The Deadmines Dungeon Guide

Last updated on Jul 29, 2024 at 00:00 by Abide

In Cataclysm, the Deadmines dungeon received a complete revamp, offering players a re-imagined experience within one of World of Wacraft's most iconic dungeons.

1.

The Deadmines Entrance Location

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

2.

Overview of Bosses in The Deadmines

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

2.1.

Glubtok

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

In phase one you only need to avoid near your tank to prevent Fists of Flame Icon Fists of Flame and Fists of Frost Icon Fists of Frost. Each time Glubtok swaps between these 2 spells, he will Blink Icon Blink in a random direction and reset threat. At 50% health, Glubtok will return to the center of the room and bombard random areas of the room with both Fire Blossom Icon Fire Blossom and Frost Blossom Icon Frost Blossom, watch the floor for these indicators and avoid standing where they are landing.

On Heroic, a Frost Blossom and Fire Blossom will spawn at the landing location of each Frost Blossom Icon Frost Blossom and Fire Blossom Icon Fire Blossom; simply ignore these and burn the boss, or let a few of them gather up and AoE them down. Glubtok will also cover the area in 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.

2.1.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Buzzer Blade Icon Buzzer Blade 15 One-Hand Dagger
Gold-Flecked Gloves Icon Gold-Flecked Gloves 15 Cloth Hands
Miner's Cape Icon Miner's Cape 15 Back
2.1.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Buzzer Blade Icon Buzzer Blade 85 One-Hand Dagger
Defias Brotherhood Vest Icon Defias Brotherhood Vest 85 Leather Chest
Missing Diplomat's Pauldrons Icon Missing Diplomat's Pauldrons 85 Plate Shoulder
Shadow of the Past Icon Shadow of the Past 85 Back
Vest of the Curious Visitor Icon Vest of the Curious Visitor 85 Leather Chest
2.2.

Helix Gearbreaker

  • Helix Gearbreaker Sticky Bomb
  • Oaf Smash Icon Oaf Smash
  • Chest Bomb Icon Chest Bomb
  • Leap Icon Leap

Helix Gearbreaker beings the fight on the back of a Lumbering Oaf. While he on the Oaf, Helix Gearbreaker will constantly cover the room with Sticky Bombs, which deal high damage to any nearby players after a short timer. Helix Gearbreaker will also place a Chest Bomb Icon Chest Bomb on a random player, dealing high damage to them and any nearby allies, knocking them into the air. Whoever gets this debuff needs to run away from everyone else to avoid knocking up the entire group. The Lumbering Oaf will occasionally pick up a random player and slam them into a wall, dealing moderate damage. Keep dodging the Sticky Bombs while finishing off the Oaf to force Helix Gearbreaker to dismount and being the second phase.

Helix Gearbreaker will continue to throw down Sticky Bombs all over the room. He will also Leap Icon Leap onto a different ally every 10 seconds, auto attacking them and placing a Chest Bomb Icon Chest Bomb on them when he chooses a new target. Avoiding the bombs and keeping his Leap Icon Leap target alive are the main concerns in this fight.

In this phase

2.2.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Cruel Barb Icon Cruel Barb 15 One-Hand Sword
Gold-Plated Buckler Icon Gold-Plated Buckler 15 Shield
Impaling Harpoon Icon Impaling Harpoon 15 Polearm
Smelting Pants Icon Smelting Pants 15 Leather Legs
2.2.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Cloak of Thredd Icon Cloak of Thredd 85 Back
Cruel Barb Icon Cruel Barb 85 One-Hand Sword
Gear-Marked Gauntlets Icon Gear-Marked Gauntlets 85 Plate Hands
Gearbreaker's Bindings Icon Gearbreaker's Bindings 85 Plate Wrist
Old Friend's Gloves Icon Old Friend's Gloves 85 Mail Hands
2.3.

Foe Reaper 5000

  • Foe Reaper 5000 Reaper Strike Icon Reaper Strike
  • Overdrive Icon Overdrive
  • Harvest Icon Harvest
  • Safety Restrictions Off-line Icon Safety Restrictions Off-line
  • Molten Slag

Start off the fight by having your DPS and healers spread out, and one of your DPS players jump into the nearby Prototype Reaper. This Prototype Reaper can be used to help DPS the boss, but should primarily be used to DPS down the Molten Slags that will be constantly spawning in. Overdrive Icon Overdrive will cause Foe Reaper 5000 to run around the room rapidly, dealing AoE damage to all nearby enemies; when he casts this run away.

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

2.3.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Foe Reaper Icon Foe Reaper 15 Two-Hand Mace
Buzz Saw Icon Buzz Saw 15 One-Hand Sword
Emberstone Staff Icon Emberstone Staff 15 Staff
2.3.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Foe Reaper Icon Foe Reaper 85 Two-Hand Mace
Buzz Saw Icon Buzz Saw 85 One-Hand Sword
Emberstone Staff Icon Emberstone Staff 85 Staff
2.4.

Admiral Ripsnarl

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

Only the tank should be in front of the boss to avoid taking extra damage from Swipe Icon Swipe. Admiral Ripsnarl will gain a stack of Thirst for Blood Icon Thirst for Blood each time he attacks, making his very deadly if your DPS is low. Every 25% health, Admiral Ripsnarl will vanish into the fog, becoming unattackable for a short time. While Admiral Ripsnarl is hidden in this fog, the group will be attacked by multiple 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 Icon Go For the Throat, attacking a random enemy and stunning them for 2 seconds.

2.4.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Lavishly Jeweled Ring Icon Lavishly Jeweled Ring 15 Finger
Rockslicer Icon Rockslicer 15 Two-Hand Axe
Smite's Reaver Icon Smite's Reaver 15 One-Hand Axe
2.4.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Lavishly Jeweled Ring Icon Lavishly Jeweled Ring 85 Finger
Rockslicer Icon Rockslicer 85 Two-Hand Axe
Smite's Reaver Icon Smite's Reaver 85 One-Hand Axe
2.5.
  • "Captain" Cookie Throw Food Icon Throw Food
  • Rotten Aura Icon Rotten Aura
  • Nauseated Icon Nauseated
  • Satiated Icon Satiated

Captain Cookie will stay in his cooking pot the entire fight, not requiring a tank. He will constantly Throw Food Icon 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 depending on the type of food; a stack of the Nauseated Icon Nauseated debuff will be applied by any of the bad food, while good food will apply a stack of Satiated Icon Satiated. Eating 1 type of food, either good or bad, will cancel out a stack of the other food. Try to avoid the bad food as much as possible while eating good food to maintain the buff. You can have your tank run around and eat a lot of bad food early on to help clear up the area, giving you more space to move around in.

2.5.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Cape of the Brotherhood Icon Cape of the Brotherhood 15 Back
Corsair's Overshirt Icon Corsair's Overshirt 15 Cloth Chest
Thief's Blade Icon Thief's Blade 15 One-Hand Sword
Cookie's Tenderizer Icon Cookie's Tenderizer 15 One-Hand Mace
Cookie's Stirring Rod Icon Cookie's Stirring Rod 15 Wand
2.5.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Cape of the Brotherhood Icon Cape of the Brotherhood 85 Back
Corsair's Overshirt Icon Corsair's Overshirt 85 Cloth Chest
Thief's Blade Icon Thief's Blade 85 One-Hand Sword
Cookie's Tenderizer Icon Cookie's Tenderizer 85 One-Hand Mace
Cookie's Stirring Rod Icon Cookie's Stirring Rod 85 Wand
2.6.

Vanessa VanCleef (Heroic Only)

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

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

When Glubtok dies, Helix Gearbreaker will appear in his place, along side an army of spiders. Quickly AoE any aggrod spiders down and deal with Helix Gearbreaker afterwards. When defeated, the tunnels behind him will open up, allowing you to continue forward. Here you will need to keep moving while avoiding the fatal Lightning Rods while making your way through the tunnels into the final area.

In this last part you will be helping Admiral Ripsnarl save his family from attacking Worgens. Have your tank taunt the 3 Worgens attacking Emme Harrington and quickly defeat them, then make your way up towards the ship and do this one more time to save Erik Harrington from the Worgens attacking him. Lastly on the ship, you will need to save Calissa Harrington from Admiral Ripsnarl himself. After defeating him, make your way to the top of the ship to finally face off against Vanessa VanCleef.

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

2.6.1.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Armbands of Exiled Architects Icon Armbands of Exiled Architects 85 Cloth Wrist
Book of the Well Sung Song Icon Book of the Well Sung Song 85 Relic
Bracers of Some Consequence Icon Bracers of Some Consequence 85 Mail Wrist
Cowl of Rebellion Icon Cowl of Rebellion 85 Leather Head
Daughter's Hands Icon Daughter's Hands 85 Cloth Hands
Guildmaster's Greaves Icon Guildmaster's Greaves 85 Plate Feet
Record of the Brotherhood's End Icon Record of the Brotherhood's End 85 Relic
Shackles of the Betrayed Icon Shackles of the Betrayed 85 Mail Wrist
Stonemason's Helm Icon Stonemason's Helm 85 Plate Head
VanCleef's Boots Icon VanCleef's Boots 85 Leather Feet
3.

The Deadmines Quests

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

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

The Deadmines Achievements in Cataclysm

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

Changelog

  • 30 Jul. 2024: Page reviewed for phase two.
  • 19 May 2024: Added page.
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