The Candle King

For the unrelated kobold king in Highmountain, see the Candleking.

The Candle King
Gender	Male
Race	Swolbold (Humanoid)
Level	82 Boss
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Location	Hall of the Candle King, Darkflame Cleft
Status	Killable
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The Candle King is the tyrannical ruler of the kobolds of the Ringing Deeps, fought as a boss in Darkflame Cleft.

Adventure Guide

Candle King was the tyrannical ruler of a kobold kingdom. His subjects toiled in his mines until an outlander from afar stole his crown and deposed him. Now he's fled deeper within Darkflame Cleft, seething with rage and threatening to return. Snuff his flame once and for all.

Overview

The Candle King begins by making waxen statues that burn his foes. He also uses the power of darkflame to imbue his abilities, assaulting players with Throw Darkflame and Darkflame Pickaxe.

Damage Dealers

• Eerie Molds cause Fire damage to all players as long as they persist.
• Darkflame Pickaxe inflicts high damage and knocks back the first target it strikes.

Healers

• Eerie Molds cause Fire damage to all players as long as they persist.
• Darkflame Pickaxe inflicts high damage and knocks back the first target it strikes.

Tanks

• Eerie Molds cause Fire damage to all players as long as they persist.
• Darkflame Pickaxe inflicts high damage and knocks back the first target it strikes.

Abilities

•  Eerie Molds — The Candle King forms several wax statues of players. Each statue inflicts X Fire damage to all players every 2 sec as long as it survives.
  •  Cursed Wax  — Evil darkness flows from each wax statue. A player coming within 2 yards of a statue causes the wax to flow from it and encase the player completely. This effect stuns the target for 5 sec.
•  Darkflame Pickaxe  — The Candle King readies a pickaxe to throw at a target. The pickaxe collides with the first target it hits, inflicting X Shadow damage and knocking them back. If it strikes a wax statue, it instead shatters it.
•  Paranoid Mind  — The Candle King amplifies players' fear of the dark, causing them to flee in fear for 4 sec.
•  Throw Darkflame — The Candle King marks random players. After a short time, he hurls the shadowy flames at them, inflicting X Shadow damage to targets within 5 yards and absorbing the next Y healing on them. These flames are strong enough to melt wax creations.
  •  Molten Wax — When a wax statue melts down, it forms a pool of molten wax for 30 sec. Standing within inflicts X Fire damage every 1 sec.

Loot

• •  [Burin of the Candle King]
    • H
    • M
• •  [Gleamkeeper's Buckle]
    • H
    • M
• •  [Gloomstomper's Sabatons]
    • H
    • M
• •  [Dark Zone Headtaker]
    • H
    • M
• •  [King's Malicious Clutches]
    • H
    • M
• •  [Candlebearer's Shroud]
    • H
    • M

Quotes

Concept art.

Aggro

The Candle King yells: You. No. Take. CANDLE!

During combat

• The Candle King yells: Wax and ruin!

Eerie Molds

• The Candle King yells: I make you candle!
• The Candle King yells: I mold you now!

Wipe

• The Candle King yells: This why I king and you dead.

Upon defeat

The Candle King yells: But I... the king...

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-04-30): Addressed an issue where Eerie Molds' damage fails to count towards damage taken spells like [Rewind] and [Death Strike].
  
• Hotfix (2025-04-21): Throw Darkflame's health absorb reduced by 20%.
  
• Hotfix (2025-04-11): Addressed an issue where Throw Darkflame's healing absorb can be applied to the wrong target.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Added.
  

See also

•  [CANDLE KING DIARY]

External links

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