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Atroxus
Atroxus - Voidscar Arena
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Atroxus encounter in Voidscar Arena.
Imprisoned by Charonus, this starving behemoth is hoping for a new victim to sate his appetite. Atroxus's sheer size is almost as dangerous as the poison he spews.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Voidscar Arena, Atroxus comes 2nd of 3, after Taz'Rah and before Charonus.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Atroxus assaults players with its powerful venoms using Noxious Breath and Poison Splash. Its Monstrous Roar inflicts heavy physical damage to all players summons a Toxic Creeper.
Damage Dealers
- Noxious Breath inflicts high damage in front of Atroxus.
- Monstrous Roar inflicts heavy physical damage to all players summons a Toxic Creeper to attack its target.
Healers
- Hulking Claw inflicts high Nature damage to the primary target.
- Noxious Breath inflicts high damage in front of Atroxus.
Tanks
- Hulking Claw inflicts high Nature damage to the primary target.
- Sickening Bite applies stacking vulnerability to Nature damage.
Monstrous Roar
Toxic Creeper
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for this encounter, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Monstrous Roar
Physical · 3 sec cast
Atroxus lets out a powerful roar, inflicting Physical damage to all players, this attack ignores armor. The roar agitates a nearby poison pool, causing a Toxic Creeper to emerge.
Sickening Bite
Physical · Instant · Lasts 5 min
The Toxic Creeper bites a player, causing them to suffer 50% increased Nature damage for 5 min. This effect stacks.
Toxic Aura
Nature · Instant
Poison Splash
Nature · Instant · Lasts 5 sec
Atroxus splashes poison around itself, inflicting Nature damage to all enemies every 1 sec. The poison glob inflicts Nature damage and an additional Nature damage every 1 sec for 5 sec to players struck. Each impact creates a poison pool for 1 min.
Poison Pool
Nature · Instant
Mind-Numbing Poison
Nature · Instant · Lasts 5 sec
Poison numbs the mind of the afflicted player, reducing their Haste by 30% for 5 sec.
Noxious Breath
Nature · Instant
Atroxus breathes out Noxious Fumes in front of itself, inflicting Nature damage to players struck.
Hulking Claw
Nature · 2 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Atroxus delivers a powerful blow to a player that inflicts Nature damage with an additional Nature damage every 1 sec for 10 sec.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Voidscar Arena.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Atroxus encounter lists 8 items in the dungeon journal, item level 108. Equip slots covered: Waist, One-Hand, Chest, Shoulder, Finger, Trinket and Head. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Behemoth Waistband Waist (Mail), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery.
- Fang of Contagion One-Hand (Dagger), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility.
- Hide of Pestilence Chest (Leather), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility.
- Hulking Handaxe One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste.
- Poisoner's Pauldrons Shoulder (Cloth), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery.
- Sickening Signet of Atroxus Finger, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery.
- Tumor of the Swarm Trinket, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 7g 9s for it. Equip: Crawling Plague.
- Visor of the Predator Head (Plate), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery.
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.
Recent hotfixes for Atroxus
- August 25, 2026 Dungeons and Raids › Voidscar Arena › Atroxus
Addressed issues with the voice lines not matching the spells.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.