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Deadmines
6 encounters and 47 drops. Every drop links to its item page; tradeable drops carry a live Auction House price.
It is said the Deadmines' gold deposits once accounted for a third of Stormwind's treasure reserves. Amid the chaos of the First War, the mines were abandoned and later thought to be haunted, leaving them relatively untouched until the Defias Brotherhood--a group of former laborers turned brigands--claimed the labyrinth as a base of operations for its subversive activities against Stormwind.
Quick Facts
| Type | Dungeon |
|---|---|
| Expansion | Classic |
| Encounters | 6 |
| Drops | 47 |
| Item level | 12 to 37 |
| Tradeable drops | 0 |
| Difficulties | Normal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player |
Difficulties and Lockouts
Deadmines has 2 difficulties in the game data: Heroic resets daily; Normal can be run again at any time.
| Difficulty | Players | Lockout |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 5 | None |
| Heroic | 5 | Daily |
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Instance Map
The Adventure Guide places 6 bosses of Deadmines on 2 maps. Numbers follow the encounter order; each links to that fight below.
The Deadmines
1Glubtok2Helix Gearbreaker- 1 Glubtok 36.5, 61.2
- 2 Helix Gearbreaker 50.2, 86.8
The Deadmines
3Foe Reaper 50004Admiral Ripsnarl5"Captain" Cookie6Vanessa VanCleef- 3 Foe Reaper 5000 12.5, 75.9
- 4 Admiral Ripsnarl 60.5, 38.8
- 5 "Captain" Cookie 60.5, 45.5
- 6 Vanessa VanCleef 65.5, 40.3
Encounters
NNormalHHeroic10P10 Player25P25 Player
Glubtok
In a fit of rage, Glubtok unleashed his potent magical abilities and reduced his ogre mound to ash. Upon hearing of his destructive talents, the Defias hired the massive ogre mage to supervise their laborers as head foreman of the Deadmines.
Abilities & Strategy
Stage One: Fists of Flame and Frost
Fists of Flame
Glubtok shrouds his fists in flame, causing each of his melee attacks that land to deal Fire damage.
Fists of Frost
Glubtok coats his fists with frost, causing each of his melee attacks that land to deal Frost damage.
Blink
After either Fists of Flame or Fists of Frost wears off, Glubtok will randomly teleport to a location nearby a random player. In Heroic Difficulty, when Glubtok casts the Blink spell, he resets the threat of all enemies to zero.
Stage Two: Arcane Power!
At 50% health, Glubtok blinks to the center of the room and levitates in place. Glubtok then begins to cast Fire Blossom and Frost Blossom spells randomly throughout the room.
Fire Blossom
Glubtok launches a Fire Blossom at a random location in the room that lands two seconds later. In Heroic Difficulty, wherever the spell lands, a Fire Blossom creature rises from the flames and begins to attack.
Fire Blossom
This elemental has very low health.
Frost Blossom
Glubtok launches a Frost Blossom at a random location in the room that lands two seconds later. In Heroic Difficulty, wherever the spell lands a Frost Blossom creature forms from the ice and begins to attack.
Frost Blossom
This elemental has very low health.
Fire Wall
After casting Arcane Power, Glubtok creates a single wall of fire that begins to slowly rotate around him.
Loot
8 drops · item level 12 to 37 · 5 slots (Back, Chest, Hands, One-Hand, Shoulder) · all Bind on Pickup
Helix Gearbreaker
Formerly a craftsman in the Bilgewater Cartel, Helix was offered a sum eclipsing anything he would ever make as a nameless Horde engineer to ply his trade for the Defias Brotherhood. He was quick to accept the job and renounce his former loyalties... just as any resourceful goblin would.
Abilities & Strategy
Stage One: Bombs away!
Helix Gearbreaker leaps onto the back of the Lumbering Oaf, and begins to order the Oaf around while throwing out Sticky Bombs.
Sticky Bomb
Helix will periodically toss a Sticky Bomb onto the ground near a random player. After six seconds if the bomb detects a nearby player within one yard, the bomb explodes. A Sticky Bomb will also self destruct and explode if it is not triggered by a player after eighteen additional seconds.
Oaf Smash
The Lumbering Oaf will periodically grab a player and run to the farthest side of the room from the entrance. The Oaf then quickly runs and smashes into a wooden log on the other side of the room, knocking back and dealing 100 Physical damage to the player. In Heroic Difficulty, the impact of Oaf Smash instead inflicts 0% of the target player's health in Physical damage.
Throw Helix
The Lumbering Oaf will take Helix from his back, and throw the goblin onto a random player's face for ten seconds. While Helix is attached, he punches the player with his normal melee attack.
Chest Bomb
When Helix leaps back onto the Lumbering Oaf after being attached to player, he leaves a Chest Bomb strapped to the player. After ten seconds, the Chest Bomb explodes.
Helix' Crew
Four members of Helix' Crew appear above the players on an overhead log. Each crew member will periodically throw a Sticky Bomb onto the ground below near a random player.
Stage Two: I didn't need him!
After the Lumbering Oaf dies, Helix Gearbreaker is thrown to the ground. Helix then uses his Sticky Bomb ability more frequently.
Leap
Helix will leap and attach himself to a player's face for ten seconds. Helix then immediately picks a new player and leaps on them. While Helix is attached, he punches the player with his normal melee attack.
Chest Bomb
When Helix leaps off from a player, he leaves a Chest Bomb strapped to that player. After ten seconds, the Chest Bomb explodes.
Helix' Crew
Four additional members of Helix' Crew appear above the players on an overhead log.
Loot
9 drops · item level 12 to 37 · 7 slots (Back, Hands, Legs, One-Hand, Shield, Two-Hand +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup
Foe Reaper 5000
Defias engineers have spent many long days perfecting a new harvester model based on the Foe Reaper 4000 unit. Once it is completed, the brotherhood believes this mechanized terror will be able to slice through Stormwind's armored soldiers like a scythe through wheat.
Abilities & Strategy
Activation
The Foe Reaper 5000 activates when all Defias Reapers have been shut down.
Reaper Strike
The Foe Reaper 5000 does not have a normal melee attack.
Overdrive
After two seconds, the Foe Reaper 5000 also begins to wildly move around the room at double its normal movement speed.
Harvest
The Foe Reaper 5000 targets the location of a random player, and then moves there. Once the Foe Reaper 5000 reaches the targeted location, it performs a Harvest Sweep attack.
Safety Restrictions Off-line
When the Foe Reaper 5000 is damaged below 30% of its total health, it will disable its internal safety restrictions. This increases the Physical damage dealt by the Foe Reaper 5000 by 0% for the remainder of the fight.
Molten Slag
Activation of the Foe Reaper 5000 causes an overload in the slag pit, resulting in Molten Slags periodically being spawned.
Fixate
A Molten Slag will periodically fixate on a random enemy target, moving to attack only that target for 10 sec.
Molten Shield
Prototype Reaper
A single Prototype Reaper was left unattended in the Defias workers' mad dash to flee the Goblin Foundry. One player may board the Prototype Reaper and use it in the fight against the Foe Reaper 5000. The abilities of the Prototype Reaper are powered by steam.
Obsidian Alloy
The Prototype Reaper is immune to Fire damage.
Reaper Strike
Reaper Strike also grants the Prototype Reaper steam power.
Reaper Charge
The Prototype Reaper charges an enemy target, dealing Physical damage and stunning the target for 4 sec.
Pressurized Strike
Steam pressure is released into a powerful attack on an enemy target, dealing Physical damage and knocking the target back.
Loot
6 drops · item level 12 to 37 · 2 slots (One-Hand, Two-Hand) · all Bind on Pickup
Admiral Ripsnarl
When James Harrington became afflicted by the worgen curse, he destroyed his loving family and maritime career in one chilling night of bloodlust. Taking on the name Ripsnarl, he fled into Westfall and later agreed to command the Defias Brotherhood's fearsome juggernaut.
Abilities & Strategy
Thirst for Blood
Whenever Admiral Ripsnarl lands a successful melee attack, he gains 0% attack speed, 0% movement speed, and grows by 0% for 10 sec. This effect may stack up to 20 times.
Swipe
Admiral Ripsnarl ferociously swipes his primary target and two other nearby targets in melee range for 0% of the damage of his normal melee attack.
The Fog
When Admiral Ripsnarl reaches 75%, 50%, and 25% health, he retreats into the fog and becomes unattackable for a short time.
Go For the Throat
When Admiral Ripsnarl reveals himself once more from the fog, he leaps at a random enemy dealing 0% of a normal melee attack's damage and stunning the target for 2 sec. In Heroic Difficulty, Admiral Ripsnarl will use Go For the Throat during the entire encounter.
Summon Vapor
After the fog rolls in over the deck, Vapor creatures periodically form and attack a nearby player. Whenever Admiral Ripsnarl vanishes into the fog, additional Vapor creatures are created. In Heroic Difficulty, When Admiral Ripsnarl is damaged below 10% health, three additional Vapor creatures form from the fog.
Vapor
This creature attacks from the fog.
Condensation
After a Vapor forms, condensation from the moisture in the fog begins to cause the Vapor to grow. If the Vapor is not destroyed within 8 seconds, the Vapor transforms into a Swirling Vapor with its health increased by 0% and damage dealt increased by 0%. If Swirling Vapor is not destroyed in another 8 seconds, it transforms into a Condensed Vapor with its health increased by 0% and damage dealt increased by 0%. If a Condensed Vapor is then not destroyed within 8 more seconds, it finally transforms into a Freezing Vapor with its health increased by 0% and damage dealt increased by 0%.
Swirling Vapor
When a Vapor transforms into Swirling Vapor, it gains the ability to cast a spell of the same name. Swirling Vapor deals Frost damage and reduces the movement speed by 0% of all targets within 10 yards in a front facing 60 degree cone for 2 sec.
Condensing Vapor
When a Swirling Vapor transforms into Condensing Vapor, it gains the ability to cast a spell of the same name. Condensing Vapor deals Frost damage and reduces the movement speed by 0% of all targets within 10 yards in a front facing 60 degree cone for 2 sec.
Coalesce
Loot
6 drops · item level 12 to 37 · 3 slots (Finger, One-Hand, Two-Hand) · all Bind on Pickup
"Captain" Cookie
Cookie proclaimed himself captain of the Defias Brotherhood's juggernaut following its previous commander's death. Although he still performs his official duties as chief cook, anyone who questions the validity of his captain title has been known to come down with a severe case of food poisoning.
Abilities & Strategy
Throw Food
"Captain" Cookie will rapidly throw food at the location of a random player, alternating between delicious and rotten food items.
Rotten Aura
Nauseated
Players may right click on and eat the rotten food found on the deck. This removes the food and its corresponding Rotten Aura from the deck, but inflicts the Nauseated effect on the player dealing Nature damage every 3 sec. for 30 sec. The Nauseated effect stacks.
Satiated
Players may right click on and eat the delicious food found on the deck. This removes the food from the deck, but the clicking player gains the Satiated effect. Satiated increases the melee and ranged attack speed, as well as spell casting speed of the player by 0% for 30 sec. The Satiated effect stacks. Each time the Satiated effect is gained, a single stack of the Nauseated effect is removed.
Loot
10 drops · item level 12 to 37 · 4 slots (Back, Chest, One-Hand, Ranged) · all Bind on Pickup
Vanessa VanCleef
As a young girl, Vanessa witnessed the gruesome death of her father and former Defias Brotherhood leader, Edwin VanCleef. She has since taken up his mantle of leadership, plotting to exact vengeance on Stormwind from the dark corridors of the Defias's stronghold in the Deadmines.
Abilities & Strategy
Deflection
Vanessa deflects all melee attacks, ranged attacks and spells for 10 sec. She will only use this ability while her remaining health is greater than 25%.
Deadly Blades
Vanessa begins to rapidly leap from enemy to enemy, appearing behind and inflicting the Backslash effect on a random enemy target every 1 sec. for 5 sec.
Backslash
Vanessa slices into the back of an enemy target, inflicting Physical damage every 2 seconds for 10 sec.
Fiery Blaze
After Vanessa has been wounded below 50% of her total health, she will leap to the top of the ship and detonate preplaced explosives around the ship. These explosives will create Fiery Blazes across the deck. Players may avoid the worst of the fires on the deck by using a nearby rope on the side of the deck.
Vengeance of VanCleef
After Vanessa detonates the first set of explosives at 50% health, she will repeatedly cast Vengeance of VanCleef until re-engaged in combat. Each application of this effect increases her Physical damage by 0%, melee attack speed by 0%, and size by 0%. The effect may stack up to 40 times. Once Vanessa has detonated the second set of explosives at 25% health, she will use this ability repeatedly until killed.
Powder Explosion
When Vanessa has only 1% of her total health remaining, she will pull out a final keg of black powder and light it.
Defias Enforcer
While Vanessa VanCleef's remaining health is above 50%, she will periodically call on a Defias Enforcer to aid her from the nearby cabin.
Charge
The Enforcer charges out into battle to join the fray.
Bloodbath
The Enforcer begins to rapidly attack its current enemy target with a series of six quick attacks over 3 sec., each dealing 0% of normal melee damage.
Recklessness
The Enforcer becomes immune to fear effects and his or her chance to deal a critical is increased by 0% for 15 sec., but the Enforcer's armor is also reduced by 0%. The Enforcer can use this ability if his or her remaining health is below 20%.
Defias Shadowguard
Shortly after calling a Defias Enforcer, Vanessa will then call on a Defias Shadowguard to join the fight if her remaining health is still above 50%.
Sinister Strike
The Shadowguard inflicts 0% of normal melee damage to the current enemy target.
Shadowstep
The Shadowguard will periodically step through shadows and reappear behind the enemy target.
Whirling Blades
The Shadowguard surrounds the enemy target with a set of whirling blades for 10 sec.
Evasion
The Shadowguard increases his chance to dodge by 0% for 10 sec. The Shadowguard may use Evasion if his remaining health is below 30%.
Defias Blood Wizard
Shortly after calling a Defias Shadowguard, Vanessa will then call on a Defias Blood Wizard to join the fight if her remaining health is still above 50%.
Bloodbolt
Inflicts Physical damage and reduces the current enemy target's movement speed by 0% for 4 sec.
Ragezone
The Blood Wizard creates an unstable field of magic at the location of a random enemy target that lasts 30 sec. The field has a radius of 5 yards, and all units located within have their damage dealt increased by 0%.
Heroic Difficulty Only
Vanessa VanCleef is only available in Heroic Difficulty.
Loot
8 drops · item level 37 · 4 slots (Feet, Hands, Head, Wrist) · all Bind on Pickup
Achievements
9 achievements tied to Deadmines, worth 90 achievement points in total.
Heroic: Deadmines Guild RunDefeat Vanessa VanCleef in Deadmines on Heroic difficulty while in a guild group.10- Heroic: DeadminesDefeat Vanessa VanCleef in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.10
- Protocol Inferno: DeadminesDefeat Vanessa VanCleef in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty while Protocol Inferno is active.10
Ready for RaidingDo not get hit by Fire Wall in the Glubtok encounter in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.10
Rat PackKill 20 Mine Rats during the Helix Gearbreaker encounter in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.10
Prototype ProdigyKeep the Prototype Reaper from falling below 90% health at any time before the Foe Reaper 5000 is defeated in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.10
It's Frost DamageAllow three Freezing Vapors to cast Coalesce during the Admiral Ripsnarl encounter in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.10
I'm on a DietDo not gain more than one stack of Nauseated during the Cookie encounter in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.10
Vigorous VanCleef VindicatorEngage Vanessa VanCleef within 5 minutes of being inflicted with the Nightmare Elixir in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.10
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