The War Within Delves Guide

Delves are the new endgame content in World of Warcraft: The War Within update. They mix great storytelling with fast, exciting gameplay. Delves are different from regular raiding and Mythic+ content. You don’t have to do them, but if you do, you’ll find special rewards and new challenges.

Delves is a great choice for players who want to explore Azeroth’s world deeply but don’t want the long time commitment of big raids or dungeons. Let's take a closer look.

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Delves Explained: What You Need to Know

Delves are short, exciting adventures made for 1 to 5 players. They last about 10 to 15 minutes and offer a mix of combat and storytelling. Delves are designed to be fun for any type of player, and they help you learn more about the new area, Khaz Algar.

Key Features of Delves:

Delves change the way we do endgame content in World of Warcraft. They give a new, fun way to play outside of regular raids and PvP. With Delves, you can enjoy fresh adventures that match your style, explore exciting stories that evolve, and dive as deep as you want without messing up your progress elsewhere.

Understanding Delve Tiers and Their Progression

Delves are organized into tiers, each with different levels of difficulty and rewards. Here’s what you need to know:

• Pre-Season Availability: Before Season 1 officially starts, you can explore tiers 1 to 3. These tiers are easier and help you get familiar with Delve mechanics and stories.

When you reach level 80, complete the campaign with your first character, and equip gear of at least 548 item level in every slot, you'll earn the War Within Delves: Endgame achievement. This achievement grants you access to Tier 4 delves. By completing each delve, you'll unlock the next tier, eventually reaching the highest level, Tier 11.

• Seasonal Release: When Season 1 begins, tiers 4 to 11 will open up. These tiers are harder and offer deeper stories. This setup lets you progress at your own pace.
• Story Progression: Higher tiers speed up story development. You don’t have to complete all the higher tiers to enjoy the story. This allows you to experience the lore at your own speed.
• Balanced Rewards: Tiers 9 to 11 offer rewards similar to tier 8. This design keeps lower tiers valuable for gear and doesn’t force players to always aim for the highest tiers unless they want the challenge.

So, here is the Delve progression system:

The tier system keeps the game fun and rewarding for all players, regardless of game time spent or play style.

Seasonal Updates: Delves will get updates and new content each season. This keeps the gameplay fresh and exciting, encouraging you to return and discover new challenges.

Delve Revive Counter

From Tier 4 onwards, each Delve has a Revive Counter. This tracks how many deaths your team can have before failing the Delve. Similar to Torghast's death counter, it affects your loot quality: fewer deaths mean better rewards. Play carefully and work together to get the best loot.

Delve Boons

Delve Boons give you useful bonuses to help in your Delve. You can get them by defeating certain enemies, interacting with special items, or finding them in chests during the Delve.

Delve Locations

In The War Within, there are four new zones, each offering a unique environment and story.

Here’s a quick guide on how to find Delves:

Also the 13th Delve is a hidden challenge in The War Within. It's not yet revealed, but it promises to be the toughest and most rewarding Delve, with clues scattered throughout the game for those who seek it.

Delve Companion Brann Bronzebeard

In The War Within, Brann Bronzebeard joins as your versatile companion to enhance your delving adventures.

As you explore the depths of Khaz Algar's delves, Brann can switch between being a damage dealer (DPS) and a healer. This flexibility lets you adjust based on what each delve needs.

How to Change Role: Talk to Brann at the start of your delve to pick his role. You can change his role in future delves to fit your party’s needs and the challenges you face.

Brann Bronzebeard Abilities

Brann has a range of abilities that improve as he gains experience. Here’s what he can do:

Universal Abilities:

• Aspect of the Turtle: Provides strong defense when Brann is low on health, reducing damage by 30% for 5 seconds but preventing attacks.
• Feign Death: Lets Brann avoid combat to save his strength by tricking enemies into ignoring him.
• Ol' Faithful: Deals steady ranged damage with Brann’s gun, useful for attacking from a distance.
• Flint and Tinder: Boosts versatility and aids in cooking by building a campfire after combat.
• The Bronzebeard Spirit: Heals Brann for 30% of his maximum health after taking significant damage, usable every 15 seconds.
• Brann's Epic Egg: Summons a devilsaur egg that hatches after 15 seconds, attacking enemies and causing fear every 15 seconds.

DPS Abilities:

• Ancient Weapon Oil: Adds extra fiery damage to a player's weapon, enhancing their attacks for 15 seconds.
• Gryphadin's Battle Harness: Calls a gryphon for powerful area attacks after a major cooldown, dealing significant damage every second for 10 seconds, usable every 1 minute.
• Ice Trap: Hurls an ice trap that reduces enemies' movement speed by 50% and may hold them in place for 3 seconds.
• Monkey Leash: Summons Glibb, Brann’s pet monkey, boosting nearby players’ movement speed by 10%.
• Steel Traps: Deploys traps that deal moderate Physical damage to enemies who approach and continue to cause damage over 15 seconds.
• Thirty Yards of Rope: Throws a rope to free players from stuns and bonds, granting immunity to such effects for 4 seconds.
• Volley: Rains arrows down on multiple enemies, dealing moderate Physical damage to those in the area.

Healer Abilities:

• Aegis of Ironforge: Creates a shield reducing damage by 20% and preventing control effects for 8 seconds, usable every 3 minutes.
• Ancient Alchemy Stone: Increases healing received by 1% for 6 seconds when healed by Dwarven Medicine; stacks.
• Antidote Salve: Removes Poison and Disease effects from an infected player.
• Bag of Snacks: Restores a moderate amount of health over 2 seconds by launching snacks at injured players.
• Dwarfen Medicine: Drops healing potions that restore health when players walk through them, with a limit of 3.
• Emergency Supplies: Instantly heals a player for 25% of their maximum health if they fall below 30%, usable every 3 minutes.
• Relic of Uldum: Heals nearby allies significantly over 15 seconds with a powerful ancient relic.
• Tranquilizing Blow Dart: Fires darts at empowered enemies, removing 1 Enrage and 1 Magic effect.

The War Within: New World Slots in the Great Vault

In The War Within, the Great Vault gets a big update with the addition of World Slots. This new feature replaces the old PvP row and offers a new way to earn rewards.

How to Unlock: You can unlock World Slots by completing Delves or other World Activities. Complete 1, 4, or 9 activities each week to unlock these slots.

Reward Levels: The rewards from World Slots match the difficulty of the activities you do. They can be as good as Heroic raid gear or Mythic 15 dungeon gear.

This new system gives you more ways to earn great gear and rewards based on how much you play and what you do in the game.

Bountiful Delves

At level 80, you can begin the Bountiful Delves quest from the Delver's Journal in Dornogal. This quest, available through the Delver's Journal in Dornogal, brings exciting challenges and great rewards.

How to Obtain Restored Coffer Keys:

Collect 100 Coffer Key Shards to create a Restored Coffer Key. Sources include World Quests, Radiant Echoes, and various outdoor events throughout Khaz Algar.

Purchase from Vendors: At level 10 reputation with The Assembly of the Deeps, you can buy Restored Coffer Key from specific vendors:

• Sir Finley Mrgglton (Delve Treasures, Dornogal) - 2000 Undercoin
• Waxmonger Squick (Renown Quartermaster, The Ringing Deeps) - 650 Resonance Crystals coins

Finding the Bountiful Delve:

The location of the Bountiful Delve changes periodically. To find it:

• Check Your Map: The Bountiful Delve will be marked, and mousing over it will provide necessary details, including the remaining duration of its Bountiful status.
• Keep an Eye on the Timer: Ensure you complete the Delve while it remains Bountiful to reap the full rewards.

Bountiful Coffers are filled with valuable loot, ideal for gear upgrades. They offer rare materials, unique cosmetics, and extra challenges, making them ideal for tougher adventures. You'll also receive an amazing mount - the Delver's Dirigible.

Delves Item Level Loot Table

In The War Within, diving into Delves is lines you up for some item level loot that gets better as you tackle harder Delves. Here’s a table on how choosing different Delve difficulties boosts the item level gear, right away and from the Great Vault.

Rewards Delves in Season 1 The War Within

Delves give out special rewards each season and at the end of Delve. You can get unique items, achievements, and mounts while you play. But, seasonal rewards are only available this season. When Season 2 begins, they’ll be gone.

Treasure Room Loot

Each Delve culminates in a Treasure Room filled with Heavy Trunks. These offer a wealth of personal loot, including:

• Gear Tuned to Your Class and Level: Equivalent to Heroic or Mythic+ gear at higher tiers.
• Undercoin: A special currency used for various upgrades and purchases.
• Resonant Crystals: Needed for upgrading gear and crafting.
• Companion Upgrades: Enhance the abilities of your Delve companions.
• Quest Items and Cosmetics: Unique items to enhance your character's appearance and complete special quests.

Meta Achievement: Glory of the Delver

Completing the Glory of the Delver achievement is a true mark of a Delve master. This achievement not only tests your overall skills across various challenges but rewards you with the majestic Ivory Goliathus mount.

Here are the key achievements to unlock this reward:

Season 1 Titles

Dive into The War Within delves, tackling challenges, earn you some bragging rights with unique titles. Here are the achievements you need to earn titles in Season 1.

Season 1 Mount Rewards

Ivory Goliathus Mount: Grab this mount by completing the Glory of the Delver achievement, or you can make it easier on yourself and use the Glory of the Delver Boost.

Delver's Dirigible Mount: Earn this mount by finishing the Bountiful Delves quest.

The Delver's Dirigible Schematic Mount: Challenge yourself with the "Let Me Solo Him" achievement by taking down Zekvir solo in his lair. This schematic lets you upgrade your Delver's Dirigible, giving it a cool, new look.

Cosmetic

Nemesis Achievement: Defeat the formidable Zekvir to earn the Zekvir's Raptorial Spine, a testament to your prowess and a unique collectible item that will not be available after the season ends.

Plunge into the depths of The War Within’s Delves and score unique helms, each helm not only enhances your character's appearance but also adds a unique flair that reflects the adventures and challenges faced within the depths of Khaz Algar. It's thought that these are rare drop items you can obtain at the end of a Delve.

Vendor Rewards in Delves

Head down into the Delves and score some unique items with special currencies like Undercoins and Resonance Crystals.

Vendors: Hook up with Reno Jackson and Sir Finley Mrrgglton in Dornogal’s Capital City.

Cosmetic Sets Reno Jackson:

• Chest, Helm, Legs: Each costs 3250 Resonance Crystals.
• Feet, Hands, Shoulders: Grab each for 2600 Resonance Crystals.
• Waist, Wrists, Back: Each just 1300 Resonance Crystals.
• Delver’s Dirigible Cosmetics: Pimp your airship with cool cosmetics, each for just 10 Resonance Crystals.

Cosmetic Sets Sir Finley Mrrgglton:

Sir Finley Mrrgglton in The War Within offers a wide range of cosmetic, items and Adventurer-track gear for purchase with Undercoins. Here’s a quick look at what you can buy from him:

Final Thoughts

Designed as a new endgame pillar, Delves give players a fresh and exciting way to play. They are short, story-rich and grand new adventure with different challenges. Perfect for players who want quick progress without the long hours needed for raids or Mythic+ dungeons.

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Change Log

• 08.08.2024 - The War Within Delves guide published.
• 25.08.2024 - The War Within Delves Season rewards update.