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Amalgam of Souls
The Amalgam of Souls - Black Rook Hold
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Amalgam of Souls encounter in Black Rook Hold.
Immense soul energy was released when Gul'dan conducted the ritual to sever Illidan's soul from his body at Black Rook Hold. This energy brought the souls of the Ravencrest clan back to their ancestral home - and residual soul energy has merged them into a massive monstrosity.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Black Rook Hold, Amalgam of Souls comes 1st of 4, before Illysanna Ravencrest.
Instance Entrance: Val'sharah
Black Rook Hold entranceThe Black Rook Hold entrance is in Val'sharah, at 37.1, 50.2 on the Val'sharah map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Amalgam of Souls battles players until reaching 50% health, at which point it ruptures, splitting into the tortured souls of the Ravencrest ancestors.
Damage Dealers
- Keep moving and avoid other players while afflicted with Soul Echoes.
- When targeted by Swirling Scythe or Glaive Toss, move to avoid placing it in an inconvenient location.
Healer
- Keep moving and avoid other players while afflicted with Soul Echoes.
- When targeted by Swirling Scythe or Glaive Toss, move to avoid placing it in an inconvenient location.
- Reap Soul will deal high damage to the tank if it hits.
Tank
- Move out of the way of Reap Soul to avoid heavy damage.
Stage One: The Amalgam of Souls
Reap Soul
On Heroic difficulty and higher, this effect stacks.
Swirling Scythe
Soul Echoes
On Mythic difficulty, players damaged by Soul Echoes also flee in fear.
Stage Two: The Call of Souls
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Amalgam of Souls, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Reap Soul
Shadow · 3 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
Cuts targets in front of the Amalgamation to their very soul, inflicting Shadow damage and increasing damage taken by 20% for 30 sec.
Swirling Scythe
Physical · Instant
Throws a scythe towards a player, inflicting Physical damage and knocking back any players it comes into contact with.
Soul Echoes
Shadow · Instant
Fragments a player's soul, causing them to leave behind soul echoes. These echoes detonate inflicting Shadow damage to nearby players.
Call Souls
Physical · 3 sec cast
Lures the restless souls in the Ravencrest crypts towards the Amalgamation of Souls. If they reach him, they will grant him Soulgorge.
Soulgorge
Shadow · Instant
The Amalgam absorbs a soul, destroying it and increasing the damage inflicted by Soul Burst by 40%.
Soul Burst
Shadow · 5 sec cast
The Amalgam of Souls bursts, inflicting Shadow damage to all players and releasing the most powerful spirits of Lord Ravencrest's ancestors.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Black Rook Hold.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Amalgam of Souls encounter lists 13 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 50 to 250. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Trinket, Chest, Wrist, Hands, Feet, Shoulder and Back. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Howling Echoes Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 112g 10s for it.
- Amalgam's Seventh Spine Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. Tooltip: “This oversized bone is slowly leaking soul energy.” A vendor pays 14s 16c for it. Equip: Fragile Echoes.
- Curdled Soul Essence Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 35g 30s for it.
- Etheldrin's Breastplate Chest (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 43g 39s for it.
- Harrowing Soulspun Bracers Wrist (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 21g 81s for it.
- Howling Echoes Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 36g 11s for it.
- Midnight Reaper Handwraps Hands (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 21g 18s for it.
- Raven's Veil Gloves Hands (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 20g 72s for it.
- Ravencourt Formal Robes Chest (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41g 84s for it.
- Rook Footman's Warboots Feet (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 30g 74s for it.
- Shadow Archer's Spaulders Shoulder (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 31g 20s for it.
- Shadowfeather Shawl Back (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 32g 59s for it.
- Tooled Rivermoor Boots Feet (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 33g 4s for it.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.
Achievements for Defeating It
1 achievement list a victory over Amalgam of Souls among its criteria.