TheWoWDBTazavesh, the Veiled Market
The Grand Menagerie Guide
The Grand Menagerie in Tazavesh, the Veiled Market, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- At the start of the encounter Alcruux will cast Gluttony which will remain until the end of the encounter, transfering to the closest player upon expiration.
- Achillite will occasionally channel Venting Protocol, releasing anima orbs that explode upon contact.
- Tanks: Flagellation Protocol can inflict heavy damage if not interrupted.
- Healers: While afflicted with Gluttony you can absorb Volatile Anima to gain Devoured Anima.
- Damage dealers: While afflicted with Gluttony you can absorb Volatile Anima to gain Devoured Anima.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
At the start of the encounter Alcruux will cast Gluttony which will remain until the end of the encounter, transfering to the closest player upon expiration. Achillite will occasionally channel Venting Protocol, releasing anima orbs that explode upon contact. The player with Gluttony can consume the anima orbs, gaining a stack of Devoured Anima.
- While afflicted with Gluttony you can absorb Volatile Anima to gain Devoured Anima.
- The pull of Whirling Annihilation intensifies over time, making it more difficult to avoid the longer you remain nearby.
- Chains of Damnation can be deadly if not destroyed quickly.
- While afflicted with Gluttony you can absorb Volatile Anima to gain Devoured Anima.
- Flagellation Protocol can inflict heavy damage if not interrupted.
- The pull of Whirling Annihilation intensifies over time, making it more difficult to avoid the longer you remain nearby.
- Flagellation Protocol can inflict heavy damage if not interrupted.
- The pull of Whirling Annihilation intensifies over time, making it more difficult to avoid the longer you remain nearby.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Flagellation Protocol can inflict heavy damage if not interrupted.
- The pull of Whirling Annihilation intensifies over time, making it more difficult to avoid the longer you remain nearby.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- While afflicted with Gluttony you can absorb Volatile Anima to gain Devoured Anima.
- Flagellation Protocol can inflict heavy damage if not interrupted.
- The pull of Whirling Annihilation intensifies over time, making it more difficult to avoid the longer you remain nearby.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- While afflicted with Gluttony you can absorb Volatile Anima to gain Devoured Anima.
- The pull of Whirling Annihilation intensifies over time, making it more difficult to avoid the longer you remain nearby.
- Chains of Damnation can be deadly if not destroyed quickly.
Boss abilities
Gluttony
Devoured Anima
Grip of Hunger
Grand Consumption
Volatile Anima
Flagellation Protocol
Purification Protocol
Whirling Annihilation
Chains of DamnationLoot
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
Entrance and instance
Tazavesh, the Veiled Market is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Tazavesh, the Veiled Market 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 The Grand Menagerie?
At the start of the encounter Alcruux will cast Gluttony which will remain until the end of the encounter, transfering to the closest player upon expiration.
How many abilities does The Grand Menagerie have?
The current datamine lists 10 named abilities on the The Grand Menagerie encounter.
What does The Grand Menagerie drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 15 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Tazavesh, the Veiled Market database page.
Does The Grand Menagerie 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 The Grand Menagerie drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Cartel Master's Gearglider. 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.