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Skolex
Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener - Sepulcher of the First Ones
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener encounter in Sepulcher of the First Ones.
With the Sepulcher of the First Ones vulnerable, devourers swarm in to feed their hunger. Among these aberrations is the ravenous Skolex. As the great worm consumes vast amounts of ephemera, the Sepulcher is thrown out of balance and threatens to collapse upon itself.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Sepulcher of the First Ones, Skolex comes 5th of 11, after Prototype of War and before Halondrus.
Instance Entrance: Zereth Mortis
Sepulcher of the First Ones entranceThe Sepulcher of the First Ones entrance is in Zereth Mortis, at 81.0, 53.3 on the Zereth Mortis map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Skolex ravages players with its vicious jaws and volatile energies. The great worm's thrashings apply increasing applications of Ephemera Dust. Skolex will occasionally target the largest clump of players and burrow to that location If Skolex detects a single clump of players, it will burrow to that location with Ravening Burrow, devour all Ephemera Dust, and gain an application of Insatiable.
Damage Dealers
- Skolex attacks with Ravening Burrow if it detects a single clump of players, devouring their Ephemera Dust.
- Skolex occasionally attacks the largest clump of players with Ravening Burrow devouring their Ephemera Dust.
- Retch inflicts heavy damage and applies Warp Sickness to players caught in its area of effect.
- Dust Blast inflicts damage to players furthest from Skolex's location.
Healers
- Skolex attacks with Ravening Burrow if it detects a single clump of players, devouring their Ephemera Dust.
- Skolex occasionally attacks the largest clump of players with Ravening Burrow devouring their Ephemera Dust.
- Skolex inflicts intense damage to players struck by Ravening Burrow.
- Dust Blast inflicts damage to players furthest from Skolex's location.
Tanks
- Skolex attacks with Ravening Burrow if it detects a single clump of players, devouring their Ephemera Dust.
- Skolex occasionally attacks the largest clump of players with Ravening Burrow devouring their Ephemera Dust.
- Skolex's melee attacks two targets at once with Wormhole Jaws.
- At 100 energy, Skolex will cast Riftmaw and Rend in quick succession.
Ravening Burrow
Insatiable
Collapsing Emptiness
On Mythic difficulty, Collapsing Emptiness will leave behind a pool of Volatile Residue.
Dust Wave
Retch
On Mythic difficulty, Retch leaves behind pools of Volatile Residue.
Devouring Blood
On Mythic difficulty, Devouring Blood cannot be dispelled and will leave behind a pool of Volatile Residue if it hits a player.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Skolex, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Ravening Burrow
Physical · 3 sec cast
Collapsing Emptiness
Shadow · Instant
Volatile Residue
Shadow · Instant
Inflicts Shadow damage every 1.5 sec. to players who stand within it.
Dust Wave
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant
Dust Flail
Physical · 1.5 sec cast
Ephemera Dust
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant · Lasts 5 min
Inflicts Cosmic damage every 1.5 sec. for 5 min. This effect stacks.
Dust Blast
Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane · Instant
Retch
Shadow · 3 sec cast · Lasts 12 sec
Skolex retches up reality boring acid on all players in a frontal cone, inflicting Shadow damage on impact and Shadow damage every 1.5 sec for 12 sec. In addition, players will be teleported randomly twice while afflicted.
Warp Sickness
Physical · Instant · Lasts 2 sec
The player tears through reality, disorienting them for 2 sec.
Devouring Blood
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 18 sec
The ichor inflicts Shadow damage every 1.5 sec. and reduces Haste by 20% for 18 sec. This effect stacks.
Rend
Physical · Instant · Lasts 45 sec
Skolex rends the flesh of its current target, inflicting Physical damage on impact and Physical damage every 1.5 sec. for 45 sec.
Riftmaw
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
Skolex breaths reality tearing energies on its current target, inflicting Shadow damage and increasing damage taken by Riftmaw by 500% for 6 sec.
Destroy
Shadow · 7 sec cast
If no targets are engaged in melee, Skolex annihilates a player with destructive bile, inflicting Shadow damage.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Sepulcher of the First Ones.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener encounter lists 22 items in the dungeon journal, item level 226. Equip slots covered: Shield, Trinket, One-Hand, Wrist, Shoulder, Waist, Back and Two-Hand. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Assimilated Safeguard Shield, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 78g 43s for it.
- Bells of the Endless Feast Trinket, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 76g 22s for it. Equip: Brood of the Endless Feast.
- Crystallized Viscera Spike One-Hand (Dagger), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. Tooltip: “As deadly outside the beast as it was within it.” A vendor pays 117g 95s for it.
- Devourer's Sandblown Hidebinders Wrist (Leather), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 45g 20s for it.
- Ephemera-Softened Exoskeleton Shoulder (Cloth), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 66g 82s for it.
- Gluttonous Gardbrace Shoulder (Plate), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 61g 33s for it.
- Infinitely Collapsing Coil Waist (Leather), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 45g 4s for it.
- Lurking Predator's Camouflage Back (Cloth), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 61g 56s for it.
- Mantle of the Broken Beast Shoulder (Mail), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 61g 9s for it.
- Rift-Scarred Solcrusher Two-Hand (Two-Handed Mace), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 148g for it.
- Skolex's Ravenous Skinguards Wrist (Cloth), item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 44g 73s for it.
- Charitable Soul Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Crippling Hex Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Dancing with Fate Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Embrace Death Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Fortifying Ingredients Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Golden Path Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Indelible Victory Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Prepared for All Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Shade of Terror Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Strength of the Pack Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Unchecked Aggression 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 Skolex among their criteria.