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Gorefiend Guide
Gorefiend in Hellfire Citadel, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Gorefiend devours the spirits of players who otherwise would have suffered fatal damage.
- When consumed, players enter Gorefiend's stomach, which is full of hostile Trapped Souls that attempt to escape into the outside world to attack the raid.
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Devourer of Souls, Trapped Souls, Unleashed Souls.
- Tanks: Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, tank the Enraged Spirit within Gorefiend's stomach.
- Healers: Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, fully heal Tortured Essences to free them from Gorefiend's power.
- Damage dealers: Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, use the opportunity to damage Trapped Souls within Gorefiend's stomach.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Gorefiend devours the spirits of players who otherwise would have suffered fatal damage. When consumed, players enter Gorefiend's stomach, which is full of hostile Trapped Souls that attempt to escape into the outside world to attack the raid. While inside Gorefiend's stomach, players can damage these Souls to weaken or defeat them before they escape. Each Soul that is released or slain reduces Gorefiend's energy. When Gorefiend reaches zero energy he begins a Feast of Souls, which recharges him to begin his assault anew.
- Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, use the opportunity to damage Trapped Souls within Gorefiend's stomach.
- If afflicted with Touch of Doom, move as far away from other players as possible.
- Move quickly towards the immobilized target if afflicted with Shared Fate
- Run into an Unstable Soul when Gorefiend performs Feast of Souls.
- Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, fully heal Tortured Essences to free them from Gorefiend's power.
- If afflicted with Touch of Doom, move as far away from other players as possible.
- Move quickly towards the immobilized target if afflicted with Shared Fate
- Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, tank the Enraged Spirit within Gorefiend's stomach.
- Avoid the Enraged Spirit's Fel Fury.
- At 70% life, the Enraged Spirit escapes from the stomach and becomes a powerful Gorebound Spirit that must be tanked.
- When Gorefiend reaches 0 energy he begins a Feast of Souls.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Devourer of Souls Players who are killed are not slain outright. Instead, Gorefiend devours their souls, placing them in his stomach where they will be Digested. Players who have recently been consumed are afflicted with Gorefiend's Corruption and if they die again their soul is lost.
- Trapped Souls
- Unleashed Souls
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, tank the Enraged Spirit within Gorefiend's stomach.
- Avoid the Enraged Spirit's Fel Fury.
- At 70% life, the Enraged Spirit escapes from the stomach and becomes a powerful Gorebound Spirit that must be tanked.
- When Gorefiend reaches 0 energy he begins a Feast of Souls.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, fully heal Tortured Essences to free them from Gorefiend's power.
- If afflicted with Touch of Doom, move as far away from other players as possible.
- Move quickly towards the immobilized target if afflicted with Shared Fate
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Shadow of Death targets random players. When slain, use the opportunity to damage Trapped Souls within Gorefiend's stomach.
- If afflicted with Touch of Doom, move as far away from other players as possible.
- Move quickly towards the immobilized target if afflicted with Shared Fate
- Run into an Unstable Soul when Gorefiend performs Feast of Souls.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Digest | ||
 Gorefiend's Corruption | In Mythic difficulty Gorefiend's Corruption is only removed when a player collapses an Unstable Soul. | |
 Gathering Darkness | ||
 Shadow of Death | ||
 Touch of Doom | ||
 Doom Well | ||
 Shared Fate | ||
 Surging Shadows | ||
 Crushing Darkness | ||
 Feast of Souls | ||
 Unstable Soul | In Mythic difficulty Gorefiend's Corruption is only removed when a player collapses an Unstable Soul. | |
 Gorefiend's Command | ||
 Bellowing Shout | ||
 Fel Fury | ||
 Slam | ||
 Gorebound Fortitude | ||
 Hunger for Life | ||
 Spirit Volley | ||
 Fel Flames | ||
 Raging Charge |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Boisterous Bellower's Hood
Bulging Chain Vest
Chestguard of Gnawing Desire
Choker of Forbidden Indulgence
Cloak of Insatiable Greed
Cowl of a Thousand Hungers
Deathrattle Leggings
Demonbreaker Legplates
Demongaze Legplates
Deserter's Honor
Drape of Gluttony
Felblade Leggings
Felfume Pantaloons
Ferroleather Leggings
Fetid Salivation
Gibbering Madness
Gloves of Great Engorgement
Greatcloak of the Terrible Feast
Greaves of the Ceaseless VigilIronpelt Leggings
Leggings of the Living Mountain
Leggings of the Savage Hunt
Legplates of Iron Wrath
Legwraps of the Hurricane's Eye
Limbcarver Hatchet
Mitts of Eternal Famishment
Oathclaw Leggings
Pantaloons of the Arcanic Conclave
Pious Leggings
Rancorbite Leggings
Ravenous Girdle
Serrated Demontooth Ring
Soulcult Ritual Staff
Soulgorged Pauldrons
Spur of the Great Devourer
Unending Hunger
Voracious SouleaterMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Mounts
Item sets and transmog
Attire of Piety · Deathrattle Regalia · Raiment of the Arcanic Conclave
Achievements
Mythic: Fel Lord Zakuun · Mythic: Gorefiend · Mythic: Hellfire Assault · Mythic: Hellfire High Council · Mythic: Iron Reaver · Mythic: Kilrogg Deadeye · Mythic: Kormrok · Mythic: Mannoroth · Mythic: Shadow-Lord Iskar · Mythic: Socrethar the Eternal · Mythic: Tyrant Velhari
Entrance and instance
Hellfire Citadel is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Hellfire Citadel database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
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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 Gorefiend?
Gorefiend devours the spirits of players who otherwise would have suffered fatal damage.
How many abilities does Gorefiend have?
The current datamine lists 20 named abilities on the Gorefiend encounter.
What does Gorefiend drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 37 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Hellfire Citadel database page.
Does Gorefiend 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 Gorefiend drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Felsteel Annihilator. 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.