Shadowmoon Burial Grounds

Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
SBG
Location	Shadowmoon Valley
Race(s)	Orc; Skeletal orc; Ghost (orc and draenei)
End boss	Ner'zhul
Instance info
Type	Dungeon
Advised level	100
Player limit	5
Bosses
Sadana Bloodfury; Nhallish; Bonemaw; Ner'zhul	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	Loot

Shadowmoon Burial Grounds is a dungeon introduced in Warlords of Draenor, set in Shadowmoon Valley within Anguish Fortress. It features Ner'zhul as its end boss.^[1]

Following the defeat of the Dark Star, Ner'zhul and his followers retreated here.

History

Dungeon Journal

The traditional burial grounds of the Shadowmoon clan are the final resting place for countless generations of ancestors. The fallen chieftain Ner'zhul, in the depths of his depravity, has sacrificed the very soul of his clan in a desperate quest for power. Now the ancestral spirits are restless, tormented and used to fuel dark rituals that will pull all of Draenor into the void if allowed to run their course.

Maps and subregions

Maps

Shadowmoon Burial Grounds L1.
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds L2.
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds L3.

Subregions

Quests

Quest name	Quest giver	Zone location
Alliance quests
[10-40] Shadowmoon Burial Grounds	Muradin Bronzebeard	Lunarfall, Shadowmoon Valley
Horde quests
[10-40] Shadowmoon Burial Grounds	High Overlord Saurfang	Frostwall, Frostfire Ridge
Neutral quests
[10-40D] The Void-Gate [10-40] Whispers in the Darkness	Impsy	Lunarfall, Frostwall
[40H] Shadowy Secrets [10-40] Whispers in the Darkness	Darion Mograine	Lunarfall, Frostwall
[40H] The Huntresses [40] Fate of the Fallen	Cowled Ranger	Lunarfall, Frostwall

Denizens

Bosses	Monsters	NPCs
Crypt of the Ancients Sadana Bloodfury Defiled Spirit	Reanimated Ritual Bones Shadowmoon Bone-Mender Shadowmoon Loyalist Void Spawn Defiled Spirit Corpse Skitterling	Restless Wanderer Lost Soul Weeping Spirit
Altar of Shadow	Void Spawn
Whispering Hollows Nhallish Possessed Soul	Shadowmoon Bone-Mender Shadowmoon Enslaver Shadowmoon Exhumer Subjugated Soul Exhumed Spirit Liberated Soul Reanimated Ritual Bones	Restless Wanderer
Pools of Reflection Bonemaw	Carrion Worm Corpse Skitterling Monstrous Corpse Spider Plagued Bat
Edge of Reality Ner'zhul Ritual of Bones

Dungeon denizens

Encounters

Loot

Boss	Item	Type
Sadana Bloodfury	Sadana's Grisly Visage (H · M)	Caster Off-hand
Nhallish	Nhallish's Bloody Polearm (H · M)	Strength two-hand polearm
Nhallish	[Voidmender's Shadowgem] (H · M)	Caster trinket
Bonemaw	Bonemaw's Big Toe (H · M)	Melee trinket
Bonemaw	Bonetooth Longbow (H · M)	Ranged bow
Ner'zhul	Portal-Ripper's Staff (H · M)	Caster staff
	Ner'zhul's Ritual Blade (H · M)	Rogue dagger
	[Illusion: Mark of Shadowmoon]	Cosmetic

Achievements

Speculation

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

Given the presence of tree roots covering the Altar of Shadow in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds, and the fact you enter the instance from the east and then turn left (south) as you descend, it is possible that the Altar of Shadow is directly below Moonwillow Peak.