TheWoWDBThe Culling of Stratholme
Meathook Guide
Meathook 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
Since Prince Arthas first encountered the Scourge abominations, they have become even more menacing. Meathook has grown stronger, more toxic and more agile than the others. Smarter was never the goal of the necromancers who created Meathook, but it only takes a base cunning to do what he does best.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Constricting Chains | and stunning the target for 5 sec. | |
| Disease Explusion | ||
| Frenzy |
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Belt of Unified Souls
Bile-Cured Gloves
Enchanted Wire Stitching
Kilt of Sewn Flesh
Legplates of Steel Implants
Meathook's Slicer
Slaughterhouse Sabatons
Spaulders of the Abomination8 drops · item level 35 · 7 slots (Feet, Finger, Hands, Legs, One-Hand, Shoulder +1 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 Meathook?
The Adventure Guide entry for Meathook is on this page, quoted from the game files.
What does Meathook drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 8 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the The Culling of Stratholme database page.
Does Meathook 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.