Dungeons

Hardmodes in dungeons are a difficulty setting that can be applied upon joining a random dungeon on specific maps.

There are multiple difficulty levels that can be set in order to make the dungeon harder.

Rules for dungeon hardmodes:
- It needs to be a random dungeon, specific dungeons will not work.
- You can't change the hardmode difficulty after killing a mob, but you can allways remove the difficulty and set the original dungeon scripts.
- The random abilites of a boss will vary on the dungeon hardmode configuration, check "Levels" tab for more information.
- Dungeon hardmodes have a maximum of a 24h cooldown from the moment it's completed for every member in the group (there is a global reset at 4AM server time that removes all saves).
- If someone from the group leaves and someone else joins and that person is either saved or joined specific, the hardmode level is reverted back to 0.

Upon selecting a hardmode level:
- the creature stats will increase (including trash, check levels tab)
- bosses will get new abilities.
When an hardmode is set, all creatures inside the dungeon will get extra stats, the table below shows the changes that are set for every hardmode level.
Level Health Buff Melee Damage Buff Spell Damage Buff Casting Speed Buff Random Abilities
1 +60% +60% +5% +10% 2
2 +70% +70% +10% +15% 3
3 +80% +80% +15% +20% 4
4 +90% +90% +30% +30% 5
1 +60% +60% +5% +10% 1
2 +70% +70% +10% +10% 2
3 +80% +80% +20% +30% 3
4 +90% +90% +25% +35% 6
1 +30% +30% +30% +30% 1
These are the abilities bosses randomly get when aggroed, check "Levels" tab to know how much random abilities are picked.
Whirlwinds
While in combat, the boss will periodically summon damaging whirlwinds.
Frequency: Every 30 to 50 seconds.
Poisonous Bolt
Boss will poison all enemies.
Frequency: Every 15 to 20 seconds.
Spell: 21687
Acidic Wound
Players suffer damage over time.
Frequency: Every 30 to 35 seconds.
Spell: 40481
Cave in!
Rocks will fall from the sky at random locations!
Frequency: Every 30 to 40 seconds.
Spell: 36240
Ghouless
Summons a ghoul to fight aside.
Frequency: Every 20 to 40 seconds.
Mirror Image
Creates 2 copies, mirroring the boss himself
Frequency: Every 40 to 50 seconds.
Spell: 55342
Static Charging
Static orbs will spawn and damage nearby players with electricity!
Frequency: Every 30 to 50 seconds.
Polarity!
You're either positive or negative, stack with the ones with your polarity!
Frequency: Every 30 to 32 seconds.
Living Bomb
Players will get a living bomb and need to stay away from the other players at the moment of the explosion
Frequency: Every 10 to 12 seconds.
Spell: 20475
Bone Shield
Shields the boss against incoming damage.
Frequency: Every 50 to 50 seconds.
Spell: 29061
Shadow Crash
Fires a missile towards a random target, knocking them away.
Frequency: Every 20 to 30 seconds.
Spell: 62660
Shadow Fissure
Spawns a shadow fissure at the player that blows with insane damage if not dodged.
Frequency: Every 10 to 25 seconds.
Spell: 27810
Healing Blood
The ground turns into a healing void for the boss making it heal 15% of his total health everytime.
Frequency: Every 10 to 20 seconds.
Webbed!
Players get randomly webbed and need to be released!
Frequency: Every 7 to 9 seconds.
Spell: 71010
These are the maps where the hardmodes will be available. Some hardmodes may be removed when patches change, take a look at the "From-To" fields.
Map From: To:
Blackrock Spire 1.0.0 1.11.0
Dire Maul 1.0.0 1.11.0
Stratholme 1.0.0 1.11.0
Scholomance 1.0.0 1.11.0
Sunken Temple 1.0.0 1.11.0
Blackrock Depths 1.0.0 1.11.0
Old Hillsbrad Foothills 2.0.3 2.4.0
Auchenai Crypts 2.0.3 2.4.0
Mana-Tombs 2.0.3 2.4.0
Sethekk Halls 2.0.3 2.4.0
Shadow Labyrinth 2.0.3 2.4.0
The Mechanar 2.0.3 2.4.0
The Arcatraz 2.0.3 2.4.0
Underbog 2.0.3 2.4.0
The Steamvault 2.0.3 2.4.0
Shattered Halls 2.0.3 2.4.0
The Botanica 2.0.3 2.4.0
Black Morass 2.0.3 2.4.0
Hellfire Ramparts 2.0.3 2.4.0
Magister's Terrace 2.4.0 2.4.0
In order for a hardmode chest to spawn you must kill all the bosses available in the dungeon while the hardmode difficulty is active. The rewards may vary from patch to patch, normally they get buffed (better loot) over time.

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 2 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 3 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 4 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 2 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 3 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 4 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward

Raids

Raid hardmodes work a bit differently compared to dungeon ones, in this case, new and specific scripts are implemented.

Players will need to adapt newer strategies to be able to complete a raid hardmode.

These hardmodes also have realm first rewards for those who complete them for the first time.

The final chest reward will spawn when the last raid boss is killed.

Some points to keep in mind:
- Hardmodes can't be enabled after killing a mob.
- If you're wiping too much and want to get back to normal you can always revert it.
When an hardmode is set, all creatures inside the dungeon will get extra stats, the table below shows the changes that are set for every hardmode level.
Level Health Buff Melee Damage Buff Spell Damage Buff Casting Speed Buff
1 +65% +30% +5% +10%
  • Onyxia (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Onyxia will heal everytime a player dies.
    • - Lair Guards will spawn during flight phase (just like in WOTLK version)
  • Lucifron (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Grants himself one of 5 possible vulnerabilities that will change randomly every 20 seconds:
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22277
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22278
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22279
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22280
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22281
    • - Casts a random Brood Power every 5 seconds (on the tank and on a random target):
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22289
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22284
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22312
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22290
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=22291
  • Magmadar (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Hounds summoned by Magmadar are now invincible and don't take any damage.
    • - Flame patches left by Lava Bomb will grow gradually and don't despawn until the fight is done.
  • Gehennas (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Gehennas curse is now applied raid wide instantly, reducing all healing effects by 75%.
    • - A slow will also be applied that reduces the time between attacks by 100%, movement speed by 50% and casting speed by 50%.
  • Garr (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Debris will start falling and will kill players that don't move from their positions.
    • - Firesworn will now apply sunder armor periodically.
    • - Garr will ocasionally reflect harmful spells.
  • Baron Geddon (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - new ability: Fireball Volley.
    • - Will occasionally summon a random add:
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?npc=11667 - Flameguard
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?npc=11666 - Firewalker
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?npc=11668 - Firelord
  • Shazzrah (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Shazzrah will now use frost nova after a blink.
    • - new ability: mirror image, summons two images of himself with frostbolt and blink abilities.
  • Sulfuron Harbinger (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Will ocasionally drop threat and cast "Curse of the Plagued Rat" on 3 random targets besides the main tank.
    • "Transforms an enemy into a rat, forcing it to wander around and deal 500 Nature damage every 2 sec to nearby allies for up to 14 sec. While wandering, the rat cannot attack or cast spells, but regenerates very quickly. "
  • Golemagg the Incinerator (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Pyroblast ability is now an AOE.
  • Majordomo Executus (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Healers are now completely immune from the start of the encounter.
    • - Majordomo will enrage earlier when 6 adds are killed.
  • Ragnaros (Hardmode level 1 from 1.0.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Ragnaros will explode every player upon submerge.
    • - Son of Flame adds will spawn since the beggining of the fight.
    • - Rains of Fire will occasionally be cast on players.
  • Razorgore the Untamed (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Everytime a egg is destroyed 500-700 damage will be dealt raid-wide (except the orb controller).
  • Vaelastrasz the Corrupt (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Vael will cast Meteor forcing players to stack together to mitigate the damage.
    • https://wotlk.evowow.com/?spell=28884
  • Firemaw (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Boss health increased by 100%.
    • - Everytime a player gets damaged will a buff that increases the damage dealt by 5% per stack.
  • Broodlord Lashlayer (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Supression Devices are disabled upon aggro.
    • - Broodlord Lashlayer will randomly summon static orbs that follow players and deal electric area damage.
  • Flamegor (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Flamegor will occasionally cast rain of fire on random targets.
  • Ebonroc (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Ebonroc will randomly cast shadowbolt volley on players.
  • Chromaggus (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - An ancient core hound will spawn, this hound will apply Mortal Wounds to the main target which reduces the effectiveness of healing by 10% per stack.
  • Nefarian (Hardmode level 1 from 1.6.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - The number of adds spawned per player on every class call is increased to 4.
  • The Prophet Skeram (Hardmode level 1 from 1.9.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Arcane Explosion is cast regardless of the number of melees and the damage is increased by every split.
  • Battleguard Sartura (Hardmode level 1 from 1.9.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - After using Whirlwind ability, Sartura will spawn 3 tornados that will target 3 random players and damage them.
  • Fankriss the Unyielding (Hardmode level 1 from 1.9.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - Everytime Fankriss teleports a player his damage and attack speed is increased.
  • Princess Huhuran (Hardmode level 1 from 1.9.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - When Huhuran gets Berserk (30% health) will also spawn 4 Vekniss Guardians.
  • Emperor Vek'nilash (Hardmode level 1 from 1.9.0 to 1.11.0)
    • - When Twins teleport they will also Bloodlust for 10 seconds.
  • C'Thun (Hardmode level 1 from 1.9.0 to 1.11.0)
    • Eye phase
    • - Dark Glare will occur more often (Normal mode: every 50s, Hardmode: every 25s) and will rotate twice as fast compared to normal mode.
    • C'thun
    • - Giant Eye Tentacles will spawn twice as fast compared to normal mode (Normal mode: every 50s, Hardmode: every 25s)
  • Ouro (Hardmode level 1 from 1.9.0 to 1.11.0)
    • Emerge/Submerge events will occur twice as fast as normal mode.
These are the maps where the hardmodes will be available. Some hardmodes may be removed when patches change, take a look at the "From-To" fields.
Map From: To:
Onyxia's Lair 1.0.0 1.11.0
Molten Core 1.0.0 1.11.0
Blackwing Lair 1.6.0 1.11.0
AQ40 1.9.0 1.11.0
In order for a hardmode chest to spawn you must kill all the bosses available in the dungeon while the hardmode difficulty is active. The rewards may vary from patch to patch, normally they get buffed (better loot) over time.

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward - Molten Core

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward - Onyxia's Lair

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward - Blackwing Lair

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward

Hardmode Level 1 Chest Reward