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September 2, 2024

Comprehensive The War Within Delves guide

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Welcome to our comprehensive The War Within Delves guide. Here, you’ll find everything about this new endgame feature, its rewards, tiers, NPC companion, and more!

What are The War Within Delves

The War Within Delves gives a unique endgame experience, blending open-world and instanced content into shorter, more accessible challenges that take 10 or 15 minutes each. You can take on Delves solo or with up to five players, using any class or role combination. 

Delves differ from Mythic+ or Torghast in that there’s no timer so that you can explore them at your own pace. They also feature a unique gear progression system. As you advance, you’ll unlock higher difficulties and better rewards, such as resources, treasures, or consumables, just like in other endgame activities. 

Khaz Algar has 13 Delves, each offering a unique storyline that changes weekly. The difficulty of these WoW Delves increases with each Tier, making enemies tougher and challenges harder. At the highest levels, like Tier 11, the difficulty reaches extreme levels, providing a severe challenge for the bravest Delvers.

The War Within Delves Tiers

If your character has never been to Delves in The War Within, you’ll start with Tier 1, and until you reach the maximum level, there’ll only be three Tiers for you to go to. Once you reach level 80, obtain 548-level plus gear in every slot, and complete the main campaign, you’ll earn the War Within Delves: Endgame achievement to access the Delve Tier 4. After successful completion of Tier 4, you’ll unlock Tier 5 and up to the maximum Tier 11.

The War Within Delves item-level requirements

Just like in other PvE activities like raids and dungeons, you’ll need to reach the recommended item level to join Delves in The War Within and confidently take on its challenges. As you can see, the item level doesn’t go up after Tier 8, meaning it offers maximum-level rewards. Such high WoW Delves Tiers are designed for completing specific achievements and those players willing to test their mettle. Here are The War Within Delve item-level requirements:

The War Within Delves locations

As we’ve mentioned, there are 13 Delves spread all over Khaz Algar, with each location offering 2 to 4 Delves created in its unique Fungarian, Shadow Caster, Kobyss, Nerubian, and Kobold style in Season 1. The 13th Delve is still hidden, but it’s expected to be the toughest and most rewarding. Blizzard will unveil it when the expansion is released. Here is a list of all The War Within Delve locations:

The War Within Delves Revive counter

The War Within Delve Revive counter is what allows you to track from Tier 4 and onward how many times you die without being resurrected before failing the Delve. Of course, this affects the quality of loot you’ll receive, which means fewer deaths equal better loot. Resurrection spells can prevent the counter from increasing, but reviving with a Soulstone still counts as an unrecovered death.

The War Within Delves Boons

The War Within Delve Boons are bonuses you’ll earn through specific encounters, such as fighting rare elites like Stolen Loader, finding quirky interactive objectives like Construct Canker, and opening chests. These bonuses remain with you until you leave the Delve, with no option to choose which Boon is received. These Delve Boons include the following ones:

• Reno’s Random Reactions: The ability gives a chance for an attack to randomly throw an item from Reno’s backpack, which can either root, stun or damage one enemy or multiple ones.
• Lucky Cursed Potion: It temporarily doubles your maximum health, but the effect ends when your health falls below 66%.
• Perfect Shield: When your health falls below 25%, you become immune to all damage, harmful effects, knockbacks, and forced movement for 10 seconds.
• Loader Signal: The Magnetic Loader occasionally assists you in combat by pulling enemies toward it for 5 seconds before exploding, dealing 178,279 Fire damage. This effect can occur once every 120 seconds.
• Construct Canker: It boosts your damage by 15% and increases your size by 20% until your health drops below 50%.

Another essential thing to mention is that Brann Bronzebeard, your The War Within Delve companion in Season 1, may find an Ancient Artifact while gathering tools. This grants a Boon that provides a small percentage bonus to either a primary stat like Ancient Power or a secondary one, such as Ancient Swiftness, Ancient Savagery, and Ancient Hunger.

The War Within Bountiful Delves quest

The War Within Bountiful Delves is a quest you can pick up at level 80 from the Delver’s Guide. This quest involves locating a Delve, which offers you a Bountiful Coffer reward and obtaining a Restored Coffer Key. This Coffer provides extra currencies, new or upgraded Curio, a Radiant Echo, and powerful armor. The exact conditions to unlock this quest are still unknown, but we’ll update them once new information arrives.

There are two methods to get the Restored Coffer Key in The War Within:

1. Collect and merge 100 Coffer Key Shards, which you can get by completing world quests, participating in the Radiant Echoes event, and other outdoor Khaz Algar events.
2. After reaching level 10 with The Assembly of the Deeps, you can purchase the Key from the Sir Finley Mrgglton and Waxmonger Squick vendors. The location of the Bountiful Delve, which allows you to earn these Keys, rotates and can be checked on your in-game map.

Completing the War Within Bountiful Delves quest also rewards you with the Delver’s Dirigible mount. You can cosmetically upgrade it by participating in other Delve-related activities and earning achievements.

The War Within Delves: Rewards and achievements

The War Within Delves are a great source where you can obtain high-level pieces of gear equivalent to Heroic or Mythic+ rewards. Good news is that Delves are a part of the Great Vault system, and it can offer you exclusive rewards like the customizable Delver’s Dirigible and meta-achievement Ivory Goliathus mounts. Here are some facts you should know about the Delve system:

• Each Delve has a Treasure Room with loot created explicitly for your class and level. You may receive the Undercoin currency, Resonant Crystals, cosmetics, quest items, and more.
• Rewards improve up to Tier 8. Of course, Tiers 9-11 offer extra rewards for achievements and prestige, but they are not better than those in Tier 8.
• Delve Chest rewards increase scale with difficulty, up to the levels of Heroic Raid and Mythic 5+. Rewards from the Great Vault can go up to Heroic Raid and Mythic 15+ levels.
• The Delves Bonus Event also offers improved rewards for partaking in Delves.
• Once you reach Tier 4, you will face Zekvir’s Influence, which strengthens a group of enemies and offers extra rewards when defeated.

The War Within Delves rewards

You can acquire the following The War Within Delve rewards by earning particular achievements:

• Zekvir’s Raptorial Spine: This spine cloak transmog can be earned with the Nemesis achievement, necessitating you to beat Zekvir in Season 1.
• Ivory Goliathus: This chunky goliathus is a reward for the Glory of the Delver meta-achievement. To obtain it, earn the nine specific Delve achievements.
• Delver’s Dirigible Schematic: Void: This cool void upgrade for your Delver’s Dirigible mount becomes available upon getting the Hunting the Hunter (Solo) achievement. You must triumph over Zekvir in Season 1 without outside help.
• Toxic Victory: This toy is a reward from the Nemesis (Solo) achievement, which necessitates defeating Zekvir on Tier 8 or higher without your teammates’ assistance.

The War Within Delves titles

The list of other rewards includes the following The War Within Delve titles:

• Seeker of Loot: This intriguing title is a reward from the Leave No Treasure Unfound achievement, for which you must open all Sturdy Chests scattered in Delves.
• Undying Caver: The title is a part of the eponymous Undying Caver achievement. To obtain it, complete a Tier 8 Delve or higher without losing your life.
• Immortal Spelunker: Test your mettle and earn the Immortal Spelunker achievement without dying on Tier 11.
• High Explorer: Complete a Delve on Tier 11 without using any revives and earn the That Extra Push Over the Cliff achievement.

The War Within Delves meta-achievement

Glory of the Delver is a new The War Within Delve meta-achievement, the completion of which marks your testament and proves you’re a true Delver. To obtain it, you must earn the following nine achievements:

The War Within Delver’s Headquarters

The War Within Delver’s Headquarters is a place in Dornogal at [48, 44], which you’ll visit to check your progress through the Delver’s Guide, earn rewards, purchase transmogs with Resonance Crystals, and customize your seasonal Delve companion. 

The Delver’s Guide lets you view details about your Companion and track your Great Vault and Delve progress. Completing TWW Delves rewards you with transmogs, upgrades for your Delver’s Dirigible, Resonance Crystals, and discounts from the Reno Jackson and Sir Finley Mrgglton vendors.

The War Within Delves Great Vault

You can unlock World Slots in The Great Vault in The War Within by completing Delves or World Activities instead of the PvP row. The gear from these World Slots scales with difficulty, reaching up to Heroic raid or Mythic 15+ dungeon levels. Your progress toward unlocking rewards is tracked in the Delver’s Guide.

The War Within Delves companion

The War Within Brann Bronzebeard becomes your versatile Delve companion in Season 1. He will accompany every party consisting of 1 up to 4 players, alert you to nearby treasures, and warn you of dangers to which you should pay attention. What’s interesting is that Brann Bronzebeard can also assist you with gathering valuable crafting materials, such as skin, ores, herbs, and fish, without you learning particular profession skills.

Additionally, he can use special trinkets called Curios, which are obtained from chests after completing Delves. Brann gains Warband-shared experience, allowing him to learn new skills and use high-level Curios by defeating mobs, looting end chests, and occasionally picking up experience-boosting items found on the ground. 

Brann Bronzebeard Delves Curios in Season 1

Brann offers two types of Delve Curios, Combat and Utility, which you can use one at a time. Curios can only be swapped at the Explorers’ League Supplies. They are obtained from treasure chests in Treasure Rooms after successful Delve completion and can be upgraded by finding higher-level Curio versions as you advance through Tiers. Here’s a list of all the Brann Bronzebeard Delve Curios in Season 1:

Combat Curios

• Idol of Final Will: Brann targets a player to guide his shot for 4 seconds, then fires a powerful attack that deals significant physical damage to the first two enemies it hits.
• Porcelain Arrowhead Idol: Brann’s spells and abilities can make enemies weaker, which boosts the chance of landing a critical strike on them by 80% for 5 seconds.
• Unbreakable Iron Idol: It activates when your health drops below 40% during combat, dealing medium physical damage toward nearby enemies and taunting them for 10 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 2 minutes.
• Idol of the Earthmother: Brann’s spells and abilities can activate an idol that shields an injured player, restoring 70% of their missing health.
• Rage-Filled Idol: Brann enters a combat rage that increases his damage output by 5% every 2.5 seconds for 10 seconds, but he also takes 3% of his maximum health as damage per second during this effect.
• Light-Touched Idol: It automatically heals you for 4% of your maximum health every second for 10 seconds whenever you use a defensive ability with a cooldown of 30 seconds or longer.

Utility Curios

• Relicblood of Zekvir: During combat, a bloodbeast will occasionally attach itself to Brann, launching pieces of itself towards players. If players walk through these pieces, they receive the Bloodstained Blessing, which boosts their damage and healing by 10% but also reduces their maximum health by 10% for 1 minute.
• Olden Seeker Relic: When Brann is Gathering Tools, there’s a 50% chance of discovering up to 2 powerful artifacts that provide your party with a significant Boon, in addition to helping players find various resources like gold, ore, herbs, fish, leathers, and treasures.
• Time Lost Relic: Brann’s abilities can trigger bursts of energy that warp time for nearby units, slowing down casting, movement, periodic effects, cooldowns, and attack speeds by 30% for 20 seconds.
• Amorphous Relic: Upon entering combat, players are randomly assigned either the “Massive” or “Miniature” effect, which alters their size and grants corresponding stat boosts for the duration of the combat. “Massive” increases size, health, and damage/healing, while “Miniature” decreases size but boosts movement speed and haste.
• Streamlined Relic: The party moves 60% faster outside of combat and gains a 60% haste boost for 20 seconds when entering combat.
• Lifeless Necrotic Relic: The idol uses unholy energy to prevent fatal damage by healing players to full health and turning them into Undead, making them unhealable, causing them to lose 5% of their health per second, but increasing their damage and healing by 12%.
• Relic of Sentience: When a Steel Trap is triggered, Brann has a chance to deploy an extra trap.

Brann Bronzebeard Delves roles

Brann Bronzebeard can switch between DPS and Healer roles in Delves, which you can adjust by interacting with the Explorers’ League Supplies at the beginning or during the Delve at the respawn point. This Supplies box also lets you repair gear and sell unwanted items.

Brann Bronzebeard Delves abilities

Based on his role, Brann Bronzebeard has a specific kit of Delve abilities, including those he gains as he progresses through different Companion Levels:

Universal abilities

• Gathering Tools: Brann helps you collect extra resources like gold, ore, herbs, fish, leather, and treasures using his gathering tools.
• Brann’s Epic Egg: Once a player causes an enemy to lose control, Brann summons an egg that hatches into a devilsaur if disturbed. The devilsaur then attacks nearby enemies, making them cower in fear for 2 seconds every 10 seconds.
• Monkey Leash: Casting spells and using abilities can summon Brann’s pet monkey, Glibb, for 15 seconds. During this time, Glibb enhances the player’s Speed, Avoidance, and Leech stats by 845. Additionally, Glibb can throw a tantrum, dealing significant physical damage to nearby opponents and potentially stunning them for 3 seconds.

DPS abilities

• Steel Traps: Brann places steel traps that close on the first enemy that gets close, causing immediate physical damage and inflicting bleed damage over time.
• Gryphadin’s Battle Harness: Brann’s gryphon companion attacks nearby foes once you employ a major cooldown ability, dealing powerful damage per second for 10 seconds. This effect can only happen once every minute.
• Trusty Whip: Brann uses his whip to disrupt the enemy’s spellcasting, temporarily preventing them from casting spells from that particular school for 3 seconds.
• Ice Trap: When three or more enemies attack you, Brann automatically triggers an ice trap that slows their movement speed by 50% and has a chance to freeze them in place for 3 seconds. The trap remains active for 15 seconds.
• Kill Shot: Brann executes enemies below 25% health, with a lower health threshold for boss creatures.
• Ancient Weapon Oil: Brann temporarily makes a nearby player’s weapon more powerful by adding extra Fire damage to their spells and melee attacks for 15 seconds.
• Explorer’s Ammunition Journal: Brann’s fighting skills enhance his spell and ability damage by 5%.

Healer abilities

• Dwarven Medicine: Brann heals injured players by throwing potions that restore moderate health when players walk through them.
• Relic of Uldum: Brann uses a powerful ancient relic that emits Holy energy for 20 seconds, healing nearby allies depending on their proximity to the relic.
• Thirty Yards of Rope: Brann uses his rope to help players get free from stuns and bonds. He also gives them a 4-second immunity to these effects.
• Antidote Salve: Brann purifies an infected player by eliminating all Poison and Disease effects.
• Emergency Supplies: Brann automatically heals any player who drops below 30% health by restoring 25% of their maximum health, but this can only happen once every 3 minutes.
• Aegis of Ironforge: When a player is damaged, Brann can make a shield that reduces damage by 20% and prevents loss of control effects for 12 seconds while the player stays inside the shield.
• Explorer’s Medical Journal: Brann’s combat mastery enhances his healing abilities, increasing the healing done by his spells and abilities by 5%.

Conclusion

That’s it for our The War Within Delves guide. Share your thoughts about this article in the comments below, and stay tuned for the next WoW article!

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