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Twisted Aberration
Echo of Neltharion - Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
Twisted Aberration is a boss of the Echo of Neltharion encounter in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
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Encounter Facts
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Zaralek Cavern
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible entranceThe Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible entrance is in Zaralek Cavern, at 48.5, 10.0 on the Zaralek Cavern map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Echo of Neltharion periodically raises walls of Twisted Earth throughout the chamber. As the battle begins, Neltharion causes Echoing Fissures to erupt in the newly confined space. Upon reaching 60% remaining health, Neltharion Surrenders to Corruption, summoning Voices From Beyond throughout the chamber. Once all Voices From Beyond are slain, Neltharion begins to rip open portals to overwhelm players with Twisted Abberations and the might of his Ebon Destruction.
Tanks
- Calamitous Strike greatly increases players' damage taken.
- Sunder Shadow inflicts Physical damage and leaves players' corporeal bodies vulnerable to Shadow Strike.
- Calamitous Strike and Sunder Shadow knock players back with enough force to destroy Twisted Earth.
Damage Dealers
- Rushing Darkness knocks players backwards with enough force to destroy Twisted Earth.
- Neltharion protects himself with Shadow Barrier upon reaching 35% health if any Voices From Beyond remain.
- Twisted Aberrations periodically emerge from the portals created by Sunder Reality.
Healers
- Calamitous Strike greatly increases players' damage taken.
- Players hit by Sunder Shadow, are vulnerable just before Shadow Strike.
- Shatter inflicts damage to all players each time a wall is shattered.
Stage One: The Earth-Warder
Twisted Earth
Spell details
Volcanic Blast
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Volcanic Heart
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Echoing Fissure
Spell detailsCollapsed Earth
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Seeping Lava
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Rushing Darkness
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Shatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against a segment of Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter.
Calamitous Strike
Spell detailsShatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
Intermission: Giving in to Darkness
Raze the Earth
Spell detailsVolcanic Blast
Spell detailsCollapsed Earth
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Surrender to Corruption
Spell detailsStage Two: Corruption Takes Hold
Voice From Beyond
Empower Shadows
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Hidden in Void
Spell detailsIn Heroic difficulty, Voices From Beyond Hidden in Void can only be attacked by players afflicted by Corruption.
Volcanic Heart
Spell detailsTwisted Earth
Spell detailsVolcanic Blast
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Corruption
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Umbral Annihilation
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Crumbling Facade
Spell detailsRushing Darkness
Spell detailsShatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
Sunder Shadow
Spell detailsShadow Strike
Spell detailsStage Three: Reality Fractures
Sunder Reality
Spell detailsTwisted Aberration
Twisted Aberrations hunger for flesh and chaos, endlessly hunting down life to shred and devour with their razor sharp claws and teeth. Twisted Aberrations hunger for flesh, endlessly hunting down life to shred and devour with their razor sharp claws and teeth. In Heroic difficulty, Twisted Aberrations grow continuously stronger from Unstable Mutation. Twisted Aberrations grow continuously stronger from Unstable Mutation.
Sundered Reality
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each portal dissipates after protecting a single player from Ebon Destruction.
Ebon Destruction
Spell detailsRushing Darkness
Spell detailsShatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
Calamitous Strike
Spell detailsShatter
Spell detailsOn Mythic difficulty, each impact against Twisted Earth increases damage taken from Shatter by 50%.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Twisted Aberration, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Unstable Mutation
Physical · Instant
Twisted Aberrations continuously mutate, increasing damage done by 75% every 2 sec.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
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 Echo of Neltharion encounter in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible.
Tucked away in the depths of the Shadowed Crucible, Neltharion's sanctum was a place of refuge and research for the Earth-Warder. Some say that echoes of his powerful presence still linger here, contemplating the future of the black dragonflight and how to obtain the power to ensure its success.
What Each Drop Is
The Echo of Neltharion encounter lists 19 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 424 to 431. Equip slots covered: Trinket, Two-Hand, Shield, Held In Off-hand, Finger, Feet and Hands. 1 of them can be traded and 18 bind when picked up.
- Dreadful Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Mystic Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Venerated Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Zenith Synchronous Timestrand Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Synchronous Timestrand.
- Neltharion's Call to Chaos Trinket, item level 431, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. Usable by Warrior, Paladin, Mage, Demon Hunter and Evoker. A vendor pays 79 gold24 silver for it.
- Neltharion's Call to Dominance Trinket, item level 431, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Haste. Usable by Hunter, Shaman, Warlock and Monk. A vendor pays 79 gold51 silver for it.
- Neltharion's Call to Suffering Trinket, item level 431, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Versatility. Usable by Rogue, Priest, Death Knight and Druid. A vendor pays 76 gold44 silver for it.
- Ashkandur, Fall of the Brotherhood Two-Hand (Two-Handed Sword), item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 152 gold65 silver for it.
- Calamity's Herald Shield, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 81 gold74 silver for it.
- Dreadful Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Echo's Maddening Volume Held In Off-hand, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste, Mastery and Intellect. A vendor pays 76 gold10 silver for it.
- Mystic Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Onyx Impostor's Birthright Finger, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Only an heir would recognize it. Only a fool would accept it.”
- Treads of Fractured Realities Feet (Cloth), item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste.
- Twisted Vision's Demigaunts Hands (Plate), item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery.
- Venerated Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Ward of Faceless Ire Trinket, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect. A vendor pays 72 gold73 silver for it. Use: Writhing Ward.
- Zenith Corrupting Fluid Miscellaneous, item level 424, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Aberrant Corrupting Fluid.
- Pattern: Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patches.” A vendor pays 50 gold for it. Lowest listed price right now: 70 gold across 75 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch.
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
10 achievements list a victory over Twisted Aberration among their criteria.
