TheWoWDBScholomance
Darkmaster Gandling Guide
Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance, 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: Study Rooms.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Study Rooms
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Incinerate | ||
| Immolate | for 21 sec. | |
| Rise! | Gandling summons a legion of Failed Students to fight for him. The students swarm the area, fighting anything they can. | |
| Harsh Lesson | Darkmaster Gandling teleports a random player to one of his study rooms for a harsh lesson! | |
| Explosive Pain | Gandling's experiment inflicts excruciating pain on the Fresh Test Subject. Dispelling the effect from the Fresh Test Subject unleashes an explosion of magical energy. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Headmaster's Will
Gloves of Explosive Pain
Gloves of Explosive Pain
Incineration Belt
Incineration Belt
Lessons of the DarkmasterLessons of the Darkmaster
Price of ProgressPrice of Progress
Searing WordsSearing Words
Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons
Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons
Tombstone Gauntlets
Tombstone GauntletsMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Heroic: Scholomance · Heroic: Scholomance · Scholomance · Scholomance · Scholomance: Bronze · Scholomance: Gold · Scholomance: Silver
Entrance and instance
Scholomance is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Scholomance 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 Darkmaster Gandling?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Study Rooms.
What does Darkmaster Gandling drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 15 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Scholomance database page.
Does Darkmaster Gandling 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.