Heart of Fear

Heart of Fear
HoF
Location	Dread Wastes
Race(s)	Mantid Sha
End boss	Grand Empress Shek'zeer
Instance info
Type	Raid
Advised level	90
Minimum average item level	470
Player limit	10/25
Bosses Imperial Vizier Zor'lok Blade Lord Ta'yak Garalon Wind Lord Mel'jarak Amber-Shaper Un'sok Grand Empress Shek'zeer (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) Loot
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Heart of Fear is one of the three launch raids that opened in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. This is the seat of the mantid dominion, and a place where the Queen of the mantid currently resides, possessed by the Sha of Fear.

The entrance to this raid dungeon is in the base of a large rotting tree structure in the center of the Dread Wastes.^{[39, 35]}

Normal mode opened October 30, 2012, first Raid Finder part and Heroic modes opened on November 6, 2012, and second Raid Finder part opened on November 13, 2012. Raid Finder difficulty requires an average item level of 470.

Background

Dungeon Journal

The Sha of Fear has corrupted the grand empress of the mantid. Her increasingly erratic and paranoid commands have driven the Klaxxi--the keepers of mantid culture--to take aggressive action. Because they are few in number, the Klaxxi are reluctantly willing to accept outside help in destroying the empress and purging their race of the sha's negative influence.

Overview

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Geography

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  Oratorium of the Voice

• 

  Heart of Fear

Encounters by location

LFR	Bosses	Monsters
1	Oratorium of the Voice
	Palace Antechamber	Kor'thik Extremist  Kor'thik Slicer  Set'thik Swiftblade  Sra'thik Shield Master  Zar'thik Supplicant
	Oratorium of the Voice  Imperial Vizier Zor'lok	Enslaved Bonesmasher  Set'thik Fanatic  Zar'thik Zealot
	Training Quarters  Blade Lord Ta'yak	Instructor Kil'thak  Set'thik Gale-Slicer  Instructor Maltik  Kor'thik Silentwing  Instructor Tak'thok  Kor'thik Swarmer  Instructor Zarik  Set'thik Tempest
	Heart of Fear
	Dread Terrace  Garalon	Set'thik Zephyrian  Set'thik Gustwing
2	Staging Balcony  Wind Lord Mel'jarak  Kor'thik Elite Blademaster  Sra'thik Amber-Trapper  Zar'thik Battle-Mender
	Royal Approach	Sra'thik Ambercaller  Kor'thik Fleshrender  Kor'thik Swarmguard
	Amber Research Sanctum  Amber-Shaper Un'sok  Amber Monstrosity  Living Amber	Amber-Ridden Mushan  Amber Searsting  Sra'thik Pool-Tender  Coagulated Amber
	Heart of Fear  Grand Empress Shek'zeer  Kor'thik Reaver  Set'thik Windblade	Kor'thik Warsinger  Zar'thik Augurer

Quest guide

Bosses have a chance (on all difficulties) to drop  [Sigil of Wisdom] for  [90] The Strength of One's Foes.

Dungeon denizens

•  Mantid
  • Kunchong
•  Yaungol

Bosses

[The Dread Approach]

•  Imperial Vizier Zor'lok
•  Blade Lord Ta'yak
•  Garalon

[Nightmare of Shek'zeer]

•  Wind Lord Mel'jarak
•  Amber-Shaper Un'sok
•  Grand Empress Shek'zeer

Loot

All bosses have a chance to drop the  [Sigil of Wisdom] in addition to the listed loot.

Boss	Item	Type
Imperial Vizier Zor'lok	[Articulated Legplates] (LFR · H)	Tank plate leggings
	[Attenuating Bracers] (LFR · H)	Caster cloth bracers
	[Boots of the Still Breath] (LFR · H)	Agility leather boots
	[Chestplate of the Forbidden Tower] (LFR · H)	Spirit plate chest
	[Fragment of Fear Made Flesh] (LFR · H)	Caster DPS ring
	[Gauntlets of Undesired Gifts] (LFR · H)	Spirit leather gloves
	[Gloves of Grasping Claws] (LFR · H)	Spirit cloth gloves
	[Hisek's Chrysanthemum Cape] (LFR · H)	Strength DPS cloak
	[Mail of Screaming Secrets] (LFR · H)	Spirit mail chest
	[Pheromone-Coated Choker] (LFR · H)	Agility neck
	[Scent-Soaked Sandals] (LFR · H)	Healer cloth feet
	[Vizier's Ruby Signet] (LFR · H)	Tank ring
	[Warbelt of Sealed Pods] (LFR · H)	DPS plate belt
	[Zor'lok's Fizzing Chestguard] (LFR · H)	Agility mail chest
	[Soothsayer's Runes]	Darkmoon Faire item
Blade Lord Ta'yak	[Boots of the Blowing Wind] (LFR · H)	Spirit cloth boots
	[Bracers of Tempestuous Fury] (LFR · H)	Spirit mail bracers
	[Bracers of Unseen Strikes] (LFR · H)	Agility leather bracers
	[Choker of the Unleashed Storm] (LFR · H)	Agility necklace
	[Drape of Gathering Clouds] (LFR · H)	Spirit cloak
	[Hood of Stilled Winds] (LFR · H)	Caster leather helm
	[Kaz'tik's Stormseizer Gauntlets] (LFR · H)	Healer mail hands
	[Pauldrons of the Broken Blade] (LFR · H)	Tank plate shoulders
	[Ring of the Bladed Tempest] (LFR · H)	Strength DPS ring
	[Sword Dancer's Leggings] (LFR · H)	Agility mail legs
	[Tornado-Summoning Censer] (LFR · H)	Caster off-hand
	[Twisting Wind Bracers] (LFR · H)	DPS cloth bracers
	[Waistplate of Overwhelming Assault] (LFR · H)	DPS plate belt
	[Windblade Talons] (LFR · H)	Tank plate gloves
Garalon	[Bonebreaker Gauntlets] (LFR · H)	Agility leather gloves
	[Garalon's Graven Carapace] (LFR · H)	DPS plate chest
	[Garalon's Hollow Skull] (LFR · H)	Tank plate helm
	[Grasps of Panic] (LFR · H)	Spirit plate gloves
	[Grips of the Leviathan] (LFR · H)	Agility mail gloves
	[Legbreaker Greatcloak] (LFR · H)	Agility cloak
	[Necklace of Congealed Weaknesses] (LFR · H)	Strength DPS necklace
	[Ring of the Shattered Shell] (LFR · H)	Tank ring
	[Robes of Eighty Lights] (LFR · H)	Spirit leather chest
	[Sandals of the Unbidden] (LFR · H)	DPS cloth boots
	[Shoulders of Foaming Fluids] (LFR · H)	Spirit cloth shoulders
	[Stormwake Mistcloak] (LFR · H)	Caster DPS cloak
	[Vestments of Steaming Ichor] (LFR · H)	Spirit mail chest
	[Xaril's Hood of Intoxicating Vapors] (LFR · H)	Caster cloth helm
Wind Lord Mel'jarak	[Cloak of Raining Blades] (LFR · H)	Tank cloak
	[Clutches of Dying Hope] (LFR · H)	Caster leather gloves
	[Gauntlets of the Shadowy Conqueror] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Gauntlets of the Shadowy Protector] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Gauntlets of the Shadowy Vanquisher] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Impaling Treads] (LFR · H)	DPS plate boots
	[Korven's Amber-Sealed Beetle] (LFR · H)	Spirit necklace
	[Painful Thorned Ring] (LFR · H)	Agility ring
	[Robes of Torn Nightmares] (LFR · H)	Spirit cloth chest
	[Wingslasher Pauldrons] (LFR · H)	Agility mail shoulders
Amber-Shaper Un'sok	[Belt of Malleable Amber] (LFR · H)	DPS cloth belt
	[Leggings of the Shadowy Conqueror] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Leggings of the Shadowy Protector] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Leggings of the Shadowy Vanquisher] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Monstrous Stompers] (LFR · H)	Agility mail boots
	[Scimitar of Seven Stars] (LFR · H)	Strength one-handed sword
	[Seal of the Profane] (LFR · H)	Spirit ring
	[Shoulderpads of Misshapen Life] (LFR · H)	DPS plate shoulders
	[Treads of Deadly Secretions] (LFR · H)	Agility leather boots
	[Un'sok's Amber Scalpel] (LFR · H)	Spirit dagger
Grand Empress Shek'zeer	[Chest of the Shadowy Conqueror] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Chest of the Shadowy Protector] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Chest of the Shadowy Vanquisher] (LFR · H)	Armor token
	[Claws of Shek'zeer] (LFR · H)	Agility fist weapon
	[Crown of the Doomed Empress] (LFR · H)	Agility mail helm
	[Hood of Dark Dreams] (LFR · H)	Intellect mail helm
	[Kri'tak, Imperial Scepter of the Swarm] (LFR · H)	Spirit mace
	[Leggings of Shadow Infestation] (LFR · H)	Caster cloth leggings
	[Legplates of Regal Reinforcement] (LFR · H)	Tank plate leggings
	[Shadow Heart Spaulders] (LFR · H)	Agility leather shoulders
Trash mobs
	[Darting Damselfly Cuffs]	Healer cloth wrists
	[Gleaming Moth Cuffs]	Caster cloth hands
	[Inlaid Cricket Bracers]	Healer plate wrists
	[Jade Bandit Figurine]	Agility trinket
	[Jade Charioteer Figurine]	Strength trinket
	[Jade Courtesan Figurine]	Healer trinket
	[Jade Magistrate Figurine]	Caster trinket
	[Jade Warlord Figurine]	Stamina trinket
	[Jagged Hornet Bracers]	Agility mail wrists
	[Luminescent Firefly Wristguards]	Caster mail wrists
	[Pearlescent Butterfly Wristbands]	Caster leather wrists
	[Plated Locust Bracers]	Strength plate wrists
	[Serrated Wasp Bracers]	Tank plate wrists
	[Shining Cicada Bracers]	Caster cloth wrists
	[Smooth Beetle Wristbands]	Agility leather wrists

Achievements

• [The Dread Approach]
  • [Overzealous]
  • [Candle in the Wind]
  • [Like an Arrow to the Face]
• [Nightmare of Shek'zeer]
  • [Less Than Three]
  • [I Heard You Like Amber...]
  • [Timing is Everything]
  • [Heart of Fear Guild Run]
• Heroics
  • [Heroic: Imperial Vizier Zor'lok]
  • [Heroic: Blade Lord Ta'yak]
  • [Heroic: Garalon]
  • [Heroic: Wind Lord Mel'jarak]
  • [Heroic: Amber-Shaper Un'sok]
  • [Heroic: Grand Empress Shek'zeer]
    • [Heroic: Grand Empress Shek'zeer Guild Run]
    • [Ahead of the Curve: Grand Empress Shek'zeer]
    • [Cutting Edge: Grand Empress Shek'zeer]
    • [Realm First! Grand Empress Shek'zeer]

Gallery

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  Heart of Fear in Dread Wastes.

Videos

Guides

HoF Tanking Guides Animated/narrated playlist for Heart of Fear

HoF DPS Guides Animated/narrated playlist for Heart of Fear

HoF Healer Guides Animated/narrated playlist for Heart of Fear

Heroic Guides

HoF HEROIC Guides Animated/narrated playlist for HEROIC Heart of Fear

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

Guides

Icy Veins Comprehensive encounter guides for Heart of Fear