Scenario

The Scenarios interface as of patch 10.2.7 during WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria.

Scenarios are short, 3-player instances, with progressive objectives and a story arc. They are completely role-less, meaning tanks or healers aren't necessary to succeed - any class combination can work. Smaller scenarios play similarly to group quests and help players earn faction reputation, while larger scenarios play out like epic PvE battlegrounds with major objectives and plenty of scripted events. They are instanced areas.

From Warlords of Draenor onwards, there are no new endgame scenarios, and thus, no scenario rewards. Instead, some quests use scenario mechanics, which are seamlessly integrated into the main world using phasing, rather than being their own instances. Some instanced scenarios have since been added, but rarely and are accessed via an NPC at the given location rather than through the Group Finder.

Queuing up

Through the group finder

Queuing for scenarios works identically to queuing for a dungeon, and is accomplished via the Scenarios pane of the Group Finder interface (default hotkey: I). Players can choose a specific scenario, or opt for a random scenario. Completing a random scenario would reward the player with roughly 20 and a  [Greater Cache of Treasures] that may contain either additional gold or a randomly enchanted piece of equipment tailored to their class (though not necessarily their spec).

The scenarios section would disappear upon leveling past the Mists of Pandaria level cap (91+ at the time) up until Shadowlands where it no longer appears at any level. However, it has shown up for special events such as WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria.

Through NPCs

Lorewalker Fu (normal difficulty) and Lorewalker Shin (heroic difficulty) are available at the Seat of Knowledge to queue for the scenarios. However, it requires two other players (three players total) to start the queue.

Scenarios

Mists of Pandaria scenarios

This section contains information that is out-of-date. Reason: levels, ilvls

	Scenario	Location	Level	N iLvl	H iLvl	Quest
5.0	Theramore's Fall	Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh	90	425	N/A	N/A
5.0	Theramore's Fall	Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh	90	425	N/A	N/A
5.0	A Brewing Storm	Thunderpaw Peak, Jade Forest	90	425	496	[35] Blanche's Boomer Brew
5.0	Greenstone Village	Greenstone Village, Jade Forest	90	425	N/A	[35] Volatile Greenstone Brew
5.0	Unga Ingoo	Unga Ingoo, Krasarang Wilds	90	425	N/A	[35 Daily] The Funky Monkey Brew
5.0	Brewmoon Festival	Binan Village, Kun-Lai Summit	90	425	N/A	[35] The Kun-Lai Kicker
5.0	Arena of Annihilation	Temple of the White Tiger, Kun-Lai Summit	90	425	N/A	[20-35] The Arena of Annihilation
5.0	Crypt of Forgotten Kings	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	90	425	496	N/A
5.1	Domination Point	Domination Point, Krasarang Wilds	90	425	N/A	[15-35] Domination Point
5.1	Lion's Landing	Lion's Landing, Krasarang Wilds	90	425	N/A	[15-35] Lion's Landing
5.1	A Little Patience	Temple of the Red Crane, Krasarang Wilds	90	425	N/A	[15-35] A Little Patience
5.1	Dagger in the Dark	Ancient Passage, Veiled Stair	90	425	N/A	[15-35] Dagger in the Dark
5.1	Assault on Zan'vess	Zan'vess, Dread Wastes	90	425	N/A	N/A
5.3	Battle on the High Seas	Great Sea	90	496	496	N/A
5.3	Blood in the Snow	Shimmer Ridge, Dun Morogh	90	496	496	[30-35] The King and the Council
5.3	Dark Heart of Pandaria	Big Blossom Excavation, Vale of Eternal Blossoms	90	496	496	[30-35] The Warchief and the Darkness
5.3	Secrets of Ragefire	Durotar	90	496	496	N/A

Single-player scenarios

Starting from a very rare drop, warlocks can undertake a very difficult solo-scenario to turn their fire green in Pursuing the Black Harvest.

There are a handful of scenarios on the Isle of Thunder that are designed for a single player. None of these single-player scenarios may be queued for the normal way by using the scenario-finder interface. Instead, the quest giver will provide a gossip option to queue for and start the scenario. All but one of these scenarios can only be completed once per player during the Isle of Thunder storyline. As such, the documentation and walk-throughs for these scenarios are provided in the quests where the scenarios take place:

1.  [32-35] The Assault on Shaol'mara /  [32-35] The Assault on Zeb'tula
2.  [32-35] Tear Down This Wall!
3.  [32-35] To the Skies!
4.  [32-35] A Bold Idea /  [32-35] Decisive Action
5.  [32-35] The Fall of Shan Bu

The one repeatable single-player scenario is Troves of the Thunder King, the loot-grabbing scenario that requires a  [Key to the Palace of Lei Shen] to begin.

Additionally, as part of Wrathion's legendary quest, he starts the solo scenario  [90] The Thunder Forge.

The Proving Grounds, added in patch 5.4.0, uses the scenario mechanic. There is also one repeatable scenario as part of the Timeless Isle cooking chain. The quest   [35] The Secret Ingredient Is... is the walk-through and completion of this opens the dailies   [35 Daily] Noodle Time and   [35 Daily] Noodle Time: Bonus.

Legion introduced several single-player scenarios:

• The Mage Tower challenges, added in patch 7.2.0 and returned once again in patch 9.1.5 with Legion Timewalking.
• The Deaths of Chromie, added in patch 7.2.5

Pet battle scenarios

The Celestial Tournament takes place in a single-player pet battle scenario, where players face a series of pet tamers and battle pets. This scenario is repeatable.

Several pet battle scenarios have been added since:

• Wailing Critters
• Deadmines: Pet Edition
• Gnomeregan
• Stratholme
• Blackrock Depths

Raid scenarios

The Codex of Chromie is a 20-player scenario where one helps Chromie fix time distortions in Silithus in order to repair her Codex. It is available during WoW's Anniversary and is queuable through the Dungeon Finder.

Not-yet-released scenarios

These scenarios were planned but have never been released.

• Peak of Serenity
• Temple of Kotmogu
• Black Ox Temple

Gallery

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  During Mists of Pandaria.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer rewards [Valor Points].
  
• Hotfix (2014-06-04): Queuing for a non-random Normal Scenario now awards 30 Justice Points on completion (down from 70 Justice Points).
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Heroic Scenarios no longer have a minimum item level requirement to enter.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Scenarios introduced.
  

See also

• Warfronts and Island Expeditions, other types of scenarios.