In the upcoming expansion of World of Warcraft, The War Within, Delves are a new feature that will provide players with exciting endgame content and rewards. This guide aims to provide a detailed overview of Delves, including their gameplay, features, accessibility, integration with The War Within, difficulty tiers, rewards, and locations.
Gameplay and Features
Delves can be completed solo or in groups of up to five players, with cross-faction grouping enabled. Players will always be accompanied by an NPC companion with customizable abilities to support them during the Delve. The NPC in season 1 is Brann Bronzebeard which means that we will most likely see the other characters from the League of explorers in coming seasons.
You will find a Delve on the War within map that has a delve icon. Once you come close to the entrance of a delve, you will see a pop up UI that gives you information about the Delve which we will go through in more detail later. Delves will be seamlessly integrated into the open world of World of Warcraft, offering players a new way to experience endgame content without the need to enter instanced dungeons.
Inside the Delves, players will encounter different types of environments and mobs based on where the Delve is located in the four zones of The War Within. Delves in the land of Khaz Algar will have mobs that you have seen in that zone. Delves in the Ringing deeps will will have mobs that you have seen in that zone and also the environment. Delves in Hallowfall will have an environment and mobs that you have seen in that zone. And Delves in Azj-Kahet will have an environment and mobs that you have seen in that zone.
You will encounter rare mobs, treasure chests that grant special powers, and even herb and mining nodes. The special powers are similar to what you have seen in Thorgast in Shadowlands or Cobalt Assembly in Dragonflight. In Delves you will get a power that is not class or spec related, instead it gives haste, or lightning bolts comes out from you and does AoE or a defensive shield. These lasts for 1 min. You can also get mobility abilities that lasts for the entire Delve run. Additionally, there will be specific objectives and puzzles that players need to complete to earn rewards. Delves will feature a variety of rewards, including mounts, achievements, pets, and gear equivalent to that obtained from raids and Mythic dungeons. A Delve run takes around 10 minutes to complete, but longer when you do higher difficulties.
Difficulty Tiers, Accessibility & Requirements
Delves are intended to cater to a wide range of players, from hardcore gamers to casual players. They are designed to provide meaningful progression and rewards, making them suitable for any player interested in endgame content
Delves are divided into 11 difficulty tiers. Tiers 1 and 2 are designed for leveling, while tiers 3 through 11 are for the endgame. Each tier has specific item level recommendations, with tier 11 being recommended for players seeking an unfathomable challenge.
A UI will popup before entering a Delve where you can see information about each Tier. It will tell you what kind of mobs there are, how much increased damage and health the mobs have in percentage, the affix and also if there is more special rewards.
Delves feature zone-based affixes, adding variety and challenges to the gameplay experience.
Tier 1
Recommended for adventurers who want minimum challenge.
Tier 2
Recommended for adventurers who want moderate challenge.
Tier 3
Recommended for adventurers at item level 538+.
Tier 4
Recommended for adventurers at item level 545+.
Tier 5
Recommended for adventurers at item level 554+.
Tier 6
Recommended for adventurers at item level 561+.
Tier 7
Recommended for adventurers at item level 574+.
Tier 8
Recommended for adventurers at item level 589+.
Tier 9
Recommended for adventurers at item level 600+.
Tier 10
Recommended for adventurers at item level 614+.
Tier 11
Recommended for adventurers who want an unfathomable challenge.
Rewards
Based on the tier of the Delve completed, players will be rewarded with different types of rewards. These rewards include companion experience, coffer containing various currencies, gear, resonance crystals, optional reagents, and more. Additionally, completing certain tiers unlocks rewards from the weekly Vault, which has specific completion requirements.
Tier 1-5
- Companion Experience
Significant experience to companion Experience.
- Weathered Coin Coffer
A coffer containing a variety of currencies including gold, undercoin, valorstones and Weatherd Crests. Gear, Resonance Crystal, Optional Reagents and Chance on transmogs.
Chance on loot
The Gear from this chest is 558 ilvl, Adventurer Gear
The Crest from this chest is Carved Crest.
- Expeditionary Spoils
Reports from the Explorer´s League indicate of a hidden chamber rumored to possibly conaint powerful equipment, exotic reagent and secret recipies, Gear, Resonance Crystal, Optional Reagents.
Weekly Vault
You unlock reward from weekly Vault. It has a requirements.
Tier 4 - Complete the delve within 10 revives.
Tier 5 - Complete the delve within 8 revives.
Also unlocks next tier.
The gear from Weekly Vault should be Veteran Gear.
Tier 6-7
- Companion Experience (Rare quality)
Significant experience to companion Experience.
- Carved Coin Coffer
A coffer containing a variety of currencies including gold, undercoin, valorstones and Carved Crests.
Chance on loot
The Gear from this chest is 571 ilvl, Veteran Gear
The Crest from this chest is Runed Crest.
You must have a Restored Coffer Key to open this chest.
- Expeditionary Spoils (higher level)
Reports from the Explorer´s League indicate of a hidden chamber rumored to possibly conaint powerful equipment, exotic reagent and secret recipies, Gear, Resonance Crystal, Optional Reagents.
Weekly Vault
You unlock reward from weekly Vault. It has a requirements.
Tier 6 - Complete the delve within 6 revives.
Tier 7 - Complete the delve within 6 revives.
Also unlocks next tier.
The gear from Weekly Vault should be Champion Gear.
Tier 8-11
- Companion Experience (Epic quality)
Significant experience to companion Experience.
- Runed Coin Coffer
A coffer containing a variety of currencies including gold, undercoin, valorstones and Runed Crests.
The Gear from this chest should be 584 ilvl, Champion Gear
The Crest from this chest should be Glided Crest.
You must have a Treasure Trove Key to open this chest.
- Expeditionary Spoils (higher level)
Reports from the Explorer´s League indicate of a hidden chamber rumored to possibly conaint powerful equipment, exotic reagent and secret recipies.
Weekly Vault
You unlock reward from weekly Vault. It has a requirement.
Tier 8 - Complete the delve within 5 revives.
Tier 9 - Complete the delve within 5 revives.
Tier 10 - Complete the delve within 4 revives.
Tier 11 - Complete the delve within 3 revives.
Also unlocks next tier.
The gear from Weekly Vault should be Hero Gear.
Bountiful Delve
You can find a Delves in each zone that is “Bountiful Delve”.
A Bountiful Delve will reward a rare and epic chest in the end when you complete that delve.
Normally, you must complete a Tier 8 to get the epic chest as well. But Bountiful Delve rewards epic and rare chest when you run a minimum Tier 3 Delve.
So basically, you will get rewarded as if you did a Tier 8 when doing a Tier 3 Bountiful Delve.
Everything comes down to if you have the keys to open the chests.
Brann Bronzebear Companion and Abilities
You will have the companion Brann with you during your Delve runs. Brann will be either a healer or damage dealer and you can utilize 3 special abilities: combat role, combat curio, and utility curio, to enhance the performance in Delves.
Brann Bronze Beard has 3 special abilities that you can add in to the UI for getting help in Delves. Each time you start a Delve you will have access to choose abilities. Also, there is a checkpoint later on inside a Delve which gives you access to abilities again and choose other if you want.
Combat Role
Here you choose if you want Brann to be a healer or do damage.
Combat Curio
You will choose an idol that will give Brann an ability to either do dmg, taunt, heal etc.
Utility Curuio
You will choose a Relic in which Brann will give you a special buff. This can either be haste, crit, vers avoidance etc.
Many Abilities
Brann will get new Abilities the more you level him up. No matter if Brann is healer or damage dealer, he will have 16 abilities in total but some are different based on healer/damage. Once you reach level 17, you will unlock the last ability called Explorer´s Ammunition Journal. This ability will increase in power for each level you increase on Brann.
Locations
Delves are available in different zones within The War Within expansion, each with its unique environment and mobs related to those zones. Isle of Dorn, Hallowfall, The Ringning Deeps, and Azj-Kahet are the zones with multiple Delves.
Isle of Dorn has 3 Delves:
- Kriegval´s Rest
- Fungal Folly
- Earthcrawl Mines
Hallowfall has 4 Delves:
- Nightfall Sanctum
- Skittering Breach
- The Sinkhole
- Myacamancer
The Ringning Deeps has 2 Delves:
- The Dread Pit
- The Waterworks
Azj-Kahet has 3 Delves:
- The Spiral Weave
- The Underkeep
- Tak-Rethan Abyss
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