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Mal'Ganis Guide
Mal'Ganis in The Culling of Stratholme: a journal-derived encounter reference quoted from the Adventure Guide, not a strategy guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
Background
Adventure Guide says
The destiny of Mal'Ganis has already been written. Arthas's hatred for the dreadlord will cause the prince to travel to Northrend and take up Frostmourne. But this will only happen if Mal'Ganis finds him worthy. To prove his worthiness and begin down his path to becoming the Lich King, Arthas must survive Mal'Ganis's onslaught.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep | Mal'Ganis puts a player to sleep for up to 10 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the player. Mal'Ganis puts a player to sleep for up to 8 sec. | |
| Mind Blast | Mal'Ganis inflicts Shadow damage to random player. | |
| Vampiric Touch | Mal'Ganis' vampiric touch heals him for 50% of his damage done with melee attacks. | |
| Carrion Swarm | for 15 sec. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Band of Guile
Greed
Legguards of Nature's Power
Plague-Infected Bracers
Royal Crest of Lordaeron
Beguiling Scepter
Demonic Fabric Bands
Discarded Silver Hand Spaulders
Dreadlord's Blade
Gauntlets of Dark Conversion
Gloves of Northern Lordaeron
Leeka's Shield
Mantle of DeceitPauldrons of Destiny
Pendant of the Nathrezim
Pierce's Pistol
Soul Preserver17 drops · item level 35 · 11 slots (Finger, Hands, Legs, Neck, One-Hand, Ranged +5 more) · all Bind on Pickup
Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Heroic: The Culling of Stratholme · The Culling of Stratholme
Entrance and location
The Culling of Stratholme entranceThe game data places the dungeon entrance for The Culling of Stratholme in Kalimdor at map coordinates 58.5, 85.9. The The Culling of Stratholme database page carries the raw journal and the full loot grid.
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 Mal'Ganis?
The Adventure Guide entry for Mal'Ganis is on this page, quoted from the game files.
What does Mal'Ganis drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 17 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the The Culling of Stratholme database page.
Does Mal'Ganis 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.
Where does this guide's text come from?
Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69875, ingested 2026-09-18). 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 12.1.0.69875, ingested 2026-09-18). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.