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Altar of Fangs

The Writhing Coil Guide

The Writhing Coil in Altar of Fangs, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • 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.
  • Stages named in the Adventure Guide: The Writhing Coil, The Uncoiled Writhe.
  • Tanks: Tail Scythe inflicts heavy Physical damage.
  • Healers: Death Rattle inflicts increasing damage to all players.
  • Damage dealers: Interrupting Death Rattle with Vine Grip causes the creature to Uncoil.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

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.

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. The Writhing Coil
  2. The Uncoiled Writhe

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Death Rattle
Vine Grip
Uncoil
Toxic Barrage
Toxic Atrophy
Vindictive Onslaught
Burrowing Charge
Venom Jet
Tail Scythe
Synchronized Venom
Uncoiled
Spiteful Hunt
Undermining
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Loot

Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.

Aged Interwoven ScaleplateKnot of Writhing SerpentsLeggings of Entwined SerpentsNocuous Focal FangSnakeskin SpauldersStrand of Warding FangsToxin-Coated WarstaffVile Writhefang Glaive

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.

Mounts

The Writhing Brood

Achievements

Altar of Fangs · Heroic: Altar of Fangs · Mythic: Altar of Fangs

Entrance and instance

Altar of Fangs is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Altar of Fangs database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

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Zul'jan

Player strategy

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Questions

What does the Adventure Guide say about The Writhing Coil?

The Writhing Coil assaults its enemies relentlessly with Vindictive Onslaught and its razor sharp Tail Scythe.

How many abilities does The Writhing Coil have?

The current datamine lists 13 named abilities on the The Writhing Coil encounter.

What does The Writhing Coil drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 8 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Altar of Fangs database page.

Does The Writhing Coil change on Heroic or Mythic?

The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.

Does The Writhing Coil drop a mount?

The journal loot table includes The Writhing Brood. Each links to its TheWoWDB mount page.

Where does this guide's text come from?

Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Source and build

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.