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Cragmaw the Infested Guide
Cragmaw the Infested in The Underrot, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Cragmaw's abilities shed Blood Tick Larvae throughout the arena.
- Deal with Cragmaw's attacks while stomping on Blood Tick Larvae before their Metamorphosis can complete.
- Tanks: Avoid facing Indigestion at allies and destroy the larvae spawned by it.
- Healers: Step on Blood Tick Larvae to destroy them before they grow into additional Blood Ticks.
- Damage dealers: Step on Blood Tick Larvae to destroy them before they grow into additional Blood Ticks.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Cragmaw's abilities shed Blood Tick Larvae throughout the arena. Deal with Cragmaw's attacks while stomping on Blood Tick Larvae before their Metamorphosis can complete.
- Step on Blood Tick Larvae to destroy them before they grow into additional Blood Ticks.
- Tantrum inflicts significant damage to all party members.
- Avoid facing Indigestion at allies and destroy the larvae spawned by it.
- Protect your allies from Blood Ticks that spawn throughout the encounter.
- Step on Blood Tick Larvae to destroy them before they grow into additional Blood Ticks.
- Defeat Blood Ticks before your party is overwhelmed.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Avoid facing Indigestion at allies and destroy the larvae spawned by it.
- Protect your allies from Blood Ticks that spawn throughout the encounter.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Step on Blood Tick Larvae to destroy them before they grow into additional Blood Ticks.
- Tantrum inflicts significant damage to all party members.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Step on Blood Tick Larvae to destroy them before they grow into additional Blood Ticks.
- Defeat Blood Ticks before your party is overwhelmed.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Damage Dealers | Step on Blood Tick Larvae to destroy them before they grow into additional Blood Ticks. Defeat Blood Ticks before your party is overwhelmed. | |
 Infested | ||
 Metamorphosis | ||
 Indigestion | ||
 Charge | ||
 Tantrum |
Loot
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
Entrance and instance
The Underrot is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the The Underrot 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 Cragmaw the Infested?
Cragmaw's abilities shed Blood Tick Larvae throughout the arena.
How many abilities does Cragmaw the Infested have?
The current datamine lists 5 named abilities on the Cragmaw the Infested encounter.
What does Cragmaw the Infested drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 10 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the The Underrot database page.
Does Cragmaw the Infested 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 Cragmaw the Infested drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Underrot Crawg. 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.