Mythic+ guide · Battle for Azeroth · Patch 12.1
Kings' Rest is a four-boss Zandalari tomb dungeon in western Zuldazar. Returning for Midnight Season 2 with updated pacing, it remains a route-efficiency and boss-execution key — Animated Gold from Spit Gold, Council totem priority, and Dazar's mount phase define the run.
Raid-wide shadow damage — highest trash priority.
Heals the mob significantly — interrupt or kill fast.
CCs a player — interrupt or dispel immediately.
Buffs nearby mobs — kill ancestor or interrupt the cast.
Interrupt on Mchimba adds and trash mummies.
A gold-coated serpent that spits molten gold pools, summons Animated Gold on Lucre's Call, and channels Serpentine Gust. Stack Spit Gold puddles and cleave Animated Gold blobs.
Pull to win — follow each phase in order every time the loop repeats.
Drop Spit Gold puddles near existing pools. Tank faces away for Tail Thrash.
If targeted by Spit Gold, drop your pool next to existing gold puddles to cluster them in one corner. Tank faces the serpent away from the group — Tail Thrash swipes anyone behind the tail. Use a defensive on Spit Gold if you are the target.
Puddles become Animated Gold — cleave blobs with slows and CC.
The moment Lucre's Call fires, every gold pool spawns an Animated Gold blob. Kill or CC blobs immediately with slows and roots — any blob reaching the boss empowers it and stacks raid damage. Cleave them before they path to the serpent.
Healers ramp for channel. Group CDs for raid-wide damage.
Healers pre-shield and top the group before every Serpentine Gust channel — it is the main predictable spike and a timer killer at high keys. Pop a group defensive if available. DPS should not greed damage during the cast window.
Move perpendicular to Serpent Charge. Avoid gold trails.
When the serpent charges, move perpendicular to the line — not along it. Gold trails left behind apply a fire DoT that stacks fast. Tank keeps the boss positioned so charge paths do not cut through the group stack.
Loop pool stacking, gold blob cleave, and Gust ramps until serpent dies.
Every cycle repeats: cluster Spit Gold, cleave blobs on Lucre's Call, ramp for Gust, dodge charge. Scattered pools mean blobs everywhere — that is the primary wipe cause. Hold burst for post-Gust windows when blobs are dead.
Spit Gold drops pools on two players; Lucre's Call turns pools into Animated Gold adds.
Drop Spit Gold puddles near existing pools to cluster them. On Lucre's Call, cleave Animated Gold blobs immediately — use slows and CC so they do not reach the boss and empower it.
Blobs spawned from gold pools during Lucre's Call. Empower the boss if they reach it.
Kill or CC Animated Gold the moment Lucre's Call spawns them. Slows and roots prevent blobs from empowering the serpent — empowerment stacks raid damage.
Channeled raid-wide damage that needs healing cooldowns.
Healers ramp before Serpentine Gust every time — use group defensive or healing CD. DPS do not skip mechanics to greed damage before Gust.
Tail swipe hitting players behind the serpent.
Tank faces the serpent away from the group. Melee stay in front of the boss — Tail Thrash chunks anyone behind the tail.
Serpent charges across the arena leaving gold trails.
Move perpendicular to the charge line. Do not stand in gold trails left behind — fire DoT stacks fast.