Blackrock Depths (Timewalking)

Blackrock Depths
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Location	The Masonary, Blackrock Mountain
Race(s)	Dark Iron dwarf; Fire elemental; Flamewaker
End boss	Emperor Dagran Thaurissan
Instance info
Level	30-80 (LFR); 70-80 (normal/heroic)
Player limit	10-15
Cross-faction?
Bosses
Lord Roccor; Bael'Gar; Lord Incendius; Golem Lord Argelmach; The Seven; General Angerforge; Ambassador Flamelash; Emperor Dagran Thaurissan;	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore);

For other uses, see Blackrock Depths (disambiguation).

The subject of this article or section was exclusively part of WoW's 20th Anniversary. It has since been removed and is no longer available.

Blackrock Depths is the deepest part of Blackrock Mountain, ruled by the Dark Iron dwarves who were led by Emperor Dagran Thaurissan. Several minions of the Firelord Ragnaros also make their home in these lava-lined depths.

It was added as a 10-15 player Classic timewalking raid instance at levels 30-80 with patch 11.0.5 as part of WoW's 20th Anniversary. This is separate from the dungeon, which is still available.

Getting there

Level 30-80 characters can queue directly in Raid Finder. Level 70-80 players attempting Normal or Heroic mode must manually form a party (using Group Finder), then the raid leader should speak with Grannadormu in the Valley of Strength of Orgrimmar or the Stormwind Embassy in Stormwind City or Moira Thaurissan at the celebration area outside the Caverns of Time in Tanaris to enter.

Quests

[30-80W] Disturbance Detected: Blackrock Depths
[10-80] Truth of the Dark Irons

Adventure Guide

The smoldering Blackrock Depths are home to the Dark Iron dwarves and their emperor, Dagran Thaurissan. Like his predecessors, he serves under the iron rule of Ragnaros the Firelord, a merciless being summoned into the world centuries ago. The presence of chaotic elementals has attracted Twilight's Hammer cultists to the mountain domain. Along with Ragnaros' servants, they have pushed the dwarves toward increasingly destructive ends that could soon spell doom for all of Azeroth. There is no map available for this zone.

Encounters

The Elemental Overlords

Elemental overlords from the Firelands guard the approach to Shadowforge City within the Blackrock Depths.

Shadowforge City

The Dark Iron dwarves of Shadowforge City consort with the Twilight's Hammer and marshal for war.

The Imperial Seat

Emperor Dagran Thaurissan broods within his throne room, mired by politics and eager for conquest.

Maps and geography

Blackrock Depths maps
Detention Block
Shadowforge City

Loot

There are eight boss encounters, spread across three Raid Finder wings.

Item levels

At level 80, loot is equivalent to that from Nerub-ar Palace. Below that level, the loot will scale to the character's level at the time they win a drop.

Encounters are split into four tiers:

1-2: Lord Roccor, Bael'Gar
3-5: Lord Incendius, Golem Lord Argelmach, The Seven
6-7: General Angerforge, Ambassador Flamelash
8: Emperor Dagran Thaurissan

Item levels and crests
Level	Bosses	Loot	Crests
LFR	1-2	584	Weathered	10
	3-5	587
	6-7	590
	8	593	Weathered & Carved	15
Normal	1-2	597	Carved	10
	3-5	600
	6-7	603
	8	606	Carved & Runed	15
Heroic	1-2	610	Runed	10
	3-5	613
	6-7	616
	8	619	Runed & Gilded	15

Timewarped Relic Coffer Keys

Each full boss encounter drops 3x [Timewarped Relic Coffer Key], appropriate for the difficulty of the raid. The mini-bosses drop 1-2 keys each. Trade 40 keys for a piece of loot from Braggi Brazenbrass (LFR), Kraegan Emberforge (Normal), and Hilda Hellforge (Heroic) near Moira at the celebration area in Tanaris. There is a total maximum of 120 keys per difficulty over the course of the event.

Encounter drops

Lord Roccor

Bael'Gar

Lord Incendius

Golem-Lord Argelmach

The Seven

General Angerforge

Ambassador Flamelash

Emperor Dagran Thaurissan

Mini bosses

Phalanx

High Interrogator Gerstahn

Houndmaster Grebmar

Fineous Darkvire

Pyromancer Loregrain

Zone drops

Tokens

Once the [Token Collector] achievement is unlocked, 3 [Bronze Celebration Tokens] will drop daily for each boss while mini-bosses drop 2 tokens each daily.

Temporal Missives

Temporal Missive turned into Moira Thaurissan.

Temporal Missives can be found throughout the raid, with some being hidden until a certain boss or mini-boss is defeated. Interacting with them all is required for [A Dark Iron Past]. Only one raid member needs to interact with it for the entire raid to receive credit.

Wing 1 - The Elemental Overlords

Wing 2 - Shadowforge City

Wing 3 - The Imperial Seat

Temporal Missive: End of an Empire

Related achievements

Patch changes

Hotfix (2024-11-08):
- All enemy health and damage reduced by 10% on Normal difficulty.
- All enemy health and damage reduced by 12% on Heroic difficulty.
Hotfix (2024-10-29):
- All enemy health reduced by 11% and damage reduced by 9% on Normal difficulty.
- All enemy health and damage reduced by 11% on Heroic difficulty.
Hotfix (2024-10-28): The Servant Emperor missive now appears on LFR difficulty after defeating General Angerforge.
Hotfix (2024-10-25): Fixed an issue that was causing leveling players to not receive gold drops from some bosses.
Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Added.

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