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Naraxas
Naraxas - Neltharion's Lair
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Naraxas encounter in Neltharion's Lair.
Naraxas, mother of monsters, has been worshipped by the drogbar since the Age of Neltharion. Constant sacrifices are made to this creature so she can nurture the generations of horrors the drogbar use against their enemies. One way or another, you must pass through this beast and strike at the Underking before this terror is unleashed on Highmountain.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Neltharion's Lair, Naraxas comes 3rd of 4, after Ularogg Cragshaper and before Dargrul.
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
Naraxas emerges from a deep burrow to feed, drawing players towards her maw with her Spiked Tongue. As the fight progresses, additional drogbar jump into the area and run towards Naraxas as sacrifices, granting her stacks of Ravenous. On Heroic difficulty, the crowd in the stands begins Hurling Rocks, doing continuous damage to the party.
Damage Dealers
- Kill drogbar before they can be devoured by Naraxas.
- Avoid standing in pools of Toxic Retch.
Healers
- Heal allies hit by Rancid Maw.
- Allies consumed by Spiked Tongue take massive damage.
- The crowd begins Hurling Rocks to damage the party.
Tanks
- If Naraxas is not engaged in melee combat, she damages the entire party with Putrid Skies.
- Run away from Naraxas when she starts to cast Spiked Tongue.
- At 20% health, Naraxas goes into a Frenzy.
- Pools formed by Rancid Maw can be used to reduce the pull strength of Spiked Tongue.
Wormspeaker Devout
Leaps in from above and rushes towards Naraxas to be eaten.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Naraxas, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Putrid Skies
Nature · 1 sec cast
Spews acid on the entire party when not engaged in melee combat, inflicting Nature damage.
Rancid Maw
Nature · Instant
Fires a ball of venom at a random enemy's destination that does Nature damage on impact and leaves a pool of Toxic Bile. Also, anyone caught within the pool has their movement speed reduced by 25%.
Toxic Retch
Nature · 2 sec cast
Retches bile, leaving behind toxic pools that inflict Nature damage every 0.5 sec around the boss and inflicting additional Nature damage every 1 sec to the party for 5 sec.
Spiked Tongue
Physical · 6 sec cast
Naraxas latches onto her target with a spiked tongue and pulls them into her maw, inflicting Physical damage every 1 sec for 5 sec. Run away from Naraxas to avoid being eaten. Every time she eats, she gains an additional stack of Ravenous.
Ravenous
Physical · Instant
Every victim Naraxas devours increases her damage by 15%. This effect stacks.
Frenzy
Physical · Instant
Naraxas roars, increasing her attack speed by 20% and the Physical damage she deals by 20%.
Fanatic's Sacrifice
Physical · Instant
Offers their flesh to the Mother of Worms. Each drogbar eaten grants Naraxas a stack of Ravenous.
Hurling Rocks
Physical · Instant
As the crowd above Naraxas becomes more violent, they hurl rocks at the party, inflicting Physical damage to random targets every 5 sec.
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 Naraxas encounter lists 10 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 50 to 250. Equip slots covered: Shield, Finger, Hands, Trinket, Feet, Back, Head and Wrist. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Monstrous Gluttony Shield, item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 59g 16s for it.
- Band of the Wyrm Matron Finger, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 25g 98s for it.
- Gauntlets of Innumerable Barbs Hands (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 21g 27s for it.
- Monstrous Gluttony Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 37g 6s for it.
- Naraxas' Spiked Tongue Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. Tooltip: “This thing is enormous. It must weigh a tongue!” A vendor pays 14s 1c for it. Equip: Rancid Maw.
- Noxious Entrails Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 37g 19s for it.
- Offal Galoshes Feet (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 31g 52s for it.
- Putrid Carapace Back (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 30g 60s for it.
- Subterranean Horror Faceguard Head (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 31g 76s for it.
- Wristbands of Rousing Violence Wrist (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 21g 88s 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.
Achievements for Defeating It
1 achievement list a victory over Naraxas among its criteria.