Pit of Saron Dungeon Guide

Pit of Saron Dungeon Guide

A comprehensive guide to all the spells and attacks from both bosses AND trash mobs you can expect to see in the returning Pit of Saron dungeon, returning in Season 1 of the Midnight expansion for World of Warcraft

FrankFrankDungeonUpdated February 19, 2026

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Trash Mobs


Garfrost Trash



Ymirjar Graveblade

Tank AlertFrostbane Slash - Hits the tank, applying a debuff that increases Frost damage taken by 100% for 8 seconds, can stack. Frostbane Slash Dark Rupture - Places two AoE swirls beneath players that explode after a few seconds. Dark Rupture



Dreadpulse Lich

DeadlyHealing AlertTorrent of Misery - Channels into a player, stacking a debuff that hits harder and harder as stacks ramp. Torrent of Misery DeadlyInterruptableTank AlertIcy Blast - Hard-hitting Tank cast, can one-shot a tank, especially with Ymirjar Graveblade'sTank AlertFrostbane Slash active on the tank. Icy Blast Healing AlertDread Pulse - At 50%, the lich will start pulsing AoE until killed.



Rotting Ghoul

Disease AlertTank AlertRotting Strikes - melee attacks cause a disease effect on the tank, each stack reducing Max Health by 1%. Rotting Strikes



Quarry Tormentor

Tank AlertTormenting Blade
Curse AlertCurse of Torment Curse of Torment



Gloombound Shadebringer

InterruptableShadow Bolt - Bolt slop.



Wrathbone Enforcer

Tank AlertSunderstrike - Hits the tank with a debuff, increasing damage taken by 15%, and can stack. Sunderstrike



Leaping Geist

Leaping Maul - Leaps to random players, will hit anyone within 3 yards. Just stay spread out. Leaping Maul



Plungetalon Gargoyle

Important AlertInterruptablePlungegrip - Picks up a player, applies Stoneskin, and attempts to take them high enough to drop and kill. Burn through the shield and interrupt to release the player. Plungegrip



Deathwhisper Necrolyte

Enrage AlertDispel AlertNecromantic Infusion - Will give a 50% haste buff to an ally. Can be purged/stolen.
Deathless Bond - Will have a few Risen Soldiers and Arcanist Cadaver summoned around that can't be killed until the Necrolyte is killed. Deathless Bond



Arcanist Cadaver

Enrage AlertDispel AlertNecromantic Infusion - Will give a 50% haste buff to an ally. Can be purged/stolen.
DeadlyInterruptableNetherburst - Big AoE Cast, priority interrupt. Netherburst



Risen Soldier

Charging Slash - Charges a random player in the group. Charging Slash



Iceborn Proto-Drake

Icy Strikes - Melee attacks inflict additional frost damage.
Note: The Drakes will have a Ymirjar Graveblade mounted on them. They cast Tank AlertFrostbane Slash, which will increase frost damage taken by 100%.
Frost Breath - Will pick a random player to point at, spread out for the frontal so more people don't need to move. Frost Breath



Rimebone Coldwraith

InterruptableIce Bolt - Bolt slop.
Dispel AlertPermeating Cold - Chooses two targets to put a Magic debuff on, will tick damage and slow the targets by 40%. Permeating Cold



Ick and Krick Trash



Lumbering Plaguehorror

Enrage AlertPlague Frenzy - Enrages, increasing Haste by 25%, and drops an initial Plague Spew while also dropping Blight Splatter more frequently. Plague Frenzy Blight Splatter - Randomly throws blight on the floor, don't stand in.



Scourgelord Tyrannus Trash

While navigating the cave to Tyrannus, watch for Ice Chunks falling from the ceiling

Glacieth

Important AlertCyroburst - All players need to drop a patch of ice, try and place them on a single side of the room so that you can continue to move through the tunnel unimpeded by ice patches. Cyroburst Focused Guard - Shields itself from attacks, move behind it to continue DPSing. Focused Guard



Bosses



Forgemaster Garfrost

Garfrost will start by choosing two players to Important AlertThrow Saronite at. Placement of these will be important: One the tank will destroy, leaving behind a Saronite Sludge area of denial, and the other will be used to hide from another mechanic. So keep these along the outer areas, but ensure you can still use one to hide later. Throw Saronite

You'll need to use the Saronite to hide from DeadlyGlacial Overload. Garfrost will choose one of two portals to channel into (designated by a white beam from the player to the portal), and if you break line of sight you won't take any damage. Glacial Overload

The tank will have to destroy a Saronite ore chunk with Orebreaker otherwise they'll be stunned for 8 seconds. Garfrost will also destroy the other Saronite ore chunk with Cyrostomp after DeadlyGlacial Overload. These will send out Ore Chunks when destroyed, so avoid the swirls. Orebreaker

Lastly, healers will need to keep the group topped up due to the Healing AlertSiphoning Chill rot throughout the fight. And after every Cyrostomp, two players will get the Healing AlertDispel AlertCyroshards magic debuff. This increases Frost damage taken by 50%, and gives them a small slow effect. Dispel ASAP. Cyroshards



Ick and Krick

Both Ick and Krick will share health pools via Necrolink so try and position Krick on top of Ick when possible. Tanks need to be mindful of when Tank AlertBlight Smash is cast on them, as they'll drop Blight on the floor when hit. Ick will also Plague Expulsion while in this phase, adding more Blight to the arena. Blight Smash

The fight will start with a phase of Krick casting Shade Shift, which will have him teleport to a summoning circle, and also summon two additional Shades of Krick.

Shades of Krick will cast InterruptableShadowbind on a player, damaging and slowing them. While those live, Krick will cast DeadlyInterruptableDeath Bolt, which has to be interrupted or will most likely one-shot someone. If the Shade of Kricks aren't killed off within a minute, they'll explode DeadlyShade Bomb and wipe the group. Once the two of them are killed, Krick will jump on Ick for Phase 2. Shadowbind

At this point, Krick will jump on top of Ick and begin directing him to attack members of the group with Get 'Em, Ick!, where Ick will DeadlyLumbering Fixate while dropping Blight all over the floor. If you're fixated, run away-- his melee can swing far. Lumbering Fixation

Otherwise, while in this phase, Krick will cast Healing AlertShadow Lance for the healer to spot heal. After a few fixations, Krick will recast Shade Shift and the fight will return to Phase 1.



Scourgelord Tyrannus

On pull, Tyrannus will cast Healing AlertBone Infusion which will summon several Important AlertInfused Bone Piles and Bone Piles, while also giving DoTs for the healer to top off.

The fight will revolve around trying to freeze as many Important AlertInfused Bone Piles (Light beams will emit from the Infused piles) as possible before Tyrannus casts Important AlertArmy of the Dead. When cast, regular Bone Piles will spawn Rotlings (who apply Disease AlertRotting Strikes to the tank), while Important AlertInfused Bone Piles will spawn Scourge Plaguespreaders, which will need to be picked up by the tank and cleaved down as quickly as possible. Focus the Scourge Plaguespreaders, interrupting their InterruptablePlague Bolt and trying to limit the rot damage from their Healing AlertFestering Pulse. Army of the Dead

To freeze Bone Piles, you'll use Rimefang's Important AlertRime Blast which targets two players. They have several seconds to run over to an Important AlertInfused Bone Piles (and any other Bone Piles they can take with it) before the piles are frozen and they gain a Healing AlertFrostbite debuff. Rime Blast

The tank will deal with positioning the boss around these Important AlertInfused Bone Piles, while also being thrown around by Tank AlertScourgelord's Brand. This will knock the tank far away and apply a 200% damage taken debuff for 6 seconds. He will immediately follow up with DeadlyTank AlertScourgelord's Reckoning, attempting to jump where you landed and kill the tank. Tanks need to move quickly or they'll be caught by this and will likely die. Scourgelord's Brand

Otherwise, throughout the fight Tyrannus will Death's Grasp around the location of players, damaging and slowing them while standing in it.

Healers will be spot-healing anyone hit by Rimefang's Healing AlertFrost Spit, and every so often Rimefang will cast Ice Barrage so avoid getting hit by these swirls. Ice Barrage

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