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The Candle King
The Candle King - Darkflame Cleft
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Candle King encounter in Darkflame Cleft.
Candle King was the tyrannical ruler of a kobold kingdom. His subjects toiled in his mines until an outlander from afar stole his crown and deposed him. Now he's fled deeper within Darkflame Cleft, seething with rage and threatening to return. Snuff his flame once and for all.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Darkflame Cleft, The Candle King comes 3rd of 4, after Blazikon and before The Darkness.
- Ol' Waxbeard
- Blazikon
- The Candle King
- The Darkness
Instance Entrance: The Ringing Deeps
Darkflame Cleft entranceThe Darkflame Cleft entrance is in The Ringing Deeps, at 55.5, 21.4 on the The Ringing Deeps map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Candle King begins by making waxen statues that burn his foes. He also uses the power of darkflame to imbue his abilities, assaulting players with Throw Darkflame and Darkflame Pickaxe.
Tanks
- Eerie Molds cause Fire damage to all players as long as they persist.
- Darkflame Pickaxe inflicts high damage and knocks back the first target it strikes.
Damage Dealers
- Eerie Molds cause Fire damage to all players as long as they persist.
- Darkflame Pickaxe inflicts high damage and knocks back the first target it strikes.
Healers
- Eerie Molds cause Fire damage to all players as long as they persist.
- Darkflame Pickaxe inflicts high damage and knocks back the first target it strikes.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for The Candle King, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Eerie Molds
Nature · 1.5 sec cast
The Candle King forms several wax statues of players. Each statue inflicts Fire damage to all players every 2 sec as long as it survives.
Cursed Statues
Shadow · Instant
Evil darkness flows from each wax statue. A player coming within 2 yards of a statue causes the wax to flow from it and encase the player completely. This effect stuns the target for 5 sec.
Darkflame Pickaxe
Shadow · 6 sec cast
The Candle King readies a pickaxe to throw at a target. The pickaxe collides with the first target it hits, inflicting Shadow damage and knocking them back. If it strikes a wax statue, it instead shatters it.
Paranoid Mind
Shadow · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 4 sec
The Candle King amplifies players' fear of the dark, causing them to flee in fear for 4 sec.
Throw Darkflame
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
The Candle King marks random players. These flames are strong enough to melt wax creations.
Molten Wax
Fire · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
When a wax statue melts down, it forms a pool of molten wax for 30 sec. Standing within inflicts Fire damage every 1 sec.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Darkflame Cleft.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Candle King encounter lists 6 items in the dungeon journal, item level 437. Equip slots covered: Trinket, Back, One-Hand, Waist, Feet and Hands. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Burin of the Candle King Trinket, item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 43g 65s for it.
- Candlebearer's Shroud Back (Cloth), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 26g 1s for it.
- Dark Zone Headtaker One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 48g 95s for it.
- Gleamkeeper's Buckle Waist (Leather), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 17g 35s for it.
- Gloomstomper's Sabatons Feet (Mail), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 25g 74s for it.
- King's Malicious Clutches Hands (Cloth), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 17g 41s 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.