Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope: Raid Testing Schedule

The raid testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a test environment. There’s the possibility of having to change the time of a testing session, change the bosses being tested, or cancel a test entirely due to bugs, server hardware issues, etc.

Keep an eye on the PTR forum for the boss feedback threads and the latest information. Thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.

Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope: Raid Testing Schedule

The final boss of the raid, Fyrakk, will not be available for testing.

Completed Tests

Thursday, September 14

  • Heroic
    • Gnarlroot – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • Igira the Cruel – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, September 15

  • Heroic
    • Council of Dreams – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • Smolderon – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Thursday, September 21

  • Heroic
    • Volcoross – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)

Friday, September 22

  • Heroic
    • Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • Tindral Sageswift, Seer of the Flame – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, September 22

  • Normal
    • Start – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)
    • End – Monday, September 25 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Thursday, September 28

  • Mythic
    • Gnarlroot – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • Igira the Cruel – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, September 29

  • Mythic
    • Council of Dreams – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • Smolderon – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • Raid Finder
    • Wing 1: Incarnate’s Wake – Gnarlroot, Igira the Cruel, and Smolderon
      • Start – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)
      • End – Monday, October 2 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Thursday, October 5

  • Mythic
    • Larodar, Keeper of the Flame – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • Volcoross – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, October 6

  • Mythic
    • Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • Tindral Sageswift, Seer of the Flame – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • Raid Finder
    • Wing 2: Molten Incursion – Volcoross and Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
      • Start – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)
      • End – Monday, October 9 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Friday, October 13

  • Raid Finder
    • Wing 3: The Viridian Weave – Council of Dreams and Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
      • Start – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)
      • End – Monday, October 16 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Q: How do I get into the raid zone?

A: In Valdrakken, Orgrimmar, or Stormwind, you may speak to Nexus-Lord Donjon Rade V in order to teleport into the raid zone while it is open for testing. (The option to teleport into a zone will not be available when the zone is not open for testing.)

Q: What character should I use to test the raid?

A: Whichever you prefer. We will be scaling players’ effective level to 70 for raid testing, and their item level to an appropriate threshold for the encounter(s) being tested.

Q: How long does testing last?

A: The primary purpose of testing is to give us the information we need to balance the encounters, evaluate how mechanics are playing out in practice, and identify bugs. Once we’re satisfied that we’ve received that information for a given boss, we’ll be shutting down testing. Usually this takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, but there are no guarantees.

Q: How do I report feedback or bugs?

A: We’ll be posting encounter feedback threads each week prior to the start of the raid tests. Additionally, you can also submit your feedback through the in-game Issue Reporter tool.

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Is the final boss going to include a way to die to falling damage again?

I think we’ve had 5 straight end bosses with that mechanic…

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We have updated the testing schedule:

We are moving the test for Heroic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame to a later date, and will update the schedule again with a new date when available.

Will the normal raid test still happen this weekend? Last tier Zaqali got postponed a couple times, which delayed that tier’s normal raid test as well.

When testing in normal mode felt like there was very few thrash mobs. Please tell me that was accurate / intentional and we won’t have to actually go through loads of thrash mobs on live (just like in every raid)