Getting into Shadowmoon Burial Grounds

The Shadowmoon Burial Grounds dungeon, which is geared towards level 70 players, can be found on the western coast of Shadowmoon Valley in Draenor. The nearest flight point for both Alliance and Horde players is located at Akeeta’s Hovel in Shadowmoon Valley. Once you’ve landed, simply head eastward to locate the entrance to the dungeon.

In this guide, we will provide a comprehensive overview of Shadowmoon Burial Grounds dungeon, including crucial information to successfully complete it on Mythic and Mythic Keystone difficulty. We will discuss all four boss fights in detail, as well as the noteworthy trash mobs and their abilities. If you’re interested in learning about other Dragonflight Dungeons or the current Mythic+ season, please check out our linked overviews. Without further delay, let’s get started!

Crypt of the Ancients and Sadana Bloodfury

Notable Trash Before Sadana Bloodfury

Fortunately, navigating Shadowmoon Burial Grounds is relatively easy compared to other dungeons in this season. There are no dungeon buffs or special events that you need to complete to successfully time your key. After clearing the first room of The Crypt of the Ancients by defeating the initial three mobs, you will have the option to go left or right, with both paths presenting equal difficulty. Let’s take a closer look at the trash mobs in this section and what you need to know about them:

• Shadowmoon Bone-Mender is going to be the most dangerous caster in the first area of the dungeon. Interrupts its heal effect – Shadow Mend at all costs while doing your best to stop as many incoming Shadow Bolts as possible.
• Reanimated Ritual Bones will do mostly tank damage with his auto-attacks and Void Slash.
• Beware of Void Spawn and its Void Pulse cast, you cannot out-range the AoE damage, but you can line of sight it. In addition, do your best to sidestep any Void Eruptions on the ground projectiles.
• When Defiled Spirit teleports behind you, sidestep its Cry of Anguish cast.
• Shadowmoon Loyalist does not do anything besides auto-attacks. They will occasionally cast Sinister Focus buff; use your Purge effects to remove it.

Sadana Bloodfury Boss Guide

All Roles

• Avoid the Daggerfall cast at all costs.
• Use defensive when appropriate during Whispers of the Dark Star channel cast, it will do AoE damage to everyone!
• When Sadana Bloodfury spawns a spirit through Dark Communion, focus it immediately. Stun, slow, immobilize and knockback effects also work on the mob. If the boss devours the spirit, it will heal her for 10% of her health and give her 20% extra damage for 20 sec.
• When Sadana Bloodfury casts Dark Eclipse, enter in one of the Lunar Purity runes on the ground (there are a bunch of them in the inner circle of the boss) to reduce the damage from it by 80%. Failing to do so might be lethal, depending on the key level.

Tank

• Beware of Deathspike from the boss, be ready to use active mitigation if your health drops low.
• Make sure there is a good distance between you and the spirit spawning from Dark Communion.

Healer

• Use healing cooldowns when Whispers of the Dark Star channel is happening.
• Top up your party members after the Dark Eclipse cast.

Whispering Hollows and Nhallish

Notable Trash Before Nhallish

After defeating Sadana Bloodfury, proceed ahead into the Whispering Hollows section of the dungeon where you will face the next boss, Nhallish. The trash mobs in this area can be particularly challenging, and it’s important to be prepared for their abilities. Here are some things to keep in mind about the trash mobs in this zone:

• Shadowmoon Dominator is going to be one of the caster mobs that you must pay attention to simply because of their Domination ability. Since it is considered a charm effect, you can stop it with any cast or use a utility like Shaman’s Tremor Totem to completely negate the effect. In addition, interrupt Rending Voidlash channel cast as soon as you see it.
• Subjugated Soul is a harmless mob that only does auto-attacks to your tank.
• Once you engage Shadowmoon Exhumer, he will spawn 2 Exhumed Spirits. First, it is crucial to interrupt Shadowmoon Exhumer‘s Void Bolt as it does high single-target damage. And second, use Purge/Dispel effects to remove the shield of the Exhumed Spirits, followed by stopping their Death Blast cast.

Nhallish Boss Guide

Before you engage Nhallish, be aware that there are shadowy tombs on the ground that, upon stepping on them, you will spawn Exhumed Spirits. Avoid them at all costs, especially during the boss fight.

All Roles

• When the boss is casting Planar Shift, use any movement speed abilities to get away from the Void Vortex as quickly as you can.
• During the Soul Steal phase of Nhallish, quickly defeat your soul to get Returned Soul buff for 20 sec. Remember, the longer it takes to kill your soul, the more damage you will take from Soul Shred.
• Avoid the shadow ground projectiles coming from Void Devastation.

Tank

• Aim the Void Blast frontal away from your team.

Healer

• Top up your party when the Soul Steal phase is over.

Pools of Reflection and Bonemaw

Notable Trash Before Bonemaw

The next area after defeating Nhallish, called the Dark Road, does not introduce many new trash mobs. The Monstrous Corpse Spider, Plagued Bat, and Carrion Worm are the main enemies you will encounter, alongside the previously seen Shadowmoon Dominator and Shadowmoon Exhumer. Here’s what you should know about these mobs:

• Interrupt the Necrotic Burst ability from Monstrous Corpse Spider, the damage-over-time Disease effect will go on everyone from your party if it is not stopped!
• Beware of Plagued Bat and its Plague Spit, use your interrupts to stop it.
• Once you get closer to the bridge that leads to Bonemaw, there will be 2 Carrion Worms waiting for you, one located at the beginning and on at the end of the bridge. Both of them will disappear once they reach 20% health, they will cast their uninterruptible spell Fetid Spit on random targets and have a frontal for you to avoid — Body Slam.

Bonemaw Boss Guide

During the boss fight with Ner’zhul in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds, the two Carrion Worms that were fought previously on the bridge will spawn periodically. You can choose to ignore them and focus solely on the boss, or switch to them to take them down. Keep in mind that the worms will be scattered around the platform where the boss is located. For more details on the fight, please refer to the information provided below:

All Roles

• Avoid the Bonemaw‘s Body Slam when you see it.
• When the boss is casting Inhale, stay under the Corpse Breath ground puddles, they will prevent you from being pulled towards Bonemaw. You will take initial damage and spit off the platform if you get caught in his Inhale cast.
• If possible, cleave all Bonemaw and Carrion Worms when they spawn. This is mostly available to ranged damage dealers; if you are a melee, focus on one of them.

Tank

• Make sure you are in a healthy state when the boss is casting Fetid Spit on you.

Healer

• Top up your party once they stay in the Corpse Breath when Inhale is happening. If anyone is accidentally caught in the cast, spot heal them to prevent them from sure death.

Altar of Shadow and Ner’zhul

Ner’zhul Boss Guide

As you head towards the final boss of the dungeon, Ner’zhul, you will encounter two packs of mobs. The first pack consists of a mix of Plagued Bats and Monstrous Corpse Spiders, while the second pack contains two Void Spawns.

All Roles

• Run away from the Omen of Death spawn. The damage varies depending on the proximity of your position. In addition, it will always go on the furthest target (or mostly on ranged players), so you can deliberately “bait” it near the edge of the area.
• Dodge the Malevolence frontal cast.
• Pre-assigned one of the skeletons before the Ritual of Bones cast, this way, you will save time and avoid confusion.

Tank

• Move Ner’zhul away from the Omen of Death ground eruption.
• Once the boss casts Ritual of Bones, move Ner’zhul to the pre-assigned skeletons. This way, you will enable your DPS players to cleave both targets and speed up the fight.

Healer

• During the Omen of Death area effect, top up the health of your party members.
• If any of the players cross the threshold of the marching skeletons during the Ritual of Bones cast, they will take a heavy ticking damage-over-time effect, which you must heal to prevent them from dying.

Shadowmoon Burial Grounds Loot Table

Sadana Bloodfury

Type	Item	Stats
Off-Hand	Sadana’s Grisly Visage	Crit/Haste

Nhallish

Type	Item	Stats
Polearm	Nhallish’s Bloody Polearm	Str, Crit/Mastery
Cloth Chest	Robes of Arcane Mystery	Crit/Haste
Mail Chest	Sharpeye Chestguard	Crit/Haste
Cloth Wrist	Bracers of Arcane Mystery	Crit/Haste
Plate Wrist	Goldsteel Bindings	Haste/Vers
Mail Wrist	Sharpeye Bracers	Crit/Haste
Trinket	Voidmender’s Shadowgem	Int

Bonemaw

Type	Item	Stats
Bow	Bonetooth Longbow	Crit/Vers
Plate Hands	Goldsteel Gloves	Haste/Crit
Leather Waist	Belt of Burning Focus	Haste/Crit
Trinket	Bonemaw’s Big Toe	Str

Ner’zhul

Type	Item	Stats
Staff	Portal-Ripper’s Staff	Int, Haste/Crit
Dagger	Ner’zhul’s Ritual Blade	Haste/Mastery
Plate Head	Goldsteel Greathelm	Crit/Vers
Cloth Head	Hood of Arcane Mystery	Crit/Mastery
Leather Feet	Boots of Burning Focus	Crit/Mastery
Cloth Feet	Sandals of Arcane Mystery	Crit/Mastery
Mail Feet	Sharpeye Greaves	Crit/Haste

Shadowmoon Burial Grounds Achievements

There are 8 total achievements to obtain in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds:

Achievement	Criteria
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds	Defeat Ner’zhul in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds.
Heroic: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds	Defeat Ner’zhul in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds on Heroic difficulty.
Mythic: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds	Defeat Ner’zhul in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds on Mythic difficulty.
Heroic: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds Guild Run	Defeat Ner’zhul in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds on Heroic difficulty while in a guild group.
Keystone Hero: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds	Complete Shadowmoon Burial Grounds at Mythic Level 20 or higher, within the time limit.
Icky Ichors	Defeat Bonemaw after having fed him 25 Corpse Skitterlings in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds on Heroic difficulty.
Souls of the Lost	Defeat Ner’zhul after slaying 2 Ritual of Bones skeletons within 5 seconds of each other in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds on Heroic difficulty.
What’s Your Sign?	Defeat Sadana Bloodfury while only having the runes that correspond to her active lunar cycle lit in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds on Heroic difficulty.