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Lurking Terror
Xavius - The Emerald Nightmare
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Xavius encounter in The Emerald Nightmare.
Once a powerful mage, and a councilor to Queen Azshara, Xavius forged a pact with Sargeras to enable the Legion's first invasion of Azeroth. Cursed and tormented in the wake of that defeat, Xavius plots vengeance against the world from within the Rift of Aln. Those who venture into the Nightmare will face the full extent of his power, and his true form - a grotesque and distended monstrosity.
Encounter Facts
Instance Entrance: Val'sharah
The Emerald Nightmare entranceThe Emerald Nightmare entrance is in Val'sharah, at 56.3, 36.7 on the Val'sharah map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Most of Nightmare Lord Xavius's attacks inflict Corruption on their victims. As a player gains more Corruption, they become increasingly vulnerable to the power of the Nightmare, eventually losing control entirely and turning against their friends at maximum Corruption. Players' only hope lies in the power of Ysera, who puts many of them into a deep slumber and forms a Dream Simulacrum of those players. When their Simulacrum perishes, the affected player will awaken, as any Corruption gained by their Simulacrum dissipates harmlessly.
Damage Dealers
- Players affected by Dream Simulacrum should protect non-dreaming players by handling any abilities that spread Corruption.
- Defeat Inconceivable Horrors before they can get close enough to cast Dark Ruination on Xavius.
- Absorb Tainted Discharge before it can reform back into Inconceivable Horrors.
Healers
- Players affected by Dream Simulacrum should protect non-dreaming players by handling any abilities that spread corruption.
- Dispel Darkening Soul and Blackening Soul as sparingly as possible to manage the amount of Corruption you gain.
- Absorb Tainted Discharge before it can reform back into Inconceivable Horrors.
Tanks
- Players affected by Dream Simulacrum should protect non-dreaming players by handling any abilities that spread corruption.
- Move away from others when Darkening Soul and Blackening Soul is about to be dispelled from you.
- Quickly pick up Corruption Horrors when Manifest Corruption is cast.
- Absorb Tainted Discharge before it can reform back into Inconceivable Horrors.
The Dream
When Xavius reaches 95% and 60% health, the Dream of Ysera puts half of the party into a Dreaming State. Affected players fall asleep while a Dream Simulacrum of them rises to fight Xavius. If the Dream Simulacrum should ever die, the player's actual body will awaken. All Nightmare Corruption gained by the Dream Simulacrum is lost when the player returns to their body.
Nightmare Corruption
Many of Xavius's spells spread Nightmare Corruption to those hit. The more corrupted a player becomes, the more the nightmare becomes real to the player. Should any player ever become completely corrupted, they will become dominated by Xavius.
Dread Abomination
At 33 points of Corruption, colossal Nightmare creatures materialize from the player's mind, smashing the world around the player.
Corruption: Unfathomable Reality
Corruption: Descent into Madness
Stage One: The Descent Into Madness
Stage Two: From the Shadows
Upon reaching 65% health remaining, Xavius intensifies his attack.
Stage Three: World of Darkness
Upon reaching 30% health remaining, Xavius calls upon the purest Nightmare to engulf his enemies.
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.
Corruption: Crushing Shadows
Physical · Instant
Inflicts Physical damage at the center. Allies further from the center take less damage. This damage ignores armor. Corruption: Crushing Shadows affects any player with more than 33 corruption.
Corruption: Unfathomable Reality
Fire · Instant
The essence of Nightmares erupts into this reality, inflicting Fire damage and causes Nightmare Corruption. Corruption: Unfathomable Reality affects any player with more than 66 corruption.
Corruption: Descent into Madness
Physical · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
Increases damage and healing done by 150%. Upon expiration the player is overwhelmed by corruption, becoming Charmed and transforming into a Creature of Madness. Descent into Madness is triggered upon reaching 100 Corruption.
Darkening Soul
Shadow · Instant
Xavius taints the target's soul, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec until removed. The dispeller gains 25 Corruption and suffers Shadow damage.
Darkened Tainting
Shadow · Instant
Nightmare Blades
Physical · Instant
A wall of blades erupts from the ground inflicting Physical damage to anyone in the area and knocking them back. This damage ignores armor.
Manifest Corruption
Shadow · Instant
Corrupting Nova
Shadow · 6 sec cast
Inflicts Shadow damage to all nearby enemies. Anyone hit gains Corruption
Tormenting Swipe
Shadow · Instant
Slashes at all enemies in front of caster, inflicting Shadow damage. Anyone hit gains Nightmare Corruption.
Lurking Eruption
Shadow · Instant
Tormenting Detonation
Physical · Instant
The Lurking Terror explodes if it gets near an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage and causing Corruption to all nearby enemies.
Tormenting Infection
Shadow · Instant
The Lurking Terror infects the first enemy it gets near, inflicting Shadow damage and causing Corruption.
Blackening Soul
Shadow · Instant
Xavius blackens the target's soul, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec until removed. The dispeller gains 25 Corruption and suffers Shadow damage.
Blackened Tainting
Shadow · Instant
Corruption Meteor
Physical · Instant
Deals Shadow damage and spreads Corruption, split between all enemies.
Bonds of Terror
Shadow · Instant
Nightmare bonds tether a target to an ally, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec. to both. Standing within 3 yards of the ally dispels the Bonds of Terror.
Nightmare Infusion
Physical · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
Empowers the melee attacks of Xavius, causing them to spread Corruption to the target for 30 sec.
Call of Nightmares
Physical · Instant
Xavius calls into the darkness of the nightmare, drawing forth Inconceivable Horrors to empower him.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Emerald Nightmare.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Xavius encounter lists 18 items in the dungeon journal, item level 50. Equip slots covered: Neck, Feet, Trinket, Legs, Waist, Head, Chest, Wrist, Shoulder and Finger. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Azsharan Councillor's Clasp Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 48g 93s for it.
- Blackened Portalstone Necklace Neck, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 25g 50s for it.
- Boots of Endless Betrayal Feet (Leather), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 44g 55s for it.
- Bough of Corruption Trinket, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. A vendor pays 18s 21c for it. Equip: Poisoned Dreams.
- Crystallized Drop of Eternity Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 49g 29s for it.
- Disjointed Linkage Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 58g 88s for it.
- Eon-Tempered Waistplate Waist (Plate), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 28g 76s for it.
- Fragment of Eternal Spite Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 48g 75s for it.
- Grotesque Statuette Trinket, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. A vendor pays 27g 63s for it. Equip: Darkening Soul.
- Hood of Darkened Visions Head (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 41g 85s for it.
- Maddening Robe of Secrets Chest (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 58g 26s for it.
- Manacles of the Nightmare Colossus Wrist (Mail), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 28g 13s for it.
- Midnight Herald's Pauldrons Shoulder (Plate), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 43g 44s for it.
- Nightmarish Elm Branch Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 49g 11s for it.
- Repulsive Leathery Pants Legs (Leather), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 54g 65s for it.
- The First Satyr's Spaulders Shoulder (Leather), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Critical Strike, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 41g 25s for it.
- Twice-Warped Azsharan Signet Finger, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 34g 63s for it.
- Illusion: Nightmare Consumable, item level 1, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 25g for it.
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 Lurking Terror among their criteria.