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The Sand Queen
The Sand Queen - Tol Dagor
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Sand Queen encounter in Tol Dagor.
Little is known about the monstrosity that lives in the sands surrounding the prison. No prisoners have ever survived an escape attempt, guards only finding discarded clothing and bones.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Tol Dagor, The Sand Queen comes 1st of 4, before Jes Howlis.
- The Sand Queen
- Jes Howlis
- Knight Captain Valyri
- Overseer Korgus
Instance Entrance: Tol Dagor
Tol Dagor entranceThe Tol Dagor entrance is in Tol Dagor, at 39.7, 67.9 on the Tol Dagor map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Sand Queen creates Sand Traps around her enemies to isolate and incapacitate her prey. She also dives beneath the sands with Upheaval and springs up underneath victims.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
- Upheaval inflicts high damage in an area around The Sand Queen's target.
Healers
- Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen uses Enrage!
- Avoid running into Sand Trap as they can litter the field.
- Beware of high incoming damage when The Sand Queen gains Enrage!
Tanks
Call of the Sand Queen
Each of the Sand Queen's abillities call forth a Buzzing Drone to assist her.
Buzzing Drone
If a Buzzing Drone dies nearby The Sand Queen, she gains a stack of Enrage.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for The Sand Queen, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Ability
Nature · Instant · Lasts 4 sec
Calls forth sand traps beneath all players for 4 sec. Coming into contact with a sand trap inflicts Nature damage, knocking the target into the air and stunning them for 4 sec.
Sandstorm
Nature · 3 sec cast · Lasts 12 sec
Creates a large sandstorm, inflicting Nature damage to all enemies every 2 sec for 12 sec.
Upheaval
Nature · Instant
Disappears beneath the sand, exploding up underneath a player. This eruption inflicts Nature damage and knocks all targets upwards.
Itchy Bite
Physical · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
Bites cover an enemy, inflicting Physical damage immediately, with an additional Physical damage every 2 sec for 8 sec.
Enrage
Physical · Instant · Lasts 4 sec
Whenever a Buzzing Drone dies nearby The Sand Queen, she enrages and gains 5% damage done and 5% Haste for 4 sec. This effect stacks.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Tol Dagor.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Sand Queen encounter lists 7 items in the dungeon journal, item level 59. Equip slots covered: Legs, Two-Hand, Finger, Held In Off-hand, Waist, One-Hand and Wrist. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Gaoler's Chainmail Gaiters Legs (Mail), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 51g 8s for it.
- Halberd of the Unwary Guard Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 92g 95s for it.
- Overseer's Lost Seal Finger, item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 31g 52s for it.
- Rattling Jar of Eyes Held In Off-hand, item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 43g 32s for it.
- Sewer Grate Girdle Waist (Plate), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 25g 60s for it.
- Warglaive of the Sand Queen One-Hand (Warglaive), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 74g 89s for it.
- Wristguards of the Sandswimmer Wrist (Leather), item level 59. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 25g 69s 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.