The Jailer (tactics)

The Jailer is the final boss of the Sepulcher of the First Ones and the Shadowlands expansion.

''For untold millennia, the Jailer patiently unfolded his plan to reach the heart of the Sepulcher. Now poised upon the precipice of his final victory, the heroes of Azeroth must rally to prevent the Jailer from dominating all of reality.''

The champions of Azeroth assault the Jailer as he attempts to use the Machine of Origination to unmake existence.

The Jailer starts the battle by assserting control over the machine's Control Pylons using.

Once all of the Control Pylons have been brought under the Jailer's control, the Jailer begins an in an attempt to activate the machine. The force of can disrupt pylons and delay this attunement.

When the Jailer connects a line of Control Pylons to the center of the machine, The Unmaking begins. The Machine of Origination begins to drain Azeroth of its lifeforce, while the Jailer assaults Azeroth with. Once Azeroth's life force reaches 10% the Jailer will execute Azeroth and unmake all of existance.

• The Jailer will permanently any player in line of sight with.
• The force of will destroy any pylons that have been raised by.
• Allies afflicted by receive any Physical damage taken by the primary target.
• Any damage not intercepted by players during will harm Azeroth.

• The Jailer will permanently any player in line of sight with.
• The final eruption of will damage allies unless the player is inside a pylon conduit.
• Players afflicted by will throw themselves off the platform if their shields are not removed.
• Any damage not intercepted by players during will harm Azeroth.

• The Jailer will permanently any player in line of sight with.
• The final eruption of will damage allies unless the player is inside a pylon conduit.
• and inflict heavy damage to all players.
• Any damage not intercepted by players during will harm Azeroth.

Conduits that can drop as bonus loot:

• Hardened Bones, death knight
• Haunting Apparitions, priest
• Lingering Numbness, monk
• Ready for Anything, druid
• Resolute Barrier (conduit), warlock
• Reversal of Fortune, hunter
• Viscous Ink (conduit), demon hunter

• Sepulcher of the First Ones (achievement)
• Heroic: Sepulcher of the First Ones
• Mythic: The Jailer
• The Grand Design
• Damnation Aviation
• Sepulcher of the First Ones Guild Run
• Heroic Sepulcher of the First Ones Guild Run
• Cutting Edge: The Jailer
• Ahead of the Curve: The Jailer

• Heart of the Sepulcher

At the start of the encounter, a combined in-game cutscene/pre-rendered cinematic plays.

• The players run into the Heart of Eternity, where the Jailer stands waiting in front of a globe of Azeroth, looking at the map of Northrend.
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• The cutscene transitions to a pre-rendered cinematic, opening with a shot of Icecrown Citadel below the shattered sky.
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• The camera slowly pans down below ground to the Forge of Souls.
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• The dormant soul grinders light up and start spinning rapidly. The camera changes to a shot of the Spire, lit up by a yellow glow from the bottom of the citadel. Suddenly, a massive beam of Azerite energy shoots up along the Spire, out of the top of the citadel, and into the top of the Sanctum of Domination looming in the rift above.
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• The cinematic transitions back to an in-game cutscene. The Jailer turns away from the beam of Azerite shooting into the chamber, turning to face the players and materializing his hammer in his hand.
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• Aggro
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• Rune of Damnation
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• Torment
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• Martyrdom
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• Relentless Domination
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• Oppression
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• Phase 2
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• Decimator
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• Shattering Blast
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• Rune of Compulsion
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• Phase 3
• The Jailer casts Unbreaking Grasp, stunning all players.
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• All players receive Boon of Azeroth, ending the stun.
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• Chains of Anguish
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• Defile
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• Rune of Domination
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• Killing a player
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• Wipe
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Upon the Jailer's defeat, another pre-rendered cinematic, "The Jailer's Fall", plays:

• The Jailer falls to his knees and grunts in pain as the visor on his helmet starts to melt away like smoke. Images briefly flash by of the rift above Icecrown Citadel and the triumphant Jailer in the Crucible after the death of the Arbiter.
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• The screen flashes to white and changes to showing a foggy memory of a chained Zovaal—not yet covered in Domination runes—being put on trial in the Crucible. The camera shifts to showing his point of view, looking up at Kyrestia the Firstborne.
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• In the Heart of Eternity, Zovaal twists on the ground as more of his armor melts away. In the memory, the Winter Queen pronounces her judgment.
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• Zovaal's skin starts melting away from his chest, hand, and face as well, gradually reverting to a lifeless metallic vessel. In the memory, Denathrius stretches down an open hand to Zovaal, then closes it into a fist.
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• The camera shifts to showing Zovaal from above, shackled on the ground as the shadow of the Primus looms over him from off-screen.
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• Zovaal strains against his chains and looks up at the Primus. As he speaks, his facial expression changes from one of angry defiance to one resembling concern.
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• The camera shifts back to the Heart of Eternity, where the modern-day Zovaal finishes his own sentence, speaking the last three words as his final ones while the light fades from the eyes of his now lifeless vessel. The sigil lodged in the hole at the center of his chest loses its light, fading into an inert orb. On Azeroth, the light beam shooting up from Icecrown disappears while the rift above rapidly closes until the sky is once again intact.

• In early PTR builds, the Jailer's Adventure Guide entry read: For millenia, Zovaal manipulated forces throughout the universe to place him in this position of power. At this final step, the heroes of Azeroth rally to fight a cosmic being who has never known defeat.