The Blood God Wakes. “The Hakkari turn the Arena into an altar. Trolls, raptors and the Blood God’s serpents fill the ring, and Hakkar the Soulflayer walks the world again.” Gurubashi Arena is zone 7 of 12, and its final boss is Hakkar the Soulflayer.
How to unlock Gurubashi Arena
Gurubashi Arena comes after Feralas in the game’s zone order. The zone menu keeps a zone locked until you defeat a named final boss; in this order that is King Gordok. Surviving until that boss arrives is not enough; the menu asks for the kill. After Hakkar the Soulflayer comes Scarlet Monastery. Opened zones are saved per class.
Bosses in order
| # | Boss | Base health | Arrival line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Priestess Jeklik | 3,900 | “Lord Hir’eek, grant me wings of vengeance!” |
| 2 | High Priest Venoxis | 9,600 | “Let the coils of hate unfurl!” |
| 3 | Bloodlord Mandokir | 18,500 | “I’ll feed your souls to Hakkar himself!” |
| 4 | Jin’do the Hexxer | 30,000 | “Welcome to da great show, friends. Step right up to die!” |
| 5 | Hakkar the Soulflayer · final | 57,000 | “PRIDE HERALDS THE END OF YOUR WORLD. COME, MORTALS! FACE THE WRATH OF THE SOULFLAYER!” |
Preparing for Gurubashi Arena
Hakkar the Soulflayer has 57,000 base health, against 56,250 for King Gordok. Bring the talent points you earned on the previous zones, and consider lowering enemy health in Run Options for a first clear. Classes with a death-save talent are listed in the tier list.
Questions
How do I unlock Gurubashi Arena?
Gurubashi Arena follows Feralas in the game’s zone order, so the menu should ask for King Gordok, the final boss of Feralas.
Who is the final boss of Gurubashi Arena?
Hakkar the Soulflayer, with 57,000 base health in the v0.103.1 game data.
How many bosses are in Gurubashi Arena?
Five: High Priestess Jeklik, High Priest Venoxis, Bloodlord Mandokir, Jin'do the Hexxer, Hakkar the Soulflayer.
Sources & scope
Zone and boss records read from the original game’s v0.103.1 (671c6f5e) WebAssembly build on 2026-10-20. The zone record holds no unlock requirement: the order is the order the game stores its 12 zones in, and the zone menu’s lock text names a final boss. In v0.91.2 each zone opened after the final boss of the zone before it; we have not checked in play that this still holds with Un’Goro Crater, Scarlet Monastery and Naxxramas added. Boss health is the base value stored in the game data. The zone, run options and level change what you meet in a run, and we have not measured them.
