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Cutting Edge: Ula'tek
Mythic Ula'tek goes down with you in the raid, and the Feat of Strength stays forever.
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WoW Raids Boost: Venomous Abyss, Lairs and Legacy Glory
WoW Raids Boost is the index of every Midnight raid service we run: the current Season 2 tier, the two one-boss instances beside it, the expansion Glory meta and one Legion collector raid. Name the drop or feat you are after, and the sections below lead to the matching order.
Price range: $3,136.49 – $3,136.49
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What sits under this raid index
Midnight raiding in patch 12.1 is split across more instance types than earlier tiers. The Venomous Abyss is a traditional eight-encounter raid dug into the Coiled Isle, and Ula'tek waits at its deepest point. Next to it, Tidebound Grotto introduced lairs: a single encounter against Nymrissa Wavecaller that scales from a new World difficulty up to flexible Mythic for 15 to 25 players. Patch 12.1.5 then adds The Unbinding of Kith'ix, another single-boss fight, where Lady Liadrin stands with the raid.
Two more pages look backwards instead of at the current ladder. Glory of the Midnight Raider collects achievements from the three launch raids, and The Nighthold covers Legion transmog and a rare Gul'dan mount. So a WoW Raids Boost here can mean a gear push, a Feat of Strength, or a stable slot for a collection.
How far each current instance pushes your ilvl
Buyers usually compare numbers before anything else, and the three live instances top out at different points. The figures below come from the dungeon journal ranges for each difficulty.
| Where | Normal | Heroic | Mythic |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Venomous Abyss (8 bosses) | 292–302 | 305–315 | 318–324, last two bosses 344 |
| Tidebound Grotto (lair) | 292–309 | 305–322 | 318–335 |
| The Unbinding of Kith'ix (1 boss) | 298 | 311 | 344 |
Two patterns stand out. On Normal and Heroic, Kith'ix drops above the whole Abyss range, which makes its Normal version a sensible bridge into Heroic content. And on Mythic, 344 drops are limited to The Coiled Altar, Ula'tek and Kith'ix, so a partial booking can reach the top track without a full clear.
The Venomous Abyss: full clears or targeted kills
Most orders in this hub start here, because the Abyss is where Season 2 tier tokens and both raid Feats of Strength live. Five bosses drop Venomforged, Venomwoven, Venomcured or Venomcast tokens for head, chest, legs, shoulders and hands, and Ula'tek adds the Slumbering Coil Curio, which converts into any one of those five slots. Beating Ula'tek on Heroic earns Ahead of the Curve; the Mythic version earns Cutting Edge plus the title Venom's End, and it can also drop the Primeval Skyfriend.
- Venomous Abyss Normal clears all eight bosses on the Champion-range loot table.
- Venomous Abyss Heroic runs 8/8, 6/8 or only the last two bosses, with AotC on the full version.
- Venomous Abyss Single Bosses lets you pick encounters one by one, for example Nek'zali plus Entombed Sentinels.
- Ula'tek goes directly to the last fight, with an optional Coiled Altar kill attached.
For Mythic 8/8, Cutting Edge, the mount or the Glory of the Venomous Raider meta, open The Venomous Abyss section, where each has its own page.
One-boss instances: Nymrissa and Kith'ix
If your Abyss lockout is already spent, a short instance still adds drops and fills the Great Vault, where raid slots unlock after 2, 4 and 6 kills. Tidebound Grotto is a lair on the Coiled Isle, so the fight is compact and the calculator offers every difficulty, including a Mythic Vault Run. On Normal and Heroic Abyss runs with full priority on all eight bosses, the Grotto kill can be added to the same booking.
Unbinding of Kith'ix covers all three loot difficulties under one page. Its Mythic difficulty also has a separate listing, Unbinding of Kith'ix Mythic, sold only as full priority with a 15- or 25-player roster, for buyers who only care about the 344 track. Both pages accept Piloted, Remote or Self-play orders.
Collector runs: launch Glory and The Nighthold
Glory of the Midnight Raider asks for ten boss achievements across The Voidspire, The Dreamrift and March on Quel'Danas, among them Hungry Hungry Hatchlings, Aura Farming and It's Treason Then. Finishing all ten unlocks the Tenebrous Harrower, a flying mount. You can book the full meta or only the criteria still missing from your achievement panel.
The Nighthold is a Legion raid ending with Gul'dan. Its page handles repeat Mythic runs (from one up to a hundred) for the Fiendish Hellfire Core, the Glory of the Legion Raider achievement, and the Tier 19 class sets in their LFR, Normal, Heroic and Mythic colors, either as full sets or single slots.
Loot modes decoded
The same boss can be booked with very different loot outcomes, and this setting usually matters more than difficulty. The calculators on current raid pages use these terms:
| Mode | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| Group loot | You join a raid and loot like any member; items are not steered toward you. |
| Unsaved group loot | The raid is built from players with no lockout on those bosses, so more items drop per kill. |
| Armor and Token priority | Armor-type pieces and tier tokens go to you first; 10, 15, 20 or 26 unsaved boosters mean an estimated 2–3 up to 5–6 drops on each kill to roll for. |
| Full priority | Anything usable by your class and specialization is handed over, again estimated at 2–3 to 5–6 pieces from each boss. |
| Vault Run (Mythic) | The kill is aimed at Great Vault progress rather than at handing out drops. |
Matching the service to your goal
A quick way to plan a WoW Raids Boost is to name the outcome first:
- AotC this tier: Heroic Ula'tek, either through the Heroic clear or the Ula'tek page.
- A full set of Season 2 tier: Normal or Heroic 8/8 with Armor and Token priority, then use the Curio for the gap.
- 344 weapons and trinkets: Mythic Kith'ix or a Mythic kill of the last two Abyss bosses.
- Extra Vault slots on a raided week: Tidebound Grotto or Kith'ix.
- Mounts for the collection: Glory of the Midnight Raider or The Nighthold.
Before you book
All three live instances are level 90 content, and the Abyss adds a gear gate of 273 only for its LFR queue. Look at your saved bosses in the raid info panel first, because anything you looted since the reset will not give you personal loot again. On the Venomous Abyss, Tidebound Grotto and Ula'tek pages you take part yourself and listen to the raid leader; the Kith'ix, Glory and Nighthold pages add Piloted or Remote. A WoW Raids Boost does not expect you to know the fights or to belong to a guild.
Read more: Venomous Abyss boss cheat sheet.
Frequently asked questions
Which Midnight raid gives the highest item level right now?
The 344 ceiling comes from three Mythic encounters: The Coiled Altar and Ula'tek in The Venomous Abyss, and Kith'ix in patch 12.1.5. On Normal and Heroic, Kith'ix is ahead of the Abyss, dropping 298 and 311 items against the Abyss ranges of 292–302 and 305–315.
Is Tidebound Grotto a raid or a world boss?
It belongs to the lair format that arrived with patch 12.1. Inside the instance there is only Nymrissa Wavecaller, and the encounter scales from World difficulty through Normal and Heroic to flexible Mythic for 15 to 25 players. Its Mythic loot range runs from 318 to 335.
What do I need for Ahead of the Curve in Season 2?
Ahead of the Curve needs Ula'tek, the last encounter of The Venomous Abyss, defeated on Heroic. Either an 8/8 on Heroic or the Ula'tek page set to Heroic gets you there, the latter leaving out the first seven encounters. For Cutting Edge, the same fight has to be won on Mythic.
Will a one-boss order spend my weekly lockout?
Yes, for the bosses you kill. Loot-based difficulties lock each boss per week, so a boss you already looted will not drop personal gear for you again until the reset. The other bosses stay open, which is why single-boss and last-two-boss bookings suit players who raided part of the week with their own group.
Which boosts are Self-play and which can be Piloted?
The Venomous Abyss Normal, Heroic, Single Bosses, Ula'tek and Tidebound Grotto pages accept only Self-play orders, meaning you are in the group on your own character. Unbinding of Kith'ix, its Mythic page, Glory of the Midnight Raider and The Nighthold add Piloted and Remote, in which case a booster handles the whole order on your account.
How does the Slumbering Coil Curio help with tier?
The Curio drops from Ula'tek and is traded in Silvermoon for a set piece in whichever of the five tier slots you choose. Regular tokens are tied to particular encounters, so the Curio is the easiest way to fill whichever slot you are still missing after a few clears.
Which raids reward the Tenebrous Harrower mount?
The Tenebrous Harrower comes from Glory of the Midnight Raider, a meta achievement for the three launch raids of Midnight: The Voidspire, The Dreamrift and March on Quel'Danas. It needs ten boss-specific achievements, and the service can be ordered for all of them or only for the ones you have not completed.