wow The Deaths of Chromie Scenario Guide

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A detailed guide to the Deaths of Chromie Scenario.

Patch 7.2.5 adds new solo content to the game and this time we'll help Chromie prevent her own assassination. Learn more about the scenario in our detailed guide.

Table of Conents 

• Introduction
• Chromie Reputation
• Chromie Talents
• Sands of Time
• Perk Priority
• Time Chests
• Progression
• Full Video Run
• Dragonshrines
  • Dragonshrine Quests
  • Azure Dragonshrine
  • Emerald Dragonshrine
  • Ruby Dragonshrine
  • Obsidian Dragonshrine
• Chronoportals
  • The Burning of Mount Hyjal
  • The Culling of Stratholme
  • The War For Andorhal
  • The Well of Eternity
• Rewards

The Deaths of Chromie [Top]

In the new scenario, you’ll use the time-twisting powers of the Bronze Dragonflight to help Chromie prevent her own assassination. The only requirement to enter the scenario is Level 110. It isn’t gated behind items, because your level is set to 112 and item level to 1,000 (The Future!) You will have 15 minutes and additional time from Stolen Time to complete all 8 assaults. Upon dying, you’ll respawn at Wyrmrest Temple and if Chromie dies at any point, you fail the Scenario. The scenario can be restarted at any point by right-clicking your portrait and leaving the instance. Keep in mind you’ll have to farm the scenario several times before beating the timer to unlock all Chronoportals and gain reputation with Chromie to unlock talents.

Speak to Chromie in Wyrmrest Temple to begin the quest line leading up to the repeatable Scenario. You can find a portal to Wyrmrest inside Dalaran’s portal room.

• The Day That Chromie Dies – reward 50 Timewarped Badges
• Rewind – reward 50 Timewarped Badges
• The Many Advantages of Being a Time Dragon – reward 50 Timewarped Badges
• Preserve the True Future – reward 250 Timewarped Badges
• The Deaths of Chromie – final quest that rewards 50 Timewarped Badges and transmogrification sets

Chromie Reputation [Top]

You gain reputation with Chromie by killing monsters inside the scenario and using reputation –increasing items. Once you reach “Timelord” friendship rank with Chromie, you get the Chromie Homie achievement and the “Timelord <Name>” title.

Chromie Talents [Top]

Chromie has seven tiers of talents that can be adjusted before you begin the scenario [Screenshot] and they are gated behind various friendship ranks and take some time to research, pretty much like Order Hall advancement.

You acquire various perks through talents that help you finish the scenario faster.

The most impactful talents are

• Blessing of the Bronze Dragonflight (Tier 4) – gain more Bronze Drakes from Sands of Time
• Fortuitous (Tier 5) – increases drop chance of Sands of Time by 100%

Tier 1

• Time Stop – Chromie can freeze an enemy and all enemies within 5 yards of them for 3 sec.
  • Bonus: Damage and healing increased by 5%.
• Acceleration – Movement and mounted speed is increased by 20%.
  • Bonus: Damage and healing increased by 5%.

Tier 2

• Accelerated Aggression - Chromie becomes a tank, increasing threat by 200% and healing received by 60%. Chromie also gains a damage bonus that scales with her current health, increasing her damage by up to 100%, but she loses 2% of her maximum health every second when above 50% health. This damage bonus is increased to up to 500% if you are a healer.
  • Bonus: Health increased by 5%.
• Rapid Recovery Passive - Chromie becomes a healer, gaining the following healing abilities:
  • Foresight - Chromie sees into the future and reduces the damage you take from the next 3 attacks made against you by 90%.
  • Regeneration - Allies within 10 yards restore 1% of their maximum health every 3 sec.
  • Rewind Time - Restores an ally's health to its highest point in the last 8 seconds.
  • Bonus: Health increased by 5%.

Tier 3 (1 Day Research)

• Dragon's Determination- Chromie's damage taken is reduced by 20%.
  • Bonus: Movement and mounted speed increased by 5%.
• Chrono Charisma Passive - Your reputation gain from kills with Chromie is increased by 100% during the final 5 min and by 300% during the final 60 sec.
  • Bonus: Movement and mounted speed increased by 5%.

Tier 4 (1 Day Research – Requires Chromie – Chrono-Friend)

• Insight – Chromie reveals nearby treasure chests.
  • Bonus: Damage and healing increased by 10%.
• Blessing of the Bronze Dragonflight – You have a greater chance to earn a Bronze Drake from Sands of Time. This drake will instantly clear a dragonshrine for you.
  • Bonus: Damage and healing increased by 10%.

Tier 5 (1 Day Research – Requires Chromie – Bronze Ally)

• Fortuitous – Your chance to find Sands of Time is increased by 100%.
  • Bonus: Health increased by 10%.

Tier 6 (2 Days Research – Requires Chromie – Epoch-Mender)

• Infinite Velocity – Unlock portals from Wyrmrest to each of the dragonshrines.
  • Bonus: Movement and mounted speed increased by 10%.
• Keepsake Continuum – You have a greater chance to earn a Keepsake Box from Sands of Time. Keepsake Boxes contain powerful items that significantly reduce the difficulty of Chronoportal challenges.
  • Bonus: Movement and mounted speed increased by 10%.

Tier 7 (5 Days Research – Requires Chromie - Timelord)

• Dragon Crash – Chromie can summon a dragon that crashes into your foes, dealing Physical damage.
  • Bonus: Damage, healing, health, movement, and mounted speed all increased by 50%.

Sands of Time [Top]

Drop from quests, creatures and chests in the Scenario and help you beat the 15 minute timer as they offer two rewards to choose from

Sands of Time Perks

Add 10 – 30 seconds to the timer

• Stolen Time
• Stolen Time
• Stolen Time

Bronze Drake

• Instantly finish a dragonshrine

Increase your reputation with Chromie by 50 – 200 and by a flat percentage while inside the Deaths of Chromie Scenario

• Chromie Reputation
• Chromie Reputation
• Chromie Reputation
• Favor of the Bronze

A loot chest Time-Lost Keepsake Box that contains

• Items that help you speed up Chronoportals like
  • Brimstone Beacon
  • Cenarion Circle Documents
  • Stratholme Gate Key
  • Tyrande's Moonstone
• Gold
• Timewarped Badges

Other perks provided by Sands of Time (note that these buffs stack)

• Fangs of the Bronze – Increase damage dealt and healing done by 10% while in the Deaths of Chromie Scenario
• Hide of the Bronze – Reduce damage taken by 10% while in the Deaths of Chromie Scenario
• Wings of the Bronze – Run speed increased by 10% while in the Deaths of Chromie Scenario

Perk Priority [Top]

For maximum efficience, always try to prioritize Sands of Time rewards as follows:

1. Time-Lost Keepsake Box to get items that help you speed up Chronoportals. Never open them if you’re progressing a Chronoportal, wait before you finish the one you’re working on and use it after you enter a new one.
2. Bronze Drake – Try using it only after you start a new Dragonshrine to save as much time as possible.
3. Stolen Time – add 10 – 30 seconds to the timer and this effect stacks.

Time Chests [Top]

Reward Sands of Time and you need to find them, unless you picked the Insight (Tier 4 Talent) that makes Chromie reveal nearby treasure chests on the map. One location with plenty of chests is inside the cave at the Obsidian Dragonshrine accessible by taking the path to the right.

Progression [Top]

As stated above, the scenario needs to be finished several times, before you’re able to beat the timer to unlock all Chronoportals and increase your reputation with Chromie.

Bear Tartare’s speed buff may be immensely helpful as it makes you sprint for a short duration after killing an enemy. You can also use flasks / elixirs.

• Pick up one of the four available quests and head to Azure & Emerald Dragonshrines to finish the objectives.
• You should now have Time-Lost Keepsake Box that contains at least one useful item to help you finish a Chronoportal. You can keep the box inside your bag and open it after you're done with Mount Hyjal as it's the fastest Chronoportal to finish.
• Ideally you want Cenarion Circle Documents and Stratholme Gate Key. The Well of Eternity isn't an issue.
• Don't forget to pick the the "Sky Ablaze With Cannonfire" (Alliance // Horde) quest from Chromie to get Sands of Time for Bronze Drakes and turn in the dragonshrine quest once back at Wyrmrest Temple for even more Sands of Time.
• In our run, I did both Azure & Emerald Dragonshrines first and didn't bother with the rest, because you'll get enough Bronze Drakes as you do Chronoportals that automatically finish the remaining dragonshrines. The point is to do full runs of Mount Hyjal & Well of Eternity only, because they take the least time to finish.

Full Video Run [Top]

Dragonshrines [Top]

Completing dragonshrines unlocks Chronoportals and significantly increases future run time, because you can straightly head to the dragonshrine’s objective without completing the quests.

Dragonshrine Quests [Top]

One random quest becomes available from Alextrasza, Kalecgos, Lord Itharius and Chromie at Wyrmrest Temple and they reward Sands of Time.

Don’t forget to pick them up before you start dragonshrines.

• Darkened Dreams – Slay Thalas Vylethorn at the Emerald Dragonshrine
• Darkness in the Ley – Slay the Void Gargantuan at the Azure Dragonshrine
• The Dead Walk – Slay Talar Icechill at the Ruby Dragonshrine
• Worried About My Friends – Kill Zorathides at the Obsidian Dragonshrine

Azure Dragonshrine [Top]

• Kill Leyline Elementals and Ley Wyrms to collect 50 Darkened Scrap of Vellum for Voidcallers' Scroll
• There are multiple platforms and you should be going to the eastern platform to summon and defeat Void Gargantuan
• Void Gargantuan drops Smoldering Chronoshard that unlocks the Mount Hyjal Chronoportal at Wyrmrest Temple

Emerald Dragonshrine [Top]

• Kill Emerald Lashers to get 30 Twisted Fibers
• Kill Emerald Skytalons to acquire 24 Emeraldine Plumes
• Combine the items into 3 Nightmare-Catchers to enter the Emerald Nightmare and defeat Dream Tormentors
• This will spawn Thalas Vylethorn at the river that needs to be killed
• Thalas Vylethorn drops Gleaming Chronoshard that grants access to the Andorhal Chronoportal back at Wyrmrest Temple

Ruby Dragonshrine [Top]

• Defeat Alyndriel Graveborn [Screenshot], Earlies the Deathrider [Screenshot] and  Festerbloat [Screenshot] to get 3 Soul Crystal Fragments and form them into a Soul Crystal
• Use the crystal to summon Talar Icechill that’s inside the tree cave
• Talar Icechill drops Frozen Chronoshard that makes Stratholm Chronoportal accessible at Wyrmrest Temple

Obsidian Dragonshrine [Top]

• Enter the cave, slay Charredbone Goliaths and fight your way up to the Charredbone Goliath [Screenshot] and slay him
• Go back to the cave entrance to uncover Zorathides and defeat him.
• Zorathides drops the Fel-Touched Chronoshard granting access to the Well of Eternity Chronoportal back at Wyrmrest Temple

Chronoportals [Top]

Chronoportals are unlocked after completing Dragonshrines. You can find the portals at Wyrmrest.

The Burning of Mount Hyjal [Top]

• This Chronoportal is pretty straightforward. Approach Chromie and defeat incoming waves of attackers until the Fiery Behemoth spawns
• If you have Brimstone Beacon, you can skip waves and instantly summon Fiery Behemoth

The Culling of Stratholme [Top]

• The most time-consuming Chronoportal, ideal for skipping should you possess a Stratholme Gate Key from Time-Lost Keepsake Box
• Accept the Smoke, Meat, and Pretty Flowers quest from Emery Neill and obtain the following goods from various vendors (involves a lot of running around)
  • Fras' Special Pipe Blend & Flinty Firestarter from Fras Siabi [Screenshot]
  • Marigold Bouquet from Sophie Aaren [Screenshot]
  • 2x Marigold Bouquet & Heavy Straw Rope from George Goodman [Screenshot]
    • Buy Marigold Bouquet twice so you don’t need to return back, it’s needed for the next quest too
• Accept Yeah, Definitely for the Kids and head back to Orphan Matron Meliana
• Accept Holing Up and get
  • Basic Cloth Bandages – from Olivia Zenith [Screenshot]
  • Refurbished Military Rifle from Robert Pierce [Screenshot]
  • Salted Venison Jerky from George Goodman (see above)
• Accept For Emery and bring the Salted Venison Jerky back to Emery Neill
• Accept Fight Plague with Fire and collect
  • Flinty Firestarter
  • Heavy Straw Rope
    • In future runs, you’ll be able to buy both quest objectives at the same time
• After that you will be awarded with the Town Hall Door Key and you should proceed naturally like you would in the Culling of Stratholme that means you want to open the Town Hall make your way upstairs and follow the hidden path behind the bookcase
• Make your way up to Nezar’Azret, kill  the Crypt Queen and click Chromie to save her

The War For Andorhal [Top]

• Flying mounts can be used inside this Chronoportal
• Accept the Sky Ablaze With Cannonfire (Alliance // Horde) quest from Chromie to get Sands of Time as a reward
• The point is to take down the Siege Cannon that’s protected with Electrokinetic Defense Grid and Heavy Iron Plating. You can use Cenarion Circle Documents to complete the Chronoportal
• The area has several NPCs (marked with a star on the minimap) that will drop items to help you bring the cannon’s shields down.
  • Alliance Force-Commanders drop Military Explosives that deal damage to the siege cannon equal to 15% of its total health
  • Gatzin Zapwrench drops Lightning Absorption Capsule that nullifies the effect of Electrokinetic Defense Grid
  • Potionmaster Donovan drops EExperimental Alchemy Reagent to melt away Heavy Iron Plating
  • Briggs, Brother Grigory, Magus Araana all drop Sands of Time
• Ideally you kill Gatzin Zapwrench for Lightning Absorption Capsule, Potionmaster Donovan for Experimental Alchemy Reagent and after taking down the cannon shields, you slay Alliance Force-Commanders for Military Explosives to take out the cannon

The Well of Eternity [Top]

• The objective of this Chronoportal is to make your way back to the Well of Eternity entrance
• Use Tyrande's Moonstone if you have it to quickly reach the entrance
• Mount up, hug the invisible wall and make your way down to the portal [Screenshot]
• The portal can be used only out of combat, so you need to kill all NPCs you pulled before using it
• Keen Felstalkers will randomly appear and will cause delays, kill them as soon as possible to avoid Chromie aggroing even more demons.
• Use the portal, mount up and run all the way back to the entrance until you reach Grothelax. Defeat the demon and take the portal back to Wyrmrest

Rewards [Top]

Beat the timer to earn transmog sets or get pets from the Time-Lost Wallet. Other rewards are Gold and Timewarped Badges.

Pets

Time-Lost Wallet may contain

• Ageless Bronze Drake (NPC – Ageless Bronze Drake)
• Bronze Proto-Whelp (NPC – Bronze Proto-Whelp)

Transmog Sets

These sets are recolors of dungeon sets from previous expansions.

Cloth Wearers

• Ensemble: Chronoscryer's Finery

Leather Wearers

• Ensemble: Riftscarred Vestments

Mail Wearers (Missing Shoulders)

• Ensemble: Epoch Sentinel's Mail

Plate Wearers

• Ensemble: Timewarden's Plate

[Darkjester79 47]

Ok I know this has nothing to do with WoW but all my Whovian/ wow fans must be giggling like schoolgirls to be able to earn the title Timelord.

[Valks 2,375]

18 hours ago, Darkjester79 said:

Ok I know this has nothing to do with WoW but all my Whovian/ wow fans must be giggling like schoolgirls to be able to earn the title Timelord.

Plenty of Mages are going to be gunning for that now!

[Tigersharrk 4]

So here's a question for this as a mage should you make Chromie a Tank or a Healer. I would figure tank but by the sounds of it that sounds like something for the healer classes.

[MrEdren 114]

This is probably a stupid question, but since the dragons are not immortal aspects and more or less de-powered now.. what's the point of killing Chromie (aside from the fact that's she one of the more annoying NPC's in the game)?

[geekgirl101 0]

It's worth noting you cannot fool the system by saving the Time-Lost Keepsake Box for later in a hopes to get the key for Stratholme.  I cleared Hyjal and Well of Eternity before using my box and I got the item for Hyjal.  Also items disappear once you leave the scenario.

Edited June 17, 2017 by geekgirl101
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[Sava 0]

You should know that you cannot carry more than one of the Marigolds. It will not let you buy 2 at once (I tried about 10 minutes ago).

Edited December 27, 2017 by Sava
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