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Mogu'shan Vaults

The Spirit Kings Guide

The Spirit Kings in Mogu'shan Vaults, 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: Kings' Procession, Qiang the Merciless, Meng the Demented, Subetai the Swift, Zian of the Endless Shadow.

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. Kings' Procession The Spirit Kings animate in sequence, with one King attacking the players until defeated, at which time another King enters the fray. Defeated Kings become entirely incorporeal, but continue to bring one of their powerful abilities to bear periodically. On Heroic difficulty, each Spirit King animates and joins the battle when its predecessor is brought below 30% of maximum health.
  2. Qiang the Merciless When the players defeat the Warlord King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Flanking Orders ability.
  3. Meng the Demented When the players defeat the Mad King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Maddening Shout ability.
  4. Subetai the Swift When the players defeat the Bandit King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Pillage ability.
  5. Zian of the Endless Shadow When the players defeat the Sorcerer King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Undying Shadows ability.

Normal, Heroic, and Mythic

Adventure Guide says

Only sentences the Adventure Guide itself marks as a difficulty change. We do not invent extra Heroic or Mythic strategy.

  • On Heroic difficulty, each Spirit King animates and joins the battle when its predecessor is brought below 30% of maximum health.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Flanking OrdersThe Warlord King orders a flank, calling in a wave of Mogu attackers. The Warlord King retains Flanking Orders after being defeated.
Massive AttacksNo single man or woman can stand against the brutal attacks of the Warlord King.
Annihilate
Impervious ShieldThe Warlord King uses his Impervious Shield, becoming immune to all attacks and spells. When struck with a harmful ability or spell during Impervious Shield, Qiang will retaliate with an extra attack.
Maddening Shoutand causing all enemies to hate each other. The Mad King retains Maddening Shout after being defeated.
CrazedCrazed increases the Mad King's Physical damage dealt by a percentage equal to twice his current Insanity. When the Mad King reaches 100 Insanity, he switches personalities to Cowardice.
CowardiceCowardice causes the Mad King to reflect damage equal to 50% of his current Insanity. When the Mad King reaches 100 Insanity, he switches personalities to Crazed.
Crazy Thought
DeliriousThe Mad King enrages, doubling the rate he gains insanity.
PillageThe Bandit King retains Pillage after being defeated.
VolleySubetai launches three Volleys in quick succession.
Rain of Arrowsuntil another player removes the arrow from the victim.
Pinning Arrowuntil a player destroys the Pinning Arrow.
Sleight of HandDamaging attacks against the Bandit King cause the attacker to suffer being Robbed Blind. The Bandit King becomes vulnerable to Stun effects while using Sleight of Hand.
Robbed Blind
Undying ShadowsThe Sorcerer King creates an Undying Shadow at the location of a random player. The Sorcerer King retains Undying Shadows after being defeated.
Undying ShadowAn Undying Shadow fixates on the closest nearby player when the Sorcerer King summons it. After the Undying Shadow dies it starts to reform itself, creating Coalescing Shadows. After 30 seconds the Undying Shadow fully coalesces and reforms.
Shadow BlastThe Sorcerer King launches a Shadow Blast at the location of a random player.
Charged Shadows
Shield of DarknessThe Sorcerer King protects himself with a Shield of Darkness.
Darkness

Loot

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

Amulet of the Hidden Kings10P25PAmulet of the Hidden KingsLFRAmulet of the Hidden Kings10P H25P HBracers of Dark Thoughts10P25PBracers of Dark ThoughtsLFRBracers of Dark Thoughts10P H25P HBracers of Violent Meditation10P25PBracers of Violent Meditation10P H25P HBracers of Violent MeditationLFRBreastplate of the Kings' Guard10P25PBreastplate of the Kings' GuardLFRBreastplate of the Kings' Guard10P H25P HGirdle of Delirious Visions10P25PGirdle of Delirious VisionsLFRGirdle of Delirious Visions10P H25P HHood of Blind Eyes10P25PHood of Blind EyesLFRHood of Blind Eyes10P H25P HMeng's Treads of Insanity10P25PMeng's Treads of InsanityLFRMeng's Treads of Insanity10P H25P HMindshard Drape10P25PMindshard Drape10P H25P HMindshard DrapeLFRScreaming Tiger, Qiang's Unbreakable Polearm10P25PScreaming Tiger, Qiang's Unbreakable PolearmLFRScreaming Tiger, Qiang's Unbreakable Polearm10P H25P HShoulderguards of the Unflanked10P25PShoulderguards of the UnflankedLFRShoulderguards of the Unflanked10P H25P HSteelskin, Qiang's Impervious Shield10P25PSteelskin, Qiang's Impervious ShieldLFRSteelskin, Qiang's Impervious Shield10P H25P HSubetai's Pillaging Leggings10P25PSubetai's Pillaging LeggingsLFRSubetai's Pillaging Leggings10P H25P HUndying Shadow Grips10P25PUndying Shadow GripsLFRUndying Shadow Grips10P H25P HZian's Choker of Coalesced Shadow10P25PZian's Choker of Coalesced ShadowLFRZian's Choker of Coalesced Shadow10P H25P H

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

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

Mounts

Astral Cloud Serpent

Achievements

Heroic: Elegon · Heroic: Feng the Accursed · Heroic: Gara'jal the Spiritbinder · Heroic: Mogu'shan Vaults · Heroic: Will of the Emperor · Mogu'shan Vaults

Entrance and instance

Mogu'shan Vaults is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Mogu'shan Vaults database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Will of the Emperor
The Stone Guard
Gara'jal the Spiritbinder
Feng the Accursed
Elegon

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 The Spirit Kings?

Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Kings' Procession, Qiang the Merciless, Meng the Demented, Subetai the Swift, Zian of the Endless Shadow.

What does The Spirit Kings drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 42 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Mogu'shan Vaults database page.

Does The Spirit Kings change on Heroic or Mythic?

Yes. The Adventure Guide adds difficulty sentences on the abilities that change; those sentences are collected in the difficulty section. We do not invent additional Heroic or Mythic strategy.

Does The Spirit Kings drop a mount?

The journal loot table includes Astral Cloud Serpent. 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.