The Deadmines Dungeon Guide (2024)

Last updated on May 19, 2024 at 00:00by Abide

In Cataclysm, the Deadmines dungeon received a complete revamp, offeringplayers a re-imagined experience within one of World of Wacraft's mosticonic dungeons.

The Deadmines is found in Westfall on the Southern edge of the zone. Hordeplayers will need to fly to STV first, or simply queue up for the dungeonthrough group finder.

Here we will give you a full rundown of what you can expect from each of thebosses found here on both Normal and Heroic difficulties as well as the itemsthey drop.

• Arcane Power
• Fire Wall
• Phase One
• Fists of Flame
• Fists of Frost
• Blink
• Phase Two
• Fire Blossom
• Frost Blossom

In phase one you only need to avoid near your tank to prevent Fists of Flameand Fists of Frost. Each time Glubtok swaps between these2 spells, he will Blink in a random direction and reset threat.At 50% health, Glubtok will return to the center of the roomand bombard random areas of the room with both Fire Blossom and Frost Blossom, watch the floor for these indicators and avoidstanding where they are landing.

On Heroic, a Frost Blossom and Fire Blossom willspawn at the landing location of each Frost Blossom and Fire Blossom; simply ignore these and burn the boss, or let a fewof them gather up and AoE them down. Glubtok will also cover the areain a massive fire wall, dealing high damage to anyone that touches the wall.Move around the boss in a circle, avoiding touching the wall at all times.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Buzzer Blade	15	One-Hand Dagger
Gold-Flecked Gloves	15	Cloth Hands
Miner's Cape	15	Back

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Buzzer Blade	85	One-Hand Dagger
Defias Brotherhood Vest	85	Leather Chest
Missing Diplomat's Pauldrons	85	Plate Shoulder
Shadow of the Past	85	Back
Vest of the Curious Visitor	85	Leather Chest

• Sticky Bomb
• Oaf Smash
• Chest Bomb
• Leap

Helix Gearbreaker beings the fight on the back of aLumbering Oaf. While he on the Oaf, Helix Gearbreaker willconstantly cover the room with Sticky Bombs, which deal high damageto any nearby players after a short timer. Helix Gearbreaker will alsoplace a Chest Bomb on a random player, dealing high damage to themand any nearby allies, knocking them into the air. Whoever gets this debuffneeds to run away from everyone else to avoid knocking up the entire group. TheLumbering Oaf will occasionally pick up a random player and slamthem into a wall, dealing moderate damage. Keep dodging theSticky Bombs while finishing off the Oaf to forceHelix Gearbreaker to dismount and being the second phase.

Helix Gearbreaker will continue to throw down Sticky Bombsall over the room. He will also Leap onto a different ally every10 seconds, auto attacking them and placing a Chest Bomb on themwhen he chooses a new target. Avoiding the bombs and keeping his Leap target alive are the main concerns in this fight.

In this phase

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Cruel Barb	15	One-Hand Sword
Gold-Plated Buckler	15	Shield
Impaling Harpoon	15	Polearm
Smelting Pants	15	Leather Legs

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Cloak of Thredd	85	Back
Cruel Barb	85	One-Hand Sword
Gear-Marked Gauntlets	85	Plate Hands
Gearbreaker's Bindings	85	Plate Wrist
Old Friend's Gloves	85	Mail Hands

• Reaper Strike
• Overdrive
• Harvest
• Safety Restrictions Off-line
• Molten Slag

Start off the fight by having your DPS and healers spread out, and one ofyour DPS players jump into the nearby Prototype Reaper. ThisPrototype Reaper can be used to help DPS the boss, but shouldprimarily be used to DPS down the Molten Slags that will beconstantly spawning in. Overdrive will causeFoe Reaper 5000 to run around the room rapidly, dealing AoE damage toall nearby enemies; when he casts this run away.

Foe Reaper 5000 will also target a random player with Harvest, moving to that location shortly after. While moving anynearby players will take massive AoE damage every second, and again when hereaches the original Harvest location. Be quick to move away fromthe boss during this, as well as away from the targeted location. Do not be infront of the boss to avoid taking damage from Reaper Strike; anduse any cooldowns available when Foe Reaper 5000 reaches 30%, ashe will double his damage done with Safety Restrictions Off-line.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Foe Reaper	15	Two-Hand Mace
Buzz Saw	15	One-Hand Sword
Emberstone Staff	15	Staff

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Foe Reaper	85	Two-Hand Mace
Buzz Saw	85	One-Hand Sword
Emberstone Staff	85	Staff

• Thirst for Blood
• Swipe
• Vapor Phase
• Summon Vapor
• Go For the Throat

Only the tank should be in front of the boss to avoid taking extra damagefrom Swipe. Admiral Ripsnarl will gain a stack of Thirst for Blood each time he attacks, making his very deadly ifyour DPS is low. Every 25% health, Admiral Ripsnarl will vanishinto the fog, becoming unattackable for a short time. WhileAdmiral Ripsnarl is hidden in this fog, the group will be attacked bymultiple Vapors; quickly kill these while waiting for him to reappear.Lastly, when Admiral Ripsnarl emerges from the fog, he will use Go For the Throat, attacking a random enemy and stunning them for2 seconds.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Lavishly Jeweled Ring	15	Finger
Rockslicer	15	Two-Hand Axe
Smite's Reaver	15	One-Hand Axe

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Lavishly Jeweled Ring	85	Finger
Rockslicer	85	Two-Hand Axe
Smite's Reaver	85	One-Hand Axe

• Throw Food
• Rotten Aura
• Nauseated
• Satiated

Captain Cookie will stay in his cooking pot the entire fight, notrequiring a tank. He will constantly Throw Food at the group,covering the entire area in both good and bad food. When you"eat" food by walking over it, you will gain a buff or debuff dependingon the type of food; a stack of the Nauseated debuff will be appliedby any of the bad food, while good food will apply a stack of Satiated. Eating 1 type of food, either good or bad, will cancelout a stack of the other food. Try to avoid the bad food as much as possiblewhile eating good food to maintain the buff. You can have your tank run aroundand eat a lot of bad food early on to help clear up the area, giving you morespace to move around in.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Cape of the Brotherhood	15	Back
Corsair's Overshirt	15	Cloth Chest
Thief's Blade	15	One-Hand Sword
Cookie's Tenderizer	15	One-Hand Mace
Cookie's Stirring Rod	15	Wand

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Cape of the Brotherhood	85	Back
Corsair's Overshirt	85	Cloth Chest
Thief's Blade	85	One-Hand Sword
Cookie's Tenderizer	85	One-Hand Mace
Cookie's Stirring Rod	85	Wand

• Deflection
• Deadly Blades
• Backslash
• Fiery Blaze
• Vengeance of VanCleef
• Powder Explosion
• Defias Enforcer
• Defias Shadowguard
• Defias Blood Wizard

The fight will start with Vanessa VanCleef using Nightmare Elixir on your group, entering you into a twisted reality.Right away your group will be getting lowered into a forge, requiring you toclick the vent levers around the forge to escape. After escaping, make your wayover to Glubtok while avoiding the fire on the ground, as well as thelarge rocks being thrown at you. This version of Glubtok is muchweaker and will be defeated quickly.

When Glubtok dies, Helix Gearbreaker will appear in hisplace, along side an army of spiders. Quickly AoE any aggrod spiders down anddeal with Helix Gearbreaker afterwards. When defeated, the tunnelsbehind him will open up, allowing you to continue forward. Here you will needto keep moving while avoiding the fatal Lightning Rods while making yourway through the tunnels into the final area.

In this last part you will be helping Admiral Ripsnarl save hisfamily from attacking Worgens. Have your tank taunt the 3 Worgens attackingEmme Harrington and quickly defeat them, then make your way up towardsthe ship and do this one more time to save Erik Harrington from theWorgens attacking him. Lastly on the ship, you will need to saveCalissa Harrington from Admiral Ripsnarl himself. Afterdefeating him, make your way to the top of the ship to finally face off againstVanessa VanCleef.

She will frequently all in Defias Enforcers,Defias Shadowguards, and Defias Blood Wizards toaid her in the fight; these adds must be quickly picked up by the tank and AoE'ddown. She will also periodically use Deflection, preventing alldamage taken for 10 seconds; simply deal with any remaining adds during thistime. At 50% and 25% health, Vanessa VanCleef will jumpon top of the ship and use Fiery Blaze, detonating all explosiveson the ship deck. To avoid dying to this, players will need to click on thenearby ropes on the side of the ship, which will swing you away from theexplosives before returning you to the deck. After the first Fiery Blaze, Vanessa VanCleef will buff herself everysecond with Vengeance of VanCleef until she is re-engaged, increasingher damage done. At 25% she will continue to use this every second untilthe end of the fight. Finally, at 1% health she will use Powder Explosion, dealing fatal damage to any nearby enemies within 10yards.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Armbands of Exiled Architects	85	Cloth Wrist
Book of the Well Sung Song	85	Relic
Bracers of Some Consequence	85	Mail Wrist
Cowl of Rebellion	85	Leather Head
Daughter's Hands	85	Cloth Hands
Guildmaster's Greaves	85	Plate Feet
Record of the Brotherhood's End	85	Relic
Shackles of the Betrayed	85	Mail Wrist
Stonemason's Helm	85	Plate Head
VanCleef's Boots	85	Leather Feet

Starting in Cataclysm, dungeon quests are found directly inside the dungeonand have no quest chains required. This means you can simply queue up for thedungeon and grab all of the available quests inside without needing to completelong-winded, complicated quest chains! The following quests are found inside thedungeon:

1. The Foreman / Only the Beginning
2. The Carpenter / Traitors!!!
3. The Machination / Not Quite There
4. The Admiral / Good Intentions...Poor Execution
5. The Defias Kingpin / The Defias Kingpin

Achievement	Description
I'm on a Diet	Do not gain more than one stack of Nauseated during the Cookie encounterin Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.
It's Frost Damage	Allow three Freezing Vapors to cast Coalesce during the Admiral Ripsnarlencounter in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.
Prototype Prodigy	Keep the Prototype Reaper from falling below 90% health at any timebefore the Foe Reaper 5000 is defeated in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.
Rat Pack	Kill 20 Mine Rats during the Helix Gearbreaker encounter in Deadmines onHeroic Difficulty.
Ready for Raiding	Do not get hit by Fire Wall in the Glubtok encounter in Deadmines onHeroic Difficulty.
Vigorous VanCleef Vindicator	Engage Vanessa VanCleef within 5 minutes of being inflicted with theNightmare Elixir in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.
Deadmines	Defeat "Captain" Cookie.
Heroic: Deadmines	Defeat Vanessa VanCleef in Deadmines on Heroic Difficulty.
Heroic: Deadmines Guild Run	Defeat Vanessa VanCleef in Deadmines on Heroic difficulty while in aguild group.