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Shadowmoon Burial Grounds

Nhallish Guide

Nhallish 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

  • Nhallish raises spirits to attack his foes, calls down blasts of void energy, and periodically banishes all players to a spectral realm where they must defeat and recapture their own souls to escape.
  • Tanks: Defeat your spirit while afflicted by Soul Shred in order to return to the realm of the living and gain Returned Soul.
  • Healers: Defeat your spirit while afflicted by Soul Shred in order to return to the realm of the living and gain Returned Soul.
  • Damage dealers: Defeat your spirit while afflicted by Soul Shred in order to return to the realm of the living and gain Returned Soul.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

Nhallish raises spirits to attack his foes, calls down blasts of void energy, and periodically banishes all players to a spectral realm where they must defeat and recapture their own souls to escape.

  • Defeat your spirit while afflicted by Soul Shred in order to return to the realm of the living and gain Returned Soul.
  • Defeat your spirit while afflicted by Soul Shred in order to return to the realm of the living and gain Returned Soul.

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Defeat your spirit while afflicted by Soul Shred in order to return to the realm of the living and gain Returned Soul.

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Defeat your spirit while afflicted by Soul Shred in order to return to the realm of the living and gain Returned Soul.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Planar Shift
Void Vortex
Void Blast
Void Devastation
Soul StealNhallish periodically tears players' spirits from their bodies, dealing damage until they subdue and recapture their soul.
Soul Shred
Returned Soul
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Loot

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

Blackwater WrapNHMTWBlackwater WristguardsNHMTWBloodfeather BracersNHMTWBloodfeather ChestwrapNHMTWBracers of Arcane MysteryNHMM+TWBracers of Burning FocusNHMTWBracers of Swirling LightNHMTWChestguard of Burning FocusNHMTWCrystalbinder ChestguardNHMTWCrystalbinder WristguardsNHMTWFelflame BracersNHMTWFelflame RobesNHMTWFrost-Touched RobesNHMTWFrost-Touched WristwrapsNHMTWGoldsteel BindingsNHMM+TWGoldsteel ChestguardNHMTWGutcrusher BracersNHMTWGutcrusher ChestplateNHMTWIncarnadine BracersNHMTWIncarnadine BreastplateNHMTWLavalink BracersNHMTWLavalink RingmailNHMTWLeafmender RobesNHMTWLeafmender WrapsNHMTWLightbinder RobesNHMTWLightbinder WristwrapsNHMTWMorningscale BracersNHMTWMorningscale ChestguardNHMTWNhallish's Bloody PolearmNHMM+TWRivet-Sealed BracersNHMTWRivet-Sealed BreastplateNHMTWRobes of Arcane MysteryNHMM+TWRobes of Swirling LightNHMTWRockhide RingmailNHMTWRockhide WristguardsNHMTWSharpeye BracersNHMM+TWSharpeye ChestguardNHMM+TWStreamslither BracersNHMTWStreamslither ChestguardNHMTWVerdant Plate ChestNHMTWVerdant Plate WristguardsNHMTWVoidmender's ShadowgemNHMM+TW

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
Bonemaw
Ner'zhul

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 Nhallish?

Nhallish raises spirits to attack his foes, calls down blasts of void energy, and periodically banishes all players to a spectral realm where they must defeat and recapture their own souls to escape.

How many abilities does Nhallish have?

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

What does Nhallish 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 Nhallish 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.