This Week in Broken Isles 1/3: Arena Event, World Boss Flotsam, Darkmoon Faire, Archaeology Quest

Posted 2017/01/03 at 9:01 AM by perculia

Today in Broken IslesWorld Boss FlotsamFlotsamFlotsam"Liberated" Un'goro RelicFlotsamA Dark TideUnleashed MonstrositiesBroken Isles World Bosses GuideThe Warmace of ShirvallahUnleashed MonstrositiesImproving on HistoryArena Bonus EventSign of the Skirmisher

Arena Skirmishes is a form of unranked PvP arena. You can queue with 1 or 2 party members, or by yourself and be matched up with others.

Your PvP ratings are not affected by wins and losses in Skirmishes

You can start doing Arena Skirmishes at level 15, with a new bracket every 10 levels.

The Arena CallsArchmage TimearChampion's StrongboxGlory of the MeleeBadge of HonorNew Archaeology QuestDark SecretsBlood of Young MannorothObliterumObliterum AshTrial By Fel FireArtifact Knowledge 25Part of HistoryForged for BattleDarkmoon FaireComprehensive Darkmoon Faire GuideDarkmoon Top HatWHEE!Broken Isles DiplomatBroken Isles Pathfinder, Part OneClass Hall Armor SetMaking the Most of Holiday Reputation BuffsDarkmoon DaggermawDarkmoon DaggermawDarkwater SkateGalissa SundewComing Soon...Diablo's 20th Anniversary Celebration

: The event is scheduled to run from January 4th through 11th, according to datamining.

Blank Diabolic Tome: The Diabolic Tome may be a reference to the Tomes in which the game lore of D1 and D2 were written in game.

Twelve-String Guitar: The Twelve String guitar plays the New Tristram music from D3.

Stone of Jordan: The Stone of Jordan is a reference to the infamous ring of the same name. In Diablo 2, this ring was a type of currency - you could trade several Stones to another player for a higher end item. References to the Stone of Jordan have been around for a long time in WoW: Staff of Jordan, Sash of Jordan, Grand Staff of Jordan.

Horadric Satchel: The Horadric Satchel shares an icon with the Horadric Cube, a D2 item enhancement item.

Scroll of Town Portal and Tome of Town Portal: Scroll of Town Portal/Tome of Town Portal are related to the former Teleportation items in D1 and D2, and the Town Portal spell in the Diablo games which return you to your home town., It is a reference also to the Tome in which you kept your Town Portal Scrolls. One of the reasons this item was so iconic was that the Secret Cow Level could only be reached in Diablo II by beating a difficulty of the game for the first time and then combining the Tome of Town Portal with Wirt's Leg inside the Horadric Cube. You may want to dig up your Southsea Lamp for this event! (Thanks to Wowhead user Dragon729 for this comment)

Stalwart's Grand Charm, Large Charm of Dexterity, Large Charm of Strength, Small Charm of Inertia, Small Charm of Life, and Serpent's Grand Charm: These mimic the charms you carried around in Diablo 2 to buff your character, but were not equipped and took up an inventory slot. It looks like these are not a consumable or equippable - perhaps they function similarly.

Treasure goblin type mobs include the Rare Elite Treasure Goblin and Rare Wyrmtongue Hoarder. During the Legion Alpha, these worked quite similar to Treasure Goblins in Diablo; they tried to run away, channel Escape Portal, and continually gave currency (Sanctuary Coins).

Get instant notifications when the latest news is published via the Wowhead Discord Webhook!

Add Discord Webhook

Stay up to date with all the latest news with Wowhead News Notifications!

Enable News Notifications

world-boss

Comments

Comment by Winfree

I'm surprise there's no mention of the Creep Kids that come out in Goldshire aka Children of Goldshire. According to some Blizzard Customer Service Representatives, this is an easter egg that relates to the Diablo franchise. At this time there are no quests associated with the children, but it's neat to know at exactly 7:00 am server time, the children will spawn and leave the house, running all the way to the Valley of Heroes in Stormwind City, then to Goldshire, up the road toward Northshire Abbey to where the river meets Mirror Lake, and back to their house. They stay in a pentagram formation the whole time, and each time they reach a destination, they stop for about ten minutes to shift and move around, pointing in different directions.

Cameron is always in the middle, while Dana is always in the front. Once the children finish their round, they will enter their room once again. Then a random scary sound file will play. The children then despawn at 8:00am. Oddly enough, if you stand in the middle of the kids and use quest helper, you are 666 yards from the Elwynn Forest/Stormwind border.

Comment by perculia

If you have a link or screenshot of the Blizzard CS convo, I'd be happy to add it to my post on Diablo References in WoW.

Comment by Winfree

If you have a link or screenshot of the Blizzard CS convo, I'd be happy to add it to my post on Diablo References in WoW.This source is from wowwiki that I've read several years ago: http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Children_of_Goldshire which I copy/paste some of it here already.

Comment by amezarak

I'm all about the Diablo event... can't wait! Cheers!

Comment by Renacion

This source is from wowwiki that I've read several years ago: http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Children_of_Goldshire which I copy/paste some of it here already.

You should use wowpedia man, wowwikia is severely outdated and inaccurate in some aspects. I've heard of those kids but I've never heard of it being a reference to Diablo.