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Thorim
Thorim - Ulduar
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Thorim encounter in Ulduar.
For years, Thorim believed that ice giants had murdered his beloved wife Sif. Thorim turned his wrath upon his allies and fell into despair. When he learned that his brother Loken was responsible for the crime, Loken captured Thorim and brought him to Ulduar, where the Old God clouded the keeper's mind.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Ulduar, Thorim comes 9th of 14, after Hodir and before Freya.
Instance Entrance: The Storm Peaks
Ulduar entranceThe Ulduar entrance is in The Storm Peaks, at 41.5, 17.6 on the The Storm Peaks map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Thorim calls in Dark Rune forces to engage players that are in the Arena until allies are able to reach Thorim by traveling through the Hallway. Once players reach Thorim he will leap into the arena and use powerful Lightning attacks to defeat his foes.
Damage Dealers
- While in the Arena interrupt the Dark Rune Acolyte's Greater Heal and the Runic Mending cast by Dark Rune Evokers.
- Avoid Thorim's Lightning Charge once Stage Two begins.
- While in the Hallway avoidRunic Smash cast by the Runic Colossus.
Healers
- Avoid Thorim's Lightning Charge once Stage Two begins.
Tanks
- Avoid Thorim's Lightning Charge once Stage Two begins.
- While in the Hallway avoidRunic Smash cast by the Runic Colossus.
- While in the Hallway avoidSmash cast by the Runic Colossus once it is engaged.
- Take turns tanking Thorim to manage Unbalancing Strike.
Stage One: Prove Your Worth
Thorim calls in Dark Rune forces to engage players that are in the Arena until allies are able to reach Thorim by traveling through the Hallway.
Thorim
The Arena
Dark Rune Acolyte
Dark Rune Champion
Dark Rune Commoner
Dark Rune Evoker
Dark Rune Warbringer
The Hallway
Iron Ring Guard
Dark Rune Acolyte
Runic Colossus
Iron Honor Guard
Ancient Rune Giant
Stage Two: Keeper of Storms
Hard Mode
If players traverse the Hallway quick enough and reach Thorim within 90 seconds Sif will join the battle in Stage Two.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Thorim, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Stormhammer
Nature · 0.5 sec cast · Lasts 2 sec
Throws a stormhammer, dealing damage to an enemy, knocking down and stunning the target for 2 sec, and causing a deafening thunderclap to all enemies nearby the target.
Deafening Thunder
Nature · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
Inflicts Nature damage to enemies standing in close proximity to a Stormhammer strike, increasing spell casting times by 75% for 8 sec.
Chain Lightning
Nature · 0.5 sec cast
Strikes an enemy with a blast of lightning that inflicts Nature damage. The bolt will arc to additional nearby enemies, inflicting 100% more Nature damage to each successive target.
Lightning Charge
Nature · Instant
Absorbs a torrent of electrical energy, inflicting Nature damage to enemies in a cone between the caster and the power source, and increasing the caster's melee damage and attack speed by 15%, and Nature damage dealt by 10%.
Unbalancing Strike
Physical · Instant · Lasts 15 sec
Inflicts 200% weapon damage and leaves the target unbalanced, increasing damage taken by 50%.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Ulduar.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Thorim encounter lists 40 items in the dungeon journal, item level 35. Equip slots covered: Waist, One-Hand, Chest, Finger, Hands, Head, Legs, Trinket, Shoulder, Neck, Ranged and Shield. 3 of them can be traded and 37 bind when picked up.
- Fragment of Val'anyr Consumable, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Monk, Druid and Evoker. Tooltip: “The fragments of this ancient hammer glow with a cool, soothing light.” Use: Forming Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings.
- Belt of the Betrayed Waist (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 5g 97s for it.
- Belt of the Blood Pit Waist (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 5g 73s for it.
- Combatant's Bootblade One-Hand (Dagger), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 89g 49s for it.
- Embrace of the Gladiator Chest (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 11g 87s for it.
- Fate's Clutch Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 7g 56s for it.
- Gauntlets of the Thunder God Hands (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 6g 34s for it.
- Guise of the Midgard Serpent Head (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 8g 46s for it.
- Handwraps of Resonance Hands (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Equip. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 6g 15s for it. Lowest listed price right now: 70g across 46 US realms.
- Legacy of Thunder One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength, Dodge and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 22g 41s for it.
- Leggings of Lost Love Legs (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Equip. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 11g 92s for it. Lowest listed price right now: 79g 97s across 46 US realms.
- Leggings of Unstable Discharge Legs (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 11g 35s for it.
- Mjolnir Runestone Trinket, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 11g 39s for it.
- Pauldrons of the Combatant Shoulder (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 9g 82s for it.
- Pendant of the Shallow Grave Neck, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 7g 56s for it.
- Scale of Fates Trinket, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 11g 39s for it.
- Sif's Promise Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “As shall my love never fail, neither shall the strength of your rule.” A vendor pays 7g 56s for it.
- Sif's Remembrance Trinket, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Versatility. A vendor pays 11g 39s for it.
- Skyforge Crossbow Ranged (Crossbow), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 112g 34s for it.
- Valorous Aegis Shoulderguards Shoulder (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Versatility and Critical Strike. Usable by Paladin. A vendor pays 2g 93s for it.
- Valorous Darkruned Shoulderplates Shoulder (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. Usable by Death Knight. A vendor pays 2g 82s for it.
- Valorous Deathbringer Shoulderpads Shoulder (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Critical Strike and Versatility. Usable by Warlock. A vendor pays 2g 89s for it.
- Valorous Kirin Tor Shoulderpads Shoulder (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. Usable by Mage. A vendor pays 2g 69s for it.
- Valorous Nightsong Mantle Shoulder (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Critical Strike and Haste. Usable by Druid. A vendor pays 2g 73s for it.
- Valorous Scourgestalker Spaulders Shoulder (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Versatility. Usable by Hunter. A vendor pays 2g 92s for it.
- Valorous Shoulderpads of Sanctification Shoulder (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Versatility and Haste. Usable by Priest. A vendor pays 2g 81s for it.
- Valorous Siegebreaker Pauldrons Shoulder (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Critical Strike and Haste. Usable by Warrior. A vendor pays 2g 74s for it.
- Valorous Terrorblade Pauldrons Shoulder (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Versatility and Critical Strike. Usable by Rogue. A vendor pays 2g 88s for it.
- Valorous Worldbreaker Shoulderpads Shoulder (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Critical Strike and Haste. Usable by Shaman. A vendor pays 2g 76s for it.
- Vulmir, the Northern Tempest One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Carry with you the thunderous strength of the storm.” A vendor pays 82g 48s for it.
- Warhelm of the Champion Head (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 9g 75s for it.
- Wisdom's Hold Shield, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 13g 13s for it.
- Crown of the Wayward Conqueror Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Warlock. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Create Item.
- Crown of the Wayward Protector Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Hunter and Shaman. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Create Item.
- Crown of the Wayward Vanquisher Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Rogue, Death Knight, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Create Item.
- Spaulders of the Wayward Conqueror Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Warlock. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Create Item.
- Spaulders of the Wayward Protector Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Hunter and Shaman. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Create Item.
- Spaulders of the Wayward Vanquisher Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Rogue, Death Knight, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Create Item.
- Runed Orb Trade Goods, item level 20. A vendor pays 20s for it. Lowest listed price right now: 20s on the US commodity market.
- Illusion: Blade Ward Consumable, item level 1, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 5g 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
5 achievements list a victory over Thorim among their criteria.