The Black Morass Dungeon Guide

Before heading into The Black Morass, we advise you to get all the dungeon quests related to it. To make this process easier, we have written a separate guide for the quests and their chains.

The fastest way to get to the Caverns of Time for both Alliance and Horde will be to fly to Tanaris. From there, follow the image shown above until you find Steward of Time, who will fly you down into the caverns.

When you land, follow the picture below to find the dungeon.

The Black Morass is a unique dungeon in its layout. Instead of the standard dungeon where a group will follow a path and fight their way through, The Black Morass has the player standing in a centralized location defending Medivh while he opens the Dark Portal by fighting off waves of incoming enemies.

In the picture shown above, players will start in the north side of the dungeon and head towards the south, fighting Sable Jaguar, Darkwater Crocolisk and Blackfang Tarantula along the way. These are weak creatures that can be killed quickly. When reaching the area marked with an "x", the dungeon encounter will begin.

Periodically, a portal will open at one of the four locations shown in the picture, spawning in a Rift Lord or Rift Keeper and waves of non-elites until the main mob is dead. Shortly after slaying the main rift mob, the portal will close and a new portal will open at one of the other locations. Every 6th wave will spawn a boss instead of a rift mob. This process will repeat for 18 waves at which point the dungeon is cleared.

Sa'at can also give you a Chrono-beacon, which you can use to summon a Time Keeper and aid you on a portal. These beacons only work on the trash; bosses will despawn them.

Killing mobs in this instance grants Keepers of Time reputation.

• Rift mobs grant 50 reputation each.
• Each boss grants 120 reputation.
• A Normal run of The Black Morass will give around 1,100 reputation.
• Reputation gains in Normal go all the way up to Exalted.

• Rift mobs grant 65 reputation each.
• Each boss grants 250 reputation.
• A Heroic run of The Black Morass will give around 1,750 reputation.

In this section, we will briefly go over each of the trash mobs that pose a threat to you in this dungeon.

While the Rift Keeper or Rift Lord is alive, non-elite mobs will pour in periodically to join in the fight. Below is a quick rundown of their abilities.

If any of these mobs get past your party, they will start to damage Medivh's shield, eventually stopping his cast and essentially "wiping" your group.

• Kidney Shot

• Shadow Bolt
• Scorch

• Arcane Explosion
• Arcane Bolt

There are two versions of this mob, a Mage-type and a Warlock-type.

• Pyroblast
• Polymorph
• Blast Wave
• Frostbolt
• Frenzy

• Shadow Bolt Volley
• Fear
• Curse of Vulnerability
• Frenzy

These are very dangerous in either version as they both have very strong spells. Make sure to focus them down and interrupt Shadow Bolt Volley whenever possible. Dispel any Fear or Curse of Vulnerability, if possible.

The Mage version of these need to be tanked away from the range players to prevent Blast Wave from hitting more people than needed. Pyroblast does very high damage, so make sure to keep the tank topped up before these land.

• Thunderclap
• Mortal Strike
• Knockdown
• Frenzy

Make sure to tank these away from the range players to prevent Thunderclap from hitting more people than needed.

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.

• Arcane Blast
• Arcane Discharge
• Time Lapse
• Attraction — Heroic only.

This fight has a lot of highly-damaging abilities, especially on the tank. If you have any major cooldowns such as Heroism / Bloodlust, this is the fight you want to use them on. You should focus on killing the boss as quickly as possible, ignoring the adds until afterwards. Tanks should try to place their back against an object to avoid the knockback from Arcane Blast.

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Mask of Inner Fire	68	Mail	Head
Mantle of Three Terrors	68	Cloth	Shoulder
Sun-Gilded Shouldercaps	68	Leather	Shoulder
Burnoose of Shifting Ages	68	Cloak	Back
Ring of Spiritual Precision	68	Accessory	Finger
Melmorta's Twilight Longbow	68	Bow	Ranged
Pattern: Arcane Armor Kit	340	Leatherworking Pattern	Misc

As with most endgame Level 68+ dungeons, Rare drops are the same between Normal and Heroic difficulties. In this section, we will list the items specific to Heroic mode only.

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Glimmering Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Glinting Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Glowing Tanzanite	BoP	Gem	Misc

• Mortal Wound
• Hasten
• Wing Buffet
• Spell Reflection — Heroic only

Tank the boss in a position where you will not get knocked back far. Remove the Hasten whenever possible with spells such as Shield Slam or Spellsteal. Casters need to avoid dealing damage to themselves during the Spell Reflection. Other than that, quickly kill the boss before Mortal Wound stacks too high on the tank and they become unable to be healed.

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Laughing Skull Battle-Harness	68	Mail	Chest
Khadgar's Kilt of Abjuration	68	Cloth	Legs
Hourglass of the Unraveller	68	Accessory	Trinket
Millennium Blade	68	One-Handed Sword	Weapon
Epoch-Mender	68	Staff	Weapon
Star-Heart Lamp	68	Off-Hand Weapon	Off-Hand

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Glimmering Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Glinting Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Glowing Tanzanite	BoP	Gem	Misc

• Time Stop
• Sand Breath
• Cleave
• Frenzy

Make sure to face Aeonus away from the group to prevent the Sand Breath and Cleave from hitting players other than the tank. If you have a Hunter, make sure to remove Frenzy with Tranquilizing Shot.

Aeonus also constantly stuns all players with Time Stop during the fight. Keep the tank fully healed before this goes out as this can be very deadly if paired with other abilities, especially the Frenzy and Sand Breath.

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Mana-Etched Crown	70	Cloth	Head
Cowl of the Guiltless	70	Leather	Head
Helm of Desolation	70	Mail	Head
Pauldrons of the Crimson Flight	70	Plate	Shoulder
Primal Surge Bracers	70	Mail	Wrist
Handgrips of Assassination	70	Leather	Hands
Moonglade Pants	70	Leather	Legs
Legplates of the Righteous	70	Plate	Legs
Legplates of the Bold	70	Plate	Legs
Scarab of the Infinite Cycle	70	Accessory	Trinket
Latro's Shifting Sword	70	One-Handed Sword	Weapon
Bloodfire Greatstaff	70	Staff	Weapon

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Girdle of the Deathdealer	70	Leather	Waist
Girdle of Valorous Deeds	70	Plate	Waist
Breeches of the Occultist	70	Cloth	Legs
Quantum Blade	70	Two-Handed Sword	Weapon
Glimmering Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Glinting Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Glowing Tanzanite	BoP	Gem	Misc

The Black Morass is very straightforward, only having to fight one difficult mob at a time. There are no pulls in this dungeon that require high AoE. High single-target DPS is recommended to quickly deal with the Rift Lords and Rift Keepers.

A Shaman is strong for any Black Morass group. They offer Tremor Totem, Grounding Totem and Bloodlust / Heroism to handle most of the difficult abilities and bosses found in this dungeon. As this dungeon has many non-elite adds, Warrior DPS pulls ahead with their consistent cleave damage and no downtime.