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Anduin Wrynn

Anduin Wrynn - Sepulcher of the First Ones

Anduin Wrynn is a boss encounter in Sepulcher of the First Ones.

Found In

EncounterAnduin Wrynn
Journal creatures11

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 modesNormal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid
Group size20 to 30 players
Instance typeRaid
ExpansionShadowlands
Encounter order8 of 11
Encounter ID2546
Adventure Guide pin40.5, 51.9 on the instance map
  1. Vigilant Guardian
  2. Dausegne
  3. Artificer Xy'mox
  4. Prototype of War
  5. Skolex
  6. Halondrus
  7. Lihuvim
  8. Anduin Wrynn
  9. Mal'Ganis
  10. Rygelon
  11. The Jailer

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

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Instance Entrance: Zereth Mortis

Zereth Mortis mapSepulcher of the First Ones entrance

The Sepulcher of the First Ones entrance is in Zereth Mortis, at 81.0, 53.3 on the Zereth Mortis map.

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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
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Force of Will
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Kingsmourne Hungers
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In Mythic difficulty, players struck by Kingsmourne Hungers leave behind a Severed Soul.

Lost Soul
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Severed Soul
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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
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Befouled Barrier
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Wicked Star
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Hopebreaker
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Domination Word: Pain
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Dark Zeal
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Intermission: A Fallen King

Domination's Grasp
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March of the Damned
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Remorseless Winter
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Soul Reaper
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Army of the Dead
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Monstrous Soul
Fiendish Soul

Stage Two: Grim Reflections

Willpower
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Force of Will
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Grim Reflections
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Psychic Terror
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Grim Fate
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Kingsmourne Hungers
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In Mythic difficulty, players struck by Kingsmourne Hungers leave behind a Severed Soul.

Lost Soul
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Severed Soul
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Anduin's Despair

Defeating a Anduin's Despair restores to Anduin.

Anduin's Hope

Restoring Anduin's Hope grants Anduin.

Anduin's Doubt

Defeating Anduin's Doubt grants Anduin.

Befouled Barrier
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Wicked Star
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Hopebreaker
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Domination Word: Pain
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Dark Zeal
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Intermission: March of the Damned

Domination's Grasp
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March of the Damned
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Remorseless Winter
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Soul Reaper
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Army of the Dead
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Monstrous Soul
Fiendish Soul
Dark Presence
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Stage Three: A Moment of Clarity

Beacon of Hope
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In Mythic difficulty, Beacon of Hope has a reduced number of charges, but expels a Fragment of Hope whenever a player enters the area.

Purging Light
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Fragment of Hope
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Hopelessness
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Empowered Hopebreaker
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Wicked Star
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Empowered Wicked Star
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Dark Zeal
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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.

Willpower

Holy · Instant

Aiding Anduin restores his Willpower. Anduin consumes his Willpower to empower players with before manifesting the source of his domination.

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. Players are afflicted with when this effect is removed.

Scarred Soul

Shadow · Instant · Lasts 2 min

Immune to the effects of Lost Soul. Damage taken by increased by 5000%.

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

Anduin intensifies the light and darkness within several players marking them with or for 16 sec. Coming into contact with the opposing mark neutralizes the effect on both players.

Befouled Barrier

Holy, Shadow · Instant

Anduin summons a that inflicts Twilight damage to all players and creates a barrier that persists for 30 sec. 50% of healing received by players within the area is redirected to the barrier. 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. Players hit suffer Twilight damage every 1 sec and are unable to attack or cast spells for 4 sec.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Where to Find Anduin Wrynn

Quests in Sepulcher of the First Ones

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