Dread Fortress on Oricon includes Nefra, nine-wave Gate Commander Draxus, Grob'thok, Corruptor Zero and Dread Master Brontes. The post-Nefra gatehouse is a distinct Veteran puzzle, and Brontes requires clockwise movement and finger assignments.
LIVE 7.9 · LEVEL 80IMPERIAL ENTRANCE5 BOSS ENCOUNTERS
Available modes: Story, Veteran and Master difficulties. Start with Story. Veteran requires gatehouse coordination and harder final mechanics; Master Brontes is advanced progression.
01
Unlock the Oricon storyline
Imperial Fleet droid D5-F2 offers the Oricon Dread War introduction. This is the IMPERIAL contact, not Republic O6-D5.
02
Travel to Oricon camp
Use galaxy travel/priority transport as unlocked. At the Imperial camp follow the Oricon story or available route to DREAD FORTRESS on the local map.
03
Locate correct portal
Use Oricon speeder/quick travel toward DREAD FORTRESS if unlocked. DREAD PALACE is a separate entrance and not the target of this guide.
04
Choose Story or Veteran
Set up an eight-player Operations group and verify mode. Explain the optional-in-Story but required-in-Veteran GATEHOUSE CRYSTAL puzzle before pulling.
05
Advance to Nefra
Inside the first courtyard, approach NEFRA by the stone steps; tanks prepare their green circle overlap.
THE BOSS ENCOUNTERS IN ORDER
Operation travel order
A schematic of encounter order, NOT a scaled in-game location map. Use the source screenshot guides below for actual terrain and puzzle panels.
How you reach this boss: After Nefra, pass the GATEHOUSE and assemble at LEFT/RIGHT STAIRS around Draxus arena.
01
Solve Veteran crystal relay
At the gatehouse in Veteran send FOUR players through the left route. Others CHANNEL CRYSTALS to open the first barrier; relay channelers at successive crystals until four reach FINAL UNLOCK. Do not leave every channeler behind.
02
Split left and right
Divide the raid into two four-player groups around left/right stairs. Tanks face DRAXUS away when he drops down.
03
Corruptors are priority
Interrupt MASS AFFLICTION from CORRUPTORS before they apply their group DoT. Dispatchers and Subteroths are lower-priority adds.
04
Handle DISMANTLERS
STRONG SWIPE knocks back and applies DISMANTLED; tanks taunt the Dismantler after the knockback before it executes OBLITERATE on the vulnerable player.
05
Stop DESPOILER heals
Interrupt, crowd-control or kill DESPOILER when it tries DARK INFUSION on other adds.
06
Leave one add alive for boss
When Draxus returns in waves 3 and 5, leave one DISPATCHER alive until he leaps away after taking damage. Otherwise the next wave spawns while Draxus is still present.
07
Kill wave nine
Final wave includes Draxus, guardians, Corruptor and Dispatchers. Kill Corruptor first, then Draxus and remaining enemies.
Story Mode: Story: add priority; deliberately delay final minor add in Draxus phases.
How you reach this boss: From Corruptor Zero continue into last Dread Master's room, beginning with LEFT and RIGHT HANDS.
01
Two tanks take HANDS
Face large HANDS' frontal cone AWAY from group; DPS quickly kill smaller FINGERS.
02
Move away from Reach pairs
After the Hands disappear, linked REACH OF BRONTES pairs spawn under players. Stay grouped and MOVE TOGETHER away from lethal connecting LIGHTNING LINES.
03
Fight Brontes and Kephess clones
Tank BRONTES away from group during ARCING ASSAULT. Kill CORRUPTED KEPHESS CLONES, interrupt charge and cleanse green NANITES.
04
Solve CLOCKWISE LIGHTNING
At around 50% she is IMMUNE and a LIGHTNING BEAM rotates CLOCKWISE. Kill SIX D-09 DROIDS clockwise AHEAD OF THE BEAM and never cut across it.
05
Assign one player to each FINGER
When SIX FINGERS spawn, assign one non-tank player per finger INCLUDING HEALERS. Stay in melee range so each does not ENRAGE. DPS kill theirs then help the healer-assigned targets.
06
Tanks handle big hands again
Tanks point HAND SLAMS away and other players avoid PURPLE SPIKE OF PAIN circles while finishing fingers and hands.
07
Final wall burn
When BRONTES returns, hold raid near a wall against FIRE AND FORGET knockback and survive rising MANIFEST SUPREMACY damage.
08
Confirm Dread Fortress clear
Only BRONTES'S final death completes the Operation; check the weekly before leaving.
Story Mode: Story: Hands/Fingers, paired lightning lines, Kephess clones, clockwise clock, final burn.
Veteran Mode: Veteran: tighter tank swaps, energy spheres and finger assignments; practice first in Story.
Stuck here? Clock explosions? SIX D-09s die clockwise BEFORE BEAM CONTACT. Finger enrages? Every healer and DPS needs one finger in melee range.
Draxus won't spawn in Veteran. What is the puzzle?
After Nefra, the GATEHOUSE CRYSTAL RELAY has to unlock the next door. Four channel at the first gate while the others advance, and channel responsibility moves at each crystal.
According to a June 2024 Reddit answer, FOUR can channel the same crystal at certain steps. Work through subsequent gate crystals until FOUR reach the end and unlock the path; group assignments matter more than damage.
No. A 2024 Reddit community conversation describes this cosmetic as a progression goal; clear Story and learn Veteran before treating Master loot as a farm.
Last research check: 2026-10-14. Boss tuning and interface controls can change after patch releases. These directions are source-researched, not claimed as first-hand in-client verification.
