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Comment by Katch

Looking awsome, i hope Broxigar will be there

Comment by 712875

I really hope we get to at least see some sort of presence of Sargeras

Comment by jowwy

does anybody know why Hour of Twilight was released before this?

Comment by Alienware209

In this instance Well of Eternity... every player gets turned into a Night Elf while in the instance. Just letting you know if you ever wanted to be a Night Elf paladin you can, sorta.

Comment by 251330

.::Guide to Well of Eternity (Live)::.

As you enter, you witness Peroth'arn commanding his minions. After he departs, you are left to battle a large Felguard. This felguard will periodically inflict a Strike Fear debuff to the group, increasing the damage players take by 20% per stack. He will also randomly leap on top of a ranged member.

After it is defeated, the firewall disappears, and you encounter Illidan. Speaking to him will apply a stealth effect to the entire party. For every second while you are stealthed you will build stacks of it. After breaking stealth, you gain 100% crit rate for one second per stack. The maximum amount is 30 stacks.

Follow Illidan across the row of demons, and you'll encounter a mob pack by a crystal formation. Kill t he Elf in this group first, and be sure to have the two demons face away from the rest of the group to avoid Carrion Swarm.

After this group is dead, click the usable crystal to destroy it. Follow Illidan beneath the staircase to encounter another group of the same enemies. Once the crystal group is finished, click the crystal and follow Illidan to the next line of marching demons.

Wait for Illidan to break the formation and cross over, and continue up the stairs to the next courtyard.You'll encounter another Felguard, and a third Crystal group. Once the last crystal is destroyed, return the main Courtyard and you will encounter Peroth'arn. Wait until Illidan is prepared to ambush him, and attack.

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Peroth'arn:
Peroth'arn will create patches of green fire beneath random members, which you must move out of immediately. He also applies a stacking debuff on the tank, which increases the damage he will take. His other ability here is called Fel Decay, which causes some DoT damage, and causes 50% of all healing done to them damage the healer.

After a bit, Peroth'arn will Drain the entire party for a good chunk of damage, before he is interrupted by Illidan. Peroth'arn will vanish, and Illidan will cause the entire group to become Stealthed once again. The entire group should immediately spread out towards the edges of the arena. Green eyes will appear at the center, and will move around the courtyard searching for stealthed players. If they come close enough to one, that member will become marked, and Peroth'arn will leap from the shadows and unleash a flurry of attacks against them. If this occurs, simply heal that member heavily and try to taunt him off them, and Peroth'arn will return to his first phase. If All members manage to avoid detection long enough, Peroth'arn will be forced from stealth, and will temporarily take increased damage.

Alternatively, you may have your tank stand in the center to pull Peroth'arn out of the shadows early. The tank will take a lot of additional damage if you choose to do this, so be sure your healer is capable of handling it.

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After Peroth'arn is defeated, make your way up the staircase that you had earlier passed under. Continue on to a circling glass ramp with several packs of mobs. None of the elf packs are particularly dangerous, though they can create small copies of each member of the group to assist them. The green eyes here are much more dangerous -- be sure to spread out to avoid their Green Chain Lightning effects. Be advised that after their third chain-lightning effect, they begin to channel a very deadly Firebreath attack. Interrupt this to avoid further damage. At the end, you'll encounter two handmaidens, which simply channel a sleep spell on one random member.

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Queen Azshara:
At the peak, you will encounter Queen Azshara, and a line of 6 Magus assistants. For this fight, you do not battle Azshara herself, but pairs of Magi that she calls to fight for her. She will call upon two at a time, beginning with the center two magi, and radiating outward. A few moments after calling a pair of Magi,Azshara herself will cast "Total Obedience". You MUST interrupt this, or she will wipe the entire group. Occasionally as you fight, she will enslave a party member. Above that member will be an attackable Hand of the Queen, which you must destroy to free them. This is a special MC that does not appear as a debuff, and can be applied to anyone in the fight, including the tank.

The Magi Azshara calls come in three varieties: Frost(Blue), Fire(Red), and Arcane(Purple). Each Magi has dangerous abilities: One is Coldflame, cast by the Blue Magi. A tower of magic will appear at a location on the floor, will will quickly erupt into a creeping line of Blue Fire. This fire is EXTREMELY dangerous, and the entire party must be aware of it. The Red Magi will periodically cast Firebomb, an AoE that can be easily avoided if the group spreads out. The Purple Magi summon Arcane Bombs, which appear as magic towers, similar to Coldflame's initiation. Simply move out of this spell-effect to avoid it's damage. The Purple Magi also do a deadly AoE attack, so kill them quickly.After all three pairs of Magi are defeated, Azshara will present you with a cache as a reward, and a group of Drakes will descend to take you to the final area.

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After hopping on a Drake, there will be a story sequence. You may skip this by right-clicking your drake at any time. Afterward, you are dropped on the ground with Illidan, Tyrande, and Malfurion. After some conversation, Tyrande will create a Moonbeam on herself. Once this happens, attack just one of the nearby demons to cause all of them to attack you. Be sure everyone is standing in the Moonlight, and the demons will become weakened, and can be struck down easily. Once the way is clear, follow the three Night Elves to an Infernal. Illidan will douse himself, creating an aura effect that grants nearby members will a 90% fire damage reduction. Be sure everyone stand next to him! Once the infernal is dead, only two Bat Riders stand between you and the final battle. Dispatch them with AoE attacks, and move on.

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Mannoroth and Captiain Varo'then:
This battle has various stages with several different entities. First, you will fight Captain Varo'then. He is easily tanked, and only does a a small fire-chain attack. During the fight, Mannoroth will flood the zone in green fire. When this happens, everybody should be constantly moving to avoid standing in the several patches that appear.

After a minute or so, Tyrande, who has been taking care of the small demon adds, will become chained by two new Dreadlord adds. Use the Moonbeam she calls down over herself to quickly defeat these two, and any other loose adds that have appeared. After you free her, continue finishing off Varo'then. once he dies, his sword will appear. Click it, and Mannoroth will become weakened. At this point, you must focus on Mannoroth.

After a bit, Tyrande will no longer be able to kill the adds for you. The adds will spawn very quickly, and must be constantly handled by the tank. The DPS can help to keep the adds manageable, but should remain on Mannoroth if they can. After a minute or so has passed, Illidan will enrage and grant a special buff to the entire party, effectively preventing anyone from dying and causing all members to emit a 30k/tick fire aura. Have everyone stand next to Mannoroth and finish him off. Your reward will be inside a Cache that appears where Mannoroth once stood.

Comment by woohaa

the Felguard at the beginning is a sort of gear check for your group. Taking too long to kill him will result in alot of stacks of the debuff. You can prevent stacks with AMS for dks or remove them with iceblock/paly bubble.

Comment by tvcute

is there a minimal ilvl requirement in order to queue for these dungeons?

Comment by DanJack

Where is Broxigar! This made me sad to not see him in here. :(
But I will still say this is my favorite out of the 3 hour of twilight instances!

Comment by 901224

for some reason I have not been getting VP rewards from completing a random Well of Eternity, anyone else having similar issues?

Comment by 724850

If you are rocking the Glaives from Black Temple, Illidan has some extra lines -

"Curious weapon you wield... such power."
"You seem prepared."

Comment by Emogen

If you DPS Mannoroth enough before Captain Varo'then, Mannoroth will sacrifice him, earning you the That's Not Canon! achievement after the fight is over.

Comment by mclaren1141

Here is a kink to a video that shows how to find the entrance to the Well of Eternity Dungeon and how to get back in if you die! I hope it helps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc6lve7MXHM

Comment by Lhakil

I have confirmed that if you use a potion of illusion to change into some one of the opposite gender, you will change into a Night Elf of the opposite gender when the potion runs out. Nice little thing to use when you feel like being the other gender.

EDIT: But If some one leaves while you have the opposite illusion on then you turn back to the original. You also lose it after you change back to night elf from metamorphisis at the end.

Comment by 883420

There is a weird bug that makes your character remain in the stealthed position even after attacking. It tripped me out because my character did not have any white damage animation. He just stands there perfectly still with his arm way off to the side. I took a screen shot of it when I finished the instance, and because I was feeling nostalgic I put on Queen Azshara's Dressing Gown.

I don't know if anyone else has had this happen to them. I'm an enhancement shaman, and I was in ghost wolf form when I came out of stealth for the last time on Peroth'arn.

Comment by 452215

Anyone else notice warlocks do massively more dmg then other classes?

Comment by Reignac

You can really tell that the dungeon designers paid close attention to Knaak's book trilogy here:

-The area where you fight Azshara has a destroyed tower, the same one Malfurion fought Xavius in before blowing it up.
-The Shadowbats and their Displacement spell.
-Peroth'arn had an extremely minor role in the books, but he was nonetheless a character. Cool that they used him instead of some nameless demon.
-The dialogue between Illidan and Malfurion after you beat Mannoroth is word-for-word exactly the same as their dialogue in the third book.

Comment by 498472

When your leveling and you reach level 85.
Do the following to enter these 3 Heroic Dungeons:
Enter End Time to unlock the Dungeon in the Dungeon Finder.
After you have completed the Dungeon you can be transported to the next Dungeon if you want.

The End Time will lead to Well of Eternity and then Hour of Twilight.
If you want to grind 1 instance i recommend that you Random Hour of Twilight, then End Time, Random Hour of Twilight and if you dont get End Time, quene again.

Comment by 923073

This entire instance is easily solo-able as of 5.2. I'm a ilvl 498 SV Hunter and I solo'd the instance with very little difficulty today.

Comment by 30049

Just a little info...

You can enter this dungeon on foot at lvl 85.

You can queue this dungeon as specific dungeon lvl 85.

In the specific dungeon finder, this dungeon is yellow difficulty lvl 85.

You can queue this dungeon as random dungeon lvl 85.

You have to be lvl 85 to obtain the quests.

Item level requirement: 353.

You have to complete End Time before you can enter.

See more in this guide.

Comment by warslayerxxx

I like tis dungeon the most. because u get work with the greatest demon hunter ever lived Illidan Stormrage. it was stupid of Malfurion to imprison him for 10,000 years. He is my favorite character in warcraft 3 frozen throne. curse u malfurion.

Comment by stym

Easy to solo as an ilvl 558 Warlock.

Perotharn: Just hit him with your voidlord tanking in Phase 1. Phase 2 is a good time to get that Lazy Eye achievement if you didn't get it during Cataclysm. If you have enough resources (in my case, burning embers) before the end of the chase phase, you will completely destroy him in a few seconds afterwards.

Queen Azshara: You need an interrupt, so stash your voidlord and use a felhound with Grimoire of Sacrifice. She will not turn the main aggro target into a puppet anyway but you'll still need to interrupt her total obedience spell. Apart from that, no issues on this fight.

Captain Varo'then: haha.

Mannoroth: it turns out this fight is fairly long, because even at level 85, 4 players (the tank and 3 dps) could trigger an additional 1 Million damage to him because of the embedded sword and Magistrike arc buff, and now you are alone.
For some reason, no Dreadlord Debilitators entered the fight. As a destruction warlock I stood next to the portal and put a perma-rain of fire on it to fuel my burning embers, which I used on Mannoroth.

Comment by rehlyihmah

If you run this at 90 now that 6.0.2 nerfed old instances to (through?) the ground..

...Be careful. Illidan has a tendency to despawn if you kill the adds at the first crystal too quickly (..instantly!). It helps to wait until he's said his piece about patience (or the lack of it), but even then, he might still vanish into thin air. Fear not, for he will be back at the entrance if you enter again.
It seems to make no difference how quickly you kill the other groups, he's never despawned there for me.

Oh and, if you're like me and never noticed it in Cata because people ran this instance too quickly, after you defeat the Azshara encounter, wait a little at the balcony, ýou get a drake ride to the next encounter spiced with a bit of voiced Dialogue between the Aspects (seems to be taken from the book). Much nicer than a simple teleport. :)

It really pays off to look up in this instance every once in a while.

Comment by Lashima

There's a possible bug that occurs now, haven't found it anywhere else online, might be new of patch 6 but when I killed the archmages too quickly - which means waiting until they turn hostile and instagibbing them, pitiful servants - the event gets stuck in a loop.

It started with unusual long wait times between the activating of her servants and when eventually all 6 were dead, she kept occasionally trying to puppet me, but the event never moves on.

Luckily it's easily reset, you just walk to the pathway and she despawns, a minute later you're good to go!

On second try, I waited for the servants to begin attacking me (they don't initially when turning targettable, they have a little speech first) and then killed them. Event moved on fluidly, nothing in particular, took a drake down and continued :)

Comment by skimpy

I'm doing the dungeon 'Defeat Mannoroth' by myself, and cleared the trash things but I'm not allowed to attack Captain Varo'then or Mannoroth, and Illidan and Tyrande are just standing there (clicking Illidan, he just says "What?"). I even went past the boss but I'm not allowed to attack any of the NPCs. I can't even die standing in the fire. :(

Comment by TheRealSaiph

The scenery and views in this instance are some of the best to be found in the whole of World of Warcraft.

The Peroth'arn encounter takes place in an attractive courtyard, and can be quite tricky. You then fight your way to Queen Azshara for a skirmish. Your spell interrupters need to be on their toes here to ensure you don't get wiped out. If you survive, it can be a little disappointing to find that the fight is ultimately indecisive.

Following Azshara's departure, a group of friendly dragons arrive to transport you across to the other side of the Well of Eternity. This is the best sequence in the whole instance. As you fly, you not only witness more of the story unfold before you, but you have an amazing view of the Well itself and the battle surrounding it. I hope you have a head for heights! I'm surprised I haven't seen more screenshots elsewhere from this! Just check out the 60+ here on WoWhead and you'll see what I mean.

Finally you land and join up with Illidan and Tyrande to take on Varo'then and then Mannoroth. Fittingly for such a pivotal moment in the history of Azeroth, the Mannoroth encounter is quite tough, and can be quite drawn out. But this just makes the satisfaction greater when the Pit Lord finally succumbs.

Enjoy!

Comment by sunfirehawk2010

Infinite Shadowbats!

Looking for a way to grind Cataclysm Rep?
I fell upon this on accident. As a lvl 100, I was grinding Ramkahen rep for the camels.

Go into Well of Eternity.
Right after you kill the Abyssal Doombringer and just before you reach Captain Varo'then, there will be 2 Highguard Elites on top of 2 Shadowbats.
Be sure to beat Illidan to them just before they become target-able.
Right as soon as they become target-able, kill the 2 Shadowbats.
DO NOT KILL the Highguard Elites!
This will make the Highguard Elites dismount and disappear before hitting the ground.
This will cause an infinite loop of Shadowbats to continue to respawn every 5 seconds.
As long as you keep killing them as soon as they respawn, this loop will continue.
If you wait a little longer, the Highguard Elites will respawn and the event will continue as normal.

Normal rep is 15-16 per Shadowbat. 2 Shadowbats spawn every 5 seconds... that's 30 rep every 5 seconds.
360 per minute...
21600 per hour...

As a human using the Darkmoon Top Hat, I was getting 20 rep per kill... that's 40 rep every 5 seconds.
480 per minute...
28800 per hour

And you can continue to do this as long as you want!

Comment by 1135899

Am I the only one intruguied because Illidan can not spell "Charade"

Comment by eric0707

Well of Eternity Dungeon Entrance Location --> https://youtu.be/2mQD7b3Nk8E

Comment by WoWGnGP

Well of Eternity Entrance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPSxyntes8&feature=youtu.be

Comment by alpanhell

If Illidan starts bugging on you while trying to destroy crystals (patch 7.2) reset the dungeon and kill the mobs more slowly. Let him talk, etc. I was a mage using aoe to 1 shot them and he kept disapearing and bugging. Once I killed them slowly one at a time it was ok.

Comment by Wowheader39

I entered the dungeon and a cinematic came on, and I skipped it.

I was then ported to azshara and it finished the quest In My Father's House

very confused, this kinda thing happen to anyone else?

Comment by beckdynasty

For those of you who have forgotten (I'm hoping that I'm not the only one) this instance is one of those in the Caverns of Time

Comment by Elfizm

The Varo'then/Mannoroth encounter is so buggy.

I couldn't seem to stop the bosses from just despawning no matter what I tried. I even stripped down to no gear and slapped Varo'then until dead trying to avoid the one-shot issue. Nothing worked, until I ignored him and went straight for Mannoroth. At some point Varo'then died and dropped his 'magical sword' and it was just a case of clicking on the sword so I could finish off Mannoroth to end the fight.

Comment by krisCrash

Unfortunately the well's graphics are quite bugged out now, and the black sphere effect eclipses the whole well. It's happening on both radeon and nvidia cards for us, so I'm assuming its a change to the particle effects engine. I actually came here to find out how it was meant to look, and I hope it gets fixed (should be super easy). The bats are also solid black, but that's minor.

Comment by switchxa

I have had issues with this dungeon. Take it slow and let the RP play out and it works. Unfortunately the final boss encounter is very flakey. As lvl 60, attacking Varothen will kill him, and then Mannoroth despawns. Attacking Mannoroth will not lower his health, but he will still despawn. Letting Varothen attack you, causes them to despawn. Tried using the Soft Foam Sword, but I get a "Cannot use here" error when targeting and in range of Varothen or Mannoroth.

Through trial and error I was able to use an AoE to hit both Varothen and Mannoroth at the start of the fight, then attacked Mannoroth who started losing health, then clicked the sword Varothen dropped and the dungeon completed fine.

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Peroth'arn – Like many of his fellow Highborne, Peroth'arn swore allegiance to the corrupted Xavius in exchange for gifts of demonic power. As a master of fiendish magic and recipient of the satyr curse, Peroth'arn stands outside Azshara's palace in defense of the Burning Legion, ready to destroy those hoping to disrupt the entrance of the Dark Titan, Sargeras, into Azeroth.
Queen Azshara – The songs of Queen Azshara's beauty, majesty, and power are too numerous to count, but it was her vanity that drove the Highborne to summon the Burning Legion. She now watches her most trusted magi empower the portal where Sargeras will be brought into Azeroth, content to let multitudes of her servants die in advance of the Dark Titan's arrival.
Mannoroth and Varo'then – Varo'then, head of Queen Azshara's personal guard, and Mannoroth, the pit lord whose blood will corrupt the entire orc race, stand as the last line of defense against those hoping to bar Sargeras's entry into Azeroth. Though both Tyrande and Illidan have fought bravely thus far, the fate of Azeroth will be decided at the Well of Eternity's very brink.

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