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Sepulcher of the First Ones

Lords of Dread Guide

Lords of Dread in Sepulcher of the First Ones, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa assault players with a combination of decay and shadow magic.
  • When Mal'Ganis reaches 100 energy, he signals both dreadlords to dissolve into their swarm forms and inflict high damage to all players with Swarm of Decay and Swarm of Darkness.
  • Tanks: Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa will destroy all players with Shatter Mind if they are not unmasked quickly during Infiltration of Dread.
  • Healers: Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa will destroy all players with Shatter Mind if they are not unmasked quickly during Infiltration of Dread.
  • Damage dealers: Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa will destroy all players with Shatter Mind if they are not unmasked quickly during Infiltration of Dread.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa assault players with a combination of decay and shadow magic. When Mal'Ganis reaches 100 energy, he signals both dreadlords to dissolve into their swarm forms and inflict high damage to all players with Swarm of Decay and Swarm of Darkness. When Kin'tessa reaches 100 energy, she signals both dreadlords to vanish and infiltrate the raid, deceiving their minds with Infiltration of Dread. Upon death, each of the dreadlords turns into a Rampaging Swarm until the other is destroyed.

  • Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa will destroy all players with Shatter Mind if they are not unmasked quickly during Infiltration of Dread.
  • Being struck with Leeching Claws while already afflicted with Opened Veins will heal Mal'Ganis for a large portion of his health.
  • Slumber Cloud created by Kin'tessa is very disruptive and remains in the area for a long duration of time.

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa will destroy all players with Shatter Mind if they are not unmasked quickly during Infiltration of Dread.
  • Being struck with Leeching Claws while already afflicted with Opened Veins will heal Mal'Ganis for a large portion of his health.
  • Slumber Cloud created by Kin'tessa is very disruptive and remains in the area for a long duration of time.

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Unto Darkness
Swarm of Decay
Swarm of Darkness
Decay Mastery
Aura of Carrion
Cloud of Carrion
Biting Wounds
Manifest Shadows
Leeching Claws
Opened Veins
Rampaging Swarm
Infiltration of Dread
Paranoia
Moment of Clarity
Shatter Mind
Shadow Mastery
Fearful Trepidation
Bursting Dread
Aura of Shadows
Slumber Cloud
Unsettling Dreams
Anguishing Strike
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Loot

Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.

Alandien's Tortured TwinbladesCuffs of the Covert CommanderDreadful Shoulder ModuleGauntlets of Unseen GuestsGrasps of Abducted FateHeart of the SwarmIntrusive ThoughtcageMystic Shoulder ModuleRuined Crest of LordaeronShroud of the Sire's ChosenVenerated Shoulder ModuleZenith Shoulder ModuleCoordinated OffensiveDemon MuzzleEternal HungerIce BiteMental RecoverySavage CombatantStinging StrikeTotemic SurgeTruth's Wake

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.

Mounts

Zereth Overseer

Achievements

Heroic: Sepulcher of the First Ones · Mythic: Anduin Wrynn · Mythic: Artificer Xy'mox · Mythic: Artificer Xy'mox · Mythic: Lords of Dread · Mythic: Prototype Pantheon · Mythic: Rygelon · Mythic: Sepulcher of the First Ones · Mythic: The Jailer · Mythic: Vigilant Guardian · Sepulcher of the First Ones

Entrance and instance

Sepulcher of the First Ones is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Sepulcher of the First Ones database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Vigilant Guardian
Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle
Prototype Pantheon
Lihuvim, Principal Architect
Halondrus the Reclaimer
The Jailer
Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener
Rygelon
Anduin Wrynn
Artificer Xy'mox

Player strategy

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Questions

What does the Adventure Guide say about Lords of Dread?

Mal'Ganis and Kin'tessa assault players with a combination of decay and shadow magic.

How many abilities does Lords of Dread have?

The current datamine lists 22 named abilities on the Lords of Dread encounter.

What does Lords of Dread drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 21 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Sepulcher of the First Ones database page.

Does Lords of Dread change on Heroic or Mythic?

The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.

Does Lords of Dread drop a mount?

The journal loot table includes Zereth Overseer. Each links to its TheWoWDB mount page.

Where does this guide's text come from?

Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Source and build

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.