Delves Guide for the War Within

Delves are bite-sized, role-agnostic, repayable world instances that allow you to engage in quick yet rewarding adventures. Delves can be experienced solo or in a group of up to 5 players alongside a customizable NPC companion. In this guide, we will cover everything you need to know about Delves in the War Within.

Here are the changes implemented to delves in Season 3:

• Delver's Bounty now drops upon reaching rank 2 in the Delver's Journey.
• The Alliance and Horde compete on which faction can complete the most delves in the season. The faction that reaches the goal will have their faction's banner planted permanently in Dornogal's Delver's Headquarters. When each faction reaches this milestone, players will receive Alliance and Horde-themed paint colors for the Delver's Rewards mount no matter who finishes first.
• New story variants have been added to Sidestreet Sluice, Excavation Site 9, Kriegval's Rest, and Fungal Folly.
• The Sinkhole and Tak-Rethan Abyss are no longer underwater.
• A new delve trinket vendor unlockable through the Delver's Journey has been added. He will spawn in Tier 9+ delves and offer players to buy from a selection of trinkets that cost 2,000 Undercoins each.
• Overcharged Delves have been removed, players can now buy OC91 Chariot from Finley for 15,000 Undercoins.
• Nexus Princess Ky'veza is the new seasonal nemesis, offering new rewards to players who defeat her before the next season of delves.
• Flickergates that grant Undercoins are scattered through delves in the new season, but they have a chance to summon this season's nemesis Nexus Princess Ky'veza.
• You can use Reshii Wraps to unlock secret rooms inside delves.
• Players can now leave messages left by other players inside delves and see where they died.

Delves are short, 10-15 minute scenarios designed to fit into your gameplay schedule and contribute to your character's progression, as they provide credit toward the Great Vault rewards in the War Within.

Unlike dungeons and raids, Delves can be completed solo or with a group of up to 5 players. The flexibility combined with their role-agnostic nature makes Delves accessible to all types of players.

Delves are designed to be replayable, with varying levels of difficulty and rewards. The season companion can be customized to fit your playstyle, whether you need a healer, a damage dealer, or a support character. Delves have 11 Tiers of difficulty, providing a challenging experience for players of all skill levels.

When exploring Khaz Algar, you will find each delve marked on your Map with a unique cave icon, making it easier to locate them as you travel through the zones.

As you approach the icon on the Map, check your surroundings for cave openings, ruins, and other visual cues in the environment.

The War Within contains a total of 16 delves as of Patch 11.2. Below you will find a table with their locations:

Isle of Dorn	The Ringing Deeps	Azj-Kahet	Hallowfall	Undermine	K'aresh
Earthcrawl Mines	The Waterworks	The Spiral Weave	Skittering Breach	The Underpin's Lair	Archival Assault
Kriegval's Rest	The Dread Pit	Tak-Rethan Abyss	Nightfall Sanctum	Sidestreet Sluice
Fungal Folly	Deepwalker Hold	The Sinkhole	Mycomancer Cavern
	Excavation Site 9

When you approach the entrance to a Delve, you will be greeted by a special User Interface window that provides important information to prepare you for your run.

At the top of the UI, the name of the Delve is displayed. Beneath it, you will find a dropdown menu that lets you select the Tier of difficulty. Higher tiers are more challenging but also give you better rewards.

The UI also provides a brief description of your main objectives in a Delve. For example, your task is to free miners from spider webs, kill Nerubians, and so forth. Make sure to read this before entering so you are aware of the primary goals.

On the right side, the UI lists the rewards you will receive upon completing the Delve. Rewards typically include Experience for your companion and the treasure room contains chests that you can open for gear, Resonant Crystals, Radiant Echo, Titan Disc Fragments, Valorstones, and Undercoin.

Brann will be your delve companion throughout The War Within expansion. Your NPC companion comes with a fully customizable role and curios, allowing you to tailor his abilities to best support your journey through the various Delves in Khaz Algar.

To make the most of Brann's abilities, check out our comprehensive guide to Brann Bronzebeard, where we dive deep into his Talent Tree, best curios to equip, and strategies for optimizing his performance in your delve adventures.

Bountiful Delves have glowing icons compared to regular Delves and offer increased rewards because they provide access to Bountiful Coffers found at the end of your run. These special chests can be opened with Restored Coffer Keys that you can get by collecting Coffer Key Shards from world activities and quests. A timer will be displayed indicating the remaining time before another Delve becomes Bountiful.

You should always prioritize completing Bountiful Delves over regular Delves to get better loot.

When you reach max level, you will receive the Bountiful Delves quest in Dornogal, which requires you to obtain a Restored Coffer Key and find a delve that offers a Bountiful Coffer.

Regular Delves only drop non-upgradeable gear regardless the tier, which is why you should focus on completing Bountiful Delves that offer better gear with increasing difficulty.

Completing 2/4/8 delves unlocks items in the Great Vault the following week! To maximize your rewards and receive Hero-track gear in your vault, you should complete 8 Tier 8 runs every week. Check out our separate guide for even more information about how the weekly chest works.

Here are the item levels of loot from delves in The War Within Season 3:

Delve Tier	End of Run Loot Item Level	Delver's Bounty Item Level	Great Vault Loot Item Level
1	655 (Adventurer 1/8)	—	668 (Veteran 1/8)
2	658 (Adventurer 2/8)	—	671 (Veteran 2/8)
3	661 (Adventurer 3/8)	—	675 (Veteran 3/8)
4	664 (Adventurer 4/8)	671 (Veteran 2/8)	678 (Veteran 4/8)
5	668 (Veteran 1/8)	678 (Veteran 4/8)	681 (Champion 1/8)
6	671 (Veteran 2/8)	684 (Champion 2/8)	688 (Champion 3/8)
7	681 (Champion 1/8)	691 (Champion 4/8)	691 (Champion 4/8)
8+	684 (Champion 2/8)	694 (Hero 1/6)	694 (Hero 1/6)

Delves are divided into 11 tiers of difficulty, with Tier 1 being the easiest and Tier 11 the most difficult.

To unlock Tier 4+, you need to earn the War Within Delves: Endgame achievement on at least 1 character.

You do not need to unlock tiers for each delve separately. When you complete say Earthcrawl Mines Tier 7, Tier 8 will unlock for all Delves.

It is important to note that loot scales only up to Tier 8. Tiers 9-11 are for crests only and do not offer better loot.

When you hover with your mouse over the delve tiers, you will see the recommended average Item Level of gear you should have to clear that tier comfortably.

• Tier 1: Recommended item level: 632;
• Tier 2: Recommended item level: 635;
• Tier 3: Recommended item level: 638;
• Tier 4: Recommended item level: 642;
• Tier 5: Recommended item level: 651;
• Tier 6: Recommended item level: 658;
• Tier 7: Recommended item level: 671;
• Tier 8: Recommended item level: 684;
• Tier 9: Recommended item level: 691;
• Tier 10: Recommended item level 697;
• Tier 11: Recommended item level 704.

Once per week in Season 3, you will loot Delver's Bounty from Nexus Princess Ky'veza that has a chance to randomly spawn anywhere during your delve run. Bringing her down to 50% will spawn a pile of gold with the bounty and other loot. Using Delver's Bounty during the same run will provide you with a Hidden Trove at the end of your run in Tier 8 delves.

Keep in mind in Season 3, you will not receive Delver's Bounty unless you hit rank 2 in the Delver's Journey.

Shrieking Quartz is an item you can buy from Sir Finley Mrrgglton at the Delver's Headquarters in Dornogal for 2,000 Undercoins. With this item, you can summon Nexus Princess Ky'veza to your delve after reaching the checkpoint. Here is how to do it.

Enter a Tier 8 delve and reach the delve checkpoint and clear the surrounding area. Then, use Shrieking Quartz to summon Ky'veza and bring her down to 50%. Loot the gold pile, get the Delver's Bounty and use it before killing the delve boss.

Delves feature various mechanics that improve the depth and complexity of each run. Below are key elements you will encounter during your runs.

Unlocking the Secrets of the Depths upgrade on your Reshii Wraps grants access to secret rooms inside delves that can be entered through Ethereal portals. These are often shortcuts that allow you to complete delves faster. They often revolve around solving a puzzle and defeating bosses.

In Season 3, you will find Flickergates inside delves. You can click them to receive Undercoins and Brann XP, but keep in mind they also have a small chance to summon Nexus Princess Ky'veza!

At Tier 4+, Ky'veza's allies will be present in delves. The mobs will carry the Pactsworn prefix in their name. Watch out for them, as they are more powerful compared to regular mobs you will face during your runs.

Defeating 3-4 packs of these groups will provide you with better loot inside the Nemesis Strongbox at the end of your run. A message will pop up when your loot in that chest is upgraded.

Nemesis Strongboxes mostly contain crafting materials.

While Season 2 Brann curios have been retired, they return in a limited form. By opening Curio containers, there is a chance Brann will receive one of the following powers in Season 3:

• Damaged Automatic Footbomb Dispenser — Brann's spells and abilities have a chance to drop 3 footbombs on the field for 10 seconds. Running into a footbomb kicks it at your enemy target dealing significant Fire damage to all enemies in a 6-yard radius.
• Damaged Biofuel Rocket Gear — Party members are equipped with Biofuel Rocket Gear. Biofuel: Each enemy slain fuels the Biofuel increasing Movement Speed by 2% and Haste by 2% for 20 seconds, stacking up to 15 times.
• Three Dimensional Misprint — Occassionally summon a misprinted copy of Brann to assist you in combat.
• Kaja'Cola Carrier — Summons a Kaja'6-Pack. There are various Kaja'Cola flavors, and each one has its own effect that applies when collected.

Once you hit rank 3 in Delver's Journey, you will unlock access to a new trinket vendor at the end of your Tier 9+ runs! This vendor sells a curated selection of trinkets on a fixed rotation.

Zah'ran has a chance to sell the following trinkets:

• Automatic Footbomb Dispenser
• Chaotic Nethergate
• Essence-Hunter's Eyeglass
• Incorporeal Essence-Gorger
• Manaforged Aethercell
• Mind-Fracturing Odium
• Shadowguard's Twisted Harvester
• Soulbreaker's Sigil
• Symbiotic Ethergauze
• Twisted Mana Sprite
• Veiling Mana Shroud
• Void-Touched Fragment

Completing a Tier 11 Bountiful delve with lives remaining will grant you a Gilded Stash, which gives you 7 Gilded Ethereal Crests. You can complete this up to 3 times for a total of 21 Gilded Ethereal Crests from delves per week. You do not need Restored Coffer Keys to open them.

Here are some basics that apply to all delve runs.

At the beginning of each delve and at its checkpoint, you will find Explorers' League Supplies. This interactive object allows you to repair your gear or set up talents for your NPC Companion.

Most delves consist of 2-3 scenario-like objectives that must be completed before you can face the final boss. These objectives will change every time you enter a delve. There are multiple variations of objectives for each delve.

In one of the Earthcrawl Mines variants, you need to rescue Webbed Lamplighters and survive a Nerubian ambush.

Inside delves, you will come across Sturdy Chests hidden in various locations. These chests contain Companion Experience and Resonant Crystals.

Mislaid Curiosities are small bags found on the ground that contain Companion Experience.

Inside delves, Rare Elites will be marked on your map with a special icon. Once defeated, they will grant Brann a powerful buff for the rest of your run.

• Defeating Great Devourer grants Brann Hunger from Beyond — Gain the endless hunger of the devourers, gaining 5% Leech, which increases as your health decreases.
• Defeating Mercenary Acquisitionist grants Brann Mercenary Contract — While in combat, a Contracted Mercenary has a chance to appear and assist you. Can only happen every 2 minutes.
• Defeating Invasive Phasecrawler grants Brann Phaseblood Potion — Brann can throw out a Phaseblood Potion. Running over it heals you and reduces damage you take by 50% for 3 seconds.
• Defeating D'rude grants Brann Sandstorm — Chance when attacking an enemy to unleash a sandstorm, blinding nearby enemies.

As you progress through delves, you will find checkpoints strategically placed close to the final objective before the boss encounter.

When you die, you will respawn at the checkpoint and not at the beginning of the delve. At these checkpoints, you can sell gear, adjust Brann's abilities, and repair your gear. Reaching the checkpoint will grant you +1 Revive.

When you enter a delve, you will notice a "Revives Remaining" counter in the Delve UI. The counter shows how many times you and your party members can die and respawn inside the same delve. Every time a player releases their spirit after death, one revive is subtracted from the total.

The number of revives remaining at the end of the delve directly impacts the quality of the rewards you receive at the end of your run, so it is very important to play cautiously.

• Tiers 1-3: No death limit.
• Tiers 4-8: 5 Revives.
• Tiers 9: 4 Revives.
• Tiers 10-11: 3 Revives.

When you lose all your revive in Tier + Bountiful Delve, you will not receive a Bountiful Chest at the end of it. It is recommended to zone out and start anew.

At the end of the delve, you must fight a boss to unlock the treasure room and reap rewards. The final boss will always be the same for each delve.

For each death while facing the final boss, you will receive a stack of Delver's Determination. It increases your health, damage dealt, and healing received by 5% per stack.

When you defeat the final boss, you will reach the Treasure Room, which consists of multiple loot chests.

Found only inside Bountiful Delves, Bountiful Coffer is an epic chest that contains the best loot. It requires Restored Coffer Keys to open. It also has a chance to provide you with Radiant Echo for the Worldsoul Memory event, and other rewards.

The rare chest contains Titan Disc Fragments for the weekly quest. You will also receive Undercoins, Valorstones and Companion Curios.

Completing Bountiful Delves in The War Within Season 3 grants credit toward a progression system called Delver's Journey. Upon reaching certain milestones, you will unlock additional customization options for the Delver's Dirigible mount and other rewards.

Check out our Delver's Journey guide for more information about this season's rewards!

Delver's Headquarters is located in central Dornogal. Brann Bronzebeard has a base set up here, which serves as the main Delves hub and vendor location in the expansion.

To learn more about the Delver's Headquarters and the vendors you will find there, check out our dedicated guide linked below.

Every once in a while, you will receive a quest from Brann Bronzebeard at the Delver's Headquarters that offers 1 Pinnacle Cache, a weekly cache containing materials for upgrading, gear, gold, and more. To earn the cache, you must complete 2 Tier 6+ Delves. Keep in mind this quest is on rotation with other weekly quests and will not be available every week.

Every once in a while, there will be a world event active for one week tied to delves! For the whole week, the Sign of the Explorer buff will grant you +25% increase to Delver's Journey gains, 25% Brann XP gains, and 25% Undercoin gains.

The weekly quest offered by Archivist Frithrun in Dornogal is called A Call to Delves and requires you to complete 5 delves for 1 piece of Item Level 684 Champion 1/8 gear.

Delver's Mana-Skimmer is the seasonal delve mount in The War Within Season 3 that you can customize in various ways. Check out our separate guide to learn more about the seasonal rewards that await!