Restoration Druid Healing Sepulcher of the First Ones Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5

On this page, you will find Restoration-Druid-specific information to deal with each boss in the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Restoration Druid and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

All advice on this page assumes you have access to the Restoration Druid 4-Piece set bonus. You are expected to play the Night Fae Covenant with Dreamweaver Soulbind on all encounters this tier.

During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured as Fated Raids. During this time encounters within each specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.

We will provide the most commonly used talent build for all bosses. There are some small changes you can make for certain bosses to grab utility spells, for example swapping Wild Charge for Tiger Dash, but your core healing talents should always remain the same. The same goes for your healing talents in the class tree, with very few exceptions and those only touching defensive, movement or damage talents.

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We advise you to use the following Legendary against Vigilant Guardian: Vision of Unending Growth.

Make sure you spot heal players targeted by Searing Ablation. During Phase 2 make sure you do not spend too much Mana, save around half of it for Phase 3. Phase 3 is essentially a DPS race with increasing damage taken by the raid. Try to time your cooldowns so that they cover as low boss Health percent as possible. This is a good damage profile to use all cooldowns together. Heavily ramp up with some Rejuvenations, Wild Growth, cast Tranquility, then immediately do Convoke the Spirits. In case you proc Flourish here, wait with your Flourish cast until the first buff expires.

Spell ID	Spell Name
367571	Sear
366393	Searing Ablation
360458	Unstable Core

For more information, please refer to our Vigilant Guardian guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener: Vision of Unending Growth.

The basic idea is to ramp your Mana usage as the stacks keep going up towards the raid soak. Do not waste Mana while the stacks are low. Keep extra attention on players soaking extra Ephemera Dust stacks. They will be taking substantially more damage.

The enrage timer is 6 minutes and you will be able to cover all melee players plus tanks with your Efflorescence so Spring Blossoms is usually by far the better choice.

Spell ID	Spell Name
359778	Ephemera Dust
364522	Devouring Blood

For more information, please refer to our Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'mox: Vision of Unending Growth.

Each add phase will make more rings spawn, which makes damage overlap with other mechanics as well as forcing tanks to stand closer to the raid. Make sure you plan your Mana accordingly and save more toward the end. Use Soulshape liberally to jump over rings if you are unsure about reaching the portal in time.

The most dangerous raid damage will happen during intermissions. Make sure you know when your raid will push the boss to 75% and 50% Health respectively and plan cooldowns accordingly.

Spell ID	Spell Name
362850	Hyperlight Sparknova
362803	Glyph of Relocation
363114	Genesis Supernova

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle: Vision of Unending Growth.

Save all your cooldowns and most of your Mana for Dausegne draining the pillars. It happens when she reaches 0 Mana, which makes it fairly easy to track. Use Soulshape to jump over Disintegration Halo to avoid taking damage. Since shields happen exactly every 2 minutes, you should be playing Inner Peace and using Tranquility on each one. Make sure your Convoke the Spirits and Flourish are also off cooldown for them.

Spell ID	Spell Name
360959	Staggering Barrage

For more information, please refer to our Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Prototype Pantheon: Vision of Unending Growth.

Dispel Runecarver's Deathtouch once you see players standing inside wards. Make sure you heal Withering Seeds to full. You should save a larger portion of your Mana and cooldowns for Phase 3 when all 4 bosses are present.

Phase 1 requires almost no healing. You should focus on helping with damage and trying to enter Phase 2 with full Mana, all cooldowns ready, and the entire raid at full Health.

Balance Affinity offers an extra 5-yard range to all your spells which can be extremely helpful due to the size of the room.

On Mythic difficulty you can soak Night Hunter without any help by just going into Bear Form when it is about to hit you.

Spell ID	Spell Name
360687	Runecarver's Deathtouch
361608	Burden of Sin
360295	Necrotic Ritual
360259	Gloom Bolt

For more information, please refer to our Prototype Pantheon guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lihuvim, Principal Architect: Vision of Unending Growth.

Heal players being targeted by Degeneration adds, and save cooldowns for the Synthesize cast. It does damage over 15 seconds which is ideal for Restoration Druids. This happens every 2 minutes, so make sure you are specced into Inner Peace.

On Mythic difficulty the first Synthesize happens only 35 seconds into the pull. To make sure you have your Restoration Druid 4-Piece ready, you have to cast Swiftmend exactly on pull, then a second one as the cooldown is over.

For more information, please refer to our Lihuvim, Principal Architect guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Halondrus the Reclaimer: Vision of Unending Growth.

Inner Peace is a strong option on this fight, both due to knockback protection and due to lack of stacking for Spring Blossoms to be good. Balance Affinity will help with reaching more players. On Mythic difficulty you might have to play Guardian Affinity to be able to knock away Ephemeral Motes in Phase 3 without dying.

Since you are very mobile and tanky, you should be soaking motes. Make sure you have Barkskin ready if it overlaps with other damage events.

On Mythic difficulty the most damage happens during Reclaim casts and during intermissions. Try to plan your Convoke the Spirits and Flourish casts around Reclaim since it is by far the deadliest mechanic of the fight.

Try to use both Convoke the Spirits and Tranquility during intermissions since none of the other healing specs are able to cast as much or as freely as Restoration Druids.

In Phase 3 your focus should be on standing 10-15 yards away from the boss and knocking as many motes as you can without dying. Do not be afraid to go into Bear Form and use Frenzied Regeneration. Keep in mind that Heart of the Wild with Guardian Affinity gives you extra Health in Bear Form and a second charge of Frenzied Regeneration.

Spell ID	Spell Name
365294	Crushing Prism
368957	Volatile Charges

For more information, please refer to our Halondrus the Reclaimer guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Anduin Wrynn: Vision of Unending Growth.

Heal Anduin's Hope adds in the Kingsmourne realm. Use most of your cooldowns during Befouled Barrier. Make sure you pace your Mana, since the fight can be very long.

On Mythic difficulty, depending on your assignments, you will have to commit Convoke the Spirits, Flourish, or both to heal Anduin's Hope adds inside Kingsmourne Hungers. You can use Tranquility on the first Befouled Barrier, then have it back for the tail end of each Intermission.

Guardian Affinity can be useful for setups that do not have enough AoE interrupts for Lost Soul adds due to giving you Incapacitating Roar. In all other situations use Feral Affinity.

Spell ID	Spell Name
366849	Domination Word: Pain
365293	Befouled Barrier

For more information, please refer to our Anduin Wrynn guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lords of Dread: Vision of Unending Growth.

By far the most damage happens during Swarm casts ( Swarm of Decay and Swarm of Darkness). This damage phase lasts 20 seconds and happens roughly every 2:20-2:30 minutes. As such, you should be using Inner Peace, use both Flourish and Tranquility there. You should be able to use Convoke the Spirits between each Swarm cast, but only if you do it before Infiltration of Dread.

Keep an eye on players with Cloud of Carrion. Players with high stacks will be taking significant damage. If they happen to have the debuff during Swarms, make sure to use Ironbark on them. It is a good idea to take the debuff off them at some point during the swarm to avoid almost certain death.

Spell ID	Spell Name
360006	Cloud of Carrion
360148	Bursting Dread
360241	Unsettling Dreams
360284	Anguishing Strike

For more information, please refer to our Lords of Dread guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Rygelon: Vision of Unending Growth.

On Normal and Heroic difficulties by far the most damage will happen during intermissions. They happen roughly every 1:50 minutes. As such, you should save your Flourish, but you can use Convoke the Spirits once between each intermission. Use Tranquility in the first and third ones. There are not any targets to specifically keep an eye on, as the raid damage will be evenly spread.

On Mythic difficulty, the most dangerous parts of the fight happen during the Stellar Shroud absorbs cast by Rygelon, which happens 4 times per phase. Players will explode with Dark Eclipse expiring and take damage from soaking Manifest Cosmos orbs ( Cosmic Ejection debuff). Particularly dangerous overlaps happen on third and fourth casts of Stellar Shroud in each phase. Depending on your assignments you should be using Convoke the Spirits almost on cooldown Flourish on every other Convoke. Use Tranquility to fill in the gaps.

Pay special attention to players soaking Manifest Cosmos. They will be taking extremely high damage and will require a lot of healing in a short period of time.

Spell ID	Spell Name
361548	Dark Eclipse
362081	Cosmic Ejection
362088	Cosmic Irregularity

For more information, please refer to our Rygelon guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Jailer: Vision of Unending Growth.

There are not any real outliers in raid damage. Huge raid hits will happen with great frequency all throughout the fight. There are a few mechanics that you should watch out for nonetheless.

Make sure you spot heal players with the bombs all through Phases 1 and 2. They are not in particularly a lot of danger, but can easily die if they receive no healing at all.

In Phase 1 we recommend using Tranquility on Suffering. You can use Convoke the Spirits and Flourish liberally on any of the other mechanics: the tank knockback and Chain Breaker are good places for these.

Phase 2 has a lot of instant-damage mechanics which are not ideal for Restoration Druids. Use your cooldowns whenever possible. Use Ursol's Vortex to help players affected by Rune of Compulsion

Phase 3 will require a lot more healing and have your raid move more. Make sure you save your bigger healing cooldowns for Dominating Will healing. You can even use all 3 cooldowns just to get this debuff off everyone since it is extremely dangerous.

Spell ID	Spell Name
360282	Rune of Damnation
265151	Rune of Domination
366030	Tyranny
362194	Suffering
359868	Shattering Blast
360565	Decimator
365153	Dominating Will
365219	Chains of Anguish

For more information, please refer to our The Jailer guide.