Gate of the Setting Sun Dungeon Guide

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.

Saboteur Kip'tilak will constantly use Throw Explosives, creating multiple Stable Munitions throughout the room. When the 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 hit by the flames. Saboteur Kip'tilak will also target random players with Sabotage, causing them to explode in a similar fashion to the Stable Munitions, creating 4-lines of Fire as well. At both 70% and 30%, Saboteur Kip'tilak will detonate all 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 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.

The main mechanic of this fight is the 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 path.

While flying in the air, Striker Ga'dok will summon adds to attack your party which periodically throwing an 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 Bombs and reduce tank damage taken.

Commander Ri'mok constantly drops 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, 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 as this deals high damage to all players.

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. 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 (tornadoes) throughout the room. These must simply be avoided while they are active.

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), and beginning phase two.

Phase two is a straight forward kite phase. Raigonn will target a random player with Fixate, chasing them around the room and frequently changing targets. The player targeted by Fixate should kite Raigonn away from other party members, as he will constantly use 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.

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
Saboteur's Stabilizing Bracers
Pendant of Precise Timing

6.2.

Saboteur Kip'tilak Heroic Loot

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

6.3.

Striker Ga'dok Normal Loot

Item
Airstream Treads
Impaler's Girdle
Acid-Scarred Spaulders

6.4.

Striker Ga'dok Heroic Loot

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

6.5.

Commander Ri'mok Normal Loot

Item
Leggings of the Frenzy
Swarmcall Helm
Mantid Trochanter

6.6.

Commander Ri'mok Heroic Loot

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

6.7.

Raigonn Normal Loot

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

6.8.

Raigonn Heroic Loot

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

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!

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

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: