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Join forces with your fellow heroes and embark on epic Scenarios that will challenge you like never before!^[1]

Scenarios are short, instanced adventures for three players that directly follow the stories and events in the open world. In a scenario you'll be presented with a number of goals you need to achieve in order to progress. So instead of “clear trash, kill boss, rinse, repeat”, you will be given objectives you have to complete to move the scenario's story forward. Yes, that's right – scenarios are heavily story-driven, much more so than dungeons.^[2]

Introduced with the Mists of Pandaria expansion, Scenarios are short instances consisting of a series of tasks that can be completed by groups of players smaller than 5 for rewards better than individual quests.^[3] Unlike 5-man dungeons, many scenarios will take place outside and resemble phasing. As with dungeons, they will be tied into a queuing system, but there will be no defined roles, so queues should be short.

Contents 1 History 2 Basic scenario 3 Heroic scenario 4 PvE Battleground 5 Solo scenario 6 Mists of Pandaria list 6.1 Patch 5.1 list 6.2 Patch 5.2 list 6.3 Patch 5.3 list 6.4 Beta list 7 Early examples 7.1 Alcaz Island 7.2 A Brewing Storm (Lightning Lager) 7.3 Temple of Kotmogu (Valley of Power) 8 Notes 9 References 10 See also 11 External links

History

As of the March 2012 press event developers said they have about 5 scenarios "close to completion" and will add more before launch.^[4]

In late Nov 2011, a Community Manager gave a short description:^[5]

Basic scenario

A simple example scenario could take place in an instanced portion of Goldshire where low level players would have to kill 25 kobolds as a group, help retrieve four village children, and finally kill  Goldtooth.^[3] Unlike shared quests, all participants would start at the same place in the scenario and would need to complete it together.

Heroic scenario

Patch 5.3 will introduce Heroic mode scenarios.^[6] Heroic scenarios will require 3 players to start^[7] and a minimum average item level of 480.^[8]

PvE Battleground

Another use of scenarios would be to create a sort-of "PvE Battleground" where players would only fight NPCs in similar situations as would occur in a PvP battleground. As an example, Alliance players could be required to kill 25 Horde NPCs, destroy 6 towers and barracks, and finally kill the scenario boss, "General Drake."^[3]

Solo scenario

With Patch 5.2, several "solo scenarios"^[9][10] for single-players were introduced as a gating events for unlocking  Nalak <The Storm Lord> and an alternate entrance to Throne of Thunder raid.^[11] It is not technically an attunement, since it only opens up an alternative entrance to the raid.

Mists of Pandaria list

From the official site:^[12][13]

• A Brewing Storm
• Arena of Annihilation
• Brewmoon Festival
• Crypt of Forgotten Kings
• Greenstone Village
• Theramore's Fall
• Theramore's Fall
• Unga Ingoo

Patch 5.1 list

Some new scenarios appear to be planned for Patch 5.1,^[14] but some did not make the cut:^[15]

• A Little Patience^[16][15]
• Assault on Zan'vess^[16][15]
• Battle on the High Seas^[16]
• Black Temple scenario^[16]
  • Actually a special instance as part of an upcoming Warlock epic questline.
• Dagger in the Dark^[15] - May have been called Vol'jin Scenario internally.^[16]
• Diamond Island^[16]
• Domination Point^[15]
• Lion's Landing^[16][15]

Patch 5.2 list

• Assault on Shaol'mara - via quest  [90] The Assault on Shaol'mara, a single-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario^[10]
• Assault on Zeb'tula - via quest  [90] The Assault on Zeb'tula, a single-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario^[10]
• Tear Down This Wall! - via quest  [90] Tear Down This Wall!, a single-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario^[10]
• Tear Down This Wall! - via quest  [90] Tear Down This Wall!, a single-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario^[10]
• Stormsea Landing^[17] - via quest  [90] A Bold Idea, a single-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario
• Stormsea Landing^{[citation needed]} - via quest  [90] Decisive Action, a single-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario
• The Fall of Shan Bu - via quest  [90] The Fall of Shan Bu, a single-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario^[18]
• The Fall of Shan Bu - via quest  [90] The Fall of Shan Bu, asingle-player scenario leading to Troves of the Thunder King scenario^[18]
• Troves of the Thunder King - single-player scenario^[19]

Patch 5.3 list

• Battle on the High Seas^[20]
• Blood in the Snow^[20]
• Dark Heart of Pandaria^[20]
• The Secrets of Ragefire^[20]

Beta list

MMO Champion has data-mined a list of scenarios in first Beta as of March 24th, 2012^[21] and Wowhead is continually updating their Beta DB:

• A Brewing Storm^[22] (likely originally called "Lightning Lager"^[23]) - Located around Thunderpaw Overlook and Thunderpaw Refuge in the Jade Forest.
• Arena of Annihilation^[24] - Located at the Arena of Annihilation. Also previously called "Proving Grounds".^[25]
• Assault on Zan'vess^[22] - Moved to Patch 5.1 or later.^[16] May have been called "Tyri'vess" scenario.^[26][27] Zan'vess is a strategic town on the island of Tyri'vess?
• The Battle For Theramore - Alliance^[21] or Theramore's Fall^[24]
• The Battle For Theramore - Horde^[21] or Theramore's Fall^[24]
• Brewmaster 04^[28]
• Brewmoon Festival^[29] - Located around Binan Village.^[22] May have been called "Kun-Lai Pass" at some point in the beta.^[30][29]
• Crypt of Forgotten Kings^[31]
• Greenstone Village^[23] - Located somewhere in the Jade Forest at Greenstone Village. May have been called Burgled Brew early in beta.^[24]
• Klaxxi Island^[28] (Klaxxi'vess?)
• Scenario - Mogu Ruins^[32]
• Monk Scenario^[21]
• Panda Fishing Village^[21]
• Peak of Serenity^[23][22] - Located on Kun-Lai Summit.
• Siege of Niuzao Temple^[33] (name may change thru Beta) - Mantid are sieging Niuzao Temple. Turned out to be just a map of the Siege of Niuzao Temple instance.
• Temple of Kotmogu^[22][24] - Located in the Valley of Power. Incorrectly called "Temple of Katmogu".^[23]
• Unga Ingoo^[23] - Located on the northern central coast of an island^[22] off the coast of the Krasarang Wilds. May have also been called Big Beach Brew Bash.^[22]

Early examples

Alcaz Island

MMO Champion found that Alcaz Island has some setup for a scenario involving the Twilight's Hammer.^[34]

A Brewing Storm (Lightning Lager)

A Brewing Storm ("Lightning Lager" was the preliminary name) is a scenario started from a wandering pandaren only available during nighttime and raining in a certain area shown during the March 2012 press event.^[4]

• You repel invaders of a brewery camp.
• Push your way through their lines to a temple at the bottom of the hill.
• Defeat the boss at the temple.

Temple of Kotmogu (Valley of Power)

Found in Wowhead,^[35] but no details as of yet. Strangely shared the name of the placeholder version ("Valley of Power") of Temple of Kotmogu battleground in Beta.

Notes

• Players will need to be in the general area where the scenario takes place to queue for it.^[36]
• The group size is intended to be 2-3 players without the need for a healer or tank.^[36]

References

See also

• Scenario Finder
• Scenarios by continent

External links

News

v • d • e Scenarios Mists of Pandaria A Brewing Storm · Arena of Annihilation · Brewmoon Festival · Crypt of Forgotten Kings · Greenstone Village · Theramore's Fall · Theramore's Fall · Unga Ingoo — Patch 5.1 A Little Patience · Assault on Zan'vess · Dagger in the Dark · Domination Point · Lion's Landing — Patch 5.2 Assault on Shaol'mara · Assault on Zeb'tula · Tear Down This Wall! · Tear Down This Wall! · Stormsea Landing · Stormsea Landing ·  · The Fall of Shan Bu · The Fall of Shan Bu · Troves of the Thunder King Patch 5.3 Battle on the High Seas · Blood in the Snow · Dark Heart of Pandaria · The Secrets of Ragefire