Vault of the Incarnates quick Guide - tacticks, boost list, loot tables

Vault of the Incarnates is the first Dragonflight raid where players will resist Raszageth, the first antagonist of the expansion. Also, this ancient titan prison will be the main source of heigh-rated PvE gear for Phase 1, so it definitely will be a popular place. In our WoW Vault of the Incarnates guide, you can learn all you need to know about Vault of the Incarnates bosses, quick tactics, loot, and all other important details.

Vault of the Incarnates Overview

In the past, Vault of the Incarnates was a titan prison where dragon’s friends kept the most dangerous and powerful beings. Now, Raszageth and Primalists breached this place to free proto-dragon siblings and together destroy five dragonflights and titan’s heritage.

WoW Vault of the Incarnates boss order:

Eranog
Terros
The Primal Council (Embar Firepath, Opalfang, Kadros Icewrath, and Dathea Stormlash)
Sennarth
Dathea, Ascended
Kurog Grimtotem
Broodkeeper Diurna
Raszageth

Like it was in the previous expansion, completing Vault of the Incarnates week by week allows you to skip almost all bosses. All you need to do is to take Vault of the Incarnates: Break a Few Eggs, complete it by collecting 3 Shard of the Greatstaff from Broodkeeper Diurna, and already on the next week, you can skip the raid except the Eranog, Terros, Broodkeeper Diurna, and Raszageth encounters. Note that for Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties are available their own version of the quest you need to complete.

Vault of the Incarnates Raid Release Schedule

Raid in all difficulties except the LFR will be available from December 13/14, depending on the region. Cross-faction also will be available immediately, so the sons and daughters of the Horde and Alliance can try to solve the Primalist problem together.

But if you want to join Mythic Vault of the Incarnates Hall of Fame, you should have at least 16 out of 20 raiders from the same guild and faction.

But the fans of Looking for Raid mode should be patient because the three wings of LFR Vault of the Incarnates will be opened in three steps:

Week of December 19: LFR Wing 1
Week of January 2: LFR Wing 2
Week of January 16: LFR Wing 3

Vault of the Incarnates Entrance

You can find the raid entrance in Thaldraszus to the est of Tyrhold at /way 73.14 55.60. You can unlock the flying point right near Vault of the Incarnates, but who cares if you have your personal supersonic Dragonriding mount?

Also, without Dragoriding, it’s just impossible to get to the entrance because the platform is located at a decent height, and no one ground mount can’t help you.

Vault of the Incarnates Tactics

Now, let’s talk about the boss mechanics you will face in the raid. Please, be aware that this overview isn’t a detailed guide but a short cheat sheet you can use for preparation for the first tries.

Eranog Strategy

The first Vault of the Incarnates boss fight alternate standard phase with DPS-check intermission.

During the phase, you should be focused on Flamerift spell that creates lava pools and summons adds you should kite toward the boss and kill. It’s important for all players under Flamerift effect to be in one place to drop pools compactly;
The target of Molten Cleave should stay away from the raid group. Also, it will be better to spread to minimize damage;
Healers should dispel Incinerating Roar;
Tanks should replace each other at 4-8 Burning Wound stacks;
Run from the marks on the ground, as usual;
During intermission, all DPS should be focused on one add from the crowd to break the circle and run through it;
In Heroic, stay away from the Molten Spikes when they appear and explode after;
In Mythic, during intermission, you will face two circles of adds. First, kill one add in the inner circle, and repeat it with the second circle.

Terros Strategy

During the whole encounter, the boss will stay in the middle of the room, destroying a quarter of the platform every time he gains 100 energy. Interesting moment: you have a chance to loot Terros’s Captive Core you can exchange into Iskaara Trader’s Ottuk mount (also, you will need another item).

One tank should always be near the boss to prevent Tectonic Barrage;
For the raid group, it will be better to stack in one place to soak Rock Blast;
On 100 boss energy, move away from Resonating Annihilation;
Try to place Awakened Earth in one point to destroy them all with Concussive Slams cast;
As always, watch the marks on the ground to avoid AoE damage.

Primal Council Strategy

To defeat these bosses, you will use their own abilities. Sounds interesting, right? Also, this encounter is a source of the rare Whispering Incarnate Icon trinket.

Tanks should keep the bosses in one place while the raid group is spread;
Stay away from other players when you are under Conductive Mark debuff and use Earthen Pillar to remove it;
Clear the platform from the Earthen Pillars using Meteor Axes;
Remove Primal Blizzard stacks running into Scorched Ground;
You should cleave the bosses and kill them at one time to prevent your group from increasing the boss damage;
Avoid the marks on the ground.

Dathea Strategy

You can get Eye of the Vengeful Hurricane from this boss, the second and last piece to get Iskaara Trader’s Ottuk mount. Also, during the fight, players should stand against the powers of the storm.

During the first 80 seconds of the encounter raid group should be spread because of Conductive Mark;
Track the Raging Tempest and moments when it changes position;
Stay away from the tornadoes and measure out your trajectory during Cyclone;
Don’t stay in the melee range during Cyclone;
When Coalescing Storm spawns the adds, kill them and interrupt casts. Be aware that after death, add explode and push players away;
In Heroic, there will be more adds.

Sennarth Strategy

The first boss of the raid with tier set tokens in the loot table. The fight will take place on several platforms, and Sennarth will try to push players off them.

Keep spread to minimize the effect of Breath of Ice and Chilling Blast;
Avoid tornadoes, move fast through the web, and use spider explosion to remove the web stacks;
When the boss tries to push your group off the platform with Gossamer Burst, use big rocks to prevent it or stay on the web;
Don’t stay in front of spider adds;
Avoid all marks on the ground and track the blue plumes not to be pushed through them.

Kurog Grimtotem Strategy

This boss will change his abilities depending on which part of the platform he stays. Also, we have an intermission when the boss goes to the center.

Start from the Altar of Storm zone and spread out to soak Lightning Crash;
You can be in Storm zone until intermission start or move away to the Altar of Flame if you have 25 stacks on the boss;
In the Flame zone, you should be spread or stay in one stack;
During intermission, you should be focused on Thundering Ravager and Blazing Fiend after;
When intermission ends, go to the Altar of Frost. RDD should stay in one stack and run in the middle point between ranged and melee to make Absolute Zero soaking easier;
At 16-18 stacks on the boss, you should move to the Altar of Earth;
Be spread to avoid Seismic Rupture;
Ranged should be 10-20 yards from the boss to have time to deal with Erupting Bedrock;
During the second intermission, kill the Frozen Destroyer first and Tectonic Crusher after;
After, you should move to the Altar of Flame;
In Heroic, moving one zone, you will face Primal Shift cast and debuff, which won’t let you cross the elemental threshold again.

Broodkeeper Diurna Strategy

Raszageth tries to grow the new soldiers from captured dragon eggs, and Broodkeeper Diurna stands guard over them. Using encounter mechanics, players should prevent eggs from hatching, keep fighting with the boss, and adds at the same time.

During the whole encounter, Diurna will try to hatch the proto-dragons from the eggs using Rapid Incubation ability. But right before the cast, the boss will drop her Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper staff on the ground, and players who move closer to it can use the action button to become a goal of Greatstaff’s Wrath to destroy eggs Diurna tries to hatch. During Phase 2 spell will be replaced by Empowered Greatstaff’s Wrath, aiming at more players. If you don’t destroy eggs, a powerful add will be spawned;
Note that in Mythic, the staff beam also will create the void zones you should avoid;
During the whole fight, adds will be spawned, and the second tank should keep them at the 50-yard distance from the boss to prevent buffing for adds. Some melee DD should help the tank to defeat them, and ranged also can position between the boss and adds to damage all of them;
First, you should kill the Juvenile Frost Proto-Dragon adds because of Chilling Tantrum cast. Your second priority goal is Dragonspawn Flamebender because of Flame Sentry damage. Killing the Drakonid Stormbringer is also important because of Ionizing Charge. Finally, you can interrupt Primalist Mage casts to avoid the damage;
You can dispel Icy Shroud, or just heal all players under absorb;
Be spread during Wildfire cast and track the fire puddles;
During Phase 2, you can position the boss in the middle of the platform. Now adds won’t get buffs staging near the Diurna.

Raszageth the Storm-Eater Strategy

The first Dragonflight big boss. Three phases, two intermissions. Thundering rage, Primalist, and proto-dragons, here we go.

Avoid Lightning Breath frontal cast;
Track Lightning Strikes to avoid them;
Avoid Lightning Devastation areas;
Players marked with Static Charge should run away from the raid and each other. One of the debuffs should be dropped right behind the raid group, and others near the edges of the platform;
In Normal, all players can use Static Field to protect themselves from the Hurricane Wing effect. In other modes, they should use personal skills or consumables;
Players should be spread to avoid Volatile Current. To avoid appearing adds, just interrupt them;
Tanks should use the taunt swap after Electrified Jaws cast;
During Phase 2, avoid the Hurricane Wing waves;
Players under Fulminating Charge should stay away from the others, and other players should run away;
During Stormsurge, players should destroy Raszagethh shield in 25 seconds. Also, you need to create two camps for the players with Positive or Negative Charges. Staging near the players with the same charge, you will get a damage buff;
During Phase 3, players should kill the boss until Raging Storm destroys the platform;
The tanks should use taunt swap after every Thunderous Blast cast during the third phase;
During both intermission just focus on adds.

Vault of the Incarnates Drop

First of all, you should know that the WoW Vault of the Incarnates ilvl within raid difficulty mode became more flexible in Dragonflight. If, in the previous expansion, players could get higher level items only from the last bosses, now drop ilvl increases more often.

Also, now several bosses have unique drops of higher item levels. You can get rare rings from Eranog and Diurna, an Omni Trinket from the Primal Council, and a special bow from Raszageth (all items will have +6/+7 ilvl depending on basic ilvl on this difficulty).

Boss	Normal	Heroic	Mythic	Rare Items
Eranog	389	402	415	395/ 408/ 421
Terros	389	402	415
The Primal Council	389	402	415	395/ 408/ 421
Sennarth	389	402	415
Dathea, Ascended	395	408	421
Kurog Grimtotem	395	408	421
Broodkeeper Diurna	398	411	424	405/ 418/ 430
Raszageth	398	411	424	405/ 418/ 430

Vault of the Incarnates BoE Farming

Blizzard planned a new BoE farming system as another novelty but has not had time to implement it. And it’s good news because this novelty would mean the end of BoE farming in Dragonflight. After releasing a new system, players wouldn’t have a chance to loot valuable BoE items from thrash to sell at the auction or send to the alt. The only option is to loot BoE from mini-bosses called Lieutenants and only once per week, the same as with usual bosses.

At the same time, the BoE items pool should expand, so players can loot legs or bracers, for example, and even weapons or trinkets. Also, chances to get some BoE should be scaled with group size like regular bosses. So it is almost impossible not to see any BoE during the raid run.

But in Vault of the Incarnates, players can farm trash to get BoE items. And there is all possible loot.

Slot	Item	Type
Chest	Brawler’s Earthen Cuirass	Leather Armor
Ring	Emissary’s Flamewrought Seal	Accessories
Shoulder	Frozen Claw Mantle	Mail Armor
Feet	Galvanic Gaiters	Leather Armor
Head	Greathelm of Horned Fury	Plate Armor
Waist	Lavamancer’s Ceremonial Waistguard	Mail Armor
Legs	Primal Seeker’s Leggings	Cloth Armor
Wrist	Primalist Warden’s Bracers	Plate Armor
Wrist	Woven Stone Bracelets	Cloth Armor

Vault of the Incarnates Tier Set

Like it was in the last patches of Shadowlands, in Vault of the Incarnates, players can receive new class tier sets called Primalist. You can get powerful bonuses for your specialization by collecting 2 or 4 tier set pieces. There is the full list of sets for all classes:

Death Knight: Haunted Frostbrood Remains
Demon Hunter: Skybound Avenger’s Flightwear
Druid: Lost Landcaller’s Vesture
Evoker: Scales of the Awakened
Hunter: Stormwing Harrier’s Camouflage
Mage: Bindings of the Crystal Scholar
Monk: Wrappings of the Waking Fist
Paladin: Virtuous Silver Cataphract
Priest: Draconic Hierophant’s Finery
Rogue: Vault Delver’s Toolkit
Shaman: Elements of Infused Earth
Warlock: Scalesworn Cultist’s Habit
Warrior: Stones of the Walking Mountain

You can get them through Great Vault and Catalyst (from the second half of January 2023), but raiding is still an easier way to obtain a set.

As always, to get these powerful items, you should collect tokens from bosses you can transform into pieces of gear. Various classes have various tokens:

Dreadful: Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Warlock
Mystic: Druid, Hunter, Mage
Venerated: Paladin, Priest, Shaman
Zenith: Evoker, Monk, Rogue, Warrior

Depending on the slot, they will be dropped from specific bosses, so you won’t need to complete all encounters to get, for example, the last fourth token. The list of bosses:

Helm: Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Shoulders: Broodkeeper Diurna
Chest: Kurog Grimtotem
Hands: Dathea, Ascended
Legs: Sennarath, the Cold Breath

If you want to learn more about the sets and bonuses they provide, check our Dragonflight Tier Sets Guide.

Vault of the Incarnates Loot Table

For your convenience, we have made tables depending on the type of armor and slot, so you can easily find all suitable gear pieces for your character.

Vault of the Incarnates Cloth Armor

Slot	Item	Boss
Chest	Compressed Cultist’s Frock	Terros
Feet	Sandals of the Wild Sovereign	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Hands	Eggtender’s Safety Mitts	Broodkeeper Diurna
Head	Councilor’s Terrormask	The Primal Council
Legs	Flametender’s Legwraps	Eranog
Legs	Primal Seeker’s Leggings	Trash BoE
Shoulder	Ascended Squallspires	Dathea, Ascended
Waist	Magatha’s Spiritual Sash	Kurog Grimtotem
Wrist	Chilled Silken Restraints	Sennarath, the Cold Breath

Vault of the Incarnates Leather Armor

Slot	Item	Boss
Chest	Brawler’s Earthen Cuirass	Trash BoE
Chest	Valdrakken Protector’s Turncoat	Eranog
Feet	Galvanic Gaiters	Trash BoE
Feet	Ice-Climber’s Cleats	Sennarath, the Cold Breath
Hands	Treacherous Totem Wraps	Kurog Grimtotem
Head	Windborne Hatsuburi	Dathea, Ascended
Legs	Loathsome Thunderhosen	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Shoulder	Twisted Loam Spaulders	The Primal Council
Waist	Fused Shale Waistband	Terros
Wrist	Loyal Flametender’s Bracers	Broodkeeper Diurna

Vault of the Incarnates Mail Armor

Slot	Item	Boss
Chest	Embar’s Ashen Hauberk	The Primal Council
Feet	Daring Chasm-Leapers	Dathea, Ascended
Hands	Calamitous Shockguards	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Head	Eranog’s Adorned Sallet	Eranog
Legs	Tassets of the Tarasek Legion	Broodkeeper Diurna
Shoulder	Faultline Mantle	Terros
Shoulder	Frozen Claw Mantle	Trash BoE
Waist	Lavamancer’s Ceremonial Waistguard	Trash BoE
Waist	Unnatural Dripstone Cinch	Sennarath, the Cold Breath
Wrist	Surging-Song Conductors	Kurog Grimtotem

Vault of the Incarnates Plate Armor

Slot	Item	Boss
Chest	Dathea’s Cyclonic Cage	Dathea, Ascended
Feet	Kurog’s Thunderhooves	Kurog Grimtotem
Hands	Diamond-Etched Gauntlets	Sennarath, the Cold Breath
Head	Gaze of the Living Quarry	Terros
Head	Greathelm of Horned Fury	Trash BoE
Legs	Opalfang’s Earthbound Legguards	The Primal Council
Shoulder	Scaldrons of Molten Might	Eranog
Waist	Matriarch’s Opulent Girdle	Broodkeeper Diurna
Wrist	Primalist Warden’s Bracers	Trash BoE
Wrist	Shackles of Titanic Failure	Raszageth the Storm-Eater

Vault of the Incarnates One-Handed Weapon

Type	Stat	Item	Boss
Dagger	Agility	Enduring Shard of Terros	Terros
Dagger	Agility	Ornamental Drakonid Claw	Broodkeeper Diurna
Dagger	Intellect	Stormlash’s Last Resort	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Fist Weapon	Agility	Fist of the Grand Summoner	Kurog Grimtotem
Mace	Agility	Frostbreath Thumper	Sennarath, the Cold Breath
Mace	Strength	Maul of the Earthshaper	The Primal Council
Mace	Intellect	Scepter of Drastic Measures	Dathea, Ascended
Sword	Strength	Caustic Coldsteel Slicer	Sennarath, the Cold Breath
Warglaives	Agility	Infused Stormglaives	Dathea, Ascended

Vault of the Incarnates Two-Handed Weapon

Type	Stat	Item	Boss
Axe	Strength	Incarnate Sky-Splitter	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Mace	Strength	Imbued Qalashi Crusher	The Primal Council
Polearm	Agility	Awak’mani, Grimtotem’s Legacy	Kurog Grimtotem
Staff	Agility	Awakened Planar Pillar	Terros
Staff	Intellect	Kharnalex, The First Light (for Evoker)	Broodkeeper Diurna
Staff	Intellect	Quake-Detecting Seismostaff	Terros

Vault of the Incarnates Ranged Weapon

Type	Stat	Item	Boss
Bow	Agility	Neltharax, Enemy of the Sky (Rare)	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Crossbow	Agility	Searing Blazecaster	Eranog

Vault of the Incarnates Off-Hand and Shield

Type	Stat	Item	Boss
Off-hand	Intellect	Icewrath’s Channeling Conduit	The Primal Council
Off-hand	Intellect	Scripture of Primal Devotion	Kurog Grimtotem
Shield	Strength/Intellect	Broodsworn Legionnaire’s Pavise	Broodkeeper Diurna
Shield	Strength/Intellect	Flame Marshal’s Bulwark	Eranog

Vault of the Incarnates Accessories

Slot	Item	Boss
Back	Acid-Proof Webbing	Sennarath, the Cold Breath
Back	Decorated Commander’s Cindercloak	Eranog
Neck	Eye of the Vengeful Hurricane	Dathea, Ascended
Neck	Terros’s Captive Core	Terros
Ring	Emissary’s Flamewrought Seal	Trash BoE
Ring	Seal of Diurna’s Chosen (Rare)	Eranog
Ring	Seal of Filial Duty (Rare)	Broodkeeper Diurna

Vault of the Incarnates Trinkets

Stats	Item	Boss
Agility or Strength	All-Totem of the Master	Kurog Grimtotem
Intellect	Broodkeeper’s Promise	Broodkeeper Diurna
Intellect	Conjured Chillglobe	The Primal Council
Agility	Controlled Current Technique	Kurog Grimtotem
Agility or Strength	Decoration of Flame	Eranog
Intellect	Desperate Invoker’s Codex	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Intellect	Iceblood Deathsnare	Sennarath, the Cold Breath
Agility or Strength	Manic Grieftorch	Broodkeeper Diurna
Strength	Rumbling Ruby	Terros
Agility or Strength or Intellect	Spiteful Storm	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Agility or Strength	Storm-Eater’s Boon	Dathea, Ascended
Agility or Strength or Intellect	Whispering Incarnate Icon (Rare)	The Primal Council

So, it’s all we can tell you about VotI raid. Please, rate this guide if our article was helpful to you, and good luck in the Vault of the Incarnates.

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