Dungeons & raids
Raid guide · Patch 12.0 · Normal / Heroic / Mythic
The Dreamrift is a single-boss raid where the Emerald Dream bleeds into reality. Chimaerus splits the raid into an upstairs group (boss + adds from below) and a downstairs group (soak Alndust Upheaval, kill shielded adds). Adds reaching Chimaerus grant +100% damage per stack — upstairs DPS treats every add as a wipe timer.
Split-raid encounter: downstairs soaks Alndust Upheaval, breaks absorb shields on adds, sends them upstairs where they must die before reaching Chimaerus. At 100 energy he consumes living adds. Intermission: kill Manifestations during Corrupted Devastation lines. Heroic adds Consuming Miasma to clear add pools.
Downstairs soaks Alndust. Upstairs tanks boss at edge.
Know your group before pull — upstairs or downstairs, you stay with your group. Downstairs stacks on the soak marker and soaks Alndust Upheaval together to enter the lower phase. Upstairs edge-tanks Chimaerus facing away from the raid and platform edge.
EveryoneDown breaks shields → upstairs kills before boss.
Downstairs: break absorb shields on adds, kill Colossal Horror first, keep adds far from boss. Upstairs: swap to EVERY add the moment it appears — adds are priority #1. If any add reaches Chimaerus, he gains +100% damage; two adds is usually a wipe.
DamageConsume stuns living adds — finish low adds during cast.
Kill all adds before 100 energy or Chimaerus consumes them for +100% damage each. Optimization: let adds get to ~30% before Consume starts — cast stuns them for free cleave during channel. Interrupt Fearsome Cry on rotation with zero gaps.
DamageDodge Corrupted Devastation. Kill Manifestations.
Move left facing the boss during Corrupted Devastation flight lines. Kill every Manifestation before Ravenous Dive — living Manifestations at landing get consumed for a massive boss buff. Reset to middle after spawns; all dead before dive finishes.
EveryoneAfter intermission. Lust on third cycle ~30%.
Heroism on third Lucidity window around 30%, not on pull. Upstairs DPS burns boss during recovery after intermission; never pad boss while adds are alive. Heroic: Consuming Miasma carriers run to pool clusters and get dispelled to clear ground.
DamageDownstairs group stacks on soak marker. Soak together — you get knocked to adds. Mythic: gateway immediately after soak to save DPS time.
Downstairs group soaks to enter the lower phase. Knockback into add arena.
Downstairs: break shield then kill. Colossal Horror is first priority — it hurts your tank. Keep adds far from boss. Upstairs: kill the moment they appear.
Every downstairs add has an absorb shield. Broken adds teleport upstairs.
Downstairs tank holds Horror where it spawns. DPS burn it first. Tank uses defensives as it gets low.
Downstairs tank add; damage ramps the longer it lives.
Interrupt Fearsome Cry on rotation — never miss. Extra kicks on Essence Bolt. Cleave essences down.
Caster adds with Fearsome Cry (fear) and Essence Bolt.
Kill all adds before 100 energy. Optimization: let adds get to ~30% before Consume starts — cast stuns them for free cleave during channel.
At 100 energy Chimaerus consumes living adds for +100% damage each.
Call it: Mythic: at ~25% boss HP send downstairs tank alone to die — 19 players can burn boss before Consume.
Upstairs tank faces boss away from raid and platform edge. Melee stack on safe hip.
Upstairs frontal bleed + knockback on anyone hit.
Move left facing boss. Kill every Manifestation. Reset to middle after spawns. All dead before Ravenous Dive.
Intermission: flight lines across room spawn Manifestations.
Run to add pool clusters upstairs. Get dispelled — any pool segment under your circle clears. Not standing in pools required.
Heroic+: circle on player shows which pool zones clear on dispel.
Chimaerus wrenches its enemies into the Rift during Alndust Upheaval where they must contend with aberrant Manifestations shielded by Alnshroud. Manifestations that lose their shroud emerge into Reality and move towards the Insatiable Chimaerus. Upon reaching 100 energy, Chimaerus takes to the skies with Corrupted Devastation while summoning Manifestations below.
From Blizzard's Encounter Journal (game data API). Ability tooltips via Wowhead.
