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Voracious Worm
Broodtwister Ovi'nax - Nerub-ar Palace
Voracious Worm is a boss of the Broodtwister Ovi'nax encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
Found In
Encounter Facts
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Azj-Kahet
Nerub-ar Palace entranceThe Nerub-ar Palace entrance is in Azj-Kahet, at 43.5, 90.4 on the Azj-Kahet map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Broodtwister Ovi'nax injects players with Experimental Dosage which causes nearby eggs to hatch upon expiration, unleashing the horrors within. Upon reaching 100 energy, Broodtwister Ovi'nax will Ingest Black Blood, growing in power and causing the room to slowly fill with Sanguine Overflow
Tanks
- Volatile Concoction inflicts damage to all players based on how much health the target is missing when it is removed.
- Sanguine Overflow mutates any creatures it comes into contact with.
- Colossal Spiders inflict increasing damage with Vicious Bite.
Damage Dealers
- Experimental Dosage causes nearby eggs to hatch, unleashing the horrific experiments incubating within.
- Sticky Web immobilizes nearby players when removed.
- Blood Parasites Infest their target upon reaching them.
Healers
- Experimental Dosage causes nearby eggs to hatch, unleashing the horrific experiments incubating within.
- Broodtwister Ovi'nax inflicts increasing Shadow damage and healing absorbs as he receives more Unstable Infusions.
- Volatile Concoction inflicts damage to all players based on how much health the target is missing when it is removed.
Experimental Dosage
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, 2 simultaneous Experimental Dosage are required to cause a nearby egg to hatch.
Experimental Eggs
Colossal Egg
Colossal Spider
Squirming Egg
Voracious Worm
Quivering Broodcluster
Blood Parasite
Ingest Black Blood
Spell details
Unstable Infusion
Vile Discharge
Catalyze Mutation
Mutation: Accelerated
Mutation: Necrotic
Sanguine Overflow
Spell details
Caustic Reaction
Spell details
Sticky Web
Spell details
Web Eruption
Spell details
Volatile Concoction
Spell detailsAbility Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Voracious Worm, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Mutation: Ravenous
Shadow · Instant
Coming into contact with mutates Voracious Worms, increasing their health by 100% and increases casting speed by 100%.
Poison Burst
Nature · 6 sec cast
The Voracious Worm unleashes a blast of toxic slime that inflicts Nature damage to all players.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
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 Broodtwister Ovi'nax encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
Deep within the bowels of the queen's palace, Broodtwister Ovi'nax conducts abominable experiments with the black blood found in Azj-kahet. This corpulent horror lumbers through the palace's cavernous depths, regurgitating inky sludge onto hatchlings to observe its gruesome effects.
What Each Drop Is
The Broodtwister Ovi'nax encounter lists 14 items in the dungeon journal, item level 571. Equip slots covered: Waist, Feet, Hands, Held In Off-hand, Trinket, Wrist, Two-Hand and Finger. 1 of them can be traded and 13 bind when picked up.
- Accelerated Ascension Coil Waist (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 49 gold25 silver for it.
- Assimilated Eggshell Slippers Feet (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 75 gold77 silver for it.
- Black Blood Injectors Hands (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 46 gold47 silver for it.
- Broodtwister's Grim Catalyst Held In Off-hand, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 81 gold99 silver for it.
- Dreadful Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Empty Egg.
- Gruesome Syringe Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 85 gold68 silver for it.
- Mystic Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Empty Egg.
- Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 80 gold51 silver for it. Use: Suspended Incubation.
- Sanguine Experiment's Bandages Wrist (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 47 gold9 silver for it.
- Spire of Transfused Horrors Two-Hand (Staff), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 172 gold7 silver for it.
- Venerated Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Empty Egg.
- Writhing Ringworm Finger, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Haste. Tooltip: “Is it alive? Maybe. Is it fashionable? ...Maybe.” A vendor pays 60 gold66 silver for it.
- Zenith Blasphemer's Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Empty Egg.
- Recipe: Sticky Sweet Treat Recipe, item level 70. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Sticky Sweet Treat.” A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Lowest listed price right now: 42,237 gold28 silver across 18 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Sticky Sweet Treat.
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
7 achievements list a victory over Voracious Worm among their criteria.
