The Shaper's Realm

Depends on which set of map fragments, the area is either the arena for The Shaper fight (aka The Shaper Set), or the dual boss fight of Uber Elder and The Shaper. This article focus on The Shaper fight only.

The area id of the Shaper version is MapWorldsShapersRealm. The Uber Elder version is MapWorldsElderArenaUber.

Layout
The first stage of The Shaper fight is carried on the X-shaped area. There are 4 portals to arenas for 4 minibosses (the pool is draw from existing map bosses, or at least existing boss that released before version 2.4.0). After that, there is a portal to the arena proper for the Shaper. The fight is divided in phases, which the Shaper would teleport the player character twice to another linear areas for another minibosses The Uncreated and The Unshaped. Killing the two minibosses will teleport the player character back to the Shaper's arena.

Boss
The Shaper

Confirmed side bosses

phase 1
 * The Cursed King
 * Fire and Fury
 * Tyrant
 * Ambrius, Legion Slayer
 * Merveil, the Returned
 * God's Chosen
 * Penitentiary Incarcerator
 * Shock and Horror

phase 3 and 5
 * The Uncreated
 * The Unshaped

NPC

 * Zana

Read The Shaper for boss loots.

Lore
Zana dialogues explain the function of the area in the game lore:

If the player collects 15 Memory Fragments (during War for the Atlas and Betrayal annual expansions; it is no longer obtainable after the introduction of Conquerors of the Atlas expansion, which reworked the end-game atlas system and lore) Zana would instead have this dialogue:

It seems after Conquerors of the Atlas annual expansion, Zana always plays the latter.

Also, without all memories (during War for the Atlas and Betrayal annual expansions), beat the Shaper to 0 hp, will lead to his escape, and Zana plays this dialogue:

But with all memories collected, Zana and Shaper will instead play these dialogues, and Shaper does not escape:

(Shaper is attacked by the Elder)

The Shaper will then captured and taken away to another dimension by the Elder, and the player need to travel to The Templar Laboratory as part of quest. Such quest is currently removed.

The player can collect the 16th memories and the Zana will play the following dialogues:

It seems after Conquerors of the Atlas expansion, Zana always plays the former.



Version history

 * The Shaper and Elder storyline is gone and has been replaced by a story that takes place in the aftermath of the old story.
 * The Elder, Shaper, and combined Elder and Shaper encounters can still be accessed. If you're lucky, Zana may offer a Shaper or Elder guardian's map!


 * Introduction of Uber Elder fight.


 * War for the Atlas map series is introduced.


 * Introduced to the game.
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