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Dark Animus Guide
Dark Animus in Throne of Thunder, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Powered by Anima | Anima Golems cannot act or use abilities without Anima. Anima capacity is limited by the size of the golem; larger golems can hold more. The Dark Animus has the largest capacity, but cannot use most of its abilities until it reaches specific Anima levels. Defeating any size Anima Golem will cause the Anima that was powering it to transfer to a random golem with enough available capacity. Defeating any size Anima Golem will cause the Anima that was powering it to transfer to the nearest golem with enough available capacity. | |
| Critically Damaged | Some of the Anima Golems found in 10 player difficulties have sustained severe damage. These golems can still absorb Anima, but cannot act or use abilities. | |
| Acceleration Link | ||
| Evasive | ||
| Crimson Wake | Anima repeatedly explodes upward from the ground in a line that accelerates toward a random target. Crimson Wake will pursue the target for up to 30 seconds. | |
| Matter Swap | Dematrixes the target enemy's matter. When this effect is removed, the target swaps places with its most distant ally and Arcane damage equal to the target's maximum health is split between them. The portion of the total damage shifted to the target's ally increases each second. | |
| Explosive Slam | Enemies struck are seared, increasing the damage of subsequent Explosive Slams for 25 sec. | |
| Activation Sequence | The Dark Animus must run through its activation sequence before it can attack or use abilities. This process takes 1 min. | |
| Siphon Anima | The Dark Animus periodically drains Anima from its minions. | |
| Touch of the Animus | ||
| Empower Golem | ||
| Anima Ring | Upon reaching 25 Anima, the Dark Animus gains the ability to form several spheres in a circle around the target. The spheres move toward the center of the circle. This effect stacks. | |
| Anima Font | ||
| Interrupting Jolt | ||
| FULL POWER | Upon reaching 100 Anima, the Dark Animus gains the ability to unleash a torrent of Anima bolts that strike at random targets. of the impact point. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Anima-Ringed FingersAnima-Ringed FingersAnima-Ringed Fingers
Athame of the Sanguine RitualAthame of the Sanguine RitualAthame of the Sanguine Ritual
Cha-Ye's Essence of BrillianceCha-Ye's Essence of BrillianceCha-Ye's Essence of Brilliance
Chest of the Crackling ConquerorChest of the Crackling ConquerorChest of the Crackling ConquerorChest of the Crackling ProtectorChest of the Crackling ProtectorChest of the Crackling ProtectorChest of the Crackling VanquisherChest of the Crackling VanquisherChest of the Crackling Vanquisher
Constantly Accelerating CloakConstantly Accelerating CloakConstantly Accelerating Cloak
Crown of the Golden GolemCrown of the Golden GolemCrown of the Golden Golem
Delicate Vial of the SanguinaireDelicate Vial of the SanguinaireDelicate Vial of the Sanguinaire
Gore-Soaked GearGore-Soaked GearGore-Soaked Gear
Hand of the Dark AnimusHand of the Dark AnimusHand of the Dark Animus
Hood of the Crimson WakeHood of the Crimson WakeHood of the Crimson Wake
Matter-Swapped LegplatesMatter-Swapped LegplatesMatter-Swapped Legplates
Worldbinder LeggingsWorldbinder LeggingsWorldbinder Leggings
Son of AnimusMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Mounts
Clutch of Ji-Kun · Spawn of Horridon
Achievements
Heroic: Council of Elders · Heroic: Dark Animus · Heroic: Durumu the Forgotten · Heroic: Horridon · Heroic: Iron Qon · Heroic: Ji-Kun · Heroic: Jin'rokh the Breaker · Heroic: Megaera · Heroic: Primordius · Heroic: Throne of Thunder · Heroic: Tortos · Heroic: Twin Empyreans · Throne of Thunder
Entrance and instance
Throne of Thunder is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Throne of Thunder database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
Related bosses
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 Dark Animus?
The Adventure Guide entry for Dark Animus is on this page, quoted from the game files.
What does Dark Animus drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 43 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Throne of Thunder database page.
Does Dark Animus 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 Dark Animus drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Clutch of Ji-Kun, Spawn of Horridon. 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.