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With the launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic Phase 4, Hour of Twilight, today, the epic battle against Deathwing finally reaches its climax. This phase not only includes three new Heroic Dungeons, Dragon Soul Raid, but also a new Rogues’ legendary weapon quest line. Players, prepare your best armor and weapons to deal with the raging attacks of Deathwing! Phase 4, Hour of Twilight, is the culmination of Cataclysm story. Players will travel through the rifts of time, rewrite history, and face the madness of the corrupted black dragon king. Here are the key contents and schedule. Three Heroic Dungeons The three Heroic Dungeons can bring players WOW Cataclysm Classic Gold, equipment and other rich rewards. It can be foreseen that this will be one of the main game contents for players in WOW Cataclysm for some time to come: End Time Players explore the end of the world after the victory of Deathwing, when the leaders of Azeroth were corrupted and lived in destroyed dragon shrines. This and the dungeon will drop level 378 equipment items, so the difficulty is extremely high, and the player’s equipment level is best above 353. Well Of Eternity Players will travel to the capital of the night elves 10,000 years ago to help Illidan resist Burning Legion. Azshara, the queen of the night elves, tries to invite Burning Legion to come. Players will temporarily transform into night elves in the dungeon to organize Azshara’s actions. Hour Of Twilight Players need to escort Thrall to Wyrmrest Temple with Dragon Soul, and eventually join the blue, bronze, green and red dragon armies. During this period, players need to resist the attack of Twilight’s Hammer. Thrall will fight alongside you and provide you with buffs. The new Heroic Raid has high level and gear requirements, so don’t try it lightly until you are ready. You need to use WOW Cataclysm Classic Gold to upgrade your armor and weapons to level 353 or above, and prepare supplies before challenging. Dragon Soul Raid Dragon Soul Raid event will be unlocked on February 20. Players need to protect Thrall and other guardians, lead them through Wyrmrest Temple, and prevent Deathwing from destroying everything. Dragon Soul Raid has three difficulty levels and two scales. The recommended player equipment item level is: LFR Difficulty: 384-390. Normal Difficulty: 397-403. Heroic Difficulty: 410-416. Drops: Experiment 12-B drops from Ultraxion in Normal and Heroic difficulty. Madness of Deathwing will definitely drop Life-Binder’s Handmaiden. Reins of the Blazing Drake is a rare drop from Madness of Deathwing and only drops in Normal Difficulty and Heroic Difficulty. Players can obtain Legendary Fangs of the Father daggers in Normal Difficulty and Heroic Difficulty. This equipment is only available to Rogues. Fangs of the Father is the only pair of legendary equipment that is limited to a class so far. Rogue players must not miss it. To obtain these two daggers, you must complete Fangs of the Father quest. Fangs of the Father You don’t have to be a Rogue to participate in this quest. This is an epic quest line. It is well worth doing. Players need to work with Wrathion to clean up the corrupt remnants of Black Dragonflight. Boss Battle The boss battle of Dragon Soul Raid can bring huge benefits to all members, but it is also the most difficult challenge! Players must follow the team’s command to resist the boss, otherwise your mistakes may lead to the destruction of the entire team! After successfully defeating the boss, you can participate in the distribution of the boss’s equipment and gold. Players will encounter the following bosses in Dragon Soul Raid: Morchok: Morchok is an elemental creature controlled by Deathwing. It was once a guardian, and now it believes that only when Azeroth is completely destroyed can it gain a moment of peace. Warlord Zon’ozz: Long, long ago, Warlord Zon’ozz led his army to war against C’Thun and Yogg-Saron. Thousands of years later, he is still loyal to Old God N’Zoth. Deathwing released Warlord Zon’ozz. Yor’sahj the Unsleeping: Yor’sahj the Unsleeping provides Deathwing with a way to release more faceless ones from the underground prison, making the faceless ones endless. Hagara the Stormbinder: One of the first Forsaken students to learn arcane magic, Hagara showed incredible promise until she was ensnared and twisted by Al’Akir the Wind Lord. Now devoted to Twilight’s Hammer, Hagara revels in torturing others. Ultraxion: More of an abomination of dark energy than a dragon, Ultraxion is the only twilight dragon recognized by Deathwing, and due to his hubris, Ultraxion vowed to destroy Wyrmrest Temple in order to serve his master. Warmaster Blackhorn: Riding on the few dozen twilight dragons left are the last remnants of Twilight’s Hammer’s army: Deathwing’s personal guard of elite dragonriders. Led by Warmaster Blackhorn, they fight for their master and are determined to protect him. Spine of Deathwing: When Deathwing first harnessed the power of Dragon Soul against the other legions, the overwhelming force nearly destroyed him. But he did not give up this weapon, but fused adamantium plates with his scales to connect his body. Later, because these plates were strengthened by the elements, this became the only weakness of Deathwing’s fatal existence. Madness of Deathwing: This horrible creature is a twisted hatred with unfathomable power. No one can stop it. His mind and soul have been corrupted and devoured by Old God masters. Season 11 PVP Season 11 PVP will be launched on February 25th. Tol Barad will add a new world boss Alizabal, and support 10/25 player mode. Firelands Nerf: All bosses have their health and damage reduced by 30%. Players can turn off this effect by talking to General Taldris Moonfall. The above is the content that will be opened in WOW Cataclysm Classic Phase 4. WOW Cataclysm Classic Phase 4 has a lot of content and will be open for a long time. Players can enjoy the various dungeons and activities that are open in the next period.

Archaeology, introduced as a secondary profession in WoW Cataclysm Classic, offers access to some of the game's most formidable items, such as Zin'rokh, Destroyer of Worlds, or the Staff of Sorcerer Thane-Thaurissan. In this guide, we'll explore how to swiftly and efficiently level up Archaeology, ensuring you acquire these remarkable items along the journey. Essential Addons First of all, if you’re leveling Archaeology, there are 3 addons that I highly recommend. You might already be familiar with them, but if not, they can significantly enhance your Archaeology experience. These addons are the GatherMate2 Classic, Minimal Archaeology, and TomTom. Together, they streamline the Archaeology process, making it much more convenient and efficient. GatherMate2 Classic allows you to easily identify locations where you've previously excavated Archaeology fragments. By consulting your map, you can swiftly pinpoint these spots and prioritize them for your next dig. If a particular location doesn't yield the desired fragments, GatherMate2 Classic provides directional cues through color indicators like red, yellow, and green. Utilizing this information, you can deduce the most probable location based on past visits. TomTom complements this by offering a helpful arrow to guide your path, while Minimal Archaeology determines the destination of this arrow. Together, these addons streamline the Archaeology process, transforming it from a task requiring thoughtful consideration into a straightforward endeavor akin to following a guided path, akin to the ease of following the blue arrow in RestedXP. Read More: These Preparations You Can Undertake During WOW Cataclysm Classic Pre-Patch Archaeology Leveling When you first learn Archaeology, from levels 1 to 50, you'll be gaining skill-ups by simply digging up fragments. Past that level, digging up fragments won't level up your profession. So, it's advisable to avoid crafting any artifacts until you're at Level 50. It's a good idea to carry enough WoW Cataclysm Classic Gold with you. Craft items to avoid reaching the fragment cap, but ensure you reach level 450 with around 200 fragments for that specific race. Don't spend all your fragments on crafting useless items before reaching this milestone. Additionally, the best continent for leveling up in Archaeology is Eastern Kingdoms. It's slightly smaller than Kalimdor and tends to have dig sites closer to each other. You'll also unlock Outland dig sites at Level 300, Northrend dig sites at Level 375, and Uldum dig sites for Tol'vir artifacts at 450. Stick to Eastern Kingdoms until you reach max level or obtain the item you're after, as there's little point in traveling to other continents unless you specifically need an item from those races. One aspect not often discussed is that the Epic items obtained from Archaeology are all account-bound, meaning you can mail them to any of your alts. This makes Archaeology more alt-friendly, as you only need to level it once on one character. Although obtaining a pre-BiS item from this profession is long and tedious, if you happen to get one for a class you already have, at least you didn't obtain it for nothing. The minimum level to start seeing big-ticket items is 450. Avoid crafting items from the race that has your pre-BiS before reaching this level. However, there's a cap of 200 fragments for each race, and you'll likely reach this cap on your way to 450 if you don't craft anything from them. Drop Rates Lastly, let's talk about drop rates. In Archaeology, every race has a set amount of common and rare artifacts that can appear and thankfully only one Epic artifact, meaning we can easily calculate the odds you'll get your Epic item from those races. For Trolls, the odds of getting the Zin'rokh, Destroyer of Worlds are thankfully among the highest at 7%. For Dwarves, the Staff is unfortunately only at 3%. The Epic chest from Night Elves at 4%, 10% for the Epic male helmet from Orcs, 17% for the one-handed axe from Fossils. Here is a bit particular as it has 6 Epic items out of a total of 13 artifacts, making your odds of getting an Epic artifact at 46%. However, you cannot guarantee which one you'll get. And also, Tol'vir artifacts share spawns with all of Dwarf dig sites, making these two artifacts quite tough to get if you're after them.

In WoW Cataclysm Classic, the Death Knight stands out as one of the most powerful classes. This class has become absolute powerhouses in the open world. The combination of self-healing, active mitigation, and AoE damage makes them unrivaled in solo dungeon leveling. So in this guide, I'll introduce you to a potent Death Knight build and various methods designed to reach Level 85 swiftly. Death Knight Leveling Build The ultimate choice for this purpose is the Gripstrike build, which boasts exceptional effectiveness for several reasons. Firstly, Unholy Command resets your death grip cooldown every time you eliminate an enemy. Secondly, Butchery grants you 20 runic power with each kill. Thirdly, Unholy Presence reduces your global cooldown to half a second and enhances your movement speed by 15%. Lastly, having 2 Oracle Talisman of Ablution trinkets, obtainable from achieving the Exalted status with the Oracles, completes the setup. If you don't possess sufficient WoW Cataclysm Classic Gold to get the Oracle Talisman of Ablution, then doing the same build with normal trinkets will be just fine. It'll just be slightly slower, and you may find yourself sometimes with empty global if you have Death Grip as well. Remember to have a cancelaura macro for the trinket tied to your flying mount while running this build. In addition to those 4 key acquisitions, it's highly recommended to wield a Two-Handed Sword, acquiring Runic Power Mastery for an extra 30 runic power. Alongside these talents and glyphs, Glyph of Frost Strike, Dark Succor, and Death Grip will be pivotal in enabling this build. As far as rotations go, you can start by putting up diseases and then just grip and Frost Strike until your runic power is depleted. Then obliterate until the target is dead. Once you get higher up in levels, you can start the fight with a Howling Blast to get Frost Fever on the target, but I never recommend Plague Strike. Then, we pick up 2 points in On a Pale Horse to speed up the traveling process. Questing Let's delve into a strategy that many players gravitate towards: questing. In WoW Cataclysm Classic, questing routes are quite linear, so instead of discussing how to quest, we'll focus on the most efficient build to pick through quests. As you progress in levels, self-sustainability becomes increasingly crucial, making the Dark Succor indispensable. Since Frost Strikes constitute the bulk of your leveling rotation, investing a Frost and Unholy rune into a Death Strike to heal yourself for 20% proves immensely valuable. Prioritize reforging everything into Mastery while also focusing on Hit as a secondary stat. This configuration ensures that every time you dispatch an enemy, you'll have a full runic power bar and a ready grip, enabling you to effortlessly dispatch foes. Either way, the benefit of questing to Level 85 is you'll get a bunch of reputation in order to unlock 333 and 346 item level gear right at Level 85, and you will get a bunch of gear as you get to the later levels, making obtaining that Level 329 item to queue Heroic dungeons easier. Dungeon Farming For those hesitant to rely on the open world's stability upon launch, solo dungeon farming presents a viable alternative. This strategy is most effective between levels 80 to 82, although it can be extended to Level 85, offering substantial experience gains at the expense of progress in other areas. Besides, you can have dungeon farming as a 5-man group. This strategy is worth considering only if you have a 5-man group with players you know and trust. While it grants more experience than questing, especially in areas with heavy competition, it's not as efficient as solo farming. With group dungeon farming, you won't gain any reputation unless your group decides to complete a few quests together to gain faction favor. However, reputation gains will only start once you reach Level 83 and begin tackling dungeons. The advantage is the possibility of obtaining 333 item level loot and potentially starting Heroic dungeon queues earlier as a group. Achieving Level 85 early is essential for accessing Heroic dungeons, requiring a minimum item level of 329. However, reaching Level 85 solely through dungeon farming, particularly in full ICC gear, is a daunting task best suited for alts.

WoW Cataclysm Classic has been out for about 2 weeks now, so it's time to provide you some tips on how to go through dungeons. Today I'm going to be giving you a complete guide on how to raid Bastion of Twilight. Follow my step and let's dive in! Halfus Wyrmbreaker There are 5 dragons in the back of the room, but only 3 will be active. Each active dragon gives Halfus a buff. When you free a dragon, it'll debuff the boss, but then they will turn aggressive. You want to have one tank on Halfus and the other tank on the drakes you released. If you have Slate Dragon active, you want to taunt swap Halfus on 3 stacks. The priority order is Storm Rider, Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps, and Slate Dragon. It is advisable to free 2 drakes straight away so you can beat enrage timer. When you kill a drake, Halfus will take 100% more damage and this will stack. You may want to only kill 2 drakes. However, if Whelp Cage is active, you can have a tank pick these up and passively AoE them down as they don't deal too much damage. At 50%, Halfus will now cast Furious Roar. This is 3 raid-wide stuns in quick succession. Make sure you have HotS rolling and a cooldown on the tank. If Storm Rider is one of the dragons available, Halfus will cast Shadow Nova immediately afterward. You'll have to use an ability to get out of stun to be able to interrupt this: Blink, Counterspell, PvP Trinket, Every Man for Himself and so on. On Heroic, all dragons are active. Release Nether Scion, Storm Rider, and the whelps at the start. Try to nuke them all together. Of course, you can also use WoW Cataclysm Classic Gold to help you complete. Once they are dead, you can either choose to release Slate Dragon so you don't have to worry about tank stacks or just nuke the boss. Valiona & Theralion Spread out around the boss. Blackout will go on a random player. Stack up and dispel it to split this AoE damage. When the boss starts casting Devouring Flames, get behind her. This is a 180° Flame Breath, not a cone. It does, however, deal less damage the further away you are from her, so if you can't get behind, get far away. Move out of swirlies on the ground. Dragon swap time: When the dragons swap places, have your range stack up. The boss will turn to face a ranged player and put a big Void Zone on the target. When you see the boss turn, this is your cue to move. Try and stack Void Zones close to one another so you don't run out of room. Engulfing Magic will be put on by a player. This is just a pulsating AOE based on your damage, so run out of your group. If you get the meteor debuff, run to the melee group and stack up. This is a split AOE. Towards the end of this phase, Valiona will do 3 mechanics on one-third of the room. You need to move out of this. When this is finished, it will swap back to phase one. On Heroic, a Twilight Sentry will spawn in the Twilight realm every few seconds. They will deal damage to your raid. Both dragons apply a DoT called Twilight Shift every 20 seconds to the tank. At five stacks, it will send you and anyone close to you to the shadow realm. While the tank can run to the portal immediately, you should send down some DPS and a healer to clear up all the sentries. You'll get a stacking debuff while down there, so leave before your stacks hit around 20. Ascendant Council The encounter comprises several phases, each with distinct mechanics to manage effectively. In Phase 1, 2 bosses, Feludius and Ignacious, spawn. Melee players focus on Ignacious, while ranged players target Feludius. Tanks should keep Feludius away from the group to mitigate damage from its close-range AoE attacks. Ignacious targets a random player, so you need to knock them back and leave a trail of fire as he charges back. Nuking Ignacious's shield interrupts his fire AoE attack. Feludius applies Heart of Ice debuff, increasing damage over time but boosting nearby players' damage against Ignacious. Players stack with melee for this, dispelling the debuff once everyone receives the damage buff. Players should avoid water falling onto the ground and remove the Water Log debuff by running into fire. On Heroic difficulty, Static Overload and Gravity Core debuffs are introduced, requiring affected players to run away or move away from affected players, respectively. Phase two begins when one boss reaches 25% of health. Players focus on Arion and Terrastra, utilizing Swirling Winds buff from Cyclone and grounding themselves with Gravity Well to mitigate Arion's Thundershock damage. Interrupting Arion's Lightning Blast and avoiding Lightning Rod debuff are crucial. Besides, players must handle Terrastra's Eruption and Harden Skin abilities, moving away from spikes and interrupting Harden Skin. On Heroic difficulty, Ignacious's Flame Strike leaves fire patches, and Arion summons a Frozen Orb that players kite into the fire. Phase 3 initiates when one boss reaches 25% health, merging all bosses. Players spread out to minimize Electric Instability chaining damage and avoid standing in pools of ice. They must also evade fire seeds and ensure players affected by Gravity Crush are topped off to survive the fall damage. Cho'gall During this encounter, players will need to manage their Corrupted Blood level, which increases as the boss uses abilities and deals with damage. For every 25 percent of Corrupted Blood, players will gain a new debuff: At 25%, players receive a dispellable debuff. At 50%, characters will start vomiting, so it's essential to turn away from allies. At 75%, players will begin casting Shadow Bolts on nearby allies. At 100%, players become unhealable but deal double damage with instant casts. Ranged players should stack slightly behind melee to manage this phase effectively. Tanks should swap on Fury of Cho'gall. The boss can mind control players, who will channel a buff on the boss. Interrupt them quickly or use AoE CC. Abilities like Flame Orders and Shadow Orders will affect the tank differently and require appropriate responses. Throughout the fight, ads will spawn, which one tank should pick up. These ads have abilities like Shadow Crash and AoE Depravity, which should be interrupted. When an ad dies, it leaves behind a pool that should be moved away, and ranged players should finish it off. If the ad is alive after 30 seconds, it will cast Festering Blood, causing massive AoE damage. On Heroic difficulty, Fire and Shadow Elementals are summoned, absorbing damage and dealing extra damage based on the ad's health. DPS should focus on the boss, using tank cooldowns for Flames Orders and raid cooldowns for Shadow Orders. When Cho'gall reaches 25% health, any remaining ads despawn, and Phase 2 begins. Players should spread out around the boss, dealing with pulsing AoE damage and quickly nuking tentacles. On Heroic difficulty, Spike Tentacles spawn, which can be ignored to focus on beating the DPS. Sinestra Phase 1 of this encounter requires careful positioning and coordination. The boss has a massive aggro radius, so it's advisable to have a Hunter reset the boss for optimal positioning and DPS uptime. The raid should spread out along the edge of the platform, staying within 15 yards of each other. Once the boss reaches 35% health, the raid should move to the back of the room and position underneath the shield. Ranged players can continue focusing on the boss, while melee players begin killing the whelps at the back of the room. It's crucial to kite these whelps and kill them one by one to prevent resurrection from puddles left behind. During this phase, healers should focus on keeping the raid alive, particularly the tanks who will be tanking Twilight Eggs. Melee DPS should prioritize interrupting Twilight Spike Collars to prevent Unleash Essence casts. Once the Twilight Egg is knocked out, the team should return to the Phase 1 location and focus on killing the monsters on the tank. This phase is essentially Phase 1 with increased damage, but players will receive a beneficial buff for 3 minutes. It's essential to continue killing whelps towards the back of the room. Hope you can find this guide useful and enjoy you time in WoW Cataclysm Classic.