Phase 2 of The Burning Crusade Anniversary Classic comes out today, bringing with it new raids, daily hubs, and more!
What’s Coming Out Today
Phase 2 brings new raids and new daily quest hubs:
- Two New Raids
- Tempest Keep (Kael’thas Sunstrider)
- Serpentshrine Cavern (Lady Vashj)
- New Daily Hubs
- Ogri’la
- Sha’tari Skyguard
- Swift Flight Form Questline for Druids
- New Profession Recipes
- Engineering Goggles
- Alchemy Discoveries
Note that players looking for PvP Season 2 will need to wait a couple more days. PvP Season 2 starts with the next weekly reset in each region.
Serpentshrine Cavern
Venture into the depths of the Coilfang Reservoir in Zangarmarsh to defeat Lady Vashj and her minions. Serpentshrine Cavern contains 6 bosses total and offers Tier 5 loot, with tokens dropping from Leotheras the Blind, Fathom-Lord Karathress, and Lady Vashj herself.
Note that you must be attuned to enter Serpentshrine Cavern. New to Anniversary realms is that raid attunements are account-wide, so you only need to complete each attunement once.
Tempest Keep
Face off against Kael’thas Sunstrider and his loyalists to end their plans to harness the chaotic energies of Netherstorm. Tempest Keep contains 4 bosses total and offers Tier 5 loot as well, with tokens dropping from Void Reaver and Kael’thas Sunstrider himself. Kael’thas also has a small chance of dropping the elusive
Ashes of Al’ar mount.
Similar to SSC, you must be attuned to enter Tempest Keep, obtaining
The Tempest Key. With attunements being account-wide, you only need to complete this questline once if you’re raiding with multiple characters.
New Daily Hubs
Looking for more daily content? Phase 2 adds the Sha’tari Skyguard and Ogri’la daily hubs to Terrokar Forest and Blade’s Edge Mountains, respectively.
Reaching Exalted with Ogri’la unlocks access to the following items:
Crystalline Crossbow
Shard-bound Bracers
Vortex Walking Boots
Crystal Orb of Enlightenment
Reaching Exalted with Sha’tari Skyguard unlocks access to the Riding Nether Ray mounts and the following items:
Skyguard Silver Cross
Airman’s Ribbon of Gallantry
Swift Flight Form Questline for Druids
Druid players can finally stop using their slow flying form and obtain the new
Swift Flight Form. This form is locked behind a rather lengthy questline, culminating in unlocking the ability for the Druid to summon Anzu, the extra boss in Heroic Sethekk Halls.
Since the questline requires you to do Heroic Sethekk Halls, you must have enough reputation with Lower City to enter the Heroic version of the dungeon.
With this, players can now farm the coveted
Reins of the Raven Lord, which have a small chance to drop when defeating Anzu, the extra boss summoned by Druids.
New Profession Recipes
With Phase 2, Engineers are now able to craft their epic goggles:
Destruction Holo-gogs
Powerheal 4000 Lens
Deathblow X11 Goggles
Magnified Moon Specs
Wonderheal XT40 Shades
Gadgetstorm Goggles
Living Replicator Specs
Surestrike Goggles v2.0
Justicebringer 2000 Specs
Furious Gizmatic Goggles
Tankatronic Goggles
Alchemists will now be able to discover recipes for Cauldrons when crafting their related Major Protection Potion:
Cauldron of Major Arcane Protection
Cauldron of Major Fire Protection
Cauldron of Major Frost Protection
Cauldron of Major Nature Protection
Cauldron of Major Shadow Protection
Cauldrons are a great way to ensure your whole raid is using the proper consumables when progressing through difficult encounters!
