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Lady Inerva Darkvein
Lady Inerva Darkvein - Castle Nathria
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Lady Inerva Darkvein encounter in Castle Nathria.
Anima fuels the Shadowlands, and Lady Inerva Darkvein seeks to unlock its mysteries. Under Denathrius's tutelage, she has learned insidious secrets to turn against his enemies. She will strip anima from Nathria's invaders and use it to shape a dark new future.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Castle Nathria, Lady Inerva Darkvein comes 6th of 10, after Artificer Xy'Mox and before Castellan Niklaus.
Instance Entrance: Revendreth
Castle Nathria entranceThe Castle Nathria entrance is in Revendreth, at 46.6, 41.5 on the Revendreth map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Lady Inerva Darkvein's abilities are directly linked to the anima levels of the containers. As they rise, the efficacy of her abilities increases. Players can lower the levels of the containers by using the anima release valves located around the playspace. Allowing any container to reach capacity will trigger a Container Breach.
Tanks
- Lady Inerva Darkveins' Expose Desires will alter your responsibilities as it gains power.
- Make sure to trigger Change of Heart away from your allies.
- Allies with Shared Cognition will take damage based off the damage you take from Expose Desires.
Healers
- Allies with Shared Cognition will take damage based off the damage the tank takes from Expose Desires.
- Sins of the Past summoned by Sins and Suffering constantly damage the nearest player until they are connected with the beams of Shared Suffering.
- The raid continually suffers damage from Loose Anima in the chamber. This damage increases with each open container.
- If any container reaches capacity, a Container Breach occurs.
Damage Dealers
- Sins of the Past summoned by Sins and Suffering constantly damage the nearest player until they are connected with the beams of Shared Suffering.
- If any container reaches capacity, a Container Breach occurs.
- Bottled Anima will trigger a burst of Unleashed Volatility if not caught.
- When you have Shared Cognition, you take damage based off the damage the tank takes from Expose Desires.
Primal Anima Containers
Anima containers are placed around Lady Inerva Darkvein's balcony that gradually gather anima energy to empower each of her abilities. Players can interact with the containers to open them, and close them by interacting with them again. Open containers vent their Loose Anima into the playspace. When any container reaches full capacity, a Container Breach occurs. The breach continues to damage players until the anima level is reduced below capacity.
Anima Release
Loose Anima
The damage of Loose Anima increases with each open Primal Anima Container.
Container Breach
Zero-Sum Game
In Mythic Raid difficulty, the anima drained by opening a Primal Anima Container is transferred to all closed Primal Anima Containers.
Focus Anima
While focused, a Primal Anima Container cannot be opened by players.
Container of Desire
The Container of Desire governs the power of Lady Inerva Darkvein's Expose Desires ability. As the container increases in level, the power of Expose Desires increases. Lady Inerva Darkvein uses these abilities when she reaches 100 energy.
Expose Desires
On Mythic Raid difficulty, the target is attacked by two images of their Hidden Desires.
Expose Cognition
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Desire surpasses 33% capacity. On Mythic Raid difficulty, the target is attacked by two images of their Hidden Desires.
Expose Heart
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Desire surpasses 66% capacity. On Mythic Raid difficulty, the target is attacked by two images of their Hidden Desires.
Container of Bottled Anima
The Container of Bottled Anima governs the power of Lady Inerva Darkvein's Bottled Anima ability. As the container increases in level, the power of Bottled Anima increases.
Bottled Anima
Lingering Anima
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Bottled Anima surpasses 33% capacity.
Replicating Anima
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Bottled Anima surpasses 66% capacity.
Container of Sin
The Container of Sin governs the power of Lady Inerva Darkvein's Sins and Suffering ability. As the container increases in level, the power of Sins and Suffering increases.
Simple Geometry
In Mythic Raid difficulty, Sins and Suffering summons an additional Sins of the Past. Players must link all four orbs with the three beams of Shared Suffering.
Lesser Sins and Suffering
If players fail to connect Sins of the Past before they expire, Indemnification occurs.
Shared Suffering
In Raid Finder difficulty, victims are Silenced until they sever the connection of Shared Suffering by linking the Sins of the Past.
Indemnification
Sins and Suffering
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Sin surpasses 33% capacity. If players fail to connect Sins of the Past before they expire, Indemnification occurs.
Shared Suffering
In Raid Finder difficulty, victims are Silenced until they sever the connection of Shared Suffering by linking the Sins of the Past.
Indemnification
Anima Web
Greater Sins and Suffering
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Sin surpasses 66% capacity. If players fail to connect Sins of the Past before they expire, Indemnification occurs.
Shared Suffering
In Raid Finder difficulty, victims are Silenced until they sever the connection of Shared Suffering by linking the Sins of the Past.
Indemnification
Anima Web
Container of Concentrated Anima
The Container of Concentrated Anima governs the power of Lady Inerva Darkvein's Concentrated Anima ability. As the container increases in level, the power of Concentrated Anima increases. Each cast of Concentrated Anima results in one Harnessed Specter. Any additional players chosen for this ability cause a Conjured Manifestation to appear.
Lightly Concentrated Anima
Concentrated Anima
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Concentrated Anima surpasses 33% capacity.
Highly Concentrated Anima
Lady Inerva Darkvein uses this ability when the Container of Concentrated Anima surpasses 66% capacity.
Conjured Manifestation
Continually Condemns the raid.
Harnessed Specter
Harnessed Specters are sessile and will Condemn the raid if not engaged in melee combat.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Lady Inerva Darkvein, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Anima Release
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Open the release valve, causing anima to flow out of the container and into the room. Opening the valve causes you to take Shadow damage every 1 sec. for 10 sec.
Loose Anima
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
The loose anima in the room inflicts Shadow damage to all players every 1 sec. This damage increases with the number of open containers.
Container Breach
Shadow · Instant
The Anima Container bursts, inflicting Shadow damage to all players. The breach continues until the container's anima level is reduced below capacity.
Focus Container
Physical · 3 sec cast
Lady Inerva Darkvein focuses anima into one of the containers, locking it closed and increasing the rate it gains anima.
Expose Desires
Physical · 1 sec cast
Expose Cognition
Physical · 1 sec cast
Shared Cognition
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Expose Heart
Physical · 1 sec cast
Change of Heart
Shadow · Instant
Inflicts up to Shadow damage to all enemies. Targets that are further away from the epicenter suffer less damage.
Unleashed Volatility
Shadow · Instant
Failing to catch the bottled anima before it hits the ground causes a massive explosion for Shadow damage to all players.
Lingering Anima
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 min
When the Bottled Anima container is at power level two or greater, the impact creates a pool of Lingering Anima that will continually inflict Shadow damage to all players within its confines.
Primal Anima Orbs
Physical · 2 sec cast
Extracts the past sins of random enemies at random locations. Sins of the Past continually inflict Shadow damage to the nearest player until all Sins of the Past are linked with the beams of Shared Suffering.
Shared Suffering
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Lady Inerva Darkvein links two targets together for 1 min. Linked targets and any other players caught between them suffer Shadow damage every 0.5 sec.
Indemnification
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Your past sins expire, inflicting Shadow damage to all players over 10 sec.
Anima Web
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
When the Sins and Suffering container is at power level two or above, an Anima Web forms between the vertices of Sins of the Past. Passing through the Anima Web inflicts Shadow damage to the target over 10 sec.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Castle Nathria.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Lady Inerva Darkvein encounter lists 25 items in the dungeon journal, item level 200. Equip slots covered: Waist, Head, Hands, Legs, Trinket and Finger. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Memory of a Fortified Fel Flame Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Restoring Memory.
- Memory of the Mother Tree Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Restoring Memory.
- Binding of Warped Desires Waist (Plate), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 42g 75s for it.
- Confidant's Favored Cap Head (Cloth), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 60g 38s for it.
- Gloves of Phantom Shadows Hands (Leather), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41g 34s for it.
- Memento-Laden Cuisses Legs (Mail), item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 88g 15s for it.
- Memory of Past Sins Trinket, item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 71g 1s for it. Use: Shattered Psyche.
- Ritualist's Treasured Ring Finger, item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. Tooltip: “Looking upon this ring causes your heart to tremble.” A vendor pays 55g 23s for it.
- Thaumaturgic Anima Bead Reagent, item level 200, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Shaman, Mage, Warlock and Druid. Tooltip: “Return this bead of Anima to your Covenant sanctum in exchange for a shield or offhand.” A vendor pays 5g for it.
- Count the Odds Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Golden Path Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Grounding Breath Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Grounding Surge Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Jade Bond Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Prepared for All Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Reinforced Shell Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Rejuvenating Wind Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Resolute Barrier Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Safeguard Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Shattered Restoration Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Spiritual Resonance Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Sudden Ambush Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Swirling Currents Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Tough as Bark Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Translucent Image Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
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
9 achievements list a victory over Lady Inerva Darkvein among their criteria.