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Oakheart
Oakheart - Darkheart Thicket
Oakheart is a boss encounter in Darkheart Thicket.
Found In
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Darkheart Thicket, Oakheart comes 2nd of 4, after Archdruid Glaidalis and before Dresaron.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Val'sharah
Darkheart Thicket entranceThe Darkheart Thicket entrance is in Val'sharah, at 58.9, 31.0 on the Val'sharah map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Oakheart is a devastating brute that pummels the players with powerful physical attacks and Nightmare Breath. Beware the Strangling Roots erupting from the ground during the fight.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid being in front of Oakheart when he is casting Nightmare Breath.
Healers
- Avoid being in front of Oakheart when he is casting Nightmare Breath.
- Crushing Grip deals significant damage.
Tanks
- Face Oakheart away from allies so allies are not hit by Nightmare Breath.
- Crushing Grip deals significant damage.
Oakheart
Crushing Grip
Spell details
Uproot
Spell details
Strangling Roots
Spell details
Shattered Earth
Spell details
Nightmare Breath
Spell detailsAbility Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Oakheart, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Crushing Grip
Nature · 0.7 sec cast · Lasts 5 sec
Oakheart picks up and crushes his target, inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec for 5 sec. Oakheart then throws his target to the ground, inflicting Nature damage to anyone in the area.
Uproot
Physical · 2.5 sec cast
Oakheart calls for Vilethorn Saplings to erupt from the ground and attack nearby enemies.
Strangling Roots
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Roots emerge under nearby enemies, inflicting Physical damage every 1 sec. and rooting them in position for 1 min or until destroyed.
Shattered Earth
Nature · 1.5 sec cast
Shatters the ground around the caster, inflicting Nature damage and knocking back enemies.
Nightmare Breath
Fire · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Inflicts Fire damage in a cone in front of the caster and then burns the targets, inflicting Fire damage every 2 sec. for 6 sec.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Darkheart Thicket.
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 Oakheart encounter in Darkheart Thicket.
An ancient who formed from an offshoot of Shaladrassil itself, Oakheart has survived the Sundering, the Cataclysm, and countless blights. The ancient was able to weather these storms by drawing strength from the essence of the Dream itself. But now, that wellspring has become his undoing.
What Each Drop Is
The Oakheart encounter lists 13 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 50 to 250. Equip slots covered: One-Hand, Finger, Wrist, Chest, Shoulder, Trinket, Legs, Waist, Hands and Head. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Corrupted Knot One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 96 gold62 silver for it.
- Band of Twisted Bark Finger, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 27 gold36 silver for it.
- Blighted Grasp Bracers Wrist (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 20 gold48 silver for it.
- Breastplate of Preservation Chest (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 40 gold73 silver for it.
- Clotted Sap of the Grove Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 35 gold83 silver for it.
- Corrupted Knot Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 35 gold70 silver for it.
- Epaulets of Desiccated Foliage Shoulder (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 31 gold88 silver for it.
- Oakheart's Gnarled Root Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Versatility. A vendor pays 13 silver49 copper for it. Equip: Nightmare Essence.
- Oakheart's Trunkwarmers Legs (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 40 gold58 silver for it.
- Dreadhide Girdle Waist (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 16 gold90 silver for it.
- Terrorweave Gloves Hands (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 17 gold75 silver for it.
- Vilescale Helm Head (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 25 gold85 silver for it.
- Wracksoul Legplates Legs (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 33 gold75 silver 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.
