Fated Sanctum of Domination Raid Guides in Shadowlands (9.2.5)

All Shadowlands raids will be permanently Fated beginning with the Dragonflight pre-patch. Enemies inside Fated raid are stronger and drop higher item-level loot, which also applies to World Boss Morgeth. You will learn more about Fated Raids in our guide linked below.

• Fated Sanctum of Domination bosses reward Cosmic Flux and reputation with Death's Advance.
• Domination Sockets have been removed from all Sanctum of Domination items and items sold by Archivist Roh-Suir and Duchess Mynx in Korthia.
• Helms and Waists from Sanctum of Domination can now roll sockets naturally, and when Fated, can be socketed using the new item called Fated Matter Fractalizer.
• The drop rate of Edge of Night and Rae'shalare, Death's Whisper was slightly increased.

For eons the Jailer was bound within The Maw. Now, his endless armies gather as he expands its boundaries to consume Oribos. In the face of annihilation. Bolvar marshals his last remaining allies to charge into the heart of Torghast and confront the Jailer where he is most powerful.

The raid is located in a new area of The Maw called Desmotaeron. The exact coordinates of the raid entrance are 70, 32, as depicted on the image below.

The raid will open on Normal and Heroic difficulty with the start of Season 2 on July 6, 2021. Mythic difficulty and the first Raid Finder wing will become available one week later on July 15, 2021, with more Raid Finder wings to follow in the coming weeks.

• July 6: Normal and Heroic difficulties;
• July 15: Mythic difficulty and Raid Finder Wing 1 (The Tarragrue, The Eye of the Jailer, The Nine);
• July 27: Raid Finder Wing 2 (Soulrender Dormazain, Remnant of Ner'zhul, Painsmith Raznal);
• August 10: Raid Finder Wing 3 (Guardian of the First Ones, Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, Kel'Thuzad);
• August 24: Raid Finder Wing 4 (Sylvanas Windrunner).

The following section will be updated in the future with strategy guides written by Ready Check Pull, the popular YouTube channel for boss strategies.

Note that the order is only according to the dungeon journal and does not represent a killing order. Boss order is outlined in the next section.

• The Tarragrue;
• The Eye of the Jailer;
• The Nine;
• Remnant of Ner'zhul;
• Soulrender Dormazain;
• Painsmith Raznal;
• Guardian of the First Ones;
• Fatescribe Roh-Kalo;
• Kel'Thuzad;
• Sylvanas Windrunner.

Below, you will find the links to our Encounter Journal pages for each boss of the raid.

• The Tarragrue lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• The Tarragrue normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• The Tarragrue heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• The Tarragrue mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• The Eye of the Jailer lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• The Eye of the Jailer normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• The Eye of the Jailer heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• The Eye of the Jailer mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• The Nine lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• The Nine normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• The Nine heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• The Nine mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• Remnant of Ner'zhul lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• Remnant of Ner'zhul normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• Remnant of Ner'zhul heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• Remnant of Ner'zhul mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• Soulrender Dormazain lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• Soulrender Dormazain normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• Soulrender Dormazain heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• Soulrender Dormazain mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• Painsmith Raznal lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• Painsmith Raznal normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• Painsmith Raznal heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• Painsmith Raznal mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• Guardian of the First Ones lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• Guardian of the First Ones normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• Guardian of the First Ones heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• Guardian of the First Ones mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• Fatescribe Roh-Kalo lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• Fatescribe Roh-Kalo normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• Fatescribe Roh-Kalo heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• Fatescribe Roh-Kalo mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• Kel'Thuzad lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• Kel'Thuzad normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• Kel'Thuzad heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• Kel'Thuzad mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal
• Sylvanas Windrunner lfr:LFR Encounter Journal
• Sylvanas Windrunner normal:Normal Encounter Journal
• Sylvanas Windrunner heroic:Heroic Encounter Journal
• Sylvanas Windrunner mythic:Mythic Encounter Journal

Boss order in the raid is mainly linear.

1. The Tarragrue;
2. The Eye of the Jailer;
3. The Nine.

At this point, your raid can pick if they want to defeat either Remnant of Ner'zhul or Soulrender Dormazain. However, both bosses must be defeated in order to proceed.

The raid group must now defeat Painsmith Raznal. Next, you can pick between Guardian of the First Ones or Fatescribe Roh-Kalo. Again, both bosses must be defeated to face the final two bosses.

The final two bosses are Kel'Thuzad and Sylvanas Windrunner.

If you defeat Kel'Thuzad four times and collect four Phylactery Shard on any difficulty, you will unlock a raid skip that allows you to skip directly to Kel'Thuzad after first defeating The Tarragrue.

The Shadowlands Weekly Chest requires you to defeat a certain number of Sanctum of Domination bosses to receive items in the Raids category. You can read more information about the Great Vault in our detailed guide.

In the following sections, you will learn all necessary information about loot that drops in Sanctum of Domination, the second raid of the Shadowlands expansion.

Here are the item levels of rewards from the Sanctum of Domination raid. The final 2 bosses drop better loot from the rest of the bosses.

• Raid Finder Difficulty: Item Level 213-220;
• Normal Difficulty: Item Level 226-233;
• Heroic Difficulty: Item Level 239-246;
• Mythic Difficulty: Item Level 252-259.

When Fated difficulty is available for the raid, the item level of rewards are the following:

• Fated Raid Finder Difficulty: Item Level 265-272;
• Fated Normal Difficulty: Item Level 278-285;
• Fated Heroic Difficulty: Item Level 291-297;
• Fated Mythic Difficulty: Item Level 304-311.

Hunters will be able to acquire a Legendary bow and a a quiver from Sylvanas in Chains of Domination.

There are also three total mounts and four battle pets players can obtain from this raid, detailed in the endgame sections of our larger Patch 9.1 collection guides.

Many Conduits have a chance to drop in the raid, but you can acquire them from all Shadowlands sources as well.

The Conduit item level range for the raid is 213-252.

• Raid Finder Difficulty: Item Level 213 Conduits;
• Normal Difficulty: Item Level 226 Conduits;
• Heroic Difficulty: Item Level 239 Conduits;
• Mythic Difficulty: Item Level 252 Conduits.

You can find more information about Conduits in the guide below.

Completing all objectives of the Glory of the Dominant Raider meta-achievement rewards the Bracer of Hrestimorak mount.

Hall of Fame: Sylvanas (Alliance) / Hall of Fame: Sylvanas (Horde) — If you are among the first 100 Alliance/Horde guilds worldwide to defeat Sylvanas Windrunner on Mythic difficulty, you will be granted the Famed Bane of the Banshee Queen title.

Mythic: Sylvanas Windrunner — When you defeat Sylvanas on Mythic difficulty, you will receive the Breaker of Chains title.

Scribes will be able to create Vantus Rune: Sanctum of Domination in Patch 9.1, which increases Versatility by 100 when fighting against a certain boss in the raid. The effect lasts for a whole week.

For each class, we provide boss-by-boss advice, complete with actual tips, but also recommendations for talents and Legendary Powers.