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Hungering Destroyer
Hungering Destroyer - Castle Nathria
Hungering Destroyer is a boss encounter in Castle Nathria.
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Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Castle Nathria, Hungering Destroyer comes 4th of 10, after Kael'thas Sunstrider and before Artificer Xy'Mox.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Revendreth
Castle Nathria entranceThe Castle Nathria entrance is in Revendreth, at 46.6, 41.5 on the Revendreth map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Over the course of the encounter the Hungering Destroyer gains energy. Upon reaching 100 energy, the Hungering Destroyer casts Consumes attempting to devour all nearby life energy.
Tanks
- Coordinate with your co-tank to manage Growing Hunger.
- Move away from the Hungering Destroyer when it casts Consume.
Healers
- Gluttonous Miasma prevents all healing received by afflicted targets but siphons health from afflicted targets' nearby allies.
- Position yourself to avold hitting other players when targeted by Volatile Ejection.
- Move away from the Hungering Destroyer when it casts Consume.
Damage Dealers
- Gluttonous Miasma prevents all healing received by afflicted targets but siphons health from afflicted targets' nearby allies.
- Position yourself to avold hitting other players when targeted by Volatile Ejection.
- Move away from the Hungering Destroyer when it casts Consume.
Gluttonous Miasma
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulties, players who share their health with the target of Gluttonous Miasma gain an application of Essence Sap.
Essence Sap
Spell details
Consume
Spell details
Expunge
Spell details16 In Heroic and Mythic difficulties, when Expunge detonates an Obliterating Rift is left at the target's location.
Obliterating Rift
Spell details
Volatile Ejection
Spell details
Desolate
Spell details
Overwhelm
Spell details
Hungering Strikes
Spell details
Growing Hunger
Spell detailsAbility Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Hungering Destroyer, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Gluttonous Miasma
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 24 sec
Hungering energies surround the target reducing all healing received by 100% and inflicting Shadow damage every 1.5 sec for 24 sec. In addition, the target leeches from all allies every 1 sec.
Essence Sap
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
Increases the damage taken from by 8% for 20 sec. This effect stacks.
Consume
Shadow · 4 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
The Hungering Destroyer begins to devour all nearby energy, pulling players towards its location and leeching from all players every 2 sec for 6 sec. Players farther from the Hungering Destroyer have less health leeched.
Expunge
Shadow · Instant
The Hungering Destroyer excites the life energy in all players causing them to erupt, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby players. The size of the effect increases based on the target's missing health.
Obliterating Rift
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 min
Creates a nexus of chaotic energy. Touching an causes it to erupt, inflicting Shadow damage to the target.
Volatile Ejection
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 5 sec
The Hungering Destroyer chooses up to 3 players and unleashes a line of energy in each of their directions, inflicting Shadow damage.
Desolate
Shadow · 3 sec cast
The Hungering Destroyer unleashes torrents of energy, inflicting Shadow damage to all players.
Overwhelm
Physical · 2 sec cast
The Hungering Destroyer smashes its current target, inflicting Physical damage.
Hungering Strikes
Shadow · Instant
Each of the Hungering Destroyer's melee attacks leeches from the target.
Growing Hunger
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 18 sec
With each consecutive melee attack against the same target, the damage of is increased by 7.5%. This effect stacks. When the Hungering Destroyer switches to a new target, is reset.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Castle Nathria.
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 Hungering Destroyer encounter in Castle Nathria.
The devourers consume anima wherever they can find it. With drought afflicting the Shadowlands, it is no surprise that the hungriest and most dangerous of the devourers is drawn to the abundant store of anima here in the depths of Castle Nathria.
What Each Drop Is
The Hungering Destroyer encounter lists 21 items in the dungeon journal, item level 200. Equip slots covered: Waist, Chest, Trinket, Legs, Shoulder and Head. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Memory of Gorefiend's Domination Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Restoring Memory.
- Memory of the Wall Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Restoring Memory.
- Cinch of Infinite Tightness Waist (Cloth), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 41 gold65 silver for it.
- Consumptive Chainmail Carapace Chest (Mail), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 86 gold58 silver for it.
- Consumptive Infusion Trinket, item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 70 gold21 silver for it.
- Endlessly Gluttonous Greaves Legs (Plate), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 84 gold9 silver for it.
- Epaulets of Overwhelming Force Shoulder (Plate), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 63 gold42 silver for it.
- Gluttonous Spike Trinket, item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength. A vendor pays 70 gold47 silver for it.
- Helm of Insatiable Appetite Head (Mail), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 65 gold5 silver for it.
- Miasma-Lacquered Jerkin Chest (Leather), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 83 gold15 silver for it.
- Venerated Anima Spherule Reagent, item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Tooltip: “Return this bead of Anima to your Covenant sanctum in exchange for a weapon.” A vendor pays 5 gold for it.
- Volatile Shadestitch Legguards Legs (Leather), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 81 gold59 silver for it.
- Ashen Remains Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Calculated Strikes Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Cloaked in Shadows Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Cryo-Freeze Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Eternal Hunger Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Move with Grace Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Resplendent Light Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Spirit Drain Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Tumbling Technique Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
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
10 achievements list a victory over Hungering Destroyer among their criteria.
