 Wormspeaker Devouts beforeletting them get consume by Naraxas. If they do so, it will trigger a Fanatic's Sacrifice enabling the boss to get a Ravenouseach time she eats one. Remember that Wormspeaker Devout is affected byall crowd-control effects, so this is the perfect time to use them.
• When the boss falls under 20% health, she will become Frenzy,gaining attack speed and increased physical damage, hence why you want to save your secondset of cooldowns for this time!

• When the boss casts Spiked Tongue run away to avoid being Devouring. If that happens, you will likely die since the healercan't assist you; this will be the time to use your bonus movement speed abilities.During this time, you can use your defensive cooldowns to reduce the incoming damageof the "dragging" channel. You might want to optimize the Rancid Mawand use the pools while being dragged; just a heads up!
• Be ready with active mitigation when the boss has Frenzy effect.

• Watch out for Toxic Retch cast. It will be applied to all 5party members and can be Poison dispel, if you have one.
• Spot-heal your tank during Spiked Tongue "phase".
• Heads up that throughout the boss fight the Angry Crowd will throw Hurling Rocks onto your party members, which will overlap with Toxic Retch Poison debuff. Always keep your party healthyto avoid having random deaths. Coordinate defensive cooldowns to best cover thedifficult period of the boss fight.

Once you have defeated Naraxas, jump down the cave underneath the corpse of theboss to access the last part of the dungeon, where you will face Dargrul the Underking.Here is what you should know about each non-boss-enemy in this area:

• Understone Demolisher does nothing but auto-attacks to your tank. Still, once it finishes its Charskin cast, it will randomly fixate peoplewith Burning Hatred and kite it away if you get targeted! Rememberthat you can stun/disturb the Charskin cast to delay the effect.
• Rockbound Trapper is a heavy tank-hitting mob, first because of their Jagged Disc, and second because of its Bound cast.
• Emberhusk Dominator is the most dangerous mob in this area. Your tankmust pay attention to Ember Swipe and position the mob soit doesn't cleave any melee player. In addition, they will occasionally cast Frenzy, increasing further the damage they deal; if you do havean Enrage dispel, here is the perfect time to use it. At last, yourhealer must pay attention to everyone's health because of the Crystal Spikeinstant casts.

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• Avoid the initial ground effect from Crystal Spikes. Laterin the fight, you can use them for cover against Magma Wave.
• When the boss casts Magma Sculptor, it will spawn a Molten Charskinadd. The ad will fixate ( Burning Hatred) a random player from yourparty chasing them until defeated. To make it easier, kite the add towards any existing Crystal Spikes so he can get a stunned - Crystal Crackedand increase its damage taken by 100% at which time you should switch and kill it.At last, the longer the add lives, the more stacks of Rising Inferno it willreceive and the more damage you will take from Magma Breaker, which makes ita top priority to deal with the add and stun it with Crystal Spikesas quickly as you can.
• Once the boss reaches 100 energy, it will cast Magma Wave; it iscrucial to see cover behind Crystal Spikes before the cast isfinished to reduce the incoming damage. This is the perfect time to use your defensivecooldowns. Watch out for the following-up Lava Geyser effect after Magma Wave and the giant magma pool on the ground.

• Watch out for Molten Crash; here is a good place to use youractive mitigation.
• Beware that the more you move the boss, the more damage your team will takefrom Magma Breaker.
• Aim the Landslide frontal away from any players or active Crystal Spikes.

• Keep everyone healthy during Molten Charskin as your whole party willtake damage from Magma Breaker each time it steps.
• Watch out for your tank's health during Landslide & Molten Crashcombo.
• Use your major cooldowns during the Magma Wave channel to avoidany party member from dying.

Type	Item	Stats
Neck	Understone Gorget	Crit/Vers
Mail Shoulder	Skyhorn Mantle	Haste/Crit
Leather Chest	Vest of Rupturing Diamonds	Crit/Vers
Plate Wrist	Deepfurrow Bracers	Crit/Vers
Cloth Wrist	Sunfrost Wristwraps	Haste/Crit
Mail Waist	Boulderbuckle Strap	Haste/Mastery
Plate Waist	Greystone Belt	Haste/Crit
Cloth Legs	Riverrider Legwraps	Mastery/Haste
Leather Boots	Rivermane Sandals	Haste/Crit
Trinket	Shard of Rokmora	Agi/Str

Type	Item	Stats
Cloth Head	Cragshaper's Fitted Hood	Haste/Crit
Leather Head	Steelgazer Hide Hood	Haste/Vers
Cloth Shoulder	Roggthread Mantle	Haste/Vers
Mail Chest	Tunic of Screaming Earth	Crit/Haste
Mail Wrist	Bitestone Wristwrap	Haste/Vers
Leather Hands	Gravelworn Handguards	Haste/Crit
Plate Legs	Rock Solid Legplates	Haste/Mastery
Plate Boots	Rockbound Sabatons	Haste/Vers
Ring	Loop of Vitriolic Intent	Haste/Mastery
Trinket	Talisman of the Cragshaper	Vers

Type	Item	Stats
Plate Head	Subterranean Horror Faceguard	Mastery/Haste
Back	Putrid Carapace	Mastery/Crit
Leather Wrist	Wristbands of Rousing Violence	Mastery/Haste
Mail Hands	Gauntlets of Innumerable Barbs	Mastery/Crit
Cloth Boots	Offal Galoshes	Mastery/Vers
Ring	Band of the Wyrm Matron	Crit/Vers
Trinket	Naraxas' Spiked Tongue	Mastery

Type	Item	Stats
Mail Head	Mountain Throne Coif	Haste/Vers
Neck	Chain of the Underking	Crit/Mastery
Leather Shoulder	Steelgazer Hide Mantle	Haste/Vers
Plate Shoulder	Tremorguard Pauldrons	Mastery/Crit
Plate Chest	Rockbound Chestguard	Haste/Vers
Cloth Chest	Tunic of Smoldering Ire	Crit/Mastery
Cloth Hands	Gloves of the Mountain Conquest	Haste/Mastery
Plate Hands	Rumblestone Gauntlets	Vers/Haste
Cloth Waist	Roggthread Cord	Haste/Vers
Leather Waist	Sinister Ashfall Cord	Crit/Mastery
Leather Legs	Charskin Legguards	Crit/Mastery
Mail Legs	Faultline Leggings	Crit/Mastery
Mail Feet	Bitestone Boots	Haste/Vers
Trinket	Mark of Dargrul	Crit

There are 7 total achievements to obtain in Neltharion's Lair:

Achievement	Criteria
Neltharion's Lair	Defeat Dargrul in Neltharion's Lair.
Heroic: Neltharions Lair	Defeat Dargrul in Neltharion's Lair onHeroic difficulty or higher.
Mythic: Neltharions Lair	Defeat Dargrul in Neltharion's Lair onMythic difficulty.
Mythic: Neltharions Lair Guild Run	Defeat Dargrul in Neltharion's Lair onMythic difficulty while in a guild group.
Keystone Hero: Neltharion's' Lair	Complete Neltharion's Lair at Mythic Level 20or higher, within the time limit.
Got to Ketchum All	Use the Ketchum Tablet to acquire imprints of all the namedsnails within Neltharion's Lair.
Cant Eat Just One	Defeat Naraxas after she gains 6 stacks of Ravenous in Neltharion's Lair on Mythicdifficulty.