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Madness of Deathwing Guide
Madness of Deathwing in Dragon Soul, 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: The Final Assault, Stage Two: The Last Stand, The Aspects.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Stage One: The Final Assault Deathwing assaults his enemies while attached to the platforms by his twisted limbs.
- Stage Two: The Last Stand At 20% remaining health, Deathwing falls forward onto the platform.
- The Aspects The Dragon Aspects assist in the fight against Deathwing. Each aspect channels Expose Weakness on their respective Limb Tentacle when Deathwing begins to cast Cataclysm. Expose Weakness increases the damage done to the Tentacle by 100%. Each Aspect also channels Concentration after the players destroy their respective tentacle, preventing the Aspect from assisting the players with their presence and their special powers. The Aspects resume assisting the players when Stage Two begins.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Assault Aspect | Deathwing searches for his next enemy to assault. Deathwing assaults the platform with the largest number of players and an attached limb. | |
| Cataclysm | ||
| Elementium Bolt | Deathwing creates an Elementium Bolt, sending it to the target platform. | |
| Corrupting Parasite | A Corrupting Parasite inflicts increasing Shadow damage periodically. When Corrupting Parasite's duration ends, the parasite detaches from the player and causes a Parasitic Backlash. | |
| Hemorrhage | Deathwing's tentacle begins to Hemorrhage, creating several Regenerative Blood at a nearby location. | |
| Burning Blood | The damage increases as the Limb Tentacle's health lowers. | |
| Agonizing Pain | ||
| Crush | ||
| Impale | ||
| Congealing Blood | ||
| Shrapnel | ||
| Tetanus | The effect stacks. | |
| Corrupted Blood | The damage increases as Deathwing's health lowers. At 15%, 10%, and 5% remaining health, Deathwing hemorrages. This increases the damage dealt by Corrupted Blood. | |
| Alexstrasza's Presence | ||
| Cauterize | Alexstrasza Cauterizes the Blistering Tentacles, inflicting lethal damage over 5 sec. Cauterize also reduces the damage inflicted by Corrupted Blood. | |
| Nozdormu's Presence | ||
| Time Zone | Nozdormu forms a Time Zone at the target location, causing the Elementium Meteor to lapse in time and decrease its travel speed dramatically upon entering the zone. In Heroic Difficulty the Time Zone slows the effects of Corrupting Parasite. | |
| Ysera's Presence | ||
| Enter the Dream | ||
| Kalecgos' Presence | ||
| Spellweaving | The Presence of Kalecgos allows attacks and abilities to cause Spellweaving. | |
| Carrying Winds | This effect stacks. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Blade of the UnmakerBlade of the UnmakerBlade of the Unmaker
Essence of Destruction
Gurthalak, Voice of the DeepsGurthalak, Voice of the DeepsGurthalak, Voice of the Deeps
Kiril, Fury of BeastsKiril, Fury of BeastsKiril, Fury of Beasts
Life-Binder's Handmaiden
Maw of the DragonlordMaw of the DragonlordMaw of the Dragonlord
No'Kaled, the Elements of DeathNo'Kaled, the Elements of DeathNo'Kaled, the Elements of Death
Rathrak, the Poisonous MindRathrak, the Poisonous MindRathrak, the Poisonous MindReins of the Blazing Drake
SouldrinkerSouldrinkerSouldrinker
Ti'tahk, the Steps of TimeTi'tahk, the Steps of TimeTi'tahk, the Steps of Time
Vishanka, Jaws of the EarthVishanka, Jaws of the EarthVishanka, Jaws of the Earth
Severed TentacleMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Mounts
Blazing Drake · Experiment 12-B · Life-Binder's Handmaiden
Achievements
Heroic: Hagara the Stormbinder · Heroic: Madness of Deathwing · Heroic: Morchok · Heroic: Spine of Deathwing · Heroic: Ultraxion · Heroic: Warlord Zon'ozz · Heroic: Warmaster Blackhorn · Heroic: Yor'sahj the Unsleeping
Entrance and instance
Dragon Soul is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Dragon Soul 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 Madness of Deathwing?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Stage One: The Final Assault, Stage Two: The Last Stand, The Aspects.
What does Madness of Deathwing drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 31 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Dragon Soul database page.
Does Madness of Deathwing 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 Madness of Deathwing drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Blazing Drake, Experiment 12-B, Life-Binder's Handmaiden. 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.