The War Within is nearing release and before this, we're going to get a chance to check out the pre-patch.
One of the features during the pre-patch is going to be Radiant Echoes, and we're going to run over these below.
World of Warcraft The War Within: Radiant Echoes Explained
Players will be able to dive into the brand new DLC on August 26, and August 22 if they have early access.
However, the pre-patch is going to release on July 23 and will feature Radiant Echoes, which will be a chance for players to earn some rewards via confronting memories of Azeroth.
Confronting Memories
Players who have reached level 70 will receive an introductory quest and then will be directed to visit Dalaran to start. Players under level 70 will be immediately directed to Dalaran.
The event occurs in four stages and cycles between three zones. Portals in Dalaran will be available to take you directly to the event staging area and a return portal is available in each of the event zones so that players can quickly return to Dalaran and head into the next occurrence of the event. When the event is active in a zone, the portal will have an additional golden glow to indicate that it is active.
- During the first week of the event, zones will cycle every 90 minutes.
- During the second week of the event, zones will cycle every 60 minutes.
- During the third and fourth weeks of the event, zones will cycle every 30 minutes.
STAGE 1
During the first stage of the event, players will need to defeat the Congealed Memories that will appear in the zone and the memories around it.
STAGE 2
Defeat the radiant echoes causing havoc in the zone. There are six random events that are active within the zone that can be seen on the map (M). Event locations throughout the stages are marked by a multicolor globe.
STAGE 3
You’ll be able to undertake a quest in each zone during the event that will ask for you to defeat one of the event bosses as follows:
- Only Darkness: Remembered Lich King Slain (Dragonblight)
- Broken Masquerade: Remembered Onyxia Slain (Dustwallow Marsh)
- Champion of the Waterlords: Remembered Firelord Slain (Searing Gorge)
Please note that once the boss is defeated by players, Stage 4 will begin and the boss will no longer be available to kill for the quest completion until the event begins in the zone again. Bosses can also rarely drop additional pieces of gear.
STAGE 4
In stage four, the Radiant Echoes have subsided. Players can choose to return to Dalaran or stay within the zone to slay lingering memories to continue to accrue Residual Memories. A timer within the zone the Residual Memories are still active in will count down to the next zone event. Players can return to Dalaran and take the portal to the next zone that goes active.
Rewards
Players will be able to accumulate Residual Memories to use to purchase items from various vendors in each of the zones. You can keep track of how much Residual Memories you’ve collected by opening Character Info (Hotkey- C) and the currency tab under the War Within dropdown.
- Dalaran: Remembrancer Amuul in Chamber of the Guardian
- Dragonblight: Echo of the Silver Hand at Wyrmrest Temple
- Dustwallow Marsh: Forgotten Hero at Tabetha’s Farm
- Searing Gorge: Memory of a Duke in the Iron Summit
Players who purchase the Lifeless Stone Ring will be able to collect memories throughout the three event zones to combine into essences and infuse it with power creating the Band of Radiant Echoes (item level 227) heirloom ring.
- Essence of the Eastern Kingdoms
- Essence of Kalimdor
- Essence of Northrend
