Skorvald the Shattered is the first boss in the Shattered Observatory fractal. He has 5,551,340 HP and requires 2200 CC units. The encounter has three phases separated by a mini event at 66% and 33% health of Skorvald. In this mini event the party has to kill four Elite Flux Anomalies which spawn on the islands in the Southwest, Southeast, Northeast and Northwest.

After accepting the Harbinger's challenge, stack Might, Quickness and Alacrity at the Mistlock Singularity on the platform below and start the encounter by activating the orb in the center of the platform.

The key to the fight is fast crowd control, as breaking Skorvald's Defiance bar prevents most of the mechanics. Immediately break it at the start and bring him down to 66% health. Due to the size of the bar, every player has to contribute to CC. Your CC affects Skorvald, as soon as his HP bar appears in the top right corner, which enables you to precast some skills. Below you can find a full list of all attacks for further reference.

First phase (100%-66%): Skorvald is almost entirely stationary. Most attacks are well telegraphed and not significantly dangerous.

Second phase (66%-33%): Right after killing the fourth anomaly, Skorvald receives the Exposed debuff. After its expiry, he focuses one player and dashes towards the player from the edge of the platform for a total of 3 times. After the rushes, he regains his Defiance bar and continues his attacks.

Third phase (33%-0%): Skorvald again receives Exposed. However, after its expiry he starts spinning counter-clockwise. Make sure to never stand inside his hitbox as otherwise you will die almost immediately. Ideally, one or two members of the party provide Stability to the group to prevent interrupts. Practice the safe spots and keep the Solar Blooms away from the party, but be ready to dodge if it explodes in party range. Under no circumstances stand inside of Skorvalds hitbox as it will kill you immediately. After about 30 seconds, Skorvald starts a huge laser beam attack (Beaming Smile) and regains his Defiance bar, if he is not dead yet break the bar and finish him.

The second boss of the fractal is Artsariiv. She has 5,962,266 HP and requires 2100 CC units. The encounter has three phases separated by a CC-heavy mini event at 66% and 33% health of Artsariiv. The first CC mini event requires 5x 650 CC, the second 9x 375 CC. The encounter gets activated by bouncing a Globolla Marble into her, be sure to prepare Might and skills beforehand.

Artsariiv summons copies which split into smaller clones upon death, they use martial arts skills, Knockdown, shoot shocking projectiles and apply a lot of damaging conditions. Typically, these mobs are ignored or cleaved. Assign a player for the Globolla Marble bouncing (typically one of the support classes) and a backup in case the main bouncer gets Corporal Reassignment. Use your Hypernova Launch special action key to quickly move around the platform, the Aegis from it counters nearly all mechanics.

Immediately after the fight starts, Artsariiv channels her huge triple-laser attack Beaming Smile (similar to Skorvald at low health). Do not get caught within those lasers and turn away from the big red eye to prevent getting Blinded and Fear.

Kill the first Temporal Anomaly to spawn a containment for Corporal Reassignment and cleave the first set of clones. When you feel safe enough, move northwest to Artsariiv, break her defiance bar and bring her down to 66% health.

At 66% and 33% health, Artsariiv splits up into five and nine clones respectively. Those clones can't be damaged and only despawn when their defiance bar is broken. All party members get resurrected afterwards, so don't waste time to resurrect dead players.

The central clone has the highest priority as it shoots additional damaging orbs. Also pay attention to the single Globolla Marble during the CC phase, if it isn't bounced it deals medium damage to the party.

After the crowd control phases are over, Artsariiv reappears in the middle of the platform and conjures an Obliterate attack and multiple orange void zones which need to be dodged. She also does her Beaming Smile attack similar to the start of the fight. Kill the respawned Temporal Anomaly and clones (optional) before switching to her again.

Below 66% health, Artsariiv throws a large Globolla Marble from time to time which needs to be bounced back to her over nine locations. Failing to bounce usually results in a party wipe, choose a reliable player beforehand to solo this (usually the profession with the least amount of damage Renegade).

After the fight is over, take the portal in the North and move forward to get to Arkk.

Arkk is the third and final boss of the fractal. He has 9,942,250 HP and requires 1800 CC units. The encounter has five phases separated by a mini event at 80%, 50% and 30% as well as mini bosses at 70% and 40% health of Arkk. He is by far the most challenging boss in the fractal and requires a lot of practice to master. The last 30% of the fight can get very chaotic due to overlapping mechanics. However, all mechanics can be avoided and a healer is not mandatory. In contrast to the other enemies in this fractal, Arkk belongs to Scarlet's army and

works against him.

An attentive player may have noticed the Hypernova Launch special action key became even stronger now, doing medium damage, a 232 Launch and executing a Blast finisher. Thanks to this, other crowd control skills are negligible for this fight.

Stack Might (you can use Hypernova Launch) and renew your Mistlock Singularity before activating the orb to teleport to Arkk.

Immediately when the fight starts, turn away as Arkk uses his Blinding Radiance ability. Always prioritize the respawning Temporal Anomalies, you only have a short time window to kill them before the player designated for Corporal Reassignment explodes. The doomed person can see a white circle collapsing below the Temporal Anomaly, the moment it completes the explosion goes off. Typically, using a ranged ability suffices for eliminating the anomaly, given that all team members actively contribute. Killing the anomaly triggers kill-based nourishments like

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When Arkk reaches 80%, 50% and 30% health, he gains Invulnerability and players have to kite four Solar Blooms clockwise into the pillars in the corners to destroy them.

A common strategy is to assign four players to the spawning locations in the North, East, South and West, as the Solar Blooms fixate on the closest player a few seconds after their spawn. Players take aggro of their designated Solar Bloom and kite them clockwise to the next pillar on the right. You can also use direct damage skills to push back the Blooms.

The fifth, remaining player should be a DPS ready to take out a possibly spawning Temporal Anomaly during the phase. This player must also be ready to join the player with the green circle.

After every Solar Bloom phase, Arkk's defiance bar has to be broken immediately or he kills all players. Use your Hypernova Launch ability for an additional Launch if you are short of crowd control skills. If the party fails to break the bar, the party wipes.

At 70% and 40% of Arkk's health, mobs from other fractals like the Elite Archdiviner from the Cliffside Fractal and the Elite Brazen Gladiator from the Chaos Isles Fractal respectively are summoned. Both bosses behave similar to their real version and are surrounded by four mobs (Cultists/Golems). Use Pulls and cleave the adds before finishing the boss as they will remain for the battle.

Do not stand in the AoE spawned by the Elite Archdiviner as they boonstrip.

Remember the party-wide Daze if the third auto-attack of the Gladiator hits someone. The Elite Brazen Gladiator also activates his pull attack below 50% health; prepare your Hypernova Launch skill to break his breakbar then.

Below 40% health, random platforms start disappearing temporarily. Due to this mechanic, space is very limited and resurrecting a downed player is nearly impossible. Sometimes Temporal Anomalies spawn on vanished platforms which makes the fight even more challenging.

The most important thing is to keep calm. Remember that every single ability can be avoided, Hypernova Launch the Solar Fury orbs, jump or dodge through the Starburst Cascade and Solar Stomp attacks, turn away from the Blinding Radiance and move accordingly to the Horizon Strike pattern. Keep a cool head and finish the fight!