Magister's Terrace

The Terrace of the Magisters is a dungeon added in the Midnight expansion. The entrance is located on the Quel’Danas island.

The dungeon features 4 bosses, numerous mob groups, and several elite enemies.

Boss’s Main Abilities

• Repelling Strike
  Arcanotron Custos casts this ability on the tank, dealing significant damage and knocking them back a long distance. The spell takes 2.5 seconds to cast and cannot be interrupted.

• Arcane Wave
  The boss knocks all players back and leaves a Residue of Enchantments zone beneath them. This zone damages players every second and slows them by 50%.

• Ethereal Bonds
  A curse that binds several players, preventing movement for 15 seconds and dealing damage every 3 seconds.

• Refueling Protocol
  This is the boss’s core mechanic. Arcanotron Custos has an energy bar. When it reaches 0, the boss immediately begins recharging, increasing damage taken by 20%.
  During this phase, Energy Spheres fly toward the boss. Each sphere that hits the boss deals massive area-of-effect damage and increases the boss’s damage output by 20%. If a sphere hits a player, they apply Residue of Enchantments to themselves and gain a 20% damage bonus. There are 10 spheres in total.

Strategy for Battling Arcanotron Custos

• Tanks
  Monitor the boss’s energy bar and Repelling Strike. Use a defensive ability during the strike and track where the knockback will send you. You can stand with your back to a wall to minimize group displacement.
  The final ability before recharging is always Arcane Wave, so position yourself so the boss follows you after the knockback, avoiding the Residue of Enchantments zone. If the boss remains in this zone and you can’t collect spheres during recharging, it will lead to a wipe.

Spheres approach the boss from all directions. During recharging, the boss must not stand near walls, as spheres may spawn from them, making collection impossible.
This boss relies entirely on the tank’s positioning. Remember that Residue of Enchantments persists until the end of the fight, so plan the boss’s location to always leave clear areas for players.

• Healers
  The boss applies a strong debuff — Ethereal Bonds. Since the boss creates many damage zones, mobility is crucial. Prioritize removing this curse from players who can’t do so themselves.

Energy spheres also increase healing power. If healing is insufficient, you may collect a sphere. Otherwise, avoid doing so — each sphere increases DPS, speeding up the boss’s defeat.

• DPS
  Focus on dealing damage and collecting spheres during the recharging phase. The boss has no interruptible abilities, so concentrate on damage and avoiding Residue of Enchantments zones.

Some classes can remove movement-limiting effects (Druids via shapeshifting, Paladins via Hand of Freedom, Hunters via Disengage, etc.). Use these to break free from Ethereal Bonds, removing the periodic damage debuff.

Boss’s Main Abilities

• Runic Mark
  The boss marks three players with a glaive, creating a small zone around them and a red indicator above their head. This mark deals periodic damage and cannot be removed. It damages all players within range, so position away from others.

• Suppression Zone
  Seranel summons a dome at her location. The dome deals minor damage and applies silence to anyone inside.

Players with Runic Marks must enter the dome one at a time to remove their mark. Do this sequentially, as each removed mark applies a stacking debuff dealing periodic damage and triggers arcane arrow volleys dealing massive damage. Removing marks simultaneously will cause a wipe!

• Oath of Silence
  When the boss’s energy reaches 100, she casts a spell that silences all players outside the Suppression Zone for 8 seconds.

Before Oath of Silence, players must remove all Runic Marks. Entering the dome with marks removes them simultaneously, causing a wipe.

Strategy for Battling Seranel, Scourge of the Sun

• Tanks
  The boss has no specific tank mechanics. Move the boss out of the Suppression Zone and promptly remove Runic Marks from yourself.

• Healers
  This boss heavily relies on the healer, as all abilities deal significant group damage. Prioritize healing during Runic Mark removals to maintain group health.
  All debuffs are unremovable, so focus on healing and executing mechanics.

Healers should remove their Runic Mark first, as it deals substantial damage. This allows smoother group healing if mechanics are mishandled.

• DPS
  No specific DPS mechanics exist. Remove your Runic Mark promptly and enter the Suppression Zone during Oath of Silence.

Use defensive abilities during Runic Mark removal to reduce damage and ease the healer’s burden.

Boss’s Main Abilities

• Triplication
  At the start of the fight and when the boss reaches 50% health, Gemelius summons two copies that move away from the boss in different directions.

• Synaptic Nexus
  All boss copies share health and a shield.

• Neural Link
  The boss links itself, its copies, and a random player. All gain a shield equal to 20% of maximum health and take 20% less damage.
  After the shield is applied, one copy glows orange, and an arrow appears under the player’s feet, pointing to the correct copy. The player with Neural Link must reach this copy to remove the shield, allowing damage to be dealt.

• Astral Grip
  Gemelius and each copy target a random player, pulling them in and dealing damage every second for 8 seconds. Run in the opposite direction of the pull.

• Cosmic Sting
  The boss afflicts a random player with a sting that deals periodic damage. After 4 seconds, it leaves a damage zone under the player, affecting anyone standing in it.

When afflicted, move away from other players and place the zone away from the boss, as Astral Grip may hold the player near the boss, causing death.

Strategy for Battling Gemelius

• Tanks
  Position the boss near its copies to maximize damage via Synaptic Nexus.
  Players may leave Cosmic Sting zones. Move the boss away from these zones to prevent players from being pulled into them via Astral Grip.

• Healers
  No specific healer mechanics exist. Focus on healing players affected by Astral Grip and Cosmic Sting.

• DPS
  Deal maximum area-of-effect damage, as all copies share health. Periodic damage effects can be duplicated on copies, and any AoE damage is tripled.

Boss’s Main Abilities

The boss’s platform features 4 obelisks. At the start of the fight, a beam emerges from each obelisk. If a player crosses this beam, they take massive damage, get knocked back, and are stunned for 5 seconds.

Before the fight begins, players must split up and position one player in each of the four arena segments. This is mandatory — if any sector lacks a player, you won’t be able to execute the boss’s core mechanic, resulting in a wipe.

• Unstable Abyss Essence
  Degentrius projects a zone in one of the four areas where an abyss orb begins to fall. A player must enter this zone to catch the orb, after which the zone reappears in another area until it has visited all four.

• Null Bomb
  Once the Unstable Abyss Essence has cycled through all four areas, it transforms into a bomb. If no player detonates it (by taking the damage themselves), the bomb deals catastrophic damage to all players.

When the tank detonates the bomb, it deals damage within a 3‑meter radius around them. Avoid standing close to the tank during the explosion.

• Entropy Absorption
  Several players are afflicted by a curse that deals significant damage every second for 20 seconds. When the curse ends or is removed, energy spheres burst outward from the player, each dealing heavy damage.

Strategy for Battling Degentrius

• Tanks
  The tank’s primary mechanic is detonating the Null Bomb. If the tank fails to detonate it, the damage multiplies and hits all players, causing a wipe.

The bomb deals massive damage — ensure you have defensive cooldowns ready for the detonation.

• Healers
  Monitor players afflicted with Entropy Absorption and remove the debuff promptly, as it deals heavy damage.

Remove debuffs one at a time — removing them from multiple players simultaneously spawns numerous damaging spheres, risking a wipe.
Use protective cooldowns on the tank during Null Bomb detonation, as they take massive damage.
Prioritize healing players who activate Unstable Abyss Essence.

• DPS
  Your role is to activate Unstable Abyss Essence, redirecting the orb to the next area.

Use a defensive cooldown when engaging the mechanic. This greatly eases healing, as Entropy Absorption immediately begins dealing heavy damage.

In addition to bosses, the dungeon features several powerful elite enemies that are more challenging than regular mobs. You’ll encounter these elites multiple times, and avoiding them is nearly impossible.

Arcane Sentinel

This elite mob targets a random player with a special beam. Each second the beam is active, the player takes heavy damage and a unique zone appears beneath them. The beam lasts 4 seconds and creates 4 zones. These zones persist throughout the fight, and the beam reoccurs every 15 seconds.

Players must move these zones carefully to preserve space for combat.

Devouring Tyrant

You’ll encounter multiple Devouring Tyrants between bosses 3 and 4, regardless of your chosen path.

This mob constantly summons damaging areas that fall on players. Additional zones appear under players’s feet, slowing them and dealing heavy damage. Every 15 seconds, the mob curses 3 players with a fear effect that can be dispelled.

General Mechanics

Beyond elite mobs, the dungeon contains numerous spellcasting enemies. Avoid pulling too many mobs at once if your group lacks sufficient crowd control or spell interruption abilities.
Each mob group includes 2–4 spellcasters, so plan your route and ability usage carefully to manage crowd control effectively.