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The Darkness
The Darkness - Darkflame Cleft
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Darkness encounter in Darkflame Cleft.
What terrors lurk in shadows? Why do kobolds keep candles lit? Tiny creatures huddle around campfires, telling tales of ancient evil. THE DARKNESS can be defeated but never destroyed. Instead, it inevitably returns in a new terrifying shape. Stay in the light. THE DARKNESS WAITS.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Darkflame Cleft, The Darkness comes 4th of 4, after The Candle King.
- 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 Darkness enwreathes the area in smothering shadows, reducing combat abilities of anyone without a light source. It uses a variety of Shadow attacks to devour its foes and weaken the light.
Tanks
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
Damage Dealers
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- The Darkness uses Call Darkspawn, which approach the light and cast Drain Light.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
Healers
- Players without Candlelight suffer the debilitating effects of Smothering Shadows.
- Umbral Slash and Shadowblast will both damage the light if they strike it.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for The Darkness, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Darkness
Shadow · Instant
Darkness enshrouds the area. All players without a light source have their damage and healing done reduced by 99%.
Rising Gloom
Shadow · 1 sec cast · Lasts 10 min
If the candle heat is depleted, The Darkness wreathes the area in gloom, inflicting Shadow damage to all players and causing them to flee in fear for 1 sec. This also increases their damage taken by 10% and reduces their haste by 5% for 10 min. This effect stacks.
Wax Lump
Physical · Instant
Hurl a lump of wax gathered from a dead Candlebearer to restore heat to your candle.
Eternal Darkness
Shadow · 3 sec cast · Lasts 4 sec
The Darkness releases waves of pure shadow every 1 sec for 4 sec. Each wave inflicts Shadow damage to all players and reduces the Candlelight's heat.
Call Darkspawn
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
The Darkness beckons multiple Wriggling Darkspawn to crawl out of the shadows.
Erupting Fear
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Wriggling Darkspawns drain the flames from a candle, reducing its heat and inflicting Shadow damage to players every 1 sec for 10 sec.
Umbral Claws
Shadow · Instant
The Darkness readies its claws and slashes out in a line towards the Candlelight. The wave of darkness inflicts Shadow damage to players hit and reduces the Candlelight's heat.
Shadowblast
Shadow · 6 sec cast
The Darkness targets a player with a massive blast. If this effect hits the Candlelight, it reduces its heat.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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 Darkness encounter lists 9 items in the dungeon journal, item level 437. Equip slots covered: Hands, One-Hand, Head, Shoulder, Two-Hand, Trinket and Legs. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Wick's Lead Miscellaneous, item level 10, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount.” Use: Learning. Effect: Wick.
- Caliginous Claspers Hands (Plate), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 15g 98s for it.
- Crepuscular Carver One-Hand (Dagger), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 49g 83s for it.
- Gloaming Visage Head (Mail), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 24g 55s for it.
- Photophobic Amice Shoulder (Cloth), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 24g 73s for it.
- Poleaxe of Somber Fate Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 56g 55s for it.
- Remnant of Darkness Trinket, item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 43g 82s for it.
- Shadowspawn Leggings Legs (Leather), item level 437, requires level 68. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 32g 92s for it.
- Waxmaster's Candle Rack Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 1g for it. Use: Collect Waxmaster's Candle Rack.
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
7 achievements list a victory over The Darkness among their criteria.