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Blackwing Descent

Atramedes Guide

Atramedes in Blackwing Descent, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Sound, Ancient Dwarven Shields, Grounded Abilities, Airborne Abilities.

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. Sound Atramedes is blind and hunts based on sound. Players begin the battle with 0 Sound and gain Sound when taking damage. Atramedes channels Devastation on targets with 100 Sound and quickly kills them. Using an Ancient Dwarven Shield resets the Sound on all players.
  2. Ancient Dwarven Shields Ten Ancient Dwarven Shields are positioned around the room. Any player can strike one of the shields and cause a Resonating Clash. This interrupts Atramedes' casting, resets the Sound on every player to zero, and gives Atramedes a case of Vertigo. When Atramedes recovers from Vertigo, he destroys the shield. In Heroic Difficulty Lord Nefarius destroys an additional shield whenever Atramedes destroys one.
  3. Grounded Abilities Atramedes begins the fight on the ground.
  4. Airborne Abilities Atramedes periodically flies up into the air during the fight, raining destruction down on his enemies from above.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Resonating ClashThe sound resonating from the Ancient Dwarven Shield interrupts Atramedes' casting. While Airborne, Atramedes switches the target of his Roaring Flame Breath to the player who used the Ancient Dwarven Shield.
Vertigo
Sonar PulseAtramedes periodically sends out discs of sonic energy to locate players.
Modulation
Sonic BreathAtramedes tracks on a random player, breathing fire as he turns towards that player.
Searing FlamesAtramedes channels and fills the room with flames. The damage increases by 2% for every point of Sound on the target. Resonating Clash interrupts the channeling of Searing Flames. Searing Flames leaves behind patches of Roaring Flames on the ground for 4 sec.
Roaring FlamesSearing Flames produces patches of Roaring Flame on the ground. Roaring Flames also adds 5 Sound.
Devastation
Roaring Flame BreathAtramedes breathes a gout of flame that follows a random player around the room. The movement of the breath speeds up over time. A Resonating Clash temporarily halts the progress of breath, but Atramedes then retargets the flames on a player that used the Ancient Dwarven Shield.
Sonar BombAtramedes launches Sonar Bombs at the locations of random players.
Sonic FireballAtramedes launches Sonic Fireballs at the areas where his Sonar Bombs landed.
Phase ShiftObnoxious Fiends are immune to spells when not on a player's back.
ObnoxiousWhen an Obnoxious Fiend jumps on a player's back, it casts Obnoxious to increase that player's Sound by 10.

Loot

Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.

Battleplate of Ancient KingsNH10P25PBattleplate of Ancient Kings10P H25P HBell of Enraging ResonanceNH10P25PBell of Enraging Resonance10P H25P HBoots of VertigoNH10P25PBoots of Vertigo10P H25P HBracers of the BurningeyeNH10P25PBracers of the Burningeye10P H25P HGloves of CacophonyNH10P25PGloves of Cacophony10P H25P HHelm of the Blind SeerNH10P25PHelm of the Blind Seer10P H25P HIronstar AmuletNH10P25PIronstar Amulet10P H25P HKingdom's HeartNH10P25PKingdom's Heart10P H25P HLegguards of the UnseeingNH10P25PLegguards of the Unseeing10P H25P HMantle of Roaring FlamesNH10P25PMantle of Roaring Flames10P H25P HSark of the UnwatchedNH10P25PSark of the Unwatched10P H25P HThemios the DarkbringerNH10P25PThemios the Darkbringer10P H25P H

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.

Achievements

Blackwing Descent · Heroic: Atramedes · Heroic: Chimaeron · Heroic: Magmaw · Heroic: Maloriak · Heroic: Omnotron Defense System

Entrance and instance

Blackwing Descent is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Blackwing Descent database page and located in Blackrock Mountain for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Omnotron Defense System
Magmaw
Chimaeron
Maloriak
Nefarian's End

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 Atramedes?

Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Sound, Ancient Dwarven Shields, Grounded Abilities, Airborne Abilities.

What does Atramedes drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 24 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Blackwing Descent database page.

Where is Blackwing Descent?

The journal places Blackwing Descent in Blackrock Mountain.

Does Atramedes 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.

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.