Arathi Basin
The Highlands Rise · Original zone 5 of 12 · final boss Lord Aliden Perenolde
Zone 5 of 12 Opens: Defeat King Mosh in Un’Goro Crater Verified on v0.123.0
Checked against v0.123.0Updated October 26, 2026
With the Basin's banners down, the Highlands come for it: Boulderfist ogres and Witherbark trolls out of the hills, and the Syndicate behind them, sent by the last lord of Alterac to take it for his own. That is the zone's own intro, straight from the game (v0.123.0 build data) — and it names the power you are here to end: Lord Aliden Perenolde.
The boss lineup, in spawn order
Five bosses, verified from the game's build data. The starter zone's clock (3:00 Hogger, 6:00 Mother Fang, 9:00 Rhahk’Zor, 12:00 Mr. Smite — final Edwin VanCleef 16:00) shows how a chain run paces — per-boss minute marks for this zone are being verified in-game.
| # | Boss |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kovork |
| 2 | Nimar the Slayer |
| 3 | Marez Cowl |
| 4 | Lord Falconcrest |
| 5 | Lord Aliden Perenolde · final boss |
Mobs in Arathi Basin
12 mob types roam the zone (roster from the v0.123.0 build data): Witherbark Troll, Plains Creeper, Mesa Buzzard, Witherbark Shadowcaster, Syndicate Mercenary, Boulderfist Ogre, Feral Mountain Lion, Boulderfist Magus, Boulderfist Brute, Witherbark Headhunter, Rumbling Exile, Boulderfist Enforcer.
Version note: this page documents the original game's Arathi Basin — zone 5 of the 12-zone chain, with its own clock (the community rebuild runs a boss every 2:15 on a 15:00 schedule instead; its Elwynn differs from the original's, which runs 3:00 Hogger, 6:00 Mother Fang, 9:00 Rhahk’Zor, 12:00 Mr. Smite — final Edwin VanCleef 16:00). Gear-tier mapping for the chain follows the v0.91.2 review and is being re-verified. See the maps hub for the full verified chain.