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High Priest Venoxis Guide
High Priest Venoxis in Zul'Gurub, 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 One: A Venomous Labyrinth, Stage Two: The Mortal Coil Unwinds, Stage Three: Bloodvenom!, Heroic Difficulty Only.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Stage One: A Venomous Labyrinth
- Stage Two: The Mortal Coil Unwinds After a set period of time, High Priest Venoxis transforms into an avatar of Hethiss, the snake god.
- Stage Three: Bloodvenom! High Priest Venoxis moves to his altar, absorbs all of the Pools of Acrid Tears in the room, and then casts Bloodvenom. After Bloodvenom ends, Venoxis enters a state of Venom Withdrawal and then returns to stage one.
- Heroic Difficulty Only Zul'Gurub is only available in Heroic Difficulty.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Venomous Effusion | During the encounter a maze of poison clouds appears on the ground. | |
| Word of Hethiss | At the start of the battle, High Priest Venoxis calls upon the Word of Hethis. | |
| Whispers of Hethiss | ||
| Toxic Link | When Toxic Link breaks, it causes a Toxic Explosion at the location of each linked player. | |
| Toxic Explosion | When Toxic Link breaks, it causes a Toxic Explosion at the location of each linked player. | |
| Blessing of the Snake God | High Priest Venoxis takes on the avatar of Hethiss, the snake god. | |
| Pool of Acrid Tears | High Priest Venoxis summons a venomous puddle near the player farthest from him. | |
| Breath of Hethiss | ||
| Bloodvenom | Venoxis creates up to three tendrils of poison that follow players around the room for 12 sec. | |
| Venom Withdrawal | After Bloodvenom completes, High Priest Venoxis suffers from Venom Withdrawal for 10 sec. Once Venom Withdrawal expires, Venoxis begins his stage one activities again. | |
| Poison Cloud |
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
Armored Razzashi Raptor · Swift Zulian Panther
Achievements
Entrance and instance
Zul'Gurub is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Zul'Gurub 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 High Priest Venoxis?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Stage One: A Venomous Labyrinth, Stage Two: The Mortal Coil Unwinds, Stage Three: Bloodvenom!, Heroic Difficulty Only.
What does High Priest Venoxis drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 5 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Zul'Gurub database page.
Does High Priest Venoxis 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 High Priest Venoxis drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Armored Razzashi Raptor, Swift Zulian Panther. 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.