Warfronts Guide in Battle for Azeroth (BfA 8.3) (2024)

Warfronts are large scale battles that are focused around the war betweenthe Alliance and the Horde. This content will cycle in a method that has onefaction starting with control of an area (therefore having access to exclusivemobs, world bosses, and their respective loot) while the opposing factioncontributes items, Gold, and War Resources to build faction power. Oncethe resource contribution has reached its 100% requirements, a battle for thearea becomes accessible. This resource contribution is on a region-wide basis,similar to how the Mage Tower progress was in Legion on the Broken Shore and itrewards Azerite and reputation. After the attack is completed (it cannotfail), the assaulting faction will take control of the area while the otherfaction begins its resource acquisition to initiate its attack on the area.

There will be a short introduction to the Warfront area which will introduceyou to some landmarks and then initiate a quest to make a contribution to yourWarfront effort. Complete the intro and then do the contributions once you havethe quest to do so, not just the daily blue !s indicating a daily quest.

Patch 8.3 brings few changes to the Warfronts, but there will finally be aHeroic mode for the Darkshore Warfront, which will bring with it item level460 gear rewards and more of a challenge for players who enjoy them.

After you complete the Battle for Darkshore on Heroic Difficulty, Sandy Nightsaber can be purchased from Provisioner Stoutforgein Boralus for 350 7th Legion Service Medals or from Provisioner Mukralocated at the docks of Dazar'alor for 350 Honorbound Service Medals.

With Patch 8.2, players will have a new version ofWarfronts available. Heroic Warfronts offer a more challenging version of anyspecific Warfront. Players can only queue up for Heroic Warfronts when in araid party of either 10 or 20 players. The health and damage of the enemies inthe Warfront will scale based on the number of players you have over a minimum 10 peoplein the party. Scaling of the Warfronts will be designed for players around 415item level and Battle for Stromgarde will be the only available Heroic Warfrontat this time. We will be updating this section with information as it becomesavailable.

• Enemies will have an increased amount of health and it will scale withthe amount of players within the Warfront party that are at 415 item level.
• Enemy Commanders will join the fight occasionally and begin to assault yourbase and commander. Due to the commander being powerful, you will need to repelthis attack with your group. When his health reaches 60%, he will hearth backto his own base.
• Increase of cost for both Demolishers and Siege Engines to 160 Iron.
• Players can only queue up for Heroic Warfronts with a raid group of 10 to 20players.

Players that win a Heroic Warfront, along with completingHeroic Warfront: The Battle for Stromgarde will be rewarded with a425 item level set piece for either The Honorbound or 7th Legion. Players willfind that these items are just under the item level of the Heroic mode ofThe Eternal Palace raid. Players will alsounlock achievements upon completion of Heroic Warfronts.

1. Heroic: War is Hell/ Heroic: War is Hell
2. Heroic: Tour of War/ Heroic: Tour of War

Contributing to your faction's Warfront effort involves giving War Resources, Gold, and items created from professions. Thesecontributions are on a daily lockout, so be sure to do this each and every dayas the reputation gains are enormously beneficial towards progressing on yourfaction's War Campaign. With Patch 8.2, there are still fewer contribution dailyquests, but these quests are refreshed daily instead of each cycle which expeditesthe contribution phase completion rate and provides ample opportunity for moreArtifact Power and reputation rewards.

The gold contribution Wartime Donations: Gold (Alliance) /Wartime Donations: Gold (Horde) requests only 100g.This is a trivial amount of gold and should be made daily. This rewards 500Azerite and 150 reputation with the 7th Legion or The Honorbound.Each daily quest turn in rewards 150 reputation and 500 Azerite which hasincredible potential to progress towards Exalted status with the 7th Legion andthe Honorbound which unlocks yourAllied Races of the Mag'har Orcs and DarkIron Dwarves. All ten quests can be done each day, so your maximum turn in isexchanging 100 gold, 100 War Resources, and assorted profession items for atotal potential of 1,500 reputation and 5,000 Azerite. This also progressesyour faction's contribution bar which will enable the Warfront activity thatwill reward you with a 370 item level piece of gear and grant access to theworld boss as well as the rare enemies and World Quests in Arathi Highlands.

The crafted items from professions are likely going to be expensiveat the start of the expansion, but these items may drop in value and be abetter value to turn in as time passes. The NPCs that request items do notalways ask for the same items, so be ready to hit up the auction house with ashopping list each day. Here are the profession-related items that can be usedfor a Wartime Contribution.

In Patch 8.1's Battle for Darkshore, the contribution potential for AzeritePower had effectively been doubled. This allowed for much quicker earningpotential of Azerite Power since both warfronts can be progressed concurrently.

Profession	Item(s) Requested
Alchemy/Herbalism	Possibilities include Steelskin Potion x2, 60 of any BFA herb, or Coastal Mana Potion x20
Blacksmithing/Mining	Possibilities include Monel-Hardened Hoofplates x2 or Monel-Hardened Stirrups x2 or Monelite Ore x60
Cooking/Fishing	Possibilities include Seasoned Loins, BFA fish, or Meaty Haunch x60
Enchanting	Enchant Ring - Seal of Critical Strike x3 or Enchant Ring - Seal of Versatility x3
Engineering	Crow's Nest Scope x6 or Frost-Laced Ammunition x2
Inscription	Examples include War-Scroll of Battle Shout x3 or War-Scroll of Intellect x3
Jewelcrafting	Any cut level green gem such as Straddling Viridium x15
Leatherworking/Skinning	Examples include Drums of the Maelstrom or Coarse Leather Barding x2 or Coarse Leather x60
Tailoring	Battle Flag: Rallying Swiftness or Tidespray Linen x60

Contributions can be made once each day while the Warfront territory iscontrolled by the opposite faction.

Warfronts can be lost, and it is difficult to do so, but that does not mean you want to winslower and take longer to get to that World Boss and sweet, sweet loot to be hadwhile your faction controls the area!

Fighting or gathering are your two primary types of activities to be doneduring Warfronts. If you are on the lower end of gear, you should partake ingathering as this will enable you to have the greatest effect on your team'sability to win faster. If you like gathering, you should gather. Most playersin this type of combat style will prefer to fight, so if you are akin togathering, we recommend that you do just that! For the fighters, you will fightalongside troops that you help empower and work to control bases.

The beginning of the Battle for Stormgarde and the Battle for Darkshore willhave you starting off with a clear path and objective to defeata mini boss. As soon as the mini boss dies, you will want to capture the nearbyMine and Mill. While at the Mine and Mill, you will want togather Iron or Wood to help contribute to your effort. If theMine or Mill is overcrowded, consider going to the other location. Ifyou or someone else provide some leadership during this process, try to dividethe team up so that half goes to the Mine and half goes to the Mill.

This initial stage is similar in both the Battle for Stormgarde and theBattle for Darkshore. Despite the different names, mentioned below, the objectiveis exactly the same in both warfronts which is to focus on securing both placesin order to generate more resources which expedites the construction of buildingsand vehicles.

• Stormgarde Mine = Drywhisker Mine
• Darkshore Mine = Lornesta Mine
• Stormgarde Mill = Hatchet Ridge
• Darkshore Mill = Cinderfall Grove

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AT LEAST HALF OF YOUR RAID GATHERING RESOURCES!Players will tend to go fight when they are not sure what to do, so be the heroyour side needs and gather wood and iron!

During this phase of the Warfront, your team will want to divide andconquer. Half of your team will want to focus on gathering and building whilethe other half focuses on offense and destruction. Again, an even split ishighly recommended as too many on gathering and building will slow the offensewhile too many on offense will prove to take too long to build vehicles andbuildings necessary to succeed. Under organized leadership, the gathering andbuilding team should be the ten lowest item level or experienced players asthis role is less demanding having only the need to defeat smaller enemies anduse the resources gathered to construct buildings and vehicles. The offensiveteam should be your ten highest item level or experienced players whileensuring that at least 1 tank and 1 healer also accompany the team.

This phase needs a continued supply of resources coming in to enhance thebuildings further. It may not feel like gathering supplies is really contributingto the warfront, but upgrading buildings and building your siege vehicles tobreak down the enemy gates faster is the fastest way to expedite warfront victories.

Put a high priority on taking over the central location first and foremost.This central location is High Perch in Stormgarde and Gloomtide Strand in Darkshore.Once it is conquered, make sure to defend it properly. The demolishers and siegeengines will be using this path to approach the siege towers and siege gate! Oncethe center hub is conquered, feel free to capture the left and right locationsif the gatherers have not finished constructing a Workshop yet.

There are many buildings you can construct to boost your faction'sconquering power during the Warfront. Focusing on gathering resources allowsfor faster construction and upgrades of buildings.

• Great Hall → Keep/Stronghold → Castle/Fortress — Thisbuilding and its upgrades have numerous benefits including boosting theacquisition rate of Iron and Wood resources, unlocking acommander option from the Barracks at Keep/Stronghold level, and unlockingcommander special ability as well as increased damage by SiegeEngines/Demolishers at Castle/Fortress level.
• Altar of Storms → This building allows for player power buffs inthe form of trading resources for Bristling Power which increases yourdamage, healing, and health by 10%, stacking up to 4 times as well as having theopportunity for a player to gain the Call of the Storm buff if theylocate the Essence of Storms, which is a rare drop during theWarfront.
• Barracks — This building is your primary source of troopswhich allows the trading of Iron for troops that will fight the opposingfaction and aid in assaulting and defending bases.
• Warmill — This building enables you to trade resources forweapon and armor enhancements of your troops.
• Workshop — This building enables you to construct SiegeEngines/Demolishers which are key to winning Warfronts.

1. Acquire 140 Iron and 140 Wood to purchase the Barracks.
2. Acquire 260 Iron and 140 Wood to purchase the War Mill.
3. Acquire 260 Iron and 140 Wood to purchase the Altar of Storms.
4. Acquire 380 Iron and 180 Wood to upgrade your Great Hall to aKeep/Stronghold.
5. Acquire 500 Iron and 220 Wood to purchase the Workshop and then create SiegeEngines/Demolishers
6. Acquire 620 Iron and 260 Wood to upgrade your Stronghold to aCastle/Fortress

In summary, upgrade your Barracks, then upgrade the War Mill/Armory, thenupgrade the Altar of Storms, then upgrade your Great Hall, then build a Workshop,then build 3 Demolishers, then push towards victory! For the Battle of Darkshore,follow a similar priority with the equivalent buildings!

Note that for the gathering and building team, Iron will have a much higherdemand and should be prioritized in the gathering process. Unlocking theBarracks and War Mill provide a huge boost to your troops' offensive anddefensive capabilities while the Altar of Storms boosts player powersignificantly. The Stronghold upgrade increases your resource generation thatwill speed up the production rate of the Workshop which will greatly increaseyour team's destructive capabilities. Finally, perform the final upgrade toyour Great Hall to further increase resource generation to produce more troopsand Siege Engines/Demolishers.

While gathering resources, these players should also react to attack wavesfrom the opposite faction and defend the Mine and Mill from attacks. Thegathering and defending team should focus on upgrades until three vehicles arecreated at which point the focus on production shifts towards escortingvehicles and defending bases.

While the gatherers upgrade your building potential, the offensive partyshould be focused on capturing vital locations that are beneficial to theWarfront winning effort.

The offensive party should be assaulting the central control point first whichenables the siege vehicles to begin working on enemy towers and enemy gates. Oncethe center control point is taken, the West and East locations should be capturedfor troop battle power increases and enemy choke points.

Once these points are captured, the focus should be to defend the controlpoints while defending the siege vehicles. The gathering team should be ableto send the maximum three siege vehicles. If a siege vehicle is destroyed, besure to communicate to your team that a new siege vehicle is needed in orderto expedite the process of tearing down the enemy towers and gate.

This phase is all about finishing off the opposition and taking what isyours! Escort your siege vehicles to the enemy gates, destroy thegates, and kill the enemy commander. All gatherers and defenders in this phaseshould switch to offense and help escort the vehicles to the gates. Once thegates are down, all 20 players should attack and defeat the enemy commander forvictory!

Do not advance on the control point in front of the enemy gates beforesiege vehicles are active! It is a waste of time and you will likely die. It is also IMPERATIVEthat you do NOT approach the gate until the siege vehicles have finished breakingdown the gate. Making this mistake is certain death. Your goal here is to DEFENDthe siege vehicles and kill enemy waves. Protect the last control point flag.Once the gate is down, focus down the enemy commander.

Quest rewards have been increased with Patch 8.1. All item level 340 rewardshave been increased to item level 370 rewards while item level 370 rewards havebeen upgraded to item level 400 rewards!

The quests available while in control of the Warfront are lucrative War Resources opportunities with four quests rewarding 200 War Resourceseach. There is also a 370 Equipment Cache that can give 370 item level lootincluding weapons.

• Boulderfist Beatdown — 200 War Resources
• Sins of the Syndicate — 200 War Resources
• Twice-Exiled — 200 War Resources
• Wiping Out the Witherbark — 200 War Resources
• Executing Exorcisms — 300 Azerite
• The League Will Lose — 370 item level equipment cache

Quest rewards have been increased with Patch 8.1. All item level 340 rewardshave been increased to item level 370 rewards while item level 370 rewards havebeen upgraded to item level 400 rewards!

• Buzzkill — 200 War Resources and 5 Honorbound Service Medal
• Buzzkill — 200 War Resources and 5 7th Legion Service Medal
• Tapping the Breach — 300 Azerite and 5 Honorbound Service Medal
• Remaining Threats — 200 War Resources and 5 Honorbound Service Medal
• Remaining Threats — 200 War Resources and 5 7th Legion Service Medal

Players will find Goliaths scattered throughout the Arathi Highlands andDarkshore. These have a chance to drop items that can help players in battlefor a duration of 10 minutes, which comes in handy when needing to kill Elites thatinhabit whichever Warfront you are participating in.

1. Cresting Goliath: Drops Cresting Essence, which calls forthan ally to assist the player in battle in the Arathi Highlands for 10 minutes.This item has a 3-second cooldown.
2. Thundering Goliath: Drops Thundering Essence, which calls forthan ally to assist the player in battle in the Arathi Highlands for 10 minutes.This item has a 3-second cooldown.
3. Rumbling Goliath: Drops Rumbling Essence, which calls forthan ally to assist the player in battle in the Arathi Highlands for 10 minutes.This item has a 3-second cooldown.
4. Burning Goliath: Drops Burning Essence, which calls forthan ally to assist the player in battle in the Arathi Highlands for 10 minutes.This item has a 3-second cooldown.

While in control of the Stormgarde Warfront area, the controlling faction will haveaccess to a World Boss to defeat: Doom's Howl for the Alliance to takedown or The Lion's Roar for Horde. These World Bosses are the source ofitem level 370 loot which is equivalent to Heroic Uldir loot as well as afaction exclusive toy for each.

While in control of the Darkshore Warfront area, the controlling faction will haveaccess to a World Boss to defeat: Ivus the Forest Lord for the Horde andIvus the Decayed for the Alliance. Both versions of this classic NPC willdrop item level 400 gear.

Players that complete and partipate in Warfronts can obtain 370 item level gearonce per Warfront completion each week. Gear is not guaranteed, but the drop rateis high. While in control of the Warfront area, Players will be able to find andearn Mounts, Battle Pets, Toys and Achievements. You can find each section below.

Mount	Source	Faction
Swift Albino Raptor	Beastrider Kama	Horde/Alliance
Skullripper	Skullripper	Horde/Alliance
Witherbark Direwing	Nimar the Slayer	Horde/Alliance
Lil' Donkey	Overseer Krix	Horde/Alliance
Broken Highland Mustang	Knight-Captain Aldrin	Horde
Highland Mustang	Doomrider Helgrim	Alliance

Please note that in order for Doomrider Helgrim to spawn, Alliancewill need to be in control of the Arathi Highlands Warfront and Knight-Captain Aldrinwill spawn when the Horde is in control of the Warfront.

Mount	Source	Faction
Ashenvale Chimaera	Alash'anir	Horde/Alliance
Frightened Kodo	Frightened Kodo	Horde/Alliance
Blackpaw	Agathe Wyrmwood	Alliance
Captured Kaldorei Nightsaber	Croz Bloodrage	Alliance
Captured Umber Nightsaber	Moxo the Beheader	Alliance
Blackpaw	Blackpaw	Horde
Captured Kaldorei Nightsaber	Shadowclaw	Horde
Captured Umber Nightsaber	Athil Dewfire	Horde

Pet	Source	Location
Aldrusian Sproutling>	Branchlord Aldrus	22.9, 22.2
Plagued Egg	Plaguefeather	36.9, 66.0
Shard of Fozruk	Fozruk	Patrols around Arathi Highlands
Fuzzy Creepling	Venomarus	56.7, 54.1
Angry Egg	Ragebeak	When the Horde controls the Warfront, the coordinates to find Ragebeak are11.9, 52.1 and when Allance controls the warfront, the coordinates are 18.6,27.8.

• Brazier Cap: This toy drops from Geomancer Flintdagger,who is found at (80,29) inside the cave.
• Coldrage's Cooler: This toy drops from Kor'gresh Coldrage,who is found at (49,84) inside the Western cave.
• Foul Belly: This toy drops from Foulbelly, who can be foundat (23,50) inside a cave where the entrance is near 29,45.
• Kovork Kostume: This toy drops from Kovork, who is foundat 25,49 inside a cave where the entrance is near 29,45.
• Magic Fun Rock: drops from Ruul Onestone, who isfound at 43,57.
• Molok Morion: This toy drops from Molok the Crusher,who is found at 47,79.
• Spectral Visage: This toy drops from Horrific Apparition,who is found at 26,35 or 20,61.
• Syndicate Mask: This toy drops from Singer,who is found at 51,41 or 51,57.
• Witherbark Gong: This toy drops from Zalas Witherbark,who is found at 63,81.

• Echo of Elune: An Alliance-only toy
• Brynja's Beacon: A Horde-only toy
• Dark Ranger's Spare Cowl: A Horde-only toy

Players can obtain the achievement Don't Warfront Me by collecting allof the pieces of an Arathi Highlands and Darkshore transmog set's tint. The gearthat players are awarded from Warfronts are all based on Horde and Alliancerepresentation, and the three tiers of armor transmogs based on how it wasobtained from either Warfront.

There are achievements to be earned in your conquest efforts in the Warfrontsavailable!

• An Eventful Battle — earned by completing several random events thatoccur within the Battle for Stromgarde

• War is Hell — earned by defeating the Horde in the Battle forStormgarde
• Strike Hard — earned by capturing any of the locations in theBattle for Stormgarde
• Strike Fast — earned by capturing all locations in the Battle forStormgarde (not necessarily all in the same battle)
• Leader of Troops — earned by recruiting one of every troop in theBattle for Stormgarde which includes the Footmen, Riflemen, Priests, Knights,and Siege Engine (not necessarily all in the same battle)
• Tour of War — earned by defeating all three of the enemy commandersin the Battle for Stormgarde which includes slaying Eitrigg,Rokhan, and Lady Liadrin (only one commander appears per battle)
• By Nature's Call — earned by embodying every Alliance hero in theBattle for Darkshore
• Under Cover of Darkness — earned by capturing a single locationin the Battle for Darkshore
• Night Moves — earned by capturing every location in the Battlefor Darkshore
• Recruitment Officer — earned by recruiting one of every troopinto the Battle for Darkshore
• War for the Shore — earned by completing the Battle for Darkshore

• War is Hell — earned by defeating the Alliance in the Battle ofStormgarde
• Strike Hard — earned by capturing any of the locations in the Battlefor Stormgarde
• Strike Fast — earned by capturing all locations in the Battle forStormgarde (not necessarily all in the same battle)
• Leader of Troops — earned by recruiting one of every troop in theBattle for Stormgarde which includes Grunts, Axe Throwers, Shamans, Raiders,and Demolishers (not necessarily all in the same battle)
• Tour of War — earned by defeating all three of the enemy commandersin the Battle for Stormgarde which includes slaying Danath Trollbane,Turalyon, and Muradin (only one commander appears per battle)
• Deforester — earned by embodying every Horde hero in the Battlefor Darkshore
• Under Cover of Darkness — earned by capturing a single locationin the Battle for Darkshore
• Night Moves — earned by capturing every location in the Battlefor Darkshore
• Recruitment Officer — earned by recruiting one of every troopinto the Battle for Darkshore
• War for the Shore — earned by completing the Battle for Darkshore

When Patch 8.1 launched, a new currency was introduced from World Quests fromthe opposite faction continent where incursions and Warfront World Quests are located. These can beexchanged for various goods that are listed below:

Item	Cost	Description
Draught of Ten Lands	5x 7th Legion Service Medal 5x Honorbound Service Medal	An account bound experience potion that stacks to a max of 20.
War-Torn Royal Blue Cloak War-Torn Crimson Cloak	50x 7th Legion Service Medal 50x Honorbound Service Medal	A battle worn cloak transmog.
Stone Guard's Bladed Cloak	75x 7th Legion Service Medal 75x Honorbound Service Medal	Tank stat focused cloak heirloom.
Loa-Touched Warscroll	75x 7th Legion Service Medal 75x Honorbound Service Medal	A Critical Strike party buff heirloom trinket with an on use effect.
Kaldorei Powder of Twilight	75x 7th Legion Service Medal 75x Honorbound Service Medal	A threat reduction heirloom trinket with an on use effect.
Hymnal of the 7th Legion	75x 7th Legion Service Medal 75x Honorbound Service Medal	A Haste party buff heirloom trinket with an on use effect.
Dwarven War Horn	75x 7th Legion Service Medal 75x Honorbound Service Medal	A Versatility party buff heirloom trinket with an on use effect.
Trecker's Cage	100x 7th Legion Service Medal	Summons the Trecker Battle Pet.
Tanzil	100x Honorbound Service Medal	Summons the Tanzil Battle Pet.
Royal Blue Cloak Fine Crimson Cloak	125x 7th Legion Service Medal 125x Honorbound Service Medal	A faction colored Transmog cloak.
Glaive Tosser	125x 7th Legion Service Medal	A Warfront themed toy, which once summoned, can be controlled and throwsmall glaives at other players.
Blight Bomber	125x Honorbound Service Medal	A Warfront themed toy, which once summoned, can be controlled and throwsmall blight bombs at other players.
Azureshell Krolusk	200x 7th Legion Service Medal	Krolusk mount that is colored to represent the Alliance.
Rubyshell Krolusk	200x Honorbound Service Medal	Krolusk mount that is colored to represent the Horde.
Captain's Signet of Command	300x 7th Legion Service Medal	A 395 Haste/Crit Ring that can teleport you to Boarlus and has a 30 minute cooldown.
Commander's Signet of Battle	300x Honorbound Service Medal	A 395 Haste/Crit Ring that can teleport you to Dazar'lor and has a 30 minute cooldown.
Priestess' Moonsaber	750x 7th Legion Service Medal	Warfront Alliance themed mount.
Bloodthirsty Dreadwing	750x Honorbound Service Medal	Warfront Horde themed mount.

Of particular note from these rewards are the Draught of Ten Lands whichwill make leveling alternate characters easier and faster. The rings are alsoof note because they are item level 380 and provide a teleport back to your faction'shome city. While this does share a cooldown with your Hearthstone, youcan use this ring as a quick portal to your home city and set your Hearthstonein a more convenient place!

Thank you for reading this Warfronts guide! We hope that you will find theWarfronts feature as fun and lucrative as we do! As more Warfronts becomeavailable in the future, this guide will be updated to reflect all the newstrategies and loot!