Another round of Mythic+ testing arrives to the 12.1 PTR and with it come plenty of changes to the dungeons! Testing continues today, with four old Midnight dungeons getting checked out until the 6th. The older dungeons get their turn starting on the 7th. The 14th sees all Season 2 dungeons in the testing pool.
The four dungeons tested over the weekend are the ones getting tuning. So, the Blinding Vale, Den of Nalorakk, Murder Row, and Voidscar Arena. From big revamps like removing some casters from the entire dungeon or shortening RP sections to slowed down pacing on certain boss encounters, ability redesigns, and more, there are plenty changes to check out below.
Greetings!
Midnight Season 2 dungeon testing continues on Thursday, July 2nd. We are making an adjustment to our Mythic+ testing schedule.
- July 2nd – July 6th: Midnight Dungeons
- The Blinding Vale
- Den of Nalorakk
- Murder Row
- Voidscar Arena
- July 7th – July 13th: Legacy Dungeons
- Temple of Sethraliss
- Kings’ Rest
- Ruby Life Pools
- July 14th – July 22nd: All Season 2 Mythic+ Dungeons
During the test period you’ll be able to acquire and customize Mythic Keystones by talking to the Keystone Vendor in Stormwind, Orgrimmar and Silvermoon. The nearby Dungeon Teleports NPC will assist you with transportation. This NPC will now also appear at the beginning of each dungeon on Mythic difficulty who can teleport players back to a capital city.Provided that the items equipped on your character are at least item level 226, they will scale automatically to a higher level as needed to support Dungeon testing.
Dungeon Update
- The Blinding Vale
- General
- Updated spawning across the dungeon to reduce the amount of casters found in a single creature pack
- Ikuzz the Light Hunter
- Slowed the encounter’s ability pacing to give players more time to destroy their Bloodthorn Roots
- Improved Ikuzz’s detection of nearby Bloodthorn Roots during Bloodthirsty Gaze
- Lightwarden Ruia
- Added a visual indicator to Lightfire that communicates the direction of outgoing Lightfire Beams
- Ziekket
- Lightspawn Lasher’s health has been reduced
- General
- Den of Nalorakk
- General
- Increased the pacing of some RP sequences in the dungeon
- Winter Gauntlet
- Looming Tempest has been removed
- Defeating the creature The Winter Squall now stops the Harsh Winds effect in the area
- Snow drifts now prevents players from slipping on icy terrains
- Sentinel of Winter
- Eternal Winter has been redesigned
- Renamed to Frozen Tempest
- Absorb shield on the boss has been removed
- Channel time reduced to 8 seconds
- Now creates a 10 yards safe zone near the boss
- Fractured Shivercore now only creates one Rimeshatter instead of two
- Eternal Winter has been redesigned
- Nalorakk
- Updated Overwhelming Onslaught to a group mechanic
- General
- Murder Row
- General
- Significantly reduced the number of casters in the second half of the dungeon
- Cantina Event
- Event now instantly ends when players reach 5 stars
- Requirement to reach 5 stars reduced by 20%
- Players no longer switch roles during the event
- Five Star Review!’s buff duration increased from 3 minutes to 4 minutes
- General
- Voidscar Arena
- General
- Overhauled creature spawning and ability packages across the dungeon
- Added two new minibosses at the start of the dungeon, each granting players a unique buff when defeated
- Protective Turtle
- Shell Guard now has a limited channel time. When the channel finishes, the caster becomes stunned, taking increased damage for 10 seconds.
- Taz’Rah
- Encounter has been redesigned with new abilities and updated visuals
- Atroxus
- Monstrous Stomp has been redesigned
- Renamed Monstrous Roar
- Removed Knockback
- Now summons a Toxic Creeper
- Monstrous Stomp has been redesigned
- Chaornus
- Encounter has been updated with new mechanics and ability schedule
- General
Thanks for testing and sharing your thoughts with us! We’ll be reviewing your feedback closely and will continue to post updates throughout the beta as changes roll out.
