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Shadowmoon Burial Grounds

Bonemaw Guide

Bonemaw in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • Bonemaw smashes his massive frame across the platform to crush his foes, as lesser carrion worms rise from the depths.
  • Periodically, Bonemaw attempts to inhale all players with powerful suction.
  • Tanks: Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Healers: Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Damage dealers: Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

Bonemaw smashes his massive frame across the platform to crush his foes, as lesser carrion worms rise from the depths. Periodically, Bonemaw attempts to inhale all players with powerful suction.

  • Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Necrotic Pitch is damaging, but standing in it as Bonemaw begins to Inhale will negate his suction.
  • Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Necrotic Pitch is damaging, but standing in it as Bonemaw begins to Inhale will negate his suction.
  • Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Necrotic Pitch is damaging, but standing in it as Bonemaw begins to Inhale will negate his suction.

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Necrotic Pitch is damaging, but standing in it as Bonemaw begins to Inhale will negate his suction.

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Necrotic Pitch is damaging, but standing in it as Bonemaw begins to Inhale will negate his suction.

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Avoid Body Slam from Bonemaw and the lesser Carrion Worms.
  • Necrotic Pitch is damaging, but standing in it as Bonemaw begins to Inhale will negate his suction.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Necrotic Pitch
Corpse Breath
Fetid Spit
Body Slam
Inhale
Fetid Spit
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Loot

Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.

Belt of Burning FocusNHMM+TWBlackwater BeltNHMTWBlackwater GripsNHMTWBloodfeather GirdleNHMTWBloodfeather GripsNHMTWBonemaw's Big ToeNHMM+TWBonetooth LongbowNHMM+TWCord of Arcane MysteryNHMTWCord of Swirling LightNHMTWCrystalbinder BeltNHMTWCrystalbinder GlovesNHMTWFelflame BeltNHMTWFelflame GripsNHMTWFrost-Touched CordNHMTWFrost-Touched GlovesNHMTWGauntlets of Burning FocusNHMTWGloves of Arcane MysteryNHMTWGloves of Swirling LightNHMTWGoldsteel BeltNHMTWGoldsteel GlovesNHMM+TWGutcrusher GauntletsNHMTWGutcrusher GreatbeltNHMTWIncarnadine GauntletsNHMTWIncarnadine GirdleNHMTWLavalink GirdleNHMTWLavalink GripsNHMTWLeafmender GirdleNHMTWLeafmender GripsNHMTWLightbinder GirdleNHMTWLightbinder GlovesNHMTWMorningscale GauntletNHMTWMorningscale WaistguardNHMTWRivet-Sealed CrushersNHMTWRivet-Sealed WaistplateNHMTWRockhide GlovesNHMTWRockhide LinksNHMTWSharpeye BeltNHMTWSharpeye GauntletsNHMTWStreamslither BeltNHMTWStreamslither GauntletsNHMTWVerdant Plate BeltNHMTWVerdant Plate GripsNHMTW

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

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

Achievements

Heroic: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds · Mythic: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds · Shadowmoon Burial Grounds · Shadowmoon Burial Grounds: Bronze · Shadowmoon Burial Grounds: Gold · Shadowmoon Burial Grounds: Silver

Entrance and instance

Shadowmoon Burial Grounds is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Shadowmoon Burial Grounds database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Sadana Bloodfury
Ner'zhul
Nhallish

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 Bonemaw?

Bonemaw smashes his massive frame across the platform to crush his foes, as lesser carrion worms rise from the depths.

How many abilities does Bonemaw have?

The current datamine lists 6 named abilities on the Bonemaw encounter.

What does Bonemaw drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 42 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Shadowmoon Burial Grounds database page.

Does Bonemaw 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.