The Searing Exarch

The Searing Exarch
The Searing Exarch
Level(s)	83 (QuestIncandescent InvitationFrom the corona of an ancient star, the Searing Exarch seeks to master the Atlas.) 84 (RegularIncandescent InvitationModifiers to Item Quantity affect the amount of rewards dropped by the bossFrom the corona of an ancient star, the Searing Exarch seeks to master the Atlas.Open portals to Absence of Patience and Wisdom by using this item in a personal Map Device.) 85 (Uber)
Location(s)	Absence of Patience and Wisdom
Quest(s)	The Searing Exarch
Resistance(s)	50% Fire 50% Cold 50% Lightning 30% Chaos
Modifier(s)	Cannot Be Fully Slowed Immune To Knockback Eldritch

The Searing Exarch is one of the Eldritch Horrors. Defeating The Searing Exarch for the first time will drop an that can be socketed into the Atlas.

Any item with a Searing Exarch implicit modifier has a red symbol on its header.

Some items that are not Elder/Shaper/Conqueror Influenced can obtain a Searing Exarch implicit modifier by using one of the several Eldritch Ember currencies. You can use the currencies on Fractured item without any restriction. You can also use the currencies on Synthesised item but they will delete the Synthesised implicit, replacing it with the Searing Exarch implicit.

Entry

See also: The Searing Exarch (quest)

Players must use the Incandescent InvitationIncandescent InvitationFrom the corona of an ancient star,
the Searing Exarch seeks to master the Atlas. in their map device to fight Searing Exarch. The invitation drops after defeating The Black Star and following the quest steps.

After finishing the The Searing Exarch quest, tradeable versions of the Incandescent InvitationIncandescent InvitationModifiers to Item Quantity affect the amount of rewards dropped by the bossFrom the corona of an ancient star,
the Searing Exarch seeks to master the Atlas.Open portals to Absence of Patience and Wisdom by using this item in a personal Map Device. will drop by the boss in the 28th T14+ Map which is influenced by the Searing Exarch. This can be repeated every subsequent 28 maps.

The arena is called Absence of Patience and Wisdom.

Skills

• Default attack - 75% of Physical Damage converted to Fire.
• Flame Wall - "Disintegration!" - casts a long Flame WallFlame WallSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Create a wall of fire for a duration, which deals burning damage to everything in its area. Each enemy that enters the wall also receives a secondary burning debuff which persists for a short duration after leaving the wall. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and apply the wall's secondary debuff on hit.Deals (2.1-679.9) Base Fire Damage per second
  Secondary Debuff Deals (7.2-2266.4) Base Fire Damage per second
  Base duration is (3.00-4.90) seconds
  Base secondary duration is (1.00-2.00) seconds
  Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
  Wall will be (4-5.9) meters long
  Projectiles which pass through the wall deal (3-78) to (5-117) Added Fire Damage
  Maximum 3 Flame Walls at a time
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.05-1) Maximum Flame Walls at a timePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
  • Push Flame Wall - "Cleansing!" - causes the Flame WallFlame WallSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (4-16) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Create a wall of fire for a duration, which deals burning damage to everything in its area. Each enemy that enters the wall also receives a secondary burning debuff which persists for a short duration after leaving the wall. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and apply the wall's secondary debuff on hit.Deals (2.1-679.9) Base Fire Damage per second
    Secondary Debuff Deals (7.2-2266.4) Base Fire Damage per second
    Base duration is (3.00-4.90) seconds
    Base secondary duration is (1.00-2.00) seconds
    Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    Wall will be (4-5.9) meters long
    Projectiles which pass through the wall deal (3-78) to (5-117) Added Fire Damage
    Maximum 3 Flame Walls at a time
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    +(0.05-1) Maximum Flame Walls at a timePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. to move in a straight line away.
• Mortar - "Annihilation!" - casts a channeled version of Blazing SalvoBlazing SalvoSpell, AoE, Fire, Projectile
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%Requires Level 12Fires projectiles which fly in an arc, dealing area damage on impact with either enemies or the ground near where you target. Targeting farther away causes the projectiles to spread out and land over a wider area.Deals (7-270) to (10-405) Fire Damage
  Fires (5-7) Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. that can turn while casting.
• Lantern Explosion - "Incineration!" - charges up for a short duration, unleashing a very large AOE of Fire that bypasses Block/Dodge. The charge-up indicator AOE is slightly larger than the actual hit.
• Fires of a Thousand Suns/Rolling Meteors - "The fires of a thousand suns!" - becomes invulnerable, unleashing 4~16 lines of Rolling Meteors across the arena. The Maven will destroy 4~10 Rolling Meteors per line (depending on the total number of lines) to give the player a gap to dodge the line. This skill always Ignites.
• Searing Rune - Tiled rune patterns move across the arena causing players standing on them to receive two debuffs:
  • Cauterised Flesh: You have -5% maximum Fire Resistance and your Travel Skills have 50% reduced Cooldown Recovery Speed. Persists for 10 seconds after moving off
  • Searing Rune: Deals Fire Damage over time and prevents recovery of Life or Energy Shield. Applies while standing on the rune.

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Strategy

• Logging out during the Rolling Meteor phase will usually cause the phase to restart. Leaving the arena or dying during this phase may also cause the Exarch's animations to bug out, rendering it invisible.
• Minions such as , Totems, and Frost WallFrost WallSpell, Duration, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (9-33) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Creates a wall of ice which holds back enemies. Targets under the wall are damaged and pushed back.Deals (8-462) to (12-693) Cold Damage
  Base duration is (3.00-4.90) seconds
  0.15 seconds between appearance of Wall sections
  Wall will be (2.8-5.6) meters long
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can be used to body block Rolling Meteors, causing the meteors to be destroyed. Note that it will cause an AOE explosion which may still hit the character if not far enough away.
• Teleportation movement skills (like Flame DashFlame DashSpell, Movement, Duration, Fire, Travel, Blink
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 3.50 sec
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 0.80 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%Requires Level 10Teleport to a location, damaging enemies and leaving a trail of burning ground. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.Deals (19.7-1738.6) Base Fire Damage per second
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  Deals (7-659) to (11-988) Fire Damage
  Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
  (0-19)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.) allow players to pass through Rolling Meteor walls without taking damage.
• Avoid rolling the Buffered - 13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area, 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area, Monsters gain (40-49)% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield (Prefix) invitation mod, as the boss will recharge to full Energy Shield if the player fails to consecutively hit the boss or during immunity phases such as the Rolling Meteor Wall Phase. This mod will significantly increase the effective health of the boss and is not recommended for builds with low damage.

Uber boss variant

Using five Blazing FragmentsBlazing FragmentThe Absence of Patience and Wisdom is level 85
The Searing Exarch's full power is unleashed in The Absence of Patience and WisdomConstellations are systematically incinerated
in the wake of an ever-expanding archive of minds.Use five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Absence of Patience and Wisdom. Can only be used once. opens a harder instance of the boss fight. The Searing Exarch is fought in Area Level 85 and greatly increases in difficulty. The fight with the Searing Exarch will have the following changes:

• Area has the mod Monsters take 70% less damage
• Exarch's Mortar fires 2 additional projectiles per projectile fired.
• Summons a Molten Minotaur minion at the start of each Rolling Meteor phase that persists throughout the fight until it is killed.
• Rolling Meteor Walls range from 16 to 18 lines, rather than 8 to 16.

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Uber Exarch has a 50% chance to duplicate dropped Eldritch currency, and can also drop a with a hidden Ascendancy Notable skill.

Drops

New drop rates as of Version 3.24.0 are currently unknown.

The following items only drop from the regular version of the Exarch encounter:

The following items only drop from the Uber Exarch encounter:

• Archive Reliquary KeyArchive Reliquary KeyMinds are not the only thing
  the Cleansing Fire keeps eternal...Travel to the Archive Reliquary by using this item in a personal Map Device. Can only be used once.
• (Hidden Ascendancy Notable variant)
• Unknown Curio fragment

The following items have not yet been identified which encounter they drop from:

In addition, the boss also drops

• Exceptional Eldritch EmberExceptional Eldritch EmberStack Size: 10Adds an Exceptional Searing Exarch implicit modifier to
  a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet
  This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Eater of Worlds implicit modifiersRight click this item then left click a normal, magic or rare item to apply it. Cannot be used on Shaper, Elder or Elderslayer influenced items.
• Eldritch Orb of AnnulmentEldritch Orb of AnnulmentStack Size: 20If The Searing Exarch is dominant, remove a prefix modifier
  If The Eater of Worlds is dominant, remove a suffix modifierRight click this item then left click on a magic or rare item with The Searing Exarch or The Eater of Worlds dominance to apply it.
• Eldritch Chaos OrbEldritch Chaos OrbStack Size: 20If The Searing Exarch is dominant, reroll prefix modifiers
  If The Eater of Worlds is dominant, reroll suffix modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item with The Searing Exarch or The Eater of Worlds dominance to apply it.
• Eldritch Exalted OrbEldritch Exalted OrbStack Size: 20If The Searing Exarch is dominant, add a prefix modifier
  If The Eater of Worlds is dominant, add a suffix modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item with The Searing Exarch or The Eater of Worlds dominance to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers.
• (Quest Item, drops on first kill)
• Auspicious AmbitionsAuspicious Ambitions4Experimented Item
  Item Level: 100
  Double-Influenced Item"Gaze upon the mirrors of what may come and step backward into infinity."
  - Dexion, Thaumetic Aspirant

Lore

Siege of the Atlas

The Searing Exarch serves the Cleansing Fire. It served as one of the Pinnacle bosses of the Atlas of Worlds during the Siege of the Atlas.

Despite originating outside of Wraeclast, the Searing Exarch prominently display a symbol very similar to the Descry, a symbol associated with Innocence. The various unique item flavor texts from the Searing Exarch and the Forbidden Sanctum suggests it is the true origin of the symbol; a group known as the Newcomers worshipped the symbol out of fear, but Innocence manipulated them into worshipping him as their savior and adopted the symbol for himself to gather his first followers.

See also

• The Eater of Worlds
• Incinerator Apparition Portal EffectIncinerator Apparition Portal EffectPortalThis character's portals use the Incinerator Apparition Portal Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	Pinnacle bosses, Map bosses, Incursion architects, Betrayal targets, Breachlords and others no longer have 33% or 66% less effect of curses on them respectively.
3.18.1	Reduced the damage of Molten Minotaur's enraged slam attack by 25%.
3.18.0	Added 7 new uber versions of Pinnacle Boss fights, accessible through Atlas Keystone Passives. These fights are extremely difficult, so only attempt them if you have a very powerful character. Increased the damage dealt by The Searing Exarch's Flame Wall Skill and their melee Attack. The Searing Exarch's rolling meteors are now considered larger for the purposes of collision detection against enemies (that means you, Exile). The chance for The Eater of Worlds and The Searing Exarch to drop the Forbidden Flesh and Forbidden Flame Unique Items now scales with Map Item Quantity.
3.17.1	The Searing Exarch is now immune to damage during their Fires of a Thousand Suns phase.
3.17.0	Introduced to the game.