Adventurers,

The holidays are upon us, and that means big updates for Ascension Realms. Winterveil is live on ALL realms, and you can look forward to the following:

• The Feast of Winterveil Event
• Massive x4 DP Event
• Mythic+ Releases December 27th @ 18:00 Server Time (Warcraft Reborn)
• Mythic 0 Dungeons on Dungeon Finder (Warcraft Reborn)
• Massive Rune of Ascension Buffs on Warcraft Reborn
• Nightmare Dragons release January 3rd @ 18:00 Server Time
• TBC Crafting & Prestige Updates
• Arena Frenzy Event
• Limited Time Items - Feast of Winterveil

The Feast of Winterveil

Full article here: https://ascension.gg/en/news/winterveil-is-heating-up-molten-core-prestige-event-and-more/519#:~:text=returns%20to%20the%20show

The Feast of Winterveil brings cheer to all of Azeroth with an array of holiday events, quests, crafting items, and presents to collect.

• Grumpus event world boss + daily quest + cosmetics + RARE MOUNT.
• Greench world event with holiday recipes
• Rescue Metzen the Reindeer quest
• Find Winterveil Hats from dungeon bosses
• Winter Wondervolt gnome disguises across Azeroth

Winterveil Themed Shop Items

Discover exclusive, limited time Winterveil Themed Weapons, outfits, and mounts on the Ascension Shop! Dress to impress this season with new staves, swords, hammers, shields, and more.

Massive x4 DP Event

‘Tis the season to be jolly,

With cozy fires and wreaths of holly

But nothing stiffens up your Winterveil tree

Like a massive sack of x4 DP.

– A quote from Greatfather Winter, 1997

• x4 DP event lasts until January 4th
• Get the limited time Candy Copter mount with any DP donation of $100 or more

Warcraft Reborn Updates

Big updates come to Warcraft Reborn for Winterveil!

Mythic+ Releases December 27th

Mythic+ Releases December 27th @ 18:00 Server Time on Bronzebeard! The ultimate dungeon challenge arrives on Reborn, setting the stage for you to progress into end-game content as a 5 man group. 

Mythic+ is a timed dungeon run game-mode where you’ll challenge the clock to get increased rewards. The faster you finish the dungeon, the better gear you’ll receive. You’ll start at Mythic 1, and progress into deeper and deeper levels as you complete dungeons. The deeper you go, the better versions of gear you’ll find.

Mythic levels 1-10 release on December 27th, so you’ll be able to find and upgrade your Mythic Gear up to level 10. As you dive deeper into mythic+ levels, the runs will get harder and the rewards more powerful.

You can begin any Mythic+ once you have your full party inside the instance of your keystone. You can obtain Keystones from completing any Mythic 0 dungeon. However, health and damage aren't the only challenge that Mythic+ dungeons bring when you climb through the levels, you'll be met with Dungeon Affixes that will change your strategy.

• Mythic Gear levels 1-10 release at 18:00 Server Time on the 27th.
• Everyone at the end of the dungeon gets a cache that contains gear when you beat the timer.

Mythic 0 Dungeons are now in the Random Dungeon Finder

Random Dungeon Finder is now available for Mythic 0 Dungeons and the Loot Lockout for Mythic 0 Dungeons has been removed. Dive into Mythics with your friends and grab powerful epic gear for your class.

Massive Buff to Runes of Ascension

You can now get more runes of Ascension by playing the ways you want: whether you’re adventuring in the Open World, running dungeons and raids, or prestiging to tackle Hardcore Trials, you’ll earn MORE runes no matter what you do.

Prestige

• 100,000 Runes per Prestige: Every Prestige now rewards 100k Runes.

Raid

Runes of Ascension has been massively increased in raids with the last boss dropping A LOT more Runes of Ascension.

• Zul'Gurub
  • Normal: 325 (Hakkar: 2,500)
  • Heroic: 425 (Hakkar: 3,250)
  • Mythic: 575 (Hakkar: 4,250)
  • Ascended: 825 (Hakkar: 6,250)

• Molten Core
  • Normal: 400 (Ragnaros: 3,000)
  • Heroic: 525 (Ragnaros: 4,000)
  • Mythic: 700 (Ragnaros: 5,250)
  • Ascended: 1,000 (Ragnaros: 7,500)

• Further raids will continue to scale up in rewards. Similar to ZG->MC.

Open World and Dungeons

• Dungeons: Mythic Bosses drop 175 (up from 75). Heroic Bosses drop 125 (up from 75).
• World Bosses now drop 1,000 Runes each (up from 250).
• Battlegrounds: Earn 100% more Runes of Ascension while taking back the basin.
• Callboard Quests: Runes of Ascension buffed by 50%.
  • Respawn rates tailored to every zone.
  • Dynamic Respawn Rates updated.

See more details in the Bronzebeard Changelog on Discord.

Nightmare Dragons Release January 3rd @ 18:00 ST

The fetid air of the Emerald Dream seeps into Azeroth: the four Dragons of Nightmare emerge on Warcraft Reborn this January!

The Dragons of Nightmare are 4 unique World Bosses, each with their own unique loot and mechanics. These bosses have been overhauled with new spells to make them distinct and unique.

You can challenge the Dragons of Nightmare in two ways: the original World Boss PvPvE way, and the new instanced way. Read the full World Boss changes article below to get a better understanding of how you can tackle world bosses:

World Bosses (PvPvE)

First, you can challenge World Bosses the normal way: by heading to where they spawn and engaging in lethal PvPvE combat. When you find them, you can attack them to tag the World Boss. If you can defeat it, your group gets the spoils.

World Bosses in the Open World have a shorter respawn time compared to the loot lockout time so that you can challenge them more often.

Here's more info:

• Tuned for PvPvE
• Respawns on their normal spawn timer in their classic locations in the Open World
• Defeating a World Boss in this way awards additional Bloodforged versions of that World Boss's Gear

Defeat World Bosses to claim loot for the group who has the tag. Only the group who tagged the world boss receives loot, rather than everyone who shows up. Here’s how the tagging works now:

• When you pull a world boss, your group will get a “tag” on him and his nameplate will go grey for everyone else. Only the people who have the tag will get loot when the boss dies.
• You can steal the tag from the group that currently has it by killing their entire group.
  • You’ll know you have the tag and get loot when:
    • The bosses’ name is now red for you rather than grey.
    • The boss is attacking members of your group.
• World bosses drop their normal loot template in addition to Treasures of Azeroth for the group who kills him with the tag. (And only the group).

This transforms specifically Open World World Bosses into giant PvPvE encounters where large groups can compete against the boss and each other with the main focus being on PvP.

World Bosses (PvE)

Then, for everyone looking for pure PvE encounters, all world bosses also have an instanced variant.

Instanced World Bosses give you a new way to experience the intensity of fighting these gigantic foes with teams up to 40. The instanced versions of World Bosses will have new features:

• Instanced World Bosses will be stronger than their Open World counterparts, making the instanced Boss Fights a more intense challenge.
• Instanced World Bosses will receive multiple levels of difficulty similar to Dungeons and Raids so that you can tackle these foes at multiple challenge levels and will reward Heroic, Mythic and even Ascended gear if you can take them down.
  • Heroic, Mythic and Ascended difficulties will be released at later dates.
• Instanced World Bosses will have a loot lockout for each boss.
• A Boss Shrine will be placed that will allow you to access Instanced World Bosses at any time near the original spawn of the World Boss.
• Everyone inside the instance participating can receive a treasures of Azeroth.
• Bringing more people will increase the loot gained from the boss!
• Instanced World Bosses will increase damage and health slightly (not as much as raids get!)

 https://ascension.gg/en/news/hallows-end-world-boss-overhaul-and-bronzebeard-timeline/505

Summary of World Boss Encounters

You can now challenge World Bosses in two ways: face them in the Open World and lay waste to anyone who crosses paths with you, or face them in an instanced version with your raid team to challenge a harder difficulty. 

Good luck taking down World Bosses, adventurer!

Crafting Overhaul to Area 52 + TBC Prestige Updates

• Crafting Affixes: Crafted items now roll a random secondary affix based on the items original stats
• Upgrade Kits: Trainers now offer Crafting Kits for direct power boosts
• Runes of Ascension rewarded from Prestige are doubled for the remainder of TBC

Warcraft Reborn’s crafting updates come to Area 52 and Season 9, making professions and crafted gear even better. Forge TBC gear that’s perfect for your class, gaining additional random affixes based on the item’s original stats.

Arena Frenzy

On Bronzebeard, the Arena Frenzy is a limited time special event that occurs just twice a week. During these action packed 2 hours, competing in the Arena awards bonuses like extra points and bonus loot. So dive into the arena to find them. Additionally, Group Queue for 3v3 is enabled during the Arena Frenzy.

• Arena Frenzy Events happen Friday + Sunday 21:00 to 23:00
• While Arena Frenzy is active, you can queue 3v3 as a group!
• Your rating in the 3v3 group queue will be separate from your 3v3 solo queue rating.
  • This means that if your regular arena partners are online and you still want to play, you can simply go solo.
  • It also means that you can use the group queue mode for competitive play while keeping solo queue for more casual or experimental play.
• During Arena Frenzy, playing arenas will grant you additional rewards! These rewards are personal and among other things include cosmetics unique to Arena Frenzy.

 Rewards

• Unique Arena Frenzy Cosmetics
  • Custom Mount - The Champion’s Tiger
• Exclusive Tabard with an on-use effect to show off your prowess.
• Iconic Cosmetic Transformation Items
  • Limitless Noggenfogger Elixir
  • Regenerative Deviate Delight
  • … and more
• Consumable like:
  • PvP Potions you can purchase with honor
  • Scrolls of Unlearning
  • Marks of War.