In our Venomous Abyss raid overview, we will provide you with a detailed overview of the new Midnight Season 2 raid. We’ll explain the key tactics for each boss and the gear you can obtain from the raid.
Read on to find out what you can earn by completing the new raid, which mount awaits you from the Mythic difficulty Ula’tek boss, and why you should order a WoW boost to quickly get your hands on all the rewards that interest you.
The Venomous Abyss Boss List
The Venomous Abyss challenges players with 8 bosses and ancient corrupted forces awakened by Zul’jan. The first raid of Midnight Season 2 is a tough test of coordination and, above all, damage output. Below is the full list of bosses you will encounter in The Venomous Abyss, along with strategies for each:
- Nek’zali the Soulcoiler: The first boss of the raid. The fight revolves around the Soulcoil Well in the center of the arena. If a player dies inside the well or if the adds reach it, the boss becomes heavily empowered. The encounter requires a quick, focused clear of the trash spawning on the boss’s platform, moving debuffs out of the raid, and staying away from the well when at low health.
- Entombed Sentinels: A two-target council fight featuring the Breath of Ula’tek and the Blood of Ula’tek. The bosses require the party to split into 2 groups, as the 2 golems must be tanked at least 40 yards apart to prevent them from gaining a 99% damage reduction buff. The raid group is also required to quickly destroy the Venom Coagulation whenever it appears on the side; during the intermission, upon receiving the Helical Toxins debuff, players must collide with one another at 4 stacks to safely clear the DoT.
- Vashnik the Malignant: A key strategy is to take up positions near the 3 fountains and quickly kill the Living Venom that appears when the boss begins drawing power from the 2 fountains closest to him.
- The Lost Explorers / Mor’zahi: This council fight involves Mor’zahi and three possessed tortollans: First Mate Nama, Scrollsage Iku, and Trader Gebbo. The core mechanic involves offering fish to the Tortollan boss currently channeling a spell, in order to interrupt the channel and prevent him from reaching Empowered Ascension.
- Sszorak: The encounter is a tough test of positioning, damage output, and the tracking of personal defensive cooldowns. In addition to dealing direct damage to the boss, it is also necessary to quickly move debuffs and void zones away from the raid group in a timely manner.
- The Twin Fangs: A two-target fight against Vexhul and Ithraz that requires strict health balancing and adds control. The encounter tests the tanks’ attentiveness and survivability, as they must swap bosses when debuff stacks from attacks reach a certain threshold where survivability drops sharply.
- The Coiled Altar: Key mechanics involve cleaving down the Coalesced Venoms’ orbs, while DPS and healers must keep the two bosses’ health levels balanced and kill them simultaneously to avoid triggering the berserk phase.
- Ula’tek: The final boss features a variety of debuff and DoT mechanics, but the most critical actions against him are the rapid, focused elimination of adds and the removal of the Surging Fang debuff from affected players by their teammates.
Additionally, you can find expanded information on each of the bosses in the IcyVeins guides. If you want to complete the Venomous Abyss on any difficulty, you can use WoW boosting services from Boosthive. Experienced players will help you quickly and easily defeat any number of bosses and obtain the rewards you desire – from gear to the mount from Mythic Ula’tek.
The Venomous Abyss Rewards
Raids are a primary source of powerful gear for all classes and specializations; they also offer a wide range of achievements and cosmetic items, such as the two-headed serpent mount, Primeval Skyfriend. Below, we break down the main categories of character and collection items you can obtain from The Venomous Abyss.
The Venomous Abyss Achievements
Some Venomous Abyss raid achievements can be completed after Midnight Season 2 ends, while others are ones you can return to complete later. We have compiled a list of key achievements you can earn while progressing through the raid:
- The Venomous Abyss: Defeat all 8 bosses on any difficulty.
- Mythic: The Venomous Abyss: Defeat all 8 bosses on Mythic difficulty. This achievement awards the exclusive title Venom’s End.
- Glory of the Venomous Abyss Raider: The raid meta-achievement requires the completion of specific objectives during boss encounters. Completing this awards the Crimson Venomfang mount.
- Wing Achievements: Defeating the bosses in each wing grants The Venomous Abyss: Essence of Ula’tek, The Venomous Abyss: Beasts of Ula’tek, and The Venomous Abyss: Ula’tek.
- Cutting Edge: Ula’tek: Defeat Ula’tek on Mythic difficulty before the release of the next raid tier.
- Ahead of the Curve: Ula’tek: Defeat Ula’tek on Heroic+ during the Midnight Season 2.
Some achievements simply grant achievement points for your collection, while others reward you with a collectible mount or title exclusive to Midnight Season 2.
The Venomous Abyss Loot
The Venomous Abyss raid contains Tier Set tokens that allow you to assemble complete gear sets with specialization and class bonuses, as well as weapons, rings, necklaces, trinkets, and cosmetic items. You can find the full list of items dropped by a specific boss on Wowhead. Some of the most notable loot pieces include:
- Primeval Skyfriend: The highly coveted mount that drops exclusively from Ula’tek on Mythic difficulty.
- Sentinel’s Vitriolic Chain: A neck item dropping from Entombed Sentinels.
- Amulet of the Twin Fangs: A neck piece from The Twin Fangs.
- Ravenous Feaster’s Fang: A dagger dropped by The Twin Fangs.
- Slithering Savage’s Gavel: A one-handed mace from Sszorak.
- Venomous Boneglaive: A polearm weapon available in the raid.
- Player Housing Decor: Includes trophy props and the Venomous Abyss Argent Trophy.
- Slumbering Coil Curio: A multi-token that allows you to obtain any piece of a tier set armor; it can be obtained from Ula’tek on all difficulty levels.
Obtaining specific raid items can be challenging due to complex boss mechanics, RNG-based drops, and competition from other players vying for the loot. However, if you want to guarantee you get the gear you need – whether to complete a tier set for a power boost or for transmog customization – or if you wish to add a mount and housing decorations to your collection, World of Warcraft boosting services can help with that task.
The Venomous Abyss Item Levels
With the release of the new season and raid, item levels have been significantly increased, and new Crests have been added for upgrading gear. For your convenience, we have compiled a table showing which item levels drop from each raid difficulty:
| Difficulty | Item Level | Upgrade Track | Upgrade Materials |
| Raid Finder (LFR) | 289 | Veteran 4/6 | Veteran Mistcrest |
| Normal | 302 | Champion 4/6 | Champion Mistcrest |
| Heroic | 315 | Hero 4/6 | Hero Mistcrest |
| Mythic | 344 | Myth | Myth Mistcrest |
You are also guaranteed to receive upgrade crests when looting bosses in the raid on the corresponding difficulty. Additionally, when completing The Venomous Abyss on Mythic difficulty, filled Great Vault slots will contain Myth 6/6 items, with the exception of rare drops.