The Black Star

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The Black Star
The Black Star
Level(s)	83 (79 for quest version)
Location(s)	Polaric Void
Quest(s)	The Searing Exarch
Resistance(s)	50% Fire 50% Cold 50% Lightning 30% Chaos
Modifier(s)	66% Less Curse Effectiveness Cannot Be Fully Slowed

The Black Star is one of the Eldritch Horrors. It serves as one of the minor bosses of the Atlas of Worlds during the Siege of the Atlas.

Encounter

See also: Guide:Atlas quick guide

To encounter the Black Star, the player must progress through the Searing Exarch's questline to obtain a Polaric Invitation to allow access to the Polaric Void.

Afterwards, tradeable versions of the can drop in any T14+ Map influenced by the Searing Exarch after defeating the Searing Exarch once.

Tips

• When the Black Star uses Astral Avalanche, hide behind pillars on the blue section of the arena. (Pillars on the red section will break.) Ensure you are angled correctly away from the meteors. The meteors will always fall in the direction from the Black Star towards the center.
• When the Black Star uses her Beam, hide behind pillars on the red section of the arena. (Pillars on the blue section will break.) The Black Star will strafe slightly while using this attack.
• Be wary that being in the red section gives you a debuff that makes you more susceptible to fire damage, and being in the blue section makes you more susceptible to cold damage.
• An alternate strategy is to gain stacks of the Annihilating Light debuff (red section) before Astral Avalanche and stacks of the Crushing Darkness debuff (blue section) before the Beam. Both of these debuffs will grant you less damage taken of the opposite element, allowing you to easily tank the damage if timed correctly.

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  Annihilating Light debuff

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  Crushing Darkness debuff

Drops

• Polaric DevastationPolaric Devastation
  Opal RingRequires Level 80(15-25)% increased Elemental Damage(15-25)% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
  +(20-40)% to Fire Resistance
  +(20-40)% to Cold Resistance
  (10-20)% increased Duration of Ailments on Enemies
  Left Ring slot: Cover Enemies in Ash for 5 seconds when you Ignite them
  Right Ring slot: Cover Enemies in Frost for 5 seconds when you Freeze themThose that escaped the annihilating light
  sank eternally into crushing darkness.
• Sudden DawnSudden Dawn
  Steel CircletEnergy Shield: (196-247)Requires Level 48, 101 Int(300-350)% increased Energy Shield
  +(50-70) to maximum Mana
  (10-20)% chance for Energy Shield Recharge to start when you Kill an Enemy
  (40-30)% less Energy Shield Recharge RateWhere that searing dawn fell, silence reigned.
  We sought the shadows, but none remained.

See also

• The Infinite Hunger
• Annihilator Apparition Portal EffectAnnihilator Apparition Portal EffectPortalThis character's portals use the Annihilator Apparition Portal Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Introduced to the game.