Dragonflight Dungeons Guide

In Dragonflight Season 2, Blizzard is once again raising the Item Level of loot obtained from dungeons, with an increase of 26 Item Levels. The updated rewards for Season 2 are:

• Timewalking Dungeons: iLvl 385
• Normal Difficulty Dungeons: iLvl 372
• Heroic Difficulty Dungeons: iLvl 385
• Mythic Difficulty Dungeons: iLvl 398
• Mythic+ Dungeons: iLvl 402-431

At the Great Vault, if you choose not to claim any loot, you will be granted Aspects’ Tokens of Merit based on the number of slots available to you.

These tokens can be exchanged with Evantkis for various items:

• Volcanic Sculptor (Cost: 6 Aspects’ Tokens of Merit) – This item allows you to add a socket to a Dragonflight Season 2 equipment piece that doesn’t already have one. It can be used on Helms, Necks, Bracers, Belts, and Rings.
• Bottled Essence (Cost: 12 Aspects’ Tokens of Merit) – This item becomes available from Evantkis once you have completed the entire Spark of Ingenuity questline on your account.

In Dragonflight Season 2, players have the opportunity to earn various achievements, titles, mounts, and portals by participating in Mythic+ dungeons. Here is a chart of rewards:

Dragonflight Mythic+ run!

Complete Dragonflight Current Season Mythic+ dungeons on any level you want!

As you can see Dragonflight Season 2 offers players an exciting array of rewards to strive for in Mythic+ dungeons. With achievements, titles, mounts, and portals up for grabs, there’s plenty of motivation to dive into these challenging experiences and push your limits.

Upon reaching Mythic Keystone level 2, players will encounter their initial affix. This affix can be found on the keystone’s description, as well as within the Font of Power menu and the Objectives frame (where the dungeon’s timer and enemy kill count are shown) throughout the dungeon run.

The Level 2 affix will be either Fortified or Tyrannical, with a weekly alternation between the two. As a result, one week will present increased boss challenges, while the next will feature heightened difficulty among non-boss enemies. 

Damage and Health Modifier Chart

Fortified

During a Fortified week, this affix will impact all dungeons. In a Fortified dungeon, non-boss enemies possess 20% increased health and inflict up to 30% extra damage. To successfully navigate a Fortified dungeon, consider the following strategies:

• Refrain from engaging in too many trash packs simultaneously.
• Generously apply AoE crowd control and stuns to minimize damage.
• Prioritize taking down key targets.
• Tanks might need to employ kiting tactics more often to avoid excessive damage.
• Keep in mind that the damage and health bonuses from Fortified are multiplicative with the Mythic+ damage and health bonuses outlined in the table above.

Tyrannical

During a Tyrannical week, this affix will influence all dungeons. In a Tyrannical dungeon, bosses possess 30% increased health and inflict up to 15% extra damage. To successfully navigate a Tyrannical dungeon, be aware of the following points:

• Extremely dangerous abilities may potentially eliminate the party in one hit if health levels are insufficient.
• Acts as an extra gear assessment for these dungeons.
• Tanks might need to employ kiting tactics more often to avoid excessive damage from bosses.
• Take note that the damage and health bonuses from Tyrannical are multiplicative with the Mythic+ damage and health bonuses displayed in the corresponding table.

At Level 7, the affix can be any one of these options:

Afflicted

The Afflicted affix spawns Afflicted Souls intermittently during combat. These souls initiate an uninterruptible cast of Afflicted Cry, which diminishes players’ Haste by 100% for 10 seconds. Afflicted Souls possess Cursed Spirit, Poisoned Spirit, and Diseased Spirit debuffs. Dispelling one of these debuffs or healing the soul to full health will interrupt the cast and make the soul disappear. Afflicted Cry has a 60-yard range and can be evaded using line-of-sight tactics.

To effectively manage this active affix, players should consider choosing talents that include dispel and off-healing capabilities. Maintaining good health will enable healers to concentrate on restoring the Afflicted Soul rather than focusing on individual players.

Incorporeal

The Incorporeal affix sporadically summons ethereal entities during combat, which persistently cast Destabilize, decreasing player damage and healing by 50%. These Incorporeal beings remain for 20 seconds before vanishing. They represent all mob types, so crowd control (CC) abilities with specific mob type limitations will be effective against them. However, interrupting Destabilize will only result in an immediate recast.

When Incorporeal is active, it is essential for players to invest in their hard crowd control abilities, if available, to efficiently manage this affix.

Entangling

The Entangling affix periodically generates a plant beneath players during combat, applying the Entangled buff and reducing their movement speed by 30%. To break the vine and remove the buff, players must move 10 yards away from the plant. Failing to do so within 8 seconds will result in a 3-second stun. The Entangled buff can be removed using root-breaking effects such as Blessing of Freedom or Tiger’s Lust.

When dealing with the Entangling affix, it is advantageous to invest in talents focused on movement abilities or root-breaking effects, like Blessing of Freedom or Tiger’s Lust.

Volcanic

In a Volcanic dungeon, enemies will trigger Volcanic Plumes to emerge beneath the feet of players who are far away. After two seconds, the Volcanic Plume erupts, inflicting damage equivalent to 20% of a player’s health to those within 2 yards of the Plume, while also launching them high into the air. This effect can be caused by both bosses and trash mobs.

It is important to note that “distant” refers to the proximity between the player and the enemy mob. Generally, melee DPS and tanks are not directly affected by this mechanic. If ranged DPS and healers stay close to the enemies, Volcanic Plumes might not spawn. However, if an enemy leaps away or an additional enemy spawns far from its summoner, Volcanic Plumes may appear within melee range.

Storming

In a Storming dungeon, enemies will occasionally create Tornadoes that slowly spiral clockwise for roughly 10 seconds. Contact with a Tornado results in a knockback, 15% health damage, and the Tornado’s despawn. The more enemies engaged in combat, the greater the number of Tornadoes that can be active simultaneously. If the situation permits, players should not hesitate to deliberately collide with a Tornado to remove it from the battleground, clearing the area for easier maneuvering.

Upon reaching Mythic Keystone level 14, a third affix will be introduced to players’ Keystones. This additional affix can be any of the following options:

Spiteful

With the Spiteful affix, when a mob is defeated, it spawns a Spiteful Shade entity that fixates on a random non-tank player. The Spiteful Shade loses 8% of its health every second while relentlessly pursuing its target.

Spiteful Shades can be effectively managed using crowd control techniques such as stuns, slows, and knockbacks. It is generally more crucial for players to evade their Spiteful Shade than to continue performing their assigned role. Utilize crowd control abilities to your advantage in these situations.

Raging

The Raging affix causes enemies to Enrage when their health reaches 30%, making them immune to crowd control (except for interrupts) until they are defeated.

When dealing with this affix, be cautious with AoE and cleave damage. Mark a priority target for each pull, and when that target becomes Enraged, concentrate fire to eliminate it swiftly. Certain Enraged mobs within a group may need to be prioritized to prevent them from casting harmful abilities that are normally interrupted by crowd control. If an Enraged mob’s health rises above 30% for any reason, it will retain the Enrage status.

Druids, Rogues, and Hunters can remove Enrage effects using Soothe, Shiv, and Tranquilizing Shot, respectively.

Bursting

With the Bursting affix, each time a monster is defeated, all players receive a stack of Burst. One or two stacks may not be lethal, but eliminating a large group of 8 monsters simultaneously could likely result in the party’s demise. In Dragonflight, Bursting is a Magic debuff that can be dispelled.

To manage Bursting, stagger enemy deaths to prevent the debuff from stacking too high. Exercise caution when using AoE abilities to avoid killing monsters prematurely before the debuff fades. Immunity abilities, such as Cloak of Shadows and Ice Block, can remove all current stacks and prevent new stacks from applying.

Beyond Keystone level +15, Bursting damage does not scale further.

Bolstering

When the Bolstering affix is active, defeated enemies will grant a Bolster buff to nearby enemies engaged in combat, increasing their damage output by 20% for 20 seconds. This effect can stack multiple times, resulting in a highly dangerous and time-consuming adversary to defeat. The buff’s range is 30 yards.

The Bolstering affix does not apply to adds within a boss encounter. However, if players pull trash packs into a boss fight, the dying trash mobs will apply Bolster to the boss, which is unfavorable. To save time and avoid this situation, if players decide to bring trash into a boss fight, they should pull the trash more than 30 yards away from the boss before eliminating it.

Sanguine

With the Sanguine affix, whenever a non-boss enemy is defeated, a pool of Sanguine Ichor forms at its location. The pool starts from the point of death and expands, lasting for 12 seconds. The Sanguine Ichor has two effects: it heals enemies within it for 5% of their health per second and deals damage to players within it for 15% of their health per second.

To manage this affix effectively, tanks should move the remaining mobs away from the location where the Sanguine Ichor pool forms. Melee DPS players need to exercise caution to avoid standing in the pools. Since it takes several seconds for the Sanguine Ichor to fully form, there is ample time to react and avoid damage. It’s important to note that the first tick of damage from the Sanguine pool is applied immediately.

Placing the Sanguine pools in safe locations becomes crucial for the group’s progression through the dungeon. This allows them to traverse without sustaining significant damage from crossing the Sanguine pools after combat has ended.

Algeth’ar Academy, in the past, was a heart of higher learning for all dragons. Now its doors are open for various Azeroth citizens, including Alliance and Horde players. You can find the dungeon entrance in Thaldraszus at /way 58.28 42.35.

In this dungeon, players will face 4 bosses. But it is important not to rush to join the fight in the Academy right from the start because near the entrance, you can find 5 Dragonkin Recruiters from different Dragonflights, providing you with useful permanent buffs.

Now, let’s see the boss’s tactics.

Did you miss gnoll, our old classical enemies? Brackenhide Hollow is the largest settlement of this race in the Dragon Isles, located in the Azure Span at /way 11.57 48.78.

There are 4 bosses, but let’s start with the Decaying Cauldron you can find during dungeon completion. This object can be used by a player with 25 skills in Dragon Isles Alchemy and allows all party members to collect Cleansed Rot brew to dispel deceases.

Also, before you face the first boss, you should join the Tuskarr Rescue Event and rescue 5 tuskarrs. After the event completion, the first boss will appear.

Halls of Infusion is an ancient dragon structure under Tyrhold created to feed the Life Pools of the red dragonflight by water. The dungeon is located in Thaldraszus at /way 59.24 60.64, but now it’s invaded by Primalist, facing which won’t be an easy walk.

Players with Engineering or Herbalism professions always will be welcomed to the Halls because of the helpful bonuses they can provide you. In Infuser’s Rotunda, engineers with at least 25 skill can find Limited Immortality Device to give all teammates Limited Immortality cheat death ability. Herbalists can find Infused Mushroom in the Intake Reservoirs (to the left after defeating the first boss) and in the Khajin’s Gambit (after the third boss) and get Cleansing Spores buff for 30 minutes.

Neltharus, in the past, was home for the black dragonflight. But now it is invaded by djaradins like the whole Obsidian Citadel. Do you help Wrathion and Sabellian bring Neltharus back?

These nesting grounds from immemorial were a sacred place for all five dragonflight. So it is obvious that Primalist and Raszageth were bound to attack Ruby Life Pools sooner or later. And while Aspects wasn’t got their powers, only the heroes of Azeroth could protect the sanctuary. You can find the Ruby Life Pools entrance in the Waking Shores at /way 60.00 75.77.

A long time ago, when Malygos and Sindragosa were alive and with healthy minds, this dungeon was the vault of various magician artifacts and knowledge. But who knows what happened with this place for thousands of years? You can find The Azure Vault entrance in the Azure Span at /way 38.89 64.76.

First of all, the players with the Inscription profession can get helpful abilities before entering the rings and before heading to the area after Azureblade. Due to the buff, the player gets an additional button to reverse Wild Magic traps on the floor and polymorph enemies. 

Also, when you get into floating rings between Leymor and Azureblade, you have a chance each time you enter one of the floating rings to get one of the useful buffs for one minute. After death, you can get buffed one more time. Check the list:

• Scornful Haste 
• Viscous Toads
• Sluggish Adoration
• Shrinking Form
• Hardening Scales

Now it’s time to meet the bosses.

Prepare to become a part of the centaur civil war. While Clan Nokhud and Primalists capture the ancient eagle spirit, Ohn’ahra, players will help Maruuk take it back. The Nokhud Offensive entrance can be found in Ohn’ahran Plains at /way 62.01 42.44.

Interestingly, Dungeon doesn’t have a straight route, and all bosses except the last can be killed in a different order. Also, this is the only dungeon where players can use not only mount but Dragonriding too.

Do you ready to return in long-forgotten Uldaman? New bosses, new titan secrets, and one of the Discs of Norgannon, which can help dragon Aspects bring their powers back. Fasten your seat belts now, we are going to the Eastern Kingdoms, Badlands, /way 41.10 10.33.

Revamped Uldaman got its unique checkpoints. So after death and release, don’t hurry up to move forward because you can find Neglected Mole near your respawn point and use teleport depending on your dungeon progress.

The Freehold dungeon, a notable feature in the Battle for Azeroth expansion, is situated in the southern region of the Tiragarde Sound zone on the continent of Kul Tiras. This dungeon is accessible to all players across various difficulty levels – Normal, Heroic, Mythic – and is included in the Mythic+ rotation for Season 2. To find Freehold, head to the coordinates /way 84.6 77.9 in Tiragarde Sound.

Neltharion’s Lair makes its return as a Mythic+ dungeon in Dragonflight Season 2, situated in the southern region of Highmountain. Below will provide you with all the crucial details to successfully complete it, including key dungeon mechanics and strategies for all four boss battles. You can find Neltharion’s Lair within Highmountain at coordinates /way 49.6 68.5.

Underrot, a Battle for Azeroth instance, can be found in the heart of Nazmir region on Zandalar continent. Accessible to players in Normal, Heroic, Mythic, and Mythic+ modes, it’s part of the Mythic+ cycle during Season 2. Our in-depth guide to Underrot provides all the crucial details to successfully navigate this dungeon, covering essential boss battles. You can locate Underrot in Nazmir using the coordinates /way 51.9 65.8.

The Vortex Pinnacle, a Cataclysm-era dungeon, is nestled in the southern region of the Uldum zone on the continent of Kalimdor. Accessible to players on Normal, Heroic and Mythic modes. It also forms part of the Dragonflight Mythic+ Season 2 rotation. We will provide you with crucial insights for conquering this dungeon, such as vital dungeon mechanics and the four boss battles. You can find the Vortex Pinnacle within Uldum using the coordinates /way 76.6 84.3.