The Mogu'shan Palace is a 5-man dungeon located in the Valde of Eternal Blossomson Pandaria. The Normal-difficulty version of the dungeon is open to playersbetween level 87 and 90, while the Heroic-difficulty version of the dungeon isreserved to level 90 players. It houses 3 encounters:Trial of the King, Gekkan, andXin the Weaponmaster.

1. Introduction↑top

The Mogu'shan Palace becomes available to players after reaching level 87.In this dungeon, players need to defeat this lastbastion of the Mogu, further weakening their positions on Pandaria.

The dungeon has a linear layout during which you will progress throughfour different zones and encounter three bosses. The dungeon featuresboth Normal (level 87+) and Heroic (level 90) modes. There are nodifferences in mechanics between Normal and Heroic modes. The onlydifferences are increased health and damage done for all bosses and enemies.

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This guide will cover all of the three boss encounters, as well as thequests and achievements that are available in the dungeon.

2. Normal Difficulty Loot↑top

In Normal Difficulty, the level of the items you can obtain from theMogu'shan Palace is 450.

2.1. Armor

Item Name	Armor	Slot	Main Stats	Source
Regal Silk Shoulderpads	Cloth	Shoulders	Intellect/Spirit	Xin the Weaponmaster
Conflagrating Gloves	Cloth	Wrist	Intellect	Kuai the Brute
Cuffs of the Endless Shadow	Cloth	Wrists	Intellect	Relics of the Four Kings
Bindings of Impeccable Strategy	Cloth	Wrists	Intellect/Spirit	Relics of the Four Kings
Deposer's Leggings	Cloth	Legs	Intellect/Hit	A New Lesson for the Master
Watchful Dreamer's Trousers	Cloth	Legs	Intellect/Spirit	A New Lesson for the Master
Soulbinder Treads	Cloth	Feet	Intellect	Xin the Weaponmaster
Armbands of the Reawakened	Leather	Wrists	Intellect	Relics of the Four Kings
Subjugation Bracers	Leather	Wrists	Agility	Relics of the Four Kings
Hurricane Belt	Leather	Waist	Intellect	Kuai the Brute
Boots of Plummeting Death	Leather	Feet	Agility	Xin the Weaponmaster
Dreamer's Vigil Leggings	Leather	Legs	Intellect	A New Lesson for the Master
Leggings of the Empty Throne	Leather	Legs	Agility	A New Lesson for the Master
Lost Heritage Bracers	Mail	Wrists	Intellect	Relics of the Four Kings
Hexxer's Lethargic Gloves	Mail	Hands	Intellect	Gekkan
Leggings of Clever Entrapment	Mail	Legs	Intellect	A New Lesson for the Master
Crest of the Clan Lords	Mail	Head	Agility	Kuai the Brute
Bracers of Swift Wrath	Mail	Wrists	Agility	Relics of the Four Kings
Groundshaker Bracers	Mail	Wrists	Agility	Xin the Weaponmaster
Leggings of Forceful Instruction	Mail	Legs	Agility	A New Lesson for the Master
Bracers of Inner Knowledge	Plate	Wrists	Intellect	Relics of the Four Kings
Mind's Eye Breastplate	Plate	Chest	Intellect	Xin the Weaponmaster
Legplates of the Scattered Tribes	Plate	Legs	Intellect	A New Lesson for the Master
Glintrok Sollerets	Plate	Feet	Intellect	Gekkan
Meteoric Greathelm	Plate	Head	Strength	Kuai the Brute
Armplates of Martial Artistry	Plate	Wrists	Strength	Relics of the Four Kings
Poet-King's Vambraces	Plate	Wrists	Strength/Parry	Relics of the Four Kings
Axebreaker Gauntlets	Plate	Hands	Strength/Parry	Xin the Weaponmaster
Mogu Warlord Legguards	Plate	Legs	Strength/Parry	A New Lesson for the Master
Weaponmaster's Legplates	Plate	Legs	Strength	A New Lesson for the Master

2.2. Weapons

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Firescribe Dagger	Dagger	Intellect	Xin the Weaponmaster
Claws of Gekkan	One-Hand Fist Weapon	Agility	Gekkan
Ghostheart	Polearm	Agility	Xin the Weaponmaster

2.3. Amulets, Cloaks, Rings, and Trinkets

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Mindcapture Pendant	Amulet	Intellect/Spirit	Xin the Weaponmaster
Cloak of Cleansing Flame	Cloak	Intellect	Gekkan
Whirling Dervish Choker	Amulet	Strength/Mastery	Kuai the Brute
Blade Trap Signet	Ring	Strength	Xin the Weaponmaster
Iron Protector Talisman	Trinket	Stamina/Dodge	Gekkan

3. Heroic Difficulty Loot↑top

In Heroic Difficulty, the level of the items you can obtain from theMogu'shan Palace is 463.

3.1. Armor

Item Name	Armor	Slot	Main Stats	Source
Regal Silk Shoulderpads	Cloth	Shoulders	Intellect/Spirit	Xin the Weaponmaster
Conflagrating Gloves	Cloth	Wrist	Intellect	Kuai the Brute
Soulbinder Treads	Cloth	Feet	Intellect	Xin the Weaponmaster
Hurricane Belt	Leather	Waist	Intellect	Kuai the Brute
Boots of Plummeting Death	Leather	Feet	Agility	Xin the Weaponmaster
Hexxer's Lethargic Gloves	Mail	Hands	Intellect	Gekkan
Crest of the Clan Lords	Mail	Head	Agility	Kuai the Brute
Groundshaker Bracers	Mail	Wrists	Agility	Xin the Weaponmaster
Mind's Eye Breastplate	Plate	Chest	Intellect	Xin the Weaponmaster
Glintrok Sollerets	Plate	Feet	Intellect	Gekkan
Meteoric Greathelm	Plate	Head	Strength	Kuai the Brute
Axebreaker Gauntlets	Plate	Hands	Strength/Parry	Xin the Weaponmaster

3.2. Weapons

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Firescribe Dagger	Dagger	Intellect	Xin the Weaponmaster
Claws of Gekkan	One-Hand Fist Weapon	Agility	Gekkan
Ghostheart	Polearm	Agility	Xin the Weaponmaster

3.3. Amulets, Cloaks, Rings, and Trinkets

Item Name	Type	Main Stats	Source
Mindcapture Pendant	Amulet	Intellect/Spirit	Xin the Weaponmaster
Cloak of Cleansing Flame	Cloak	Intellect	Gekkan
Whirling Dervish Choker	Amulet	Strength/Mastery	Kuai the Brute
Blade Trap Signet	Ring	Strength	Xin the Weaponmaster
Iron Protector Talisman	Trinket	Stamina/Dodge	Gekkan

4. Quests↑top

5. Dungeon Trash Mobs↑top

None of the trash mobs present in the dungeon should pose your groupa problem. Therefore, we will focus chiefly on the bosses.

6. Trial of the King↑top

During this encounter, you will have to fight 3 bosses insuccession: Kuai the Brute, Ming the Cunning, andHaiyan the Unstoppable. Ming becomes active when you kill Kuai, andHayian becomes active when you kill Ming.

6.1. Kuai the Brute

Kuai the Brute is accompanied by Mu'Shiba, his loyal quilen.

• Kuai deals moderate melee damage to the tank and will often cast Shockwave, which sends players standing in front of himin the air, making them susceptible to heavy fall damage.
• Mu'Shiba will keep jumping on random players, afflicting them with Ravage, a powerful DoT.

The only thing to watch out for is Shockwave, soavoid standing in front of the boss.

You should kill Mu'Shiba first, in order to remove the strain on your healerthat Ravage represents. Then you can kill Kuai.

At higher gear levels, groups will most likely choose to ignore Mu'Shiba andkill Kuai directly, to shorten the duration of the fight.

6.2. Ming the Cunning

Ming the Cunning is a standard tank-and-spank fight with mainly two abilitiesto avoid or deal with.

• Whirling Dervish summons a moving cyclone that randomly moves around thearena, dealing damage and knocking back players it runs into. Avoid it.
• Magnetic Field causes Ming to create a damaging vortex around him inwhich he pulls all party members. Get out of it quickly.

In addition, he keeps casting Lightning Bolt at the tank.This spell's cast can be interrupted.

Whirling Dervish	Magnetic Field

6.2.1. Haiyan the Unstoppable

For this fight, players need to stack loosely to deal with Meteor. They need to be spread out no more than 10 yards.When Haiyan casts this ability (something he does regularly), it will send ameteor at a random party member, dealing damage shared by everyone within 10yards of the impact.

Other than that, random players will often be afflicted by Conflagrate, which deals Fire damage for 5 secondsand disorients. When Conflagrate ends, it jumps to a nearby player.To prevent this from happening, move away from players afflicted bythis ability.

Healers should pay special attention to Haiyan's last ability: Traumatic Blow.It causes the tank to receive 50% less healing for 5 seconds.

7. Gekkan↑top

After defeating the Trial of the King, you need to follow a Saurok down aflight of stairs that will open up on the side of the arena. After fightinga few groups of trash mobs, you will meet Gekkan and his four followers:Glintrok Hexxer, Glintrok Ironhide, Glintrok Oracle, andGlintrok Skulker. To progress past this encounter, you need to defeatall 5 enemies, even if you kill Gekkan first.

7.1. Abilities

Gekkan, the Glintrok Ironhide, and the Glintrok Skulker will attack playerswith melee attacks, so they need to be tanked. The Glintrok Hexxer and theGlintrok Oracle will remain stationary for the entire duration of the fight.

Gekkan will often buff his followers with Reckless Inspiration, whichincreases their haste and the damage that they take. This effect can stack upto 10 stacks. Reckless Inspiration is Gekkan's only ability. Upon dying,he will stack Reckless Inspiration one last time on all his remaining followers.

Gekkan's followers have various abilities. All of them are interruptible.

• The Glintrok Ironhide channels Iron Protector, which grantsnearby allies a 50% damage taken reduction.
• The Glintrok Skulker casts Shank, which deals damage to a randomplayer, stunning them.
• The Glintrok Oracle casts Cleansing Flame, whichregularly heals all allies within 60 yards for a large amount, and Fire Bolt (only if no one is in his melee range),which deals Fire damage.
• The Glintrok Hexxer casts Hex of Lethargy, which inflicts shadowdamage and applies a stacking debuff on the target that reduces spell castingspeed, and Dark Bolt (only if no one is in his melee range), whichdeals Shadow damage.

7.2. Strategy

Despite the large number of combined abilities from the bossand his followers, the combat is relatively simple.

The most important part of the encounter is to focus oninterrupting the abilities of the followers. While theGlintrok Ironhide and the Glintrok Hexxer are still alive,interrupt their abilities with priority.

With that in mind, we believe that the easiest strategy for thisencounter is to kill the followers in the order we give below beforekilling Gekkan.

1. Kill the Glintrok Ironhide, so that you no longer need to interrupthis channels of Iron Protector.
2. Kill the Glintrok Hexxer, so that you no longer need to interrupthis casts of Hex of Lethargy.
3. Kill the Glintrok Skulker.
4. Kill the Glintrok Oracle.

Once all the followers are dead, the tank and the healers must be mindfulof the fact that Gekkan will have 4 stacks of Reckless Inspiration,which cause him to attack twice faster.

7.3. Achievement: Glintrok N' Roll

Completing Glintrok N' Roll is very straightforward, although it is notan easy task, especially since you need to do it in the Heroic version of the fight.

When you enter the lower part of the palace, a Glintrok Scout will spot youand you will be given a very visible emote. From there on, you have 5 minutesto kill Gekkan and his followers.

There are a lot of trash mobs on your way to Gekkan, so you cannotrealistically engage them all and still make it in time (at leastnot at low gear levels). To skip fighting as many mobs as possible, you shouldjump down into the arena where you fight Gekkan, as soon as your reachthe room where this arena is located.

Having a Rogue in your group can be very helpful, thanks to Shroud of Concealment.

8. Xin the Weaponmaster↑top

Xin the Weaponmaster is the last boss of the dungeon and willpresent you with an interesting fight, during which there are nocomplex mechanics to deal with. Rather, you will have to be almostconstantly on the move to avoid the various traps and damagingabilities that the boss will throw at your group.

Inciting Roar and Death From Above! are the onlysource of unavoidable damage in the fight. Inciting Roar is regularly cast byXin. Death From Above is not a spell or an ability, but rather it isan event that actives when Xin reaches 33% health. It causes damaging arrows tobe shot to players from the walls.

The other sources of damage can all be avoided by properly moving out of thedanger zone they create.

• Ground Slam deals damage in a 30-yard cone in front of Xin andstacks an armor reduction debuff on players hit by the slam. Avoid standingin front of Xin.
• Circles of Flames will be created throughout the fight around randomplayers. The circle takes a few seconds to complete, after which time it explodesand deals damage to players inside it, knocking them into the air. Move outof circles of flames being drawn around you.
• Whirlwinding Axes are axes that travel through the arena and dealdamage to players they run into, knocking them back in the process.
• Blade Trap activates when Xin reaches 66% health and causes streams ofswords to be thrown at the party from the walls, dealing heavy damage to anyonethey catch.

Circles of Flames and Whirlwinding Axes are the most important abilities.If you are caught by them, you will knocked back or into the air, which runs the riskthat you will land on another zone of danger.

When Xin reaches 33% health, all the traps are activated and the arena becomes veryconfusing, and you will have very little room to move. There is no known enragetimer to the encounter, so you should focus on avoiding abilities and attackthe boss when you are safe.

Inciting Roar	Ground Slam	Circle of Flame
Whirlwinding Axes	Blade Trap	Death From Above!

8.1. Tip

Several mechanics of the fight can safely be ignored by having the tank pullXin back to the trance of the room and have Xin face either corner of the doorway.See a post by Alroxas on our forums.

8.2. Achievement: What Does This Button Do?

What Does This Button Do? requires serious coordination betweenparty members.

Shortly after Xin activates his Death From Above! trap, you willsee 2 crystals appearing on opposite corners of the room. You will need to designatetwo players whose task will be to reach these crystals and click them. As a result,another crystal will appear along the walls of the room. This new crystal representthe secret defense mechanism mentioned in the tooltip of the achievement. Clickingit will activate that secret weapon and you simply need the tank to move the bossin its path.

Note that with all players spread around the room, healing them will be somewhatchaotic. To make it easier, the healer should try to remain close to the center ofthe room, so that everyone in the party is in range (or almost in range).

9. Achievement: Quarrelsome Quilen Quintet↑top

Quarrelsome Quilen Quintet is a very straightforward achievement. Tocomplete it, you need to collect the 5 Jade Quilens hidden insidethe dungeon. These are small, friendly NPCs with a very distinctive greencolor.

10. Final Considerations↑top

This concludes our Mogu'shan Palace dungeon guide. If youfind any inconsistency or mistake, feel free to comment or send us an e-mail.