Throne of Thunder

Throne of Thunder
ToT
Location	Northeastern Isle of Thunder
Race(s)	Mogu  Saurok  Zandalar troll  Ice troll  Sand troll  Forest troll  Jungle troll Bat Spider Quilen
End boss	Emperor Lei Shen, Ra-den (Heroic)
Instance info
Type	Raid
Advised level	90
Minimum average item level	480
Player limit	10/25
Associated faction	Shado-Pan Assault
Bosses Jin'rokh the Breaker Horridon Council of Elders Tortos Megaera Ji-Kun Durumu the Forgotten Primordius Dark Animus Iron Qon Twin Consorts Lei Shen Ra-den (Heroic only) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) Loot
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Entrance

Throne of Thunder is the Patch 5.2 raid instance. Emperor Lei Shen, the Thunder King, has returned to wreak his vengeance on Pandaria. It falls to the heroes of the Alliance and the Horde to stop the newly resurrected tyrant and his Zandalari allies in the Throne of Thunder. The Throne of Thunder is a sprawling citadel housing 12 raid encounters, and players that defeat Emperor Lei Shen in Heroic mode can earn the opportunity to face an additional 13th foe, Ra-den.

The Raid Finder version of the Throne of Thunder will be divided into 4 different wings, and each wing will open a week (or two) after the previous. The instance opened on 5 March 2013, Heroic mode and "Last Stand of the Zandalari" LFR opened on 12 March, "Forgotten Depths" LFR opened on 19 March, "Halls of Flesh-Shaping" LFR opened on 2 April, and "Pinnacle of Storms" LFR opened on 16 April.

Join the Shado-Pan Assault in their singular drive to see Lei Shen, The Thunder King defeated once and for all, and gain access to impressive Valor reward items. Reputation with this faction can be earned only within the Throne of Thunder raid dungeon.

Background

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Dungeon Journal

When Pandaria separated from Kalimdor many thousands of years ago, a veil of mist kept outsiders from discovering the newly-formed continent. The mists also hid a reminder of an ancient evil: Lei Shen's Throne of Thunder. During his rule, this fortress was the seat of the Thunder King's power. Even after his death, great swathes of corrupted energy lingered, and now, the resurrected Thunder King and the Zandalari trolls intend to harness that energy to establish the reign of Lei Shen once again.

Overview

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Getting there

First get to the Isle of Thunder by taking a portal from the faction camps outside Shado-Pan Garrison in Townlong Steppes. The Alliance camp is at ^{[49.7, 68.7]} to the north, and the Horde camp is at ^{[50.6, 73.4]} to the southeast. Once on the isle, head to the Diremoor and follow the main path northeast through the jungle. At the Emperor's Gate, turn left and head due north to find at ^{[51, 47]} a sewer entrance called the Bleak Hollow, which is a small Shado-Pan camp. The sewer grate will teleport adventurers to the inner courtyard and at ^{[63.7, 32.2]} the instance line.

Geography

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  Overgrown Statuary

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  Royal Amphitheater

• 

  Forgotten Depths

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  Roost of Ji-Kun

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  Halls of Flesh-Shaping

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  Hall of Kings

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  Pinnacle of Storms

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  Hidden Cell

Dungeon denizens

LFR	Bosses	Monsters
1	Overgrown Statuary
	Ruined Approach	Zandalari Blade Initiate   Zandalari Spear-Shaper   Zandalari Storm-Caller   Zandalari Water-Binder   Bound Water Elemental
	Overgrown Statuary   Jin'rokh the Breaker
	Grand Overlook	Ancient Python   Spirit Flayer   Tormented Spirit   Soul-Fed Construct   Monara   Stormbringer Draz'kil
	Royal Amphitheater
	Royal Amphitheater   Horridon   Sul'lithuz Stonegazer   Farraki Skirmisher   Farraki Wastewalker   Gurubashi Bloodlord   Gurubashi Venom Priest   Risen Drakkari Warrior   Risen Drakkari Champion   Drakkari Frozen Warlord   Amani'shi Protector   Amani'shi Flame Caster   Amani Warbear   Amani'shi Beast Shaman   Zandalari Dinomancer   War-God Jalak
	Ruined Approach	No'ku Stormsayer   Amani'shi Flame Chanter   Drakkari Frost Warden   Farraki Sand Conjurer   Sand Elemental   Gurubashi Berserker   Shadowed Voodoo Spirit   Zandalari High Priest   Zandalari Warlord
	Lightning Promenade  Council of Elders   Blessed Loa Spirit   Shadowed Loa Spirit   Living Sand	Zandalari Prelate   Zandalari Prophet
2	Forgotten Depths
	Lair of Tortos   Tortos   Whirl Turtle	Vampiric Cave Bat   Greater Cave Bat
	Forgotten Depths   Megaera   Arcane Head   Flaming Head   Frozen Head   Venomous Head	Shale Stalker   Cavern Burrower   Fungal Growth   Mist Lurker   Eternal Guardian
	Roost of Ji-Kun
	Roost of Ji-Kun   Ji-Kun   Hatchling   Juvenile	Bore Worm   Corpse Spider   Bow Fly Swarm   Gastropod
3	Halls of Flesh-Shaping
	Refuse Disposal
	Watcher's Sanctum   Durumu the Forgotten   Amber Fog   Azure Fog   Crimson Fog	Roaming Fog   Eye Sentry   Hidden Fog   Pale Fog
	Saurok Creation Pit   Primordius   Living Fluid	Malignant Ooze   Quivering Blob
	Halls of Flesh-Shaping   Dark Animus   Anima Golem   Large Anima Golem   Massive Anima Golem	Ritual Guard   Archritualist Kelada   Ritualist Aridian   Ritualist Auton   Ritualist Bandril   Ritualist Drahvin   Ritualist Drashig   Ritualist Fendahl   Ritualist Gond   Ritualist Jagaroth   Ritualist Kitling   Ritualist Kroll   Ritualist Malus   Ritualist Mandrel   Ritualist Megara   Ritualist Morok   Ritualist Ogri   Ritualist Ogron   Ritualist Rill   Ritualist Rutan   Ritualist Sirian   Ritualist Tetrap   Ritualist Thal   Ritualist Voord   Ritualist Wirrn   Ritualist Xeron
4	Sewer Access Point	Muckbat   Putrid Waste   Rotting Scavenger   Skittering Spiderling   Flesh'rok the Diseased
	Hall of Kings
	Grand Courtyard   Iron Qon   Dam'ren   Quet'zal   Ro'shak	Manchu   Weishang   Untrained Quilen
	Hall of Kings	Shan'ze Celestial Shaper
	Celestial Enclave   Twin Consorts
	Lightning Ascent	Zao'cho   Lightning Guardian   Thunder Lord
	Pinnacle of Storms
	Pinnacle of Storms   Lei Shen  Ball Lightning  Diffused Lightning  Lesser Diffused Lightning  Unharnessed Power
N/A	Hidden Cell
	Ra-den

Quests

Faction

•  [90R] Life Blood
•  [90R] Securing A Future

Weekly

• Quest:Agony and Anima
• Quest:Eyes of the Thunder King
• Quest:Requiem for a Queen
• Quest:Rocks Fall, People Die
• Quest:Something Foul is Afoot
• Quest:Taming the Tempest
• Quest:Zao'cho the Wicked

Achievements

• [Last Stand of the Zandalari]
  • [Lightning Overload]
  • [Cretaceous Collector]
  • [Cage Match]
• [Forgotten Depths]
  • [One-Up]
  • [Head Case]
  • [Soft Hands]
• [Halls of Flesh-Shaping]
  • [You Said Crossing the Streams Was Bad]
  • [Genetically Unmodified Organism]
  • [Ritualist Who?]
• [Pinnacle of Storms]
  • [Can't Touch This]
  • [From Dusk 'til Dawn]
  • [A Complete Circuit]
  • [Throne of Thunder Guild Run]
• Heroics
  • [Heroic: Jin'rokh the Breaker]
  • [Heroic: Horridon]
  • [Heroic: Council of Elders]
  • [Heroic: Tortos]
  • [Heroic: Megaera]
  • [Heroic: Ji-Kun]
  • [Heroic: Durumu the Forgotten]
  • [Heroic: Primordius]
  • [Heroic: Dark Animus]
  • [Heroic: Iron Qon]
  • [Heroic: Twin Consorts]
  • [Heroic: Lei Shen]
    • [Ahead of the Curve: Lei Shen]
    • [Cutting Edge: Lei Shen]
    • [Heroic: Lei Shen Guild Run]
  • [Heroic: Ra-den]
    • [Cutting Edge: Ra-den]
    • [I Thought He Was Supposed to Be Hard?]
    • [Heroic: Ra-den Guild Run]
    • [Realm First! Ra-den]

Loot

In addition to the items in the tables below, all bosses have a chance to drop  [Secrets of the Empire] for  [90] Secrets of the First Empire, the last six bosses (Durumu to Lei Shen) have a chance to drop a  [Titan Runestone] for  [90] Echoes of the Titans, and  [Heart of the Thunder King] drops from Lei Shen for  [90] Heart of the Thunder King.

Ra-den
Item	Type
[Archaic Protector's Legguards]	Tank plate leggings
[Black Night Thundercloak]	Spirit cloak
[Bubbling Anima Belt]	Spirit plate belt
[Carapace of the Core]	DPS plate chest
[Chains of Counted Souls]	Caster mail chest
[Chestguard of Coruscating Blades]	Agility leather chest
[Cosmicfire Legwraps]	Agility leather leggings
[Cracklesnap Clasp]	Tank plate belt
[Detonation Cord]	Spirit cloth belt
[Flare-Forged Greatbelt]	DPS plate belt
[Grey Wind Mistcloak]	Agility cloak
[Hypersensitive Sollerets]	Spirit plate boots
[Jingling Fetishgirdle]	Agility mail belt
[Kilt of Perpetual Genuflection]	Spirit leather leggings
[Leggings of the Discarded Warning]	Caster cloth leggings
[Legguards of Awaked Repair]	Spirit mail leggings
[Legguards of Surreal Visions]	Spirit cloth leggings
[Legplates of Lightning Blood]	Strength plate leggings
[Lightning-Walker Clawfeet]	Tank plate boots
[Longdraw Chain Belt]	Caster mail belt
[Nova-Binder Breastplate]	Caster plate chest
[Planet-Birthed Cuirass]	Tank plate chest
[Ra-den's Contemplative Loop]	Tank ring
[Ra-den's Evolving Signet]	Spirit ring
[Ra-den's Ruinous Ring]	Strength ring
[Ra-den's Summoning Band]	Caster DPS ring
[Ra-den's Swift Seal]	Agility ring
[Red Sky Cloudcloak]	Caster DPS cloak
[Robes of Contagious Time]	Caster leather chest
[Robes of Nova]	DPS cloth chest
[Roots of Pain]	Caster leather boots
[Sabatons of the Superior Being]	DPS plate boots
[Scales of Shaped Flesh]	Agility mail chest
[Sparkstring Chain Leggings]	Agility mail leggings
[Starburner Robes]	Caster cloth chest
[Starwalker Sandals]	Caster cloth boots
[Strap of Murderous Strikes]	Agility leather belt
[Time-Lost Greaves]	Spirit plate leggings
[Treads of Delicate Fascia]	Spirit cloth boots
[Treads of the Sanguine Volley]	Agility mail boots
[Twist-Toe Tabi]	Agility leather boots
[Vita-Binder Wrap]	DPS cloth belt
[White Snow Skycloak]	Tank cloak
[Worldbender Waistband]	Spirit leather belt
[World-Mote Sabatons]	Spirit mail boots
[Yellow Dawn Lightningcloak]	Strength DPS cloak

Trivia

• The Throne of Thunder ended up linear because of the story being told. However according to Ion Hazzikostas many players missed the less linear progression that was seen in Ulduar and Icecrown. Giving players the option to work on another boss is helpful and there were areas in Throne of Thunder that could have been designed with this in mind.
• Ra-Den didn't work out completely as envisioned. The sense of mystery associated with a boss that no one knows anything about is nice, making the content a bonus prize for defeating Lei Shen. It was hard to balance and test without the regular player testing, which resulted in clever use of game mechanics to defeat Ra-Den. Normally hotfixes would have been used to solve the problem, but limited attempts made it a more complicated situation.

Videos

Guides

ToT LFR Guides Animated T15 (LFR) boss encounter playlist

ToT Tanking Guides Animated T15 (Normal Mode) boss encounter playlist

ToT DPS Guides Animated T15 (Normal Mode) boss encounter playlist

ToT Healer Guides Animated T15 (Normal Mode) boss encounter playlist

ToT HEROIC Guides Animated T15 (Heroic Mode) boss encounter playlist

PTR

ToT Dungeon Journal Previews 

Throne of Thunder PTR Previews by Icy Veins 

Patches and hotfixes

• Hotfix (2013-03-27): "
  • Fixed an issue where bracers with a random secondary stat may be awarded to the wrong role through Raid Finder or bonus roll.
  • Fixed an issue where zone drops were incorrectly disenchanting into Haunting Spirit."
    
• Hotfix (2013-03-21): "Gastropod should now favor attackers that are at range."
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

Guides

Icy Veins Comprehensive encounter guides for Throne of Thunder