Fated Castle Nathria Raid Guides in Shadowlands (9.2.5) (2024)

Castle Nathria is the first raid of the Shadowlands expansion that openson December 8. It houses 10 bosses with Sire Denathrius asthe final boss.

All Shadowlands raids will be permanently Fated beginning with theDragonflight pre-patch. Enemies inside Fatedraid are stronger and drop higher item-level loot. The original fourShadowlands World Bosses will also drop better loot. You will learn moreabout Fated Raids in our guide linked below.

• Fated Castle Nathria bosses reward Cosmic Flux and reputation withthe Court of Harvesters.

The story of Castle Nathria revolves around Revendreth and itsinhabitants. At first, you help Sire Denathrius and his underlingsas you quest through the zone, but later, you find out which side you have beenfighting on. You learn from The Accuser that Sire Denathrius isresponsible for the Anima drought that plagues the zone, feeding souls directlyto the Maw.

The Vampire-themed raid is located in Revendreth. It is the biggestcastle in the zone, visible from a distance with a gargoyle on top.

The exact location of the raid entrance is depicted on the map below.

The raid opened two weeks after Shadowlands release alongside the newMythic Season and PvPSeason 1 on November 23, 2020.

Here is the full unlock schedule of the raid.

• December 8: Normal and Heroic difficulties;
• December 15: Mythic difficulty and Raid Finder Wing 1;
• January 5: Raid Finder Wing 2;
• January 19: Raid Finder Wing 3;
• February 2: Raid Finder Wing 4.

Below, you will find our encounter guides for Castle Nathria, written byReady Check Pull,the popular Youtube channel for boss strategies.

Note that the order is only according to the dungeonjournal and does not represent a killing order. Boss order is outlinedin the next section.

• Shriekwing guide
• Huntsman Altimor guide
• Hungering Destroyer guide
• Artificer Xy'Mox guide
• Sun King's Salvation guide
• Lady Inerva Darkvein guide
• The Council of Blood guide
• Sludgefist guide
• Stone Legion Generals guide
• Sire Denathrius guide

After defeating the first bossShriekwing, you can choose to either clearCatacombs Wing withHuntsman Altimor,Hungering Destroyer,and Lady Inerva Darkvein, or go tothe Royal Quarters Wing and defeatSun King's Salvation,Artificer Xy'Mox, andThe Council of Blood. Both wingsmust be cleared before the Upper Spire withSludgefist,Stone Legion Generals,and Sire Denathrius becomes available.Note that you will fight Sludgefistin the same room as Shriekwing.

If you kill Sludgefist four timesand collect four Sludgefist's Head for the Castle Nathria: Getting AHead quest on any difficulty, you will unlock a raid skip that allows youto skip directly to Sludgefist by talkingto General Draven at the entrance of theHuntsman Altimor wing.

The Shadowlands Weekly Chest requires you to defeat a certain number ofraid bosses to receive items in the Raids category.You can read more information about the Great Vault in our detailedguide.

The following sections cover loot that you can get in the first raid ofthe Shadowlands expansion.

Here are the item levels of rewards from the Castle Nathria raid.The final two bosses drop better loot than the rest.

• Raid Finder Difficulty: Item Level 187-194;
• Normal Difficulty: Item Level 200-207;
• Heroic Difficulty: Item Level 213-220;
• Mythic Difficulty: Item Level 226-233.

When Fated difficulty is available for the raid, the item level of rewardswill be the following:

• Fated Raid Finder Difficulty: Item Level 265-272;
• Fated Normal Difficulty: Item Level 278-285;
• Fated Heroic Difficulty: Item Level 291-297;
• Fated Mythic Difficulty: Item Level 304-311.

Legendary Power recipes are guaranteed to drop from the bosses. You can findmore details in our Legendary Powers guide.

Many Conduits drop in Castle Nathria, but we are not listing them,so that this page does not feel cluttered. The same Conduits can be acquiredfrom virtually all the sources in Shadowlands. For more information,check out our Conduits guide.

Certain bosses in the raid drop tokens that you can turn in for weapons,shields, and off-hands at your Covenant Sanctum. You can find themon a separate page.

Completing all objectives of the Glory of the Nathria Raidermeta-achievement rewards the Nathria Rampart Screecher mount.

Scribes will be able to create Vantus Rune: Castle Nathria in Shadowlands,which increases Versatility by 100 against a certain boss in the raid tier.The effect lasts for a whole week.

For each class, we provide boss by boss advice, complete with actual tips, butalso recommendations for talents and Legendary Powers.