Raid Guide

The Nighthold Guide

How the Adventure Guide describes The Nighthold. Open Database for the raw journal tree and the full loot grid.

30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

The largest structure in the Broken Isles, and among the grandest in all of Azeroth, the Nighthold stands as a testament to the achievements of the nightborne civilization.
Centered around the Nightwell, the fount of arcane power that has sustained Suramar for centuries, these grounds were built as a haven from the worries of the world.
The Adventure Guide lists 11 encounters: Skorpyron, Krosus, Chronomatic Anomaly, Trilliax, Star Augur Etraeus, Gul'dan, Grand Magistrix Elisande, Spellblade Aluriel, High Botanist Tel'arn, Tichondrius, Grand Magistrix Elisande.

Encounters

Skorpyron18 abilities · 14 dropsSkorpyron's lair is a constantly spawning chamber of scorpids that join the battle following Call of the Scorpid, but which also attack if any player strays too close.

Krosus9 abilities · 22 dropsPlayers encounter Krosus on a broken section of bridge.

Chronomatic Anomaly15 abilities · 15 dropsThe rate at which time flows fluctuates over the course of the encounter.

Trilliax16 abilities · 25 dropsAs the fight progresses, the malfunctioning construct swaps between various modes that determine what abilities it uses.

Star Augur Etraeus23 abilities · 22 dropsStar Augur Etraeus fights within a stellar observatory of his own construction.

Gul'dan19 abilities · 26 dropsGul'dan begins a ritual to bring his master into Azeroth, locking himself inside the active Eye of Aman'Thul and summoning his demonic lieutenants.

Grand Magistrix Elisande22 abilities · 23 dropsGrand Magistrix Elisande harness the power of the Nightwell to shape time itself.

Spellblade Aluriel24 abilities · 15 dropsSpellblade Aluriel cycles between three enchantments: Frost, Fire, and Arcane.

High Botanist Tel'arn9 abilities · 13 dropsHigh Botanist Tel'arn uses Arcane, Nature, and Solar magic to defend his garden.

Tichondrius16 abilities · 21 dropsTichondrius wields foul carrion magic, unleashing waves of chaos and pestilence to assault the raid.

Grand Magistrix Elisande14 abilities · 23 dropsGrand Magistrix Elisande harness the power of the Nightwell to shape time itself.

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

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

Entrance and instance

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

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

How many bosses are in The Nighthold?

The Adventure Guide lists 11 encounters.

What loot does The Nighthold drop?

The journal lists 219 drops across its encounters. Open a boss guide or the database page for the per-encounter tables.

Is this the The Nighthold database page?

No. This is the encounter guide. The encyclopedia page with the raw journal tree and the full loot grid is linked as Database on this 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). We do not invent positioning, assignments, or cooldown timings.

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.