Gahz'ranka Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot
Gahz'ranka is the final optional boss in Zul'Gurub, and while quite easy to do, is a pain to summon. Summoning Ghaz'ranka requires a raider with maxed fishing to complete a quest chain and do some fishing, so make sure someone is ready to go!
Summoning Gahz'ranka
Gahz'ranka is one of the many optional bosses in Zul'Gurub, but is noticeably one of the most frequently skipped bosses, due to an annoying summoning requirement and a lack of important loot drops. If you do wish to summon Gahz'ranka, however, you will need to have a maxed fisherman in your group do the quest chain below.
- Start in Zul'Gurub. At the very north is the temple where you fought the High Priestess
Arlokk. Directly south of that temple is a river. Next to the river is a camp, where,
in a small chest in the camp, you can loot
Nat's Measuring Tape.
- Take the measuring tape to Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh.
- Complete the quest by talking to him, and buy the
Mudskunk Lure that he now sells.
- Return to Zul'Gurub, and go back to the same river from the first step. Along that river
are pools of fish that will be called Muddy Churning Waters. Fish there
until you have 5x
Zulian Mudskunks.
- Go back to where you first found the measuring tape. Use the lure in the river directly next to the camp to summon Gahz'ranka.
Strategy for Gahz'ranka
Gahz'ranka is an incredibly easy fight as he only has three mechanics,
two of which you can completely negate by fighting him underwater in the river. His abilities
are Frost Breath, which is just a tank damage cone,
Gahz'ranka Slam,
which is just a tank knock-back that being underwater solves, and
Massive Geyser,
a random knock-back that being underwater solves. Just fight him in the river, and kill
him for some free loot.
Loot from Gahz'ranka
Item | Slot |
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Trinket |
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Polearm |
Tome of Polymorph: Turtle | Misc (Mage-only) |
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Head |
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Staff |
Changelog
- 13 Apr. 2020: Guide added.
This guide has been written by Impakt, an Officer in BDGG, the #2 North American guild on retail. In addition to live WoW, he has also been a classic theorycrafter and enthusiast for many years. You can watch him stream on Twitch, or follow him on Twitter.
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