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Cycle Warden
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle - Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle encounter in Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope.
Nymue was placed in this verdant realm when Eonar and Freya shaped the Dream. In Wellspring Temple, they enforce and protect the ordering of the Emerald Dream, weaving its wilderness into complex patterns.
Encounter Facts
Instance Entrance: Emerald Dream
Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope entranceThe Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope entrance is in Emerald Dream, at 27.2, 31.0 on the Emerald Dream map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Nymue's Verdant Matrix draws upon the dream to weave new life into existence, punishing those who cross its emerald threads. Each cast of Continuum alters Nymue's Verdant Matrix. Upon reaching 100% energy Nymue casts Full Bloom and summons Cycle Wardens who protect Nymue with Life Ward.
Tanks
- Threaded Blast inflicts substantial Physical and Nature damage.
- Verdant Rend inflicts substantial Nature damage to all players when a Cycle Warden crosses Verdant Matrix.
- Weaver's Burden detonates upon removal inflicting damage to nearby players.
Damage Dealers
- Standing on Surging Growth greatly reduces its duration.
- Cycle Wardens protect Nymue with Life Ward and cast Lumbering Slam.
- Impending Loom stuns players on contact and inflicts substantial damage.
Healers
- Impending Loom stuns players on contact and inflicts substantial damage.
- Inflorescence suppresses the application of Verdant Matrix.
- Nymue radiates intense raid-wide damage during Unravel and Continuum.
Stage One: Rapid Iteration
Verdant Matrix
Continuum
Impending Loom
Ephemeral Flora
Surging Growth
Viridian Rain
Weaver's Burden
In Heroic difficulty, Weaver's Burden applies Woven Resonance and spreads to additional players. Upon expiration, a Barrier Blossom springs to life at the target's location.
Threaded Blast
Stage Two: Creation Complete
Full Bloom
In Mythic difficulty, a Manifested Dream amalgamates from the surge in life energy.
Unravel
Manifested Dream
Cycle Warden
Life Ward
Lumbering Slam
In Heroic difficulty, Lumbering Slam causes Surging Growths to sprout.
Radial Flourish
Verdant Rend
In Mythic difficulty, Verdant Rend is also cast every 15 sec while only 1 Cycle Warden remains alive.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for this encounter, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Verdant Matrix
Physical · Instant
Crossing these threads inflicts Nature damage every 0.5 sec for 2 sec. This effect stacks.
Continuum
Physical · 6.5 sec cast
Impending Loom
Nature · Instant · Lasts 3 sec
Nymue conjures a magical loom that weaves threads of energy into complex patterns. These threads slowly move outward from Nymue, stunning players on contact and inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec for 3 sec.
Ephemeral Flora
Nature · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
Nymue causes Ephemeral Flora to burst from the ground at a location. After 10 sec, the Flora's short existence comes to a spectacular end, inflicting Nature damage to all players every 1 sec for 30 sec. Players who stand in the Flora stifle it, reducing its life force.2% every.2 sec that they do so.
Reclamation
Nature · Instant
3 sec after a Surging Growth or Ephemeral Flora expires Nymue reclaims its energy, triggering an explosion at its location that inflicts Nature damage to players within 8 yards.
Surging Growth
Nature · Instant
Nymue causes Surging Growths to burst from the ground, inflicting Nature damage to all players every 2 sec for 1 min. Players who stand on a Growth stifle it, greatly reducing its duration.
Viridian Rain
Physical · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Nymue conjures verdant shards that fall from above several players, inflicting Nature damage every 1.5 sec for 6 sec.
Inflorescence
Nature · Instant
Woven Resonance
Physical · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
Increases Nature damage taken by 100% for 20 sec. This effect stacks.
Barrier Blossom
Nature · Instant · Lasts 2 sec
Barrier Blossoms forcefully expel players who approach them, inflicting Nature damage and knocking them away.
Threaded Blast
Physical · Instant
Nymue blasts their primary target with a woven beam inflicting Physical damage and Nature damage.
Waking Decimation
Nature · 5 sec cast
The Manifested Dream gathers energy over 30 sec then snaps all players out of the Dream, inflicting Nature damage.
Lucid Miasma
Nature · Instant
Players outside of the miasma have their visibility of the Manifested Dream obscured.
Lucid Vulnerability
Physical · Instant · Lasts 12 min
Dream Exhaust
Physical · 3 sec cast
The Manifested Dream blasts energy in several directions inflicting Nature damage to players in a cone.
Life Ward
Physical · Instant
The Cycle Wardens' abundant life energy shields Nymue, reducing damage taken by 99%.
Lumbering Slam
Physical · 4 sec cast
The Cycle Warden slams the ground, inflicting Nature damage to players in a frontal cone.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle encounter lists 17 items in the dungeon journal, item level 441. Equip slots covered: Neck, Two-Hand, Hands, Waist, Feet, Trinket, Shield and Wrist. 1 of them can be traded and 16 bind when picked up.
- Dreadful Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- Mystic Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- Venerated Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- Zenith Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- Amulet of Eonar's Chosen Neck, item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Watch over this Dream, and weave Order from its wild threads of Life.”
- Dreadful Verdurous Dreamheart Miscellaneous, item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Verdurous Dreamheart.
- Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle Two-Hand (Staff), item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 163g 34s for it. Use: Web of Dreams.
- Eldermoss Gauntlets Hands (Plate), item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility.
- Eternal Sentinel's Cord Waist (Leather), item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery.
- Lifewoven Slippers Feet (Cloth), item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste.
- Mystic Verdurous Dreamheart Miscellaneous, item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Verdurous Dreamheart.
- Nymue's Unraveling Spindle Trinket, item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 78g 12s for it.
- Venerated Verdurous Dreamheart Miscellaneous, item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Verdurous Dreamheart.
- Verdant Matrix Beacon Shield, item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste, Versatility and Intellect. A vendor pays 79g 38s for it.
- Wellspring Wristlets Wrist (Mail), item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste.
- Zenith Verdurous Dreamheart Miscellaneous, item level 441, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. A vendor pays 5g for it. Use: Verdurous Dreamheart.
- Pattern: Verdant Tether Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft a Verdant Tether.” A vendor pays 1c for it. Lowest listed price right now: 300g across 67 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Verdant Tether.
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 Cycle Warden among their criteria.