Blizzard have shared everything that’s coming with next week’s Dragonflight Season 1 launch, from the raid unlock schedule, start of the Mythic+ and PvP seasons, 4 new world bosses, cross-faction Mythic and cross-realm and more.
Season 1 (Source)
Dragonflight Season 1 goes live the week of December 12 and brings a new raid, an updated rotation of challenging Mythic+ dungeons, and a new PvP Season. This season will also feature familiar exclusive rewards such as the Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge achievements for raids, Keystone Master achievements, rewards for Mythic+, and Gladiator rewards for PvP.
Read on for more details, and prepare to take on all new challenges.
New Raid
Vault of the Incarnates
The Primalists breached the Titan prison used to hold the Incarnates for millennia. Within, Raszageth performs a foul ritual to unleash her siblings so together they can purge the world of the Titans’ influence. The champions of Azeroth must assault this impregnable fortress and break their defenses to end this threat. While many could fall, defeat condemns all the realms to the Incarnates’ reign of fire and blood.
Unravel the mysteries of the Vault of the Incarnates.
Raid Unlock Schedule:
Week of December 12: Normal, Heroic, and Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will open with the weekly maintenance for each region
Week of December 19: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 1 opens
Week of January 2: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 2 opens
Week of January 16: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 3 opens
Vault of the Incarnates is the first raid players will experience in Dragonflight, featuring eight all-new boss encounters. [Learn More]
Cross-Faction Mythic, Cross-Realm, and Hall of Fame Eligibility
Cross-faction Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will be available from the start. Hall of Fame entries will require at least 16 out of 20 raiders from the same guild and faction to be eligible for rewards. Cross-realm will unlock later in the season.
Four New World Bosses
Four new World Bosses are raging through the Dragon Isles and will be on a weekly rotation starting with Basrikron, The Shale Wing.
Basrikron, The Shale Wing
Bazual, The Dreaded Flame
Liskanoth, the Futurebane
Strunraan, The Sky’s Misery
New Dungeon Rotation
Court of Stars dungeon returns in Dragonflight Season 1
Dragonflight Season 1 will feature a new dungeon rotation for Mythic+. Four dungeons from Dragonflight are included, and four returning dungeons from previous expansions. Here’s the full lineup:
Ruby Life Pools
The Nokhud Offensive
The Azure Vault
Algeth’ar Academy
Halls of Valor (from the Legion™ expansion)
Court of Stars (from the Legion™ expansion)
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds (from the Warlords of Draenor™ expansion)
Temple of the Jade Serpent (from the Mists of Pandaria™ expansion)
Mythic+ and PvP Season 1 will also begin the week of December 12 with regional maintenance. For Dragonflight, the item level of rewards from completing Mythic+ runs will not be capped on the first week, as Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will open simultaneously.
The Inspiration Catalyst used to turn non-set pieces of the appropriate slot into a new set piece of the same item level will be available later in Season 1.
New Seasonal Affix: Thundering
Enemies have 5% more health. While in combat, players are periodically overcharged with primal power from Raszageth’s unending storm. This power comes with great risk, and failure to discharge it quickly can have stunning consequences.
Mythic+ Rewards
The following rewards can be obtained by completing Mythic Keystone Dungeons in Season 1:
Dragonflight Keystone Conqueror: Season 1 – Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 1500 during Dragonflight Season 1.
Reward: “The Thundering” title
Dragonflight Keystone Master: Season 1 – Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 2000 during Dragonflight Season 1.
Reward: Mount: Hailstorm Armoredon
Dungeon Teleports
Earned for each dungeon by completing a +20 or higher in that dungeon.
Title awarded to players in the top 0.1% of Mythic+ rating in each region at the end of the season.
Reward: “The Thundering Hero” title
New PvP Season
A new PvP Season will also kick off, allowing heroes all over Azeroth a chance to obtain glory in the Arenas and Battlegrounds. The new item level caps for Honor and Conquest gear shake up as follows:
Crafted PvP gear is Crimson Combatant and has a PvP item level of 398
Honor PvP gear Crimson Aspirant and has a PvP item level of 411
Conquest PvP gear is Crimson Gladiator and has a PvP item level of 424
Rewards
Title: Crimson Gladiator
Mount: Crimson’s Gladiator’s Drake
Dragonriding Appearance: Highland Drake: Embodiment of the Crimson Gladiator
New Vicious mounts–Alliance and Horde-themed Sabertooth
New Weapon Illusion
New Pennant
New Tabard and Cloak
The Weapon Illusion, Pennant, Tabard, and Cloak will be updated and added in a future content patch before the end of Season 1.
To learn more about Dragonflight, visit Dragonflight.blizzard.com and check WorldofWarcraft.com/news for updates.
See you on the Dragon Isles!
