The Elder (The Shaper's Realm)
Uber Elder | |||
Level(s) | 84 (Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Maddening Object") 85 (Uber) | ||
Location(s) | The Shaper's Realm | ||
Health | Elder: 48 096 435 Shaper: 48 096 435 | ||
Damage | Elder: 6078 Shaper: 5689 | ||
ApS | Elder: 1.88 Shaper: 1.76 | ||
Resistance(s) | 50% Fire 50% Cold 50% Lightning 30% Chaos | ||
Modifier(s) | Cannot Be Fully Slowed Cannot be stunned while stunned Cannot be stunned for 4s after stun finished etc.[1][2] Eldritch |
I saw the fabric of creation in its most primordial form. I felt the templars grip loosen and slip away. I lay there, in the emptiness between worlds, for an eternity. Then, for the first time in my life, I truly awoke.
Uber Elder is a dual boss encounter where the player fights both the Elder and the Shaper at the same time. Defeating the Uber Elder for the first time will reward the player with a Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Decayed Voidstone" that can be socketed into the Atlas.
The encounter has no phases, however, one of the bosses will be invulnerable, and this will alternate between the two bosses every time the player damages the vulnerable boss for 25% of his health. Zana Caeserius does not assist the player during this fight, unlike both the Elder and the Shaper encounters where she is present and provides various defensive abilities.
The Uber Elder can drop one of the most valuable items in the game, a 3-mod Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Watcher's Eye" with highly variable value depending on the random mods it has, being worth potentially hundreds of Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Divine Orb"s with the right combination of strong mods.
Entry
Players must use the following fragments in their map device to fight Uber Elder (Elder and Shaper). These fragments can be obtained by defeating The Shaper and The Elder, and can also be traded amongst players.
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of Knowledge" - obtained by defeating The Shaper
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of Shape" - obtained by defeating The Shaper
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of Terror" - obtained by defeating The Elder
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of Emptiness" - obtained by defeating The Elder
The arena is the same as the Absence of Value and Meaning, but the character first enters The Shaper's Realm, and then takes a portal to the final arena. The arena and staging areas are in the same instance.
Recommendations
The Uber Elder is considered to be one of the most difficult boss encounters in Path of Exile, as players are pitted against both The Elder and The Shaper simultaneously. Players must be very careful to place the Shaper's Vortex portals around the edges of the arena failing which the entire arena will littered with permanent vortices that cause heavy damage over time. Players have to also avoid the Elder's Ring of Death and the Shaper Beam and Projectiles, all of which can be deadly if not dealt with properly.
The following is recommended:
- Mastery of the mechanics of The Elder and The Shaper
- At least 1 million damage per second
- Capped elemental resistances (fire, cold and lightning resistance at 75%); additional Maximum Cold Resistance is also useful for Shaper balls and Elder icicles.
- At least 5,000 combined Life and Energy Shield and a reliable source of recovery
- Moderate mitigation or avoidance, including Physical damage reduction, Armour, Block, Spell Suppression
- Movement skill to avoid Shaper's beam and both bosses' slams
Skills
The Elder is assisted by the Shaper in this battle. The battle essentially pits the player against both bosses, with some differences:
- One of the bosses will be invulnerable, alternating between the Elder then the Shaper for every 25% health lost. After the 25% health intermission phase, both bosses will be vulnerable; the Shaper can be killed, but the Elder cannot be killed or culled and instead plays a death cutscene upon reaching 0% health.
- Volatile Anomalies and Madness Propagators will continuously spawn during the fight, alternating every 20 seconds. These will create vortex ground or eldritch decay pools on the floor which deal damage over time and last for the duration of the fight. Madness Propagators must be defeated to prevent them from creating their degens; Volatile Anomalies cannot be hit but can be walked through to detonate them in a safe location.
- There are no special intermission phases from either boss.
- At each 1/4 health lost from both bosses, the Elder or Shaper will spawn additional monsters.
- The Elder will summon multiple Null Portals at 25 and 75% health. The Elder will not attack during this intermission phase.
- The Shaper channels a monster portal like in his regular fight at 50% health. The Shaper will not attack during this intermission phase.
- The Elder does not use his Super Siphon attack or the debuff Crystalised Fear
- The Shaper does not use his Shadow Clone or Bullet Hell attack.
The Elder
Image | Skills | Details | Used while invulnerable? |
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Default Melee Attack |
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Yes | |
Ice Spears 1 |
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Yes | |
Ice Spears 2 |
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Yes | |
Ice Spears 3 |
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Yes | |
Siphon |
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No | |
Tentacle Slam |
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No | |
Expanding Nova / Ring of Death |
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Yes | |
Rising Slam |
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No |
The Shaper
Image | Skills | Details | Used while invulnerable? |
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Default Attack |
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Yes | |
Shaper Beam |
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Yes | |
Projectiles |
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Yes | |
Teleport Slam |
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No | |
Vortex |
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Unknown | |
Monster Portal |
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Video guide
Uber boss variant
With the Cosmic Wounds Atlas keystone passive, Uber Elder is fought in Area Level 85 and greatly increases in difficulty. The fight with the Uber Elder will have the following changes:
- Area has the mod Monsters take 70% less damage
- The Shaper's ball projectile attack fires two additional projectiles, and penetrates 40% Cold Resistance instead.
- The Shaper's slam attack is faster, has a larger area of effect, and does more damage.
- The Shaper will use his Bullet Hell attack, but he fires less projectiles (but more than in the Uber Shaper fight).
- The Elder will create three Rings of Death in a row.
Uber Uber Elder has a 100% increased chance to drop an Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Orb of Dominance", and can also drop a double-influenced Impresence.
Drops
Currently listed drop rates reflect testing in version 3.18.0; however, actual drop rates may vary due to small sample size
This boss drops a guaranteed unique from a pool. The following crowdsourced drop rates were determined during version 3.18: [3]
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Mark of the Shaper" (30%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Mark of the Elder" (30%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Indigon" (12%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Call of the Void" (12%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Voidfletcher" (6%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Disintegrator" (6%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Voidforge" (2%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Eternity Shroud" (2%)
The following items drop from the Uber Uber Elder encounter only:
- Impresence (Full power variant (2 curses)) (1-2%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Sublime Vision" (~4%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Soul Ascension"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Decaying Reliquary Key"
In addition, the boss also drops:[4]
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Decayed Voidstone" (Quest item, drops on first kill)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Maven's Invitation: The Feared"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Watcher's Eye" (3 mod, 25-35%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Gulf" (3%)
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Shieldbearer"
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Orb of Dominance" (~5% baseline, ~10% with Cosmic Wounds)
The Elder drops several Shaper-influenced and Elder-influenced items when slain.
If a Watcher's Eye drops, it will have 3 mods. The mods are random; it is possible to obtain a Watcher's Eye with 3 mods for the same aura skill (extremely valuable), as well as 3 mods for 3 different skills (less valuable). Watcher's Eye naturally has a ~25% chance to drop.
The Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Decayed Voidstone" drops from Uber Elder when defeated for the first time. It can also drop Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Maven's Invitation: The Feared", even if The Maven is not present and observing the fight.
Lore
The Uber Elder was the final boss encounter in the War for the Atlas expansion, which occupied the Shaper's Realm. However, that end-game storyline was retired and replaced by the Conquerors of the Atlas (itself was replaced by the end game of Siege of the Atlas). According to the Conquerors of the Atlas game lore, the Elder was slain by the Elderslayers led by Sirus, Awakener of Worlds, and was removed from the Atlas. Players can still fight Uber Elder using the Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Maddening Object" map fragments, but do not need to chase the Elder and Shaper across the Atlas anymore. These map fragments can be obtained by defeating the Shaper and the Elder. This encounter is formally known as "The Elder in the Shaper's Realm".
Version history
Version | Changes |
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3.20.0 |
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3.18.0 |
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3.17.0 |
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3.9.0 |
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3.2.0 |
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References
- ↑ Monster:Metadata/Monsters/AtlasBosses/TheElder/TheElderUber
- ↑ Monster:Metadata/Monsters/AtlasBosses/TheShaperBossUberElder
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRn1hX4i1C2d60qysGoOV-Mts4Z53wJEe_npp9XCpXaakS-bRTsvf6t_UwcBCcYhhBq3su55dU3Mx2N/pubhtml#
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtA7hZF-inM