Mogu'shan Palace
Trial of the King Guide
Trial of the King in Mogu'shan Palace, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Kuai the Brute, Ming the Cunning, Haiyan the Unstoppable.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Kuai the Brute Clan Gurthan favors the use of fist weapons and prizes their Quilen companions.
- Ming the Cunning The Harthak are masters of wind and lightning based magic.
- Haiyan the Unstoppable The Kargesh are strong warriors who favor large weapons and fire magic.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ravage | Mu'Shiba tackles a random player to the ground then Ravages them. Defeating Mu'Shiba ends this effect early. | |
| Shockwave | Kuai the Brute sends a shockwave along the ground in front of him. The shockwave launches any player hit into the air. Players suffer Physical damage based on how far they fall. | |
| Whirling Dervish | ||
| Magnetic Field | Ming the Cunning rapidly spins in place, creating a Magnetic Field that pulls nearby creatures into its vortex. | |
| Lightning Bolt | ||
| Conflagrate | Haiyan the Unstoppable lights a random player on fire in a huge gout of flame. When Conflagrate ends, the flames jump to any nearby creature. | |
| Meteor | Haiyan the Unstoppable hurls a fiery boulder at a random player. | |
| Traumatic Blow |
Loot
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.
Achievements
Heroic: Mogu'shan Palace · Heroic: Mogu'shan Palace · Mogu'shan Palace · Mogu'shan Palace · Mogu'shan Palace: Bronze · Mogu'shan Palace: Gold · Mogu'shan Palace: Silver
Entrance and instance
Mogu'shan Palace is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Mogu'shan Palace 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 Trial of the King?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Kuai the Brute, Ming the Cunning, Haiyan the Unstoppable.
What does Trial of the King drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 5 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Mogu'shan Palace database page.
Does Trial of the King 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 12.1.0.69587, 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.