Darkflame Cleft Guide

30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

Darkflame Cleft was once a prosperous earthen mine, but eventually, that prosperity ended.
Earthen Machine Speakers moved out, and not long thereafter, kobolds swarmed in.
The Adventure Guide lists 4 encounters: Blazikon, The Candle King, The Darkness, Ol' Waxbeard.

Encounters

Blazikon6 abilities · 6 dropsBlazikon creates flames using Wicklighter Barrage to seek players.

The Candle King6 abilities · 6 dropsThe Candle King begins by making waxen statues that burn his foes.

The Darkness9 abilities · 9 dropsThe Darkness enwreathes the area in smothering shadows, reducing combat abilities of anyone without a light source.

Ol' Waxbeard8 abilities · 5 dropsOl' Waxbeard summons waves of kobolds and deadly minecarts that run over all units.

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

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

Mounts

Wick

Achievements

Darkflame Cleft · Heroic: Darkflame Cleft · Mythic: Darkflame Cleft

Entrance and instance

Darkflame Cleft is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Darkflame Cleft 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 Darkflame Cleft?

The Adventure Guide lists 4 encounters.

What loot does Darkflame Cleft drop?

The journal lists 26 drops across its encounters. Open a boss guide or the database page for the per-encounter tables.

Is this the Darkflame Cleft 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.