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Dawn Crystal
Midnight Falls - March on Quel'Danas
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Midnight Falls encounter in March on Quel'Danas.
Once a creature of Light, L'ura fell to the Void long ago on Argus, her essence siphoned by Alleria Windrunner in the Seat of the Triumvirate. Freed from her bindings, L'ura's dark energies now threaten the very Sunwell itself.
Encounter Facts
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Dark Naaru counts down the minutes with each harrowing toll of Death's Dirge that echoes off the sacred walls. Heaven's Glaives rip and tear through the armies of light as L'ura conducts the infinite power held within The Darkwell to extinguish all that is holy. When Midnight falls and Azeroth descends into darkness, brave Torchbearers emerge from the shadows to face The Dark Archangel and fight to see another sunrise.
Damage Dealers
- Midnight Crystals undergo Cosmic Fracture if not destroyed in time.
- Death's Dirge displays Dark Runes that correspond to the melody's notes.
- Torchbearers emit light to protect nearby allies from Midnight.
Healers
- Dimming Dusk Crystals transform into Dawn Crystals upon reaching full health.
- Death's Dirge displays Dark Runes that correspond to the melody's notes.
- Torchbearers emit light to protect nearby allies from Midnight.
Tanks
- Heaven's Lance inflicts massive damage as the target is Impaled.
- Death's Dirge displays Dark Runes that correspond to the melody's notes.
- Torchbearers emit light to protect nearby allies from Midnight.
Stage One: Final Tolls
The clock ticks. The sun sets. The candle burns.
The Darkwell
Dark Quasar
Heaven's Glaives
Death's Dirge
On Heroic difficulty, the number of notes increases with each melody.
Grim Symphony
Safeguard Prism
Safeguard Matrix
Disintegration
Termination Prism
Termination Matrix
Disintegration
Heaven's Lance
Shattered Sky
Intermission: Total Eclipse
Witness the light fade and fracture.
The Darkwell
Dark Quasar
Total Eclipse
Starsplinter
Dawn Crystal
A purified Naaru fragment that can be held by players. On Heroic difficulty, Dawn Crystals may shed Tears of L'ura. On Mythic difficulty, Dawn Crystals are at risk of Light's End.
Shattered Sky
Stage Two: The Dark Reactor
Venture into the engine of desolation.
Into the Darkwell
Void Cores
Galvanize
On Heroic difficulty and above, Galvanize discharges an Overkill Current.
Core Harvest
Dark Meltdown
Dawn Crystal
A purified Naaru fragment that can be held by players. On Heroic difficulty, Dawn Crystals may shed Tears of L'ura. On Mythic difficulty, Dawn Crystals are at risk of Light's End.
Heaven's Lance
Shattered Sky
Stage Three: Midnight Falls
Time is up. Can you end the ending itself?
The Darkwell
The Dark Archangel
Midnight
Dark Constellation
Severance
Death's Requiem
Light Siphon
Dawn Crystal
A purified Naaru fragment that can be held by players. On Heroic difficulty, Dawn Crystals may shed Tears of L'ura. On Mythic difficulty, Dawn Crystals are at risk of Light's End.
Heaven's Lance
Shattered Sky
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.
The Darkwell
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 1 sec
The Darkwell's colossal void beam instantly vaporizes any player that dares to enter.
Dark Quasar
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant
Heaven's Glaives
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 3 sec cast
L'ura spins and unleashes whirling blades that eviscerate players on contact, inflicting up to Cosmic damage. The blades ricochet through the chamber, inflicting reduced damage as they lose speed.
Death's Dirge
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 7.5 sec
Dark Rune
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 15 sec
Marked with a musical note, inflicting Cosmic damage every 1 sec.
Resonance
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant
Dissonance
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 5 sec
Safeguard Prism
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 4 sec cast · Lasts 20 sec
L'ura synthesizes a revolving bulwark of Safeguard Matrices, each reducing her damage taken by 33% for up to 20 sec.
Disintegration
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant
L'ura's Prism disintegrates, inflicting Cosmic damage to all players as crystals splinter from her.
Cosmic Fracture
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 14 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
The crystal shatters into shrapnel, inflicting Cosmic damage to all players and an additional Cosmic damage every 1 sec for 10 sec.
Dimming
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 min
Radiance
Holy · Instant
Glimmering
Holy · Instant
Tears of L'ura
Holy · Instant
Termination Prism
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 3 sec cast · Lasts 20 sec
L'ura synthesizes a revolving assault of Termination Matrices, each increasing her damage done by 33% for up to 20 sec.
Terminate
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · 2 sec cast
The Matrix attempts to execute hostiles, inflicting Cosmic damage to all players in front of it upon completion. Removing all applications destroys the Matrix.
Light's End
Holy · Instant · Lasts 10 min
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in March on Quel'Danas.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Midnight Falls encounter lists 18 items in the dungeon journal, item level 197. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Neck, Legs, Finger, Trinket, One-Hand, Head and Chest. 1 of them can be traded and 17 bind when picked up.
- Chiming Void Curio Reagent, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Find Kirana near the Catalyst in Silvermoon to trade this for powerful class set armor.”
- Alah'endal, the Dawnsong Two-Hand (Two-Handed Axe), item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina and Haste. A vendor pays 15g 76s for it.
- Amulet of the Abyssal Hymn Neck, item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 3g 60s for it.
- Brazier of the Dissonant Dirge Two-Hand (Staff), item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina and Mastery. A vendor pays 14g 78s for it.
- Extinction Guards Legs (Plate), item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina and Mastery. Tooltip: “Someone has to be the last one standing.” A vendor pays 8g 86s for it.
- Eye of Midnight Finger, item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina and Haste. A vendor pays 5g 67s for it.
- Light of the Cosmic Crescendo Trinket, item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. Tooltip: “There was a time when her song filled hearts with hope.” A vendor pays 7g 9s for it.
- Lightless Lament One-Hand (Warglaive), item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 12g 79s for it. Equip: Heaven's Glaive.
- Mask of Darkest Intent Head (Leather), item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina and Haste. A vendor pays 6g 41s for it.
- Oblivion Guise Head (Mail), item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 6g 43s for it.
- Robes of Endless Oblivion Chest (Cloth), item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina and Haste. A vendor pays 8g 53s for it.
- Shadow of the Empyrean Requiem Trinket, item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 7g 7s for it.
- Ashes of Belo'ren 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.
- March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Argent Trophy Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Collect March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Argent Trophy.
- March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Aureate Trophy Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Collect March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Aureate Trophy.
- March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Gleaming Trophy Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Collect March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Gleaming Trophy.
- Chaotic Void Maw Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Collect Chaotic Void Maw.
- Plans: Magister's Valediction Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Magister's Valediction.” A vendor pays 5g for it. Lowest listed price right now: 2,000g 99s across 78 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Magister's Valediction.
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 Dawn Crystal among their criteria.