For some odd reason for about 2 hours this morning, the Scarlet Halls and Scarlet Monastery portals were actually taking you to the original (no longer in game), Scarlet Graveyard and Scarlet Library dungeons. Drops that are no longer attainable were dropping off bosses there that no longer exist today. I happened to be there farming a transmog in the new version of Scarlet Halls when I realized the Scarlet Halls portal was actually going to Scarlet Library. I went across the hall to find that the Scarlet Monastery portal was instead headed to the old Scarlet Graveyard. There was no access to the old Scarlet Monastery or Scarlet Halls, as these entrances have been removed.
On entry, the map was of the old dungeon, with no overlay icons/markings, and a blank objectives listing in the quest hub rather than the boss list.
All in all, I assume this is related to the portal glitches we have seen since the pre-patch TWW where portals just sometimes take you to the wrong places. I would love to see things like this as events in the future though. The nostalgia factor was thrilling!
Recently there was an event you can get the key to unlock the older versions of SM. You may have the key and don’t realize? But I remember it was something you activated.
My recollection of this is hazy.
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But it doesn’t let you get to the old Monastery and Halls? I thought that was it too, but the portals were marked correctly for today, but going to the wrong dungeons. The other 2 dungeons weren’t there.
If this was the design, I would love to se access to the other 2 and all of the others around the old continents
Did you do the quest that grants you access to the old versions (Scarlet Monestary of Old) and forget to turn it off? Its an account wide thing for getting the scarlet key and doing the quest.
To gain access to the old version of Scarlet Monastery, simply click on the Old Keyring to toggle [The Scarlet Key] on and off. With the Scarlet Key buff active, the portals for Mists of Pandaria versions of Scarlet Halls and Scarlet Monastery will instead zone you into the old Scarlet Graveyard and Library, and the two doors that originally led to the Armory and Cathedral are once again open!
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It was, along with old Scholomance and probably some others I’m forgetting.
You can switch between current and old SM by using the keys hanging on the wall at the top of the stairs if I recall correctly.
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Yep, and the buff is account wide if i recall, which lets you farm all 4 old versions
Yep, that must have been it! I didn’t recall clicking anything, but it was surprising. Resetting dungeons took me to the old ones, and then all of a sudden a reset went to the new again. I never left the doorway, so not sure where the key click is.
Its a yellow glowing key ring on the wall/pillar as you come up the stairs into that antechamber where the doors/ portals are located
There were only 2 ports, not 4, so I could not get to Monastery or Halls. The ports were labelled Monastery and Halls from the outside, but took me to Graveyard and Library instead.
Thats correct, the other two are accessed behind the doors on the backwall
https://www.wowhead.com/news/scarlet-monastery-of-old-farm-previously-unobtainable-scarlet-monastery-drops-335611#screenshots:335611:1
No other ports were available in that room, I wonder why they didn’t label them corectly or mark them on the map
Please tell me there is a way to get into old Razorfen Kraul, too???
Not yet unfortunately, I’d personally like to go OG Shadowfang Keep
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Agree! I am a collector. Would love to visit all the Classic places. And NO!, I do not wish to play Classic ;p
I just want the Werewolves (worgen) back. It used to be a cool castle full of werewolves! Now its generic zombies, which as a horde gets kinda boring (no offense to undead peeps). As a belf you start out fighting magic-starved belfzombies in your starter zone, more scourge zombies a bit up the road, undeadzombies in the dead scar with a smattering of troll zombies. Then you see our ranger general is now the queen zombie in zombieville…I just want the spooky werewolf castle back!
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