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Previewed at BlizzCon 2011, Challenge Modes will be a new system of dungeon challenges, like time trials. Players race to the end of the dungeon, competing for fast times in order to win medals (Gold, Silver, or Bronze).

Contents 1 Background 2 Information 3 Restrictions 4 Challenge 5 Results and rewards 5.1 General rewards 5.2 Gold rewards 5.3 Silver rewards 5.4 Bronze rewards 6 Challenges finder 7 Leaderboard 7.1 Realm and Challenge-mode leaderboards 8 References 9 External links

Background

From the official World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria website:^[1]

The clock is ticking. Your group is making good progress, but you realize that if you don't hurry and work as a team, you will never make it in time. You approach the dungeon's last boss with a look of grim determination on your face; you will get that gold medal this time, come what may. He's almost down, but there are only seconds left on the timer. You yell at your group mates to give it their all for one last push, fingers flying across your keyboard. Finally he drops, and your group screams triumphantly: you've beaten the dungeon's best time. You've mastered its Challenge Mode.

Information

From the official World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria website:^[1]

Mists of Pandaria's Challenge Mode presents a new way to reward great team players and seasoned dungeon specialists. The idea is simple: if you select Challenge Mode for a dungeon, you and your group will be racing against the clock to finish the dungeon as quickly as possible. The faster you finish, the greater your reward.

You select Challenge Mode before you enter a dungeon. In this mode, your objective is to clear the instance and down all the dungeon's bosses as fast as you can. Your gear will be normalized, meaning that instead of your own equipment you will be fighting using a set of items that's appropriate for the instance. That way, the challenge level will be equal for all players. Depending on how quickly you clear the dungeon, your group can earn one of three possible medals: gold, silver, or bronze. Working together as a team, communicating well, and supporting and encouraging each other is the best way to get those shiny gold medals.

So practice your pulls, lay out your strategies, and remember that communication and coordination are key. Challenge Mode is coming. Are you ready?

• Challenge modes should be enabled for all 6 of the expected Pandaria dungeons and the 3 updated dungeons.^[2]
• Challenge mode runs will be cross-realm.^[3]

Restrictions

Item level

• Any gear worn above item level 463 will be scaled down.^[4]
• Gear will retain all hit and expertise, so players can remain capped. Stats that will be scaled down are secondary ones.^[4]

Challenge

Level 90 Heroic mode dungeons

• Challenge Modes are timed heroic instance runs.^[4]

Results and rewards

Rewards are received at the end of each challenge. The best rewards are given to those who can achieve gold medals. Things such as armor, titles, and mounts have been mentioned as possible rewards for those who are willing enough to complete the hardest difficulty and earn a gold medal.^[1]

• There are three tiers of achievements and rewards: gold, silver, and bronze.^[4]
• Player's UI will show medal tabulation, record times, rewards, and how much time mid-run until you hit the next bracket.^[4]
• Completing any challenge mode will reward an achievement specific to that dungeon: dungeon name Challenger

Note: It is not clear if Wowhead DB info was actually pulled from game data or manually inserted based on observation or speculation.

General rewards

• Completing any challenge level on all dungeons gives the reward:  Challenge Conqueror^ω ϖ

Gold rewards

Achievement and item

• Completing individual dungeons at gold level gives an achievement: dungeon name: Gold
  • It appears that completing a dungeon challenge mode on Gold will unlock an ability called [Challenger's Path], enabling you to instantly teleport to that dungeon's entrance whenever you choose.^[5]
• Completing the Gold level on all dungeons rewards an achievement,  Challenge Conqueror: Gold^ω ϖ and a full set of class-specific transmogrifiable armor.^[6]
• Completing the Gold level on all dungeons while in a guild group rewards an achievement,  Challenge Conquerors: Gold - Guild Edition^ω ϖ, and the [Thundering Serpent Hatchling] companion.^[6]
• First player on a realm to complete Gold level on all dungeons gets:  Realm First! Challenge Conqueror: Gold^ω ϖ

Non-item

• As of β Patch 5.0.1 build 15781, gold level rewards 60 [Valor points].^[7]
  • By Patch 5.0.3 build 15882, gold level rewards may have been reduced to 10 [Valor points], but now includes 177,000 XP and 14 88 50.^[8]

Silver rewards

Achievement and item

• Completing individual dungeons at silver level gives an achievement: dungeon name: Silver
• Completing the Silver level (or better) on all dungeons rewards an achievement,  Challenge Conqueror: Silver^ω ϖ, and an [Ancestral Phoenix Egg]^ω ϖ (Bind on Pickup). THe egg can be redeemed from Kai Featherfall <Phoenix Egg Trader>^ω ϖ in Mogu'shan Palace for one of the following mounts:^[6]
  • [Reins of the Ashen Pandaren Phoenix]
  • [Reins of the Emerald Pandaren Phoenix]
  • [Reins of the Violet Pandaren Phoenix]
  • [Reins of the Crimson Pandaren Phoenix]
• Completing the Gold level on all dungeons while in a guild group rewards an achievement,  Challenge Conquerors: Silver - Guild Edition^ω ϖ.

Non-item

• As of β Patch 5.0.1 build 15781, silver level rewards 50 [Valor points].^[7]
  • By Patch 5.0.3 build 15882, silver level rewards may have been reduced to 10 [Valor points], but now includes 177,000 XP and 14 88 50^[9]

Bronze rewards

Achievement and item

• Completing individual dungeons at bronze level gives an achievement: dungeon name: Bronze
• Completing the Bronze level on all dungeons rewards an achievement and title, ^[1]  Challenge Conqueror: Bronze^ω ϖ and <The Undaunted>.^[10][6]
• Completing the Gold level on all dungeons while in a guild group rewards an achievement,  Challenge Conquerors: Bronze - Guild Edition^ω ϖ.

Non-item

• As of β Patch 5.0.1 build 15781, bronze level rewards 40 [Valor points].^[7]
  • By Patch 5.0.3 build 15882, bronze level rewards may have been reduced to 5 [Valor points], but now includes 177,000 XP and 14 88 50^[11]

Challenges finder

Starting a challenge mode instance can be done through the Dungeon Finder window via the "Challenges" tab.

Leaderboard

Challenge participants can compare their performance to others who attempted the various challenges, their ranks, times and medals.^[12] The UI will give info about potential rewards based on the medals achieved.

Realm and Challenge-mode leaderboards

From Wowhead News:^[4]

• Once players have beaten all the gold achievements, they have access to a realm leaderboard.
• Challenge-mode leaderboards allow players to filter by instance, time, and by guild.
• They will also be sortable by region and realm.^[13]

References

External links

Achievements

News