TheWoWDBAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Ki'katal the Harvester Guide
Ki'katal the Harvester in Ara-Kara, City of Echoes, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- A stream of Bloodworkers ferry Black Blood for Ki'katal the Harvester.
- When struck, they drop their slime cargo and flee.
- Tanks: Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Healers: Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Damage dealers: Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
A stream of Bloodworkers ferry Black Blood for Ki'katal the Harvester. When struck, they drop their slime cargo and flee. Upon reaching 100 energy, Ki'katal the Harvester manifests a Cosmic Singularity, pulling all players in towards the detonation.
- Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Cosmic Singularity pulls all players in and inflicts high damage.
- Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Cosmic Singularity pulls all players in and inflicts high damage.
- Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Cosmic Singularity pulls all players in and inflicts high damage.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Cosmic Singularity pulls all players in and inflicts high damage.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Cosmic Singularity pulls all players in and inflicts high damage.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Stepping within Black Blood causes Grasping Blood to root players in place and prevent them from moving.
- Cosmic Singularity pulls all players in and inflicts high damage.
Normal, Heroic, and Mythic
Adventure Guide says
Only sentences the Adventure Guide itself marks as a difficulty change. We do not invent extra Heroic or Mythic strategy.
- On Mythic difficulty, Black Blood is absorbed after a single player steps in it.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Grasping Blood | On Mythic difficulty, Black Blood is absorbed after a single player steps in it. | |
 Cosmic Singularity | ||
 Faded | ||
 Cultivated Poisons | ||
 Venom Volley | ||
 Erupting Webs |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Ara-Kara, City of Echoes · Heroic: Ara-Kara, City of Echoes · Mythic: Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Entrance and instance
Ara-Kara, City of Echoes is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Ara-Kara, City of Echoes database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
Related bosses
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 Ki'katal the Harvester?
A stream of Bloodworkers ferry Black Blood for Ki'katal the Harvester.
How many abilities does Ki'katal the Harvester have?
The current datamine lists 6 named abilities on the Ki'katal the Harvester encounter.
What does Ki'katal the Harvester drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 8 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Ara-Kara, City of Echoes database page.
Does Ki'katal the Harvester change on Heroic or Mythic?
Yes. The Adventure Guide adds difficulty sentences on the abilities that change; those sentences are collected in the difficulty section. We do not invent additional Heroic or Mythic strategy.
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.