TheWoWDBDarkflame Cleft
The Darkness Guide
The Darkness in Darkflame Cleft, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- The Darkness enwreathes the area in smothering shadows, reducing combat abilities of anyone without a light source.
- It uses a variety of Shadow attacks to devour its foes and weaken the light.
- Tanks: Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Healers: Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Damage dealers: Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
The Darkness enwreathes the area in smothering shadows, reducing combat abilities of anyone without a light source. It uses a variety of Shadow attacks to devour its foes and weaken the light.
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- The Darkness uses Call Darkspawn, which approach the light and cast Drain Light.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- The Darkness uses Call Darkspawn, which approach the light and cast Drain Light.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
Boss abilities
Smothering Shadows
Rising Gloom
Candlelight
Wax Lump
Eternal Darkness
Call Darkspawn
Drain Light
Umbral Slash
ShadowblastLoot
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.
Mounts
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.
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 The Darkness?
The Darkness enwreathes the area in smothering shadows, reducing combat abilities of anyone without a light source.
How many abilities does The Darkness have?
The current datamine lists 9 named abilities on the The Darkness encounter.
What does The Darkness drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 9 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Darkflame Cleft database page.
Does The Darkness 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.
Does The Darkness drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Wick. Each links to its TheWoWDB mount 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). 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.