The Deadmines
From the BlizzCon preview buildThe Classic dungeon in Westfall, and the clearest case of the itemization pass: nine bosses and 45 reported drops, 39 of them already seen in the beta - far more than Classic ever had. One of them still matters at level 60.
Where this comes from
This dungeon is open in the beta and people are running it. What follows comes from the beta client and from reports by those who were inside - not from a Blizzard announcement. Anything several sources report the same way independently is in; where they disagree, the disagreement sits under the open questions instead of a decision we are in no position to make. A build can change all of it tomorrow.
The Defias Leather set
Five pieces, and a bonus structure Classic did not have
Reported, not confirmed
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Bonuses at two, three, four and five pieces
Read from the beta client: (2) +5 Arcane Resistance. (3) +15 attack power against humanoids. (4) a 5% chance on melee attacks from behind to cause a bleed. (5) Daggers +1. In Classic the set paid out at every second piece and carried none of this.
Source: Beta client set data, build 1.60.1 - datamined, not announced -
Twenty-six Classic sets were rebuilt the same way
The Defias set is not a special case. Build 1.60.1 changes twenty-six armour sets from Classic to thresholds at two, three, four, five and six pieces instead of every second one. That is the systemic change behind every "old dungeon, new reason to run it" story.
Source: Beta client set data, build 1.60.1 - datamined, not announced -
Nobody can currently say which boss drops what
The client table that links an encounter to its drops is empty - 208 bytes, no records. Loot is handed out server-side, as are quest rewards and vendor stock. Every boss-by-boss table for an old dungeon you can find right now is therefore either the Classic assignment carried over, or somebody's loot log. Both are worth something; neither is datamined truth, and we do not print one as if it were.
Source: Offline analysis of an installed beta build (1.60.1.69893) - the client tables themselves
Open questions
- The bleed value. One writeup gives 70 damage over 5 seconds, another 75 - same bonus, two numbers.
- Which encounters drop which pieces. Reports name Captain Greenskin and Edwin VanCleef for two of them and trash for the other three, but that is the Classic assignment.
- Whether any of it survives to launch
Loot
No drop data exists - the beta caps at level 20
- Unique boss drop Blue quality - confirmed
- Set piece Not announced
- Recipe or blueprint Dungeon bosses drop these - confirmed
- Terrain or creature effect System confirmed, items not
Unique dungeon-boss drops are blue in Forever - that much is confirmed. The rows above are the shape the table will take, not entries.
Items
Per dungeon, not per boss - deliberately. Which boss drops what is not in the client; the item itself is. A list without an assignment claims exactly what can be backed up.
- First Mate Band Finger New in Forever Item level 22, +6 Strength, +2 Stamina, requires level 17. Half of the Partners in Crime set - the other half requires level 60.
- Rockslicer Two hand, axe New in Forever Carries a new active effect: it opens copper, tin, silver and iron veins without the Mining profession and without a pick - reported as about 30 uses, and only on the lower-level nodes. Reported to drop from Rhahk’Zor.
- Ogre Loincloth Legs New in Forever Reported as new in Forever.
- Staff of Westfall Two hand, staff New in Forever Quest reward. Carries spell damage and healing plus movement speed, but only in Elwynn, Westfall, Redridge and the Deadmines - one of the clearest examples of Forever binding an effect to a place.
- Blackened Defias Armor Chest, leather Seen in the beta One of the five pieces of the Defias Leather set.
- Blackened Defias Belt Waist, leather Seen in the beta One of the five pieces of the Defias Leather set.
- Blackened Defias Boots Feet, leather Seen in the beta One of the five pieces of the Defias Leather set.
- Blackened Defias Leggings Legs, leather Seen in the beta One of the five pieces of the Defias Leather set.
- Blackened Defias Gloves Hands, leather Seen in the beta One of the five pieces of the Defias Leather set.
- Cruel Barb Main hand, sword Seen in the beta
- Emberstone Staff Two hand, staff Seen in the beta
- Buzzer Blade One hand, dagger Seen in the beta Still tied to Sneed's Shredder, as in Classic.
- Unsent Letter Quest item Seen in the beta From Edwin VanCleef, reported at about 56 percent. Cannot be shared - everyone needs their own.
- Smite's Mighty Hammer Two hand, mace From Classic · unconfirmed in Forever
- Rhahk'Zor's Hammer Two hand, mace From Classic · unconfirmed in Forever
- Taskmaster Axe One hand, axe From Classic · unconfirmed in Forever
- Gold-plated Buckler Off hand, shield From Classic · unconfirmed in Forever