World of Warcraft Dragonflight patch 10.0.7 added the Forbidden Reach as an explorable zone in the Dragon Isles, and with it comes the Zskera Vaults. This area will give players access to a socketable ring that can go all the way up to 424 item level, which makes it one of the strongest items in the game.
How to unlock the Zskera Vaults in WoW Dragonflight
To access the new content, you will have to complete the main story up until the vault; it shouldn't take more than an hour if you focus only on it. Eventually, you will be tasked with going inside of the vault and exploring its secrets through the Zskera Vault: Az quest.
Inside the vault there are a series of doors, and many of them house socketable gems. These gems are put into the Onyx Annulet, a ring that begins at 405 item level but increases to 411 once all three gems are put inside. Jewelcrafters will be able to get the gems upgraded, bringing the ring up to 424 item level once each of them are socketed. To do this, players will need 10 Dormant Primordial Fragments and 25 Silken Gemdust.
All rewards from Zskera Vaults in Wow Dragonflight
There are a bunch of gems up for grabs in the vault, and the best ones will vary by class. Here's a look at each of the gems and what they do.
- Harmonic Music Stone: Entering combat increases the tertiary stats of you and 4 nearby allies by 364 for 8 sec.
- Humming Arcane Stone: Dealing Magic damage has a chance to fire Arcane missiles for each Primordial Stone family you have equipped, each dealing 8422 Arcane damage.
- Obscure Pastel Stone: Spells and abilities have a chance to cast a random Primordial Stone effect.
- Sparkling Mana Stone: Frost effects from Primordial Stones restore 996 mana over 3 sec.
- Entropic Fel Stone: Fire damage dealt by Primordial Stones is increased by 60%, and is now Chaos damage.
- Flame Licked Stone: Dealing damage has a chance to set the enemy on fire, dealing 17332 Fire damage over 7 sec.
- Raging Magma Stone: Absorbing damage has a chance to coat you in lava, causing melee attackers to take 2407 Fire damage for 6 sec.
- Searing Smokey Stone: Successful interrupts exhale smoke, dealing 6875 Fire damage to enemies within a 8 yd cone in front of you.
- Gleaming Iron Stone: Standing still for 3 seconds in combat steels yourself, absorbing 16254 damage and increasing autoattack damage by 305 for 25 sec.
- Indomitable Earth Stone: Taking damage has a chance to shield yourself, absorbing 32507 damage for 12 sec.
- Shining Obsidian Stone: Gaining an absorb shield from a Primordial Stone erupts the ground, dealing 25783 Physical damage split between enemies within 5 yd. Damage is increased for each enemy struck, up to 5 enemies.
- Cold Frost Stone: Gain a Frost shield every 20 sec that absorbs 21671 damage and slows melee attackers by 15% for 5 sec.
- Deluging Water Stone: Abilities have a chance to drench a nearby ally, healing them for 26010 over 6 sec.
- Exuding Steam Stone: Receiving heals has a chance to exude steam, restoring 12039 health to yourself and 2 nearby allies.
- Freezing Ice Stone: Dealing damage has a chance to chill the enemy, dealing 16171 Frost damage and slowing them by 15% for 6 sec.
- Echoing Thunder Stone: Moving builds an electrical charge, causing your next damaging ability to also deal 14438 Nature damage.
- Pestilent Plague Stone: Dealing damage has a chance to infect the target with a plague that spreads to nearby enemies, dealing 9630 Nature damage over 9 sec.
- Storm Infused Stone: Critically striking an enemy has a chance to shock them and 2 nearby enemies, dealing 9300 Nature damage.
- Wild Spirit Stone: Nature and healing effects from Primordial Stones restore 7609 health of 5 nearby allies over 7 sec.
- Wind Sculpted Stone: Moving rallies the wind to your side, granting 77 Speed stacking up to 5 times.
- Desirous Blood Stone: Dealing damage has a chance to drain life, dealing 12128 Shadow damage and healing you for that amount.
- Necromantic Death Stone: Once every minute, moving near a corpse grants the Equip effects of the Desirous Blood, Cold Frost, and Pestilent Plague Stones for 25 sec. Already having one of these effects instead increases its effectiveness by 75%.
- Prophetic Twilight Stone: Damaging effects from your Primordial Stones trigger one of your healing effects, and vice versa.
- Swirling Mojo Stone: Being near a dying creature saps a portion of their mojo, and eventually crystallizes it.
How to get more Askera Vault Keys in WoW Dragonflight
Players only get a few keys to start to open up the vault doors, and they'll need to find more if they want to unlock everything the vault has to offer. The keys drop from enemies in the zone, and they are a guaranteed drop from the Forbidden Hoard events in the Forbidden Reach.
Anyone overflowing with Elemental Overflow can also choose to purchase the Sack of Oddities from Cataloger Daela in the Morqut Village for a chance at a drop. Most players will want to simply slay mobs for more keys, but there are plenty of options out there.
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Published: Mar 22, 2023 08:46 am