Boss
Anduin Wrynn
Anduin Wrynn - Sepulcher of the First Ones
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Anduin Wrynn encounter in Sepulcher of the First Ones.
Controlled by Domination magic, Anduin is being forced to aid the Jailer's plan to remake reality. As time runs out to stop him, the champions of Azeroth must make a difficult choice: defeat the young king to save the cosmos, or risk everything in order to restore his soul.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Sepulcher of the First Ones, Anduin Wrynn comes 8th of 11, after Lihuvim and before Mal'Ganis.
Instance Entrance: Zereth Mortis
Sepulcher of the First Ones entranceThe Sepulcher of the First Ones entrance is in Zereth Mortis, at 81.0, 53.3 on the Zereth Mortis map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Anduin engages players while battling his own domination. Anduin's Kingsmourne Hungers separates players from their souls, allowing them to aid Anduin's true self and restore his Willpower. Throughout the encounter, Anduin temporarily manifests the source of his domination. This manifestation is linked to him by Domination's Grasp.
Damage Dealers
- Blasphemy is neutralized when coming into contact with the opposite mark.
- Monstorous Souls begin to cast Necrotic Detonation at low health.
- Anduin's Doubt and Anduin's Despair restore Willpower to Anduin when defeated.
Healer
- Blasphemy is neutralized when coming into contact with the opposite mark.
- When Anduin's Hope reaches full health, it restores Willpower to Anduin.
- Befouled Barrier absorbs the healing of players standing in the area and erupts at the end of its duration. The intensity of this eruption is based on the remaining absorption amount of the barrier.
Tank
- Dark Zeal increases in intensity with every melee attack until Anduin attacks a different target.
- Soul Reaper inflicts substantial Physical and Magical damage.
- Blasphemy is neutralized when coming into contact with the opposite mark.
Stage One: Kingsmourne Hungers
Willpower
Kingsmourne Hungers
In Mythic difficulty, players struck by Kingsmourne Hungers leave behind a Severed Soul.
Lost Soul
Severed Soul
Anduin's Despair
Defeating Anduin's Despair grants Anduin willpower.
Anduin's Hope
Restoring Anduin's Hope grants Anduin willpower.
Anduin's Doubt
Defeating Anduin's Doubt grants Anduin willpower.
Blasphemy
Befouled Barrier
Wicked Star
Hopebreaker
Domination Word: Pain
Dark Zeal
Intermission: A Fallen King
Domination's Grasp
March of the Damned
Remorseless Winter
Soul Reaper
Army of the Dead
Monstrous Soul
Fiendish Soul
Stage Two: Grim Reflections
Willpower
Grim Reflections
Kingsmourne Hungers
In Mythic difficulty, players struck by Kingsmourne Hungers leave behind a Severed Soul.
Lost Soul
Severed Soul
Anduin's Despair
Defeating a Anduin's Despair restores energy to Anduin.
Anduin's Hope
Restoring Anduin's Hope grants Anduin energy.
Anduin's Doubt
Defeating Anduin's Doubt grants Anduin energy.
Befouled Barrier
Wicked Star
Hopebreaker
Domination Word: Pain
Dark Zeal
Intermission: March of the Damned
Domination's Grasp
March of the Damned
Remorseless Winter
Soul Reaper
Army of the Dead
Monstrous Soul
Fiendish Soul
Dark Presence
Stage Three: A Moment of Clarity
Beacon of Hope
In Mythic difficulty, Beacon of Hope has a reduced number of charges, but expels a Fragment of Hope whenever a player enters the area.
Hopelessness
Empowered Hopebreaker
Wicked Star
Empowered Wicked Star
Dark Zeal
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Anduin Wrynn, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Force of Will
Holy · Instant
Anduin grants players up to 200% increased damage done and 90% reduced damage taken, based on the amount of Willpower consumed.
Kingsmourne Hungers
Shadow · 5.8 sec cast
Anduin rends the souls of players, inflicting Shadow damage to players in front of him and banishing their souls for 40 sec.
Lost Soul
Physical · Instant · Lasts 40 sec
While players' souls are banished they are able to aid the soul of Anduin. Defeating Anduin's doubt and restoring his hope grants him willpower.
Severed Soul
Physical · Instant
When a Severed Soul is defeated, the player that it belongs to is returned to their body. If a player's Severed Soul persists when Lost Soul expires, they are instantly slain.
Banish Soul
Shadow · 16 sec cast
The Severed Soul attempts to permanently banish the player it is connected to, instantly slaying them.
Rain of Despair
Physical · Instant
Darkness rains down around Anduin's Despair, inflicting Shadow damage to players in the impact area and reducing damage and healing done by 50% for 6 sec.
Gloom
Shadow · Instant
Anduin's Hope is afflicted with gloom, reducing movement speed by 80% and reducing the effects of healing received by 100%.
Blasphemy
Holy, Shadow · 2.8 sec cast
Coming into contact with the opposing mark neutralizes the effect on both players.
Befouled Barrier
Holy, Shadow · Instant
Up to healing received reduces the size of the barrier. Upon expiration, the barrier explodes and inflicts Twilight damage, tainting all players. This effect absorbs up to healing received based on the size of the Befouled Barrier.
Wicked Star
Holy, Shadow · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
Anduin sends forth waves of dark energy that travel out and return to their origin.
Hopebreaker
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast
Anduin plunges Kingsmourne into the ground unleashing a wave of maw energy, inflicting Shadow damage to all players and an additional Shadow damage every 2 sec until Anduin reaches willpower. This effect stacks.
Domination Word: Pain
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 12 sec
Anduin afflicts players with a word of darkness that inflicts Shadow damage every 2 sec for 12 sec.
Dark Zeal
Shadow · Instant
With each consecutive melee attack against the same target, Anduin's attack speed increases by 7%. This effect stacks.
Domination's Grasp
Shadow · Instant
The Remnant's domination over Anduin's soul links them, transferring 100% of damage taken to Anduin.
March of the Damned
Frost, Shadow · Instant · Lasts 3 sec
Armies of the Damned march across the arena. Players that come into contact with them are stunned and suffer Shadowfrost damage instantly with an additional Shadowfrost damage every 1 sec for 3 sec.
Remorseless Winter
Frost, Shadow · Instant
The presence of the Fallen King invokes a raging storm that inflicts Shadowfrost damage every 1 sec to all players. This effect stacks, increasing in stack count every 5 sec.
Soul Reaper
Physical · 2 sec cast
The Fallen King strikes at the target's soul. This grants the Fallen King 100% attack speed for 8 sec and inflicts Physical and Shadowfrost damage to the target. This effect increases the target's Physical damage taken by 150% for 15 sec.
Army of the Dead
Frost, Shadow · Instant · Lasts 4 sec
Fiendish souls flood the arena, attacking enemies of the Fallen King.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Sepulcher of the First Ones.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Anduin Wrynn encounter lists 22 items in the dungeon journal, item level 226. Equip slots covered: Chest, Neck, Waist, Finger, Trinket and Wrist. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Anduin's Princely Vestments Chest (Cloth), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 84g 51s for it.
- Beacon of Stormwind Neck, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 36g 62s for it.
- Dreadful Helm Module Miscellaneous, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Sepulcher Helm Module.
- King's Wolfheart Waistband Waist (Mail), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 42g 81s for it.
- Mystic Helm Module Miscellaneous, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Sepulcher Helm Module.
- Remnant's Blasphemous Scourgebelt Waist (Plate), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 43g 29s for it.
- Soulwarped Seal of Menethil Finger, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Haste, Stamina and Mastery. Usable by Death Knight. Tooltip: “No king rules forever, my son.” A vendor pays 54g 31s for it. Equip: Remnant's Despair.
- Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn Finger, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery, Stamina and Haste. Usable by Priest. Tooltip: “I now believe as you do - that peace is the noblest aspiration.” A vendor pays 53g 91s for it. Equip: Lion's Hope.
- The Lion's Roar Trinket, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. Usable by Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Monk, Druid and Evoker. A vendor pays 74g 87s for it.
- Venerated Helm Module Miscellaneous, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Sepulcher Helm Module.
- Wrists of the Wicked Star Wrist (Leather), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 42g 65s for it.
- Zenith Helm Module Miscellaneous, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue and Monk. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Sepulcher Helm Module.
- Accelerated Cold Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Combusting Engine Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Controlled Destruction Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Embrace of Earth Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Fueled by Violence Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Nourishing Chi Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Perforated Veins Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Powerful Precision Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Taste for Blood Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Vengeful Shock Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
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
10 achievements list a victory over Anduin Wrynn among their criteria.