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One piece of new content that someWorld of Warcraft: Season of Discoveryplayers have been requesting for Phase 4 is a toggle Raid difficulty option. Some have found the revamped level-up Raids too easy and repetitive, andMolten Core is extremely familiar groundfor manyClassic WoWaficionados. Thankfully, a new Molten Core difficulty system has indeed been included with the release of Ragnaros’s lair.
In the newSoDversion of Molten Core, Heat Levels are a mechanic that allows Raid groups to turn up the heat in the game’s first-ever endgame Raid. Depending on which Heat Level you attempt the Raid on, the group willencounter more difficult mechanics, including a brutal minimum Fire Resistance mechanic. This guide explains what each of these new Heat Levels are in Molten Core, the minimum Fire Resist necessary to take on Heat 2 and 3, and how to change MC Heat level while inside the instance.
WoW SoD Molten Core Heat Levels
Bring Fire Resist Gear To Prepare For New MC Mechanics
AtHeat Level 1, Molten Core is practically a normal Raid without special mechanics, borrowing a lot of its new boss strategies fromSeason of Masteryversion of MC.
But atHeat Level 2, some mechanics will instantly kill players without a base amount of Fire Resistance (without buffs), and some bosses gain new mechanics. AtHeat Level 3, theFire Resist requirement becomes significantly higher,bosses keep the new mechanics introduced in Heat 2, and a new secret boss becomes available.
So why would you want to take on a higher-difficulty version of Molten Core? More Loot! At Heat Level 1, each boss drops around four items, the “normal” amount of loot, which includes around two gear tokens. At Heat Level 2, each boss drops an extra piece of loot, and at Heat Level 3, each boss drops up around six pieces of gear – including an entire extra secret boss to get drops from.
Fire Resistance Requirements For Molten Core Heat Levels
Taking on the hardest version of Molten Core requires Fire Resistance gear that can impact your class' effectiveness, making it all the more important to hunt down the best Fire ResistgearSoDhas to offerbefore Raid day.
Though the bosses themselves are not necessarily more difficult at higher Heat Levels, your Raid will all have to wear Fire Resist gear to survive instant kill mechanics, which oftentimes takes the place of better gear. you’re able to stillput Runes on Fire Resist gear, of course, so you won’t lose your newSoDabilities at least. But a lot of the time Fire Resist gear doesn’t offer set bonuses, stat bonuses, or special effects – aside from the Molten Core Raid set for each class, which comes with normal set/stat bonuses as well as Fire Resist.
How To Change Molten Core Heat Level
To change which Heat Level your Raid is on,simply talk to Duke Hydraxisat the very front of the instance. The version of Duke Hydraxis that stands off the eastern coast of Azshara cannot change Heat Levels, only the version inside the Molten Core instance itself.
Interact with the Duke to see two dialogue options (if you are talking to him while on Heat 1): “Pull Some Troops Back” and “We Require No Assistance, Hydraxis.” The first option which calls for a partial withdrawal turns up the difficulty in Molten Core to Heat 2, while the second, bolder statement turns up the heat to Heat 3.
Heat Levels can be changed whenever you like, such as in between bosses, which alters the potential loot drops and mechanics of the bosses you have yet to face. It cannot be changed in the middle of combat, and unfortunately you have to travel all the way back to the start of Molten Core to change Heat Levels.
