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Dargrul
Dargrul the Underking - Neltharion's Lair
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Dargrul the Underking encounter in Neltharion's Lair.
Dargrul is the most powerful Underking since the age of Neltharion. Certain that only he has the right to wield the power of Khaz'goroth, Dargul murdered High Chieftain Ulan and seized the artifact from the Highmountain tauren. Now, he uses the Hammer's power to devastate the region and any who oppose him.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Neltharion's Lair, Dargrul comes 4th of 4, after Naraxas.
Instance Entrance: Highmountain
Neltharion's Lair entranceThe Neltharion's Lair entrance is in Highmountain, at 49.6, 68.9 on the Highmountain map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Dargrul wields the Hammer of Khaz'goroth to shape earth and fire to strike the party, while summoning fiery minions that pursue random players. 23 On Heroic difficulty, the Molten Charskins no longer use Magma Breaker, but instead increase their speed and damage over time with Rising Inferno. Dargrul now uses Magma Breaker to damage the party each time he moves.
Damage Dealers
- Defeat Molten Charskins.
- Take cover behind Crystal Spikes to avoid taking damage from Magma Wave.
Healers
- Molten Crash does massive damage to the tank.
- Molten Charskins do continuous damage to the party while moving with Magma Breaker.
- Take cover behind Crystal Spikes to avoid taking damage from Magma Wave.
- Dargrul does continuous damage to the party while moving with Magma Breaker.
Tanks
- Use defensive abilities to survive Molten Crash.
- Take cover behind Crystal Spikes to avoid taking damage from Magma Wave.
- Dargrul does continuous damage to the party while moving with Magma Breaker.
Magma Sculptor
Molten Charskin
Summoned by Dargrul during the encounter.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Dargrul, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Magma Wave
Physical · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
The Underking smashes the ground, periodically inflicting Fire damage to targets not in cover, culminating in Fire damage to all exposed enemies.
Lava Geyser
Fire · Instant
Lava pools erupt through the cracks inflicting Fire damage every 1 sec to enemies that enter them.
Flame Gout
Fire · Instant
Fireballs erupt from the lava geyser, inflicting Fire damage to random targets every 5 sec.
Crystal Spikes
Nature · 1.4 sec cast
Causes crystal spikes to erupt at the enemy destination that inflict Nature damage to nearby targets and knocks them back. Once formed, these spikes can be used as cover to protect the party from Magma Wave.
Crystal Cracked
Physical · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Leading a Charskin into a Crystal Spike stuns the Charskin for 10 sec and increases all damage taken by 100%.
Magma Breaker
Physical · Instant
Every step the Charskin takes shatters the earth, inflicting Fire damage to enemies.
Rising Inferno
Physical · Instant
The longer the Charskin lives, the more stacks of Rising Inferno it receives increasing its movement speed and damage dealt by 2%.
Landslide
Nature · Instant
Slams the ground, causing granite spikes to erupt from the ground in a line, inflicting Nature damage and knocking back enemies nearby.
Molten Crash
Nature · 2 sec cast
After Landslide, The Underking swings Khaz'goroth and causes the ground to erupt from under his current target, inflicting Nature damage.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Neltharion's Lair.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Dargrul the Underking encounter lists 18 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 50 to 250. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Neck, Legs, Hands, Trinket, Head, Waist, Shoulder, Chest and Feet. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Hate-Sculpted Magma Two-Hand (Two-Handed Axe), item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 121g 21s for it.
- Chain of the Underking Neck, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 18g 45s for it.
- Charskin Legguards Legs (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 43g 7s for it.
- Faultline Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 42g 90s for it.
- Gloves of the Mountain Conquest Hands (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 22g 4s for it.
- Hate-Sculpted Magma Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 35g 44s for it.
- Mark of Dargrul Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 7g 6s for it. Equip: Landslide.
- Mountain Throne Coif Head (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 31g 65s for it.
- Pebble of Ages Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 35g 57s for it.
- Rumblestone Gauntlets Hands (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 21g 81s for it.
- Sinister Ashfall Cord Waist (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 21g 65s for it.
- Tremorguard Pauldrons Shoulder (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 30g 13s for it.
- Tunic of Smoldering Ire Chest (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 42g 91s for it.
- Bitestone Boots Feet (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 25g 79s for it.
- Rockbound Chestguard Chest (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 35g 62s for it.
- Roggthread Cord Waist (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 17g 65s for it.
- Steelgazer Hide Mantle Shoulder (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 26g 57s for it.
- Thunder Totem Brazier Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 1g for it. Use: Collect Thunder Totem Brazier.
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
12 achievements list a victory over Dargrul among their criteria.