Emeriss, Dragon of Nightmare - 20th Anniversary World Boss - World of Warcraft The War Within

Author: Luxrah
Date: October 25, 2024
Updated: October 30, 2024
Expansion: World of Warcraft

Welcome to our World Boss Guide for Emeriss in the 20th Anniversary Event! There were the four Dragons of Nightmare who guarded the portals to the Emerald Dream in Vanilla WoW. They have returned for a limited time for World of Warcraft’s Anniversary.

Only one of these dragons spawns at any given time and they rotate on a daily basis. You can see the time remaining on the current dragon by hovering over their icon on the world map. The other three bosses are Lethon, Taerar, and Ysondre.

This World Boss is required for the achievement The Originals.

Emeriss Location

Emeriss, Dragon of Nightmare can be found guarding the Emerald Dream portal at Twilight Grove in Duskwood (46.8, 40.4). She will only be there if she is the currently active Dragon of Nightmare.

Here are the best ways to get there:

Alliance can fly from Stormwind City
Horde can head to Orgrimmar and take the zeppelin to Stranglethorn Vale or have the Thrallmar Mage in the portal room teleport them to Blasted Lands, and fly from there
Druids can use the portal to Duskwood inside the Emerald Dreamway

/way Duskwood 46.8, 40.4 Emeriss

wow anniversary emeriss location world map

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Emeriss Abilities & Strategy

Emeriss has most of the same abilities and mechanics as the other Dragons of Nightmare. She has 879 million health. You can face this boss as low as level 15, since the encounter scales. As a World Boss, you will need a sizeable group to defeat this enemy.

Noxious Breath: Deals damage in a cone in front of the boss. Don’t stand in front of her unless you are the tank.
Tail Sweep: Deals damage in a cone behind the boss, knocking back and stunning for 2 seconds. Don’t stand behind her. (Stay at the sides.)
Aura of Nature: Deals periodic damage to all nearby players, requiring steady raid healing.
Lethargy: A dot that puts the player to sleep for 15 seconds and deals damage over time. Avoid the big green circles if you don’t want to be hit by this.
Putrid Bolt: Marks a spot on the ground with a green swirl and deals heavy damage there. Don’t stand in it.
Putrid Infection: Players with this DoT will deal damage to anyone nearby for 6 seconds, and then will leave a Putrid Mushroom on the ground. Stay away from anyone who turns into a mushroom.
Putrid Mushroom: You’ll get a lot of these on the ground over the course of the fight. Stay away to avoid their AoE damage.

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Emeriss Loot

Emeriss drops the same loot as the other Dragons of Nightmare.

Item	Slot	Type
Acid Inscribed Greaves	Feet	Plate
Ancient Corroded Leggings	Legs	Mail
Black Bark Wristbands	Wrist	Cloth
Belt of the Dark Bog	Waist	Cloth
Boots of Fright	Feet	Leather
Boots of the Endless Moor	Feet	Mail
Circlet of Restless Dreams	Head	Leather
Dark Heart Pants	Legs	Leather
Deviate Growth Cap	Head	Leather
Dragonbone Wristguards	Wrist	Plate
Dragonheart Necklace	Neck	–
Dragonspur Wraps	Wrist	Leather
Emerald Dragonfang	One-Hand	Dagger
Gauntlets of the Shining Light	Hands	Plate
Gloves of Delusional Power	Hands	Cloth
Green Dragonskin Cloak	Back	–
Hammer of Bestial Fury	One-Hand	Mace
Hibernation Crystal	Trinket	–
Jade Inlaid Vestments	Chest	Cloth
Leggings of the Demented Mind	Legs	Mail
Malignant Footguards	Feet	Mail
Mendicant’s Slippers	Feet	Cloth
Mindtear Band	Finger	–
Nightmare Blade	One-Hand	Sword
Polished Ironwood Crossbow	Ranged	Crossbow
Ring of the Unliving	Finger	–
Staff of Rampant Growth	Two-Hand	Staff
Strangely Glyphed Legplates	Legs	Plate
Trance Stone	Held In Off-hand	–
Unnatural Leather Spaulders	Shoulder	Leather

About the Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.