Update: The world boss for the week of July 07, 2025 is Mortanis in Maldraxxus.
The first season ofWorld of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion has arrived, and it adds a variety of new content to the game. This includes the opening of three Torghast layers and theCastle Nathria raid, though not all of the new content takes place inside of instances. Indeed, world bosses are set to begin appearing across the Shadowlands this week, and this guide is here to detail how they will work and what they can drop.
To begin, there are four world bosses in Shadowlands, and each is associated with one of the expansion’s four main zones. More specifically, the world bosses are Valinor, the Light of Eons (Bastion), Mortanis (Maldraxxus), Oranomonos the Everbranching (Ardenweald), and Nurgash Muckformed (Revendreth), and they will be on a weekly rotation. This means that one of these newWorld of Warcraftworld boss will spawn each week, and players may need to wait several weeks before they can take down one that they are particularly interested in.
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With respect to howWoWplayerswill know if a Shadowlands world boss is available, they will appear on the map as a world quest with an emblem around it. Upon seeing this icon, fans should quickly make their way to its location, lest they miss out on the kill. That said, world bosses in Shadowlands are quite powerful, and players will undoubtedly need the assistance of others in order to eliminate them.
When it comes to the loot that players can get from world bosses inWorld of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion, gear will drop at an item level of 207. Notably, this is in line with the loot that can be obtained from normal difficulty Castle Nathria, making world bosses a great source for powerful gear. Moreover, these enemies can drop some highly-desirableLegendary Power recipes, and here is a summary of their loot tables for those players that are interested:
