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Siege of Orgrimmar

Galakras Guide

Galakras in Siege of Orgrimmar, 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

  • Players assault fortified towers as waves of Kor'kron troops rush forth to repel them, and Warlord Zaela circles overhead on her fearsome proto-drake, Galakras.
  • Meanwhile, allied demolitionists work to breach the doors to the nearby guard towers, allowing a strike team to enter the tower and capture it.
  • Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Stage One: Bring Her Down!, Ranking Officials, Foot Soldiers, Allies, Stage Two: Galakras, The Last of His Progeny.
  • Tanks: Interrupt Tidal Shamans' Chain Heal.
  • Healers: When Korgra the Snake reaches 50% health remaining, her Venom Bolt Volley will deal heavy raidwide damage.
  • Damage dealers: Quickly destroy Healing Tide Totems and War Banners.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

Players assault fortified towers as waves of Kor'kron troops rush forth to repel them, and Warlord Zaela circles overhead on her fearsome proto-drake, Galakras. Meanwhile, allied demolitionists work to breach the doors to the nearby guard towers, allowing a strike team to enter the tower and capture it. Once both towers have been captured, the anti-air guns atop each may be used to bring Galakras down to the ground for a final battle.

  • Quickly destroy Healing Tide Totems and War Banners.
  • Interrupt Tidal Shamans' Chain Heal.
  • If targeted by Galakras's Flames of Galakrond, lead it through your allies to diminish its potency.
  • When Korgra the Snake reaches 50% health remaining, her Venom Bolt Volley will deal heavy raidwide damage.
  • If targeted by Galakras's Flames of Galakrond, lead it through your allies to diminish its potency.
  • Interrupt Tidal Shamans' Chain Heal.
  • When a tower is breached, one tank must lead a small group of players to clear out remaining Kor'kron.

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. Stage One: Bring Her Down! Warlord Zaela sends her finest Dragonmaw soldiers to battle. Two guardians keep watch over the Towers above, protecting the Anti-Air turrets. Defeating these guardians will give players access to the Anti-Air turrets. Two well-timed Anti-Air turret shots will send Galakras spiraling towards the ground.
  2. Ranking Officials
  3. Foot Soldiers
  4. Allies
  5. Stage Two: Galakras, The Last of His Progeny

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Interrupt Tidal Shamans' Chain Heal.
  • When a tower is breached, one tank must lead a small group of players to clear out remaining Kor'kron.

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • When Korgra the Snake reaches 50% health remaining, her Venom Bolt Volley will deal heavy raidwide damage.
  • If targeted by Galakras's Flames of Galakrond, lead it through your allies to diminish its potency.

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Quickly destroy Healing Tide Totems and War Banners.
  • Interrupt Tidal Shamans' Chain Heal.
  • If targeted by Galakras's Flames of Galakrond, lead it through your allies to diminish its potency.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Flames of GalakrondGalakras spews the raw Flames of Galakrond at a random player. However, each player it passes through will decrease the severity of the flames, reducing the damage it deals to subsequent players. This damage is also reduced in severity for each player that diminishes the Flame.
Pulsing Flames
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Loot

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

Arcsmasher BracersBone-Inlaid SandalsCannoneer's Multipocket GunbeltDagryn's Discarded LongbowDagryn's Fuselight BracersDragonmaw Emergency StrapDrakebinder GreatstaffEvil Eye of GalakrasExtinguished Ember of GalakrasFlameslinger's Fiery CowlGalakrond Control BandGrips of Tidal ForceKorgra's Venom-Soaked GauntletsKrugruk's Rigid ShoulderplatesScalebane BracersShoulderpads of Pulsing ProtectionSkydancer BootsSmoldering Drakescale BracersSwift Serpent SignetThranok's Shattering HelmUnrepentant HeelsWindfire Legplates

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

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

Mounts

Kor'kron Juggernaut

Achievements

Heroic: Siege of Orgrimmar · Mythic: General Nazgrim · Mythic: Immerseus · Mythic: Iron Juggernaut · Mythic: Kor'kron Dark Shaman · Mythic: Malkorok · Mythic: Norushen · Mythic: Paragons of the Klaxxi · Mythic: Sha of Pride · Mythic: Siegecrafter Blackfuse · Mythic: Thok the Bloodthirsty · Siege of Orgrimmar

Entrance and instance

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

Malkorok
The Fallen Protectors
General Nazgrim
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Immerseus
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Kor'kron Dark Shaman
Iron Juggernaut
Siegecrafter Blackfuse
Norushen
Sha of Pride
Garrosh Hellscream
Spoils of Pandaria
Galakras

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 Galakras?

Players assault fortified towers as waves of Kor'kron troops rush forth to repel them, and Warlord Zaela circles overhead on her fearsome proto-drake, Galakras.

What does Galakras drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 22 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Siege of Orgrimmar database page.

Does Galakras 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 Galakras drop a mount?

The journal loot table includes Kor'kron Juggernaut. 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.