After getting throughthe Petrification slog that isSea of Indolenceand bashing their heads againstthe Wipe mechanics ofTranquil Karkosa,Lost Arkplayers have finally arrived atAlaric’s Sanctuary!RELATED:MMORPGs That Went Extinct Before Their TimeThough sadly enough, it doesn’t get any easier. In fact, the final level of this Item Level 960 Minimum Abyssal Dungeon is hands down the most difficult and mechanically complex of the three. With that in mind, let’s go over all the intricate systems players will need to know to get through the final Tier 2 Abyssal Dungeon inLost Arkwith ease.
First Section: Defeat The Attacking Deep Sea Creatures
The first section ofAlaric’s Sanctuaryis one of the more tedious sections in the whole Abyssal Dungeon. First off, there’s a checkpoint the party has to wait at before separating into two different groups.
Then, there’s a long mob-clearing section with lots of jumps, waiting for the other party to catch up, or interacting with a Turtle Shell (where’d the Turtle go?). And finally, there’s the long walk up to the different gates for each party that takes them to the separate arenas for Belloc or Sarahiel. It’s nice that this isn’t just another repurposedMain Story Quest Dungeon, and that there’s even achain of Side Quests tied to clearing it,but that doesn’t make these sections any more enjoyable.
Second Section: Nightmare Incarnate Belloc & Witch Of Enchantment Sarahiel
This is the first “Duo” Boss since the days of the Phantom Legion Rook and Bishopback in the Hall of the Twisted Warlord,butSarahiel and Bellocare much more complex. Essentially, there are three important mechanics to memorize for this fight, theSeparate Arenas, theGolden Cloud, andSarahiel’s Infection system.
Description
Separated Arenas
Let’s talk about how this fightseparates the 8-person party into two groups of four, with one group against Belloc and one against Sarahiel.This simultaneous battle concept between two smaller teams becomes more common in the far reaches ofLost Ark’s endgame, especially with something like Argos.Playerswho arefighting Belloc really just need to focus on survival and DPS while keeping their O2 Meter topped offsince many of Belloc’s attacks drain O2 or prevent players from getting more oxygen. In comparison,playerswho areup against Sarahiel are also just focusing on DPS and surviving, while also keeping an eye on their Debuffs for Sarahiel’s Infection mechanic.
Golden Cloud Wipe Mechanic
At about 15 HP Bars remaining,theWitch of Enchantmentkicks off this mechanic byteleporting to the Belloc arenaand starting to charge herWipe Attack.While this is happening, the party remaining in Sarahiel’s arena will notice thata bunch of inky-black clouds have spawned. Ignore these clouds and look for the Gold-colored one specifically.Once any player locates theGolden Cloud, ping it immediately andtry and break it as fast as possible while avoiding breaking the inky Clouds(as they inflict theDarkness Debuffon the party).The player that last-hits the Golden Cloud then immediately gets a circular Golden Aura that will save everyone from the Sarahiel’s upcoming Wipe Attack.Once the Golden Cloud is broken,a portal to the Belloc arena also spawns near the bottom of the map.Go through this portal ASAP. Upon arrival in the Belloc arena, the person with the Golden Aura either needs to stand completely still so everyone can run into their Aura, or they need to move to a pre-assigned position the party agreed upon before starting the fight.Once all eight people are in this Gold Aura, they’re entirely safe from any and all damage until Sarahiel’s Wipe Attack (visualised as this wave of Poison energy) is over.Anyone who didn’t make it to the Aura in time is obviously insta-killed as well. After this is over, continue the fight as normal. Belloc will start using his Body Slam and Shockwave attack on repeat, essentially forcing players to defeat Sarahiel first.After she’s gone, Belloc comes back down and starts up this Golden Cloud mechanic again.Thankfully, this time all eight players can chase the Gold Cloud, andthere’s no need to take a teleporter.Stand in the Golden Aura again, wait for Belloc to finish his Wipe Attack (visualised as a watery torrent), and get to the end of this arduous Boss battle.
Sarahiel’s Infection
Once Sarahiel is down to her last 10 HP Bars, she’ll force an Infection onto a random player.While this is active on someone,they’ll have a purple icon between their HP and O2, a Debuff above their Quick Bar, and they’ll start losing a percentage of their health every second.After 10 seconds, this Infection is passed to another random ally, orit’s canceled entirely if the player with the Infection currently active stands in any of Sarahiel’s Poison Hazards.
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Regular Attacks
Belloc is absolutely more of a pain to fight than Sarahiel, but both of them have a decent number of regular attacks, such as:
Sarahiel
Poison Hazards
Sarahiel creates poison arena hazards on the ground all throughout her fight that deal constant damage as well as remove theInfected Debuff.
Water Blast
Without creating any sort of telegraph, Sarahiel lets out a blast of water in a cone in front of her, dealing low damage and stagger to those hit.
Poison Spines
Sarahiel quickly creates and sends out them out in a fan-pattern in front.
Water Orb Summons
Sarahiel summons four watery orbs that fly in all four diagnal directions, sending out Poison Spines randomly as they fly.
Belloc
Body Slam & Shockwave
Belloc jumps off-screen and creates a red telegraph on the ground where he’ll impact. On impact, Belloc’s attack creates a largeryellow telegraphcircle, with the safe zones being outside the circle or inside where Belloc landed. After filling, the yellow telegraph creates a watery shockwave that drains O2
Slam & Four-Part Shockwave
Like the Body Slam, Belloc swims upward (but not off-screen this time), flounders a bit, then slams back down onto a created red telegraph. Then, four quickly-filling yellow telegraphs are both summoned and explode in a cross-formation around his impact point.
Forward Swipes
Belloc does a general forward swipe with either arm, can sometimes combo into a Body Slam move or multiple swipes.
Third Section: Defeat The Ocean Guardian
The second mob-clearing section of Alaric’s Sanctuary plays out a lot like the first, with a lot of incrementally summon Mobs, a few large octopus tentacles, and some elites. But, the last portion of it is slightly different, as players go up against theOcean Guardian, who has a health bar like a Boss would, but isn’t really considered one by the community as a whole. That said, just so players know what to look out for, theOcean Guardianhas a variety of moves such as:
And that’s about it, honestly. The only reason this mini-boss could take some time is that players will have to chase her since she moves around the arena way too much.
Fourth Section: Alaric’s Wrath
Up next is the fight againstAlaric’s Wrath, AKAAlaric’s Water Elemental.This gigantic body of water is a nice change of pace as it takes the entirety of the arena and players move around it, with left and right spinning the camera.Alaric’s Wrath really only has one mechanic to worry about at all, and one that players should just know the basics of how it works. The most important mechanic is of course itsPillar Destructionsystem, with theFreezing Debuffbeing a steady introduction to the slew of freezing attacks the real Alaric uses.
Pillar Destruction
Clearing this mechanic is the only real way to get through the fight with Alaric’s Wrath.Failing to destroy one of the four Pillars in the arena at any point leads to an immediate Wipe,so players need to know how this works. To put it in simple terms:
The only thing players need to be careful of duringthe four times (maximum) this mechanic occursis tostay out of the Red Arrow player’s way.Typically, the rest of the players with larger red circles immediately move to the outer edges of the arena between the pillars, leaving enough walking room within the inner edge of the circle for the Red Arrow to traverse freely. Even if two larger aura players have to overlap and hurt each other so that the Red Arrow makes it to the Pillar, it’s more than worth it.As the Pillars get destroyed, the party needs to all verify andfocus on the side of Alaric’s Wrath facing the remaining Pillars so that when it’s triggered again, they can get to their positions as quickly as possible.
Freezing Debuff
A very easy mechanic to ignore, but one that helps players to understand some of Alaric’s attacks as well.After dropping below 10 Bars of HP,Alaric’s Wrath starts applying theFreeze Debuffon-hit.At five stacks of this Debuff,players createan aura around them that quickly pops, freezing nearby party members and leaving them open to massive damage.Remember how inconvenient this is, as it’ll become important in the final fight.
Alaric’s Wrath is a gigantic opponent, so there are plenty of areas in the arena to avoid it’s much-too-obvious attacks:
Hand Slam & Spin
The Boss slams both hands down, one on each side of the arena. Then, it spins its arms while they’re on the ground, dealing high damage to anyone hit and pushing them along with it. Players can get hit by this multiple times, so it’s better to just follow the arms clockwise to avoid them, similar toNajjar’s Blood Beams in the Road of Lament.
Tornado Summons
Alaric’s Wrath summons a circle of underwater Tornadoes around it that knock up and hit multiple times if players are caught in them. After a short delay, the tornadoes move outward to the edges of the arena before disappearing. There’s a small amount of space between each one, but more than enough for a player character to fit through.
Chest Beam
This is likely the attack players who have been participating in the Naruni Race Event are the most familiar with. Essentially, the Boss builds up energy in its chest quickly before shooting out a “laser” of high-pressure water and spinning around the arena. If hit, players take a sizable amount of damage and are knocked up as well. Thankfully, it does show where the laser will hit in red telegraphs beforehand, so just make sure to stand within the safe zones.
General Swipes & Slams
Last up, Alaric’s Wrath has a whole host of hard-to-distinguish attacks that all basically amount to “hand slams” and “swipes”.
Fifth & Final Section: Alaric
Finally, players have made it to the final Tier 2 Abyssal Dungeon Boss,Alaric. This Poseidon-like Guardianhas a lot of lore connectionsand is one of the most complicated Abyss Dungeon Bosses to date (though not the most complicated overall). It hastwo different Wipe Mechanics, one with safe zones, and one from aStagger Check.Additionally, it also hasFreezing Orbs, Freeze Debuffs,anOrb Destructionsection of itsStagger Checkthat bearssome similarities to Kyzra from the Road of Lament,and all of its standard attacks on top of everything else.
Up Arrow Wipe Attack
This is the"core" Wipe Attack that Alaric uses(seeminglyevery 90 seconds or so). The other one is just a fail-state of itsStagger Check, but both have very similar startup animations.To tell the difference between the leadup to these two attacks,if Alaric sends its Trident flying around itself with a golden trail of light,that’s the Wipe Attack.If it spins the Trident a bunch before slamming it into the ground,that’s the Stagger Check.In any case,this Wipe Mechanic is all about knowing where the assigned safe zones are, and this needs to be discussed or established before going into the fight. Becausethe fight against Alaric takes place directly after Alaric’s Wrath with no break,most players either assign these spots before the second mob-clearing section or they immediately vote to restart when Alaric starts in order to set this up. After it starts,Alaric will summon eight safe zones around the entire arena.Each safe zone has a very small area in which it can spawn,but in general the eight “areas” roughly make the shape of an “Up Arrow”. Five of the safe zones take up the top half of the “Up Arrow”, while three of them make up the vertical line lower half. To relate it to a clock as an alternative, there are safe zones at what would be9 o’clock, 10 o’clock, 12 o’clock, 1 o’clock, 3 o’clock, two at 6 o’clock(one directly above the other),with the final one being somewhere in the immediate vicinity of the Boss in center stage(aka where the two “hands” of the clock would originate from). Whoever feels like leading the assignment of positions in the Battle Workshop before the fight,just use the Battle Workshop “circle” as a makeshop model of the arena, and ping all eight spots where the safe zones will appear.The rest of the Raid Group should then pick one of these pings and stand on them, declaring that this is where they’ll go when the Wipe Atttack occurs.
Stagger Check & Orb Destruction
This is the other mechanic that can happen when Alaric teleports to the middle of the arena. Thankfully, this is more reliable to see coming, asAlaric always does it at its 28th and 12th HP Bars. After teleporting to the center and spinning its Trident around with a glowing red trail of energy, Alaric slams its weapon into the ground, summons an ice aura in a large circle around itself, blood effects pop up on the sides of the screen, and aStagger Barappears underneath it.To pass this Stagger Check completely, players actually have two jobs:
Parties tend to use the same general area they were assigned for their safe zone for theUp Arrow Wipe Attackas their “zone” for clearing out Golden Orbs, and it usually works pretty well. One thing to note though, is thatthere are two different types of Golden Orbs, ones that areentirely Gold, andslightly larger ones that have a white “Core”:
Freezing Orbs
After Alaric is below 20 HP Bars remaining,it’ll startsummoning these Freezing Orbs at random intervals for the remainder of the fight.Visually,the Orbs are a slightly lighter blue than the other Orbs,but they’remost easily seen by the gigantic icy Aura around them.This Aura freezes anyone inside if the Orb explodes naturally, butit’s entirely nullified if a party member bites the bullet by running into the Orb voluntarily.The key here is thatthe Freezing Orb is always at the dead center of the Icy Aura, making it easy to locate.And, luckily, if a player uses their Combat Skill (AKA their Dash, Roll, etc) to run into theFreezing Orb, it’ll completely nullify the downside of it freezing them for a short duration.
This works almost exactly the same way as it did in the fight against Alaric’s Wrath.A large portion of Alaric’s attacks apply this Freeze Debuff, andonce a player reaches five stacks, they’ll see this filled-in icy aura around themselves. This aurapops after a second or two, freezing any allies caught inside for a large chunk of time. So, any ally that notices this aura around them, run to the edge of the arena away from everyone else until the aura pops, then rejoin the fight.
As if the slew of differentparty Wiping mechanicsandStatus Effectsweren’t enough, Alaric also has a pretty large set of regular attacks as well that players should know about:
Exploding Orb Summons
Less of an attack and more of a constant effect, Alaric randomly summons these blue orbs throughout the fight that only it can damage. If they’re broken by Alaric, the orbs quickly explode, dealing high damage to anyone caught in them.
Imprisoning Waves
Alaric lifts its Trident above its head and spins it before releasing two watery shockwaves in short sequence. Neither of these deal any damage, but two random party members are imprisoned after the second wave. Then, the Boss starts a long windup to throw its Tident at one of the imprisoned allies. Party members should work on attacking these allies as fast as possible to free them, as the Trident Throw can easily 1-hit KO some less-tanky Classes.
Trident Lightning
The Boss spins its Trident directly in front of it before shooting multiple bolts of lightning out from the spinning Trident that deal moderate damage per hit. Thankfully, this attack is easy to avoid and has a long animation, so players can wail on the Boss while it’s using this attack.
Triple Jump
Alaric does a jumping stab attack with its Trident three times, each time targeting a different player. This attack is fast, deals high damage, and is hard to read, so be ready to dodge away at any moment.
General Swipes & Slashes
Like Alaric’s Wrath, Alaric has a whole host of different attacks that all boil down to basic swipes with its Trident, stabs, or slashing attacks. All of these deal low damage and usually only stagger on-hit.
While this isn’t all of Alaric’s kit (as it’s hard to see and even understand a lot of its basic attacks), these are the most commonly used attacks it tends to unleash.
Recommended Battle Items & Engravings
As this is the final Tier 2 Abyssal Dungeon, it only makes sense that it’s also one of the ones thathas a lot of viable Consumables to use as well,right? Good thing too, as Smilegate has finally incentivized Battle Item usagewith their Battle Pass missions.In any case, here are the recommended choices:
