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Caustic Skitterer
Queen Ansurek - Nerub-ar Palace
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Queen Ansurek encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
After a revelation of traitors in her court, Queen Ansurek decides she must eradicate the palace's invaders herself. However, paranoia over whom she can trust gnaws at her psyche. With her allies dwindling, Queen Ansurek may delve into dark powers to attain victory, even if that means her most loyal soldiers become her next meal...
Encounter Facts
Instance Entrance: Azj-Kahet
Nerub-ar Palace entranceThe Nerub-ar Palace entrance is in Azj-Kahet, at 43.5, 90.4 on the Azj-Kahet map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
As the battle begins, Ansurek ejects Reactive Froth and then unleashes Venom Nova. Eventually, Ansurek tries to feed on her weakened enemies with Predation. After players break her web shield, Ansurek begins ascending to her private chamber and calls reinforcements. They prepare to unleash Cosmic Apocalypse while Ansurek attacks players from afar. When players breach her private chamber, Ansurek stops casting Acidic Apocalypse and initiates Aphotic Communion. Using heightened cosmic power, Ansurek intends to consume Queen's Summons with Frothing Gluttony. Using heightened cosmic power, Ansurek intends to consume Acolyte's Essence with Frothing Gluttony.
Damage Dealers
- Devoted Worshippers cast Cosmic Apocalypse if not defeated.
- Froth Vapor occurs if Frothing Gluttony absorbs Queen's Summons.
- Venom Nova inflicts significant harm unless avoided with Reactive Froth.
- Frothing Gluttony inflicts significant harm unless avoided with Abyssal Conduit.
- Gloom Hatchlings cause lethal damage if they reach Ansurek.
- Reation Vapor occurs if Venom Nova detonates Reactive Froth.
- Froth Vapor occurs if Frothing Gluttony absorbs Acolyte's Essence.
Healers
- Gloom Touch inflicts significant damage unless dispelled.
- Paralyzing Venom increases damage from Wrest.
- Royal Condemnation inflicts significant damage to all players.
- Acrid Presence and Dreadful Presence cause steady damage to all players.
- Feast absorbs significant healing.
Tanks
- Liquefied players are highly vulnerable to Feast.
- Infest inflicts significant damage to allies within a large radius upon expiration.
- Gorge causes an increasing amount of damage with each strike.
- Venom Nova makes Reactive Froth unusable upon contact.
- Feast absorbs a signficant amount of healing.
- Infest creates Gloom Hatchlings that cause lethal damage if they reach Ansurek.
- Gorge causes several bursts of damage to all players that mitigation reduces.
Stage One: A Queen's Venom
Ansurek battles with poison and web to show her mastery of traditional Nerubian power.
Reactive Toxin
Venom Nova
Silken Tomb
Liquefy
Acid Explosion
In Heroic difficulty and above, the explosion inflicts damage to all players and Ansurek's globs of venom form Acid.
Feast
In Heroic difficulty and above, the healing absorbed increases based on this ability's inflicted damage.
Web Blades
Acrid Presence
Intermission: The Spider's Web
Ansurek shrouds herself in webbing and feeds on her weakened enemies.
Predation
Predation Threads
In Heroic difficulty and above, this affliction causes damage to nearby players.
Paralyzing Venom
Wrest
Devour
Stage Two: Royal Ascension
Ansurek calls reinforcements to her aid as she ascends to her private chamber.
Shadowgate
Queen Ansurek
Ascended Voidspeaker
Devoted Worshipper
Gloom Touch
In Mythic difficulty, this affliction also damages nearby players.
Worshipper's Protection
Cosmic Apocalypse
Chamber Guardian
Chamber Expeller
Chamber Acolyte
Caustic Skitterer
Caustic Skitterers land and attack nearby players.
Stage Three: Paranoia's Feast
Ansurek embraces a dark power as paranoia takes hold.
Abyssal Infusion
Frothing Gluttony
Glutton Threads
Froth Vapor
In Heroic difficulty and above, this effect also occurs if Frothing Gluttony touches Acolyte's Essence.
Consume
Queen's Summons
Acolyte's Essence
In Mythic difficulty, Abyssal Conduits do not consume Acolyte's Essence.
Dark Barrier
Null Detonation
Royal Condemnation
Infest
Gorge
In Heroic difficulty and above, this ability inflicts additional Shadow damage based on the amount of Physical damage done.
Web Blades
Dreadful Presence
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Caustic Skitterer, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Caustic Fangs
Nature · Instant
The Caustic Skitterer's attacks corrode the target, increasing damage taken by 2% for 3 sec. This effect stacks.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Queen Ansurek encounter lists 17 items in the dungeon journal, item level 571. Equip slots covered: Waist, One-Hand, Hands, Shield, Wrist, Shoulder, Legs, Trinket, Chest and Finger. 1 of them can be traded and 16 bind when picked up.
- Acrid Ascendant's Sash Waist (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 46g 55s for it.
- Ansurek's Final Judgment One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 133g 57s for it.
- Clutches of Paranoia Hands (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 50g 99s for it.
- Crest of the Caustic Despot Shield, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 89g 22s for it.
- Devoted Offering's Irons Wrist (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 46g 91s for it.
- Frame of Felled Insurgents Shoulder (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 70g 77s for it.
- Liquified Defector's Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 101g 4s for it.
- Mad Queen's Mandate Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 86g 29s for it. Use: Abyssal Gluttony.
- Omnivore's Venomous Camouflage Chest (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 97g 76s for it.
- Queensguard Carapace Chest (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 93g 13s for it.
- Seal of the Poisoned Pact Finger, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 61g 11s for it.
- Sovereign's Disdain One-Hand (Dagger), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 140g 21s for it.
- Voidspoken Sarong Legs (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 100g 68s for it.
- Web-Wrapped Curio Reagent, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “In the end, Queen Ansurek's paranoia served neither her nor her people. Kir'xal near The Cobwebs in The Burrows might be able to find a use for this.”
- Reins of the Ascendant Skyrazor Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location.” Use: Learning. Effect: Ascendant Skyrazor.
- Reins of the Sureki Skyrazor Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location.” Use: Learning. Effect: Sureki Skyrazor.
- Formula: Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to perform the Authority of the Depths enchantment.” A vendor pays 1c for it. Lowest listed price right now: 3,700g 93s across 59 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Authority of the Depths.
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
12 achievements list a victory over Caustic Skitterer among their criteria.