Awakening the Machine is a new outdoor event coming in the War Within expansion that was earlier datamined as a Vampire Survivor Mode. Find out more about it in our preview!
About the Event
Awakening the Machine is a world outdoor activity that you can complete for the weekly quest in the War Within.
It takes place in the Ringing Deeps and revolves around defending a dwarf against 20 cumulative waves of mobs.
Every fifth wave, there’s a pause and your goal is to make sure you kill all the enemies before they reduce the dwarf’s health to 0 at which point the event ends and you must start over.
Specs with a lot of AoE damage will have an easy time completing these. It’s all about crowd control and prioritizing targets that deal the most damage to Speaker Kuldaz.
Awakening the Machine Changes During Beta
When Blizzard first introduced this mode, it came with so called Awakening Powers, very similar to Torghast’s Anima Powers.
You could even buy additional powers from vendors.
However, latest changes suggested Blizzard may have scrapped the event entirely, which didn’t prove to be true, fortunately.
Blizzard re-introduced the event, but scrapped the Awakened Powers it seems. To start the event, speak to Speaker Kuldas at Gundargaz.
Event Rewards
It’s Not Much, But It’s Honest Work requires you to defeat the Awakened Phalanx in Awakening the Machine, the final boss that spawns after you complete all 20 waves. You will receive Machine Defense Unit 1-11 from the achievement.
At the camp, there’s also a treasure chest called Awakend Cache that you can open depending on the number of waves cleared. It rewards loot, Delve keys, and more.
For more details, check out MrGM’s video.