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Zul'Gurub

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Zul'Gurub
ZG
Zul'Gurub loading graphic
LocationNortheastern Stranglethorn Vale
Race(s) Jungle troll
End bossHakkar the Soulflayer
Instance info
TypeRaid
Advised level58-60
Player limit20
Bosses
Other raids
TBC
WotLK

Zul'Gurub is a 20-man raid instance located in northeastern Stranglethorn Vale, released in patch 1.7. Like Zul'Farrak, it counts as an outdoors zone, and riding on mounts is possible. Zul'Gurub is the capital of the jungle troll tribes, led by the Gurubashi, worshippers of the terrible god, Hakkar the Soulflayer, who personally inhabits a temple in the deepest parts of the city. It is believed that Zul'Farrak was once a outpost of this kingdom but was lost in the Sundering.

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History

Over a thousand years ago the powerful Gurubashi Empire was torn apart by a massive civil war. An influential group of troll priests, known as the Atal'ai, called forth the avatar of an ancient and terrible blood-god named Hakkar the Soulflayer. Though the priests were defeated and ultimately exiled, the great troll empire collapsed upon itself. The exiled priests fled far to the north, into the Swamp of Sorrows, where they erected a great temple to Hakkar in order to prepare for his arrival into the physical world.

In time, the Atal'ai priests discovered that Hakkar's physical form could only be summoned within the ancient capital of the Gurubashi Empire, Zul'Gurub. Unfortunately, the priests have met with recent success in their quest to call forth Hakkar — reports confirm the presence of the dreaded Soulflayer in the heart of the Gurubashi ruins.

In order to quell the blood god, the trolls of the land banded together and sent a contingent of High Priests into the ancient city. Each priest was a powerful champion of the Primal Gods— Bat, Panther, Tiger, Spider, and Snake--but despite their best efforts, they fell under the sway of Hakkar. Now the champions and their Primal God aspects feed the awesome power of the Soulflayer. Any adventurers brave enough to venture into the foreboding ruins must overcome the High Priests if they are to have any hope of confronting the mighty blood god.

Guide

Recommended Route

Directions to most efficient route through Zul'Gurub, to hit the most significant bosses:

  1. Enter the instance and continue straight across the first bridge, turn right and head up a hill and kill High Priestess Jeklik.
  2. Go back down and across the second bridge to find the room on the left containing High Priest Venoxis.
  3. Behind Venoxis's Room take the right path, and continue going up. Here you can take a slight left up a hill and kill Bloodlord Mandokir or take a right through the path with spider webs to High Priestess Mar'li.
  4. Returning back down the hill past the large staircase on the right those who plan on doing the Edge of Madness should do it now.
  5. Down the path to your right you'll find High Priest Thekal.
  6. After High Priest Thekal off the path to the left you'll find the camp and shoreline used to spawn Gahz'ranka who is a water boss, kill him if desired.
  7. Back up the hill and down the road you will find a pyramid, inside is High Priestess Arlokk.
  8. Go back outside and continue up the path and kill Jin'do the Hexxer if you want to, and have time.
  9. Reverse back down the ramp, and over the bridge on your right to the temple of Hakkar, and you've cleared all of Zul'Gurub!

Geography

Maps and subregions

Zul'Gurub boss distribution
  1. High Priestess Jeklik
  2. High Priest Venoxis
  3. High Priestess Mar'li
  4. High Priest Thekal
  5. High Priestess Arlokk
  6. Hakkar the Soulflayer
  7. Bloodlord Mandokir
  8. Jin'do the Hexxer
  9. Gahz'ranka
  10. Edge of Madness
Altar of Hir'eek • Altar of the Blood God • The Bloodfire Pit • The Coil
Edge of Madness • Hakkari Grounds • Naze of Shirvallah • Pagle's Pointe
Shadra'zaar • Temple of Bethekk • Zanza's Rise
The entrance to Zul'Gurub in Stranglethorn

Dungeon Denizens

Specific mob names

Gurubashi
Hakkari
Razzashi
Zulian
Other

Encounters

Bosses Monsters
  • Zul'Gurub
  • Altar of the Blood God

Loot

Zul'Gurub

Zul'Gurub raiders receive loot through several systems. There are standard drops from the bosses (described at Zul'Gurub Loot), quest-based rewards that require Zandalar reputation and special rare drops from bosses (see Primal Hakkari), and rewards that are received after collecting various difficult tasks inside the instance (see Zul'Gurub Trinket and the Enchants discussion, below).

Faction Rewards

Getting reputation with the Zandalar Tribe offers several benefits.

Armor sets

Class-based armor sets completed at certain levels of reputation, requiring Primal Hakkari drops.

Full list on: Zandalar Armor Sets

Crafting recipes

The Recipes can be purchased from Rin'wosho the Trader, who is located on Yojamba Isle in the far northwest of Stranglethorn Vale. All recipes are BoP. All items crafted from these recipes are BoE.

Full list on : Faction Recipes

Enchants

Zul'Gurub offers unique enchants for the head, leg and shoulder slots. For creating these enchants you need to be Friendly (head and leg) or Exalted (shoulder) with the Zandalar Tribe. The head and leg enchants are obtained within the instance itself from an NPC named Zanza the Restless. He is located in a small "temple" after Lord Venoxis, and just before you go up the ramp toward Bloodlord.

See the full list here: Zul'Gurub Enchants

Necklaces

Upon reaching friendly reputation you can receive a neck slot item (as well as some gold and rep), e.g. the Maelstrom's Tendril from Falthir the Sightless. You can upgrade these items as your reputation improves.

Encounters

Bosses

Zul'Gurub Bosses

A map of the instance including the bosses' locations can be found at wowguru.

Hakkar, and the Aspects

The Priest Aspects all assume an animal form at some point when fighting them. Moreover, if they are left alive they grant Hakkar powerful abilities that make him much harder to kill. This is in contrast to other bosses who do not assume animal forms and do not give Hakkar any abilities (Jin'do, Mandokir, etc. see Optional Bosses below)

  1. High Priestess Jeklik - Aspect of Hir'eek (Bat)
  2. High Priest Venoxis - Aspect of Hethiss (Snake)
  3. High Priestess Mar'li - Aspect of Shadra (Spider)
  4. High Priest Thekal - Aspect of Shirvallah (Tiger)
  5. High Priestess Arlokk - Aspect of Bethekk (Panther)
  6. Hakkar the Soulflayer

Optional Bosses

The bosses below are considered 'optional' because they do not give Hakkar any abilities. As such, you can choose to kill or skip them, it won't change your encounter with the Bloodgod.

  1. Bloodlord Mandokir
  2. Jin'do the Hexxer
  3. Gahz'ranka
  4. Edge of Madness - one of: Gri'lek, Renataki, Hazza'rah, or Wushoolay

Quests

Notes, Tips, & Additional Info

  • Also known as ZG or ZulG.
  • Zul'Gurub features over 120 Epic and Superior items, including a five-piece set for each class.
  • Players can build up their reputation with the Zandalar Tribe in order to gain various rewards.
  • Zul'Gurub Quests are available at the Zandalar base on Yojamba Isle.
  • The raid timer is 3 days.
  • Since the release of The Burning Crusade, Zul'Gurub can be 5-manned by a group of 70s.
  • Since the release of Wrath of the Lich King, Zul'Gurub can be soloed by a healing class (Paladin) at 80, or duoed by many class combinations, if both are 80.
  • Like Zul'Farrak, Zul'Gurub is also fully constructed behind the instance gate in Stranglethorn, which may suggest that it may have been intended as an outdoor elite raiding area. Though no player can view this area without passing the instance gate it is safe to assume, to preserve memory and bandwidth that despite all the scenery and terrain present the land is entirely unoccupied by NPCs.
  • In addition, ZG, being an outdoors instance, bears a mini-Azeroth outside its walls. This mini-Azeroth includes all of Deadwind Pass, a great deal of Blasted Lands, a great deal of Stranglethorn Vale, a great deal of Duskwood, and a small cave in Swamp of Sorrows.

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