The Steamvault Dungeon Guide

Before heading into The Steamvault, 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.

Conveniently, all dungeons in Zangarmarsh are located in one centralized location: Coilfang Reservoir. This area is in the middle of the map on the Northern side in the water.

You will need to swim toward the middle of the lake until you come across the structure in the picture above. After that swim down and you will see a pipe opening, shown below, to swim through. Swim through to the other side to emerge with the summoning stone in front of you and all three Coilfang dungeons before you. The Steamvault is the dungeon portal located in the middle, between both The Underbog and The Slave Pens.

The layout of The Steamvault is open, having many side areas and trash packs that can be avoided. Players can choose to kill either Hydromancer Thespia or Mekgineer Steamrigger first, but you must kill both to unlock the gate before Warlord Kalithresh.

Behind both Hydromancer Thespia and Mekgineer Steamrigger is a clickable object, both of which need to be used after defeating the boss to open the way to Warlord Kalithresh.

Killing mobs in this instance grants Cenarion Expedition reputation.

• Most monsters grant 12 reputation each.
• Each boss grants 120 reputation.
• A Normal run of The Steamvault run will give around 1,100 reputation.
• Reputation gains in Normal go all the way up through Exalted.

• Most monsters grant 15 reputation each.
• Each boss grants 250 reputation.
• A Heroic run of The Steamvault run will give around 1,650 reputation.

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

• Trample
• Disease Cloud
• Enrage

These hit hard and can deal high AoE damage to players around them. Ranged players should make sure to stay at maximum distance and melee need to be aware if they need to run away from the enemy or not.

• Bomb
• Net

These can be rather annoying with their constant Net casts and heavy AoE damage from Bomb. Spread out and kill them early.

• Heal
• Sonic Burst

Casters should keep their distance to avoid the silence from Sonic Burst. Make sure to kill these quickly or prevent their Heal from being cast.

• Fear

Try to position these in a way to prevent party members or pets from being Feared into additional trash.

• Blizzard

Try to interrupt the Blizzard or move out of it.

• Cleave

These hit fairly hard and have a cleave. Melee should be aware of their positioning around these, especially on the pull as the tank will most likely be utilizing line-of-sight when entering combat with these mobs.

• Geyser
• Disarm

When engaged in combat, these will aggro any nearby Wastewalker Slave and Wastewalker Worker. If you focus-fire the Slavemaster first, these will stop attacking you and thank you for freeing them.

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.

• Lightning Cloud
• Enveloping Winds
• Lung Burst
• Coilfang Water Elemental

This fight can be rather hard considering the heavy amounts of AoE damage from the elementals and the boss herself. Enveloping Winds stuns can be deadly if on a healer, tank, or anyone standing in a Lightning Cloud. If you have any way to remove magical effects such as Dispel Magic or Cleanse, this should be your top priority as both Enveloping Winds and Lung Burst can be dispelled.

The Coilfang Water Elemental deal very heavy damage and should be dealt with first and foremost. Focus-fire one down at a time and use any form of crowd control such as Banish on the secondary target.

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Cloak of Whispering Shells	68	Cloak	Back
Chestguard of No Remorse	68	Leather	Chest
Incanter's Gloves	70	Cloth	Hands
Moonrage Girdle	68	Leather	Waist
Scintillating Coral Band	68	Accessory	Finger
Pattern: Frost Armor Kit	340	Leatherworking Pattern	Misc

As with most end game 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
Infused Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Shifting Tanzanite	BoP	Gem	Misc
Sundered Chrysoprase	BoP	Gem	Misc

• Super Shrink Ray
• Saw Blade
• Electrified Net
• Steamrigger Mechanic
  • Repair

Depending on your group, you may choose to try and focus on killing Mekgineer Steamrigger only and ignoring any Steamrigger Mechanics that spawn during the encounter. If you choose to do this, keep up any form of healing reduction available to you, such as Aimed Shot or Mortal Strike.

The Repair can by interrupted by dealing any damage to the caster. If you do not have enough damage to ignore the adds, simply kill them one at a time or group them up for AoE to prevent them from healing too much.

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Mask of Penance	68	Plate	Head
Steam-Hinge Chain of Valor	68	Accessory	Neck
Earth Mantle Handwraps	68	Mail	Hands
Serpentcrest Life-Staff	68	Staff	Weapon
Recoilless Rocket Ripper X-54	68	Gun	Ranged Weapon
Schematic: Rocket Boots Xtreme	355	Engineering Schematic	Misc

As with most end game 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
Infused Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Shifting Tanzanite	BoP	Gem	Misc
Sundered Chrysoprase	BoP	Gem	Misc

• Naga Distiller
• Warlord's Rage
• Spell Reflection
• Impale
• Head Crack

This fight is fairly easy. Try tanking the boss near a Naga Distiller to prevent him from moving around too much. Make sure to DPS swap over to it when it spawns and kill it quickly, as the Warlord's Rage stacks and can quickly lead to a wipe. Casters need to be aware of the Spell Reflection and avoid casting into it.

Item	Required Level	Item Type	Slot
Beast Lord Mantle	70	Mail	Shoulder
Incanter's Pauldrons	70	Cloth	Shoulder
Moonglade Shoulders	70	Leather	Shoulder
Devilshark Cape	70	Cloak	Back
Breastplate of the Righteous	70	Plate	Chest
Vermillion Robes of the Dominant	70	Cloth	Chest
Tidefury Gauntlets	70	Mail	Hands
Gauntlets of the Bold	70	Plate	Hands
Fathomheart Gauntlets	70	Mail	Hands
Sash of Serpentra	70	Cloth	Waist
Beast Lord Leggings	70	Mail	Legs
Ring of the Silver Hand	70	Accessory	Finger

As with most end game 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
Wave-Fury Vambraces	70	Mail	Wrist
Amber Bands of the Aggressor	70	Plate	Wrist
Pontifex Kilt	70	Cloth	Legs
Wrathtide Longbow	70	Bow	Ranged Weapon
Infused Fire Opal	BoP	Gem	Misc
Shifting Tanzanite	BoP	Gem	Misc
Sundered Chrysoprase	BoP	Gem	Misc
Pattern: Battlecast Hood	375	Tailoring Pattern	Misc

The Steamvault is a fairly easy dungeon. There are no large pulls that require AoE. One form of crowd control is advised for this dungeon since there are quite a few monsters that have abilities that are hard to deal with, such as Fear or Sonic Burst.

A Warlock is a great pickup for The Steamvault, offering both Fear and Banish as forms of crowd control. It is also highly advised to bring at least one class that can remove magic debuffs, such as a Paladin with Cleanse, or a Priest with Dispel Magic. This will greatly help during the fight with Hydromancer Thespia.