Darkshore Warfront: Mechanics Overview

By Sanghelios Updated: 2019/01/15

BasicsWarfront Queue RequirementsResources

Iron - Cap of 200

Wood - Cap of 100

Essence of Storms - Cap of 1

IronIronWood

Iron is primarily gained from killing enemies and looting Ore Crates at Lornesta Mine.

Iron is also obtained from rare creatures killed during the Battle for Darkshore.

Iron is passively generated and stored in the War Chest after capturing Lornesta Mine.

Iron

Build and upgrade buildings at the base.

Purchase Bodyguards from the Barracks / Ancient of War.

Purchase Forsaken Blight Thrower / Glaive Thrower at the Plagueworks / Glaiveworks.

Upgrade the Health and Damage of friendly troops at the Armory / Hunter's Hall.

Purchase additional support units at Ashwood Depot and Gloomtide Strand.

Trade for buffs at the Altar of Storms / Altar of Elders

WoodWood

Wood is primarily gained from looting Piles of Wood and chopping down trees around the Warfront after obtaining the Lumberjack's Axe.

Wood is also obtained from rare creatures killed during the Battle for Darkshore.

Wood is passively generated and stored in the War Chest after capturing Cinderfall Grove.

Wood

Build and upgrade buildings at the base.

Upgrade the Health and Damage of friendly troops at the Armory / Hunter's Hall.

Trade for buffs at the Altar of Storms / Altar of Elders

Essence of StormsEssence of StormsBuildingsTree of Life / Great HallMain structure which improves the baseLevel 1 - Tree of Life / Great HallLevel 2 - Tree of Ages / Stronghold

Costs: 360 Iron, 380 Wood

Requires: Altar of Elders / Altar of Storms and Hunter's Hall / Armory

Increases resource gathering rate.

Increases troop production rate.

Unlocks commander-specific units.

Level 3 - Tree of Eternity / Fortress

Costs: 520 Iron, 620 Wood

Requires: Glaiveworks / Plagueworks, Cinderfall Grove and Lornesta Mine

Further increases resource gathering rate

Further increases troop production rate

Increases vehicle health.

Ancient of War / BarracksPrimary troop production building.WoodIron

Sentinel / Deathguard - Cost 20. Melee combatant.

Archer / Deadshot - Cost 30. Ranged combatant.

Druid / Alchemist - Cost 50. Heals you and allies. Requires Gloomtide Strand captured.

Huntress / Lancer - Cost 50. Powerful mounted combat and AoE damage. Requires Ashwood Depot captured.

Altar of Elders / Altar of StormsIronWoodEssence of Storms

Bristling Power - Costs 10 Iron or Wood per stack. Max 4. Increases damage, healing, and health by 10%.

Keeper of the Grove / Abomination - Cost 1 Essence of Storms. Capable of tanking several enemies with self-healing and weakening enemy attacks.

Faerie Dragon / Banshee - Cost 1 Essence of Storms. Capable of restoring health to allies.

Dryad / AzerMEK Prototype - Cost 1 Essence of Storms. Capable of powerful ranged attacks.

Hunter's Hall / ArmoryUpgrade health and damage of friendly NPCs.IronWoodIronWood

Monelite Armor

Monelite Weapons

Requires Tree of Ages / Stronghold

Storm Silver Armor

Storm Silver Weapons

Requires Tree of Eternity / Fortress

Platinum Armor

Platinum Weapons

Glaiveworks / PlagueworksVehicle production building.Iron

Requires Level 2 Tree of Ages / Stronghold

Glaive Thrower / Forsaken Blight Thrower - Cost 80 Iron. Strong against base defenses.

BasesBashal'aran

All constructed buildings are located here for spending Iron and Wood.

The War Chest is located here to collect stored Iron and Wood that gathers overtime.

Your Flight Master's Whistle (once upgraded) will transport you here.

Your commander is located here once Bashal'aran is captured and will remain here until you capture Lor'danel.

Horde Only: The Lumberjack's Axe can be obtained here, allowing you to harvest Wood from certain trees around the Warfront.

Alliance Only: Unlike the Horde, you do not bring harm to the forest. instead, Wood will passively be generated from Wisps and stored in the War Chest immediately after capturing Bashal'aran.

Lornesta MineIron

While your team holds Lornesta Mine, Iron is passively generated and stored for all players in their War Chest at Bashal'aran. The amount of resources currently stored in your War Chest is shown under your objectives as the value in parenthesis.

Additional Iron can be found in Ore Chests located near and around the Mine as well as killing hostile NPCs around the area.

Upgrading the Tree of Life / Great Hall increases the rate of Iron generation from the Mine.

A maximum of 200 Iron can be stored in the War Chest.

Cinderfall GroveWood

While your team holds Cinderfall Grove, Wood is passively generated and stored for all players in their War Chest at Bashal'aran. The amount of resources currently stored in the War Chest is shown under your objectives as the value in parenthesis.

Alliance Only: Capturing Cinderfall Grove enlists more aid from the Wisps which further increase the rate of Wood generation in the War Chest.

Horde Only: Cinderfall Grove is NOT required to obtain the Lumberjack's Axe used to harvest Wood from trees. The Axe is obtained at Bashal'aran.

Forlorn Crossing

Capturing Forlorn Crossing is required for your Siege vehicles to progress forward towards Lor'danel.

Gloomtide StrandIron

Spend 100 Iron here to summon a powerful Archdruid / Abomination NPC that will assist in the push towards Lor'danel.

Only 1 Archdruid / Abomination may be active at a time.

Ashwood DepotIron

Spend 100 Iron here to enter a Chimera / Bat with a vehicle UI and special abilities. (Despite the wings, it does not fly).

Capturing Ashwood Depot allows access to a quest to upgrade your Flight Master's Whistle to be usable in the Darkshore Warfront, which will take you back to your base at Bashal'aran.

Players may talk to an NPC at Ashwood Depot to take a flight to several other bases currently controlled by your team.

Capture of Ashwood Depot is required for your Siege vehicles to advance towards Lor'danel.

Lor'danel

Siege weapons are effective at taking out the 2 colossal guardians.

Enemy attack waves stop spawning once Lor'danel has been captured.

Tool Barrels can be found at Lor'danel to repair siege vehicles.

Once the Dredge Defenses have been destroyed, a flight to The Dredge can be taken nearby to reach the enemy commander.

Comments

Comment by kragragh

Is the whistle upgrade permanent or just for that battle?

Comment by Ghyndui

I know there's a flight path from near the front back to Bashal'aran.
However, is there a way to fly back to the front?
Once I've collected a bunch of mats to upgrade buildings, it's a real time-waster to have to ride all the way back to the front.

Comment by meganerd18

As far as I can tell, the Alliance doesn't have access to the axe in Darkshore.

Darkshore Warfront: Mechanics Overview

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