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Aberration

Il'gynoth

Il'gynoth is an Aberration, level 45, friendly to players. It appears in the dungeon journal for The Emerald Nightmare.

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TypeAberration
Dungeon journalThe Emerald Nightmare
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Il'gynoth at a Glance

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What does Il'gynoth do?

Dungeon journal bossThe Emerald Nightmare
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Level and Map Tracking

The game data tunes Il'gynoth for level 45, Legion content.

In the Client Files

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Also Friendly Aberration in the current client data

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

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Boss Encounter

Il'gynoth appears as a raid or dungeon boss. See the encounter page for its instance.

Abilities & Strategy

What the in-game dungeon journal describes for the Il'gynoth, Heart of Corruption encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

Players begin the encounter fighting against Il'gynoth's erupting eyestalks and tentacles, while the monstrous Eye bars the way to the heart of the tree. Defeating these tentacles spawns animated Nightmare Ichor globules, which players can destroy near the Eye to damage it. Once the Eye is defeated, players can enter the hollow to damage Il'gynoth directly for a time, after which the Eye reforms to seal the entrance to the hollow once more, killing any players who remain inside. This repeats until players defeat Il'gynoth.

Tanks
Healers
Damage Dealers
  • Move away from the raid when affected by Spew Corruption.
  • Interrupt Deathglare Tentacles' Mind Flay.
  • Lure Nightmare Ichors that are fixated on you to the Eye of Il'gynoth when they are low on health, and wait to kill them until they are in range of the Eye.
  • Avoid players targeted by Ground Slam, and move away from other players when targeted by it.

Stage One: The Ruined Ground

Players engage creatures of nightmare while the Eye of Il'gynoth watches over them, directing the forces of corruption.

Nightmare Corruption
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Death Blossom
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Dispersed Spores
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The Eye of Il'gynoth
Stuff of Nightmares
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Nightmare Gaze
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Nightmare Ichor
Touch of Corruption
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Nightmare Explosion
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On Mythic Difficulty, all players in the encounter also suffer Shadow damage every 2 seconds for 4 sec. This effect stacks.

The Forces of Corruption

When killed, the forces of corruption will spawn Nightmare Ichor.

Nightmare Horror
Deathglare Tentacle
Corruptor Tentacle
Dominator Tentacle

Stage Two: The Heart of Corruption

When the Eye of Il'gynoth is destroyed, the chamber holding Il'gynoth's beating heart is revealed.

The Heart of Il'gynoth
Dark Reconstitution
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Cursed Blood
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Reabsorption
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Violent Bloodburst
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Final Torpor
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Shriveled Eyestalk
Mind Flay
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Drops in The Emerald Nightmare

Loot the dungeon journal lists for the Il'gynoth, Heart of Corruption encounter.

What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.

Drops in Ny'alotha, the Waking City

Loot the dungeon journal lists for the Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn encounter.

What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.

What Each Drop Is

The Il'gynoth, Heart of Corruption encounter lists 16 items in the dungeon journal, item level 50. Equip slots covered: Head, Wrist, Finger, Hands, Trinket, Shoulder, Legs and Waist. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.

  • Celestially Aligned Hood Head (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 41 gold70 silver for it.
  • Clasp of Cosmic Insignificance Wrist (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 27 gold90 silver for it.
  • Cube of Malice Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 47 gold49 silver for it.
  • Dreadful Cyclopean Signet Finger, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 37 gold14 silver for it.
  • Dreamsculptor's Gloves Hands (Leather), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 27 gold37 silver for it.
  • Gauntlets of Malevolent Intent Hands (Mail), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 29 gold29 silver for it.
  • Goblet of Nightmarish Ichor Trinket, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 28 gold56 silver for it. Equip: Nightmarish Ichor.
  • Gore-Drenched Fetish Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 47 gold13 silver for it.
  • Otherworldy Leather Mantle Shoulder (Leather), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 42 gold51 silver for it.
  • Pauldrons of Shifting Runes Shoulder (Plate), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 43 gold60 silver for it.
  • Radiating Metallic Shard Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 47 gold31 silver for it.
  • Singular Chain Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Mastery and Haste. Tooltip: “Try as you might, you cannot find where this series of interconnected links starts or ends.” A vendor pays 58 gold68 silver for it.
  • Sloshing Core of Hatred Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 46 gold95 silver for it.
  • Spontaneous Appendages Trinket, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. A vendor pays 28 gold66 silver for it. Equip: Horrific Appendages.
  • Waistplate of Nameless Horror Waist (Plate), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 28 gold65 silver for it.
  • Wriggling Sinew Trinket, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 18 silver90 copper for it. Use: Maddening Whispers.

Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.

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Game Data

Creature ID110808
Display ID77998
Faction template35
Content tuning337