Everything Coming to Season of Discovery in Phase 5
Season of Discovery Phase 5 is now live! Players have reached level 60, all zones are available, and we've been getting decked out in Molten Core gear for a while now. That means that you very well might be completely ready for the new content — but what will you do first? Let's take a look at everything that arrived with Phase 5.
Phase 5 Overview Guide — Season of Discovery
Raids
As always, Raids are some of the most anticipated types of content in World of Warcraft. Phase 5 is a good time for it, as we have three of them releasing: Blackwing Lair, Zul'Gurub, and the brand new Crystal Vale Raid.
Blackwing Lair Overview Guide Zul'Gurub Overview Guide The Crystal Vale Overview Guide
Both Blackwing Lair and Zul'Gurub have been revamped with new loot, Tier Sets, and difficulty changes. Blackwing Lair even has a scaling difficulty: make the encounters more difficult and earn additional rewards!
The Crystal Vale however is a new addition, as Prince Thunderaan is given the World Boss treatment — meaning he now resides inside an instanced portal and has received an updated loot table.
Reworked Tier 2 Sets
The Tier 2 Sets that drop from the Blackwing Lair Raid have been given a thorough update in Season of Discovery. There are now Set Bonuses for each Class Specialization, rather than just one Set Bonus for each Class.
Tier 2 Sets Overview Guide
That's not all, however. Blizzard has introduced a way for players to transform their Tier 2 pieces (with higher Item Level) into pieces that utilize the Tier 1 Set Bonuses. This means that you can enjoy the bump in Item Level Power and still rock your Tier Set Bonus from Molten Core.
To show which is which, your Tier Set items will either be Draconic or Core Forged. When you first buy them with a Tier
