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Tol Dagor

The Sand Queen Guide

The Sand Queen in Tol Dagor, 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

  • The Sand Queen creates Sand Traps around her enemies to isolate and incapacitate her prey.
  • She also dives beneath the sands with Upheaval and springs up underneath victims.
  • Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Call of the Sand Queen.
  • Tanks: Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Healers: Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
  • Damage dealers: Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

The Sand Queen creates Sand Traps around her enemies to isolate and incapacitate her prey. She also dives beneath the sands with Upheaval and springs up underneath victims.

  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Upheaval inflicts high damage in an area around The Sand Queen's target.
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen gains Enrage!
  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen gains Enrage!

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. Call of the Sand Queen Each of the Sand Queen's abillities call forth a Buzzing Drone to assist her.

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen gains Enrage!

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen gains Enrage!

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
  • Upheaval inflicts high damage in an area around The Sand Queen's target.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Sand Trap
Sandstorm
Upheaval
Itchy Bite
Enrage
Enrage
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Loot

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

Gaoler's Chainmail GaitersHalberd of the Unwary GuardOverseer's Lost SealRattling Jar of EyesSewer Grate GirdleWarglaive of the Sand QueenWristguards of the Sandswimmer

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

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

Achievements

Heroic: Tol Dagor · Mythic: Tol Dagor · Tol Dagor

Entrance and instance

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

Overseer Korgus
Jes Howlis
Knight Captain Valyri

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 Sand Queen?

The Sand Queen creates Sand Traps around her enemies to isolate and incapacitate her prey.

How many abilities does The Sand Queen have?

The current datamine lists 6 named abilities on the The Sand Queen encounter.

What does The Sand Queen drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 7 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Tol Dagor database page.

Does The Sand Queen 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.