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Mana-Tombs in the Adventure Guide

Dungeon - The Burning Crusade

Mana-Tombs

4 encounters and 54 drops. Every drop links to its item page; tradeable drops carry a live Auction House price.

The original exiles on Draenor found death to be an unsettling and unfortunate consequence of life, and so the draenei hid their dead away in the subterranean grave-city of Auchindoun, a labyrinthine marvel located beneath the forests of Terokkar.

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Quick Facts

TypeDungeon
ExpansionThe Burning Crusade
Encounters4
Drops54
Item level31 to 32
Tradeable drops4
DifficultiesNormal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player

Difficulties and Lockouts

Mana-Tombs has 4 difficulties in the game data: Heroic and Heroic resets daily; Normal and Normal can be run again at any time.

DifficultyPlayersLockout
Normal5None
Normal5None
Heroic5Daily
Heroic5Daily
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3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Instance Map

The Adventure Guide places 4 bosses of Mana-Tombs on 1 map. Numbers follow the encounter order; each links to that fight below.

Mana-Tombs map with 4 boss locations1Pandemonius2Tavarok3Yor4Nexus-Prince Shaffar
  1. 1 Pandemonius 48.0, 29.7
  2. 2 Tavarok 60.9, 74.2
  3. 3 Yor 35.7, 60.9
  4. 4 Nexus-Prince Shaffar 32.4, 49.2

Encounters

NNormalHHeroic10P10 Player25P25 Player

Pandemonius

This infamous Void Lord is also known as the Duke of Chaos, the Eater of Nations, and Worldslayer. Pandemonius was one of the commanders serving under Dimensius when the ethereal homeworld of K'aresh was destroyed. He was later bound by Nexus-Prince Shaffar and forced to continue sating his unending hunger in service to the ethereals.

Abilities & Strategy

Shadow Melee

Pandemonius' melee attacks hit for Shadow damage.

Void Blast

Pandemonius fires a volley of Vold Bolts, inflicting Shadow damage to 5 players, knocking them back.

Dark Shell

Pandemonius shifts into the void, reflecting spells and inflicting Shadow damage to melee attackers for 6 sec.

Loot

10 drops · item level 31 to 32 · 7 slots (Chest, Feet, Hands, One-Hand, Ranged, Shield +1 more) · all Bind on Pickup

Tavarok

Under the command of Kael'thas Sunstrider, Pathaleon the Calculator summoned a powerful colossus to gather the arcane energies flowing from beneath the Mana Tombs. Tavarok has unexpectedly been transformed by the unique emanations, losing the red-tinged corruption of Pathaleon's influence. The white colossus has gained his own free will and uses it to greedily consume all who would stand in his way.

Abilities & Strategy

Crystal Prison

Tavarok imprisons a player in crystal, inflicting 0% of their maximum health as Nature damage and stunning them for 5 sec.

Earthquake

Tavarok causes an earthquake, inflicting Nature damage to all players within 35 yards and stunning them for 3 sec.

Arcing Smash

Tavarok lashes out in a vicious arc, inflicting Physical damage to all players in front of him.

Loot

12 drops · item level 31 to 32 · 8 slots (Back, Chest, Feet, Finger, Hands, One-Hand +2 more) · all Bind on Pickup

Yor

A "gift" from Illidan Stormrage to accompany Nexus-Prince Shaffar, Yor is a void hound of unlimited savagery and power. The prince's advisors warned him that Illidan's demonic gift was most likely a ruse set to betray Shaffar once he had met his goals. The prince fed those advisors to Yor... but has since kept the hound in a stasis chamber, just in case.

Abilities & Strategy

Stomp

Double Breath

Yor inflicts Fire damage to all players in front of him.

Heroic Difficulty Only

Yor is only available in Heroic Difficulty.

Loot

10 drops · item level 31 to 32 · 2 slots (Chest, Finger) · 4 tradeable

Nexus-Prince Shaffar

Convinced that vast riches lay within the depths of the Mana Tombs, Nexus-Prince Shaffar has spent untold amounts of his own considerable fortune to move an army into the shadowed halls of this crumbling ruin, and to keep competing ethereals out. The prince's greed knows no bounds, and he has vowed to uncover the mysteries of the Mana Tombs or die trying.

Abilities & Strategy

Fireball

Nexus-Prince Shaffar inflicts Fire damage to a player.

Frostbolt

Nexus-Prince Shaffar inflicts Frost damage to a player, reducing their movement speed for 4 sec.

Frost Nova

Nexus-Prince Shaffar inflicts Frost damage to all players within 10 yards, immobilizing them for 5 sec.

Blink

Nexus-Prince Shaffar teleports 20 yards forward.

Ethereal Beacon

Arcane Bolt

Ethereal Beacons hurl a bolt of energy that inflicts Arcane damage to a player.

Ethereal Apprentice

Ethereal Beacons use their energy to summon an Ethereal Apprentice, destroying itself in the process.

Fireball

Ethereal Apprentice inflicts Fire damage to a player.

Frostbolt

Ethereal Apprentice inflicts Frost damage to a player, reducing their movement speed for 4 sec.

Loot

22 drops · item level 31 to 32 · 14 slots (Feet, Finger, Hands, Head, Legs, Neck +8 more) · all Bind on Pickup

Achievements

2 achievements tied to Mana-Tombs, worth 20 achievement points in total.

More The Burning Crusade Dungeons

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