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Tol Dagor in the Adventure Guide

Dungeon - Battle for Azeroth

Tol Dagor

4 encounters, 26 boss abilities and 34 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.

Once a highly maintained prison, Tol Dagor has since been purchased and run by the Ashvane Company. Now, it serves as indefinite holding for any who would oppose the Ashvane Trading Company.

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Quick Facts

TypeDungeon
ExpansionBattle for Azeroth
Encounters4
Boss abilities26
Drops34
Item level59
Tradeable drops0

Difficulties and Lockouts

Tol Dagor has 4 difficulties in the game data: Mythic saves you to a weekly lockout; Heroic resets daily; Normal and Mythic Keystone can be run again at any time.

DifficultyPlayersLevel rangeLockout
Normal510 to 60None
Heroic550Daily
Mythic550Weekly
Mythic Keystone550None

Mythic+ timer, Tol Dagor: 36:00 (+2 at 28:48, +3 at 21:36).

Loot Table Value

Drops 34Item level 59Slots covered 16Bind on Pickup 34Tradeable 0

Every one of Tol Dagor’s 34 drops is Bind on Pickup, so none of this loot can ever reach the Auction House. The table below the bosses is the complete reward list; its value is item level, not gold.

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Where It Is

The entrance to Tol Dagor is in Tol Dagor at 39.7, 67.9.

Tol Dagor map with the Tol Dagor entrance markedEntrance 39.7, 67.9

Tol Dagor, from the game’s own world map art. The framed marker is the Adventure Guide entrance.

3D Model

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

Instance Map

The Adventure Guide places 4 bosses of Tol Dagor on 4 maps. Numbers follow the encounter order; each links to that fight below.

Tol Dagor

Tol Dagor map with 1 boss location1The Sand Queen
  1. 1 The Sand Queen 51.0, 51.9

Tol Dagor

Tol Dagor map with 1 boss location2Jes Howlis
  1. 2 Jes Howlis 37.4, 68.5

Tol Dagor

Tol Dagor map with 1 boss location3Knight Captain Valyri
  1. 3 Knight Captain Valyri 52.1, 86.9

Tol Dagor

Tol Dagor map with 1 boss location4Overseer Korgus
  1. 4 Overseer Korgus 40.3, 68.5

Encounters

Overseer Korgus

Warden to Tol Dagor, Overseer Korgus maintains the mighty island prison. His love of Azerite is widely known, even going so far as to infuse it into his bullets and test the results on his prisoners.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

Overseer Korgus attacks players with several of his gun abilities. Periodically, he will load Azerite Rounds: Incendiary and Azerite Rounds: Blast into his guns for different effects!

Damage Dealers
  • Try to not be struck by multiple applications of Azerite Rounds: Incendiary, as the burning effect will stack.
  • Deadeye inflicts high damage to the first player in a line, causing them to take additional damage from subsequent Deadeye shots.
  • Watch the prison cannons as Massive Blast is being fired to avoid being destroyed.
Healers
  • Players struck with Azerite Rounds: Incendiary will suffer increasing Fire damage the more they are hit.
  • Deadeye inflicts high damage to the first player in a line, causing them to take additional damage from subsequent Deadeye shots.
  • Watch the prison cannons as Massive Blast is being fired to avoid being destroyed.
Tanks
  • Try to not be struck by multiple applications of Azerite Rounds: Incendiary, as the burning effect will stack.
  • Deadeye inflicts high damage to the first player in a line, causing them to take additional damage from subsequent Deadeye shots.
  • Watch the prison cannons as Massive Blast is being fired to avoid being destroyed.

Loot

11 drops · item level 59 · 7 slots (Chest, Head, One-Hand, Ranged, Shoulder, Trinket +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup

The Sand Queen

Little is known about the monstrosity that lives in the sands surrounding the prison. No prisoners have ever survived an escape attempt, guards only finding discarded clothing and bones.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

The Sand Queen creates Sand Traps around her enemies to isolate and incapacitate her prey. She also dives beneath the sands with Upheaval and springs up underneath victims.

Damage Dealers
  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Upheaval inflicts high damage in an area around The Sand Queen's target.
Healers
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen gains Enrage!
Tanks
  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen gains Enrage!

Call of the Sand Queen

Each of the Sand Queen's abillities call forth a Buzzing Drone to assist her.

Buzzing Drone

If a Buzzing Drone dies nearby The Sand Queen, she gains a stack of Enrage.

Loot

7 drops · item level 59 · 7 slots (Finger, Held In Off-hand, Legs, One-Hand, Two-Hand, Waist +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup

Jes Howlis

A vicious pirate of dubious loyalty, Jes Howlis was captured alongside his brother and locked away. After being released in a prison riot, Jes has since taken over as the de facto leader of the gang that controls the prison's lower levels.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

Jes Howlis seeks to crush his enemies and maintain leadership through Flashing Daggers and Howling Fear. At 70% health remaining, he uses Smoke Powder to distract them as he releases more fellow prisoners from their cells.

Damage Dealers
Healers
  • Get behind a pillar when Flashing Daggers is cast to prevent taking large damage.
  • Watch out for prisoners with stacks of Motivated as they will be inflicting high damage.
Tanks
  • Get behind a pillar when Flashing Daggers is cast to prevent taking large damage.
  • Gain threat on released prisoners after Smoke Powder wears off.

Smoke Powder

Irontide Raider

A released convict that will do anything to escape.

Bobby Howlis

Loot

7 drops · item level 59 · 7 slots (Back, Feet, Hands, Legs, One-Hand, Shield +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup

Knight Captain Valyri

Knight Captain Valyri oversees the explosive munitions within Ashvane's armory. Unfortunately for her subordinates, her obsession with fire often creates hazardous working conditions.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

Knight Captain Valyri uses the Munitions Barrels within the armory to crush her foes. When the Munitions Barrel comes into contact with fire, it will explode with Burning Arsenal. Interacting with the Munitions Barrel will allow safe transportation of it, assuming the bearer is not already on fire...

Damage Dealers
Healers
Tanks

Loot

9 drops · item level 59 · 6 slots (Feet, Hands, Legs, Trinket, Waist, Wrist) · all Bind on Pickup

Achievements

6 achievements tied to Tol Dagor, worth 60 achievement points in total.

  • Mythic: Tol Dagor Guild RunDefeat Overseer Korgus in Tol Dagor on Mythic difficulty while in a guild group.10
  • Tol DagorDefeat Overseer Korgus in Tol Dagor.10
  • Heroic: Tol DagorDefeat Overseer Korgus in Tol Dagor on Heroic difficulty or higher.10
  • Mythic: Tol DagorDefeat Overseer Korgus in Tol Dagor on Mythic difficulty.10
  • Remix to IgnitionDefeat Knight Captain Valyri without detonating any Munitions in Tol Dagor on Mythic difficulty.10
  • Shot Through the HeartDefeat Overseer Korgus after all party members have been stunned by Heartstopper Venom at the same time in Tol Dagor on Mythic difficulty.10

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