Maraudon

Caverns of Maraudon

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Zaetar's Grave

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Maraudon was closed on the beta, which stopped at level 30. This guide follows the dungeon as it was in Classic, with the boss levels from the Forever data. Blizzard has not said whether the dungeon changes for Forever.

Getting there

Maraudon lies in the Valley of Spears in western Desolace. A stone door on the west side of the valley leads into the outer caves, which are full of elites of level 40 and up. Go in as a group.

Follow the path down to a fork with statues:

• Right, along orange crystals, to the orange portal.
• Left, along purple crystals, to the purple portal. Stay on the upper level the whole way and do not take a ramp down.
• Straight on, through a gate to Cavindra and, behind the Spirit of Kolk, a small room with four braziers. That is where the Scepter of Celebras takes you inside, to Earth Song Falls.

The route

Maraudon has four parts. The numbers match the two maps above.

1. The orange side. Noxxion (1) in the Noxious Hollow and Razorlash (2) in the Foulspore Cavern.
2. The purple side. Tinkerer Gizlock (3) and Lord Vyletongue (4) at the Vyletongue Seat.
3. Poison Falls. Both sides end here. The rare Meshlok the Harvester patrols the top of the falls. Below lies the way to Celebras the Cursed (5).
4. Earth Song Falls. Landslide (6) at the top of a spiral ramp, Rotgrip (7) in the water and Princess Theradras (8) on her platform in Zaetar’s Grave.

With the Scepter of Celebras you skip the first three parts.

Important trash

The outer caves. Shadowshard Rumblers and Smashers, elite elementals, walk the outer caves. They drop the fragments for Shadowshard Fragments.

Poison Falls. Elementals and plants that poison; a druid, paladin or shaman who removes poison helps a lot.

The water of Earth Song Falls. Hydras share the water with Rotgrip. Clear them before you pull him.

The bosses

Noxxion

A poison elemental. Pull him out of the water onto land. During the fight he splits into smaller copies of himself; kill them one by one with area damage, then go back to Noxxion.

Razorlash

A plain fight. Turn him away from the group: his Cleave hits in front. Puncture is a bleed of 10 seconds; if it lands on someone other than the tank, heal that player first.

Tinkerer Gizlock

A goblin engineer. The whole group stands behind him in melee range: from there he cannot shoot, and Goblin Dragon Gun only hits the tank. Watch for his bombs.

Lord Vyletongue

A satyr with two elite guards. He throws a smoke bomb that stuns the group and blinks away to shoot. Stand close to the tank, crowd control the guards and kill Vyletongue first. Move back onto him after every blink.

Celebras the Cursed

He calls adds during the fight. Stay on Celebras and interrupt him; killing an add only makes him call another. Keep the group alive through Entangling Roots and Twisted Tranquility. After the fight, Celebras the Redeemed appears for the quests.

Landslide

A rock elemental at the top of the ramp in Earth Song Falls. He hits hard, knocks back and calls Theradrim Shardlings. The tank stands with his back to a wall. Ignore the shardlings: they vanish when Landslide dies.

Rotgrip

A white crocolisk in the water below the platform of Theradras. Pull him with a ranged ability and fight near the surface. Fatal Bite is a bleed on top of heavy melee hits, so the tank saves a defensive cooldown for it. Unending Breath or Water Breathing helps the whole group.

Princess Theradras

The last boss. Tank her at the back of the platform so the group can spread out. Repulsive Gaze fears; Fear Ward, Tremor Totem and Berserker Rage break it. Dust Field knocks back everyone nearby, and she throws a Boulder at random players. Ranged players and the healer stay at maximum range.

After her death, Zaetar’s Spirit appears in the middle of the ring with the Seed of Life.

What is not known yet

• The rewards of the eleven quests in the Forever data.
• Fourteen items of the Classic loot that are not in the Forever data.
• Changes for Forever: the dungeon was closed on the beta.