Cinderbrew Meadery Mythic+ Dungeon Guide

This is a 2 phase encounter that alternates between a boss phase and an intermission. Starting with the boss, the main source of damage comes from Throw Cinderbrew, which applies a DoT to 2 random players and drops a puddle beneath them. There isn’t a ton of damage outside of this DoT so be prepared to use defensives if targeted and healers make sure to give these players some extra attention. You’ll also want to be aware of the random target frontal created by Blazing Belch, so try to play relatively close to the boss to make avoiding this cone easier.

For tanks there’s the large physical hit in Keg Smash which also drops a couple puddles on the ground, but comparatively this isn’t very dangerous.

Once the boss reaches 66% and 33% health, he’ll run to the front of the room and begin the Happy Hour intermission, becoming immune to damage in the process. When this happens players will need to run over a beer mug from the bar near the boss and take it to one of the 5 Thirsty Patrons around the room, causing it to end when all 4 have been given a mug. These patrons are also constantly dealing group damage from Rowdy Yell, so the faster you get them drinks the faster this damage ends and you can get back to damaging the boss

Note that after Happy Hour ends several Crawling Brawl circles will form which you’ll want to avoid, as anyone who touches them will take some moderate physical damage and be stunned for 3s.

Shortly after engaging the boss and again whenever they reach full energy they’ll channel Spouting Stout. This deals moderate damage to the group for 8s and creates circles to avoid, so healers be prepared for this. It also will spawn 3 Brew Drop adds in a triangle around the boss, which do nothing but attempt to reach the boss itself. If they are successful it triggers Fill ‘Er Up, healing the boss for 10% of its health and dealing a large hit of fire damage to your group. Luckily these adds have relatively low health and are able to be crowd controlled, so use things like stuns, knockbacks, and slows to try and group them up and cleave them down while the tank moves the boss safely away from them.

Once killed these adds form into a puddle of Oozing Honey which you’ll want to avoid, however note that the first time this happens the drops will slowly reform over 20s before once again attempting to reach the boss, so make sure you keep an eye on these puddles. Also note that if the Brew Drops every reach full energy they will gain the Frothy buff, which drastically increases their speed and makes them much harder to lock down, so try and cleave them before this happens.

Outside of managing these adds, there’s some extra group damage from Burning Fermentation, which is a Magic DoT that targets 2 random players, so healers make sure you dispel one person as quickly as possible and then the other when your dispel is back, or use other tools like dwarf racials, imp dispel, or mass dispel to clear it.

For tanks there’s another low danger tank buster in Bottoms Uppercut, just be aware it does knock you back, so do you best not to get pushed towards Brew Drops or puddles.

This boss fight is all about managing adds to make sure your group doesn’t get overwhelmed. When Snack Time is cast 3 barrels of honey are thrown into the arena which spawn a Ravenous Cinderbee add immediately and then again every 30s after that. Just like the bee trash you fought earlier, these mobs will use Shredding Sting to apply a stacking bleed to random players, so the more of these that are alive the more damage your group takes.

In order to destroy these honey barrels and stop the spawning of bees, you’ll need to bring the active Ravenous Cinderbees to 1% health, at which point players are able to interact with them and use the Bee-Haw ability, charging them forward 50yds in a line and causing any honey barrels hit to be destroyed. I recommend having a DPS player assigned to do this as your healer and tank have other things to worry about on this fight.

For healers you’ll want to make sure you are prepped for the Fluttering Wing channel, which deals moderate nature damage to all players over 2s and pushes everyone back in the process.

As for tanks, the big hit on this fight is Honey Marinade, which does a 6yd AoE around you after a short delay, dealing fire damage to you and anyone else hit, plus it leaves behind a honey puddle for 1.5mins that will buff any cinderbees that touch it with Honey Gorged, so you’ll want to make sure you drop these puddles on the outside of the room if possible and always use a defensive before the detonation happens.

To start out the fight the boss will use Spread the Love, spawning many cinderbrew barrels across the room, along with 4 volatile barrels marked by a beam of light. When any barrel is hit by a boss ability it explodes after a few seconds, shooting out waves of fire in 4 directions. If the barrel hit is one of the volatile ones then it also applies the Cindering Wounds DoT to the entire group, so healers will want to be prepared for when these go out.

Managing these barrels early is important, as whenever the boss reaches 100 energy she channels Let it Hail, dealing fire damage to your entire party over 5s and exploding any remaining barrels. This can be quite scary if combined with the volatile barrel DoT, so you’ll want to break them all before this happens.

In terms of what abilities can be used to break them, the first is Cash Cannon, which is a tank targeted frontal that knocks back anyone hit. This cone is quite large so make sure tanks are playing away from the rest of your group. The other ability that can break barrels is Burning Ricochet, which is a Magic DoT that goes onto 2 random players, then explodes in a 5yd AoE.

I recommend breaking barrels in pairs, applying 2 stacks of DoTs to your group at once but spreading out the damage a bit more to give you the ability to have defensives or healing CDs prepped. Whether you break these barrels with Cash Cannon or Burning Ricochet doesn’t really matter, just make sure you don’t break these with back to back abilities as sometimes this results in the DoT extending.