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Blackrock Foundry Raid Loot Overview: 3D Models, Tier 17 Bonuses, and More
Blackrock Foundry
is the second raid of Warlords of Draenor. This guide provides an overview of the loot, tier sets, and rewards, in
Blackrock Foundry
!
Blackrock Foundry Loot Basics
Blackrock Foundry
has 10 encounters (
Gruul
,
Oregorger
,
The Blast Furnace
,
Hans'gar & Franzok
,
Flamebender Ka'graz
,
Kromog
,
Beastlord Darmac
,
Operator Thogar
,
The Iron Maidens
, and
Blackhand
). We currently have eight strategy guides up:
Oregorger Strategy Guide
Gruul Strategy Guide
Blast Furnace Strategy Guide
Hans'gar and Franzok Strategy Guide
Flamebender Ka'graz Strategy Guide
Kromog Strategy Guide
Beastlord Darmac Strategy Guide
Operator Thogar Strategy Guide
Blackrock Foundry has four difficulties: LFR (25 players), Normal (10-30), Heroic (10-30), and Mythic (20). The loot ranges between ilvl 650-695 and gear can be acquired for every slot. The gear on average is 10 ilvls higher than Highmaul loot.
All four raid difficulties do not share lockouts.
The item level requirement for LFR is 635.
The entrance is located in northern
Gorgrond
, the door faces the level 100 Iron Horde area of
Gorgrond
, The Pit. The closest flight path is
Arcanist Windlebop
or
Nisha
if you want to enter through The Pit.
Blood Elf Model Preview, Tier 17 Raid Armor, Garrison Timer App Now On iOS, Nov 25 Hotfixes
Black Friday Sale
Warcraft is now
75% off until December 2nd
--that's only $4.99!
Blood Elf Model Preview
Blizzard has revealed the current look of the new Blood Elf models!
Hello and welcome to the Blood Elf edition of Artcraft! We know that many of you have been waiting for this update, so I’ll just provide some quick background and then get straight into the imagery.We’re aware that it’s not ideal to see a mix of older player character models next to newer player character models, especially when you happen to be a player of the Blood Elf variety—and we’re working as diligently to remedy that situation as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality. We don’t have an exact ETA for when you’ll see these in-game, but we’re happy with the direction of this update with regards to the model and textures; we’re now focusing on model and texture variations, as well as rigging and animating. We’ve streamlined the process quite a bit, so hopefully (knock on wood) those things will go smoothly and we’ll be able to roll these out quickly.
WoD Build 18816: Hearthstone Items, Brawler's Guild Changes, Tier 17 Loot Tables
News from the latest beta build continues with a closer look at some Hearthstone-themed items, the details on how Brawler's Guild is changing in Warlords, and all Tier 17 boss loot tables for all difficulties, including tier tokens. Also check out
last night's post on Build 18816 datamining and new styles for quest gear
.
Hearthstone Tributes
Benjamin Brode
, a tribute to
Senior Game Designer Benjamin Brode
, is an NPC who wanders around your Garrison selling awesome Hearthstone loot!
Golden Hearthstone Card: Lord Jaraxxus
. . Open up a new pack of Hearthstone cards. In addition to the cloud of dust, you emote the following: "<Name> opens up a new pack of Hearthstone cards. Mmm, love that new card smell.
FX_HearthstoneDeckOpen
Winning Hand
. . Show everyone that you just won a game of Hearthstone. Your character sets off fireworks and dances, and emotes "<Name> just won a game of Hearthstone!"
FX_HearthstoneVictoryStinger
Hearthstone Board
. . Throw down a Hearthstone board! This also plays the intro Hearthstone music and has the emote "<Name> throws down a Hearthstone board! Who's ready to play?
FX_HearthstoneIntroStinger
Brawler's Guild in WoD
Brawler's Guild is once again active on the beta and there are some changes.
There is a "new season" and everyone is back to Rank 1, even if you were at max reputation in Mists of Pandaria. All fights have been retuned for level 100.
There are level 100 versions of Brawler's Guild potions now.
Brawler's Draenic Agility Potion
,
Brawler's Draenic Intellect Potion
,
Brawler's Draenic Strength Potion
are potions anyone can use, and
Brawler's Bottomless Draenic Agility Potion
,
Brawler's Bottomless Draenic Intellect Potion
, and
Brawler's Bottomless Draenic Strength Potion
(not consumed when you use) cost and require Rank 4.
The Brassiest Knuckle
is no longer sold, and in its place is
Pit Fighter's Punching Ring
for . This ring, unlike the MoP version, has appropriate stats for each spec.
As we've covered in our
Preparing for 6.0 Guide
, Brawler's Guild achievements for killing bosses before 6.0 are being moved to Legacy Feats of Strength--
click here for a full list
. There are
new achievements for killing the level 100 versions of these bosses
in Warlords of Draenor and they reward the same vanity items, titles, etc. The other achievements are not going anywhere, like
Haters Gonna Hate (Season 2)
and
I'm Your Number One Fan (Season 2)
.
Get started with the Brawler's Guild with our
Brawler's Guild Guide
!
Tier 17 Boss Loot Tables
The Warlords of Draenor dungeon journal was updated yesterday with loot tables.
Highmaul
is 10 ilvls lower than
Blackrock Foundry
loot.
Raid Finder loot is ilvl 640 in
Highmaul
, ilvl 650 in
Blackrock Foundry
and is different than the other difficulties--the trinkets are not as overpowered, no tier gear drops, and different models.
Normal loot is ilvl 655 in
Highmaul
and ilvl 665 in
Blackrock Foundry
.
Heroic loot is ilvl 670 in
Highmaul
and ilvl 680 in
Blackrock Foundry
.
Mythic loot is ilvl 685 in
Highmaul
and ilvl 695 in
Blackrock Foundry
.
The following bosses in
Blackrock Foundry
drop Tier 17:
Kromog
: Helms
Foreman Feldspar
: Legs
Operator Thogar
: Shoulders
Flamebender Ka'graz
: Chest
Iron Maidens
: Gloves
Blackhand
drops tokens like
Essence of the Iron Protector
which presumably turn into any tier piece, similar to
Garrosh Hellscream
and
Essence of the Cursed Protector
.
Note that Kargath and Gruul appear to share loot--this is most likely a bug on Blizzard's end as the in-game journal has the same issue.
Warlords of Draenor: New Transmog Gear, Garrison Calculator Updates, Tier 17 Itemsets, Blue Tweets
New Transmog Gear
The
Trading Post Level 2
allows access to the
Sha'tari Defense
or
Laughing Skull Orcs
factions. In the most recent build, transmog items were added that are themed after these factions!
For the Alliance, there is a special BoA Plate set:
For the Horde, there are skull helms:
Frozen Visage of the Laughing Skull
Visage of the Laughing Skull
Golden Visage of the Laughing Skull
Bloody Visage of the Laughing Skull
WoD Build 18764: 3D Models for New Weapons, Tier 17 and Season 16 Armor and Set Bonus Preview
In tonight's
new beta build
, Blizzard added items for all Tier 17 gear as well as many models for new weapons! Blizzard also put correct armor models on the Season 16 and Tier 17 gear, so we thought it would be a great time to recap all the appearances, their set bonuses, and more!
Also be sure to check out our
recent datamining post
--it has updated character models,
rings for the legendary questline
, updated WoD loading screen, and more!
Video of New Weapon Models
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