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Agronox - Cathedral of Eternal Night

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Adventure Guide Entry

The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Agronox encounter in Cathedral of Eternal Night.

This ancient served the night elves priestesses of the Temple of Elune, tending the beautiful Hanging Gardens. But after the malevolence of the Legion infected the Cathedral, the guardian absorbed fel energy through his roots. Now the twisted Agronox spreads corruption throughout the sanctuary he once protected, believing he has finally achieved his ideal state.

Encounter Facts

In the game's encounter order for Cathedral of Eternal Night, Agronox comes 1st of 4, before Thrashbite the Scornful.

Instance modesHeroic, Mythic, Mythic Keystone
Group size5 players
Instance typeDungeon
ExpansionLegion
Encounter order1 of 4
Encounter ID2055
Creature typeElemental
ClassificationElite
TitleCorrupted Caretaker
NPC ID117193
Adventure Guide pin55.3, 43.9 on the instance map
  1. Agronox
  2. Thrashbite the Scornful
  3. Mephistroth
  4. Domatrax

Instance Entrance: Broken Shore

Broken Shore mapCathedral of Eternal Night entrance

The Cathedral of Eternal Night entrance is in Broken Shore, at 64.9, 16.8 on the Broken Shore map.

Abilities & Strategy

What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

Agronox corrupts the garden he once tended and turns it against players. Quickly defeat his Lasher minions to avoid being overwhelmed. Run from Choking Vines before you are strangled. Poisonous Spores inflict increasing amounts of damage over time. On Mythic difficulty, Agronox summons Nourishing Lashers and restores his health via Nature's Infusion.

Damage Dealers
  • Defeat Fulminating Lashers and Succulent Lashers quickly, to keep the party from being overrun.
  • Avoid standing too close to allies when Floral Fulmination is imminent.
Healers
Tanks
  • Position Succulent Lashers such that Toxic Sap can be avoided by party members.
  • Defeat Fulminating Lashers and Succulent Lashers quickly, to keep the party from being overrun.

Fulminating Lashers

Agronox calls forth a swarm of explosive Fulminating Lashers from the dense fauna of the Fel Gardens.

Succulent Lashers

Dripping with toxins, Succulent Lashers spring from the grounds of the Fel Garden at Agronox's command.

Ability Spells

Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Agronox, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.

Poisonous Spores

Nature · Instant · Lasts 10 min

This effect stacks.

Timber Smash

Physical · 1.5 sec cast

With a slam of his mighty bark-covered fists, Agronox deals Physical damage to his current target and knocks them back.

Choking Vines

Nature · Instant

This effect increases by 10% with every tick.

Floral Fulmination

Fire · 0.5 sec cast

Succulent Secretion

Nature · 2.5 sec cast

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3D Model

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

Drops

Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Cathedral of Eternal Night.

What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.

What Each Drop Is

The Agronox encounter lists 11 items in the dungeon journal, item level 50. Equip slots covered: Shoulder, Wrist, Feet, Back, Hands, Waist, Trinket and Chest. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.

  • Agronox's Unsullied Heartwood Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Deep within it is still pure.” A vendor pays 36g 55s for it.
  • Caretaker's Budding Mantle Shoulder (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 30g 41s for it.
  • Choking Vine Bindings Wrist (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 20g 58s for it.
  • Corruption-Fused Stompers Feet (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 30g 52s for it.
  • Felpruner's Shroud Back (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 30g 29s for it.
  • Grovetender's Handwraps Hands (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 20g 50s for it.
  • Knot of Fel Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 36g 68s for it.
  • Petrified Husk Girdle Waist (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 21g 60s for it.
  • Splinters of Agronox Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 6g 76s for it. Equip: Fel Barbs.
  • Spore-Coated Vest Chest (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 43g 90s for it.
  • Vambraces of Fel Crust Wrist (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 21g 68s for it.

Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.

Related

Achievements for Defeating It

1 achievement list a victory over Agronox among its criteria.