Guide to Highmaul Raid Follower Missions

Posted 2014/12/22 at 12:08 PM by HamletEJ

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Once you have a team of 3 followers at ilvl 645 that solves each of the 4 missions, you can rest until new mission content is added in the future.

You don’t need a large army of geared epic followers to get the best rewards--you need at most 12 (but likely less due to some being useful on multiple missions) if you correctly pick out your most important people early in the gearing process. You might not be able to plan precisely, since some of your followers might take time to level to epic to see all their traits, but you should be able to narrow your options down quite a bit.

Highmaul Raid (the Swamp mission): Wild Aggression, Deadly Minions, Timed Battle, Danger Zones, Powerful Spell, Massive Strike

Highmaul Raid (the Plains mission): 2x Deadly Minions, Timed Battle, Powerful Spell, Danger Zones, Wild Aggression

Highmaul Raid (the Ogre mission): 2x Timed Battle, Deadly Minions, Massive Strike, Minion Swarms, Magic Debuff

Highmaul Raid (the Gronn mission): 2x Group Damage, Danger Zones, Wild Aggression, Minion Swarms, Magic Debuff

Highmaul Mission Rewards

You receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 655 Normal loot, by default.

Your missions will start to reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures, which contains ilvl 670 Heroic loot, once your character has 15 boss kills in Normal Mode Highmaul.

Your missions will start to reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures, which contains ilvl 685 Mythic loot, once your character has 15 boss kills in Heroic Mode Highmaul.

To get an additional in addition to the Mythic loot, you need 15 boss kills in Mythic Highmaul.

Increasing Mission Success Chance

If you counter all 6 abilities (2 from each of 3 ilvl 645 epic followers), you will have 100% success chance.

If you can only counter 5 abilities, you will start at 85% success chance. To that you can add:
7.5% for any active racial synergy (e.g. Child of Draenor with an Orc). Note that one follower with the ability, on a mission with two Orcs, will only count once.

5% for any other bonus:
Marshwalker, Plainsrunner, Ogreslayer, or Gronnslayer, depending on the mission

High Stamina (or Burst of Power instead, if somebody has an Epic Mount)

Blook’s Combat Experience

Abilities and Counters

3 missions have a doubled threat. The Plains mission has 2x Deadly Minions, the Ogre mission has 2x Timed Battle, and the Gronn mission has 2x Group Damage. In order to fully cover one of these missions, you need multiple followers with the relevant ability and a useful pairing. Followers with these traits are good candidates to always level to epic.
Group Damage is rarer than most for the Horde, being a starting ability on only 2 easily-accessible followers ( Leorajh and Soulbinder Tuulani), plus Cleric Maluuf / Karg Bloodfury and Fiona / Shadow Hunter Rala if you are Alliance. It can also only appear as a second ability for epic followers who have healer specs. Beyond that, you have to resort to Trading Post rep followers (Vindicator Heluun / Cacklebone or Vindicator Heluun / Cacklebone) or the Tavern headhunter. Group Damage doesn’t appear anywhere outside the Gronn mission. You should level Leorajh and Tuulani to epic early on to see if they gain abilities that are useful for the Gronn mission.

BlookCombat ExperiencePhylarch the EvergreenNat PagleEvergreenAnglerUseful Traits

Racial preferences (depending on whether you have any candidate teammates of the relevant race)

Marshwalker, Plainsrunner, Ogreslayer, or Gronnslayer. But each trait is only useful if the follower’s ability supports the relevant mission. For example, on a follower with Group Damage, Gronnslayer is nice, but Marshwalker is likely meaningless.

High Stamina: Be careful about the High Stamina/Epic Mount interaction. Epic Mount is generally not desired on your Highmaul team, since the time it takes you to complete the mission doesn’t especially matter. It’s possible that if you have many people with Burst of Power and none with High Stamina, Epic Mount will be helpful, but this is an edge case.

Applying These RulesFollower Retraining CertificateWarlords of Draenor Follower GuideWhen to Start Missions

It’s better to have some follower tokens banked up so that you can see which mission you get and then level appropriate followers to 645. You do have a few days to do the mission during which you can acquire more ilvl upgrades, but it’s probably better to have some on hand rather than pushing to 645 as soon as it’s first possible.

Raise followers that are likely to be useful at multiple missions to 645 first. e.g. Blook, and people with some of the ability pairings mentioned above.

If you’re about to unlock a higher tier of reward by killing more Normal or Heroic Highmaul raid bosses, you may want to wait until after that raid to trigger your first mission so you get the higher reward right away. Don’t delay more than a few days or it defeats the purpose.

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Comment by stymBrilliant, Thank you Hamlet!
I needed to figure out the bonuses traits provided, thank you for the insight.

I think the strategy i am going to go with going forward is to restrict my followers to a small pool of races with the appropriate racial bonuses, apparently those make a huge difference.

I currently have an epic Vargoth and Tuulani with an affinity for Draenei/Gnomes and Humans, respectively. I also have a Pitfighter Jean-Claude Vandaam who is a better asset than he is an actor, with Plainsrunner and Ogreslayer.
With careful planning and a little bit of luck you can make up for almost two missing counters!Comment by lankybritThanks for the guide.

It's my goal that I can get these missions on my main. Salvage yard in place to upgrade followers more often, and I'm working to get my follower army to 645. Only got a few to 630 currently.Comment by DJowelHow do I get to see my followers traits and abilites as the picture shows and not just when they are usefull?Comment by MageJefaarWhen you say "you need a follower to hit ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Normal Mode Highmaul" do you mean my followers need 15 kills on their missions, or I need 15 kills in the actual raid?Comment by AzyraWhen you say "you need a follower to hit ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Normal Mode Highmaul" do you mean my followers need 15 kills on their missions, or I need 15 kills in the actual raid?Comment by lankybritHow do I get to see my followers traits and abilites as the picture shows and not just when they are usefull?Comment by theserfDo these missions keep popping up or are they a one-shot...once you get a chance and fail, it's gone?

Yes, like many others, I had a 89% chance and failed. hmfComment by NoixzThis section is lacking info for people who are wondering... There isnt 15 bosses in Highmaul.. so it would have to be a TOTAL of 15 over all..
Bit confused to how you put this.. and would be nice if you explain it more that way people arnt trying figure out what and how to get it to proc.
A: 15 bosses total before cache will appear on your mission
B: 15 Bosses in 1 week (as in running Raid more then once since you can regardless once with loot and once without) Before cache will appear

As for 2 followers hitting 645.. i already have 10 so it must be your first 2 will give you 1 cache after that you wont get it anymore(?) (Or its just random). since i have 10 already at 650+ and i have only had 2 Normal Loot cache (But i have gotten gear to drop that wasnt highmaul*Dont recall tho*).
Our raid runs both Heroic and normal.. in total since we started, i have had 1-2 Normal Loot Cache and Now just recently got my Heroic Loot Cache. I feel this is more random. but this is what happen to me so far.

***Edit, i dont think followers are base off the 645 ilvl part since like i posted i have 10 almost 11 -12 that are above 645. as for heroic Cache. i check my logs, i have killed normal bosses in total 15 times. so this is confirmed *outside a blue post* as for Mythic catch i have yet to recive but should get 1 this week since i am at 14 kills in Heroic now.**** New Edit Wonder if you can just run Normal for example over and over again to hit your 15 kills or does this mean each boss killed once counts to the timer.

Highmaul Mission Rewards
There are four tiers of rewards, which are based on your number of boss kills at a certain difficulty:
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 655 Normal loot, you need 2 followers to hit ilvl 645.
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 670 Heroic loot, you need 2 followers at ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Normal Mode Highmaul.
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 685 Mythic loot, you need 2 followers at ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Heroic Mode Highmaul. To get an additional 1,000 in addition to Mythic loot, you need 15 boss kills from Mythic Highmaul.Comment by AzyraDo these missions keep popping up or are they a one-shot...once you get a chance and fail, it's gone?

Yes, like many others, I had a 89% chance and failed. hmfComment by AwowmaniacEverything's just awesome... wish I could play though I miss WoW (1.5 years no play)Comment by HamletEJHow do I get to see my followers traits and abilites as the picture shows and not just when they are usefull?When you say "you need a follower to hit ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Normal Mode Highmaul" do you mean my followers need 15 kills on their missions, or I need 15 kills in the actual raid?Comment by ZnuffIn case you're wondering, and if I read this correctly - there is NO NEGATIVE interaction between High Stamina / Epic Mount.

High Stamina applies to the base mission time, not the one reduced after Epic Mount.Comment by NoixzHow do I get to see my followers traits and abilites as the picture shows and not just when they are usefull?When you say "you need a follower to hit ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Normal Mode Highmaul" do you mean my followers need 15 kills on their missions, or I need 15 kills in the actual raid?Comment by Fir3shadowThis section is lacking info for people who are wondering... There isnt 15 bosses in Highmaul.. so it would have to be a TOTAL of 15 over all..
Bit confused to how you put this.. and would be nice if you explain it more that way people arnt trying figure out what and how to get it to proc.
A: 15 bosses total before cache will appear on your mission
B: 15 Bosses in 1 week (as in running Raid more then once since you can regardless once with loot and once without) Before cache will appear

As for 2 followers hitting 645.. i already have 10 so it must be your first 2 will give you 1 cache after that you wont get it anymore(?) (Or its just random). since i have 10 already at 650+ and i have only had 2 Normal Loot cache (But i have gotten gear to drop that wasnt highmaul*Dont recall tho*).
Our raid runs both Heroic and normal.. in total since we started, i have had 1-2 Normal Loot Cache and Now just recently got my Heroic Loot Cache. I feel this is more random. but this is what happen to me so far.

***Edit, i dont think followers are base off the 645 ilvl part since like i posted i have 10 almost 11 -12 that are above 645. as for heroic Cache. i check my logs, i have killed normal bosses in total 15 times. so this is confirmed *outside a blue post* as for Mythic catch i have yet to recive but should get 1 this week since i am at 14 kills in Heroic now.**** New Edit Wonder if you can just run Normal for example over and over again to hit your 15 kills or does this mean each boss killed once counts to the timer.

Highmaul Mission Rewards
There are four tiers of rewards, which are based on your number of boss kills at a certain difficulty:
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 655 Normal loot, you need 2 followers to hit ilvl 645.
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 670 Heroic loot, you need 2 followers at ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Normal Mode Highmaul.
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 685 Mythic loot, you need 2 followers at ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Heroic Mode Highmaul. To get an additional 1,000 in addition to Mythic loot, you need 15 boss kills from Mythic Highmaul.consistentlyComment by NoixzThis section is lacking info for people who are wondering... There isnt 15 bosses in Highmaul.. so it would have to be a TOTAL of 15 over all..
Bit confused to how you put this.. and would be nice if you explain it more that way people arnt trying figure out what and how to get it to proc.
A: 15 bosses total before cache will appear on your mission
B: 15 Bosses in 1 week (as in running Raid more then once since you can regardless once with loot and once without) Before cache will appear

As for 2 followers hitting 645.. i already have 10 so it must be your first 2 will give you 1 cache after that you wont get it anymore(?) (Or its just random). since i have 10 already at 650+ and i have only had 2 Normal Loot cache (But i have gotten gear to drop that wasnt highmaul*Dont recall tho*).
Our raid runs both Heroic and normal.. in total since we started, i have had 1-2 Normal Loot Cache and Now just recently got my Heroic Loot Cache. I feel this is more random. but this is what happen to me so far.

***Edit, i dont think followers are base off the 645 ilvl part since like i posted i have 10 almost 11 -12 that are above 645. as for heroic Cache. i check my logs, i have killed normal bosses in total 15 times. so this is confirmed *outside a blue post* as for Mythic catch i have yet to recive but should get 1 this week since i am at 14 kills in Heroic now.**** New Edit Wonder if you can just run Normal for example over and over again to hit your 15 kills or does this mean each boss killed once counts to the timer.

Highmaul Mission Rewards
There are four tiers of rewards, which are based on your number of boss kills at a certain difficulty:
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 655 Normal loot, you need 2 followers to hit ilvl 645.
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 670 Heroic loot, you need 2 followers at ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Normal Mode Highmaul.
To receive missions that reward Cache of Highmaul Treasures which contains ilvl 685 Mythic loot, you need 2 followers at ilvl 645 and 15 boss kills from Heroic Mode Highmaul. To get an additional 1,000 in addition to Mythic loot, you need 15 boss kills from Mythic Highmaul.consistentlyComment by jcasey35Just failed my Heroic Highmaul Mission that had a 99% chance of success... Any idea of I was just incredibly unlucky or if these just have a higher than apparent chance at failing?Comment by CitanoJust unlucky. I tried the rare 100 mission with 20k exp and 1k apexis shards once with 12% chance or so and actually succeeded, yet I failed a 92% mission the day after. RNG is....... RNG :)

Also want to add that having Lv.3 Barracks to get the 5 more active followers is quite nice if you have some bad luck with getting follower to get double-counters for these missions, and for the future if you want to min-max mission followers, you actually want to get rid of Leorajh and the other bodyguard followers since it's a trait that can't be removed. However with little Group Damage options for Horde atleast you kinda have to use a weekly Inn search to get a Group Damage follower and hope for some good traits.
Perhaps not THAT much needed now, but if BRF will give new missions and 6.1 missions becoming available and if they get tougher then it could be a consideration.Comment by alpha5099You should probably list how long these missions stay around, as I took a day or two to gear up my characters so I could get a 100% on my first raid mission. Got the Ogre mission, was able to get 100% with five threats down and two racial synergy traits (orc and goblin). Upgrading the weapon on my last follower was a huge pain; hit the limit of 655 on their armor no problem, but the weapon tokens (at least for me) are harder to come by.Comment by 1329604The RNG gods frowned upon you this quest. I've failed a 24 hr mission for the legendary stones with a 98% chance and passed a 7% rare quest I was just trying to get off the board.Comment by oldmandennisNice guide thanks for posting. I'll compare my team tonight :)

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