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Iron Reaver Guide
Iron Reaver 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
- Before reaching full power, the Iron Reaver fights enemies on the ground, leveraging her size and technological superiority against opponents.
- Upon reaching full power, the Iron Reaver takes to the skies.
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Ground Operation, Air Operation.
- Tanks: When the Iron Reaver marks you for Artillery, move away from other raid members before the Reaver finishes locking on.
- Healers: Pounding inflicts high raid-wide damage.
- Damage dealers: Spread out to reduce the chance that Unstable Orb damages multiple allies.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Before reaching full power, the Iron Reaver fights enemies on the ground, leveraging her size and technological superiority against opponents. Upon reaching full power, the Iron Reaver takes to the skies.
- When the Iron Reaver marks you for Artillery, move away from other raid members before the Reaver finishes locking on.
- Pounding inflicts high raid-wide damage.
- Spread out to reduce the chance that Unstable Orb damages multiple allies.
- Spread out to reduce the chance that Unstable Orb damages multiple allies.
- When the Iron Reaver marks you for Artillery, move away from other raid members before the Reaver finishes locking on.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Ground Operation Before reaching full power, the Iron Reaver fights enemies on the ground, leveraging her size and technological superiority against opponents.
- Air Operation Upon reaching full power, the Iron Reaver takes to the skies.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- When the Iron Reaver marks you for Artillery, move away from other raid members before the Reaver finishes locking on.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Pounding inflicts high raid-wide damage.
- Spread out to reduce the chance that Unstable Orb damages multiple allies.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Spread out to reduce the chance that Unstable Orb damages multiple allies.
- When the Iron Reaver marks you for Artillery, move away from other raid members before the Reaver finishes locking on.
Boss abilities
Immolation
Artillery
Unstable Orb
Barrage
Pounding
Blitz
Firebomb
Volatile Firebomb
Quick-Fuse Firebomb
Burning Firebomb
Reactive Firebomb
Fuel Streak
Flash Fire
Falling Slam
Energized FistLoot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Assembly Worker's Legguards
Commander's Seat Cushion Cover
Crackling Fel-Spark Plug
Demonhorn Buckler
Die-Cast Ringmail Sabatons
Double-Padded Slippers
Double-Polished Chain Pauldrons
Felforged Aegis
Fel-Spring Coil
Fel-Steamed Leather Tunic
Flanged Gasket
Hot-Rolled Iron Bracers
Insulated Wirer's Gloves
Iron Reaver Piston
Iron Skullcrusher
Ironthread Greatcloak
Liquid-Cooled Mantle
Pedal-Pushing Sandals
Pilot's Pauldrons
Pulley Chain Wristwraps
Rivet-Studded Leggings
Roughly Soldered Wristclamps
Shrapnel-Studded Boots
Spiked Irontoe Slippers
Spiked Torque Wrench
Stamped Felsteel Chestplate
Torch-Brazed Waistguard
Unfired Ejection Parachute
Voltage Regulation DiodeMounts, 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.
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 Iron Reaver?
Before reaching full power, the Iron Reaver fights enemies on the ground, leveraging her size and technological superiority against opponents.
How many abilities does Iron Reaver have?
The current datamine lists 16 named abilities on the Iron Reaver encounter.
What does Iron Reaver drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 29 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Hellfire Citadel database page.
Does Iron Reaver 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 Iron Reaver 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.