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Blood Parasite

Broodtwister Ovi'nax - Nerub-ar Palace

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Blood Parasite is a boss of the Broodtwister Ovi'nax encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.

Found In

EncounterBroodtwister Ovi'nax
Journal creatures11

Encounter Facts

Instance modesNormal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid, Story
Group size5 to 30 players
Instance typeRaid
ExpansionThe War Within
Encounter ID2919
Adventure Guide pin55.4, 77.0 on the instance map
  1. Ulgrax the Devourer
  2. The Bloodbound Horror
  3. Sikran
  4. Rasha'nan
  5. Broodtwister Ovi'nax
  6. Nexus-Princess Ky'veza
  7. Anub'arash
  8. Queen Ansurek

3D Model

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

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Instance Entrance: Azj-Kahet

Azj-Kahet mapNerub-ar Palace entrance

The Nerub-ar Palace entrance is in Azj-Kahet, at 43.5, 90.4 on the Azj-Kahet map.

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Abilities & Strategy

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

Abilities & Strategy

Broodtwister Ovi'nax injects players with Experimental Dosage which causes nearby eggs to hatch upon expiration, unleashing the horrors within. Upon reaching 100 energy, Broodtwister Ovi'nax will Ingest Black Blood, growing in power and causing the room to slowly fill with Sanguine Overflow

Tanks
  • Volatile Concoction inflicts damage to all players based on how much health the target is missing when it is removed.
  • Sanguine Overflow mutates any creatures it comes into contact with.
  • Colossal Spiders inflict increasing damage with Vicious Bite.
Damage Dealers
  • Experimental Dosage causes nearby eggs to hatch, unleashing the horrific experiments incubating within.
  • Sticky Web immobilizes nearby players when removed.
  • Blood Parasites Infest their target upon reaching them.
Healers
  • Experimental Dosage causes nearby eggs to hatch, unleashing the horrific experiments incubating within.
  • Broodtwister Ovi'nax inflicts increasing Shadow damage and healing absorbs as he receives more Unstable Infusions.
  • Volatile Concoction inflicts damage to all players based on how much health the target is missing when it is removed.

Experimental Dosage

Spell details

On Mythic difficulty, 2 simultaneous Experimental Dosage are required to cause a nearby egg to hatch.

Experimental Eggs

Colossal Egg
Colossal Spider
Squirming Egg
Voracious Worm
Quivering Broodcluster
Blood Parasite

Ingest Black Blood

Spell details
Unstable Infusion
Spell details
Vile Discharge
Spell details
Catalyze Mutation
Spell details
Mutation: Accelerated
Spell details
Mutation: Necrotic
Spell details
Mutation: Ravenous
Spell details

Sanguine Overflow

Spell details
Caustic Reaction
Spell details

Sticky Web

Spell details
Web Eruption
Spell details

Volatile Concoction

Spell details

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.

Experimental Dosage

Shadow · 1.5 sec cast

Broodtwister Ovi'nax injects a reactive catalyst into several players causing them to erupt after 8 sec, inflicting Shadow damage and absorbing healing to all players within 4 yards. Experimental Eggs caught in this effect are hatched.

Mutation: Necrotic

Shadow · Instant

Coming into contact with mutates Colossal Spiders, increasing their health by 100% and empowering Vicious Bite to inflict Necrotic Wounds.

Vicious Bite

Nature · 1.5 sec cast

The Colossal Spider bites its current target, inflicting Nature damage. In addition, frenzy overtakes the spider, increasing its damage done by 25% until it is slain. This effect stacks.

Necrotic Wound

Shadow · Instant · Lasts 15 sec

While empowered by Mutation: Necrotic, also reduces healing done to the target by 10% for 15 sec.

Mutation: Ravenous

Shadow · Instant

Coming into contact with mutates Voracious Worms, increasing their health by 100% and increases casting speed by 100%.

Poison Burst

Nature · 6 sec cast

The Voracious Worm unleashes a blast of toxic slime that inflicts Nature damage to all players.

Mutation: Accelerated

Shadow · Instant

Coming into contact with mutates Blood Parasites, increasing their health by 100%. In addition, their inexorable desire to consume increases their movement speed by 10% every 1 sec until they are slain.

Fixate

Nature · Instant

Consuming hunger drives the Blood Parasite to fixate upon their prey and attempt to it.

Infest

Nature · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec

Blood Parasite burrows into its target, inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec for 10 sec. Upon expiration, Blood Parasites erupt from the player and seek new prey.

Ingest Black Blood

Nature · Instant

Upon reaching full energy Broodtwister Ovi'nax charges towards a full canister of Black Blood and begins devouring it. Upon finishing the canister, Broodtwister Ovi'nax gains.

Unstable Infusion

Shadow · Instant

Waves of shadowy energy emanate from the Black Blood infused Broodtwister, inflicting Shadow damage and absorbing the next healing done to all players every 7.5 sec. In addition, waves of are released every 7.5 sec.

Vile Discharge

Shadow · Instant

Black Blood overloads Broodtwister Ovi'nax's system, unleashing a torrent of inflicting Shadow damage on impact to players in the area.

Catalyze Mutation

Physical · Instant

Broodtwister Ovi'nax injects Black Blood into its Experimental Eggs, mutating the creatures growing within. Broodtwister Ovi'nax injects all eggs matching the egg associated with each Black Blood canister.

Sanguine Overflow

Shadow · Instant · Lasts 30 sec

The canister of Black Blood leaks its contents across the floor of the chamber, slowly growing in size. This pool inflicts Shadow damage and absorbs the next healing received every 0.5 sec from players within the effect.

Caustic Reaction

Shadow · Instant · Lasts 30 sec

Black Blood causes the rapid incubation of any Experimental Eggs it touches, causing it to hatch and inflict Shadow damage to all players every 2 sec for 30 sec.

Sticky Web

Nature · 1.5 sec cast

Broodtwister Ovi'nax covers several players with sticky webbing, inflicting Nature damage every 0.5 sec and reducing movement speed by 70% until it is dispelled. Upon removal a is triggered.

Web Eruption

Nature · Instant · Lasts 8 sec

Sticky webbing erupts from the target, inflicting Nature damage and rooting players within 10 yards for 8 sec.

Volatile Concoction

Nature · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 8 sec

Broodtwister Ovi'nax injects a cocktail of unstable substances into his target, inflicting Nature damage and an additional Nature damage every 1 sec for 8 sec. Upon expiration the chemicals react, inflicting additional Nature damage based on the target's missing health. This damage is reduced the healthier the target is.

Drops

Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.

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

Adventure Guide Entry

The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Broodtwister Ovi'nax encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.

Deep within the bowels of the queen's palace, Broodtwister Ovi'nax conducts abominable experiments with the black blood found in Azj-kahet. This corpulent horror lumbers through the palace's cavernous depths, regurgitating inky sludge onto hatchlings to observe its gruesome effects.

What Each Drop Is

The Broodtwister Ovi'nax encounter lists 14 items in the dungeon journal, item level 571. Equip slots covered: Waist, Feet, Hands, Held In Off-hand, Trinket, Wrist, Two-Hand and Finger. 1 of them can be traded and 13 bind when picked up.

  • Accelerated Ascension Coil Waist (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 49 gold25 silver for it.
  • Assimilated Eggshell Slippers Feet (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 75 gold77 silver for it.
  • Black Blood Injectors Hands (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 46 gold47 silver for it.
  • Broodtwister's Grim Catalyst Held In Off-hand, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 81 gold99 silver for it.
  • Dreadful Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Empty Egg.
  • Gruesome Syringe Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 85 gold68 silver for it.
  • Mystic Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Empty Egg.
  • Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 80 gold51 silver for it. Use: Suspended Incubation.
  • Sanguine Experiment's Bandages Wrist (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 47 gold9 silver for it.
  • Spire of Transfused Horrors Two-Hand (Staff), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 172 gold7 silver for it.
  • Venerated Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Empty Egg.
  • Writhing Ringworm Finger, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Haste. Tooltip: “Is it alive? Maybe. Is it fashionable? ...Maybe.” A vendor pays 60 gold66 silver for it.
  • Zenith Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Empty Egg.
  • Recipe: Sticky Sweet Treat Recipe, item level 70. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Sticky Sweet Treat.” A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Lowest listed price right now: 42,237 gold28 silver across 15 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Sticky Sweet Treat.

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.

Achievements for Defeating It

7 achievements list a victory over Blood Parasite among their criteria.

Where to Find Blood Parasite

Quests in Nerub-ar Palace

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