Ritual Sites World Event Guide

Ritual Sites are a new form of instanced content players can do, starting in Patch 12.0.5. They are instanced 1-5 man content where we deal with invaders striking Quel'Thalas. They are scenarios that have some similarities to Delves - they have scaling difficulty, and can be run with a group of 1-5 people. There are two available Ritual Sites you can run, which rotate weekly:

• Daggerspine Point in Eversong Woods.
• Broken Throne in Zul'Aman.

Although they are mechanically similar to Delves, there are a few key differences - You do not have access to a Delve companion, and you are able to customize your experience by selecting several challenges. There are 5 tiers of Ritual Sites you can run:

• Tier 1: Recommended ilvl 215.
• Tier 2: Recommended ilvl 231.
• Tier 3: Recommended ilvl 244.
• Tier 4: Recommended ilvl 257.
• Tier 5: Recommended ilvl 264.

Completing Ritual Sites grants Field Accolade currency, reputation with the Ritual Sites Renown, and other rewards such as Crests and Voidlight Marl. In addition to this, looting mobs in Ritual Sites also grants Dark Particle, which can be exchanged for more Field Accolades at Ritual Site vendors.

The loot you get in Ritual Sites is directly determined via a scoring system that has a couple of factors built in - Spoils and Deaths.

• Spoils are obtained when completing a main objective for the Ritual Site. As an example, on a Ritual Site that has you killing six named mobs, each mob grants you a quantity of Spoils. Spoil rewards scale up with Ritual Site difficulty, and are further scaled up via Challenges.
• Deaths provide a penalty to your Spoils. The first two deaths do not affect your Spoil rewards, but each death after the first two reduces your Spoil rewards by 5%, up to a maximum of 50%.

Challenges are a new mechanic exclusive to Ritual Sites, in which you are able to customize the difficulty by adding affixes to your runs. Each Challenge adds an affix to the Ritual Site, increasing the difficulty of the scenario, but also increasing the amount of Spoils you can loot at the end of the run.

You can start doing challenges in Tier 3 of Ritual Sites, with each subsequent tier allowing for more challenges:

• Tier 3: 1 Challenge
• Tier 4: 2 Challenges
• Tier 5: 4 Challenges

Challenge	Description	How to Unlock
Tendrils	Occasionally, Grasping Tendrils will spawn at your feet. If you fail to dodge, you'll get rooted for 5 seconds. Spoils increased by 10% when selected.	Found at the end of a Ritual Site chest.
Manifestations	Occasionally, an elite add will spawn at you and use a lethal ability. These can be interrupted with any CCs, or stepped out of. Spoils increased by 15% when selected.	After completing a Tier 3 Ritual Site, return to Silvermoon and speak with Ranger Captain Lilatha to pick up the quest Manifested Density. Complete it to earn the affix.
Magical Alarm Bells	Every 25 mobs killed, a portal will open up, summoning additional units. Spoils increased by 13% when selected.	After completing a Tier 4 Ritual Site, return to Silvermoon and speak with Lady Darkglen to pick up the quest Raising Magical Alarms. Complete it to earn the affix.
Malevolent Boons	Dark Obelisks spawn throughout the Ritual Site, granting additional abilities to nearby mobs. These can be destroyed. Spoils increased by 20% when selected.	After completing a Tier 2 Ritual Site, return to Silvermoon and speak with Lady Darkglen to pick up the quest Dark Obelisk Investigation. Complete it (you earn quest credit by walking close to 5 Dark Obelisks in a Ritual Site) to earn the affix.
Tainted Corpses	Mobs killed in Ritual Sites now drop a pool of taint that deals damage when stepped on. Spoils increased by 10% when selected.	Locate a tainted bone pile in a Ritual Site to pick up a Tainted Sample. Each site has its own location: /way #2585 48.04 36.47 Tainted Bone Pile (Broken Throne)
Reinforced	More mobs will spawn throughout the Ritual Site. Spoils increased by 15% when selected.	After completing a Tier 2 Ritual Site, return to Silvermoon and speak with Ranger Captain Lilatha to pick up the quest Thin Their Ranks. Complete it to earn the affix.
Patrols	Elite mob groups patrol throughout the Ritual Site. These are visible on the minimap and do not drop any loot, so avoid them all costs. Spoils increased by 15% when selected.	Search treasures in Tier 3 Ritual Sites for Ethereal Treasure and start the quest Misappropriated Treasures. Complete it by finding another 3 treasures hidden in the Ritual Site to complete the quest and earn the affix..
Embers	Embers of Power bolster certain mobs in the Ritual Site. Defeat them to disable the Embers. Spoils increased by 25% when selected.	Loot Ember of Power from mobs in Tier 4 to start the quest Questionable Power. Complete the quest to earn the affix.

Ritual Sites also have a Renown system of their own. You earn reputation with them by completing Ritual Sites, and benefits include Cosmetic Rewards and improvements to Ritual Site scenarios:

• The first Ritual Site completed for the week grants 750 Reputation.
• Each subsequent Ritual Site completion gives you reputation rewards relative to your final score.