Halls of Origination Dungeon Guide

Halls of Origination is found in the Southeastern side of Uldum in a large pyramid structure in the middle of the land. You can enter this pyramid from the Eastern side, and the dungeon entrance will be just on the inside.

Here we will give you a full rundown of what you can expect from each of the bosses found here on both Normal and Heroic difficulties as well as the items they drop.

• Burning Light
• Divine Reckoning
• Shield of Light
• Reverberating Hymn
• Pit Viper
• Poison-tipped Fangs

Avoid the Burning Light blue light on the ground and dispel the Divine Reckoning debuffs to prevent Temple Guardian Anhuur from healing. When Temple Guardian Anhuur reaches either 66% or 33% health he will become immune to damage with Shield of Light, and begin casting Reverberating Hymn, dealing damage to all enemies. This damage increases with ever tick, eventually wiping your party.

To counter this shield and stop the cast, you must have at least 2 players jump off to either side of the boss and deal with the nearby Pit Vipers. After killing the snakes, activate the nearby lever with an 8 second cast. When the levers on both sides have been activated, Temple Guardian Anhuur will lose Shield of Light and become attackable again. Quickly interrupt the Reverberating Hymn to stop the damage, and rinse and repeat till the boss falls.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Anhuur's Hymnal	83	Trinket
Awakening Footfalls	83	Leather Feet
Belt of Petrified Tears	83	Mail Waist
Darkhowl Amulet	83	Neck
Poison Fang Bracers	83	Leather Wrist

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Anhuur's Hymnal	85	Trinket
Awakening Footfalls	85	Leather Feet
Belt of Petrified Tears	85	Mail Waist
Darkhowl Amulet	85	Neck
Poison Fang Bracers	85	Leather Wrist

• Flame Bolt
• Earth Spike
• Raging Smash
• Tumultuous Earthstorm
• Quicksand
• Dustbone Horror
• Smash
• Jeweled Scarab

Hop on the nearby camels to move 50% faster during the fight. Keep Earthrager Ptah faced away from the group to avoid anyone taking damage from Raging Smash. At 50% health, Earthrager Ptah will break apart, summoning a handful of Dustbone Horrors and Jeweled Scarabs. Simply let the tank pick these up and AoE them down quickly. After the last add dies, Earthrager Ptah will reform together and the fight will continue.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Breastplate of the Risen Land	83	Plate Chest
Bulwark of the Primordial Mound	83	Shield
Mouth of the Earth	83	Neck
Soul Releaser	83	Staff
Underworld Cord	83	Leather Waist

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Breastplate of the Risen Land	85	Plate Chest
Bulwark of the Primordial Mound	85	Shield
Mouth of the Earth	85	Neck
Soul Releaser	85	Staff
Underworld Cord	85	Leather Waist

• Nemesis Strike
• Alpha Beams
• Omega Stance
• Crumbling Ruin

Anraphet will frequently cast Alpha Beams on a random target, spawning a void zone at the players location; move out of these quickly. After casting Alpha Beams, Anraphet will cast Crumbling Ruin, decreasing the maximum health of all enemies by 10% per stack. This acts as a soft-enrage mechanic, giving you a time limit for killing the boss. Anraphet will sometimes use Omega Stance, dealing high Shadow damage to all enemies. Lastly, the tank will often get hit with Nemesis Strike, debuffing them with a dispellable shadow damage over time debuff.; dispel this as soon as possible.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Alpha Bracers	83	Plate Wrist
Anraphet's Regalia	83	Cloth Chest
Boots of Crumbling Ruin	83	Mail Feet
Mantle of Soft Shadows	83	Leather Shoulder
Omega Breastplate	83	Plate Chest

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Alpha Bracers	85	Plate Wrist
Anraphet's Regalia	85	Cloth Chest
Boots of Crumbling Ruin	85	Mail Feet
Mantle of Soft Shadows	85	Leather Shoulder
Omega Breastplate	85	Plate Chest

• Supernova
• Mirror Images
• Astral Rain
• Celestial Call
• Celestial Familiar
• Arcane Barrage
• Veil of Sky

When Isiset casts Supernova everyone must face away from her before the cast ends or you will be disoriented for 4 seconds. At 60% health, Isiset will split into 3 "mirror image" forms, Astral Rain, Celestial Call, and Veil of Sky. Simply focus one of them down to cause the others to despawn and for Isiset to reappear. At 30% she will split again into these images, only this time it will only be the 2 images that you did not previously kill. Simply kill 1 more and Isiset will reappear again, allowing you to finally finish her off.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Armguards of Unearthly Light	83	Plate Wrist
Blood of Isiset	83	Trinket
Legwraps of Astral Rain	83	Cloth Legs
Nova Band	83	Finger
Ring of Blinding Stars	83	Finger

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Armguards of Unearthly Light	85	Plate Wrist
Blood of Isiset	85	Trinket
Legwraps of Astral Rain	85	Cloth Legs
Nova Band	85	Finger
Ring of Blinding Stars	85	Finger

• Wither
• Consume Life Energy
• Seedling Pod
• Energize
• Rampant Growth
• Bloodpetal Blossom
• Thorn Slash
• Spore
• Noxious Spores

Ammunae can be killed very easily by quickly killing any Seedling Pods that appear. Be sure to interrupt or dispel the Wither debuffs that go out on random players. Ammunae will occasionally spawn Spores during the fight; kill these quickly and move out of the Noxious Spores cloud they leave behind.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Band of Life Energy	83	Finger
Bloodpetal Mantle	83	Mail Shoulder
Robes of Rampant Growth	83	Cloth Chest
Seedling Pod	83	Neck
Slashing Thorns	83	Thrown

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Band of Life Energy	85	Finger
Bloodpetal Mantle	85	Mail Shoulder
Robes of Rampant Growth	85	Cloth Chest
Seedling Pod	85	Neck
Slashing Thorns	85	Thrown

• Chaos Bolt
• Reign of Chaos
• Chaos Blast
• Seed of Chaos
• Chaos Portal
• Void Sentinel
• Void Barrier
• Charged Fists
• Void Seeker
• Anti-Magic Prison
• Void Wurm

Setesh can not be tanked, instead he will attack random targets with mainly Chaos Bolt. Reign of Chaos and Chaos Blast will target the location of a random enemy and deal damage to anyone in that area after a brief moment; quickly move away if you are targeted by either spell. Setesh will also spawn a few Seed of Chaos during the fight; when these are walked on they explode, dealing damage to everyone nearby and causing players to deal extra damage with attacks and spells. Try to maintain this buff as much as possible to make this fight much easier.

The main part of this fight is the Chaos Portals created periodically. These have a health bar and can, and should, be attacked quickly before they can summon in too many adds. These will summon Void Wurms, Void Sentinels, and Void Seekers, which all need to be dealt with in different ways. The Void Wurms have very little health and no real threats, simply kill them quickly. Void Sentinels can be hard to kill as they frequently buff themselves with Void Barrier, reducing all damage taken by 90%. Lastly, Void Seekers can be entirely avoided if the Chaos Portal is killed quick enough; however if one does spawn, be sure to interrupt the Anti-Magic Prison cast or your tank can not be healed. Deal with the Chaos Portals and adds quickly and the boss will fall shortly after.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Chaotic Wrappings	83	Mail Legs
Helm of Setesh	83	Plate Head
Helm of the Typhonic Beast	83	Cloth Head
Hieroglyphic Vest	83	Leather Chest
Scepter of Power	83	Main-Hand Mace

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Chaotic Wrappings	85	Mail Legs
Helm of Setesh	85	Plate Head
Helm of the Typhonic Beast	85	Cloth Head
Hieroglyphic Vest	85	Leather Chest
Scepter of Power	85	Main-Hand Mace

• Sun Strike
• Summon Sun Orb
• Inferno Leap
• Solar Winds
• Solar Fire
• Blessing of the Sun

Rajh starts the fight with 100 energy, requiring 20 energy to use each of his spells. When he reaches 10 or less energy, he will cast Blessing of the Sun, dealing AoE damage to all players, but increasing their damage dealt by 100% while he regenerates energy for 8 seconds. Rajhs will often cast Summon Sun Orb, summoning a Fire Orb above a random targets that crashes into the ground, knocking back nearby targets. He also uses Inferno Leap, choosing a random players location to leap to after 3 seconds, dealing fatal Fire damage to anyone still in the area. Players in the target area of Inferno Leap will gain a 50% movement speed buff and must quickly leave the area. Both Summon Sun Orb and Inferno Leap can and should be interrupted as much as possible.

Sun Strike deals high Fire damage to everyone and places an undispellable DoT on the tank; this must simply be healed through. Lastly, Rajh will often use Solar Winds, creating a Fire tornado that will move around the room in random directs and damage any nearby enemies; avoid these tornados as much as possible.

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Band of Rays	83	Finger
Blade of the Burning Sun	83	Main-Hand Sword
Fingers of Light	83	Plate Hands
Hekatic Slippers	83	Cloth Feet
Left Eye of Rajh	83	Trinket
Legguards of Noon	83	Plate Legs
Red Beam Cord	83	Leather Waist
Right Eye of Rajh	83	Trinket
Solar Wind Cloak	83	Back
Sun Strike	83	One-Hand Sword

Item	Required Level	Item Type
Band of Rays	85	Finger
Blade of the Burning Sun	85	Main-Hand Sword
Fingers of Light	85	Plate Hands
Hekatic Slippers	85	Cloth Feet
Left Eye of Rajh	85	Trinket
Legguards of Noon	85	Plate Legs
Red Beam Cord	85	Leather Waist
Right Eye of Rajh	85	Trinket
Solar Wind Cloak	85	Back
Sun Strike	85	One-Hand Sword

Halls of Origination is one of the few dungeons in Cataclysm that has prerequisite quests required to unlock the dungeon quests. Complete these quests in Uldum first:

• Uldum Prerequisite Quests
1. Sullah's Gift
2. Fire From the Sky
3. See You on the Other Side!
4. Fortune and Glory
5. Harrison Jones and the Temple of Uldum
6. Put That Baby in the Cradle!
7. Three if by Air
8. The Coffer of Promise

After completing the prerequisite quests, you will be able to complete these 3 quests for Halls of Origination:

1. The Heart of the Matter
2. Penetrating Their Defenses
3. Doing it the Hard Way

In addition to the dungeon quests, there is also a daily Archaeology quest you can do inside, granting your group a temporary buff while inside the dungeon.

1. Map of the Architects

Achievement	Description
Faster Than the Speed of Light	Complete the Vault of Lights within 5 minutes of entering in the Halls of Origination on Heroic Difficulty.
I Hate That Song	Defeat Temple Guardian Anhuur without allowing him to sing Reverberating Hymn for more than 15 seconds in Halls of Origination on Heroic Difficulty.
Straw That Broke the Camel's Back	Defeat Earthrager Ptah while mounted on a camel in the Halls of Origination on Heroic Difficulty.
Sun of a....	Defeat Rajh before he completes an entire recharging phase in the Halls of Origination on Heroic Difficulty.
Halls of Origination	Defeat Rajh in Halls of Origination.
Heroic: Halls of Origination	Defeat Rajh in Halls of Origination on Heroic Difficulty.
Heroic: Halls of Origination Guild Run	Defeat Rajh in Halls of Origination on Heroic difficulty while in a guild group.