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Protector Kaolan
Protectors of the Endless - Terrace of Endless Spring
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Protectors of the Endless encounter in Terrace of Endless Spring.
When the Sha of Fear invaded the Terrace of Endless Spring, three venerated jinyu protectors were corrupted, and they betrayed the other mortal sentinels, slaying them all. The twisted guardians have now turned their attention to any intruders who might interrupt the sha's attack on the area's last defenses.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Terrace of Endless Spring, Protector Kaolan comes 1st of 4, before Tsulong.
- Protector Kaolan
- Tsulong
- Lei Shi
- Sha of Fear
Instance Entrance: The Veiled Stair
Terrace of Endless Spring entranceThe Terrace of Endless Spring entrance is in Gate of Endless Spring, The Veiled Stair, at 48.1, 61.0 on the The Veiled Stair map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Sha Corruption
Killing a member of the Protectors causes Sha Corruption to explode from their bodies and possess the remaining Protectors. Sha Corruption heals each Protector to their maximum health, increases their damage done by 25%, and grants them additional abilities.
Protector Kaolan
Touch of Sha
Protector Kaolan corrupts a player, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 seconds until players defeat Protector Kaolan.
Defiled Ground
Protector Kaolan uses this ability after gaining a single dose of Sha Corruption. This effect stacks.
Expel Corruption
Protector Kaolan uses this ability after gaining two doses of Sha Corruption. The damage of Expelled Corruption decreases as a player stands farther away from the source of corruption.
Elder Regail
Lightning Bolt
Elder Regail hurls a bolt of lightning at his current target, inflicting Nature damage.
Lightning Prison
Elder Regail imprisons 2 players in a field of lightning and stuns them. In 25 player Difficulty, Elder Regail imprisons 3 players.
Lightning Storm
Elder Regail uses this ability after gaining a single dose of Sha Corruption. Elder Regail summons a Lightning Storm, creating several waves of lightning strikes. The first wave strikes at Elder Regail's location and then successive waves strike in a ring around him at 20, 40, 60 and 80 yards.
Overwhelming Corruption
Elder Regail uses this ability after gaining two doses of Sha Corruption. Corruption overwhelms Elder Regail, inflicting Shadow damage to all players every 3 seconds and increases their damage taken from Overwhelming Corruption by 5%. This effect stacks.
Elder Asani
Water Bolt
Cleansing Waters
Elder Asani summons a globe of Cleansing Waters at a Protector's location. Targets also receive 50% additional healing from all sources for 30 sec.
Corrupted Waters
Elder Asani uses this ability after gaining a single dose of Sha Corruption. Elder Asani summons a globe of Corrupted Water that empowers all Protectors, granting them 50% melee and casting speed until destroyed.
Purified
Overwhelming Corruption
Elder Asani uses this ability after gaining two doses of Sha Corruption. Corruption overwhelms Elder Asani, inflicting Shadow damage to all players every 3 seconds and increases their damage taken from Overwhelming Corruption by 5%. This effect stacks.
Minion of Fear
Minions of Fear pour from the Terrace of Endless Spring, pursuing the Protector with the lowest remaining health.
Corrupted Essence
When a Minion of Fear dies, it infects the 2 closest players with Corrupted Essence, increasing their damage done by 10% for 2 min. In 25 player Difficulty, Corrupted Essences infect the 5 closest players.
Essence of Fear
Greater Corrupted Essence
When a Minion of Fear reaches a Protector, it fills them with Greater Corrupted Essence, increasing their damage done by 10% for 3 min.
Greater Essence of Fear
The Greater Essence of Fear inflicts Shadow damage to all players and horrifies them for 3 sec.
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.
Sha Corruption
Physical · Instant
The Sha's corruption increases all damage by 25% and grants the Protectors additional abilities.
Touch of Sha
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast
Fills an enemy with the Sha's corruption, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 seconds.
Defiled Ground
Physical · Instant
Lightning Prison
Nature · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
Stuns a target in a field of lightning, causing them to inflict Nature damage to all nearby players.
Lightning Storm
Nature · Instant
A Lightning Storm forms around the caster, inflicting Nature damage to all players caught in the lightning strikes.
Overwhelming Corruption
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
The Sha's corruption overwhelms the Protector, inflicting Shadow damage to all players every 3 sec. and increases damage taken from Overwhelming Corruption by 5%.
Water Bolt
Nature · Instant
Cleansing Waters
Physical · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
Increases all healing received by 50% and heals for 5% of total health every 3 sec.
Purified
Physical · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
Corrupted Essence
Physical · Instant · Lasts 2 min
Corruption courses through your veins, increasing all damage done by 10% per application. If Corrupted Essence ever reaches 10 stacks, the Essence of Fear is unleashed.
Essence of Fear
Shadow · Instant
Greater Corrupted Essence
Physical · Instant · Lasts 3 min
Corruption courses through the Protector's veins, increasing all damage done by 10% per application. If Greater Corrupted Essence ever reaches 5 stacks, the Greater Essence of Fear is unleashed.
Greater Essence of Fear
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 3 sec
The Essence of Fear is unleashed, inflicting Shadow damage to all enemies, horrifying them for 3 sec.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Terrace of Endless Spring.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Protectors of the Endless encounter lists 40 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 39 to 40. Equip slots covered: Feet, Wrist, Head, Back, Neck, Legs, Finger, One-Hand and Shoulder. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Asani's Uncleansed Sandals Feet (Leather), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 60g 89s for it.
- Bracers of Defiled Earth Wrist (Plate), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41g 35s for it.
- Casque of Expelled Corruption Head (Plate), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 60g 45s for it.
- Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption Back (Cloth), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 59g 99s for it.
- Cuffs of the Corrupted Waters Wrist (Cloth), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 40g 45s for it.
- Deepwater Greatboots Feet (Plate), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 63g 65s for it.
- Kaolan's Withering Necklace Neck, item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 17g 53s for it.
- Legguards of Failing Purification Legs (Leather), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 82g 91s for it.
- Lightning Prisoner's Boots Feet (Mail), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 60g 67s for it.
- Regail's Band of the Endless Finger, item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 17g 53s for it.
- Regail's Crackling Dagger One-Hand (Dagger), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 111g 85s for it.
- Shackle of Eversparks Neck, item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 17g 53s for it.
- Waterborne Shoulderguards Shoulder (Mail), item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 58g 43s for it.
- Watersoul Signet Finger, item level 40, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 17g 53s for it.
- Asani's Uncleansed Sandals Feet (Leather), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 60g 26s for it.
- Asani's Uncleansed Sandals Feet (Leather), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 59g 62s for it.
- Bracers of Defiled Earth Wrist (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 40g 92s for it.
- Bracers of Defiled Earth Wrist (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 40g 49s for it.
- Casque of Expelled Corruption Head (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 59g 81s for it.
- Casque of Expelled Corruption Head (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 59g 18s for it.
- Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption Back (Cloth), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 59g 36s for it.
- Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption Back (Cloth), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 58g 74s for it.
- Cuffs of the Corrupted Waters Wrist (Cloth), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 40g 3s for it.
- Cuffs of the Corrupted Waters Wrist (Cloth), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 39g 60s for it.
- Deepwater Greatboots Feet (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 62g 98s for it.
- Deepwater Greatboots Feet (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 62g 31s for it.
- Kaolan's Withering Necklace Neck, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 17g 9s for it.
- Kaolan's Withering Necklace Neck, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 16g 65s for it.
- Legguards of Failing Purification Legs (Leather), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 82g 4s for it.
- Lightning Prisoner's Boots Feet (Mail), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 60g 4s for it.
- Lightning Prisoner's Boots Feet (Mail), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 59g 40s for it.
- Regail's Band of the Endless Finger, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 17g 9s for it.
- Regail's Band of the Endless Finger, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 16g 65s for it.
- Regail's Crackling Dagger One-Hand (Dagger), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 110g 68s for it.
- Regail's Crackling Dagger One-Hand (Dagger), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 109g 51s for it.
- Shackle of Eversparks Neck, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 17g 9s for it.
- Shackle of Eversparks Neck, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 16g 65s for it.
- Waterborne Shoulderguards Shoulder (Mail), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 57g 82s for it.
- Watersoul Signet Finger, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 17g 9s for it.
- Watersoul Signet Finger, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 16g 65s 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.