Gate of the Setting Sun Dungeon Guide

Last updated on Jun 24, 2025 at 00:00 by Abide

For generations, a massive wall called the Serpent's Spine has protected the denizens of Pandaria from periodic assaults by the rampaging, insect-like mantid. This brutal race's cycle of aggression recently began earlier than expected, catching the wall's defenders off guard. As the mightiest mantid warriors charge the battle-worn gates, Pandaria must hold back the most devastating army in the land's recorded history.

1.

Introduction

This dungeon is available on all 4 dungeon difficulties, starting at level 88 on normal difficulty. Here players will face off against four bosses in an effort to stop the armies of the Mantid from advancing further across the lands of Pandaria.

Located in the Dread Wastes atop the Serpent's Spine wall, the Gate of the Settting Sun serves as the Mantid Army's forward base and requires an all-out assault to break down the fortress walls in this siege-styled dungeon.

2.

Saboteur Kip'tilak

Saboteur Kip'tilak Saboteur Kip'tilak will constantly use Throw Explosives Icon Throw Explosives, creating multiple Stable Munitions Icon Stable Munitions throughout the room. When the Stable Munitions Icon Stable Munitions explode, they create 4-lines of Fire in each direction around it, dealing damage to any players hit and detonating any other Stable Munitions Icon Stable Munitions hit by the flames. Saboteur Kip'tilak will also target random players with Sabotage Icon Sabotage, causing them to explode in a similar fashion to the Stable Munitions Icon Stable Munitions, creating 4-lines of Fire as well. At both 70% and 30%, Saboteur Kip'tilak will detonate all Stable Munitions Icon Stable Munitions throughout the room, making this very dangerous.

Start by having everyone spread around the room to prevent the explosions and flames from hitting multiple players. All players should quickly move away from any nearby Stable Munitions Icon Stable Munitions and always be aware of any explosions that send fire towards your direction. This fight requires frequent movement and positional awareness as you can easily die at either 70% or 30% if you are near too many bombs.



Sabotage
Sabotage

3.

Striker Ga'dok

Striker Ga'dok The main mechanic of this fight is the Strafing Run Icon Strafing Run that Striker Ga'dok performs at both 70% and 30% health. Ga'dok will fly away from the platform while an emote is displayed saying "Striker Ga'dok prepares to make a strafing run!" Striker Ga'dok will then choose one third of the room to bombard, dealing devastating damage to any players caught in the strafe runs path. Be aware of which direction Striker Ga'dok flies towards when you see the emote and avoid the Strafing Run Icon Strafing Run path.

While flying in the air, Striker Ga'dok will summon adds to attack your party which periodically throwing an Acid Bomb Icon Acid Bomb at a random player, creating a large pool of deadly green acid on the floor which players should quickly move out of. Deal with these adds quickly before Ga'dok lands to stop the Acid Bomb Icon Acid Bombs and reduce tank damage taken.



Strafing Run
Strafing Run
Acid Bomb
Acid Bomb

4.

Commander Ri'mok

Commander Ri'mok Commander Ri'mok constantly drops Viscous Fluid Icon Viscous Fluid at his feet, creating a large puddles of green acid. Players standing in this acid will take high damage-over-time, and Commander Ri'mok will gain a stacking buff that increases his damage dealt and reduces his damage taken per stack. Commander Ri'mok also attacks all players directly in front of him with Frenzied Assault Icon Frenzied Assault, requiring all non-tank players to avoid his front at all times, especially while he is being moved around constantly by the tank to avoid the acid puddles.

Whilst constantly moving to deal with the acid puddles, your tank will also need to contend with numerous Krik'thik Saboteurs and Krik'thik Swarmers that will frequently spawn during the encounter. Krik'thik Saboteurs should be interrupted whenever they attempt to cast Bombard Icon Bombard as this deals high damage to all players.



Viscous Fluid
Viscous Fluid
Summoned Adds
Summoned Adds

5.

Raigonn

Raigonn Raigonn is a two-phase encounter. During phase one Raigonn will be trying to break through the castle doors, ignoring players and not requiring a tank. During this phase he will summon numerous adds to aid him.

When engaged, and frequently throughout the encounter, Raigonn will call in waves of eight Krik'thik Protectorate which should be tanked and quickly killed. Raigonn will attack random players with Krik'thik Swarm Bringers, afflicting them and any nearby allies with Screeching Swarm Icon Screeching Swarm. Spread out to avoid damaging each other and quickly kill the adds to stop the AoE damage. Lastly Krik'thik Engulfers will fly above players, creating multiple Engulfing Winds Icon Engulfing Winds (tornadoes) throughout the room. These must simply be avoided while they are active.



Engulfing Winds
Engulfing Winds
Krik'thik Swarm Bringer
Krik'thik Swarm Bringer

To attack Raigonn himself, players will need to use the Raigon Launcher (shown below) to launch themselves on top of Raigonns back. From here players will be able to attack his Weak Spot. When enough damage has been dealt to this Weak Spot, Raigonns hardened outer carapace will break, increasing his damage taken by 300% (Broken Carapace Icon Broken Carapace), and beginning phase two.

Phase two is a straight forward kite phase. Raigonn will target a random player with Fixate Icon Fixate, chasing them around the room and frequently changing targets. The player targeted by Fixate Icon Fixate should kite Raigonn away from other party members, as he will constantly use Stomp Icon Stomp while chasing the targeted player. Adds will no longer spawn during this phase, allowing you to clean up any that are remaining before finishing off Raigonn himself.



Krik'thik Protectorate
Krik'thik Protectorate
Raigon Launcher
Raigon Launcher


6.

Gate of the Setting Sun Loot

Normal Heroic
Saboteur Kip'tilak Striker Ga'dok Commander Ri'mok Raigonn
Saboteur Kip'tilak Striker Ga'dok Commander Ri'mok Raigonn
6.1.

Saboteur Kip'tilak Normal Loot

Item
Fallout Filter Icon Fallout Filter
Saboteur's Stabilizing Bracers Icon Saboteur's Stabilizing Bracers
Pendant of Precise Timing Icon Pendant of Precise Timing
6.2.

Saboteur Kip'tilak Heroic Loot

Item
Fallout-Filtering Hood Icon Fallout-Filtering Hood
Saboteur's Stabilizing Bracers Icon Saboteur's Stabilizing Bracers
Grenadier's Belt Icon Grenadier's Belt
Pendant of Precise Timing Icon Pendant of Precise Timing
Pulled Grenade Pin Icon Pulled Grenade Pin
6.3.

Striker Ga'dok Normal Loot

Item
Airstream Treads Icon Airstream Treads
Impaler's Girdle Icon Impaler's Girdle
Acid-Scarred Spaulders Icon Acid-Scarred Spaulders
6.4.

Striker Ga'dok Heroic Loot

Item
Bomber's Precision Gloves Icon Bomber's Precision Gloves
Airstream Treads Icon Airstream Treads
Impaler's Girdle Icon Impaler's Girdle
Acid-Scarred Spaulders Icon Acid-Scarred Spaulders
Vision of the Predator Icon Vision of the Predator
6.5.

Commander Ri'mok Normal Loot

Item
Leggings of the Frenzy Icon Leggings of the Frenzy
Swarmcall Helm Icon Swarmcall Helm
Mantid Trochanter Icon Mantid Trochanter
6.6.

Commander Ri'mok Heroic Loot

Item
Leggings of the Frenzy Icon Leggings of the Frenzy
Swarmcall Helm Icon Swarmcall Helm
Ri'mok's Shattered Scale Icon Ri'mok's Shattered Scale
Viscous Ring Icon Viscous Ring
Mantid Trochanter Icon Mantid Trochanter
A Treatise on Strategy Icon A Treatise on Strategy
6.7.

Raigonn Normal Loot

Item
Wall-Breaker Legguards Icon Wall-Breaker Legguards
Treads of Fixation Icon Treads of Fixation
Swarmbringer Chestguard Icon Swarmbringer Chestguard
Hive Protector's Gauntlets Icon Hive Protector's Gauntlets
Carapace Breaker Icon Carapace Breaker
Shield of the Protectorate Icon Shield of the Protectorate
6.8.

Raigonn Heroic Loot

Item
Frenzyswarm Bracers Icon Frenzyswarm Bracers
Shoulders of Engulfing Winds Icon Shoulders of Engulfing Winds
Wall-Breaker Legguards Icon Wall-Breaker Legguards
Treads of Fixation Icon Treads of Fixation
Hive Protector's Gauntlets Icon Hive Protector's Gauntlets
Swarmbringer Chestguard Icon Swarmbringer Chestguard
Drape of the Screeching Swarm Icon Drape of the Screeching Swarm
Carapace Breaker Icon Carapace Breaker
Impervious Carapace Icon Impervious Carapace
Shield of the Protectorate Icon Shield of the Protectorate
Klatith, Fangs of the Swarm Icon Klatith, Fangs of the Swarm
7.

Quests

All quests for Gate of the Setting Sun have no prerequisites and can be simply grabbed from Bowmistress Li at the entrance of the dungeon.

  1. Lighting the Way
  2. That's a Big Bug!
8.

Achievements

Achievement Description
Bomberman Icon Bomberman Trigger 15 explosions within 15 seconds during the Saboteur Kip'tilak encounter in Gate of the Setting Sun on Heroic Difficulty.
Conscriptinator Icon Conscriptinator Gain three stacks of Resin Residue by defeating Mantid Conscripts in Gate of the Setting Sun on Heroic Difficulty.
Mantid Swarm Icon Mantid Swarm Defeat Raigonn without killing any of the Mantid reinforcements.
Heroic: Gate of the Setting Sun Icon Heroic: Gate of the Setting Sun Defeat Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun on Heroic Difficulty.
Heroic: Gate of the Setting Sun Guild Run Icon Heroic: Gate of the Setting Sun Guild Run Defeat Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun on Heroic Difficulty while in a guild group.
Gate of the Setting Sun Challenger Icon Gate of the Setting Sun Challenger Complete the Gate of the Setting Sun Challenge Mode.
Gate of the Setting Sun: Bronze Icon Gate of the Setting Sun: Bronze Complete the Gate of the Setting Sun Challenge Mode with a rating of Bronze or better.
Gate of the Setting Sun: Silver Icon Gate of the Setting Sun: Silver Complete the Gate of the Setting Sun Challenge Mode with a rating of Silver or better.
Gate of the Setting Sun: Gold Icon Gate of the Setting Sun: Gold Complete the Gate of the Setting Sun Challenge Mode with a rating of Gold.
9.

Other Pandaria Dungeons

Gate of the Setting Sun is just one of the nine dungeons available to players during Mists of Pandaria. If you would like to learn more about the others, please see our other dungeon pages below:

10.

Changelog

  • 24 Jun. 2025: Page added.
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