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Essence of Shadow
The Amalgamation Chamber - Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Amalgamation Chamber encounter in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
The Eternal Blaze burns with the heat of a thousand suns, while the Essence of Shadow blooms with darkness incarnate. Although exceptionally powerful on their own, when combined they surge with the unchecked might of shadowflame, creating a whirlwind of ultimate destruction.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible, Essence of Shadow comes 2nd of 9, after Kazzara and before Neldris.
Instance Entrance: Zaralek Cavern
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible entranceThe Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible entrance is in Zaralek Cavern, at 48.5, 10.0 on the Zaralek Cavern map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Eternal Blaze and The Essense of Shadow pulse with energy, applying Blazing Heat and Corrupting Shadow to nearby players. When either elemental reaches 50% health remaining, the two elementals combine to create The Shadowflame Amalgamation.
Damage Dealers
- The Eternal Blaze and Essence of Shadow combine their health to form the Shadowflame Amalgamation when one reaches 50% health remaining.
- Corrupting Shadows and Blazing Heat are periodically applied to players nearby each elemental.
Healers
- Corrupting Shadows and Blazing Heat are periodically applied to players nearby each elemental.
- Fiery Meteor inflicts massive damage, split among players in the effect.
- Shadowflame Contamination inflicts increasing damage until the Shadowflame Amalgamation is defeated.
Tanks
- Shadow Spike and Flame Slash inflict heavy magic damage.
- The combination of Withering Vulnerability and Shadowflame Burst inflicts massive damage.
- The Eternal Blaze and Essence of Shadow gain Elemental Instability while near each other.
Stage One: Shadow and Flame
Elemental Instability
Essence of Shadow
Corrupting Shadow
In Mythic difficulty, touching a player afflicted by Blazing Heat will trigger Volatile Shadowflame and apply Lingering Shadows.
Coalescing Void
Umbral Detonation
Shadows Convergence
Shadow Spike
Eternal Blaze
Blazing Heat
In Mythic difficulty, touching a player afflicted by Corrupting Shadow will trigger Volatile Shadowflame and apply Lingering Flames.
Fiery Meteor
Molten Eruption
Swirling Flame
In Mythic difficulty, Swirling Flame expels more projectiles.
Flame Slash
Intermission: The Amalgamation
Stage Two: Destruction Perfected
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Essence of Shadow, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Corrupting Shadow
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
This dark energy inflicts Shadow damage every 5 sec and reduces maximum health by 1% for 20 sec. This effect stacks.
Volatile Shadowflame
Fire, Shadow · Instant
Lingering Shadows
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
Shadows lingers on the player, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing Shadow damage taken by 10% for 20 sec. This effect stacks.
Coalescing Void
Shadow · 3 sec cast
Umbral Detonation
Shadow · 2 sec cast
Lingering Umbra
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 2 min
The dark residue inflicts Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within the area.
Shadows Convergence
Shadow · 2 sec cast
Orbs of darkness converge on the Essence of Shadows location, inflicting Shadow damage to players in their path.
Shadow Spike
Shadow · 2 sec cast
The Essence of Shadow pierces its current target with a dark spike, inflicting Shadow Damage.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Amalgamation Chamber encounter lists 12 items in the dungeon journal, item level 415. Equip slots covered: Head, Chest, Trinket, Finger, Waist, Two-Hand, One-Hand, Shoulder, Legs and Wrist. 1 of them can be traded and 11 bind when picked up.
- Attendant's Concocting Cover Head (Cloth), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery.
- Cuirass of Meticulous Mixture Chest (Mail), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste.
- Elementium Pocket Anvil Trinket, item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 77g 87s for it. Use: Anvil Strike.
- Entropic Convergence Loop Finger, item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Haste.
- Gloomfused Chemistry Belt Waist (Mail), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery.
- Obsidian Stirring Staff Two-Hand (Staff), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 161g 60s for it.
- Scholar's Thinking Cudgel One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “For when all of your problems really *do* look like nails.” A vendor pays 122g 36s for it.
- Shoulderplates of Planar Isolation Shoulder (Plate), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery.
- Tassets of Blistering Twilight Legs (Leather), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike.
- Unstable Vial Handlers Wrist (Cloth), item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery.
- Vessel of Searing Shadow Trinket, item level 415, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 77g 32s for it.
- Recipe: Draconic Phial Cauldron Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Draconic Phial Cauldron.” A vendor pays 50g for it. Lowest listed price right now: 300g across 73 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Draconic Phial Cauldron.
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 Essence of Shadow among their criteria.