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Vault of the Incarnates Raid Overview

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The first raid of the expansion brings lots of new features, system changes, and, of course, loot. This overview covers all aspects of the Vault of the Incarnates instance, including new loot distribution system clarifications. Check our complete expansion guide if you are interested in other innovations and renovations for the Dragonflight.

An important warning. The following guide is preliminary. As such, it may contain incomplete, outdated, or otherwise inaccurate information that may be fixed or changed on a release.

General Facts

The Vault of the Incarnates is the first raid for the Dragonflight expansion. The reason to intrude on another tomb is, as usual, to prevent some long-forgotten evil from destroying Azeroth and slaughtering its denizens.

Now there are three gradations for the loot item levels. The raid has 8 bosses, so the ilvl distribution is as follows: the first four bosses drop items of the lowest value, the fifth and sixth drop the average value, and the two final ones – drop the highest item level of all.

The loot-dropping system has been changed. We will cover this issue later in the text, but be ready to toss the bones again.

Getting ready for the raid, do not underestimate crafted gear. Professions were renewed in Dragonflight, and crafted items are now vital and usable.

If you prefer buying stuff on the AH, pay attention to the quality of an item you are interested in. The higher the quality level is, the better it is. All crafted items have 5 quality levels as of now, including enchants and various vials, potions, and food. To get the actual information about which gear to set up, use our Raidbots guide!

Release Schedule

The new raid releases within the first decade of December. This is a complete release calendar.

The LFR difficulty will not follow the usual release scheme and will look like this:

Note that the cross-faction feature will become available from the start. There is a guild/faction presence condition, though. To enter Vault of the Incarnates on a Mythic difficulty, the party should comprise at least 16 out of 20 raiders from the same guild and faction.

Instance Location

The Vault of the Incarnates is located in the eastern part of the Thaldraszus zone by coordinates 73.14 55.60. The Flight Master Nirazal waits for clients right outside the instance, so there won’t be much trouble finding this place.

Vault of the Incarnates Raid Skip

Talk to Kalecgos and take the Vault of the Incarnates: Break a Few Eggs raid quest from him. You are to collect 3 Shards of the Greatstaff from Broodkeeper Diurna’s boss. Once this is complete, you will unlock the raid-skipping possibility.

Loot Item Level

This time the loot in the Vault of the Incarnates has three grades, which is quite unusual. The base item level drops from the first 4 bosses. Wing bosses have items slightly higher, and the final two bosses drop items with the current maximum ilvl.

Difficulty Bosses 1 through 4Wing BossesFinal Bosses
Raid Finder376 item level382 ilvl385 ilvl
Normal389395398
Heroic402408411
Mythic415421424

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Bosses’ Strategy

There are eight bosses in this raid; one of them is a group of four bosses. Here they are:

Here are the important tips for each encounter.

Primal Commander Eranog

Terros

The Primal Council

Sennarth

Dathea, Ascended

Kurog Grimtotem

Broodkeeper Diurna

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Loot Distribution System Changes

Group loot has experienced big changes. And let us quote the developers a bit:

While inside the Vault of Incarnates, group loot will be the only method of loot distribution. Some items, like professional reagents, may still use personal loot where appropriate. As of that, Need and Greed facility makes its glorious return.

Loot trading rules have also been changed and become a little softer:

While inside a raid, all item-level restrictions placed on trading between members of the same group are entirely removed. Now, even small item level increases that don’t upgrade won’t be locked to a player, even if they roll and win that item.

Furthermore, the game now will decide whether you want an item, meaning you will not win the item your spec can’t wear:

The main spec takes priority over the off-spec. Greed comes after both. Luckily, if you swap specs for a single fight, you can still main spec roll for what you like.

On the other hand, a warrior can still have a bow, for example, if there aren’t any Hunters in a party.

BoEs Drop Changes

This loot category was redesigned as well. BoE items will no longer drop from trash mobs. Once a week and once per difficulty level, players will be able to get such items from named mini-bosses.

Several BoE items are now scaled according to group size, like the bosses and their loot usually do.

Some items of great importance, like weapons, are now included in the BoE pool.

Tier Sets

This time we have five gear pieces forming a Tier Set: head, shoulders, chest, hands, and legs. Other parts will complete the set appearance, so you could wear a complete armor set. Set bonuses activate upon wearing 2 and 4 tier pieces. An exciting innovation – all bonuses are spec unique, which makes them even more valuable. The Creation Catalyst system is moving to the new Dragonflight expansion changing its title to Inspiration Catalyst. Now you can craft tier set pieces out of regular ones. This system will become available six weeks after the release of the first raid.

Here are sets for all in-game classes, including the latest – Evoker.

Tier pieces or corresponding tokens drop from the following raid bosses:

There are four types of tier tokens; each type may be used by several classes, and here is the list:

Luckily, players have a certain variability in the choice of ways to obtain tier sets. If raiding is not your cup of tea, you may use an Inspiration Catalyst scheme to create a tier item you want from an appropriate non-tier piece of armor. Another option is the Great Vault. Take part in PvP or Mythic+ activities to get items from this source.

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Rewards

The community always has incredibly high hopes for the very first raid of the expansion, as the rewards are entirely new and long-awaited. The first instance usually breaks in new systems and features. This one continues the established traditions. New boss mechanics, a new loot distribution system, Tier Sets, appearances, and, of course, new rewards. 

Achievements

The Glory of the Raider

A new Glory of the Vault Raider meta-achievement includes eight smaller ones. A complete list and a brief description are shown below. Remember that all GotR achievements should be completed on Normal Difficulty or higher. 

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Kill Credit

We still get achievements for killing bosses on all difficulty levels but LFR.

Other Achievements

Collect armour set from the raid and get the Vaulternative Fashion achievement.

Unique Loot

By the word “unique”, we mean items which are 6 or 7 ilvl higher than the regular drop and, as usual, truly unique things.

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