Boss
Ingvar the Plunderer
Ingvar the Plunderer - Utgarde Keep
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Ingvar the Plunderer encounter in Utgarde Keep.
Ingvar's brute strength is legendary even among the vrykul. Rumor has it that he once bested King Ymiron in a brawl. The truth is unknown, but purveyors of that tale usually don't live for a retelling. Ingvar has promised the Lich King that he'll use all measures of brutality to hold the keep, a promise that he dare not break.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Utgarde Keep, Ingvar the Plunderer comes 3rd of 3, after Skarvald the Constructor.
- Prince Keleseth
- Skarvald the Constructor
- Ingvar the Plunderer
Instance Entrance: Howling Fjord
Utgarde Keep entranceThe Utgarde Keep entrance is in Howling Fjord, at 57.2, 46.1 on the Howling Fjord map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Phase 1: In His Service
Smash
Cleave
Ingvar the Plunderer cleaves a player, inflicting Physical damage to them and their closest ally.
Staggering Roar
Enrage
Phase 2: The Price of Failure
When Ingvar the Plunderer is killed, he is brought back to life by the Lich King's servant, Annhylde the Caller, as an undead slave.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Ingvar the Plunderer, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Smash
Physical · 3 sec cast
Ingvar the Plunderer smashes the ground, inflicting Physical damage to all enemies in front of him.
Staggering Roar
Physical · 2 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Enrage
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Dark Smash
Shadow · 3 sec cast · Lasts 2 sec
Ingvar the Plunderer smashes the ground with dark energy, inflicting Shadow damage and stunning all players in front of him for 2 sec.
Shadow Axe
Physical · 1 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Ingvar the Plunderer throws his Shadow Axe at a random player. The axe will spin at the target location for 10 sec, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec to all nearby enemies.
Dreadful Roar
Shadow · 2 sec cast · Lasts 8 sec
Woe Strike
Physical · 1 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Ingvar the Plunderer strikes his current target for Shadow damage and afflicts them with Woe Strike for 10 sec. When a player with Woe Strike is healed, Woe Strike inflicts Shadow damage to the healer.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Utgarde Keep.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Ingvar the Plunderer encounter lists 22 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 33 to 35. Equip slots covered: Finger, Ranged, Waist, Legs, Two-Hand, Head and Shoulder. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Annhylde's Ring Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina and Haste. A vendor pays 47g 61s for it.
- Annhylde's Ring Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 47g 61s for it.
- Drake-Mounted Crossbow Ranged (Crossbow), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Critical Strike and Stamina. A vendor pays 134g 76s for it.
- Drake-Mounted Crossbow Ranged (Crossbow), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 134g 76s for it.
- Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt Waist (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 39g 41s for it.
- Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt Waist (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 39g 41s for it.
- Staggering Legplates Legs (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 78g 10s for it.
- Staggering Legplates Legs (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 78g 10s for it.
- Breeches of the Caller Legs (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina and Versatility. A vendor pays 56g 17s for it.
- Breeches of the Caller Legs (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 56g 17s for it.
- Enraged Feral Staff Two-Hand (Staff), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina and Versatility. A vendor pays 100g 69s for it.
- Enraged Feral Staff Two-Hand (Staff), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 100g 69s for it.
- Plunderer's Helmet Head (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41g 89s for it.
- Plunderer's Helmet Head (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41g 89s for it.
- Unsmashable Heavy Band Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Dodge and Parry. A vendor pays 34g 90s for it.
- Unsmashable Heavy Band Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 34g 90s for it.
- Holistic Patchwork Breeches Legs (Leather), item level 33, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina and Versatility. A vendor pays 57g 84s for it.
- Holistic Patchwork Breeches Legs (Leather), item level 33, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 57g 84s for it.
- Ingvar's Monolithic Cleaver Two-Hand (Two-Handed Axe), item level 33, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength and Haste. A vendor pays 102g 90s for it.
- Ingvar's Monolithic Cleaver Two-Hand (Two-Handed Axe), item level 33, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 102g 90s for it.
- Overlaid Chain Spaulders Shoulder (Mail), item level 33, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina and Versatility. A vendor pays 43g 45s for it.
- Overlaid Chain Spaulders Shoulder (Mail), item level 33, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 43g 45s 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.