Wailing Caverns - Bosses, Quests & Loot

The Wailing Caverns is a massive, sprawling dungeons with loads of bosses, dangerous enemies, and great loot. Its one of the most challenging dungeons in the early game featuring a whole host of dangerous monsters and bosses, but once cleared it has a ton of high value quest rewards.

Boss Loot

Quest Loot

Deviate Eradication

Quest Giver: Ebru

Coordinates/Location: The cave above Wailing Canverns which can be reached by jumping down from the mountain above

Required Level:

Reward: 25s + 5,950 XP

Glowing Shard

Quest Giver: Mutanus the Devourer boss

Coordinates/Location: Using the Glowing Shard he drops after killing him

Required Level:

Reward: 7,700 XP

Leaders of the Fang

Quest Giver: Nara Wildmane

Coordinates/Location: Thunderbluff, in the Elder Rise

Required Level:

Reward: 6,400 XP

Deviate Hides

Quest Giver: Nalpak

Coordinates/Location: The cave above Wailing Canverns which can be reached by jumping down from the mountain above

Required Level:

Reward: 18s + 4650 XP

Serpentbloom

Quest Giver: Apothecary Zamah

Coordinates/Location: Thunderbluff, in the cave below Spirit Rise

Required Level:

Reward: 20s + 4950 XP

Trouble at the Docks

Quest Giver: Crane Operator Bigglefuzz

Coordinates/Location: Ratchet near the dock

Required Level:

Reward: 10s + 3900 XP

Serpent Bloom

Quest Giver: Apothecary Zamah

Coordinates/Location: Spirit Rise in Thunderbluff

Required Level:

Reward: 10s + 4950 XP

Lady Anacorda is located in the first large chamber of the Wailing Caverns and is essentially an enhanced version of the Druid's of the Fang. She can spawn in 1 of 4 random locations, and is always surrounded by a several random adds.

Lady Anacorda Strategy

She will use three primary abilities, Sleep, Healing Touch and Lightning Bolt. Her Sleep will target a random party member, including healers and tanks. It's very important that her sleep is KICKED or CC'D. Shaman's can also use Grounding Totem which will frequently remove any sleep effects that are out.

Lord Cobrahn Strategy

He is very similar to Lady Anacorda, again using Sleep, Healing Touch, and Lightning Bolt. His sleep should still be KICKED or CC'D, and Shaman can use Grounding Totem to cancel the sleeps. The main difference with Lord Cobrahn is that when he gets low he will shapeshift into a snake, dealing much higher amounts of damage but losing the ability to cast spells.

Kresh patrols the entire length of the river in the first large chamber and is non aggressive.

Kresh Strategy

He is a very simple and easy TANK AND SPANK boss with his only ability being a Daze on hit.

Lord Pyras Strategy

Lord Pyras is another Druid boss that uses Sleep, Healing Touch, and Lightning Bolt. Kick Sleep as your top priority, followed by Healing Touch. His unique mechanic is that he will sometimes use Thunder Clap, but overall he is very similar to the other Druids and is quite easy.

Lord Serpentis Strategy

Lord Serpentis is another druid but he has no unique mechanics and no extra adds. Just KICK Sleeps and Healing Touch, and burn him down.

Skum Strategy

Skum is a straightforward boss that is primarily a TANK AND SPANK. He does use a Chain Lightning ability, but it deals a very low amount of damage and does not really need to be respected.

Verdan the Everliving Strategy

Verdan can actually be quite dangerous as he deals incredible tank damage with his attacks and also has an AOE root + knockdown against nearby enemies. Healers need to make sure to keep the tank topped up and DPS should far away from the boss if they can be.

Mutanus the Devourer is a hidden final boss that can only be accessed after killing all 4 Lords of the Fang. Once they've all been killed, talk to the druid Disciple of Naralex at the entrance of the dungeon to begin an escort quest. At the end, you will fight several ways of enemies culminating in Mutanus. Make sure you clear out the top areas of the first large cavern before beginning the escort quest!

Mutanus the Devourer Strategy

Mutanus deals large amounts of AOE MELEE DAMAGE with Thunder Clap. This ability also stuns for 2 seconds so make sure you stay out of melee if you're playing a ranged character. He's also got a sleep that can be KICKED, and a fear that is instant cast. When an ally is slept by this boss, you can actually attack them to break the sleep.

Because of this high amount of AOE damage and the multiple waves of enemies leading up to this fight, its important that you have good mana management. You can also sit to drink between waves.

The Wailing Caverns is one of the first dungeon to have notable, dangerous trash mobs. Its important to be aware of a few, key mobs and abilities that can easily cause problems for your group.

This list is ordered by danger level each mob.

Deviate Guardian

When low health, this mob will cry out for help and aggro other nearby enemies onto your party. This actually has a decent range and can pull bosses. So as a tank always pull Deviate Guardians a safe distance from other enemies that you don't want to pull!

Druid of the Fang

This Druid has more notable mechanics than some entire dungeons. Luckily each mechanic is pretty simple.

Druid's Slumber is a casted ability that will put a randomly targeted party member to SLEEP for up to 15 seconds. This can target healers and tanks. Make sure to save your KICKS and CC for the Druid's Slumber cast, and if you have a Shaman in your party they can use Tremor Totem to remove sleep effects from your party every couple of seconds.

Druid's of the Fang will also sometimes cast Healing Touch as well as Lightning Bolt. DO NOT KICK Lightning Bolt, as kicks should be used on Druid's Slumber and then Healing Touch as a much higher priority.

Its also worth noting that after these enemies turn into their SNAKE TRANSFORM, they can NO LONGER CAST spells but will do considerably higher dps.

Deviate Lasher

Deviate Lashers are the only non elite enemy on this list but their incredibly high attack damage paired with a passive Cleave ability makes them very dangerous. Make sure to STAY AWAY FROM YOUR TANK, and healers need to be very aware of the high damage and keep the tank topped up. DPS should FOCUS these mobs down to reduce the amount of outgoing damage.

Deviate Shambler

Deviate Shamblers will cast Rejuvenation when low life, which while not typically a problem this can actually cause real problems if your party is trying to clear WC at a low level. This cast should be KICKED or CC'D, and if the cast goes off they should be FOCUSED. Shaman can also remove Rejuvenation with Purge.

Evolving Ectoplasm

While not very dangerous if you have fought these before you've probably noticed that they're sometimes immune to your damage. The way this works is that the COLOR of the mob tells you what its IMMUNE to. Red for fire, blue for frost, etc.