Yogg-Saron (tactics)

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For the character biography, see Yogg-Saron.

Ulduar
Halls of Stone (5)
Tribunal of Ages Sjonnir The Ironshaper Maiden of Grief Krystallus
Halls of Lightning (5)
General Bjarngrim Volkhan Ionar Loken
Ulduar (10/25)
Flame Leviathan Ignis the Furnace Master Razorscale XT-002 Deconstructor The Assembly of Iron Kologarn Auriaya Mimiron Freya Thorim Hodir General Vezax Yogg-Saron Algalon the Observer

Yogg-Saron is the final boss encounter of the Ulduar raid dungeon. The encounter is mainly a DPS race, but also requires high situational awareness.

The fight is lighter on healing than Mimiron, one healer per five raid members is enough, extra DPS help to reduce raid damage.

Entering Yogg-Saron's room immediately starts the encounter. The fight has three phases, engaging Sara and her guardians first, then defeating the Brain of Yogg-Saron and finally its body. 15 minutes after the first raid member enters Sara's room, Yogg-Saron casts Extinguish All Life, one-shotting the raid.

Keepers' powers

The four Keepers of Ulduar can be activated by talking to them prior to the fight. Hard mode is using at most one Keeper (usually Thorim). Each Keeper present increases character size and damage done by 10%. On top of that, the Keeper's individual abilities are:

Keepers Abilities
Keeper	Ability 1	Ability 2
Mimiron	Speed of Invention — Increases movement speed by 20%.	Destabilization Matrix — Reduces attack speed by 100% and casting speed by 300% for all tentacles.
Freya	Resilience of Nature — Increases healing received from all sources by 20%.	Sanity Well — Freya conjures two Sanity Wells (green pillars of light) at the sides of the room, which regenerate Sanity for players standing in them (this is the only method to ragain sanity).
Thorim	Fury of the Storm — Increases total health by 20%.	Titanic Storm — Periodically kills weakened immortal creatures (this is the only method to kill Immortal Guardians in Phase 3).
Hodir	Fortitude of Frost — Reduces damage taken from all sources by 20%.	Hodir's Protective Gaze — Instead of dying, characters get a chance to get encased in ice by Hodir (a 10 second buff which can be clicked away).

Sanity

Throughout the encounter, players have a buff stack called "Sanity", which starts at 100.

•   Sanity — Indicates overall level of Sanity. If Sanity reaches zero, the player becomes Insane. The sanity score persists through death (except when releasing).
•   Insane — 60 second debuff. Kills its target upon removal or expiration. Yogg-Saron takes control of the target's mind. Increases damage by 100% and health by 300%.

Players with 0 sanity must be killed quickly, and cannot be rezzed, since they immediately go insane again.

Phase One: Sara

Sara's Abilities: She cannot be attacked, and casts the following spells randomly on the raid and the Guardians:

•   Sara's Fervor — Increases a friendly target's damage by 20%, but also increases damage taken by the target by 100%. Lasts 15 sec.
•   Sara's Blessing — Heals a friendly target for 27000 to 33000, but also causes 60000 Shadow damage over 20 sec.
•   Sara's Anger — Inflicts 12500 Shadow damage every 3 sec, but increases physical damage done by 12000. Lasts 12 sec.

Sara is in the center of the room, she's immune to all damage except the AoE damage from dying Guardians (see below). Green-yellow clouds move in a circular pattern through the room (always the same path at the same speed), but they are faster than it seems. When players (not pets or totems) touch a cloud, a Guardian of Yogg-Saron spawns. This must be avoided at all cost. The golden rule of this phase is to immediately stop everything if a cloud comes close, and move away to a safe spot. 5 seconds DPS / Healing lost doesn't matter at all, while an extra Guardian means a substantial increase in difficulty. As with many such rules, it sounds simple, but actually doing it requires high situational awareness from everybody, and leads to many failures.

Guardians also spawn automatically at an increasing rate, starting at about one per 40 seconds, increasing up to one per 10 seconds. Since 8 Guardians have to be killed close to Sara in order to end the phase, it may be practical to cause one (or even two) voluntary extra spawns early in the phase - this reduces the number of Guardians left over at the start of phase 2. It is ok to have 2 Guardians up after the transition, 3 is critical.

Guardians of Yogg-Saron

Abilities:

• 950,000/220,000 HP.
•   Shadow Nova — When a Guardian dies, it inflicts 25,000 shadow damage to all targets (including Sara and other Guardians) within 15 yards.
•   Dark Volley — Inflicts 8500 to 11000 shadow damage to the entire raid. Reduces healing effects by 25%. Lasts 10 seconds. Interruptible.

Shadow Nova is the only way to damage Sara. Eight Guardians have to be killed close to her to start the next phase.

Dark Volley should be interrupted.

Ferrying

The safest method is to have the MT in the center of the room, and the OT at the outer edge, near the door. At that spot near the door, the raid is safe from clouds. The OT taunts the Guardian, the raid nukes it until it's at about 25% (don't use DOTs). Then, either the MT and OT trade places, or the MT taunts the Guardian off the OT. In both cases, the Guardian is killed by a dedicated ranged group as soon as it's next to Sara. The free tank taunts the next Guardian, and brings it to the spot near the door.

This method is fairly safe, because only the tanks and the dedicated ranged group (including a healer) must dodge clouds. It has the disavantage of a rather low DPS output. For this reason, it's hardly ever used in 10 man or heroic groups, but it's frequently used by groups learning the encounter in 25 player mode.

Standard

The normally used method is to put tanks and melee on top of Sara (tanking and killing Guardians there), while ranged and healers move around the outside. This method increases effective DPS on the Guardians, but requires everyone in the raid to dodge clouds.

Easymode

In 10 man, it's possible to concentrate the whole raid on top of Sara. This means that everybody takes the damage when Guardians die, but if the healers can handle it, it can be healed through. Even though hunter DPS is reduced greatly by this setup, all other aspects of the fight are trivialized (no clouds ever reach the exact center of the room, overall DPS is maximized). In 25 player mode it seems this tactic is not feasible, as the clouds cover the whole room and there's no safe spot at the center.

Phase Two: Tentacles and the Brain

Quickly kill any remaining Guardians from phase 1. The raid should stay close together during the whole of phase 2.

There are two areas, outside and inside the Mind's Eye (Yogg-Saron's brain). During this phase, Yogg-Saron regularly opens portals to the Mind's Eye. After four portal spawns, the spawn rate of the tentacles outside increases greatly. Phase two ends when the Brain of Yogg-Saron's health inside the Mind's Eye hits 30%.

Outside: Tentacles

Abilities: Crusher Tentacle:

• 2 million/ 400,000 hit points
•   Diminish Power — Weakens enemy units in a large area around the caster (50,000 yards), reducing the damage they do by 20%. Channeled. Stacks up to 4 times. Being hit by a melee ability disrupts this cast.
•   Focused Anger — Enrages the caster when hit by attacks and spells, increasing attack speed and damage dealt. Stacks up to 99 times. Damage dealt is increased by 3% and attack speed is increased by 3%. Lasts 1 second. Refreshes upon being hit by melee.

Corruptor Tentacle:

• 600,000/100,000 hit points
•   Curse of Doom — A debuff which inflicts 20,000 Shadow damage after 12 sec. Curse, dispellable.
•   Apathy — 20 second debuff which reduces attack, casting and movement speed by 60%. Magic, dispellable.
•   Black Plague — 24 second debuff which periodically stuns for 2 seconds. Disease, dispellable.
•   Draining Poison — 18 second debuff which causes 3500 Nature damage and drains 1400 Mana every 3 sec. Poison, dispellable.

Constrictor Tentacles:

• 100,000/8,000 hit points
•   Squeeze — Grabs a nearby enemy and inflicts 7500 Physical damage every second. Also cancels druids' forms.

The tentacles should all be killed as quickly as possible.

• Ranged focus on the Crusher Tentacles
• Melee focus on the Corruptor Tentacles
• Constrictor Tentacles can be ignored until they grab someone, then they can be nuked quickly by a few damage dealers

Everybody capable of doing so must dispel the debuffs from the Corruptor Tentacles. They do not deal melee damage, and should be interrupted and stunned while being killed by melee.

Melee damage dealers should stay away from Crushers, but since their damage reduction aura is disrupted by melee hits, a single hit now and then can help.

Constrictor Tentacles randomly pick up players from the raid. Victims may continue to cast, and are freed by killing the tentacle. Druids drop out of their form when constricted, this is particularly dangerous for Bear tanks.

Sara hovers above Yogg-Saron's main body and castis various spells:

•   Psychosis — 5000 Shadow damage and reduce Sanity by 12. One second cast, spammed on random raid members when Sara is not casting anything else.
•   Brain Link — Link two random players with a beam. Targets take 3000 Shadow damage and lose 2 Sanity per second while they are more than 20 yards apart.
•   Malady of the Mind — 4 second debuff. Target takes 5000 Shadow damage, loses 3 Sanity and gets feared. The debuff jumps to another target within 10 yards upon expiration.
•   Death Ray — Slowly moving green beams which deal 20k Nature damage every 0 sec. Malady of the Mind renders players immune to this effect.

Psychosis is chain cast without pause upon random raid members (unless she casts something else). The other three abilities each have a 30 second cooldown, and are used randomly when available.

Brain Linked players get a linking beam between them which is red or yellow. When the beam is red the players are too far apart, yellow means they are safe. Entering a portal ends Brain Link.

Portals

60 seconds into phase 2, and then regularly after 80 seconds (= 20 seconds after the preceeding portal phase), Yogg-Saron emotes: "MADNESS WILL CONSUME YOU!" and opens portals into the Mind's Eye (4 on normal, 10 on heroic). They spawn in equal distances around Yogg-Saron's body. Each portal can be used by only one player, and they despawn after a rather short time. Using all the portals quickly and efficiently is the key to this phase.

Since ranged are more effective outside, mostly melee DPS should enter. In 25 person mode, one healer should also join. The assigned players should make sure their sanity is high enough. It's a good idea to pre-assign portals, so that players can move to the portal spawn points before they actually appear.

Inside: The Mind's Eye

Abilities: Laughing Skull:

•   Lunatic Gaze — Looking into the laughing skull inflicts 1750 Shadow damage and reduces Sanity by 2% every 1 sec.

Influence Tentacle:

• 40,000 hit points.
•   Grim Reprisal — All attacks against Influence Tentacles cause 60% of the damage taken to the attacker as well.

Brain of Yogg-Saron

• 6.85/1.3 million HP.
•   Induce Madness — Drives all nearby targets insane, reducing Sanity to 0. 60 second cast time.

After the portals are open, Yogg-Saron's brain starts a 60 seconds cast of Induce Madness, which turns everybody in the Mind's Eye insane upon completion.

After passing through the portals, players enter one of three possible illusions. Each of them is a circular room with a door to the brain room right at the spot where players enter. The door is blocked, in order to open it, the Influence Tentacles in the first room need all to be killed. Additionally, laughing skulls float around. Characters looking at one of the skulls are affected by Lunatic Gaze (a purple beam) and lose sanity. To avoid this, players should look towards the outside wall of the room, and strafe. Use the camera controls to look around; don't physically turn your character.

Influence tentacles can be disguised as neutral mobs (e.g. dragons or human guards), they always stand along the outer wall around the room. All attackable mobs in the room are tentacles. Damage dealers should take one quick tour around the room (along the wall), and hit each Influence tentacle once or twice. After moving a full circle, all tentacles should be dead, and players are back at the door.

Killing all influence tentacles has several effects: inside it opens the door to the brain room, and outside, all tentacles are stunned, Sara stops casting and no additional tentacles spawn until the Induce Madness cast is finished. For this reason, it's essential to kill the influence tentacles very quickly.

After entering the brain room, players should look for the portal back outside near the rear wall. It's a good idea to stand next to that portal before nuking the brain. When about 5 seconds are left on the Induce Madness cast timer, quickly use it.

Phase Three: The Head of the Beast

Abilities:

• Yogg-Saron starts this phase at 30% of its original HP (= 16.5/3.3 million).
•   Lunatic Gaze — Looking into the maw of madness unhinges your mind, inflicting 5700 to 6300 Shadow damage and reducing Sanity by 4% every 1 sec. for as long as you are facing the caster.
•   Empowering Shadows — Empowers friendly units within 20 yds. of the target, causing them to regenerate 750,000/225,000 Health over 20 sec.
•   Shadowy Barrier — Protects the caster from all attacks and spells.
•   Extinguish All Life — Wipes the raid, cast 15 minutes after the start of phase 1

Heroic 3 Keepers or Less Only:

•   Deafening Roar — Deals 7600 to 8400 physical damage and silences enemies for 4 seconds. Throw the shattered fragments of Vala'nyr into Yogg-Saron's Maw while he casts this spell then defeat Yogg-Saron to reforge the legendary mace Vala'nyr.

Note: the epic music and voicework that begin when the phase is initiated are worth turning on game sounds at least once.

When phase three starts all tentacles left over from phase 2 remain active. A limited number of Corruptor Tentacles can be safely ignored as long as the debuffs are dispelled.

Phase three ends when Yogg-Saron dies. Yogg-Saron has no aggro list and is unable to move.

Players should stand near near the green pillars if Freya is helping to be able to restore sanity. All healers should face away from Yogg-Saron at all times. The caster camp is best located about 20 yards away from the melee camp. Melee DPS can get knocked back by Yogg-Saron if they run into his body.

Lunatic Gaze is used every 12 seconds, it creates purple beams between Yogg-Saron and the players facing it. Healers should turn away the whole time, tanks and DPS should get into the habit to regularly turn away.

Yogg-Saron spawns (and heals) increasing numbers of Immortal Guardians, which eventually kills the raid. Ranged DPS should focus on Yogg through the whole phase, while melee and tanks deal with the Guardians. Melee may require help from ranged on the Guardians.

If the raid is using three or fewer Keepers on heroic mode Yogg-Saron emotes, "Yogg-Saron opens his mouth wide!" while casting Deafening Roar (about once per minute). This is the cue to throw the [Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr] into Yogg-Saron's maw to recover the [Reforged Hammer of Ancient Kings] upon his defeat. Deafening Roar is best dealt with by Holy Paladins rotating Aura Mastery with Concentration Aura up.

Immortal Guardians

Abilities:

• 500,000/100,000 HP.
• Melee for ~20-25k on plate at start with a full empowered stack
•   Drain Life — Transfers 3,333 health per second from a random player to the Immortal Guardian for 5 seconds. Heals the Immortal Guardian for 33,330 per second.
•   Empowered — Empowers an Immortal Guardian, increasing the damage it deals when its health value is high. Damage increased by 180% per stack. Begins at 9 stacks. Every 10% HP the Immortal Guardian loses/gains will remove/add a stack.
•   Shadow Beacon — The Immortal Guardian becomes a beacon for Yogg-Saron's Empowering Shadows. It will receive the buff after 10 seconds.
• Immortal - Immortal Guardians cannot be slain except by Titanic Storm while at 1% HP.

Yogg-Saron spawns Immortal Guardians every 10–15 seconds. These have to be picked up by the tanks and DPSed down quickly. At full health, they hit a well geared tank for 25k, when their health deceases, so does their damage output.

Immortal Guardians can only be killed if Thorim is helping. Without him, they need to be tanked through the whole phase. Every 45 seconds, Yogg-Saron marks one or more Guardians with Shadow Beacons. 10 seconds later, it launches shadow missiles at the marked Guardians. Upon impact, the missiles explode and give the Empowering Shadows buff to all Guardians and Yogg-Saron within 20 yards. This means that at the moment when the missiles are launched, all marked Guardians must be 20 yards away from Yogg-Saron, else it gets healed. The healing Guardians receive can be reduced by a rogue with Wound Poison and Fan of Knives.

To keep the Guardians at low health (and thus at low damage output), they should be tanked in a tight group near Yogg-Saron, so that one or two ranged DPS can AoE the Guardians and Yogg-Saron. When the Guardians get beacons, they must be quickly dragged away until the missiles explode, then they can be brought back.

Loot

Normal Mode

Chestguard of the Wayward Conqueror Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Priest, Warlock Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable	Chestguard of the Wayward Protector Binds when picked up Classes: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable	Chestguard of the Wayward Vanquisher Binds when picked up Classes: Rogue, Death Knight, Mage, Druid Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable
Abaddon Binds when picked up Sword Two-Hand Speed 3.40 577 - 866 Damage (212.2 damage per second) +106 Strength +159 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 62. Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 76.	Deliverance Binds when picked up Crossbow Ranged Speed 2.90 342 - 513 Damage (147.4 damage per second) +24 Agility +29 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 26. Equip: Improves hit rating by 16. Equip: Increases attack power by 68.	Devotion Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 2.10 211 - 391 Damage (143.1 damage per second) (1236 feral attack power) +129 Stamina +81 Intellect +106 Spirit Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves haste rating by 87. Equip: Increases spell power by 487.	Faceguard of the Eyeless Horror Binds when picked up Plate Head 1886 Armor +69 Stamina +65 Intellect Meta Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +3 mana every 5 sec. Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 76. Equip: Restores 24 mana per 5 sec. Equip: Increases spell power by 105.
Kingsbane Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.40 182 - 274 Damage (162.9 damage per second) +46 Agility +34 Stamina Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 36. Equip: Increases attack power by 70. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 23. "The blade carries with it a sense of deep sorrow."	Leggings of the Insatiable Binds when picked up Mail Legs 1137 Armor +81 Agility +90 Stamina +53 Intellect Durability 105 / 105 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases attack power by 212. Equip: Improves haste rating by 55. Equip: Improves hit rating by 49.	Pendant of a Thousand Maws Binds when picked up Neck +67 Strength +68 Stamina Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 35. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 43.	Royal Seal of King Llane Binds when picked up Unique Trinket +155 Stamina Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Use: Increases parry rating by 380 for 20 sec. "Covered in blood that doesn't seem to wash away."
Touch of Madness Binds when picked up Axe One-Hand Speed 2.60 297 - 522 Damage (163.3 damage per second) +24 Agility +52 Stamina Durability 105 / 105 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases attack power by 92. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 26. Equip: Improves hit rating by 34.	Treads of the Dragon Council Binds when picked up Cloth Feet +69 Stamina +57 Intellect +42 Spirit Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 80 Item Level 219Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 59. Equip: Increases spell power by 93.

Normal One or Zero Keepers

Amice of Inconceivable Horror Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 236 Armor +48 Stamina +49 Intellect +42 Spirit Red Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +6 Spirit Durability 60 / 60 Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves haste rating by 62. Equip: Increases spell power by 100.	Caress of Insanity Binds when picked up Mace One-Hand Speed 2.70 338 - 628 Damage (178.9 damage per second) (1737 feral attack power) +40 Agility +42 Stamina Red Socket Socket Bonus: +8 Attack Power Durability 105 / 105 Requires Level 80 Item Level 232Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves haste rating by 25. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 34. Equip: Increases attack power by 104.	Hammer of Crushing Whispers Binds when picked up Mace Two-Hand Speed 3.60 670 - 1005 Damage (232.6 damage per second) (2489 feral attack power) +120 Strength +138 Stamina Yellow Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +6 Strength Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 232Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 66. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 82.	Signet of Soft Lament Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +54 Stamina +46 Intellect +36 Spirit Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Spirit Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 32. Equip: Increases spell power by 74.
Soul-Devouring Cinch Binds when picked up Leather Waist 333 Armor +85 Agility +65 Stamina Red Socket Red Socket Socket Bonus: +12 Attack Power Durability 40 / 40 Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 53. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 56. Equip: Increases attack power by 114.

Normal Alone in the Darkness

Vanquished Clutches of Yogg-Saron Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 136. Use: Calls forth a Vanquished Tentacle of Yogg-Saron to serve you.

Heroic Mode

Mantle of the Wayward Conqueror Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Priest, Warlock Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable	Mantle of the Wayward Protector Binds when picked up Classes: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable	Mantle of the Wayward Vanquisher Binds when picked up Classes: Rogue, Death Knight, Mage, Druid Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable
Blood of the Old God Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 108. Equip: Chance on melee and ranged critical strike to increase your attack power by 1284 for 10 secs.	Chestguard of Insidious Intent Binds when picked up Mail Chest 1314 Armor +88 Stamina +68 Agility +59 Intellect Yellow Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +6 Agility Durability 140 / 140 Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 60. Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 67. Equip: Increases attack power by 196.	Chestguard of the Fallen God Binds when picked up Mail Chest 1314 Armor +85 Stamina +86 Intellect Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power Durability 140 / 140 Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases spell power by 124. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 75. Equip: Improves haste rating by 68.	Cowl of Dark Whispers Binds when picked up Cloth Head 256 Armor +85 Stamina +66 Intellect +80 Spirit Meta Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +9 Spell Power Durability 60 / 60 Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 59. Equip: Increases spell power by 115.
Earthshaper Binds when picked up Mace Two-Hand Speed 3.60 670 - 1005 Damage (232.6 damage per second) (2489 feral attack power) +137 Strength +137 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 232Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 87. Equip: Improves hit rating by 70.	Garona's Guise Binds when picked up Leather Head 480 Armor +98 Agility +99 Stamina Meta Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +8 Agility Durability 70 / 70 Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases attack power by 130. Equip: Improves haste rating by 76. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 59.	Godbane Signet Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +46 Agility +63 Stamina Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases attack power by 126. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 42. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 36.	Shawl of Haunted Memories Binds when picked up Back 157 Armor +46 Stamina +46 Intellect +49 Spirit Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases spell power by 74. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 36.
Sanity's Bond Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +63 Stamina +42 Intellect Requires Level 80 Item Level 226Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases spell power by 74. Equip: Improves haste rating by 31. Equip: Restores 20 mana per 5 sec.	Soulscribe Binds when picked up Unique Dagger Main Hand Speed 1.80 89 - 283 Damage (103.3 damage per second) +54 Stamina +49 Intellect Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 80 Item Level 232Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 28. Equip: Improves haste rating by 48. Equip: Increases spell power by 550.	3030 Fragment of Val'anyr Binds when picked up Unique (30) Classes: Priest, Paladin, Shaman, Druid Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Use: Combines 30 Fragments of Val'anyr to form the Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr. "The fragments of the ancient hammer glow with a cool, soothing light."

Heroic One or Zero Keepers

Dark Edge of Depravity Binds when picked up Polearm Two-Hand Speed 3.50 685 - 1028 Damage (244.7 damage per second) (2659 feral attack power) +112 Agility +129 Stamina Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +6 Agility Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 239Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 64. Equip: Improves haste rating by 85. Equip: Increases your attack power by 164.	Legguards of Cunning Deception Binds when picked up Leather Legs 533 Armor +112 Agility +127 Stamina Yellow Socket Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +8 Agility Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 80 Item Level 239Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 78. Equip: Increases your attack power by 152. Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 66.	Seal of the Betrayed King Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +74 Strength +81 Stamina Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Strength Requires Level 80 Item Level 239Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves hit rating by 40. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 48.	Show of Faith Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 80 Item Level 239Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Increases spell power by 140. Equip: Each time you cast a spell, there is a chance you will gain up to 193 mana per 5 for 15 sec.
Treads of the False Oracle Binds when picked up Cloth Feet 223 Armor +82 Stamina +69 Intellect Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +7 Spell Power Durability 70 / 70 Requires Level 80 Item Level 239Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 61. Equip: Improves haste rating by 47. Equip: Increases spell power by 92.

Heroic Alone in the Darkness

Mimiron's Head Binds when picked up Unique Mount Requires Level 70 Item Level 70Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Requires Riding (300) Use: Teaches you how to summon this construction. Can only be summoned in Outland or Northrend. This is a very fast... head.

Quotes

Phase One:

• Sara yells: The time to strike at the head of the beast will soon be upon us! Focus your anger and hatred on his minions!
• Sara yells: Yes! YES! Show them no mercy! Give no pause to your attacks!
• Sara yells: Let hatred and rage guide your blows!

Player dies:

• Sara yells: Could they have been saved?
• Sara yells: Powerless to act...

Phase One wipe:

• Voice of Yogg-Saron whispers: Weak-minded fools!

Coming in Phase Two:

• Sara yells: I am the lucid dream.
• Sara yells: The monster in your nightmares.
• Sara yells: The fiend of a thousand faces.
• Sara yells: Cower before my true form.
• Yogg-Saron yells: BOW DOWN BEFORE THE GOD OF DEATH!

Phase Two:

• Sara yells: Tremble, mortals, before the coming of the end!
• Sara yells: Suffocate upon your own hate!

Whispers to insane players:

• Voice of Yogg-Saron whispers: Your will is no longer you own...
• Voice of Yogg-Saron whispers: Destroy them minion, your master commands it!

Creating a vision:

• Yogg-Saron yells: MADNESS WILL CONSUME YOU!

The Tortured Champion vision:

• The Lich King says: Your resilience is admirable.
• Immolated Champion yells: Arrrrrrgh!
• Immolated Champion says: I'm not afraid of you!
• The Lich King says: I will break you as I broke him.
• Yogg-Saron says: Yrr n'lyeth... shuul anagg!
• Yogg-Saron says: He will learn... no king rules forever; only death is eternal!

The Forging of the Demon Soul vision:

• Neltharion says: It is done... All have been given that which must be given. I now seal the Dragon Soul forever...
• Ysera says: That terrible glow... should that be?
• Neltharion says: For it to be as it must, yes.
• Malygos says: It is a weapon like no other. It must be like no other.
• Yogg-Saron says: His brood learned their lesson before too long, you shall soon learn yours!

The Assassination of King Llane vision:

• Garona Halforcen says: Bad news sire. The clans are united under Blackhand in this assault. They will stand together until Stormwind has fallen.
• Garona Halforcen says: Gul'dan is bringing up his warlocks by nightfall. Until then, the Blackrock clan will be trying to take the Eastern Wall.
• Yogg-Saron says: A thousand deaths... or one murder.
• King Llane says: We will hold until the reinforcements come. As long as men with stout hearts are manning the walls and throne Stormwind will hold.
• Garona Halforcen says: The orc leaders agree with your assessment.
• Yogg-Saron says: Your petty quarrels only make me stronger!

Phase Three:

• Yogg-Saron yell: Look upon the true face of death and know that your end comes soon!

Casting Lunatic Gaze:

• Yogg-Saron yell: Hoohehehahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Deafening Roar:

• Yogg-Saron yell: Eternal suffering awaits!

Death:

• Your fate is sealed. The end of days is finally upon you and ALL who inhabit this miserable little seedling. Uulwi ifis halahs gag erh'ongg w'ssh.

Sound Files

See Sound Files of Ulduar: Yogg-Saron

Related Achievements

•  The Descent into Madness (10 player)
•  Kiss and Make Up (10 player)
•  Drive Me Crazy (10 player)
•  He's Not Getting Any Older (10 player)
•  They're Coming Out Of The Walls (10 player)
•  In His House He Waits Dreaming (10 player)
•  The Descent into Madness (25 player)
•  Kiss and Make Up (25 player)
•  Drive Me Crazy (25 player)
•  He's Not Getting Any Older (25 player)
•  They're Coming Out Of The Walls (25 player)
•  In His House He Waits Dreaming (25 player)

The following achievements are for the encounter's hard mode.

•  Three Lights in the Darkness (10 player)
•  Two Lights in the Darkness (10 player)
•  One Light in the Darkness (10 player)
•  Alone in the Darkness (10 player)
•  Three Lights in the Darkness (25 player)
•  Two Lights in the Darkness (25 player)
•  One Light in the Darkness (25 player)
•  Alone in the Darkness (25 player)

The following achievement is given to the first raid group on a realm to defeat Yogg-Saron on Heroic difficulty without the help of any keepers.

•  Realm First! Death's Demise

Videos

10-man encounter

10-man Hard mode encounter

25-man encounter

25-man Hard mode encounter

Notes

•  [Alone in the Darkness (25 player)] is considered by many to be the most complicated and difficult encounter currently in the instance, more difficult even than  [Firefighter (25 player)] and Algalon the Observer, though the one hour timer on Algalon means that raids will have much more time to work on Alone in the Darkness.

World firsts

• 2009-04-16:  [The Descent into Madness (25 player)] was first completed by Ensidia.^[1]
• 2009-04-28:  [One Light in the Darkness (25 player)] was first completed by Irae AoD using Thorim as the only Keeper up.^[2]
• 2009-05-18:  [Alone in the Darkness (10 player)] was first completed by Ensidia.
• 2009-07-07:  [Alone in the Darkness (25 player)] was first earned by the guild Stars.^[3]

Patch changes

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
  • Players can now use Blink, Shadowstep, and Demonic Teleport while participating in the illusion events in the Yogg-Saron encounter.
  • Ominous Clouds in the Yogg-Saron encounter are now more vocal about touching players and should no longer sometimes appear to be in the wrong place for certain players.
  • An Immortal Guardian targeted for Empowering Shadows in the Yogg-Saron encounter will now become a 'Marked Immortal Guardian' while targeted.
  • Crusher Tentacles in the Yogg-Saron encounter spawn a little slower in 25-player mode allowing a bit more time for players to clear out the Illusion room.
  • Empowering Shadows in the Yogg-Saron encounter now targets a maximum of three Immortal Guardians in 25-player mode.
  • Yogg-Saron's health has been reduced by 20% in the final stage of his 25-player mode.
    
• Hotfix (2009-07-02): "We've made one additional change to a specific element of the Yogg-Saron fight. Since the fight went live, there has been a hidden protection for players that prevents the casting of Psychosis and Malady of the Mind on targets with less than 30 Sanity. However, because Malady of the Mind has a slow missile speed and the hidden protection could take a second or two to apply, it was quite possible for the 30 sanity targeting threshold to be breached by these two random unavoidable effects.
  To try to address this we're raising the threshold to 40 sanity, and increasing the missile speed of Malady of the Mind. Note that the spells are still being cast just as often, so the net sanity loss to the raid will still be the same. This hotfix just evens out the random targeting of the spells across the raid. Also note that the threshold is for targeting purposes of those two spells only, and this fix means Psychosis or Malady of the Mind can still bring you below 40 sanity. If you have 41 sanity, you're a valid target and can then be brought to 32 sanity by a casting of Psychosis on you."
  
• Hotfix (2009-06-30): "Immortal Guardians are now able to target players in the "illusion room" of Yogg-Saron with their summoning ability."
  
• Hotfix (2009-06-30): "We're also in the process of deploying a hotfix for an issue with Immortal Guardians that could cause them to pause their movement before reaching melee range. This fix will also prevent the Immortal Guardian from running away if their target is stunned."
  
• Hotfix (2009-06-17): "Once the Yogg-Saron encounter is started players outside of Yogg-Saron's area will begin to go Insane, after 15 seconds."
  
• Hotfix (2009-06-15): "Focus Anger, on Yogg-Saron’s Crusher tentacles, will no longer result from pet attacks."
  
• Hotfix (2009-06-11): "The Yogg-Saron encounter has received the following changes: Death Ray no longer hits players who are under the effect of Malady of the Mind, Guardians of Yogg-Saron no longer use Dominate Mind, the spawn rate of Guardians of Yogg-Saron is more forgiving, and these Guardians will no longer spawn if a player that is protected by Hodir's Flash Freeze hits an Ominous Cloud."
  
• Hotfix (2009-06-01): "The tentacle creatures and floating skulls in Yogg Saron’s brain rooms should now load faster."
  
• Hotfix (2009-05-14): "In the Yogg Saron encounter, Paladin Judgement spells will no longer cause Diminish Power from Crusher Tentacles to cease channeling."
  
• Hotfix (2009-04-21): "The Yogg-Saron encounter has received the following changes: Guardians of Yogg-Saron in phase 1 and Immortal Guardians in phase 3 have had their health reduced by 15% in heroic mode, the Destabilization Matrix cast by Mimiron will now correctly hinder the casting speed of Crusher Tentacles in both normal and heroic modes."
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Added.
  

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