First Look at Follower Dungeons in Patch 10.2.5 - Complete Dungeons With NPCs
One of the new features coming in Patch 10.2.5, Seeds of Renewal, is Follower Dungeons — Or the ability to queue into dungeons solo and progress through them with a party of NPCs! We're taking a look on the system on the first 10.2.5 PTR patch to bring a first look into it.
How to Get Into Follower Dungeons
To start a follower dungeon, simply open your Dungeons & Raids window and check the Dungeon Finder tab. A new queue category will be available: Follower Dungeons. As of the first Patch 10.2.5 PTR build, all 8 Dragonflight dungeons are available on Normal Mode in Follower difficulty.
Follower Dungeon Basics
Once you zone in to a follower dungeon, you will have a party of 4 NPCs with you when queueing solo! When queueing as a DPS, your party will be composed of the following NPCs from the Dragonscale Expedition. These are all NPCs you originally met during the Exile's Reach campaign.
- Captain Garrick, a Protection Paladin
- Crenna Earth-Daughter, a Restoration Druid
- Meredy Huntswell, a Fire Mage
- Austin Huxworth, a Beast Mastery Hunter with two pets: Nyx and Ash.
When inside a follower dungeon, you will receive a new ability — Dungeon Assistance, which toggles the NPCs into either following you or having themselves lead the way.
- When in following mode, NPCs will follow you and engage with mobs only if you attack them first.
- When in leading mode, NPCs will progress through the dungeon by themselves, acting like a normal group would.
One thing worth noticing is that NPCs will only charge forward and attack mobs, and will not do any other dungeon tasks — As an example, in Brackenhide Hollow, you're the one who will need to physically free all Tuskarr captives, even if your NPC party is kept in leading mode!
