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Hailstone Construct Guide
Hailstone Construct in Azeroth, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- The Hailstone Construct uses a variety of attacks to chill its enemies, from inflicting Frost damage in its melee swings to massive AOE attacks that both slow and freeze anyone hit.
- Tanks: Ice-rimed Fists causes all of Hailstone Construct's attacks to cause Frost damage instead of Physical, so magical defenses will be handy.
- Healers: Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
- Damage dealers: Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
The Hailstone Construct uses a variety of attacks to chill its enemies, from inflicting Frost damage in its melee swings to massive AOE attacks that both slow and freeze anyone hit.
- Ice-rimed Fists causes all of Hailstone Construct's attacks to cause Frost damage instead of Physical, so magical defenses will be handy.
- Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
- Move to avoid Glacial Breath.
- Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
- Move to avoid Glacial Breath.
- Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
- Move to avoid Glacial Breath.
- Tanks may required additional healing since Ice-rimed Fists causes all of Hailstone Construct's attacks to cause Frost damage instead of Physical.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Ice-rimed Fists causes all of Hailstone Construct's attacks to cause Frost damage instead of Physical, so magical defenses will be handy.
- Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
- Move to avoid Glacial Breath.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
- Move to avoid Glacial Breath.
- Tanks may required additional healing since Ice-rimed Fists causes all of Hailstone Construct's attacks to cause Frost damage instead of Physical.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Use cover created by Permafrost Spike to avoid being frozen by Freezing Tempest.
- Move to avoid Glacial Breath.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Ice-rimed Fists | ||
 Permafrost Spike | ||
 Glacial Breath | ||
 Freezing Tempest |
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
Azeroth is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Azeroth 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 Hailstone Construct?
The Hailstone Construct uses a variety of attacks to chill its enemies, from inflicting Frost damage in its melee swings to massive AOE attacks that both slow and freeze anyone hit.
How many abilities does Hailstone Construct have?
The current datamine lists 4 named abilities on the Hailstone Construct encounter.
What does Hailstone Construct drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 11 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Azeroth database page.
Does Hailstone Construct 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 Hailstone Construct drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Mollie. 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.