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Rare Elite
Elderspawn Nalaada
The Writhing
Elderspawn Nalaada (The Writhing) is a Rare Elite Beast of the Serpent family, level 50, hostile to players. It is found in Nazjatar.
Details
Elderspawn Nalaada at a Glance
What does Elderspawn Nalaada do?
Rare spawnRare Elite · minimap vignette 3717
Drops collectiblesSpawn of Nalaada (Battle pet)
Achievement criterionI Thought You Said They'd Be Rare?
Level and Map Tracking
The game data tunes Elderspawn Nalaada for level 50, Battle for Azeroth content.
The map marks it with vignette 3,717, which the client hides once hidden tracking quest 56285 is complete. In game, /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(56285)) prints true when that quest is flagged for your character.
In the Client Files
Standing toward playersHostile
Also Monster, Predator Beast at level 50 in the current client data
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Files
Background
Art © Blizzard Entertainment. Fan reference, not affiliated.
Where is Elderspawn Nalaada?
ZoneNazjatar
Named bySpawn of Nalaada (Battle pet)
Zone: the in-game source line of a collectible.
Hunter Pet: Serpent
Elderspawn Nalaada belongs to the Serpent creature family, which Hunters can tame; its pet specialization is Cunning. The Serpent diet in the client data: Meat. The Serpent family’s own pet skill line (Pet - Serpent) teaches 2 abilities:
Collectibles Elderspawn Nalaada Drops
- Spawn of Nalaada (battle pet): its in-game source line reads “Drop: Elderspawn Nalaada”.
Achievement: I Thought You Said They'd Be Rare?
Killing Elderspawn Nalaada counts toward I Thought You Said They'd Be Rare?, a 10-point achievement. Its in-game description: “Slay all of the rare and powerful creatures of Nazjatar listed below.” I Thought You Said They'd Be Rare? tracks 35 creatures; the other 34:
- Alga the Eyeless
- Allseer Oma'kil
- Amethyst Spireshell
- Banescale the Packfather
- Blindlight
- Caverndark Terror
- Chasm-Haunter
- Daggertooth Terror
- Deepglider
- Elder Unu
- Garnetscale
- Iridescent Glimmershell
- Kelpwillow
- King Gakula
- Mirecrawler
- Needlespine
- Oronu
- Prince Typhonus
- Prince Vortran
- Sandcastle
- Sandclaw Stoneshell
- Scale Matriarch Gratinax
- Scale Matriarch Vynara
- Scale Matriarch Zodia
- Shassera
- Shiz'narasz the Consumer
- Siltstalker the Packmother
- Soundless
- Tidelord Aquatus
- Tidelord Dispersius
- Tidemistress Leth'sindra
- Toxigore the Alpha
- Urduu
- Voice in the Deeps
More Serpent
Other creatures in the Serpent family. See the whole family.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
respawn time around 45 minutes
Elderspawn Nalaada rare mob can be found in Nazjatar.
- Coordinates: 51.75 74.87
- Part of: I Thought You Said They'd Be Rare?
- World Quest: Elderspawn of Nalaada
- Rare drop: [item=169359]
This one is easy to locate, it's just at the east part of Spears of Azshara area.
Better clear all of the mobs around the rare as it spawns [npc=156118] during the fight.TomTom:
/way Nazjatar 51.75 74.87 Elderspawn Nalaada Rare MobElderspawn Nalaada - www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3zeJpzLdu4
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Achievements whose criteria involve Elderspawn Nalaada, from the current game data.
Game Data
Creature ID152555
Display ID78243
Faction template2952
Content tuning690
Vignette3717
Tracking quest56285
3D model sourcebattle_pet 2569