Bloodbath Orb

Bloodbath Orb and an orc player channeling it.

The Bloodbath Orbs are blood orbs found in each of the waiting rooms in Arena matches. Players can use it to cast their vote if they want the  [Dampening] debuff to start immediately when the match starts (rather than 5 minutes in).

Voting:

• If no teams activate the orb, the gates will open with an announcement that'll describe the match as being slow, and the debuff will start in 5 minutes at 0%.
• If one team activates the orb, an announcement will describe the match as having a warmup period, and the debuff will start at 3 minutes at 0%.
• If both teams activate the orb, the announcement will describe the match as a bloodbath, and the debuff starts immediately at 0%.

Notes

• The channeling takes 2 seconds from at least 2 players on a team to activate.
• The range of the orb to channel is deliberately small to prevent mis-clicks.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.5.0 (2025-07-01): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB