How to Beat Nefarian

Client cosmetic “Onyxia Scale Cloak” (feat:nefarian, file Interface/Icons/INV_Misc_Cape_05.blp). This is not a portrait of Nefarian.

Nefarian is the final boss of Blackrock Mountain, zone 10 of 12, “The Lord of Blackrock”. On the community clock checked for 0.110.0, Nefarian arrives at 20:00. The run has already shown four earlier bosses. You unlock the next zone only by killing this one, on this class. Surviving until the timestamp is not the unlock.

Arrival

Defeat Azuregos in Alterac Valley on this class. The earlier clock, for context, is on the Blackrock Mountain page.

Mechanics that are actually published

Every boss on this route, including Nefarian, enrages below 30% health. That is the shared rule. We are not attaching a private ability list. Hit points stay omitted: the 0.112.5 pass did not produce one boss health value to cite, and the older 0.103.1 figures were not re-measured.

Spend the enrage window on movement and on whatever your capstone already does to targets under 30% health. Execute-style talents, Warrior’s Mortal Strike route, and Hunter’s Aimed Shot resets are examples. A new card grabbed at 31% health will not come online in time.

Expect failed runs. Each one still pays talent experience for this class. Nefarian is the long check. Enter with the capstone you actually built toward.

Drops named on this boss

• Grand Marshal's Claymore dropped by Nefarian · warrior · main-hand
• Grand Marshal's Demolisher dropped by Nefarian · paladin · main-hand
• Grand Marshal's Bullseye dropped by Nefarian · hunter · ranged
• Grand Marshal's Dirk dropped by Nefarian · rogue · main-hand
• Grand Marshal's Mageblade dropped by Nefarian · rogue · off-hand
• Grand Marshal's Stave dropped by Nefarian · priest · main-hand
• High Warlord's Battle Mace dropped by Nefarian · shaman · main-hand
• High Warlord's Shield Wall dropped by Nefarian · shaman · off-hand
• Grand Marshal's Stave dropped by Nefarian · mage · main-hand
• Grand Marshal's Stave dropped by Nefarian · warlock · main-hand
• Grand Marshal's Stave dropped by Nefarian · druid · main-hand

Builds that fit this zone

• Warlock build. Dots on the boss, demons between you and the enrage. If the pet plan and the dot plan are both half-finished, you have neither.
• Mage build. Explosions clear adds. The boss still has to be kited under 30% health. Blink through the boss, not into a corner.
• Hunter build. Pets do not replace a boss pattern. Keep distance when the final boss drops under 30% health.

If Nefarian is killing you, another clear of the previous zone is usually more talent experience than a new class. Then come back with the same capstone finished.

Clock: community, not in the 0.112.5 extract. Drops: the 0.110.0 armory transcription. Cosmetic icon, when shown: 0.112.5 feat record, read 2026-10-23.