TheWoWDBDungeon - Midnight
Altar of Fangs
3 encounters, 30 boss abilities and 27 drops, with the Adventure Guide’s own ability and strategy notes for each fight. Every drop links to its item page; tradeable drops carry a live Auction House price.
Upon the Altar of Fangs, the ancient Amani sealed the vaults of Atal'Utek with the Fang of Ula'tek. Only that cursed dagger has the power to unseal the prison of the great weapon of the Amani. Aid Orweyna and Liadrin in their pursuit of Zul'jan, who has entered this accursed place in a misbegotten attempt to bring lost glory back to the Amani.
Quick Facts
| Type | Dungeon |
|---|---|
| Expansion | Midnight |
| Encounters | 3 |
| Boss abilities | 30 |
| Drops | 27 |
| Item level | 1 to 219 |
| Tradeable drops | 1 |
| Difficulties | Mythic, Mythic Keystone |
Difficulties and Lockouts
Altar of Fangs has 5 difficulties in the game data: Mythic resets daily; Normal, Heroic, Mythic Keystone and Follower can be run again at any time.
| Difficulty | Players | Level range | Lockout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 5 | 80 to 90 | None |
| Heroic | 5 | 90 | None |
| Mythic | 5 | 90 | Daily |
| Mythic Keystone | 5 | None | |
| Follower | 5 | 80 to 90 | None |
Mythic+ timer, Altar of Fangs: 30:00 (+2 at 24:00, +3 at 18:00).
Loot Table Value
1 of Altar of Fangs’s 27 drops can be traded, but none of them are listed on any Auction House we scanned in the last pass, so there is no market price to compute yet.
Instance Map
The Adventure Guide places 3 bosses of Altar of Fangs on 3 maps. Numbers follow the encounter order; each links to that fight below.
Altar of Fangs
1Rav'i- 1 Rav'i 48.8, 79.3
Altar of Fangs
2The Writhing Coil- 2 The Writhing Coil 69.8, 51.8
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3Zul'jan- 3 Zul'jan 46.0, 17.9
Encounters
MMythicM+Mythic Keystone
Rav'i
This ravenous hydra has survived this cursed place through scavenging the meat of the fallen. That doesn't mean it is not a fearsome combatant, eager to add some fresh temple explorers to its otherwise rotting diet.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Rav'i's domain is littered with Carrion Piles from the many sacrificed creatures thrown into the pit. Occasionally, Rav'i makes a Ravenous Stomp, dropping Fresh Meat. Upon running out of energy, Rav'i begins Ssscavenging from the nearest Carrion Pile. If the Carrion Pile contains Fresh Meat, Rav'i goes into a Feeding Frenzy.
Tanks
- Ravenous Stomp drops Fresh Meat on some Carrion Piles.
- Carrion Piles with Fresh Meat cause Rav'i to go into a Feeding Frenzy.
- Rav'i inflicts melee damage with Hydrastrike.
Damage Dealers
- Rav'i stops Ssscavenging or her Feeding Frenzy when her absorb shield is removed.
- Ssscavenging and Feeding Frenzy both continuously apply Carrion Burst to all players until stopped.
- Regurgitate hurls waves of acid in a player's direction.
Healers
- Triple Shot inflicts damage around 3 players over time.
- While Rav'i is eating, she afflicts all players with increasing applications of Carrion Burst and is a Messy Eater.
- Regurgitate hurls waves of acid in a player's direction.
Loot
7 drops · item level 219 · 5 slots (Chest, Feet, One-Hand, Trinket, Wrist) · all Bind on Pickup
The Writhing Coil
In the feeding frenzy upon each other, there has been one Child of Ula'tek that has proved victorious over the rest of the brood. With every battle won, the twisting monstrosity known as the Writhing Coil only grows stronger.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Writhing Coil assaults its enemies relentlessly with Vindictive Onslaught and its razor sharp Tail Scythe. When the beast prepares to unleash Death Rattle, Orweyna empowers players with Vine Grip to Uncoil the creature and clash with the serpents one by one.
Tanks
- Tail Scythe inflicts heavy Physical damage.
- Interrupting Death Rattle with Vine Grip causes the creature to Uncoil.
Damage Dealers
- Interrupting Death Rattle with Vine Grip causes the creature to Uncoil.
- Damage inflicted while the Writhing Coil is Uncoiled persists after Assimilation.
- Toxic Atrophy reduces all players' speed and damage done.
Healers
- Death Rattle inflicts increasing damage to all players.
- Interrupting Death Rattle with Vine Grip causes the creature to Uncoil.
The Writhing Coil
The Uncoiled Writhe
Loot
8 drops · item level 219 · 7 slots (Chest, Held In Off-hand, Legs, Neck, Shoulder, Trinket +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup
Zul'jan
With the Fang of Ula'tek, Zul'jan performs the final ritual to gain the power to release the monstrous weapon his ancestors sealed away thousands of years ago. Still held in the sway of the spirit of Malacrass, Zul'jan is unaware that the Fang is also the only hope for his sister Zul'jarra's survival.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
During Ritual of the Fang, Zul'jan invokes the altar's ancient venoms to empower the dagger. Zul'jan then hacks, slashes, and chops down his enemies as the sacred grounds stain crimson with Bloodletting.
Tanks
- Chop Down inflicts heavy Physical damage.
- Ritual of the Fang inflicts damage to all players unless intercepted.
- Bloodletting removes Ritual Venom.
Damage Dealers
- Ritual of the Fang inflicts damage to all players unless intercepted.
- Bloodletting removes Ritual Venom.
- Axegrinder and Boneslicer inflict Physical damage to players struck.
Healers
- Axegrinder and Boneslicer inflict Physical damage to players struck.
- Ritual of the Fang inflicts damage to all players unless intercepted.
- Bloodletting removes Ritual Venom.
Loot
12 drops · item level 1 to 219 · 8 slots (Chest, Finger, Hands, Head, Legs, One-Hand +2 more) · 1 tradeable
The Writhing Brood
Ancestral Amani Recurve
Ancient General's Obsidian Pillars
Band of the Amani Warlord
Chestguard of Corroded Scales
Handwraps of Blasphemous Rites
Pattern: Snakeskin Lining
Polished Lightwood ChannelerSharpened Lightwood Slasher
Spare Speaker's Hood
Tattered Amani War Banner
Pillar of the Fanged AltarAchievements
3 achievements tied to Altar of Fangs, worth 30 achievement points in total.
Altar of FangsDefeat Zul'jan in Altar of Fangs.10- Heroic: Altar of FangsDefeat Zul'jan in Altar of Fangs on Heroic difficulty or higher.10
- Mythic: Altar of FangsDefeat Zul'jan in Altar of Fangs on Mythic or Mythic Keystone difficulty.10
More Midnight Dungeons
Other dungeons from the same expansion.
Recent hotfixes for Altar of Fangs
- September 22, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Altar of Fangs
Fixed an issue that allowed Blade of the Altar's Laced Edge to cast while crowd controlled.
- September 21, 2026 Dungeons and Raids
Fixed an issue where following Lindormi's Guidance in Den of Nalorakk and Altar of Fangs would lead to ending the dungeon short of the enemy forces requirement.
- August 25, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Altar of Fangs
Removed one High Evolutionist in the area after Rav'i.
- August 21, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Altar of Fangs
Ravenous Descendant’s Ravenous now grants 10% attack speed per stack (was 20%), and movement speed reduced by 20%.
- August 21, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Altar of Fangs
Twinfang Harrower’s Paralyzing Shots initial damage reduced by 50%.
- August 21, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Altar of Fangs
Venom Leech’s Septic Spatter no longer creates a puddle at the leech’s corpse location.
- August 21, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Altar of Fangs
Ritual Chieftain’s Blood Sacrifice absorb reduced by 10%.
- August 21, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Altar of Fangs
Caustic Mist Totem’s Unstable Totem damage reduced by 10%.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.