The Onyx Annulet and Primordial Stone Guide for Dragonflight (10.1.5) (2024)

Last updated on Jul 07, 2023 at 09:29by Stan3 comments

Onyx Annulet is an upgradable ring with 3 empty sockets intendedfor Primordial Stones with powerful effects. The following guide coverseverything you need to know about the ring and Primordial Stones inPatch 10.1.5.

Onyx Annulet is a socketable ring added in DragonflightPatch 10.0.7. It works just like the Mechagon trinket, but insteadof putting in punch cards, you put in up to 3 Primordial Stones withpowerful effects.

Blizzard has substantially nerfed Primordial Stones in Patch 10.1.5 to allow formore gear variation. Specific specs that commonly use the Onyx Annulet have beencompensated for the nerf.

You will receive Onyx Annulet upon first exploring theZskera Vaults.

You must first finish the Forbidden Reach intro questline, whichstarts in Valdrakken by talking to Kazra at the Seat of the Aspects. Then youmust fly to the Forbidden Reach and complete all quests up to the point whereyou save Jeb and Tacha and make your way to the Zskera Vaultsentrance (Exploring Our Past quest).

The follow-up quest Zskera Vault: Az requires you to explore the vaultfor the very first time. Tacha will have a quest and provide you withyour first free Zskera Vault Keys.

All you have to do now is talk to Pathfinder Jeb who will teleport you toZskera Vault: Az. You must secure the vault by killing the NPCin the center.

On the ground during your first run, you will find an Unusual Ring,which starts a quest for the Onyx Annulet.

The quest is turned in at Researcher Imareth in Morqut Villageafter you are done exploring the vault.

With the provided keys, open doors and loot chests to receive your firstset of Primordial Stones that you can socket into the Onyx Annulet ring.

Primordial Stones are items that can be socketed into the Onyx Annulet. Each Stone comes with a different effect.

You can get them from the Zskera Vaults and the Forbidden Reach content.

Condensed Magic items can be obtained from participating in the Forbidden Reachcontent, which includes killing Rares, opening Treasure Chests, completingthe new Primal Storm event, and more. Alternatively, you can purchase themfrom Researcher Imareth for 10 Dormant Primordial Fragments.

Condensed Magic items are Consumables that create a random Primordial Stonefrom a specific Family.

• Condensed Arcane Magic — Create a Primordial Stone from the Arcanefamily.
• Condensed Earth Magic — Create a Primordial Stone from the Earthfamily.
• Condensed Fire Magic — Create a Primordial Stone from the Firefamily.
• Condensed Frost Magic — Create a Primordial Stone from the Frostfamily.
• Condensed Nature Magic — Create a Primordial Stone from theNature family.
• Condensed Necromantic Magic — Create a Primordial Stone from theNecromantic family.
• Condensed Shadow Magic — Create a Primordial Stone from the Shadowfamily.

There is a total of 24 Primordial Stones you can collect in the game. Thestones are Unique-Equipped, and their effects do not stack.

All bonus damage, healing, absorb, and stat enhancements from Primordial Stonesare reduced by 75% in PvP Combat.

• Cold Frost Stone — Gain a Frost shield every 20 seconds thatabsorbs 21,670 damage and slows melee attackers by 15% for 5 seconds.
• Deluging Water Stone — Abilities can drencha nearby ally, healing them for 26,004 over 6 seconds.
• Desirous Blood Stone — Dealing damage can drain life,dealing 12,127 Shadow damage and healing you for that amount.
• Echoing Thunder Stone — Moving builds an electrical charge,causing your next damaging ability also to deal 14,437 Nature damage.
• Entropic Fel Stone — Fire damage dealt by Primordial Stonesis increased by 60% and is now Chaos damage.
• Exuding Steam Stone — Receiving heals can exudesteam, restoring 12,039 health to yourself and 2 nearby allies.
• Flame Licked Stone — Dealing damage can set the enemyon fire, dealing 17,325 Fire damage over 7 seconds.
• Freezing Ice Stone — Dealing damage can chill theenemy, dealing 16,171 Frost damage and slowing them by 15% for 6 seconds.
• Gleaming Iron Stone — Standing still for 3 seconds in combatsteels yourself, absorbing 16,253 damage and increasing auto-attack damage by 305for 25 seconds.
• Harmonic Music Stone — Entering combat increases the tertiary statsof you and 4 nearby allies by 364 for 8 seconds.
• Humming Arcane Stone — Dealing Magic damage has a chance to fireArcane missiles for each Primordial Stone family you have equipped, each dealing8,422 Arcane damage.
• Indomitable Earth Stone — Taking damage has a chance to shieldyourself, absorbing 32,506 damage for 12 seconds.
• Necromantic Death Stone — Once every minute, moving near a corpsegrants the Equip effects of the Desirous Blood, Cold Frost, and PestilentPlague Stones for 25 seconds. Already having one of these effects instead increasesits effectiveness by 75%.
• Obscure Pastel Stone — Spells and abilities have a chance to casta random Primordial Stone effect.
• Pestilent Plague Stone — Dealing damage can infectthe target with a plague that spreads to nearby enemies, dealing 6,255 Naturedamage over 9 seconds.
• Prophetic Twilight Stone — Damaging effects from your PrimordialStones trigger one of your healing effects and vice versa.
• Raging Magma Stone — Absorbing damage can coat youin lava, causing melee attackers to take 2,406 Fire damage for 6 seconds.
• Searing Smokey Stone — Successful interrupts exhale smoke, dealing6,875 Fire damage to enemies within an 8-yard cone in front of you.
• Shining Obsidian Stone — Gaining an absorb shield from aPrimordial Stone erupts from the ground, dealing 25,782 Physical damage splitbetween enemies within 5 yards. Damage is increased for each enemy struck up to5 enemies.
• Sparkling Mana Stone — Frost effects from Primordial Stonesrestore 993 Mana over 3 seconds.
• Storm Infused Stone — Critically striking an enemy can shock themand 2 nearby enemies, dealing 9,300 Nature damage.
• Swirling Mojo Stone — Being near a dying creature saps a portionof their mojo and eventually crystallizes it.
• Wild Spirit Stone — Nature and healing effects from PrimordialStones restore 4,942 health of 5 nearby allies over 7 seconds.
• Wind Sculpted Stone — Moving rallies the winds to your side,granting 93 Speed stacking up to 5 times.

You can have a maximum of 3 stones in the Onyx Annulet.

Primordial Stones can be removed from the ring at any time at theJewelcrafting Table near Ham'urit in Morqut Village. Removing thestones does not destroy them.

You can break down Primordial Stones at the Blacksmithing Table inMorqut Village. Breaking down 1 stone will provide you with 6 Dormant Primordial Fragment.These are used to buy Condensed Magic items and to create Unstable Elementium.

Both removing and breaking down Primordial Stones requires you to completethe Primordial Embellishment quest first by retrieving Primordial Jeweler's Kit and Primordial Anvil from the Zskera Vaults.The quest becomes available immediately after you turn in the Onyx Annuletquest.

Primordial Stones can be upgraded twice with Unstable Elementium createdby Jewelcrafters. If you are not a Jewelcrafter, createa crafting order for the item. You will need10 Dormant Primordial Fragments and 25 Silken Gemdust to create1 Unstable Elementium.

Primordial Stones start at Item Level 411. The first rank upgrade increasesthe Primordial Stone Item Level from 411 to 418. The second upgrade increasesit from 418 to 424.

The Item Level of your Onyx Annulet is always the average Item Level ofyour socketed Primordial Stones. Without sockets, it will be of Item Level 405;with 3 Item Level 411 sockets, the Item Level of the ring will be 411, and so on.

You do not need to constantly swap out Primordial Gems to be optimal indifferent types of content. Instead, you can buy additional Onyx Annuletsfrom Researcher Imareth (35.09 57.61) in Morqut Village for 10 Dormant Primordial Fragments. That way, you can have 1 annulet for Mythic+,1 for raiding, and so on.

If Imareth does not sell anything, make sure to complete the quest, whereyou recover the anvil and table from Zskera Vaults first.