World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Adding New Raid and World Buff in Phase 3

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World of Warcraft Classic is nearing the release of Phase 3 for Season of Discovery, and the next stage is scheduled to add the Sunken Temple as a Level 50 raid, and give players a powerful world buff for braving its depths. It's fair to say that World of Warcraft Classic struck gold with Season of Discovery, as the number of subscribers has risen steadily ever since its debut in November 2023. Whereas adding a Hardcore Mode was insanely popular for streamers and grizzled Classic veterans, Season of Discovery was made with a broader appeal in mind.

The addition of runes to World of Warcraft classes in Season of Discovery has allowed the developers to be bold and creative with their design choices. As a concept, Season of Discovery takes World of Warcraft players on a familiar journey across old Azeroth, but with new class dynamics such as Mage healers, Shaman tanks, and dedicated melee Hunters. The first phase ended at Level 20 with the Blackfathom Deeps as its raid, while the current second phase ends at Level 40 with Gnomeregan.

The next step of a player's journey in Season of Discovery begins on April 4, 2024, when the third phase is scheduled to launch. The level cap will be raised to Level 50, and its endgame raid will be an iconic dungeon from World of Warcraft's history – the Sunken Temple. While the Sunken Temple was simplified with the Catalysm dungeon revamp, World of Warcraft players will be getting the full experience in Season of Discovery. Furthermore, much like Gnomeregan and Blackfathom Deeps, Wowhead has datamined that Sunken Temple will come with its own world buff, which will provide an increase to all stats by 8%, increased spell damage by 65, and increased critical strike chance by 5%.

Depending on the choice of their faction in World of Warcraft, players will be able to easily access the Sunken Temple by taking the flight point to either Stonard in the Swamp of Sorrows (Horde) or Nethergarde Keep in the Blasted Lands (Alliance). The new Sunken