TheWoWDBDungeon Guide
Azjol-Nerub Guide
How the Adventure Guide describes Azjol-Nerub. Open Database for the raw journal tree and the full loot grid.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Azjol-Nerub was an empire of great strength when the Lich King arrived in Northrend.
- Despite ferocious resistance, however, Scourge forces managed to overtake the subterranean kingdom and slaughter its inhabitants, the nerubians.
- The Adventure Guide lists 3 encounters: Krik'thir the Gatewatcher, Hadronox, Anub'arak.
Encounters
Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Entrance and instance
Azjol-Nerub is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Azjol-Nerub database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
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
How many bosses are in Azjol-Nerub?
The Adventure Guide lists 3 encounters.
What loot does Azjol-Nerub drop?
The journal lists 54 drops across its encounters. Open a boss guide or the database page for the per-encounter tables.
Is this the Azjol-Nerub database page?
No. This is the encounter guide. The encyclopedia page with the raw journal tree and the full loot grid is linked as Database on this 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). We do not invent positioning, assignments, or cooldown timings.
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.