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The Golden Serpent
The Golden Serpent - Kings' Rest
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Golden Serpent encounter in Kings' Rest.
Kings' Rest has come under attack before. After a foolish troll tried to summon Hakkar the Soulflayer to this island many millennia ago, the priests of Zandalar created a mighty construct to defend this tomb. The Golden Serpent has stood against intruders ever since, judging who is worthy to enter these sacred halls.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Kings' Rest, The Golden Serpent comes 1st of 4, before Mchimba the Embalmer.
- The Golden Serpent
- Mchimba the Embalmer
- Aka'ali the Conqueror
- King Dazar
Instance Entrance: Zuldazar
Kings' Rest entranceThe Kings' Rest entrance is in Zuldazar, at 37.3, 39.5 on the Zuldazar map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Golden Serpent spits gold at party members, who then leave it behind in the form of Molten Gold. The Golden Serpent later animates these pools with Lucre's Call. Any Animated Gold that reaches The Golden Serpent is absorbed, granting a stack of Luster that shields the Serpent and increases its damage.
Tank
- Tail Thrash inflicts Physical damage to the current target player.
- Each stack of Luster shields The Golden Serpent and increases its damage.
Healer
- Spit Gold inflicts Fire damage over time to the afflicted player and leaves a pool of Molten Gold at their location.
- Serpentine Gust inflicts damage to all players.
Damage Dealers
- Lucre's Call turns all pools of Molten Gold into Animated Gold, which move toward The Golden Serpent.
- Spit Gold inflicts Fire damage over time to the afflicted player and leaves a pool of Molten Gold at their location.
Lucre's Call
Animated Gold
Attempts to move towards The Golden Serpent. If any reach it, The Golden Serpent absorbs them and gains a stack of Luster. When any Animated Gold are killed, they return to pools of Molten Gold.
Heroic and Mythic Difficulty Only
Kings' Rest is not available in Normal Difficulty.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for The Golden Serpent, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Spit Gold
Fire · 2 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Luster
Fire · Instant
Shields the Golden Serpent for 10% of its health in damage, and increases its damage done by 25% until removed. This effect stacks.
Serpentine Gust
Nature · 2 sec cast · Lasts 5 sec
The Golden Serpent creates a powerful gust of wind for 5 sec, inflicting Nature damage to all players every 1 sec and pushing them back.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Kings' Rest.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Golden Serpent encounter lists 8 items in the dungeon journal, item level 59. Equip slots covered: Feet, Waist, Legs, Hands, One-Hand and Trinket. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Auric Puddle Stompers Feet (Plate), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 39g 25s for it.
- Belt of the Consecrated Tomb Waist (Mail), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 25g 40s for it.
- Breeches of the Sacred Hall Legs (Leather), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 51g 29s for it.
- Down-Lined Breeches Legs (Cloth), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 50g 15s for it.
- Gauntlets of the Avian Sentinel Hands (Plate), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 26g 46s for it.
- Gilded Serpent's Tooth One-Hand (Dagger), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 70g 57s for it.
- Goldfeather Boots Feet (Leather), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 39g 95s for it.
- Lustrous Golden Plumage Trinket, item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 44g 69s for it. Use: Golden Luster.
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.