Utgarde Pinnacle
King Ymiron Guide
King Ymiron 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: Gift of the Fallen Kings.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Gift of the Fallen Kings When King Ymiron reaches 66% and 33% health remaining, he calls upon a fallen vrykul king to grant him a new ability. He retains this ability until he chooses a new fallen king. In Heroic Difficulty, King Ymiron calls on a fallen king at 80%, 60%, 40% and 20% health remaining.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit Burst | Ranulf of the Screaming Abyss grants King Ymiron the ability to unleash a burst of spirit energy, inflicting Shadow damage to all players. | |
| Summon Spirit Fount | Bjorn of the Black Storm grants King Ymiron the ability to summon a spirit fount that inflicts Shadow damage to a random player every second. | |
| Spirit Strike | Haldor of the Rocky Cliffs grants King Ymiron the ability to strike a player, inflicting Physical damage and increasing their Physical damage taken for 10 sec. | |
| Summon Avenging Spirits | Tor of the Brutal Siege grants King Ymiron the ability to summon 4 Avenging Spirits to attack players. | |
| Screams of the Dead | Whenever King Ymiron chooses a fallen king, he unleashes a bone chilling scream that stuns all players for 8 sec. | |
| Bane | This effect lasts for 5 sec. | |
| Dark Slash | King Ymiron slashes a player, inflicting damage equal to half of their current health. | |
| Fetid Rot |
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
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 King Ymiron?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Gift of the Fallen Kings.
What does King Ymiron drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 32 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Utgarde Pinnacle database page.
Does King Ymiron 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 King Ymiron 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.