WoW Seeds of Renewal 10.2.5. Follower Dungeon guide
Blizzard EntertainmentPatch 10.2.5 Seeds of Renewal hits live servers for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight on January 16, and it’s bringing with it the highly-requested Follower Dungeon feature, though it does come with some limitations.
As a major content update, Seeds of Renewal is packed with new activities, features and quality-of-life changes. Dragonriding will no longer be restricted to the Dragon Isles, allowing players to rapidly soar through the other continents of Azeroth and beyond.
Players will have a new area to explore in Bel’ameth, a Kaldorei sanctuary with all of the flora and fauna associated with the Night Elves more broadly. One of the biggest changes is Follower Dungeons, a highly-requested feature that is set to offer an alternative to instanced queueing.
Here’s everything you need to know about Follower Dungeons in Seeds of Renewal Patch 10.2.5.
Complete Follower Dungeon guide for Season of Renewal
Blizzard EntertainmentThe first thing to note is that the Follower Dungeon system only becomes available at Level 60. From there, players will be able to queue for normal difficulty Dragonflight dungeons solo or alongside friends, with the remaining spots being occupied by AI-controlled bots.
Blizzard has confirmed the identities of the four follower bots, who will remain consistent any time players queue. Captain Garrick, Crenna Earth-Daughter, Meredy Huntswell and Austin Huxworth are looking like they will be a Warrior, Druid, Mage and Hunter respectively.
List of Follower Dungeon instances
- Ruby Life Pools
- Nokhud Offensive
- Brackenhide Hollow
- Halls of Infusion
- Algeth’ar Academy
- Neltharus
- The Azure Vault
- Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
How does a Follower Dungeon work?
Players will queue for a Follower Dungeon via the same group finder system used in normal, all-player dungeons. After choosing a role and selecting one of the available instances, NPC characters will occupy the remaining roles and the dungeon will launch.
Though it will be interesting to see how successful the developer has been in recreating typical player behavior, Blizzard has confirmed that the AI will provide buffs and assistance when in the dungeon. For example, Mages will provide tables to top up on any missing resources.
From there, players will be able to customize what approach they want to take in the Follower Dungeon. They can select themselves as group leader, initiating encounters at their own pace. Alternatively, this role can be assigned to a friend or one of the AI teammates by toggling the Dungeon Assistance option.
What is a Follower Dungeon for?
Blizzard has a couple of major intentions for the Follower Dungeon system. The first is to allow existing players to try out new roles and classes in a low-pressure environment. Additionally, it will serve as an introduction to how dungeons work more generally for new players, who may find the current learning curve intimidating.
It is also a great way to learn unfamiliar dungeon layouts and master tricky boss mechanics. Though this will have limited application when players eventually move on to Heroic, Mythic and Mythic+ difficulties, it should help prepare them on a basic level.
The only restriction in place is that Follower Dungeons cannot be started more than 10 times per day. Though the developer has not been specific on why they have taken that decision, it’s almost inarguably a counter-measure to prevent bots and gold farmers from gaming the system and destroying the economy on a server.
That’s everything there is to know about the new Follower Dungeon system being introduced into World of Warcraft: Dragonflight as part of the Seeds of Renewal update.
