Boss
Neltharion
Echo of Neltharion - Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
Neltharion is a boss of the Echo of Neltharion encounter in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
Found In
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible, Neltharion comes 8th of 9, after Magmorax and before Scalecommander Sarkareth.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
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 Echo of Neltharion periodically raises walls of Twisted Earth throughout the chamber. As the battle begins, Neltharion causes Echoing Fissures to erupt in the newly confined space. Upon reaching 60% remaining health, Neltharion Surrenders to Corruption, summoning Voices From Beyond throughout the chamber. Once all Voices From Beyond are slain, Neltharion begins to rip open portals to overwhelm players with Twisted Abberations and the might of his Ebon Destruction.
Tanks
- Calamitous Strike greatly increases players' damage taken.
- Sunder Shadow inflicts Physical damage and leaves players' corporeal bodies vulnerable to Shadow Strike.
- Calamitous Strike and Sunder Shadow knock players back with enough force to destroy Twisted Earth.
Damage Dealers
- Rushing Darkness knocks players backwards with enough force to destroy Twisted Earth.
- Neltharion protects himself with Shadow Barrier upon reaching 35% health if any Voices From Beyond remain.
- Twisted Aberrations periodically emerge from the portals created by Sunder Reality.
Healers
- Calamitous Strike greatly increases players' damage taken.
- Players hit by Sunder Shadow, are vulnerable just before Shadow Strike.
- Shatter inflicts damage to all players each time a wall is shattered.
Stage One: The Earth-Warder
Twisted Earth
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Volcanic Blast
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Volcanic Heart
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Echoing Fissure
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Collapsed Earth
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Seeping Lava
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Rushing Darkness
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Shatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against a segment of Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter.
Calamitous Strike
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Shatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
Intermission: Giving in to Darkness
Raze the Earth
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Volcanic Blast
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Collapsed Earth
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Surrender to Corruption
Spell detailsStage Two: Corruption Takes Hold
Voice From Beyond
Empower Shadows
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Hidden in Void
Spell detailsIn Heroic difficulty, Voices From Beyond Hidden in Void can only be attacked by players afflicted by Corruption.
Volcanic Heart
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Twisted Earth
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Volcanic Blast
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Corruption
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Umbral Annihilation
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Crumbling Facade
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Rushing Darkness
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Shatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
Sunder Shadow
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Shadow Strike
Spell detailsStage Three: Reality Fractures
Sunder Reality
Spell detailsTwisted Aberration
Twisted Aberrations hunger for flesh and chaos, endlessly hunting down life to shred and devour with their razor sharp claws and teeth. Twisted Aberrations hunger for flesh, endlessly hunting down life to shred and devour with their razor sharp claws and teeth. In Heroic difficulty, Twisted Aberrations grow continuously stronger from Unstable Mutation. Twisted Aberrations grow continuously stronger from Unstable Mutation.
Sundered Reality
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each portal dissipates after protecting a single player from Ebon Destruction.
Ebon Destruction
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Rushing Darkness
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Shatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
Calamitous Strike
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Shatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
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.
Twisted Earth
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 sec
Neltharion raises walls of earth from the chamber's floor, causing where they emerge.
Volcanic Blast
Fire, Nature · Instant
The erupting segment of inflicts Volcanic damage to players in, and knocks them away.
Volcanic Heart
Fire, Nature · Instant · Lasts 15 sec
Neltharion infuses players with volcanic energy that explodes after 7 sec, inflicting Volcanic damage to players, and an additional Volcanic damage every 1.5 sec for 15 sec. This effect stacks.
Echoing Fissure
Fire, Nature · Instant
Neltharion shatters the ground beneath him, inflicting Volcanic damage players of the impact, and an additional Volcanic damage to all other players. The effect echoes at each previous location when is cast. Each cast causes and spreads.
Collapsed Earth
Nature · Instant · Lasts 1 sec
Rubble falls from the ceiling, inflicting Nature damage to players and stunning them for 1 sec.
Seeping Lava
Fire, Nature · Instant
Lava seeps out from each, inflicting Volcanic damage every 1 sec. to players within the area.
Rushing Darkness
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 3 sec
Neltharion blasts several players for Shadow damage and knocks them away. Colliding with a segment of causes it to.
Shatter
Physical · Instant
Impacting a segment of shatters it, inflicting Physical damage to the impacting player and increasing their damage taken from by 50% for 3 sec. Fragments burst from the impact, inflicting Physical damage to all players every 1 sec. for 6 sec. Pelts the chamber with.
Shattered Rock
Nature · Instant
Rock fragments inflict Nature damage to players standing at the impact location.
Calamitous Strike
Physical · 2 sec cast · Lasts 3 sec
Neltharion strikes his current target with his massive blade, inflicting Physical damage and knocking them away. Increases Physical damage taken by 200% for 37 sec. Colliding with a segment of causes it to.
Raze the Earth
Fire, Nature · 2 sec cast · Lasts 5 sec
Neltharion causes any remaining to erupt with a and to fall.
Surrender to Corruption
Shadow · 10 sec cast
Neltharion surrenders to darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to all players every 1 sec. and a final burst of Shadow damage as the channel ends.
Empower Shadows
Physical · Instant · Lasts 10080 min
The Voice from Beyond empowers Neltharion with dark power, allowing him to cast upon reaching 35% remaining health.
Shadow Barrier
Fire, Shadow · Instant
Neltharion shields himself in darkness, reducing damage taken by 99%.
Hidden in Void
Physical · Instant
The Voice From Beyond shrouds itself in shadow, absorbing damage and concealing itself from players unaffected by while the shield holds. When the shield breaks, the Voice From Beyond begins casting.
Ruptured Veil
Shadow · Instant
The Voice From Beyond ruptures the veil of reality, inflicting Shadow damage to all players every 4 sec. until slain.
Corruption
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
Neltharion's corruption seeps into players' soul, turning them hostile to allies but allowing them to attack creatures for 30 sec. Breaking the shield of a Voice From Beyond clears from all players.
Umbral Annihilation
Physical · Instant
Neltharion draws in dark power to annihilate players, inflicting Shadow damage to all players. Each cast increases damage done by 100%. This effect stacks.
Crumbling Facade
Fire, Nature · Instant
Rubble periodically falls from the damaged ceiling, inflicting Volcanic damage to players.
Sunder Shadow
Physical · 1.5 sec cast
Neltharion sunders his current target's shadow from their body, inflicting Physical damage. Neltharion immediately attacks the target's body with. While in control of their shadow, the target is incorporeal and can move through.
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.
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Echo of Neltharion encounter in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
Tucked away in the depths of the Shadowed Crucible, Neltharion's sanctum was a place of refuge and research for the Earth-Warder. Some say that echoes of his powerful presence still linger here, contemplating the future of the black dragonflight and how to obtain the power to ensure its success.
What Each Drop Is
The Echo of Neltharion encounter lists 19 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 424 to 431. Equip slots covered: Trinket, Two-Hand, Shield, Held In Off-hand, Finger, Feet and Hands. 1 of them can be traded and 18 bind when picked up.
- Dreadful Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Mystic Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Venerated Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Zenith Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Neltharion's Call to Chaos Trinket, item level 431, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. Usable by Warrior, Paladin, Mage, Demon Hunter and Evoker. A vendor pays 79 gold24 silver for it.
- Neltharion's Call to Dominance Trinket, item level 431, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Haste. Usable by Hunter, Shaman, Warlock and Monk. A vendor pays 79 gold51 silver for it.
- Neltharion's Call to Suffering Trinket, item level 431, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Versatility. Usable by Rogue, Priest, Death Knight and Druid. A vendor pays 76 gold44 silver for it.
- Ashkandur, Fall of the Brotherhood Two-Hand (Two-Handed Sword), item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 152 gold65 silver for it.
- Calamity's Herald Shield, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 81 gold74 silver for it.
- Dreadful Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Echo's Maddening Volume Held In Off-hand, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste, Mastery and Intellect. A vendor pays 76 gold10 silver for it.
- Mystic Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Onyx Impostor's Birthright Finger, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Only an heir would recognize it. Only a fool would accept it.”
- Treads of Fractured Realities Feet (Cloth), item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste.
- Twisted Vision's Demigaunts Hands (Plate), item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery.
- Venerated Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Ward of Faceless Ire Trinket, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect. A vendor pays 72 gold73 silver for it. Use: Writhing Ward.
- Zenith Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Pattern: Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patches.” A vendor pays 50 gold for it. Lowest listed price right now: 70 gold across 75 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch.
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 Neltharion among their criteria.