TheWoWDBUtgarde Pinnacle
Gortok Palehoof Guide
Gortok Palehoof in Utgarde Pinnacle, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Stage 1: The Hunting Trophies, Stage 2: Gortok Palehoof.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Stage 1: The Hunting Trophies
- Stage 2: Gortok Palehoof
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stasis Generator | Using the Stasis Generator causes two random hunting trophies to become active and attack players. Once the hunting trophies are defeated, Gortok Palehoof becomes active. In Heroic Difficulty, all four hunting trophies must be defeated before Gortok Plaehoof will activate. | |
| Grievous Wound | The Ferocious Rhino charges a random player, inflicting Physical damage and additional Physical damage every second. The Grievous Wound effect lasts for 15 sec, or until the player is healed to full health. | |
| Gore | The Ferocious Rhino gores a player, inflicting Physical damage and additional Physical damage every second for 6 sec. | |
| Stomp | ||
| Mortal Wound | ||
| Enrage | ||
| Acid Spit | ||
| Poison Breath | ||
| Acid Splatter | The Massive Jormungar summons Jormungar Worms that attack players. | |
| Crazed | ||
| Terrifying Roar | ||
| Chain Lightning | The Ravenous Furbolg strikes a player with a bolt of lightning that arcs to another nearby player, inflicting Nature damage to each of them. | |
| Withering Roar | Gortok Palehoof unleashes a roar, inflicting Physical damage to all players and lowering their maximum health. | |
| Arcing Smash | Gortok Palehoof lashes out in a vicious arc, inflicting Physical damage to all players in front of him. | |
| Impale |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Ferocious Pauldrons of the RhinoFerocious Pauldrons of the Rhino
Massive Spaulders of the JormungarMassive Spaulders of the Jormungar
Ravenous Leggings of the FurbolgRavenous Leggings of the Furbolg
Reanimated ArmorReanimated Armor
Ring of the Frenzied WolvarRing of the Frenzied Wolvar
Seal of ValgardeSeal of Valgarde
Shroud of ResurrectionShroud of Resurrection
Trophy GathererTrophy Gatherer
Tundra Wolf BootsMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Mounts
Achievements
Entrance and instance
Utgarde Pinnacle is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Utgarde Pinnacle 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 Gortok Palehoof?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Stage 1: The Hunting Trophies, Stage 2: Gortok Palehoof.
What does Gortok Palehoof drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 17 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Utgarde Pinnacle database page.
Does Gortok Palehoof 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 Gortok Palehoof drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Blue Proto-Drake. 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.