Shadowlands
Antros Guide
Antros in Shadowlands, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Antros is an enormous construct that uses its size and strength to safeguard the secrets of Antecedent Isle.
- The ancient automa will bring Destuction Core crashing around it, inflicting heavy damage to those caught in the impact zones and desecrating the area around them.
- Tanks: Dark Deterrence inflicts increasing Shadow damage each time Deterrence Strike is cast.
- Healers: Antros' Banishment Mark inflicts intense Shadow damage to afflicted players.
- Damage dealers: Furious Slam inflicts heavy Shadow damage to players in front of Antros.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Antros is an enormous construct that uses its size and strength to safeguard the secrets of Antecedent Isle. The ancient automa will bring Destuction Core crashing around it, inflicting heavy damage to those caught in the impact zones and desecrating the area around them. Antros will periodically afflict all players with Controlled Calamity, and lay waste to any targets caught inside its Furious Slam.
- Dark Deterrence inflicts increasing Shadow damage each time Deterrence Strike is cast.
- Furious Slam inflicts heavy Shadow damage to players in front of Antros.
- Destruction Cores inflict heavy Shadow damage to players near them.
- Furious Slam inflicts heavy Shadow damage to players in front of Antros.
- Destruction Cores inflict heavy Shadow damage to players near them.
- Antros' Banishment Mark inflicts intense Shadow damage to afflicted players.
- Furious Slam inflicts heavy Shadow damage to players in front of Antros.
- Destruction Cores inflict heavy Shadow damage to players near them.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Dark Deterrence inflicts increasing Shadow damage each time Deterrence Strike is cast.
- Furious Slam inflicts heavy Shadow damage to players in front of Antros.
- Destruction Cores inflict heavy Shadow damage to players near them.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Antros' Banishment Mark inflicts intense Shadow damage to afflicted players.
- Furious Slam inflicts heavy Shadow damage to players in front of Antros.
- Destruction Cores inflict heavy Shadow damage to players near them.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Furious Slam inflicts heavy Shadow damage to players in front of Antros.
- Destruction Cores inflict heavy Shadow damage to players near them.
Boss abilities
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
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.
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 Antros?
Antros is an enormous construct that uses its size and strength to safeguard the secrets of Antecedent Isle.
How many abilities does Antros have?
The current datamine lists 8 named abilities on the Antros encounter.
What does Antros drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 10 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Shadowlands database page.
Does Antros 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.
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.