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Amarth, The Harvester Guide
Amarth, The Harvester in The Necrotic Wake, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Amarth raises minions from the dead to assault players during Land of the Dead.
- After a short time, he will cast Final Harvest, destroying his minions and inflicting damage to all players if they still stand.
- Tanks: Destroy Amarth's minions before he is able to cast Final Harvest.
- Healers: Tanks will take a severe amount of damage during Unholy Frenzy.
- Damage dealers: Destroy Amarth's minions before he is able to cast Final Harvest.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Amarth raises minions from the dead to assault players during Land of the Dead. After a short time, he will cast Final Harvest, destroying his minions and inflicting damage to all players if they still stand.
- Destroy Amarth's minions before he is able to cast Final Harvest.
- Interrupt Frostbolt Volley to reduce incoming damage.
- Defend carefully against Bonefang's attacks during Unholy Frenzy.
- Destroy Amarth's minions before he is able to cast Final Harvest.
- Interrupt Frostbolt Volley to reduce incoming damage.
- Avoid being hit by Necrotic Breath.
- Tanks will take a severe amount of damage during Unholy Frenzy.
- Players hit by Necrotic Breath will take reduced healing.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Destroy Amarth's minions before he is able to cast Final Harvest.
- Interrupt Frostbolt Volley to reduce incoming damage.
- Defend carefully against Bonefang's attacks during Unholy Frenzy.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Tanks will take a severe amount of damage during Unholy Frenzy.
- Players hit by Necrotic Breath will take reduced healing.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Destroy Amarth's minions before he is able to cast Final Harvest.
- Interrupt Frostbolt Volley to reduce incoming damage.
- Avoid being hit by Necrotic Breath.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Land of the Dead | ||
 Frostbolt | ||
| Frostbolt Volley | ||
 Shoot | ||
 Final Harvest | In Mythic Difficulty, Amarth gains applications of Tortured Echoes for each skeleton or player killed. | |
 Tortured Echoes | ||
 Necrotic Breath | In Mythic Difficulty, passing through Necrotic Breath applies Necrotic Ichor. | |
 Necrotic Ichor | ||
 Unholy Frenzy | ||
 Necrotic Bolt |
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.
Mounts
Achievements
Heroic: The Necrotic Wake · Mythic: The Necrotic Wake · The Necrotic Wake
Entrance and instance
The Necrotic Wake is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the The Necrotic Wake database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
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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 Amarth, The Harvester?
Amarth raises minions from the dead to assault players during Land of the Dead.
How many abilities does Amarth, The Harvester have?
The current datamine lists 10 named abilities on the Amarth, The Harvester encounter.
What does Amarth, The Harvester drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 12 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the The Necrotic Wake database page.
Does Amarth, The Harvester 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 Amarth, The Harvester drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Marrowfang. 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.