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Skolex
Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener - Sepulcher of the First Ones
Skolex is a boss of the Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener encounter in Sepulcher of the First Ones.
Found In
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.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
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
Spell details
Insatiable
Spell details
Collapsing Emptiness
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, Collapsing Emptiness will leave behind a pool of Volatile Residue.
Volatile Residue
Spell details
Dust Wave
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Dust Flail
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Ephemera Dust
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Dust Blast
Spell detailsEphemera Dust
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Retch
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, Retch leaves behind pools of Volatile Residue.
Warp Sickness
Spell detailsVolatile Residue
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Devouring Blood
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, Devouring Blood cannot be dispelled and will leave behind a pool of Volatile Residue if it hits a player.
Volatile Residue
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Rend
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Riftmaw
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Wormhole Jaws
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Destroy
Spell detailsAbility 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
Skolex occasionally burrows and attacks the largest clump of players, inflciting Physical damage to all players, knocking them back, and consuming their applications.
Insatiable
Physical · Instant
Skolex devours, mutating painfully and increasing its damage done by 5%. This effect stacks.
Collapsing Emptiness
Shadow · Instant
Skolex leaves behind a collapsing rift that inflicts Shadow damage to all targets.
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
Skolex thrashes in the sand, inflicting Physical damage to all players and applying.
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
Skolex's thrashing movements fling dust at several players furthest from it. Applies.
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
Skolex flings blood from its wounds, inflicting Shadow damage to players of the impact locations. 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.
Wormhole Jaws
Physical · Instant
Skolex's melee attacks hit the next closest player for Physical damage. If no players are in range, the primary target is struck twice.
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.
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.
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 78 gold43 silver for it.
- Bells of the Endless Feast Trinket, item level 226, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 76 gold22 silver 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 117 gold95 silver 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 45 gold20 silver 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 66 gold82 silver 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 61 gold33 silver 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 45 gold4 silver 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 61 gold56 silver 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 61 gold9 silver 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 148 gold 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 44 gold73 silver 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.
