How to find (and fight) Reshanor the Untethered World Boss in WoW patch 11.2

Patch 11.2 of The War Within started the week of August 5 and with a new season there’s a new World Boss: Reshanor the Untethered. As in recent expansions the third raid tier only contains one World Boss encounter, so there won’t be a weekly rotation of new bosses (as we saw in Season 1). Fortunately there remain no mechanic drops similar to the older expansion’s Legendary Memories so players won’t have to worry about missing out on something important (besides the chance of loot) if they skip fighting the boss every week. As usual the World Bosses drop items that are ilevel-equivalent to the Normal difficulty of the concurrent raid, although with the staggered ilevels in Manaforge Omega it should be noted that World Boss drops are ilevel 688, or equivalent to the fourth through sixth bosses of the raid. They start at Champion 3/8 and can be upgraded from there — although like the Gobfather the first kill of Reshanor is a guaranteed Warbound-until-Equipped item that may not be appropriate for the character that defeated him.

But how do you defeat the Reshanor? Here’s what you need to know about the fight:

Reshanor is a literal dual-phase fight, escaping into Untethered Space when his energy reaches zero. Players can follow him by going into pink bursts of energy coming up through the ground, hitting their extra action button to enter phase diving and continue fighting the boss. (This was not working during the first week of the fight, which made it a super long fight.) Other than that, players just need to avoid bad stuff on the ground, kill adds when they spawn, and when he casts Veilshatter Roar use a defensive cooldown to survive or just release when you die and fly back into the fight.

Where to find Reshanor the Untethered

Reshanor is located on the large landmass north of Tazavesh, in a region known as the Lunall River. Flying is available immediately upon arriving in Tazavesh and there’s no impediment from simply mounting up to head over and face him.

Loot from Reshanor the Untethered

The gear that Reshanor drops matches the normal Manaforge Omega appearances, so those looking to farm transmog as well as gear upgrades will want to take the time to down the boss. In addition to unlocking the normal look, upgrading from Champion 3/8 to 5/8 will unlock the Heroic appearance as well. There are two armor pieces for each class type, as well as a ring that all characters can receive.

• Ring is Haste/Mastery, with Haste being a substantially larger amount
• Cloth classes can get shoulders that match the Warlock set or a belt that matches the Mage set
• Leather classes can get legs that match the Druid set or boots that match the Rogue set
• Mail classes can get a chest piece that matches the Evoker set or a belt that matches the Hunter set
• Plate classes can get a helm that matches the Death Knight set or a belt that matches the Paladin set

Continuing the change from the pre-11.2 system the World Boss will again drop a guaranteed item with the first kill by your Warband each week, however it will be a Warbound-until-Equipped piece that can be for any armor type. Subsequent kills have no chance of loot (but can still receive world quest completion credit).

Originally published August 7, 2025; updated August 17, 2025.