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Derelict Duo Guide
Derelict Duo in Windrunner Spire, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Latch spews Gunk Splatter at players while Kalis assails her foes with Shadow Bolt.
- Upon reaching 100 energy, Latch attempts to draw players in with Heaving Yank while Kalis wails a Debilitating Shriek.
- Tanks: Latch's Bone Hack inflicts significant Physical damage.
- Healers: Kalis's Debilitating Shriek continues to increase its Shadow damage until interrupted.
- Damage dealers: Latch's Heaving Yank interrupts and pulls in the first target it hits.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Latch spews Gunk Splatter at players while Kalis assails her foes with Shadow Bolt. Upon reaching 100 energy, Latch attempts to draw players in with Heaving Yank while Kalis wails a Debilitating Shriek. Latch spews Gunk Splatter at players while Kalis assails her foes with Curse of Darkness and Shadow Bolt.
- Latch's Heaving Yank interrupts and pulls in the first target it hits.
- Kalis's Debilitating Shriek continues to increase its Shadow damage until interrupted.
- Kalis's Curse of Darkness causes Dark Entities to fixate upon players.
- Kalis's Debilitating Shriek continues to increase its Shadow damage until interrupted.
- Latch's Heaving Yank interrupts and pulls in the first target it hits.
- Latch's Bone Hack inflicts significant Physical damage.
- Latch's Heaving Yank interrupts and pulls in the first target it hits.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Latch's Bone Hack inflicts significant Physical damage.
- Latch's Heaving Yank interrupts and pulls in the first target it hits.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Kalis's Debilitating Shriek continues to increase its Shadow damage until interrupted.
- Latch's Heaving Yank interrupts and pulls in the first target it hits.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Latch's Heaving Yank interrupts and pulls in the first target it hits.
- Kalis's Debilitating Shriek continues to increase its Shadow damage until interrupted.
- Kalis's Curse of Darkness causes Dark Entities to fixate upon players.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Broken Bond | ||
 Debilitating Shriek | ||
 Curse of Darkness | ||
 Shadow Bolt | ||
 Heaving Yank | ||
 Heaving Chop | ||
 Splattering Spew | ||
 Splattered | ||
 Gunk Splatter | In Mythic difficulty, this gunk grows over time. | |
 Bone Hack |
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
Heroic: Windrunner Spire · Mythic: Windrunner Spire · Windrunner Spire
Entrance and instance
Windrunner Spire is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Windrunner Spire 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 Derelict Duo?
Latch spews Gunk Splatter at players while Kalis assails her foes with Shadow Bolt.
How many abilities does Derelict Duo have?
The current datamine lists 10 named abilities on the Derelict Duo encounter.
What does Derelict Duo drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 6 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Windrunner Spire database page.
Does Derelict Duo 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 Derelict Duo drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Spectral Hawkstrider. 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.