Patch 10.1 PTR Update: Notes, Tier Set Bonuses & Raid Testing

Hello!

Here are this week’s PTR notes for Embers of Neltharion:

NEW ZONE: ZARALEK CAVERN

• The Embers of Neltharion campaign is now available for testing.

NEW RAID: ABERRUS, THE SHADOWED CRUCIBLE

Millennia ago, Neltharion carved deep places in the earth where he conducted world altering experiments. After his death, these sites were lost to time, until now. Forces seeking to claim the Earth-Warder’s legacy raid his dominion in search for powerful artifacts. Now the champions of Azeroth must venture into darkness and ensure the crucible’s dangerous power doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible features nine boss encounters: Kazzara, the Hellforged, The Amalgamation Chamber, The Forgotten Experiments, Assault of the Zaqali, Rashok, the Elder, The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn, Magmorax, Echo of Neltharion, and Scalecommander Sarkareth.

• Raid testing begins this Thursday, March 16. View the PTR raid testing schedule for more details.

CRUCIBLE CLASS ARMOR SETS

• Death Knight, Havoc Demon Hunter, Druid, Mage, Brewmaster Monk, Holy Paladin, and Protection Paladin class armor sets are available for testing. Visit Setzertauren in Stormwind and Orgrimmar to pick up the sets.
• Class armor set details can be found in this feedback thread. Please share bugs you find via the in-game bug reporting tool and your feedback about the bonuses in the feedback thread.

DRAGONFLIGHT SEASON 2

• MYTHIC+
  • The remaining Dragonflight dungeons will enter the fray:
    • Brackenhide Hollow
    • Halls of Infusion
    • Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
    • Neltharus
  • Four dungeons from past expansions will provide new challenges to keep the Mythic+ rotation fresh:
    • Freehold, Battle for Azeroth
    • The Underrot, Battle for Azeroth
    • Neltharion’s Lair, Legion
    • Vortex Pinnacle, Cataclysm
      • Vortex Pinnacle will be available for testing in a future PTR build.
  • Seasonal affixes are in development and will be available for testing in a future PTR build.
  • Dragonflight Season 2 Mythic+ testing begins on Thursday, March 16. Visit the feedback thread for details.

CLASSES

• DRUID
  • Balance
    • The second Moonfire cast by Twin Moons no longer generates Astral Power.
      • Developers’ note: With the increase in Moonfire Astral Power generation from 2 to 6 in Embers of Neltharion, this doubling of AP from Twin Moons is stronger than we intend. This change makes it consistent with Astral Power generated by Sunfire.
  • Feral
    • Fixed an issue where Sudden Ambush was not affecting Shred and Rake attacks during Berserk.
    • Fixed an issue where Raging Fury was not extending the duration of Tiger’s Fury.
    • Updated descriptions of Pouncing Strikes and Bloodtalons to specify they increase the damage of your attacks for their full duration.
      • Developers’ note: This copies the language from Tiger’s Fury and distinguishes effects which snapshot their benefits at the time a damage over time spell is cast (Tiger’s Fury, Bloodtalons, Rake from Stealth) from those that only increase spell damage as long as they’re active (Sabertooth, new Berserk).
• PALADIN
  • Holy
    • Avenging Crusader has been redesigned – You become the ultimate crusader of light for 12 seconds. Crusader Strike and Judgment cool down 30% faster and heal up to 5 injured allies for 750% of the damage done, split evenly among them. If Avenging Wrath is talented, also increases Judgment, Crusader Strike, and auto-attack damage by 30%.
• PRIEST
  • Shadow Word: Death now has a 10 second cooldown (was 20 seconds).
  • Discipline
    • Enduring Luminescence now also reduces the cast time of Power Word: Radiance by 30%.
    • Power Word: Radiance now has a spell school of Radiant (was Holy).
  • Shadow
    • Shadow Crash damage reduced by 70%.
    • Shadow Crash now has a 20 second cooldown (was 30 seconds).
    • Death and Madness Insanity generation reduced to 8 (was 30).
    • Death and Madness generates Insanity immediately instead of over 3 seconds.
    • Shadow Word: Death now generates 4 Insanity.
    • Deathspeaker trigger rate increased by 50%.
    • Deathspeaker now increases the damage of Shadow Word: Death by 25% while active.
    • Deathspeaker now temporarily increases the maximum charges of Shadow Word: Death by 1.
    • Deathspeaker no longer triggers Death and Madness’ cooldown.
    • New Talent: Distorted Reality – Increases the damage of Devouring Plague by 20%, but Devouring Plague deals its damage over 12 seconds and its Insanity cost is increased by 25.
    • Encroaching Shadows has been removed.
    • Devouring Plague instant damage increased by 75%.
    • Surge of Insanity has moved to Encroaching Shadows’ position.
    • Surge of Insanity now has a Spell Alert while active.
    • Mental Decay now updates the maximum duration of Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch so that the remaining durations are more easily understood.
• SHAMAN
  • Elemental
    • Flame Shock’s dispel protection from Control of Lava (PvP Talent) is now a baseline part of Flame Shock.
  • Enhancement
    • Flame Shock’s dispel protection from Control of Lava (PvP Talent) is now a baseline part of Flame Shock.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• CLASSES
  • HUNTER
    • Interlope (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Misdirection now causes your pet to redirect the next 3 hostile spells cast on your target. Misdirection cooldown increased by 15 seconds. Your pet must be within 20 yards of the target for spells to be redirected.
      • Developers’ note: We’re still working on this talent, so there may be a few bugs with this ability in this week’s PTR.
  • MAGE
    • Frost
      • Frost Bomb (PvP Talent) explosion damage increased by 50%. Dispelling Frost Bomb before its explosion now grants a charge of Brain Freeze.
  • PRIEST
    • New PvP Talent: Phase Shift – Step into the shadows when you cast Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 0.5 seconds. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.
    • Phase Shift has been added to the Personal Resource Display.
    • New PvP Talent: Absolute Faith – Leap of Faith also pulls the spirit of the 3 furthest allies within 40 yards and distributes health between you and the affected allies.
    • Eternal Rest (PvP Talent) has been removed.
    • Delivered from Evil (PvP Talent) has been removed.
  • SHAMAN
    • Elemental
      • Stormkeeper increases Lightning Bolt damage by 30% for Elemental in PvP combat (was 115%).
      • Casting Lightning Bolt with Surge of Power causes 1 additional Elemental Overload in PvP combat (was 2).
      • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 53% for Elemental in PvP combat.
      • Control of Lava (PvP Talent) has been removed.
      • New Talent: Volcanic Surge – Increases the damage of Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst by 20%. Lava Surge instead reduces the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Lava Burst by 25%, stacking up to 2 times.
    • Enhancement
      • Thundercharge (PvP Talent) has been removed.
  • WARLOCK
    • Bane of Fragility (PvP Talent) has been removed.
    • Destruction
      • Cremation (PvP Talent) has been removed.
    • Demonology
      • Call Fel Hunter (PvP Talent) has been removed.
      • Pleasure through Pain (PvP Talent) has been removed.

QUESTS

• Several new side questlines are now available:
  • “A Swallow’s Tale” from Effervesta in Loamm (requires completing “Six Hundred Feet Under” campaign quest)
  • “Slime Time Live” from Elder Honeypelt in Loamm (requires completing “Future Aspects” campaign quest)
  • “Mouse Detective” from Yarren in Hermit’s Hollow
  • “This Might Sting” for Dracthyr in Zaralek Cavern.

USER INTERFACE AND ACCESSIBILITY

• A ping animation has been added to the map when opened from the quest tracker, making it easier to spot the quest location.
• Fixed an issue where Hunter nameplate can disappear after using Feign Death.
• Fixed an issue where personal resource display and health bars can become detached or disappear.
• EDIT MODE
  • Pet Frame can now be moved separately from Player Frame.
  • The Edit Mode menu has been reorganized, with several options now hidden under Advanced Options.
  • The visibility toggle of the Buff and Debuff frames have been combined into one checkbox, but their functionality remains the same.
  • Encounter Bar will stay visible if it’s already shown when entering Edit Mode.
• OPTIONS
  • The Graphics Quality section has been reorganized into tabs.
  • The Auto Self Cast and Self Cast Key settings have been combined into a single dropdown.
  • Each Action Bar now has its own keybind section that appears if that Action Bar is enabled (they were previously grouped together under one section).
  • Mousing over a keybind row will now highlight the corresponding action bar button, and vice versa.

Embers of Neltharion features all new Tier Set armor for every class. We’re excited to share them with you today.

• Please note that the designs and values below are a work in progress. When these sets are ready for testing, the Embers of Neltharion PTR may include values other than what you see here, and values may be updated on the PTR with changes to these sets via hotfix at any time.

Class Set Design

Set armor bonuses in Season 1 had relatively low impact on gameplay and rotations, because we wanted to give the new talent system room to shine. In Embers of Neltharion, set bonuses can have more impact on your resources, cooldowns, and talents. Some bonuses are enhanced by playing certain talents, and some build on popular talents in the middle sections of trees. Throughout these designs, we intend for players to feel able to play the overall build or strategy they prefer.

Set Bonuses

Death Knight

Blood

• (2) Set Bonus: Heart Strike and Blood Boil deal 20% increased damage and have a 10% chance to grant Vampiric Blood for 5 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: When you would gain Vampiric Blood you are infused with Vampiric Strength, granting you 10% Strength for 5 seconds. Your Heart Strike and Blood Boil extend the duration of Vampiric Strength by 0.5 seconds.

Frost

• (2) Set Bonus: Howling Blast and Frost Fever damage increased by 10%. Your Rime-empowered Howling Blasts reduce the cooldown of Frostwyrm’s Fury by 2 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: After consuming Rime 15 times you call down Frostwyrm’s Fury on your target at 100% effectiveness.

Unholy

• (2) Set Bonus: Death Coil and Epidemic damage increased by 10%. Casting Death Coil or Epidemic grants a stack of Master of Death. At 20 stacks, Master of Death is consumed and you gain 15% Mastery for 20 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: When Death Coil or Epidemic consumes Sudden Doom gain two stacks of Master of Death or increase the Mastery bonus to 25% for 5 seconds.

Demon Hunter

Havoc

• (2) Set Bonus: Every 200 Fury you spend, gain Seething Fury, increasing your Agility by 8% for 6 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: Each time you gain Seething Fury, gain 15 Fury and the damage of your next Eye Beam is increased by 12%, stacking up to 5 times.

Vengeance

• (2) Set Bonus: Soul Fragments heal for 10% more and generating a Soul Fragment increases your Fire damage by 2% for 6 seconds. Multiple applications may overlap.
• (4) Set Bonus: Shear and Fracture deal Fire damage. After consuming 20 Soul Fragments, your next cast of Shear or Fracture applies Fiery Brand to its target for 6 seconds.

Druid

Balance

• (2) Set Bonus: Sunfire radius increased by 2 yards. Sunfire, Moonfire and Shooting Stars damage increased by 18%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Shooting Stars has a 20% chance to instead call down a Crashing Star, dealing (72% of Attack Power) Astral damage to the target and generating 5 Astral Power.
• Developers’ Note: The damage of Crashing Star is about 4 times the damage of a Shooting Star.

Feral

• (2) Set Bonus: Your auto-attacks have a chance to grant Shadows of the Predator, increasing your Agility by 1%. Each application past 5 has an increasing chance to reset to 2 stacks.
• (4) Set Bonus: When a Shadows of the Predator application resets stacks, you gain 5% increased Agility and you generate 1 combo point every 1.5 seconds for 6 seconds.

Guardian

• (2) Set Bonus: When you take damage, Mangle and Thrash damage and Rage generation are increased by 15% for 8 seconds and you heal for 6% of damage taken over 8 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: Maul/Raze damage increased by 20% and casting Ironfur or Maul/Raze increases your maximum health by 3% for 12 seconds, stacking 5 times.

Restoration

• (2) Set Bonus: Rejuvenation and Lifebloom healing increased by 15%. Regrowth healing over time increased by 75%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Flourish increases the rate of your heal over time effects by 40% for an additional 16 seconds after it ends. Verdant Infusion causes your Swiftmend target to gain 15% increased healing from you for 6 seconds.
• Developers’ Note: The duration of the 4-piece Flourish bonus is halved if Flourish is cast by Convoke the Spirits.

Evoker

Devastation

• (2) Set Bonus: Disintegrate and Pyre pierce enemies with Obsidian Shards, dealing 12% of damage done as Volcanic damage over 8 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: Empower spells deal 8% increased damage and cause the Obsidian Shards to become supercharged, dealing 200% more damage for 5 seconds. During Dragonrage, shards are always supercharged.

Preservation

• (2) Set Bonus: Spiritbloom applies a heal over time effect for 40% of healing done over 8 seconds. Dream Breath’s healing is increased by 15%.
• (4) Set Bonus: After casting 3 empower spells, gain Essence Burst immediately and another 3 seconds later.

Hunter

Beast Mastery

• (2) Set Bonus: Cobra Shot and Kill Command damage increased by 15%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Cobra Shot, Kill Command, and Multi-Shot reduce the cooldown of Bestial Wrath by 1 second.

Marksmanship

• (2) Set Bonus: Arcane Shot/Chimeara Shot and Multi-Shot deal 10% increased damage and have a 8% chance to grant you the Deathblow effect.
• (4) Set Bonus: Kill Shot damage increased by 15%, and Kill Shot reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire and Aimed Shot by 0.5 seconds.

Survival

• (2) Set Bonus: Wildfire Bomb damage increased by 10% and throwing a Wildfire Bomb increases the damage of your next Kill Command by 50%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Every 25 Focus you spend reduces the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb by 1 second.

Mage

Arcane

• (2) Set Bonus: Arcane Surge increases Spell Damage by an additional 5% and its duration is increased by 3 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: For every 20,000 mana spent during Arcane Surge, your spell damage is increased by 1% for 12 seconds after Arcane Surge fades, stacking up to 30 times.

Fire

• (2) Set Bonus: Phoenix Flames applies Charring Embers to all enemies it damages, increasing their damage taken from you by 6% for 10 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: When your direct damage spells hit an enemy affected by Charring Embers 30 times, gain Hyperthermia for 6 seconds.

Frost

• (2) Set Bonus: Flurry and Frostbolt damage increased by 20%. Flurry causes an explosion on impact, dealing 50% of its damage to nearby enemies, damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
• (4) Set Bonus: Casting Ice Lance on a frozen target has a 8% chance to trigger Brain Freeze.

Monk

Brewmaster

• (2) Set Bonus: Blackout Kick damage increased by 20%. You have a 10% chance to not reset your Elusive Brawler stacks on a successful dodge.
• (4) Set Bonus: Rising Sun Kick grants a stack of Elusive Brawler. When you dodge, damage and critical strike chance of your next Blackout Kick or Rising Sun Kick is increased by 5%, stacking up to 5 times.

Mistweaver

• (2) Set Bonus: Renewing Mists has a chance to grant Soulfang Infusion, granting 5% of your maximum Mana over 6 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: Drinking a Tea or gaining Soulfang Infusion increases the healing of your Vivify and Renewing Mists by 40% for 6 seconds.

Windwalker

• (2) Set Bonus: Rising Sun Kick deals increased damage and has a chance to go nova, dealing Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
• (4) Set Bonus: Your melee auto-attacks have a chance to launch a Shadowflame spirit at your enemy that duplicates your next 3 abilities at X% effectiveness.

Paladin

Holy

• (2) Set Bonus: Holy Shock’s critical strikes heal for 15% more and reduce the cooldown of Light’s Hammer by 2 seconds and Holy Prism by 1 second.
• (4) Set Bonus: Light’s Hammer heals 100% more frequently and generates 1 Holy Power every 4 seconds. Holy Prism’s healing is increased by 80% and it generates 1 Holy Power if cast on an enemy target, or 3 if cast on an ally.

Protection

• (2) Set Bonus: Avenger’s Shield causes targets struck to burn with Heartfire, dealing an additional 20% of damage dealt over 5 seconds. Heartfire heals you for 100% of damage it deals.
• (4) Set Bonus: Judgment critical strikes can trigger Grand Crusader.

Retribution

• (2) Set Bonus: Judgment and Hammer of Wrath deal 10% increased damage and 20% increased critical strike damage.
• (4) Set Bonus: Judgment increases the damage enemies take from your Holy Power spenders by an additional 5%. Hammer of Wrath applies Judgment to enemies.

Priest

Discipline

• (2) Set Bonus: Casting Penance on an enemy also heals a nearby injured ally at 20% effectiveness. Casting Penance on an ally also damages a nearby enemy at 35% effectiveness.
• (4) Set Bonus: Every 3 casts of Penance grants you Shadow Covenant for 5 seconds and converts that Penance to a Shadow spell.

Holy

• (2) Set Bonus: Prayer of Mending has a 20% chance to duplicate to another nearby target when it jumps.
• (4) Set Bonus: When Prayer of Mending jumps, it increases the damage and healing of your next Holy Word by 4%, stacking up to 15 times.

Shadow

• (2) Set Bonus: When consuming Shadowy Insight, Mind Blast deals 60% increased damage and generates 4 additional Insanity.
• (4) Set Bonus: Every 400 Insanity spent summons Shadowfiend/Mindbender for 5 seconds.

Rogue

Assassination

• (2) Set Bonus: Rupture and Crimson Tempest deal an additional 33% damage as Nature.
• (4) Set Bonus: When Deathmark expires, Nature damage you deal is increased by 40% for 30 seconds.

Outlaw

• (2) Set Bonus: Damage you inflict applies a Soulrip, dealing 5% of all damage you deal as physical damage over 8 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: Between the Eyes unleashes all Soulrips, dealing 200% of all remaining damage and granting 7% Agility for 15 seconds.

Subtlety

• (2) Set Bonus: Shadow Dance grants you Symbols of Death for 10 seconds and extends the duration of Rupture by 4 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: Symbols of Death increases the critical strike damage of Eviscerate and Black Powder by 15%.

Shaman

Elemental

• (2) Set Bonus: Gain Stormkeeper every 40 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: For 8 seconds after you consume Stormkeeper, your Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, Icefury, and Frost Shock generate 100% more Maelstrom, and your Chain Lightning, Lava Beam, and Earthquake critical strike damage is increased by 20%.

Enhancement

• (2) Set Bonus: Sundering increases your Mastery by 12% for 15 seconds.
• (4) Set Bonus: When Sundering hits a single target, you deal 30% increased physical damage for 15 seconds. When Sundering strikes 2 or more targets, your next Chain Lightning deals 50% increased damage and refunds 100% of Maelstrom Weapon stacks consumed.

Restoration

• (2) Set Bonus: when you cast Healing Rain, all allies with your Riptide on them are healed by Tidewaters for (140% of Spell Power).
• (4) Set Bonus: Each ally healed by Tidewaters increases your haste by 1% for 6 seconds and increases the healing of your next Riptide by 10%.

Warlock

Affliction

• (2) Set Bonus: Vile Taint cooldown reduced by 5 seconds and Phantom Singularity cooldown reduced by 12 seconds. Vile Taint and Phantom Singularity damage increased by 60%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Enemies damaged by Phantom Singularity gain Infirmity for its duration and enemies damaged by Vile Taint gain Infirmity for 10 seconds, increasing damage taken by 10%.
• Developers’ note: The (4) Set Bonus technically applies Infirmity for 2 seconds every time an enemy is damaged by Phantom Singularity. Phantom Singularity deals damage every 2 seconds, so this has the effect of keeping Infirmity on targets for its duration.

Demonology

• (2) Set Bonus: Demonbolt damage increased 15%. Consuming a Demonic Core reduces the cooldown of Grimoire: Felguard by 1 second.
• (4) Set Bonus: Grimoire: Felguard deals 40% additional damage and empowers your active demons, increasing their damage done by 20% while active.

Destruction

• (2) Set Bonus: Channel Demonfire bolts, Immolate, and Incinerate have a 20% chance to fire an additional Channel Demonfire bolt.
• (4) Set Bonus: After casting 15 Demonfire bolts, your next Demonfire bolt deals (103% of Spell Power) Shadowflame damage to the target and (35% of Spell Power) Shadowflame damage to enemies within 8 yards.

Warrior

Arms

• (2) Set Bonus: Deep Wounds increases your chance to critically strike and critical strike damage dealt to afflicted targets by 10%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Deep Wounds critical strikes have a chance to increase the damage of your next Slam by 25%, stacking 10 times, and cause it to strike up to 4 additional targets for 50% damage.
• Developers’ Note: The chance for the (4) Set Bonus to trigger its effect increases at a diminishing rate for each target beyond the first. This is similar to the effects of spells like Agony and Shooting Stars.

Fury

• (2) Set Bonus: Rampage damage and chance to critically strike increased by 10%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Rampage critical strikes against your primary target cause your next Bloodthirst to deal 50% increased damage and generate 2 additional Rage, stacking up to 4 times. It also has a 100% chance to critically strike.

Protection

• (2) Set Bonus: Shield Slam deals 15% increased damage and reduces the cooldown of Last Stand by 0.5 seconds. During Last Stand these effects are doubled.
• (4) Set Bonus: For 10 seconds after Last Stand ends, Shield Slam unleashes a wave of force dealing damage to enemies in front of you and reduces damage they deal to you by 5% for 5 seconds.

Playtesting and Providing Feedback

The bonuses above will become available for testing in the Embers of Neltharion PTR over the coming weeks. We expect the first few sets you’ll see on the PTR to be Death Knight, Havoc Demon Hunter, Druid, Mage, Brewmaster Monk, and Holy and Protection Paladin. Look for Setzertauren near the current PvP and Professions vendors in Orgrimmar and Stormwind City. Please share bugs you find via the in-game bug reporting tool and your feedback about the bonuses in this thread.

Thank you!

The raid testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a test environment. There’s the possibility of having to change the time of a testing session, change the bosses being tested, or cancel a test entirely due to bugs, server hardware issues, etc.

We’ll be updating this schedule with boss details as we get closer to their testing dates. Keep an eye on the PTR forum for the boss feedback threads and the latest information. Thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.

Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Testing Schedule

The final boss of the raid, Scalecommander Sarkareth, will not be available for testing.

Thursday, March 16

• Heroic
  • Kazzara, the Hellforged – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 21:00 CET)
  • The Amalgamation Chamber – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 22:00 CET)

Friday, March 17

• Heroic
  • The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 21:00 CET)
  • Rashok, the Elder – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 22:00 CET)

Thursday, March 23

• Heroic
  • Boss TBD – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, March 24

• Heroic
  • Boss TBD – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
• Normal
  • Start – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)
  • End – Monday, March 27 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Thursday, March 30

• Mythic
  • Boss TBD – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, March 31

• Raid Finder
  • Wing TBD
    • Start – 17:00 PDT (21:00 EDT, 03:00 CEST)
    • End – Monday, April 1 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Thursday, April 6

• Mythic
  • Boss TBD – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)

Friday, April 7

• Mythic
  • Boss TBD – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)

Friday, April 14

• Mythic
  • Boss TBD – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, April 21

• Mythic
  • Boss TBD – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Boss TBD – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Raid Finder

The remaining two Raid Finder wings will be added to the testing schedule at a later date.

Q: How do I get into the raid zone?

A: In Valdrakken, Orgrimmar, or Stormwind, you may speak to Nexus-Lord Donjon Rade V in order to teleport into the raid zone while it is open for testing. (The option to teleport into a zone will not be available when the zone is not open for testing.)

Q: What character should I use to test the raid?

A: Whichever you prefer. We will be scaling players’ effective level to 70 for raid testing, and their item level to an appropriate threshold for the encounter(s) being tested.

Q: How long does testing last?

A: The primary purpose of testing is to give us the information we need to balance the encounters, evaluate how mechanics are playing out in practice, and identify bugs. Once we’re satisfied that we’ve received that information for a given boss, we’ll be shutting down testing. Usually this takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, but there are no guarantees.

Q: How do I report feedback or bugs?

A: We’ll be posting encounter feedback threads each week prior to the start of the raid tests. Additionally, you can also submit your feedback through the in-game Issue Reporter tool.