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The Hivemind Guide
The Hivemind in Ny'alotha, the Waking City, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Ka'zir and Tek'ris control and manipulate a hive of Aqir.
- Infulence over the Aqir shifts between Ka'zir and Tek'ris periodically, altering the Aqir summoned during the encounter.
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Lesser Aqir.
- Tanks: Tek'ris and Kaz'ir take reduced damage when the positioning requirements of Tek'ris's Hivemind Control or Ka'zir's Hivemind Control are not met.
- Healers: Echoing Void causes substantial damage to all players.
- Damage dealers: Control and quickly defeat Aqir Darters to reduce damage taken by their Psionic Resonance.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Ka'zir and Tek'ris control and manipulate a hive of Aqir. Infulence over the Aqir shifts between Ka'zir and Tek'ris periodically, altering the Aqir summoned during the encounter.
- Tek'ris and Kaz'ir take reduced damage when the positioning requirements of Tek'ris's Hivemind Control or Ka'zir's Hivemind Control are not met.
- Aqir Drones are Mindless and do not obey threat.
- Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.
- Echoing Void causes substantial damage to all players.
- Aqir Darters inflict damage to all players with Psionic Resonance.
- Aqir Drones will attack allies at random.
- Control and quickly defeat Aqir Darters to reduce damage taken by their Psionic Resonance.
- Move away from allies during Echoing Void to avoid taking additional damage.
- Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Lesser Aqir
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Tek'ris and Kaz'ir take reduced damage when the positioning requirements of Tek'ris's Hivemind Control or Ka'zir's Hivemind Control are not met.
- Aqir Drones are Mindless and do not obey threat.
- Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Echoing Void causes substantial damage to all players.
- Aqir Darters inflict damage to all players with Psionic Resonance.
- Aqir Drones will attack allies at random.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Control and quickly defeat Aqir Darters to reduce damage taken by their Psionic Resonance.
- Move away from allies during Echoing Void to avoid taking additional damage.
- Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Hivemind | In Heroic difficulty, when the Hivemind effect transfers it triggers a Devouring Frenzy. In Mythic difficulty, when the Hivemind effect transfers it triggers a Devouring Frenzy. | |
 Devouring Frenzy | ||
 Tek'ris's Hivemind Control | ||
 Shadow Veil | ||
 Void Infusion | ||
 Ka'zir's Hivemind Control | ||
 Regeneration | ||
 Volatile Eruption | ||
 Spawn Acidic Aqir | In Mythic difficulty, pools of acid seep from Acidic Aqir eggs before hatching. | |
 Corrosion | ||
 Mind-Numbing Nova | ||
 Accelerated Evolution | ||
 Nullification Blast | ||
 Nullification | ||
 Echoing Void | In Mythic difficulty, Echoing Void also triggers Entropic Echo. | |
 Entropic Echo | ||
 Dark Reconstitution | ||
 Mindless | ||
 Acidic Blood | ||
 Psionic Resonance |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Mounts
Achievements
Mythic: Carapace of N'Zoth · Mythic: Drest'agath · Mythic: Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn · Mythic: Maut · Mythic: N'Zoth the Corruptor · Mythic: Ra-den the Despoiled · Mythic: Shad'har the Insatiable · Mythic: The Hivemind · Mythic: The Prophet Skitra · Mythic: Vexiona · Mythic: Wrathion, the Black Emperor · Ny'alotha, the Waking City
Entrance and instance
Ny'alotha, the Waking City is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Ny'alotha, the Waking City 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 The Hivemind?
Ka'zir and Tek'ris control and manipulate a hive of Aqir.
How many abilities does The Hivemind have?
The current datamine lists 20 named abilities on the The Hivemind encounter.
What does The Hivemind drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 9 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Ny'alotha, the Waking City database page.
Does The Hivemind 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 The Hivemind drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Ny'alotha Allseer. 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.