Shadowlands Guide

30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

The Shadowlands are the lands beyond the mortal realm of Azeroth, where the souls of the dead travel to upon passing.
The Arbiter, a being of great power, once guided these souls to one of many different afterlives.
The Adventure Guide lists 6 encounters: Valinor, the Light of Eons, Mortanis, Oranomonos the Everbranching, Nurgash Muckformed, Mor'geth, Tormentor of the Damned, Antros.

Encounters

Valinor, the Light of Eons6 abilities · 57 dropsValinor activates once all of the nearby barrels of anima have been destroyed, under the orders of Lysonia, who floats nearby.

Mortanis7 abilities · 57 dropsMortanis begins the battle once all of his necromancers are defeated, transforming into a powerful creature of bone.

Oranomonos the Everbranching6 abilities · 57 dropsOranomonos is dying, but still contains great power, which she will use against you.

Nurgash Muckformed6 abilities · 57 dropsNurgash is a mighty warrior that hits hard with his fists.

Mor'geth, Tormentor of the Damned7 abilities · 12 dropsMor'geth, Tormentor of the Damned surrounds himself in Stygian Fog that obscures the vision of players outside the zone created by the Soul Chains linking the four Soul Cages around him.

Antros8 abilities · 10 dropsAntros is an enormous construct that uses its size and strength to safeguard the secrets of Antecedent Isle.

Entrance and instance

Shadowlands is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Shadowlands 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 Shadowlands?

The Adventure Guide lists 6 encounters.

What loot does Shadowlands drop?

The journal lists 250 drops across its encounters. Open a boss guide or the database page for the per-encounter tables.

Is this the Shadowlands 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.