WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Store

Players, have you already forgotten about Darkmoon Faire? Well, it's understandable; in WoW TBC Classic Anniversary, this monthly event doesn't offer much appeal for level 70 players. But don't worry, because with the release of Phase 3 on August 27th, Darkmoon Faire will receive a major update that deserves your attention.

New Darkmoon Faire Trinkets

Excitingly, TBC Phase 3 will add four new level 70 Darkmoon Faire Trinkets, corresponding to four decks: Vengeance (from Deck of Furies), Crusade (from Deck of Blessings), Wrath (from Deck of Storms), and Madness (from Deck of Lunacy). Each deck consists of eight cards from Ace to Eight.

Darkmoon Card: Vengeance

This trinket provides 51 Stamina and a 10% chance to deal 95-116 Holy Damage to attackers.

For Protection Paladins in BCC, their Threat primarily comes from Holy Damage. Therefore, when facing 5-8 mobs, Darkmoon Card: Vengeance almost guarantees frequent Threat procs, greatly enhancing Threat generation.

This trinket is arguably the best choice for Protection Paladins when clearing large amounts of trash mods.

In boss fights, players can choose to switch to other trinkets depending on the situation.

However, in PvP, the use of Darkmoon Card: Vengeance is more limited, potentially only useful in battlegrounds or world PvP.

Darkmoon Card: Crusade

In TBC Phase 3, this trinket provides stackable Attack Power and Spell Power bonuses, up to a maximum of 220 Attack Power and 80 Spell Power.

More importantly, its trigger mechanism is not probabilistic; it triggers every time a target is hit.

Therefore, Darkmoon Card: Crusade is best suited for hybrid classes that rely on both Attack Power and Spell Power, especially Retribution Paladins and Enhancement Shamans. In prolonged combat, this trinket is considered one of the best-in-slot (BiS) items for these classes.

Additionally, Shadow Priest and Hunter also benefit from it. Although Shadow Priest doesn't entirely need Attack Power, its high-frequency casting allows it to maintain a permanent 80 Spell Power effect.

Darkmoon Card: Wrath

Darkmoon Card: Wrath increases Critical Strike chance by approximately 0.8% when player attacks don't result in a Critical Strike, and this effect stacks until the next critical strike triggers.

This means that each attack that doesn't result in a Critical Strike increases the critical strike chance of the next attack incrementally.

Elemental Shaman, Balanced Druid, and Rogue are the most suitable classes for Darkmoon Card: Wrath. However, in raids, its benefit is less than trinkets that provide a stable, sustained damage bonus, making it less of an optimal choice.

However, in TBC PvP environment, the situation is different for Darkmoon Card: Wrath, because a critical hit can often quickly change the course of the battle.

Darkmoon Card: Madness

This trinket's effect is that when you kill a target that grants experience or honor during TBC Classic Anniversary, a random buff will always be triggered. The types of buffs obtained vary depending on the class, including 51 Stamina.

However, this trinket isn't suitable for tanks, as they often struggle to secure kills. The real beneficiaries in Phase 3 are Mage or Paladin players skilled in AoE farming, especially Mage using Blizzard to gather mobs and clear them in one go.

Darkmoon Card: Madness frequently triggers its buff during large-scale monster kills.

In any case, this trinket is a BiS (Best in Slot) item for any Mage focused on leveling or TBC Classic Anniversary gold making.

In PvP, Darkmoon Card: Madness has some entertainment value in large battlegrounds like Alterac Valley or Eye of the Storm, but it's largely useless in Arena ranked matches.

In particular, the included Dementia negative effect causes players to receive unexpectedly less healing, which is very disadvantageous in high-intensity combat.

In short, among all four new trinkets in Phase 3, Darkmoon Card: Wrath has the lowest appeal to players, so we can predict that its corresponding Deck of Storms will likely be the cheapest on Auction House.

Acquisition Method

All cards in the new Phase 3 decks drop randomly from any monster of level 63 or higher in Outland, with an extremely low drop rate of approximately one in a thousand.

Therefore, farming monsters to obtain cards is completely impractical; the most feasible method is to acquire them directly from Auction House.

Ace cards, on the other hand, can only drop from the final boss of Dungeons in Normal or Heroic modes, with a drop rate of approximately 3%.

There is currently no confirmed information regarding whether Heroic mode has a higher card drop rate than Normal mode in BCC Phase 3.

Another Noteworthy Trinket

It's worth noting that in Arena PvP, there's another trinket that, while not a new Phase 3 addition, has garnered significant attention because of its unique effect - Vanilla version of Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether.

If you die in the game, this trinket grants a 10% chance to resurrect on the spot, restoring 20% ​​of your Life and Mana.

Crucially, this resurrection effect also applies to TBC Arena ranked matches, meaning that out of every ten potentially losing games, one could potentially be won.

Therefore, Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether is best suited for classes that are often targeted by multiple enemies in Arena - Priest, Hunter, etc.

So, that concludes all the information on the four new trinkets added in WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 3. Hopefully, this will help you progress through Phase 3!

There are only two weeks left until the launch of WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 3. If you want to jump straight into the new raids on August 27th, rather than consuming extra time completing attunement quests first, you should take action now!

Phase 3 introduces two new raids: Mount Hyjal and Black Temple. Each has its own specific attunement requirements; notably, completing Mount Hyjal attunement is a prerequisite for Black Temple attunement.

Fortunately, Mount Hyjal attunement questline can be fully completed during the current Phase 2! Here is a guide to help you get it done.

What are the requirements for Mount Hyjal attunement?

The attunement process can be broken down into two simple steps: raising your reputation with Keepers of Time (you don't need a very high rank), and then unlocking and completing the quest The Vials of Eternity.

Unlike other attunement quests that require long questlines, The Vials of Eternity simply requires you to defeat the final bosses of the two Phase 2 raids, Lady Vashj and Kael'thas Sunstrider, and loot specific quest items from their corpses.

How to raise Keepers of Time reputation?

There are no unlock requirements for this faction; simply travel to the Caverns of Time in Tanaris to find the relevant NPCs and start earning reputation points.

You can farm reputation for this faction through specific quests and by clearing dungeons. The associated dungeons are Old Hillsbrad Foothills and The Black Morass; reputation points can be earned in both Normal and Heroic modes.

After completing all the quests and dungeon runs mentioned above, you will have earned enough reputation to reach the halfway point toward Honored status. If your goal is solely Mount Hyjal attunement, you can stop here and move on to the next stage of the questline.

However, if you wish to raise your reputation further to unlock access to more items from Quartermaster Alurmi, you can continue farming the dungeons. Running The Black Morass on Normal difficulty is the recommended priority.

How to complete The Vials of Eternity quest?

You can pick up this quest by locating and interacting with NPC Soridormi, found within Caverns of Time, home to Keepers of Time faction.

The quest requires you to defeat Lady Vashj, the final boss of Serpentshrine Cavern raid, and Kael'thas Sunstrider, the final boss of Tempest Keep raid, both introduced in WoW TBC Classic Phase 2.

Afterward, the key quest items, Vashj's Vial Remnant and Kael's Vial Remnant, will appear on the bosses' corpses. Loot them and return to Soridormi to complete The Vials of Eternity quest!

This also marks the completion of Mount Hyjal attunement process. Once Phase 3 goes live, you'll be ready to jump straight into the new raid!

Phase 2 has been live for over three months, so you might have already obtained these items. If not, don't worry, we've got dedicated guides for these boss encounters!

How to defeat Lady Vashj?

The fight consists of three main phases. To handle Static Charge debuff she inflicts in Phase 1 and the waves of adds in Phase 2, your group needs to spread out before the fight begins.

Phase 1 isn't particularly difficult, but it is time-consuming; you and your teammates must ensure your health stays topped up and stock up on plenty of consumables beforehand.

Phase 2 begins when the boss's health drops to 70%. She summons many adds and activates a shield, along with shield generators that keep it powered.

You must prioritize killing Tainted Elemental adds to obtain Tainted Core. These are used to disable the shield generators and drop Lady Vashj's shield, allowing the fight for progress to Phase 3.

During this phase, Toxic Sporebats appear and create poison clouds; players should use all available abilities to focus fire on both the bats and the boss.

How to defeat Kael'thas Sunstrider?

This encounter is more complex; it spans five phases, with mechanics that are intricately linked across them.

In Phase 1, the boss does not appear immediately; instead, he summons his four advisors. After being defeated, these advisors will resurrect in place during Phase 3; therefore, you must kill them in the right locations from the start to avoid unnecessary complications later on.

In Phase 2, Kael'thas summons seven weapons; interestingly, once defeated, you can choose the gear best suited to your needs for the remainder of the fight.

Three minutes after the four advisors resurrect in Phase 3, regardless of whether they have been defeated, Kael'thas himself will appear, ushering in Phase 4.

During Phase 4, in addition to the existing enemies, a phoenix will spawn periodically. You must quickly kill both the phoenix and the egg it leaves behind upon death to prevent multiple phoenixes from being active on the battlefield simultaneously.

In the final phase, the boss unleashes more powerful abilities and repeatedly pulls all players toward him; handle this carefully while focusing your damage output on the target.

Other Mount Hyjal Attunement rewards

In addition to unlocking access to Mount Hyjal raid, completing this attunement allows you to select and complete a specific quest based on your raid role to earn Band of Eternity ring as a reward.

Once TBC Classic Anniversary Phase 3 launches, you can unlock Scale of the Sands faction and continuously upgrade the ring by increasing your reputation with them.

If you haven't completed Mount Hyjal attunement yet, get started right away! Good luck!

If you want to accelerate your Mount Hyjal attunement progress, it's best to buy WoW TBC Classic Anniversary gold on IGGM so you can redeem consumables whenever needed!

As mentioned earlier, completing this attunement quest essentially involves clearing raids or dungeons, so maintaining high health and mana levels with consumables is crucial, especially during boss encounters!