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

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

Welcome to our World Boss Guide for Taerar 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 Emeriss, Lethon, and Ysondre.

This World Boss is required for the achievement The Originals.

Taerar Location

Taerar, Dragon of Nightmare can be found guarding the Emerald Dream portal at Bough Shadow in Ashenvale (94.6, 41.0). He will only be there if he is the currently active Dragon of Nightmare.

Here are the best ways to get there:

Alliance can take the portal to Mount Hyjal in Stormwind City and fly from there
Horde can fly from Orgrimmar

/way Ashenvale 94.6, 41.0 Taerar

wow anniversary taerar location world map

wow anniversary taerar location ashenvale map

Taerar Abilities & Strategy

Taerar has most of the same abilities and mechanics as the other Dragons of Nightmare. He 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 him 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 him. (Stay at the sides.)
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.
Bellowing Roar: Creates a purple effect on the ground. Any players standing in it will be sent running in fear.

wow anniversary world boss taerar dragon of nightmare

Taerar Loot

Taerar 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.