Sanctum of Domination Raid Overview
Published on: 10 July, 2021 | Last Updated on: 12 May, 2023
Patch 9.1 represents lots of new features, and the most substantial among them is the new raid Sanctum of Domination. The new instance contains ten bosses on the whole with a long-anticipated Lady Sylvanas Windrunner at the end. Below you may find all the necessary information about the raid itself, the new systems, rewards, achievements, and much more. Let’s begin.
Unlock Schedule
The new raid is located in a northern part of the Maw – Desmotaeron.
As usual, each difficulty level starts on its time and the schedule is the following:
- July 6 – Normal and Heroic Difficulties;
- July 13 – Raid Finder Wing 1 and Mythic Difficulty;
- July 27 – Raid Finder Wing 2;
- August 10 – Raid Finder Wing 3;
- August 24 – Raid Finder Wing 4;
The minimum ilvl for entering a new raid for the LFR difficulty is 195.
Sanctum of Domination Loot Item Level
The last two bosses of the new raid will drop items, which are 7 ilvls higher than any other loot from the instance. The same system was applied in the Castle Nathria raid with two final encounters. The average ilvl for all the difficulties of a new raid is the following.
| Difficulty | Bosses 1 through 8 | Bosses 9 and 10 |
| Raid Finder | 213 | 220 |
| Normal | 226 | 233 |
| Heroic | 239 | 246 |
| Mythic | 252 | 259 |
The Great Vault Raid Objectives
The Great Vault system is updated according to the Sanctum of Domination raid. Killing bosses in this raid on any difficulty will count towards your Great Vault raid weekly objectives, where you have chances to obtain additional loot from the raid table. The conditions remain: you get a reward option for every three bosses you defeat.
Raid Skip
Phylactery Shard is an interesting and ambiguous item, which may become a possible raid-skipping technique. This item has three versions for Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties and drops from Kel’thuzad. Players must collect four Phylactery Shards to be able to skip parts of the raid. Kel’Thuzad – NPC – World of Warcraft
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Shards of Domination
Shards of Domination are a new gear upgrading system that relies specifically on the Sanctum of Domination armor. There are four main features represented within this new system, Shards of Domination, Domination Sockets, Rune Words, and Stygian Embers. Herein we will take a closer look at each of them.
Shards of Domination are a new type of gems, which you may find in the loot in the raid. There are 3 types of Shards (Blood, Frost, and Unholy) with a total number of 9 different Shards. Each shard has 5 ranks – the next more powerful, than the previous one. You may socket these shards only into concrete slots of concrete armor that drops only in the raid. All this makes such pieces of gear a sort of a new sight of raiding sets.
These are all nine shards, players may obtain:
- Shard of Bek. This is an offensive Blood Shard. Your damage is increased when you have 50% or more health than your target;
- Shard of Jas – a healing Blood Shard. Increases the incoming healing and maximum health;
- Shard of Rev – a defensive Blood Shard. Increases character’s Leech;
- Shard of Cor – an offensive Frost Shard. You deal increased damage for 20 seconds after attacking an enemy you have not yet damaged;
- Shard of Tel – a healing Frost Shard. Your critical heals cause their target to absorb the incoming damage;
- Shard of Kyr – a defensive Frost Shard. Absorbs the incoming damage while you stand still;
- Shard of Dyz – an offensive Unholy Shard. Damaging a target increases the damage done to that target; stacks up to 3 times;
- Shard of Zed – a healing Unholy Shard. Your helpful spells and abilities have a chance to drain health from nearby enemies;
- Shard of Oth – a defensive Unholy Shard. It increases Your Speed.
Domination Sockets
Domination Sockets are a new type of sockets, which may interact only with Shards of Domination. All helms, shoulders, and chests in the raid and two more pieces of armor – different for each armor type, will have those sockets. The list of the liaisons:
- Cloth armor – Bracers & Belt
- Leather – Gloves & Boots
- Mail – Belt & Boots
- Plate – Bracers & Gloves
You can wear only 5 shards socketed at a time. Socketing 3 shards of the same type will grant you a buff – Rune Word that works, unfortunately, only in Sanctum of Domination, Torghast, and the Maw, and will be idle in other zones. There are three Rune Words.
- Blood Rune Word casts a Blood Link upon you;
- Frost Rune Word casts Winds of Winter on you;
- Unholy Rune Word buffs you with a Chaos Bane.
There is an alternative way of getting Domination Socketed gear outside the raid. Visit the Death’s Advance Quartermaster and buy a needed piece for 2000 Stygia. Requires Honored reputation.
Stygian Embers
To upgrade your Shards of Domination you will need Stygian Embers – a new currency in patch 9.1. You may obtain these Embers by killing bosses and certain thrash mobs in the Sanctum of Domination raid on any difficulty and by doing a weekly quest Shaping Fate in Korthia. To update your Shards you’ll have to finish chapter 3 of a new storyline and visit Bonesmith Heirmir. This NPC also sells a Soulfire Chisel – an item that can remove a Shard from a socket.
Sanctum of Domination Loot Guide
Now let us take a closer look at the raid loot. Below you will find all the necessary information about all types of loot in the Sanctum of Domination raid.
Mounts
Sylvanas Windrunner drops Vengeance’s Reins on Mythic difficulty. The mount has a unique/special animation.
The Nine has a chance to drop Sanctum Gloomcharger’s Reins with low chances but on any difficulty. The Hand of Hrestimorak mount may be obtained by any player after completing the Glory of the Dominant Raider achievement.
Pets
The Sanctum of Domination raid has 4 Battle Pets to offer to players.
- Eye of Allseeing drops from Eye of the Jailer on all difficulties;
- Eye of Extermination drops from Eye of the Jailer on Mythic difficulty only;
- Irongrasp drops from Soulrender Dormazain on all difficulties;
- Mawsworn Minion drops from Kel’thuzad on all difficulties.
Armor Models
Raiding sets and weapons usually resemble the main idea and atmosphere of the Raid itself. Concerning the location of the Sanctum of Domination, its sets and weapons look a lot like a Maw fashion show. Take a look at these models:
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Unique Loot
Such an iconic character as Lady Windrunner could not be either an easy or uninteresting boss. The subject under the biggest discussion is, of course, the legendary bow Rae’shalare, Death’s Whisper for Hunters that she will (not)-willingly present to a chosen champion with extremely low chances. The bow has several versions regarding the raid difficulty level and can be even upgraded with special items Wraithwisp Sinew and Ethereal Fletching.
Another unique loot is the Dark Ranger’s Quiver that also drops from the final boss. This back can be worn by characters of any class, though the unique effect seems to be available only to Hunters.
A Rogues’ dagger Edge of Night is another very interesting weapon, presented in the Sylvanas’ loot table. The Banshee Queen is not the only one with noticeable loot, however. Kel’thuzad drops Jaithys, the Prison Blade – a two-handed sword that has a unique ability to absorb other weapons in your inventory to increase its power. The more powerful this sword becomes, the worse are its secondary stats though. Fortunately, it’s up to a player to decide whether to “eat” other weapons or not. It also whispers to you when eating a weapon.
Accessories
Cloth
And the armor finally. Each table presents each type of armor, which drops in a new raid. We shall start with Cloth.
Leather
Plate
Trinkets
| Item | Boss | Stat |
| Tome of Monstrous Constructions | The Tarragrue | Intellect |
| Forbidden Necromantic Tome | Kel’Thuzad | Intellect |
| Resonant Silver Bell | Kel’Thuzad | Intellect |
| Carved Ivory Keepsake | Fatescribe Roh-Kalo | Intellect |
| Ebonsoul Vise | Painsmith Raznal | Intellect |
| Shadowed Orb of Torment | Remnant of Ner’zhul | Intellect |
| Scrawled Word of Recall | The Nine | Intellect |
| Titanic Ocular Gland | The Eye of the Jailer | Strength/Agility/Intellect |
| Weave of Warped Fates | Fatescribe Roh-Kalo | Strength/Agility |
| Reactive Defense Matrix | Guardian of the First Ones | Strength/Agility |
| Salvaged Fusion Amplifier | Guardian of the First Ones | Strength/Agility |
| Tormented Rack Fragment | Painsmith Raznal | Strength/Agility |
| Decanter of Endless Howling | Soulrender Dormazain | Strength/Agility |
| Shard of Annhylde’s Aegis | The Nine | Strength/Agility |
| Relic of the Frozen Wastes | Kel’Thuzad | Agility |
| Old Warrior’s Soul | Sylvanas Windrunner | Strength |
| Whispering Shard of Power | Remnant of Ner’zhul | Strength |
Weapons
