Timewalking

This article is about the dungeon mode. For the faction, see Timewalkers. For the level-scaling option available from Chromie, see Timewalking Campaigns.

Timewalking is a dungeon difficulty that allows players to queue up for a randomly selected dungeon from a previous expansion. Timewalking difficulty scales the dungeon up to the character's power and gear (timewalking raids scale the character's power and gear relative to the raid instead). Loot obtained during this difficulty has the Timewarped tag, which scales up to an item level appropriate for use at the player's level.

Killing bosses in timewalking dungeons will award  [Timewarped Badges] which can be traded for valuable items at the timewalking vendors.

Character requirements

Characters level 70 and up must have an item level of 180. Characters below level 60 can also participate. They need to not be affected by  [Experience Eliminated] and not in a Timewalking Campaign. Characters need to be the minimum level for the activate timewalking event, as listed.

Expansion	Minimum level
Classic	Level 10
The Burning Crusade	Level 30
Wrath of the Lich King	Level 30
Cataclysm	Level 35
Mists of Pandaria	Level 35
Warlords of Draenor	Level 40
Legion	Level 45
Battle for Azeroth	Level 50

Rotation

Key art for The Burning Crusade timewalking

The following dungeons and raids are enabled for the Timewalking difficulty.

Classic

• Deadmines
• Zul'Farrak
• Dire Maul - Warpwood Quarter
• Dire Maul - Capital Gardens
• Stratholme - Main Gate
• Stratholme - Service Entrance

The Burning Crusade

• The Blood Furnace
• The Botanica
• Magister's Terrace
• Mana-Tombs
• The Shattered Halls
• The Underbog
• Black Temple (raid)

Wrath of the Lich King

• Azjol-Nerub
• The Forge of Souls
• Gundrak
• Halls of Lightning
• The Nexus
• Utgarde Keep
• Ulduar (raid)

Cataclysm

• Blackrock Caverns
• End Time
• Lost City of the Tol'vir
• Stonecore
• The Vortex Pinnacle
• Throne of the Tides
• Firelands (raid)

Mists of Pandaria

• Gate of the Setting Sun
• Mogu'shan Palace
• Scholomance
• Shado-Pan Monastery
• Stormstout Brewery
• Temple of the Jade Serpent

Warlords of Draenor

• Auchindoun
• Bloodmaul Slag Mines
• The Everbloom
• Grimrail Depot
• Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
• Skyreach

Legion

• Black Rook Hold
• Eye of Azshara
• Darkheart Thicket
• Vault of the Wardens
• Neltharion's Lair
• Court of Stars

Battle for Azeroth

• Atal'Dazar
• Freehold
• King's Rest
• Shrine of the Storm
• Temple of Sethraliss
• Waycrest Manor

Removed

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 9.1.5.

Various instances were removed from their respective Timewalking events in patch 9.1.5.

• The Arcatraz
• The Black Morass
• The Slave Pens
• Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
• Pit of Saron
• Utgarde Pinnacle
• Grim Batol
• Siege of Niuzao Temple
• Iron Docks

Bonus Events

Main article: Bonus Event#Timewalking

Burning Crusade Timewalking

There are eight different Timewalking Bonus Events: One for content from the original vanilla release and from each expansion from The Burning Crusade through Battle for Azeroth. When one of these events is active, a Weekend Event quest to complete five timewalking dungeons and a raid quest (if applicable) will also be available.

Reputation Buffs:

•  [Sign of the Past]
•  [Sign of the Twisting Nether]
•  [Sign of the Scourge]
•  [Sign of the Destroyer]
•  [Sign of the Mists]
•  [Sign of Iron]
•  [Sign of the Legion]
•  [Sign of Azeroth]

Timewalking quests include:

•  [80W] An Original Path Through Time
  •  [10-79W] An Original Journey Through Time
•  [80W] A Burning Path Through Time
  •  [10-79W] A Burning Journey Through Time
  •  [30R] Disturbance Detected: Black Temple
•  [80W] A Frozen Path Through Time
  •  [10-79W] A Frozen Journey Through Time
  •  [30R] Disturbance Detected: Ulduar
•  [80W] A Shattered Path Through Time
  •  [10-79W] A Shattered Journey Through Time
  •  [35R] Disturbance Detected: Firelands
•  [80W] A Shrouded Path Through Time
  •  [10-79W] A Shrouded Journey Through Time
•  [80W] A Savage Path Through Time
•  [80W] A Fel Path Through Time
•  [80W] A Scarred Path Through Time

Turbulent Timeways

Main article: Turbulent Timeways

Turbulent Timeways is a multiple-week-long version of the Timewalking events that switch to a new expansion each week.

Completing any timewalking dungeon adds a stack to the  [Knowledge of Timeways] buff, adding 5% XP for 2 hours. At four stacks, the knowledge buff turns into  [Mastery of Timeways], granting +30% XP for 3 hours. Earning the Mastery buff for the first time each week is what grants achievement progress. The buffs can be refreshed by completing additional timewalking dungeons.

Vendors

Timewalking NPCs

TW event	NPC	Location	Service
1	Bobadormu	Stormwind City Orgrimmar Bronze Celebration grounds	Vendor
3	Cupri	Terrace of Light, Shattrath City	Vendor
4	Auzin	Runeweaver Square, Dalaran	Vendor
5	Kiatke	Eastern Earthshrine, Stormwind City Western Earthshrine, Orgrimmar	Vendor
6	Mistweaver Xia	Celestial Court, Timeless Isle	Vendor
7	Kronnus	Warspear, Ashran	Vendor
7	Tempra	Stormshield, Ashran	Vendor
8	Aridormi	Krasus' Landing, Dalaran	Vendor
	Churbro	Tradewinds Market, Boralus Port of Zandalar, Dazar'alor	Vendor
1	Grannadormu  Moira Thaurissan	Stormwind City Orgrimmar Bronze Celebration grounds	Raid queuing
3	Vormu	Terrace of Light, Shattrath City	Raid queuing
4		Runeweaver Square, Dalaran	Raid queuing
5		Eastern Earthshrine, Stormwind City Western Earthshrine, Orgrimmar	Raid queuing

Background

With the Black Temple a metaplot was started to be introduced in the Timewalking events:

• An unknown entity time-traveled to the Black Temple right before the original Illidari attack on Mardum and modified the battleplans for the incoming assault to make them even better. Vormu of the bronze dragonflight came too late to stop this modification of the timeline.
• Another unknown entity (or the same) time-traveled to Ulduar in order to tamper with and artificially age the titan locks holding Yogg-Saron in place, releasing the Old God forty millennia early.

History

Blizzard announced in May 2014 that they were working on a way for higher-level players to tackle lower-level dungeon and raid content, with abilities and gear scaled down to an appropriate level. Likely using the same technology used for Challenge Mode, the Proving Grounds, and scaled battlegrounds, Timewalker mode would allow players to experience older dungeons and raids at a challenging level.

The underlying system was largely implemented with patch 5.4.0 in September 2013, but was not yet accessible to players. However, some players were previously able to access the mode through a bug in certain dungeons, allowing them to experience an incomplete version of the feature.

The plan was to initially introduce the feature for dungeons only.

Prior to the release of the official "Timewalking" name, the title "Timewalker" came primarily from game data listing this title as an additional category of instance.

Original levels

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 9.0.1.

Before the level changes introduced in Shadowlands, timewalking for The Burning Crusade content was available for characters level 71 and up; Wrath of the Lich King for level 81 and up; Cataclysm for level 85 and up; Mists of Pandaria for level 91 and up; and Warlords of Draenor for level 101 and up.

Item levels

• The maximum item level for Timewarped items was 425 for level 120 characters.
• Gear scaled to the following item levels for their corresponding Timewalking event:
  • Classic - ilvl 60
    • Only available in the classic version of Alterac Valley, Korrak's Revenge, during WoW's 15th anniversary event.
  • Outland - ilvl 67
  • Northrend - ilvl 92
  • Cataclysm - ilvl 104
  • Mists of Pandaria - ilvl 116
  • Warlords of Draenor - ilvl 152

Notes

• When an item drops in a Timewalking dungeon, its item level is based on the player's level at the time of the drop.
• Killing mobs within Timewalking dungeons still rewards reputation for the appropriate factions of that expansion, if that mechanic existed in the original version of the dungeon.
• All bosses in Timewalking dungeons and raids have a very small chance to drop the  [Reins of the Infinite Timereaver], an infinite drake mount.
• The difficulty is sometimes colloquially referred to as Timewalker or Timewalker mode.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.1.7 (2025-06-17):
  • Battle for Azeroth event added.
  • Enemy health increased in all Timewalking dungeons.
  • Boss health significantly increased in all Timewalking dungeons.
  • Adjusted difficulty scaling via the following changes:
    • Lower-geared players are now slightly more damage-resistant.
    • Incoming damage should be more noticeable against geared players.
    • Fixed an issue where item level scaling did not account for enchantments, gems, and other power sources.
  • Timewalking dungeons will now drop Adventurer gear (was Explorer).
  • Completing a Timewalking dungeon now rewards 25 Timewarped Badges (was 10).
    
• Hotfix (2024-11-20): Weekly Timewalking quests now require level 30 to drop item rewards.
  

Developers' notes: Players from level 10-29 are still able to engage with Timewalking, however, we do not want to incentivize creating a character for one run and then deleting the character.

• Hotfix (2024-11-06):
  • Fixed an issue causing the Timewalking Dungeon Finder to require unreasonable item levels.
  • Fixed a bug where Ulduar Timewalking bosses were not always awarding their Timewarped Badges.
    
• Hotfix (2024-10-28): Adjusted all Timewalking dungeon enemy health and damage to better scale with player power.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22):
  • Classic Timewalking dungeons added.
  • Vendors refreshed.
  • Timewalking dungeons now use the same scaling system as Chromie Time and will now scale enemies to your current level as opposed to scaling you to the level of the dungeon.
    
• Patch 10.1.7 (2023-09-05): Timewalking dungeons now reward satchels of helpful goods; these are the same satchels that come from running non-timewalking dungeons via the Dungeon Finder's random search.

  E.g.  [Icy Satchel of Helpful Goods] is available as a reward for doing Wrath of the Lich King timewalking dungeons.
  

• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Timewalking now requires level 60 and item level 180.
  
• Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02):
  • Legion event added, along with a Mythic+ mode and the return of the Mage Tower challenges.
  • The list of available dungeons during Timewalking holidays has been adjusted:
    • Added: The Blood Furnace, The Botanica, The Underbog, Azjol-Nerub, The Forge of Souls, Utgarde Keep, Blackrock Caverns, Scholomance, Grimrail Depot
    • Removed: The Arcatraz, The Black Morass, The Slave Pens, Ahn'Kahet, Pit of Saron, Utgarde Pinnacle, Grim Batol, Siege of Niuzao Temple, Iron Docks
      
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Timewalking vendor now has an icon indicator on the zone map and minimap.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Minimum level requirement changed to 50 for all events.
  
• Patch 8.2.5 (2019-09-24): Firelands added for Cataclysm.
  
• Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Warlords of Draenor event added.
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Fixed issues that could prevent groups from using the Premade Group Finder to form or backfill groups for Timewalking raids.
  
• Patch 7.3.5 (2018-01-16): Ulduar added for Wrath of the Lich King.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Black Temple added for The Burning Crusade.
  
• Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Base item level of dropped items has been increased for level 110 players.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Mists of Pandaria event added.
  
• Hotfix (2016-12-06): Many trinkets available from Timewalking holiday dungeons and vendors have had their effects adjusted to more closely match the power level of Legion trinkets.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-02): Increased the adjusted item level of players in Burning Crusade and Cataclysm Timewalking dungeons.
  
• Hotfix (2016-07-27):
  • All bosses and some other mobs in the Wrath of the Lich King timewalking dungeons have had their melee damage reduced by 30%.
  • The target average item level that players now scale to in Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking dungeons has been increased.
    
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Cataclysm event added. Magister's Terrace added for The Burning Crusade. Pit of Saron added for Wrath of the Lich King.
  
• Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01):
  • Players now receive a [Timewarped Badge] when they complete a Timewalking dungeon. These badges can be redeemed at new vendors that appear during a Timewalking bonus event. The new vendors sell new toys, new mounts, in addition to gear that scales up to the character's level at the time of purchase.
  • Timewalking bosses who had unusual drops, such as  [Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake], now have a chance to drop those items when defeated while Timewalking.
    
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Added.
  

External links

World of Warcraft Community Site Patch 6.2 Preview – Timewalking