The Stonevault Dungeon Guide: Location, Boss Strategies, and Trash

Darkflame Cleft is a level 70-80 dungeon located on the North side of Ringing Deeps, Khaz Algar.

This guide will be an extensive overview of the dungeon, providing vital information on how to complete it across all difficulties. We will cover all 4 Boss fights, as well as the most notable trash enemies in the dungeon and their important abilities. If you would like to learn about the rest of the dungeons in The War Within Season 1, please see our overviews linked below. Otherwise, without further ado, let us begin!

• Interrupt Cursedheart Invader's Arcing Void channel cast. In addition, if you have Curse dispels, they will be a valuable asset against Void Infection (it is instant, you can't interrupt it).
• Use your defensives against Earth Infused Golem's Ground Pound AoE ability. In addition, make sure to dodge their Seismic Wave frontal.
• Sidestep the Pulverizing Pounce ground effect from Repurposed Loaderbot.
• Interrupt (or use disturb effects) for Ghastly Voidsoul's Howling Fear.

• Volatile Spikes will appear under 3 random members; make sure to stay close to each other so it becomes easier to break them with Refracting Beam later in the fight. Soaking the Volatile Spike without any major defensives will likely result in a death.
• Use the Refracting Beam to break any existing Volatile Spikes. You might want to purposely delay breaking all 3 of them to make it easier on the Healer as the beams themselves also do damage.
• Use your defensive cooldowns before Earth Shatterer as it will deal a high amount of damage to the whole party and destroy any existing Volatile Spikes.

• Use your active mitigation for each Earth Shatterer.

• Be ready to top up your team members when Volatile Spikes are being destroyed. This can become incredibly dangerous if it overlaps with Earth Shatterer AoE ability as it will break any existing Volatile Spikes.

• Interrupt Turned Speaker's Censoring Gear at all costs.
• IMPORTANT Interrupt Void Bound Howler's Piercing Wail, otherwise it will deal a group-wide AoE damage.
• Sidestep the Crystal Salvo ground visuals coming from Void Touched Elemental.
• Use defensive cooldowns during Void Bound Despoiler's Void Outburst. In addition, your tank must pay attention to their Shadow Claw's tank buster hit.

• Be cautious when focusing the Crystal Shards as they will trigger Crystalline Eruption AoE damage upon dying (this effects stacks). Clear them 1 by 1 and have a few seconds in between to guarantee the safety of the group.
• Avoid getting hit by the initial ground visual coming from Unstable Crash. It is important to collect a handful of Unstable Fragments before the Fortified Shell as they will grant you a Unstable Energy stackle buff.
• Any existing Crystal Shards before the Fortified Shell cast will only increase the shield value and make it much harder to break. The longer the shell persists the more damage you will take from Void Discharge.

• Use your active mitigation before the Crystalline Smash tank buster hit.

• Make sure to top your teammates prior to each Crystalline Eruption.
• Use major healing cooldowns during the Fortified Shell phase as Void Discharge will only become harder to heal the longer the shell takes to break.

• Interrupt Forgebound Mender's Restoring Metals at all costs to prevent them from healing any other mobs. In addition, do your best to stop as many Alloy Bolts as you can.
• Sidestep the Engine Speaker's Jump to Point ground visual, as it will likely kill you. Other than that, they will just hit your tank with Concussive Smash and otherwise be harmless.
• Avoid staying in the Lava Cannon frontal coming from Forge Loader. They will also select a random member from your party and hit them with Molten Mortar stackable DoT effect (you can't dispel it).
• Aspiring Forgehand will focus your tank with Fracture and Fracturing Blows which will endanger your tank's life if multiple of those NPCs are pulled together, beware!

It is crucial to kill both bosses simultaneously as otherwise they will trigger Silenced Speaker effect, which will likely result in wiping your group. You better balance your damage accordingly!

• Interrupt Speaker Brokk's Molten Metal cast at all times.
• Sidestep the incoming Speaker Dorlita's Lava Cannon as it will deal high damage and leave a lingering DoT effect on you.
• When Speaker Brokk casts Scrap Song, position yourself away from the middle of the platform to avoid being hit by Scrap Cube.
• Use defensive during Exhaust Vents channel cast of Speaker Brokk as it will do group-wide damage. In addition, avoid standing in any nearby Flaming Scraps.
• Get immediately to any corner of the room when Speaker Dorlita jumps away for its Blazing Crescendo cast. Upon explosion of the cube, it will trigger Blazing Shrapnel, dealing damage to the entire party and spawning several Magma Waves that you must dodge.

• Use your active mitigation when Speaker Dorlita is casting Igneous Hammer on you.

• Prepare your healing cooldowns for Speaker Brokk's Exhaust Vents channel.
• Top up your party before Speaker Dorlita's Blazing Crescendo triggers the Blazing Shrapnel, which will deal huge group-wide damage.

• Sidestep the Cursedforge Honor Guard's Shield Stampede charge. In addition, they will exclusively hit your tank with Stonebreaker Strike and otherwise, be harmless to your team.
• Avoid being hit by the ground visuals spawning from Rock Smasher's Granite Eruption. Use defensive cooldowns during Smash Rock cast as it will deal damage to everyone in your party.
• IMPORTANT: Immediately focus the Earth Burst Totem when Cursedforge Stoneshaper spawns it. Failing to do so will result in a group wipe. Any spare interrupts should be aimed at their Stone Bolt.

• Avoid the Unbridled Void frontal.
• When High Speaker Eirich casts Void Corruption, it will leave a permanent DoT effect on you, the only way to clear it is to get close to Void Rift. Watch out, though, if you don't have Void Corruption debuff and you move closer than 3 yards from a Void Rift, you will be instantaneously killed.
• Use defensive during Entropic Reckoning cast, as it will damage you and leave a Entropy lingering pool on the ground. Please do your best to place it in the corner of the room to make the boss fight easier.

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• Spot-heal players that have Void Corruption DoT, as sometimes there will be more debuffs than Void Rift to clear them out.

Type	Item	Stats
Polearm	Endoskeletal Polecrank	Crit/Vers
Gun	Augmented Refractor Cannon	Crit/Vers
Shield	Earthen Nullification Aegis	Vers/Crit
Neck	'Emergency Stop' Keychain	Mastery/Haste
Mail Waist	Reinforced Anti-Intruder Chainmail	Haste/Mastery
Cloth Legs	E.D.N.A. Stabilizers	Mastery/Crit
Trinket	Refracting Aggression Module	Agi/Str

Type	Item	Stats
2H Mace	Wardbreaker of the Fractured	Crit/Haste
Warglaives	Skardyn Mercybringer	Crit/Haste
Leather Head	Guise of the Construct	Crit/Haste
Mail Hands	Corpseleecher Grips	Vers/Crit
Mail Hands	Crystal-Fissure Girdle	Crit/Mastery
Cloth Feet	Tainted Earthshard Walkers	Haste/Vers
Trinket	Skarmorak Shard	Str

Type	Item	Stats
Staff	Melodious Iron Songspire	Mastery/Haste
Back	Anvilhide Cape	Mastery/Haste
Plate Hands	Machinist's Searing Handguards	Haste/Crit
Cloth Waist	Dorlita's Safety Belt	Vers/Mastery
Trinket	Overclocked Gear-a-Rang Launcher	On Use
Trinket	Scrapsinger's Symphony	Int

Type	Item	Stats
1H Sword	Cutting-Edge Sermon	Vers/Mastery
Fist Weapon	Eirich's Fist of Deception	Haste/Crit
Crossbow	Silver-Tongued Boltcaster	Vers/Crit
Leather Shoulder	Whispering Umbral Mantle	Crit/Vers
Cloth Chest	Shadowed Orator's Tunic	Vers/Haste
Plate Legs	Legplates of Broken Trust	Mastery/Crit
Trinket	High Speaker's Accretion	Mastery

There are 4 total achievements to obtain in The Stonevault:

Achievement	Criteria
The Stonevault	Defeat High Speaker Eirich in The Stonevault.
Heroic: The Stonevault	Defeat High Speaker Eirich in The Stonevault on Heroic difficulty or higher.
Mythic: The Stonevault	Defeat High Speaker Eirich in The Stonevault on Mythic or Mythic Keystone difficulty.
Keystone Hero: The Stonevault	Complete the Stonevault at Mythic Level 10 or higher, within the time limit.