WoW Shadowlands Sepulcher of the First Ones: Everything you need to know about the next raid

By Brandon RidgelyUS Editor

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WoW Shadowlands 9.2 brings the final raid of the expansion, Sepulcher of the First Ones. If you're looking to take this on for yourself, this is what you need to know before launch.

Latest - Shadowlands 9.2 out Today

After a long wait, World of Warcraft Shadowlands 9.2 is finally out today. This comes with the new raid alongside plenty of important balance changes and more.

Signifying the end of the current expansion, the game could go anywhere from here.

Release Date

Sepulcher of the First Ones will launch in phases in Shadowlands patch 9.2.

Shadowlands Eye of the Jailer 9.2
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We can finally find it for ourselves, starting February 22nd.

Sepulcher of the First Ones Launch Schedule

From there, Sepulcher of the First Ones will release in phases, starting with Normal and Heroic difficulty before eventually releasing Raid Finder wings every couple of weeks.

We expect the Sepulcher of the First Ones launch schedule to look something like this:

  • Week 1 - Normal and Heroic difficulty
  • Week 2 - Mythic difficulty, Raid Finder Wing 1
  • Week 5 - Raid Finder Wing 2
  • Week 7 - Raid Finder Wing 3
  • Week 9 - Raid Finder Wing 4

READ MORE: WoW Shadowlands 9.2 Patch Notes REVEALED

Sepulcher of the First Ones Bosses

Sepulcher of the First Ones will have 11 bosses, a list that includes some old faces and some new ones as well.

Sepulcher of the First Ones Zovaal The Jailer
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THE LAST CHALLENGE: Players will finally get their hands on The Jailer in Shadowlands 9.2

The raid will culminate in fighting Zovaal (The Jailer) directly.

These include:

  • Solitary Guardian
  • Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle
  • Artificer Xy'mox
  • Prototype Pantheon
  • Skolex, the Instiable Ravener
  • Halondrus the Reclaimer
  • Lihuvim, Principle Architect
  • Anduin Wrynn
  • Lords of Dread
  • Rygelon
  • Zovaal (The Jailer)

Loot

Blizzard has yet to reveal what item level gear from Sepulcher of the First Ones will be at each difficulty, or the loot tables for the bosses individually.

So far, we do know however what the next WoW Shadowlands tier sets will look like for each class, which you can see below.

WoW Shadowlands 9.2 tier armor
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WoW Shadowlands 9.2 tier armor sets
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These new tier sets have received a ton of criticism for looking very similar to one another, with critique pointing to the removal of class identity across the board, a staple of tier armor in World of Warcraft.

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