You’ll Want to Farm Blackrock Depths Again This November

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WoW’s celebrating its 21st anniversary later this year and Blizzard is bringing back the Blackrock Depths raid with updated rewards!

Rewards Bumped to Season 3 Standards

In Patch 11.2.5, the item levels of loot from Blackrock Depths has been updated for War Within Season 3. Keep in mind this is with Turbo Boost enabled which provides Hero and Myth-track gear with 2 additional gear upgrade ranks.

DifficultyBosses 1-2Bosses 3-5Bosses 6-7Boss 8
Raid Finder668 (Veteran 1/8)671 (Veteran 2/8)675 (Veteran 3/8)678 (Veteran 4/8)
Normal681 (Champion 1/8)684 (Champion 2/8)688 (Champion 3/8)691 (Champion 4/8)
Heroic694 (Hero 1/8)697 (Hero 2/8)701 (Hero 3/8)704 (Hero 4/8)

How Many Bosses Are In the Raid?

The raid contains 8 mandatory and 5 optional bosses:

Mandatory raid bosses include:

  • Lord Roccor
  • Bael’Gar
  • Lord Incendius
  • Golem Lord Argelmach
  • The Seven
  • General Angerforge
  • Ambassador Flamelash
  • Emperor Dagran Thaurissan

Optional raid bosses are:

  • Phalanx
  • High Interrogator Gerstahn
  • Houndmaster Grebmar
  • Fineous Darkvire
  • Pyromancer Loregrain

When Will the Raid Open?

The raid will become available starting November 16, 2025, when WoW’s anniversary event begins on live servers.