Sunken Temple Dungeon Guide

Sunken Temple is located in the middle of the Swamp of Sorrows. As the name implies, it is a large temple that has sunken into the middle of the lake. Alliance players will need to fly to Nethergarde Keep in The Blasted Lands and ride a short distance up into Swamp of Sorrows. Horde players can land even closer to the dungeon simply by flying to Stonard in Swamp of Sorrows.

Sunken Temple is found in the middle of the lake towards the eastern side of the zone. You will need to swim down through the flooded entrance until you can resurface on the inside of the temple. Quickly traverse a couple flights of stairs and you will be facing the entrance of the dungeon.

Before heading into Sunken Temple, we advise you to get all the dungeon quests related to it. There are general quests that anyone can grab, as well as class specific quests only available to each individual class. To make this process easier, we have written separate guides for the quests and their chains below:

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

While not a single boss, these six guardians are referred to as the Atal'ai Defenders. You must defeat all six of these mini-bosses on their respective platforms spread around the lower dungeon levels. These six mini-bosses are: Gasher, Hukku, Loro, Mijan, Zolo, and Zul'Lor. These Defenders have little to no abilities and mainly serve as a requirement to unlock the rest of the dungeon.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Atal'ai Spaulders	47	Leather Shoulder
Atal'ai Breastplate	47	Mail Chest
Atal'ai Gloves	47	Cloth Gloves
Atal'ai Girdle	47	Plate Belt
Atal'ai Leggings	47	Leather Legs
Atal'ai Boots	47	Mail Boots

• Ground Tremor
• Sweeping Slam

Before you can engage Atal'alarion you must first click the Serpent Statues in the correct order listed below. If the statues are clicked in an incorrect order you must start again. After all 6 statues have been properly clicked, Atal'alarion will spawn down in the water bellow.

1. South
2. North
3. Southwest
4. Southeast
5. Northwest
6. Northeast

Atal'alarion himself hits fairly hard and has multiple stuns. Have your ranged DPS and healer stand at max range to avoid being stunned frequently and be ready to keep the tank alive.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Darkwater Bracers	47	Leather Bracers
Atal'alarion's Tusk Ring	46	Plate Belt
Headspike	46	Polearm

• Flamestrike
• Healing Wave
• Hex of Jammal'an

• Curse of Weakness
• Shadow Bolt
• Shadow Word: Pain

This fight has 2 bosses, Ogom the Wretched and Jammal'an the Prophet. Quickly deal with Ogom the Wretched as he has a much lower health pool than Jammal'an the Prophet. Make sure to interrupt the Healing Wave casts and spread out to avoid the Flamestrikes. When a player gets charmed by Hex of Jammal'an they will deal significantly more damage, but move at a much slower speed; do your best to kite them and avoid being attacked.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Vestments of the Atal'ai Prophet	50	Cloth Chest
Gloves of the Atal'ai Prophet	50	Cloth Gloves
Kilt of the Atal'ai Prophet	50	Cloth Legs
Blade of the Wretched	49	Main-Hand Sword
Eater of the Dead	49	Main-Hand Axe
Fist of the Damned	49	One-Hand Mace

• Acid Breath
• Wing Flap

Both Dreamscythe and Weaver have the same abilities, Acid Breath and Wing Flap. Simply have your tank place their back against a wall while tanking these bosses. It's possible to pull these bosses one at a time when they are not near each other.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Nightfall Drape	48	Cloak
Bloodfire Talons	48	Leather Gloves
Dawnspire Cord	48	Cloth Belt
Drakeclaw Band	49	Ring
Firebreather	48	One-Hand Sword
Smoldering Claw	49	Polearm
Drakefang Butcher	48	Two-Hand Sword
Drakestone	49	Off-Hand

• Acid Breath
• Wing Flap

Hazzas and Morphaz have the same exact abilities as Dreamscythe and Weaver from the previous fight; the main difference here is that you can not split pull these two dragons, they will always engage at the same time. Make sure your tank places their back against a wall while tanking these bosses and be ready with extra healing and defensive cooldowns as needed.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Nightfall Drape	48	Cloak
Bloodfire Talons	48	Leather Gloves
Dawnspire Cord	48	Cloth Belt
Drakeclaw Band	49	Ring
Firebreather	48	One-Hand Sword
Smoldering Claw	49	Polearm
Drakefang Butcher	48	Two-Hand Sword
Drakestone	49	Off-Hand

• Cause Insanity
• Curse of Tongues
• Lash
• Shadow Word: Pain

This boss can only be summoned if someone is on the quest The God Hakkar. For more information on the quest chain that unlocks this quest, check out our quest guides for Sunken Temple above. Even after completing this quest you can still summon Avatar of Hakkar with the Yeh'kinya's Scroll you get.

After activating the boss via the quest above, kill the summoned non-elite adds until a Hakkari Bloodkeeper spawns. Defeat these to gain a Hakkari Blood and use this blood to douse one of the four braziers surrounding the area. Repeat this four times until all braziers are doused and the Avatar of Hakkar spawns in.

The boss himself is not overly complicated. He will periodically cast Cause Insanity on a random player, mind controlling them for 6 seconds. Simply use any short duration crowd control, like a stun or fear, on that player until they are returned to normal.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Featherskin Cape	49	Cloak
Warrior's Embrace	49	Plate Chest
Embrace of the Wind Serpent	50	Cloth Chest
Windscale Sarong	49	Leather Legs
Bloodshot Greaves	49	Mail Boots
Might of Hakkar	49	Main-Hand Mace
Spire of Hakkar	49	Staff

• Acid Breath
• Deep Slumber
• Thrash
• War Stomp

The Shade of Eranikus himself can be difficult depending on your groups levels and composition. He has rather high base melee damage, frequently stuns all nearby players (including the tank) with War Stomp, and will put the higher threat non-tank target into a deep sleep with Deep Slumber. Your tank should be ready with cooldowns as the healer may be targeted by Deep Slumber, as well as any DPS that can help off-heal should be ready to help top up the tanks health.

Shade of Eranikus deals high melee damage, making this fight very healing intensive. This is further elaborated by the tank being stunned by War Stomp, and Shade of Eranikus often attacking multiple times at once with Thrash. Be ready for a difficult healing fight as the tank can very quickly die during this fight.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Horns of Eranikus	51	Mail Helmet
Dragon's Eye	51	Necklace
Tooth of Eranikus	51	Main-Hand Axe
Dire Nail	51	One-Hand Dagger
Dragon's Call	52	One-Hand Sword
Crest of Supremacy	51	Off-Hand Shield
Rod of Corrosion	51	Wand
Essence of Eranikus	48	Quest — Trinket