Source is the collection journal’s own source for each appearance, read from the current retail build; bosses, quests, recipes, prices and requirements come from the game’s item, journal and quest records.
What This Set Covers
This is a complete head-to-toe outfit - it fills 9 armor slots, so it can be worn as a full look with nothing borrowed from another set. Every piece is Bind on Pickup, so the appearances have to be earned rather than bought.
Pieces
15
Slots covered
Head x2, Shoulder x2, Back x2, Chest, Wrist x2, Hands, Waist x2, Legs x2, Feet
Binding
Bind on Pickup (15)
Expansion
Shadowlands
Set type
Heroic
Slot and binding read from the current retail build’s item records for this set’s own pieces.
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Where These Pieces Drop
5 of this set's 15 pieces drop from 5 encounters in Sepulcher of the First Ones. The rest come from vendors, quests, crafting or world drops, which the dungeon journal does not record.
Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.
Where to Farm This Set
5 bosses in Sepulcher of the First Ones drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.
The Jailer has breached the Sepulcher, the mysterious heart of the Shadowlands. Should he control its primordial power, he will reshape the cosmos with Death at the fore. As Zovaal prepares to dominate reality, champions of Azeroth charge forth to stop him. Will their resolve outmatch his?
The entrance is in Zereth Mortis at 81.0, 53.3 (/way #1970 81.0 53.3).
Sepulcher of the First Ones entrance
Artificer Xy'mox drops 1 piece of this set (Shoulder). Adventure Guide map pin: 39.5, 44.4 on the Sepulcher of the First Ones map. After his defeat in Castle Nathria, Artificer Xy'mox sank back into the shadows to plot his next heist. With the Sepulcher of the First Ones now vulnerable, Xy'mox has summoned the full might of the Xy Cartel to plunder the ancient knowledge and powerful relics buried there.
Prototype Pantheon drops 1 piece of this set (Head). Adventure Guide map pin: 32.6, 70.3 on the Sepulcher of the First Ones map. Bereft of the cosmic spirits of the Eternal Ones, these incomplete host bodies can only carry out their base directives without mercy or compassion. With the enemy at the gates, Lihuvim has little choice but to activate these dangerous prototypes.
Lihuvim, Principal Architect drops 1 piece of this set (Legs). Adventure Guide map pin: 64.4, 22.4 on the Sepulcher of the First Ones map. With meticulous care, Lihuvim weaves ephemera into being in accordance with the hallowed will of the First Ones. Now this process is threatened as Mawsworn forces seek to claim this power.
Anduin Wrynn drops 1 piece of this set (Wrist). Adventure Guide map pin: 40.5, 51.9 on the Sepulcher of the First Ones map. Controlled by Domination magic, Anduin is being forced to aid the Jailer's plan to remake reality. As time runs out to stop him, the champions of Azeroth must make a difficult choice: defeat the young king to save the cosmos, or risk everything in order to restore his soul.
Lords of Dread drops 1 piece of this set (Back). Adventure Guide map pin: 59.6, 47.3 on the Sepulcher of the First Ones map. Using subterfuge and guile, the nathrezim have worked for eons to bring the Jailer's plan to fruition. Now, on the brink of their master's victory, they only need to complete one final task to ensure none are left to resist the new order of the cosmos.
Set Bonus
5 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Mercurial Punisher's Painweave, which carries these bonuses in the game files:
2 pieces (Vengeance): Damage dealt by Immolation Aura has a 10% chance to generate a Lesser Soul Fragment.
4 pieces (Havoc): Metamorphosis duration is increased by 6 sec. Every 60 Fury you consume reduces the cooldown of Metamorphosis by 1 sec.
4 pieces (Vengeance): Consuming a Lesser Soul Fragment reduces the remaining cooldown of your Immolation Aura or Fel Devastation by 1 sec.
Versions and Companion Sets
The game links 3 other versions to Mercurial Punisher's Painweave, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Heroic version.
2 other sets reuse the 3D models of Mercurial Punisher's Painweave’s head, shoulder, chest, waist, legs, feet and hands, most shared models first:
Cosmic Gladiator's Felskin Armor (Shadowlands, 14 pieces): the same head, shoulder, chest, waist, legs, feet and hands models, recoloured.
Eternal Gladiator's Felskin Armor (Shadowlands, 28 pieces): the same head, shoulder, chest, waist, legs, feet and hands models, recoloured.
Matched in the game files: each piece’s ItemDisplayInfo names its 3D model and texture. The same model with another texture is a recolour. Only pieces with a 3D model of their own (helms, shoulders, cloaks, weapons, shields, off-hands and some belts and robes) can be compared this way; pieces drawn from textures alone are left out.
Other Versions of This Set
Mercurial Punisher's Painweave exists as 4 set records in the game data. The version we index for this name is set 2354; this page covers one of the other records.
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Sepulcher of the First Ones entrance