Raid
Raiding & dungeonsA large-group instance — 20 or 40 players in vanilla — and the group itself. Weekly lockouts, big bosses, epic loot.
“Raid is Tuesday and Thursday, be on by seven.”
“Molten Core was the first 40-man raid.”
How to use it
- “Raid is Tuesday and Thursday, be on by seven.”
- “Molten Core was the first 40-man raid.”
Related words
- DungeonA five-player instance. Pre-raid gear comes from here.
- LockoutOnce you kill a raid boss, you're saved to that raid's instance until it resets: a week for the big raids,…
- Tier setThe class armor sets that drop in each raid tier: Tier 1 in Molten Core, Tier 2 in Blackwing Lair, Tier 3 in…
- AttunementA quest chain you must finish before you can enter a raid: Onyxia's is famous, Molten Core's is a short run…
- Raid leaderThe person calling the pulls, the strategy and the loot. Usually the one who spent all week reading…
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