Dragonflight Season 4 Dungeon Changes Ahead

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Dragonflight Season 4 brings with it a variety of changes, including new adjustments to dungeons, their progression, and rewards.

As a part of ongoing development in Dragonflight, the development team identified three issues to address based on community feedback regarding the dungeon system as it is:

Given the combination of two underutilized difficulties, and a gap in meeting player demand, we're restructuring dungeon difficulty and rewards in Season 4:

Here's a visualization of the change (light blue circles represent where new affixes appear, going from M2/M7/M14 in the current world to M2/M5/M10 in the new one):

Season 4 changes will apply to all eight of the Dragonflight dungeons. As a part of these adjustments, we have a few goals in mind:

One of the most notable changes players can look forward to is the removal of the timer for Mythic Keystone dungeons for what are currently 0 and 10. Players can run through these dungeons at their own pace without the need to watch the clock while still honing their skills.

Here’s a look at the changes for each difficulty: 

It’s important to note that the basic structure of dungeon rewards is not changing significantly, so what you would have earned for completing a Mythic 0 will be earnable in the Heroic difficulty dungeon instead. Here is a basic rundown of what you can expect:

Initial Upgrade Level

Item Level 
(S3)

Dungeon Awards
(S3 End-of-Run)

Dungeon Awards
(S3 Great Vault)

Item Level
(S4)

Dungeon Awards
(S4 End-of-Run)

Dungeon Awards
(S4 Great Vault)

Explorer 1/8

415

454

Explorer 2/8

418

457

Explorer 3/8

421

Normal Dungeons

460

Normal Dungeons

Explorer 4/8

424

463

Adventurer 1/8

428

Heroic Dungeons

467

Adventurer 2/8

431

470

Adventurer 3/8

434

473

Adventurer 4/8

437

Mythic 0

476

Heroic Dungeons

Veteran 1/8

441

Mythic +2

Heroic Dungeons

480

Veteran 2/8

444

Mythic +3 & +4

483

Veteran 3/8

447

Mythic +5 & +6

486

Veteran 4/8

450

Mythic +7 & +8

Mythic 0

489

Heroic Dungeons

Champion 1/8

454

Mythic +9 & +10

Mythic +2

493

Mythic 0

Champion 2/8

457

Mythic +11 & +12

Mythic +3

496

Mythic +2

Champion