Highmaul

Highmaul
HM
Location	Nagrand
Race(s)	Ogre  Ogre mage  Orc Ogron Pale orc Fungal giant Saberon
End boss	Imperator Mar'gok
Instance info
Type	Raid
Level	40
Min ilvl	615
Player limit	10-30
Cross-faction?
Bosses Kargath Bladefist The Butcher Tectus Brackenspore Twin Ogron Ko'ragh Imperator Mar'gok (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) Loot

Highmaul is the capital of the Gorian Empire and a raid instance introduced in Warlords of Draenor which opened on December 2, 2014. It features 7 bosses, and serves as the first raid of the expansion. The entrance is in western Nagrand. It is ogre-themed, showing them at the height of their civilization. The layout of the instance is nonlinear, allowing groups to select their own path of progression.

Opening dates

Date opened (US)	Mode	Wing/bosses	Required achievement
2 Dec 2014	Normal	All	None
2 Dec 2014	Heroic	All	None
9 Dec 2014	Mythic	All	None
9 Dec 2014	Raid Finder	First wing (Kargath/Butcher/Brackenspore)	[The Walled City]
16 Dec 2014	Raid Finder	Second wing (Tectus/Twin Ogron/Ko'ragh)	[Arcane Sanctum]
6 Jan 2015	Raid Finder	Third wing (Imperator Mar'gok)	[Imperator's Fall]

Background

Adventure Guide

Highmaul is the seat of power for the Gorian Empire, the ogre civilization that ruled Draenor for generations, until the arrival of the draenei. A massive city that belies the ogre reputation for brutish stupidity, Highmaul is full of bustling markets, wealthy nobles, and the roar of the Coliseum crowd echoing through the streets of the slums. Visible from everywhere within the city's walls, Imperator Mar'gok's citadel casts a long shadow, a reminder of his watchful eye and iron grip.

Encounters

Walled City

As ogres and Iron Horde leaders gather for a spectacle in the great arena of Highmaul, a destructive plot roils in the shadows.

•  Kargath Bladefist <Warlord of the Shattered Hand>
•  The Butcher
•  Brackenspore <Walker of the Deep>

Arcane Sanctum

Only a select few have seen the inside of the Gorthenon atop Highmaul: rumors abound of strange relics and sorcery within.

•  Tectus <The Living Mountain>
•  Twin Ogron
•  Ko'ragh <Breaker of Magic>

Imperator's Rise

Atop Highmaul, Imperator Mar'gok works to unlock ancient secrets so that the ogres may reclaim their birthright as lords of Draenor.

•  Imperator Mar'gok <Sorcerer King>

Getting there

The instance line and summoning stone for Highmaul are at ^[34, 38] in western Nagrand, between Mok'gol Watchpost and the Ancestral Grounds on the east coast of the big island. The nearest flight path is at ^{[50.8, 30.6]} at Rilzit's Holdfast, eastward along the northern road. Incidentally, Highmaul's location is the past version of Twilight Ridge.

Maps and subregions

Maps

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NPCs

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Bosses	Monsters	NPCs
Gladiator's Rest		Gharg <Arena Master>
The Coliseum   Kargath Bladefist <Warlord of the Shattered Hand>   Drunken Bileslinger   Iron Bomber   Iron Grunt   Ravenous Bloodmaw	Bladespire Sorcerer   Vul'gor <The Shadow of Highmaul>   Smoldering Stoneguard
Path of Victors	Gorian Guardsman   Gorian Runemaster   Gorian Sorcerer   Greater Void Aberration   Night-Twisted Brute   Night-Twisted Devout   Night-Twisted Ritualist   Night-Twisted Shadowsworn   Night-Twisted Soothsayer   Void Aberration
The Underbelly   The Butcher   Night-Twisted Cadaver	Krush   Maggot   Smash   Spike   Underbelly Vagrant
Market District   Tectus <The Living Mountain>   Shard of Tectus <Shard of the Mountain>   Mote of Tectus <Mote of the Mountain>   Night-Twisted Berserker   Night-Twisted Earthwarper	Gorian Enforcer   Lokk <Hands of Tectus>   Night-Twisted Supplicant   Oro <Wrath of Tectus>   Rokkaa <Heart of Tectus>
Gorian Strand   Brackenspore <Walker of the Deep>   Fungal Flesh-Eater   Mind Fungus   Spore Shooter	Iron Blood Mage   Iron Flame Technician   Iron Warmaster	Living Mushroom   Rejuvenating Mushroom
Chamber of Nullification Twin Ogron   Pol   Phemos   Ko'ragh <Breaker of Magic>   Volatile Anomaly	Breaker Ritualist <Breaker of Fel>   Breaker Ritualist <Breaker of Fire>   Breaker Ritualist <Breaker of Frost>   Gorian Arcanist   Highmaul Conscript   Ogron Brute   Ogron Earthshaker
Imperator's Rise	Gorian Rune-Mender   Gorian Warden   Night-Twisted Fanatic   Ogron Warbringer   Warden Thul'tok <Defender of the Rise>
Throne of the Imperator   Imperator Mar'gok <Sorcerer King>   Cho'gall   Night-Twisted Faithful   Arcane Aberration   Displacing Arcane Aberration   Fortified Arcane Aberration   Gorian Reaver   Gorian Warmage   Replicating Arcane Aberration   Arcane Remnant   Volatile Anomaly	Councilor Daglat <Gorian War Council>   Councilor Gorluk <Gorian War Council>   Phantasmal Weapon   Councilor Magknor <Gorian War Council>   Councilor Nouk <Gorian War Council>   Gorian High Sorcerer <King's Guard>   Gorian Royal Guardsman <King's Guard>   Guard Captain Thag <King's Guard>   High Councilor Mal'gris <Gorian War Council>   Ogron Mauler

Loot

The gear from Highmaul starts at item level 640 for Raid Finder mode, and increases by 15 item levels for each increase in difficulty. Each piece of loot has the chance to be Warforged, socketed, or contain a bonus stat. Warforged items are automatically 6 item levels higher than their regular versions. In addition to gear, players on the legendary ring quest line have a chance to receive Abrogator Stones from each boss kill.

Note: This list is up to date as of Patch 10.1.5

Encounter	Loot
Brackenspore	[Mosscrusher Sabatons] H M
	[Carnage Breath Gauntlets] LFR
	[Tide-Caller's Gorget] LFR
	[Fleshchewer Greatbelt] H M
	[Moss-Woven Mailshirt] H M
	[Sandals of Mycoid Musing] H M
	[Girdle of the Infected Mind] H M
	[Grips of Burning Infusion] LFR
	[Crystalline Branch of the Brackenspore] H M
	[Bottle of Infesting Spores] H M
	[Rotmonger Bracers] LFR
	[Collar of Wailing Mouths] H M
	[Deep Walker Paulders] H M
	[Robes of Necrotic Whispers] H M
	[Cloak of Creeping Necrosis] H M
	[Shoulderguards of Perpetually Exploding Fungus] LFR
	Maw of Souls H M
	[Immaculate Living Mushroom] LFR
	[Rotmelter Mosscloak] LFR
Kargath Bladefist	[Bileslinger's Censer] H M
	[Iron Bomb Spaulders] LFR
	[Treads of Sand and Blood] H M
	[Flamescarred Drape] LFR
	[Fireproof Greatcloak] H M
	[Spectator's Sandals of Carnage] LFR
	[Grunt's Solid Signet] H M
	[Casque of the Iron Bomber] H M
	[Champion's Medallion] H M
	[Grunt's Rusty Ring] LFR
	[Throat-Ripper Gauntlets] H M
	[Kargath's Last Link] H M
	[Bloodmaw's Tooth] LFR
	[Illusion: Mark of the Shattered Hand] LFR H M
	[Grips of Vicious Mauling] H M
	[The Bladefist] H M
	[Chestguard of the Roaring Crowd] H M
	[Bracer of Amputation] LFR
	[Vilebreath Mask] H M
	[Blade Dancer's Claws] LFR
	[Firewalker's Treads] LFR
Tectus	[Mote of the Mountain] LFR
	[Shard of Crystalline Fury] LFR
	[Signet of Crystalline Barrage] H M
	[Cratermaker Choker] LFR
	[Chestwrap of Violent Upheaval] LFR
	[Crystal-Woven Bracers] H M
	[Legguards of Ravenous Assault] LFR
	[Illusion: Rockbiter] LFR H M
	[Shield of Violent Upheaval] LFR
	[Mountainwalker's Boots] H M
	[Mountainslide Robes] LFR
	[Earthwarped Bladestaff] H M
	[Eye of Tectus] H M
	[Earthfury Band] H M
	[Crown of the Crags] LFR
	[Pillar of the Earth] H M
	[Tectus' Beating Heart] H M
	[Legplates of Fractured Crystal] H M
	[Frostcap Band] LFR
	[Ring of Infinite Accretion] H M
	[Flechette-Riddled Chain] H M
	[Spire of Tectus] H M
	[Living Mountain Shoulderguards] H M
Ko'ragh	[Cloak of Searing Shadows] H M
	[Crackle-Proof Chestguard] LFR
	[Polearm of Expulsion] LFR
	[Necklace of Volatile Anomalies] LFR
	[Magic-Breaker Greatsword] LFR
	[Fel-Flame Coronet] LFR
	[Gar'tash, Hammer of the Breakers] H M
	[Emblem of Caustic Healing] H M
	[Rune-Enscribed Hood] H M
	[Seal of Unbound Frost] H M
	[Alloy-Inlaid Cap] LFR
	[Ko'ragh's Boot Knife] H M
	[Shield-Shatter Longbow] LFR
	[Idol of Suppression] LFR
	[Leggings of Broken Magic] H M
	[Ko'ragh's Family Locket] H M
	[Spell-Sink Signet] H M
	[Destablized Sandals] H M
	[Bracers of Mirrored Flame] H M
	[Legplates of Arcanic Absorbtion] LFR
	[Rod of Fel Nullification] H M
	[Cloak of Overflowing Energies] LFR
Imperator Mar'gok	[Reaver's Nose Ring] H M
	[Robes of the Arcane Ultimatum] H M
	[Greatcloak of Impactful Pulses] LFR
	[Nether Blast Leggings] H M
	[Quiescent Runestone] H M
	[Gor'gah, High Blade of the Gorians] H M
	[Shockwave Signet] H M
	[Chain of the Unbroken Lineage] LFR
	[High Arcanist Leggings] LFR
	[Choker of Violent Displacement] H M
	[Force Nova Cloak] H M
	[Warmage's Legwraps] LFR
	[Uncrushable Shoulderplates] H M
	[Mark of Rapid Replication] H M
	[Captive Micro-Aberration] H M
	[Chestplate of Destructive Resonance] LFR
	[Gorian Royal Crown] LFR
	[Evergaze Arcane Eidolon] H M
	[Mirrorshield of Arcane Fortification] LFR
	[Imperator's Warstaff] LFR
	[Staff of the Grand Imperator] H M
	[Seal of Arcane Wrath] LFR
	[Face Kickers] H M
The Butcher	[Flenser's Hookring] H M
	[Bonebreaker Boots] LFR
	[Spine-Ripper Bracers] LFR
	[Butcher's Bloody Cleaver] H M
	[Bracers of Spare Skin] H M
	[Belt of Bloody Guts] H M
	[Butcher's Terrible Tenderizer] H M
	[Slaughterhouse Spaulders] H M
	[Sterilized Handwraps] LFR
	[Ogre-Eater Treads] LFR
	[Entrail Squishers] H M
	[Butcher's Cruel Chopper] LFR
	[Meatmonger's Gory Grips] H M
	[Emblem of Gushing Wounds] LFR
	[Hood of Dispassionate Execution] H M
	[Scales of Doom] H M
	[Bloodstone Seal] LFR
	[Gutwrench Ring] H M
	[Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand] H M
	[Cloak of Frenzied Rage] H M
	[Fleshhook Cloak] LFR
Twin Ogron	[Treacherous Palms] H M
	[Chestplate of Arcane Volatility] H M
	[Ring of Enfeebling Accusations] LFR
	[Bracers of the Crying Chorus] H M
	[Dagger of Enfeeblement] LFR
	[Odyssian Choker] H M
	[Phemos' Double Slasher] H M
	[Absalom's Bloody Bulwark] H M
	[Golden-Tongued Seal] H M
	[Pol's Blinded Eye] H M
	[Sea-Cursed Leggings] H M
	[Cloak of Ruminant Deception] H M
	[Captured Arcane Fragment] LFR
	[Bracers of Cursed Cries] LFR
	[Twin-Gaze Spaulders] LFR
	[Shoulderguards of the Shepherd] LFR
	[Pulverizing Grips] LFR
	[Shards of Nothing] H M
	[Fire-Blind Necklace] LFR
	[Belt of Imminent Lies] H M

Achievements

•  [The Walled City]
  •  [Flame On!]
  •  [Hurry Up, Maggot!]
  •  [A Fungus Among Us]
•  [Arcane Sanctum]
  •  [More Like Wrecked-us]
  •  [Brothers in Arms]
  •  [Pair Annihilation]
•  [Imperator's Fall]
  •  [Lineage of Power]
  •  [Highmaul Guild Run]
•  [Mythic: Kargath Bladefist]
•  [Mythic: The Butcher]
•  [Mythic: Brackenspore]
•  [Mythic: Tectus]
•  [Mythic: Twin Ogron]
•  [Mythic: Ko'ragh]
•  [Mythic: Imperator's Fall]
  •  [Ahead of the Curve: Imperator's Fall]
  •  [Cutting Edge: Imperator's Fall]
  •  [Mythic: Imperator's Fall Guild Run]
  •  [Realm First! Imperator's Fall]

Notes and trivia

A card back themed after Highmaul in Hearthstone.

• Pet rocks were once a fad in Highmaul.
• During the beta, the outdoor zone was named Highmaul Palace.
• In Hearthstone, the Highmaul card back was rewarded for achieving Rank 20 in Ranked Season 19, which took place during October 2015. The flavor text reads: "5 out of 10 ogres agree: this card back is SMASHING!"

Patch changes

• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): A raid-wide debuff has been added to reduce damage dealt by all creatures and NPCs in Highmaul and Blackrock Foundry on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulty.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Added.

  See opening dates.
  

External links

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