Guide to the Legion Prelaunch Event and Invasions

By Wowhead Updated: 2016/12/21

The Broken Shore scenario has been removed from this guide and added to the Starting Legion Questing guide. It can be completed after August 30th and keeping it in this pre-expansion guide with items going away is misleading.Demon Invasions

Invasion: Azshara

Invasion: Dun Morogh

Invasion: Hillsbrad Foothills

Invasion: Northern Barrens

Invasion: Tanaris

Invasion: Westfall

Stand Against the LegionDefender of Azeroth: Legion InvasionsFor the last week of Warlords, all 6 invasions are now up at once.Getting to the Invasionscomment on the Nethershard page

Alliance: Fly east from Mount Hyjal; take Cataclysm portal in Stormwind to Mount Hyjal

Horde: Fly north from Orgrimmar; take portals in either Warspear or Shrine to Orgrimmar

Engineers: Use Dimensional Ripper - Everlook to reach Winterspring, then fly south

Alliance: Fly south from Mount Hyjal; take Cataclysm portal in Stormwind to Mount Hyjal

Horde: Fly southwest from Orgrimmar; take portals in either Warspear or Shrine to Orgrimmar

Engineers: Use Dimensional Ripper - Everlook to reach Winterspring, then fly south

Alliance: Fly east from Uldum; take Cataclysm portal in Stormwind to Uldum

Horde: Fly east from Uldum; take Cataclysm portal in Orgrimmar to Uldum

Alternate: Take portal from Dalaran to Caverns of Time, located in Tanaris

Alliance: Fly from Twilight Highlands, take Cataclysm portal in Stormwind to Twilight Highlands

Horde: Fly from Undercity; take portals in either Warspear or Shrine to Undercity

Alliance: Fly south from Stormwind; take portals in either Stormshield or Shrine to Stormwind

Horde: Fly north from Blasted Lands; take portal in Orgrimmar to Blasted Lands

Alliance: Take portal to Ironforge from either Stormshield or Shrine of Seven Stars

Horde: Fly from Twilight Highlands; take Cataclysm portal in Orgrimmar to Twilight Highlands

Invasion Stages

Stage 1: Defend an Invasion Point, like Kharanos in Dun Morogh or the Crossroads in Northern Barrens.

Stage 2: Defeat the Demon Commander as well as two lieutenants.

Stage 3: Repel the Legion forces around the zone. You can open up your map to see where the enemies are. Progress is granted by killing mobs and saving friendly wounded NPCs.

Stage 4: Defeat a boss NPC at the Invasion Point. These bosses are quite challenging, with strong attacks like Flame Fissure from volcanoes or Shadow Gale.

Hero's ResolveInspirationInvasions by ZoneA Particularly Potent PotionFire the LasersRocket BarrageMechanostrideThunder SpecialBattle-Mender's DressingDoom ShroomChaos CloverMoongrassBleakthornFelbloomRod of Helcular Helcular's RevengeJar of SpidersPotion of Fel ProtectionMolted FeatherBattle-Mender's DressingFelstoneShadowstoneWard of SargerasBlight SampleBlight SampleGazloweEcheyakeeEcheyakeeLarhkaHearty MealApothecary HelbrimHelbrim's SpecialNoggenfogger ElixirNoggenfogger ElixirFlamethrowerRocket JumpShredder StompDr. DealwellMaximillian of NorthshireReinforced ArmorKrinkle GoodsteelGleaming WeaponryDerotain MudsipperShortfuse SpecialSoul HarvesterReconstructed Fel Reaper 5000Foe Reaper 5000

Pest-Be-Gone Bomb spawns near Alexston's Farmstead.

Skyfire Stone spawns near Saldean's Farm

Battle-Mender's DressingNethershards

Completing Stage 1 rewards 0 shards

Completing Stage 2 rewards 5 Nethershard from Small Legion Chest

Completing Stage 3 rewards 10 Nethershard. Kill minibosses in this stage for an extra 5-15 Nethershard.

Completing the invasion rewards 10 Nethershard from Large Legion Chest

RewardsNethershardAccessories

ilvl 700 Amulets for 0 Nethershard

ilvl 700 Rings for 0 Nethershard

ilvl 700 Trinkets for 0 Nethershard

Demon Commander's Drape for 0 Nethershard

Consumables

Felstone: 3 Nethershard, Your attacks have a chance to trigger additional fel effects. Does not work on players over level 109. (5 Min Cooldown)

Potion of Fel Protection: 3 Nethershard, A potent concoction that reduces all damage taken by 10% for 10 min. Does not work on players over level 109. (3 Sec Cooldown)

Battle-Mender's Dressing: 1 Nethershard, Heals the current target for 10% of their maximum health every 1 sec for 8 sec. Does not work on players over level 109. (3 Sec Cooldown)

Armor

Ensemble: Fel-Infused Cloth Armor for 0 Nethershard

Ensemble: Felshroud Leather Armor for 0 Nethershard

Ensemble: Fel-Chain Mail Armor for 0 Nethershard

Ensemble: Felforged Plate Armor for 0 Nethershard

Small Legion ChestLarge Legion Chestilvl 700 Fel-Touched piecesPetFelbat PupNethershardFelbat PupLarge Legion ChestWeapons

Coalesced Fel for 0 Nethershard, upgrades invasion weapons +5 ilvls up to 725. So to max a weapon out, you will need 750 shards.

Glaive of the Fallen for 0 Nethershard. This is BoA and a great weapon to send over to your new Demon Hunter.

Glaive of the FallenLarge Legion ChestSmall Legion ChestCoalesced Fel

Fel Hacker: One-Handed Axe

Fel Lord's Warmace: Two-Handed Mace

Hellfury Longbow: Bow

Fel Barbed Spear: Polearm

Wyrmtongue Spiteblade: Dagger

Eredar Splitter: One-Handed Axe

Glaive of the Fallen: Warglaives

Corrupted Argus Gavel: One-Handed Mace

Eredar Battle Blade: One-Handed Sword

Inquisitor's Wand: Wand

DoomsayersIt All Makes Sense Nowspecial pamphletIt All Makes Sense NowPocket Fel SpreaderPocket Fel SpreaderDread InfiltratorPocket Fel Spreader

Demon Hunters can activate Spectral Sight

Equip and activate the use effect from Cursed Vision of Sargeras, a drop in Black Temple.

Hunters can use Track Demons

Players can also use Elixir of Detect Demon crafted by Alchemists.

Dark WhispersFrail MindTurn AllyCloak of DarknessIllusionary GuiseHysteriaGive In To Darkness

Vampiric Cleave: Cleaves targets in front of the Dreadlord, stealing 92500 to 107500 health from each victim.

Shadow Madness: Takes control of an enemy player through Shadow Madness, increasing damage dealt by 200% and health by 200% for 30 sec. This effect is removed if the target falls below 50% health.

Carrion Swarm: Deals 231250 to 268750 Shadow damage to enemies in a large cone and reduces their healing taken by 75% for 5 sec.

Slumber Fog: Created clouds of sleeping gas under up to 3 nearby enemies.

Comments

Comment by Pagane

Thanks for the detailed information. Really detailed and interesting as usual. Lots of nice stuff will happen in the prelaunch and lots of stuff to do.
Can't wait!

Comment by drumzross92

Does anyone have details on the locations for the nether shard vendors? Can't seem to find these guys, I'm playing on the PTR for the pre-patch if that helps :) cheers!

Comment by Samse89

Do you get any damage buffs or something while being a Dreadlord? Because otherwise I just see it as something that will kill you quicker than the debuff does anyway.

Comment by dabuddah

So wait can my lower level toons in the lower level zones (Kharanos and Azshara) help as well or are they relatively instanced?

Comment by Tommy39

Will the Broken Shore weapons be available only during the pre-patch or also after Legion lunch?

Comment by NickyVR

so it only works on lvl 100?

Comment by schmilblick

There's also a new toy available ONLY during the Demon Invasions.
Pocket Fel Spreader

Comment by Cambrius13

I expect these will be some very competitive and busy areas! ;)

Comment by kedd

i wonder if i am the only one who thinks this armour sets are too ugly to be reward for such an event?

Comment by 1606607

Ok, tell me know, will i be able to do Tanaris invasion if im hated by goblins ? I hope i can do it without going into Gadgetzan...

Comment by 1648709

Varyan's parting party>>>>>Party

Comment by Bonechill

Does anyone know if you can "learn" all of the armor sets on one toon? I see that they're BoA, but I only have plate and cloth lvl 100s and I'd like to collect the leather and mail sets while I can without having to waste time leveling up other toons just for this event (which would also take time away from doing the invasions in the first place).

Comment by emmaworld

invasion yet? OR i missed already? anyone knows? i mean not on PTR

Comment by supermage

Crossing my fingers that the invasions start tomorrow.

Comment by MalisVitterfolk

Elemental shamans are stuck with fist weapons this expansion... and there are no unique fist weapons from the world event? Kinda sucks balls there. And I feel sorry for any hunters, that bow is horrid!

At least the mace and daggers look cool, and the axes are pretty sweet too. There is a sword or two I'll be collecting also... just a pity I won't be able to use them all.

Comment by PeculiarDK

FYI - The Doomsayers are available right now. You should be hitting them up for a pamphlet every time you get out of an instance. You should the Feat of Strength pretty quickly.

Comment by mikeo007

Any idea if the drops from this event can be titanforged?

Comment by 1505947

I'm still confused as to whether or not I can start the prepatch quests (NOT the Broken Shore quests, but King Magni and Dalaran). Do I have to wait until the Invasions begin?

Comment by reoscuro

when will be the demon invasion insert in the prepatch? are they already on?

Comment by zayter93

Soo... i'd like to know how much of the stuff that will not be obtainable after the event can a 20 lvl character get? Mainly, can i get the Feats of Strength and the pet?

Comment by kaynen

ok did I miss something. What's the purpose of the dark whisper event. I understand what its about just not the goal.

Comment by Madhavok

I saw somewhere that invasions will happen August 9th, the same day as early access for demon hunters. When I can find that source, I'll edit this comment.

EDIT: Source

Comment by adorina

Can you do multiple invasions a day or just one? Anyone know?

Comment by Jamie13

Are we gonna finally see the final cinematic in the broken shore event ?

Comment by Trilleaux

Should be a blast. Devs also said if people love the event and get involved that will consider more world events like this. So give some feedback, and more importantly... Slay some demons!

Comment by fingolfinnoldor

Anyone know if the Nethershards are BoA or BoP?

Edit: Nevermind, it's currency.

Comment by vindurza

the weapon appearances are very underwhelming =[

Comment by Chree0138

Great Guide! Glad to see plenty of info! :) TY TY!

Comment by Vyola

The invasion ships have like shield when you get closer :-D
https://youtu.be/l_zzmIqiujw?t=38

Comment by Taenamyr

How do we start the quest with magni? I didn't see Khadgar any where in Stormwind and there doesn't seem to be any info on where to pick it up.

Comment by Suggestions

Invasion scenarios keep resetting on me, each time there's less and less people around helping.

Comment by Poppyfan

anyone know if players below level 100 can use teh nethershards?

Comment by Bejah

It wasn't clear to me at first but you have to do the Broken Shore questline to see the Nethershard vendors.

Comment by bane957

Anyone know how to get the dalaran quests on the Horde side?

Comment by Karmaizen

Anyone know why I don't get any loot or shards when I do an invasion using custom group?

Comment by timo4545

How do you start the dalaran quests?

Comment by Freyan

I died during Stage 3 of an Invasion and when I rezzed it was back at Stage 1, 0%. Is this supposed to happen? -__-

Comment by Reptilio

It seems that not all the weapon models were released for the invasions. I don't see any of the boe's anymore, such as the 2h felguard sword

Can anyone else confirm this?

Comment by Gwiez

Alliance getting to barrens is faster if you hearth to shrine, and then take the teleporter pad out front to Ratchet.

Comment by arizone

The small Legion chest for completing stage 2 yields 5 shards, and the large chest for completing the event: 10. Thus with the 10 for completing stage 3 you get only 25 shards per invasion.

However, the two named lieutenants during stage 2, as well as the mini-bosses (marked by skulls on the zone map) during stage 3 seem to yield 5-8 additional shards each when killed. Other objectives such as the invasion sites, and legion structures, do not seem to yield shards.

If you can quickly move around during stage three you will then see a total per invasion of over 50 shards.

Comment by Rainnea54

Does anyone know if the scenario event at the Broken Shores can be completed more than once?

Comment by IAmBrom

I notice that there isn't any shields from the invasions. I find that weird as some of us have toons that wield shields but won't get a matching set one. Unless, I am mistaking and one exists?

Comment by Cogwhirl

I'm glad you have the info for the quickest way to get places (especially helpful for players returning for this after a hiatus!), but it looks like you only ever had a Goblin Engineer!

For (the massively superior) Gnomish Engineers, they have Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan, which takes them straight to Tanaris. It might also be useful for getting to Crossroads in Northern Barrens, but I'm not sure if the distance from Hyjal to Nothern Barrens might be shorter.

Comment by HidekiGGe

A couple of important notes regarding Invasions

You can do 2 invasions on every character every 4 hours. These 4 hours are a set time (not character specific) and can be seen on the map when hovering over the invasion icon.

Stage 2 lieutenants give you between 4 and 10 (perhaps between 6 and 10) Nethershards.
Stage 3 bosses (marked with skull icons on your map) are most profitable for everybody as they give Nethershards on tag.

^ All bosses mentioned above only need to be tagged once. A Doom tick from a Warlock is ENOUGH to get the highest or lowest (this is RNG) amount of Nethershards.

The same goes for the final boss.

As of right now, the Broken Shore quest line cannot be skipped. (atleast for the Horde).

There is 700 gear (which, unless already updated, I did not see in the guide initially) for every slot.

Only Glaives can be purchased.

Weapons exist and drop from the large (final stage) boss box. ~~Never seen it drop from the small one (stage 2) yet.~~ I just got double items + weapon in a small box: https://puu.sh/qwC94/0e30f92505.png
The drop rate for weapon upgrade crystals seem relatively high, I got 4 already.

You do not need to participate in Stage 1, it does not reward anything. (NOTE: Particularily useful if you're faction A and faction B has 10000000 people on the floor and you're on a PvP server)

IMPORTANT EDIT FOR FARMING: There are bosses NOT registered as skulls on the map, paritcularily near the portals. (not always) but a lot of the times. 1 being right outside of Gadgetzan which people skip a lot (don't, its quick kill before farming bosses).

Another IMPORTANT edit: You only need to be in the region to get box / stage completion credit.

QUICK EDIT

IT IS POSSIBLE to get 3 items from ONE chest

Quick notes.. hope it helps.

For some reason I got 15 instead of 10 shards for stage 3 completion?

https://puu.sh/qy0CU/552d7bc55b.png

Comment by Tassit

No shields drop? Lame..

Comment by pmkaboo

sorry if this was asked already, but can we collect all the armor sets on one character, or cloth on cloth chars only and so on?

Comment by Graychild

You should definitely mention that the Darkspear Revolutionary quartermaster is back. you can buy the troll shoes and toys that were available in the northern barrens during the leadup to the siege of orgrimmar. as far as i can tell, hes only available during the instanced quest leading up to the hordes broken shore invasion, when you're polishing your armor dueling and such. she's right by the docks, near the stone guard on the mammoth.

Comment by 1346349

Does anyone know if specific classes are needed to get specific weapons, or is it only based on your main stat? If it requires specific classes, can someone list them?

Comment by avatar1337

Just wanted to add that a solid way for the Horde to reach Westfall is to take the zeppelin from Orgrimmar to Grom'gol in Stranglethorn. It's a 45-second flight from Grom'gol to Westfall.

Comment by Zepulcher

I hate how one sided the Alliance cinematic looks. Once you see the Horde cinematic AFTER the Alliance one, you can't be angry with them.

Comment by HidekiGGe

Another BIG note: !

You can also get DOUBLE (probly Triple too) items from small stage 2 chests!

Proof: https://puu.sh/qwC94/0e30f92505.png

Comment by LordVarbaro

Nathanos Blightcaller (Horde side) after the ceremonial quest - bow before Sylvanas- is there but in HUMAN form.

:O

Comment by Iamme

Side quest (kara or magni) and whispers don't seem to be active.

Comment by jodmos

You have the Eredar Battle Blade (actually Intellect) and Fel Hacker(actually Strength) under the wrong sections.

Comment by 454468

The armor pieces that come from the invasions (Small Legion Chest and Large Legion Chest) are level 700. So your linked search isn't returning the proper results.
Try this instead:
http://legion.wowhead.com/items=4?filter=na=fel%3Bminle=685%3Bmaxle=700%3Bqu=3%3Bcr=166%3Bcrs=7%3Bcrv=0

Comment by dihunter

I have found another old guy...
Ralston Farnsley is back and stand on right side of road to ship.
And he is again accept old cloth materials for Undercity reputation.
1 (one-time). 60 wool for 350 rep
2 (one-time). 60 silk for 350 rep
3 (one-time). 60 magewave for 350 rep
4 (one-time). 60 runecloth for 350 rep
5 (repeatable). 20 runecloth for 75 rep

Comment by dihunter

Getting to the Invasions at Tarren-Mill

Mage can use Ancient Teleport: Dalaran or Ancient Portal: Dalaran.
But be careful! You will apper in air above Dalaran crater.
Use Slow Fall,Goblin Glider Kit, or etc.

Comment by rainbowmidget

Correction: The Eredar Battle Blade is a 1h Sword

Comment by 1435964

There in guide says you can get account bound warglaives, upgrade and send over to new demon hunter. I am just currious how you retrive them as far I havent seen any single mailbox in start zone for demon hunters. Or am I wrong? Or is there anything I should know?

Comment by Nighteye

There needs to be off hands and shields added to the gear for this event. I got a one handed sword on both my mage and my warlock but there are no off hands? Seems really strange.

Comment by WAR93

anyone else notice how Blizz just convienently left out off hand items (no I don't mean off hand weapons, trolls.) I can get this amazing 725 weapon on my casters but my offhand is stuck as 650. I know what your sayin just continue doing the invasions until you get the two handed staff, however I have done close to 50 invasions (roughly 30 of which are on casters) and not a single time have I seen the two handed weapon drop.)

Comment by Meaux

I remember an MMO-Champ datamine on the invasion weapons listed a shield that could be gotten along with those weapons. Anyone know if that is still in?

Comment by Thundachiken

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but after you complete the Broken Shore scenario and alerting your faction leader, your sent on a quest to "open your map and locate an invasion". At that point, all Cata portals, regardless of whether you completed the quest or played during that time, are opened up. So don't let those mages leech your funds. Use your Vale hearth and Cata portals and bounce around the globe. Enjoy.

Comment by Ravenhide

The Westfall Invasion seems to be broken at the moment. Guildie said he did it right before the Hillsbrad one spawned. Waited four hours for the Hillsbrad one to disappear, and then it reappeared and still no Westfall. Its annoying, as this is the only one I need for that Feat of Strength.

Comment by Dizzyblinker

An additional plant is available to buff during the broken isles scenario, it is called moongrass I believe.

Comment by djleeds

So Alliance gets a shirt and Horde gets 3 toys from the vendor you can't access after doing the Broken Shore line? Seems a bit unbalanced to me...

Comment by Kaiservash

Hey guys, the Karazhan and Ulduar quests will become aviable when Legion comes out? Or are they aviable now in the pre-Legion events?

Comment by Cambrius13

Apparently the RNG gods really want me to have warm, fel-touched mittens! The gauntlets have dropped for me in each of the first three invasions I've done so far. :)

And if you're doing an invasion in the other faction's town, don't linger: those guards stop being friendly once the Legion is repelled.

Comment by HarkenRebirth

Are there some wepons missing from the list? I mean i have seen felguard inspired wepons on it..... but they arent droping or showing..

Comment by Grima

Not sure if it is only for those, who were participating in Vol'jin's revolution, but my Demon Hunter can use gnomish portal machine from the Shirine to get to Ratchet (for a 10 gold fee).

Comment by Inarius84

Am i missing something?
On WOW site was stated that sixteen weapons would be available from demonic invasions...but only 12 are on the loot table.

"Speaking of weapons, you’ll always want to open the chests you obtain from demon invasions, as they have a chance to drop one of 16 event-only weapons, such as Niskaran Morning Star or Staff of the Inquisition. At item level 700, these weapons might be more than a transmogrification collection item for you—they might be the perfect thing to pick up and swing at the face of the nearest demon!"

source: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20175682/legion-demon-invasions-preview

Comment by 1554325

Will the "Secret" vendors available during the broken shore preparation available after legion launches? I can't seem to find any info on this.

Comment by CizisKrayst

You can get Coalesced Fel from Large Legion Chest. I just got it.

Comment by Cairol

Had one off the weapons dropping from the green chest on my lvl 80 Pala. Guide currently says it could only drop from the blue chests.

Comment by Athiee

They should allow Demon Hunters to see the vendor that sells the items during the Broken Shore quest line. That way people like me, who only have Alliance toons are still able to obtain the items. We could just make a Horde DH and get the items that way. It gives an incentive for people who have only experienced the Alliance to make a Horde toon and not have to spend time leveling to 98 or higher to get some toys...but hey at least the Alliance got a shirt....that isn't even transmogable....yay...

Comment by Gfiti

The guide is wrong, turn ally doesn't make the target hostile. It also gives them the abilities you got.

Comment by fr0z3night

Addon - Legion Invasion Timer

Lets you know the current countdown of an invasion, and weather the toon you're on has done the invasion or not,

Curse - https://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/legioninvasiontimer
WoW Interface - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info24128-LegionInvasionTimer.html

ScreenShot - https://puu.sh/qy920.jpg (turns green when complete)

Also take a look at 'New Openables' and 'kAutoOpen' while on the curse website, they help you well, open stuff.

Comment by 960734

I don't think the guide is complete without covering all the little hidden consumables that are in each area (like in hillsbrad you can loot "horde supplies" to get them and get spider potion from the table in tarren mill etc etc, there are different ones for each zone, beer kegs in dun morogh for example), that you can get npc guardians and there are vehicles you can drive. A lot of people may miss those tiny little cool things.

Comment by JakkFrost

I was on my level 15 disc priest, riding around with a couple of 100 guildies for invasions (since the scaling makes us mostly equal), and it might be interesting to note that the scaling seems to work both ways in a sense. According to my level 100 guildie's skada, my 15 priest was putting out 150-200k dps. He had me solo one of the bosses in stage 3 just to see if I could, and it went down easy, whereas my 100 hunter got shredded by the same boss.

My 33 afflock was also putting out an average of 80k dps according to his skada. So lowbies need not be afraid to participate in the invasions, don't worry, you're actually contributing more than the level 100's!

Comment by trest

Lootable consumables and buffs during demon invasions:

(@perculia has made an official Wowhead post incorporating this information and more stuff I missed.)

In addition to the 3 consumables purchasable from the invasion vendors, there are various consumables that can be looted in the invasion starting towns.

~~When you are at the carrying limit (max) for one of these items, trying to loot another will send it to your mailbox.~~ The mailbox trick no longer seems to work.

This is undoubtedly an incomplete list. Please post further findings as replies to this comment.

Max	Item	Location	Effect
Orgrimmar Rear Gates, Azshara
Kharanos, Dun Morogh
1	Thunder Special	On tables inside the Inn, and outside on a table near the flightmaster. (53.7, 52.1)	10 minute stamina buff.
5	Battle-Mender's Dressing*	On the medical crates beside the road in Kharanos. (53.4, 51.9)	Bandage.
†	Powder Keg	Near the entrance to northeast building. (53.2, 50)	Short duration targetable aoe damage.
†	Moongrass (and other herbs)	On the fel-scorched ground near fel invasion building. (67.4, 57.4)	10 minute buff to Haste (25%) and reduction of maximum health (-10%). (other herbs may have different effects)
Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad
1	Jar of Spiders	On one of the tables. (57.1, 47.6)	Targeted aoe damage.
1	Potion of Fel Protection*	On one of the tables. (56.9, 45.7)	10 minute damage reduction buff.
1	Blight Sample	Silver barrels in the old town hall in Southshore. (?)	Aoe damage and dot.
1	Ward of Sargeras	Horde crates at tower, southwest of Tarren Mill. (?)	Health regeneration and damage taken reduction buff.
1	Shadowstone	Horde crates at tower, southwest of Tarren Mill. (?)	Become invisible for a minute.
5	Felstone*	Horde crates at tower, southwest of Tarren Mill. (?)	Damage buff.
5	Battle-Mender's Dressing*	Horde crates at tower, southwest of Tarren Mill (?). On first aid creates at Allied training ground (44, 51 ?).	Bandage.
5	Molted Feather	Horde crates at tower, southwest of Tarren Mill. (?)	30 second movement speed buff.
Crossroads, Northern Barrens
1	Helbrim's Special	On table in front of Apothecary Helbrim. (48.6, 58.3)	10 minute damage buff. (+10% against demons)
†	Hearty Haunch	Inside inn on table in front of Larhka. (49.5, 57.6)	10 minute buff (“Hearty Meal!”). (+15% stamina; -5% armor)
Gadgetzan, Tanaris
^	Reinforced Armor	Talk to Krinkle Goodsteel. (51.1, 30.3)	5 minute buff — 5% reduced damage taken.
^	Gleaming Weaponry	Talk to Derotain Mudsipper. (51.1, 30.3)	5 minute buff — 5% increased physical damage dealt.
†	bomb?	At the docks, south of Gadgetzan. (?)	Damage and stun.
Sentinel Hill, Westfall
5	Battle-Mender's Dressing*	On the table at the medic camp near the northern perimeter of the town. (56.9, 42.6)	Bandage.
†	Powder Keg	Inside Sentinel Tower (53.2, 50), and the lumber mill (54, 53.5)	Short duration targetable aoe damage.

* Also sold by the invasion vendors.
† Gives effect, not looted item.
^ Talk to NPC for buff.

(Thanks to @Feliciamarie, @Gerbert, @Friarruse, @dumenc, and @Vahl, for contributions.)

Comment by Tamiller

For the weapons that drop from invasions, the agility sword and the intellect staff have been deprecated. I spent several hours trying to get them before thinking to go to their individual entries in wowhead, and saw that they have been removed.

Comment by Elerigo

Can we update the guide since it has been proven that Agi Sword and staff got pulled and don't drop at all.

Comment by larnights

Any idea on how long it'll be till khadgars questline will be up and playable I'm really looking forward to it

Comment by Sandfur

could you update the guide with this information:
https://twitter.com/nite_moogle/status/764160476842385408

The Intellect Staff didn't make it, and wont be included in the pre-patch event.
it's possible this is true for the one-hand agility sword as well.

Comment by irthinker

OK, if you are looking for the Fallen Crusader, that is described as being during Stage 6, you might not find him. He is wayyy back on the left during that stage. In fact, by the time I found him, I was popped into a cut scene and stage 7.

Good news, you can still ride back during stage 7 and get him (in this case, since you are riding back, the alter will be on your right). I'll try and add a screen shot of it to the main article...not sure if it will let me.

Comment by 25376

Staff of the Inquisition is marked as deprecated on wowhead, and after doing far too many invasions I'm almost positive it is not in the game. Hope this saves somebody some time!

Comment by Darknight801

Is it just me or are the Chests empty when your loot spec is Protection Paladin? I have an alliance Paladin, and a horde Paladin, and whenever I choose Protection as their loot spec the only thing in the Stage 2 and Stage 3 Chests are Nethershards.

This has to be a bug right?

Comment by OmegaDarkMatter

For those who don't know. The Demon Hunter starter quest chain is considered to be going on while you would be doing "The Legion Returns" quest. So if you plan on doing the pre-launch event stuff I suggest doing it with a normal character 1st then do it as a Demon Hunter.

Actually the best way to do this would be to do it as alliance 1st then horde then demon hunter, as you get a fuller picture of whats going on.

Comment by Purgatorywolf

Here's some useful information my friends and I have discovered, as well as found on other parts of wowhead, to go along with the guide here.

Alliance
Lenny "Fingers" McCoy at Stormwind Harbor sells Lucky Shirt and the flavor items Old Lucky Coin, Lucky Rat's Tooth, and Lucky Charm

The shirt is now Uncommon and BOE - so it can be sold to the horde I guess.... (but the horde vendors stuff is still bop)

There is a fourth hidden item requiring Stage 6, 7, or 8 of the Broken Shore for Alliance: Alaina's Bonnet
Pick up Charred Locket from the Ashes of a Fallen Crusader, located on an altar.

The alter is as 42,42 for anyone without co-ords, it's the alter that's immediatly to the right of the portal the alliance close. You just go over the hill at the foot of the ramp for the portal and run along the side of it and you'll drop right down. It's just a pile of ash.

Head to Eastvale Logging Camp and give the locket to Alaina Hearthsong inside a house at 85.5, 69.7.
Briefly leave and return to the house, and on the 2nd floor you can loot the Bonnet.

You can't just step out and back in. I found the fastest way to get her to move is to fly into redridge just enough for the zone to transition then fly back.

I know she's supposed to be dead on the bed upstairs, but I couldn't see her, I think she was glitched inside the bed. I thought maybe her kids were too, but I couldn't find anything with mouse over on their beds. Not sure where they are.

When the pre launch event starts, a quest will automatically pop up on your screen: The Legion Returns.

I also wanted to note here, if you level a toon to 98, you need to re-log for the quest to pop up onto your screen.

All weapons, including Glaive of the Fallen, can be found in Large Legion Chest; the weapons must be appropriate for your armor type and loot specialization.

I just got a weapon from the green crate you get on phase 2.

Also, on the note of crates: you can get more then one item per crate. This goes for both crates.

I've also been told by some friends that they have had the cloak drop from the chests, but I've yet to personally have it happen.

It seems you can also get the Felbat as well.

AND, items can now also be warforged.

What if I don't want a 1hand, I want a staff

Does it really matter? In two weeks we're going to begin our Artifact quest line. So these are pretty much just for fun / for looks. Something to carry us on while we piddle around until then.

While the Agility sword might not drop, there is a horde Broken shore reward that has the same skin. The same goes for the staff that doesn't drop.

Also on the note of broken shore event rewards, I've noticed that, if you complete the quest on a character, you automatically learn all the skins to all the weapons that your class can use. So even if you don't have all classes, don't worry you can still learn all the class weapon skins. Warriors can learn every skin for the quest rewards.

Where is the quest to go to Dalaran?

They are releasing the Event quest line in stages. The first stage is the Broken Shore, Meeting the Demon Hunters, and begin to fight the Invasions. The Second stage is supposed to begin on the 17th, which will be for Karazahn.

Comment by 1580553

blizz, blizz, blizz....what are you doing concerning invasion drops? ive never seen a more backwards way of dong things...my outlaw rogue has gotten 3 wands, my spriest has gotten 4 maces and 3 swords, and my horde dh has gotten a wand....umm, wheres this staff that u say is a drop? bc ive never gotten it on at least 7 toons played in the invasions. i usually get something my class cant even use. and yes ive changed looting opts, but nope, still no common sense drops...come on blizz....

Comment by Burzolog

Wrathguard Shortblade and Staff of the Inquisiton are not actually obtainable.

Comment by jaldaan

Can we get an update on what weapon drops made it to Live? Checking the comments and it seems like some of the BoP weapons listed here didn't make it in addition to those BoE weapons being cut.

Comment by JuzoFuwa

So there's no post Broken Shore cinematic for the Alliance like there is for The Horde ( where we'd get to see Varian's reaction to things)?

Comment by Aladrias

Tip: You can complete invasions on any character of any level. The demons automatically scale down to the appropriate level. For instance, if you are on a level 18 character, the demons will appear as level 18.

Yes, you still receive (and can wear) the high level gear from chests, but you cannot upgrade your weapons till level 98.

Comment by saitzo

Felbat Pup can drop from a (big) box. Just got it from a box.

Comment by Daveko

It seems that the int staff and the 1h agi sword was never added to the crates on live, which suck for casters since they don't have any offhands either.

Comment by Lamestrike

You can get weapons from small chests to. Just happened to me.

https://imgur.com/a/IYPqR

Comment by Iron2875

Will the secret vendors still be available when legion hits?

Comment by 1483721

Does anyone know if there is a way to determine what Stage of the invasion is going on? Its preferable to get there in Stage 1 or 2, just so as not to miss the first loot box. There have been a couple of times when it was Stage 3 upon entering the zone.

Comment by woman2th

Why dont they have a 700 Stave. I dont want a wand and sword for my lock, and what a mace ? Love all the new stuff,. But the limited option for a lock DONT..

Comment by thulsadoom

Additional ways to get to invasions

Westfall (Horde) Fly North from Grom'gol Base camp.
Hillsbrad foothills (Alliance) Port to Old Dalaran
Hillsbrad foothills (Death Knight) Death gate, Flightpath to Chillwind camp.
Northern Barrens (From Vale of Eternal Blossoms): Talk to Gleep Chatterswitch for a portal to Ratchet.

Comment by KrudusTV

Hey people.. am i the only one that cant find the start quest for the khadgar quest line? (horde, orc, warlock)

I hope that someone can tell me more about this...

Comment by Vazzie

Are there some weapons that are shown in the video that aren't in the list of what drops out of invasion loot boxes?
Looks like there's a two-handed sword, two-handed axe and a different two-handed mace in the video of weapons from invasions.

Comment by TwiztidMaGiC

I find it rather sad that they didn't make offhands. There are no 2h caster weapons and as for tanks, well they just need to get a shield somewhere else. It is something they keep doing, apparently they have no love for offhands since baleful didn't give offhands either.

Comment by Kaorhy

Note to collectors regarding invasions transmog to collect. Here's the information you're looking for in this overload of information. Invasion related only.

-There is 4 types of ensemble.

You can either buy it or loot each pieces individually in the reward chests.

Cost 200*4 Nethershards.

Appearances to get : 32

-Event vendors are selling one cloak.
Appearance to get : 1

-Event chests contains weapons.

Upgrades (stage x) does not count as extra collectible, you just need 1 type to unlock it.

Blizzard doubled the amount of weapon to collect, since there is a max level, and a non max level version for each items. If you collect 1 max level type of a weapon, the tooltip will show the non max level type as non collected. Type "/console missingTransmogSourceInItemTooltips 1", and compare the tooltips to see that they're not (currently) considered the same items by the wardrobe.

You get them from all the reward chests.

2 items didn't made it live (making the collecting process slightly faster in a result).

Helpful comment regarding this.

Appearances to get: 19

Comment by rubyrabble

FYI: Two invasion chests just dropped warforged gear for me, ilvl 710.

Comment by cefm

The invasions are extremely easy for ranged classes, and a total mess for melee. For one thing, there are just too many things on screen - it's like the Ashran crossroads - and it will make visibility terrible and lag your system. Another is the presence of opposing faction casting AOE spells. Also the bosses hit quite hard and run all over the place - two things ranged doesn't have to worry about. Just sit on top of a building in the middle and pew pew. My ranged characters breeze through it, but my melee die multiple times esp. in the final battle - usually from opposing faction "friendly" fire.

Comment by Hagoth

So turns out, Warforged is a thing with invasion loot boxes.

Just got a Warforged chest piece

Armory link

Comment by BigHoggens

So, I don't know if i am not seeing it, but is it possible to be able to do the scenario more than once? I would rather not miss out on the bonnet especially if it's only able to get obtained during the invasion prior to the new expansion.

Comment by Lunala90

Can anyone please confirm the following, since Im new to WoW and have already done some invasions, I would like to know if you can also get a weapon inside a chest when you haven't completed the armor set yet? I really only need one piece of the armor set and I could use an ilv700 weapon to go with it. So far, no luck yet for both unfortunately as I only get duplicates so far :( Also, the weapon can be upgraded but can the armor set ilv be upgraded too? Thanks a lot in advance to clear this up!

Comment by Borem

Any idea on when the "Pre-Lauch" quests with Muradin,Khedgar and the like will be released?

Comment by banokawow

So by the looks of the video, this will be an Alliance only quest?

__ just found the quest offered to me Org. all is well.

Comment by 1488619

Why not add all the weapons to the vendor. There's some sweet models there, would like to have the agi dagger as a xmog on my spriest, the int 1h sword on a dk etc., but I don't have a rouge or a shammy. Rip

Comment by thulsadoom

Found a captive nethershard vendor in Azshra at 30, 69 behind a tree in a camp of illidari during an invasion on my level 73 lock.Went back after the invasion and they were gone.

Comment by Deadfolx

As far as I know the Demon Invasion Feat of Strength for completing all six is NOT account wide. I completed one on my newly made Demon Hunter, and the other 5 on my Hunter, no Feat of Strength. I did obviously get the first Feat of Strength for completing one, but not the one for all six.

*EDITED*

Confirmed that Defender of Azeroth: Legion Invasions is NOT account wide.
Use this script in game to track it /run AddTrackedAchievement(11201)

Comment by JakkFrost

Might also want to note that at the same time you can buy the toys outside of Orgrimmar, there's a cauldron just past the armor polisher from which you can get up to 9 Extra Thick Mojo, and this cauldron also disappears when you do the scenario.

Comment by btinkerspell

Would anyone know if, or for how long Legion chests last after the expac launch, and if they will still scale to level? I was hoping to hang on to them for when a couple of my lower level characters get to a point where they would benefit from an armour boost in the near-ish, but not exactly foreseeable future.

Comment by toxictimmie

Just by being in the zone, without even tagging mobs....you get the small chest and the legion chest. Also the shards for the stage 2 and stage 5 kills.

Comment by Smiddy621

Having a slight issue with the Karazhan questline:

After leaving Karazhan and handing the book to Modera to complete "Hiding in the Stacks", the quest "City Under Siege" should pop up after (as per the guide), but does not on live. Any word on this? Checked today on 2 toons and still not switching for me.

It seems to be affecting most folks I ask on server but unsure if there's a fix.

Comment by Noritam

Completing one invasion rewards Stand Against the Legion and all six rewards Defender of Azeroth: Legion Invasions. These are Feats of Strength; you only have a few weeks to get these achievements.

I must have missed this somewhere, but, How do you Track Invasions per Toon?

~~snip~~ to remove dumb question that was getting this downrated [I think}

I still would like to learn how to track invasions.

Please.

Comment by Gooch

Regarding the secret vendors (toys):

I don't know if I experienced a glitch or something, but when I finished the Goblin starting and traveled to Orgrimmar I was able to see the pre-'Broken Shore' event and buy those toys from that vendor.

So if you originally missed out and don't have a character close to level 98 you can try leveling a Goblin.

The event actually disappeared when I went into Orgrimmar (or logged off?). So it appears to be a glitch when you come off the Goblin boat. So the question now is does this happen to everyone or was I just lucky?

Comment by Mountandrew

What's the maximum item level of Warforged armor you can obtain? I thought it was 710 but today I got a 720 piece on my mage.

Comment by TuanTaureo

It has been confirmed by Muffinus on Twitter that the Dalaran questline currently in the pre-patch will remain available after Legion goes live on the 30th of August, by visiting Archivist Elysiana in BrokenIsles!Dalaran.

I'm guessing it'll work kind of like a flashback. It also clearly takes place after the events of the Broken Shore, timeline-wise, since there's dialogue that implies such (and you can currently only get the questline if you've completed the Broken Shore).

Currently, the Dalaran questline stops a little short, as the whole of it isn't live yet. The remainder of the questline will likely become available Tuesday/Wednesday next week.

Comment by myt362450

I noticed something interesting with invasion but cant find any info anywhere about it, maybe someone here can help.

I have been doing invasions for my level 20 twinks to get the wrists, boots, gloves and belt, the rest is all looms. These invasion drops are better than any other gear available in game for lvl20. The thing is on most occasions i get item level 25 gear sometimes it is item level 25 warforged but the stats are the same so theres no difference but on very rare occasions i get item level 35 warforged gear and the stats are a little better, thing is i have only got item level 35 gear on two occasions after 100+ invasions and i cant tell why i get it. Is this random or am i missing something because id like to get them all equipped with this item level 35 warforged gear with better stats if i can.

Comment by IllianDray

The Questline at the end of the guide is partially available now and has been for almost a week, why hasn't it been updated?

Comment by moon292011

I'm not seeing a proper loot table for armor that drops from the chests during the invasion. Does the leather Int chest piece only have 1 set of secondary stats or is it random? For example, can the chest piece receive Haste as a secondary stat as opposed to Mastery or Crit?

Comment by 843621

I was excited that invasions would boost the three toons that I didn't play during WoD. After all, I need all the toons I can get for Hallow's End (Still don't have the mount after 5 years).

At first, I was wondering if all 16 item slots can get equipped with armor from invasion boxes. After trying two toons for a day or two I was convinced that legs and wrists don't drop or come from the vendor. This prompted me to stupidly spend thousands on 700 crafted gear, which isn't any better than invasion gear according to the gear check site and addon AskMrRobot unless you boost it to 715 for several thousand gold. (AskMrRobot, by the way, does not corroborate with Icy-Veins site recommendations, so choose your poison). Don't give into the impatience of leveling and gearing your long-neglected toons by buying crafted 700 gear until you've just become exhausted of invasions. Trying a third toon, it seems armor for all slots drop from invasions with the exception of the gear you buy from the vendor at the invasion location. The vendor has two rings but probably only one is appropriate for your preferred spec.While you might as well grab both rings from the vendor, get your other spec specific 700 ring (i.e. for alliance, the 700 version of the Signet of Stormwind) by starting the broken shore quests from your home city. As for invasions, if you are crestfallen keep getting the same stuff over and over again, don't despair, keep trying and hold onto your money for enchants. It took me 22 invasions to get one toon a weapon, while I got another toon their weapon on their first invasion. RNG. THEN: When you do get gear, make sure that if you don't feel you need the gear for your main, CHECK to see if it's appropriate for your off-spec. I had to pay a little visit to item-restoration when I realized invasion gear I sold or disenchanted was perfect for my off-spec.

Comment by Gubo

I noticed at level 97 I have received invasion weapons. Does anyone know if low levels also have a chance to get the invasion weapons? Curious cause I have a level 19 hunter and 19 rogue.

Comment by Buffeninc

If you want to level your alts up quickly by doing Legion Invasions, I’ve made a short guide on the subject, containing all information needed:
https://youtu.be/fEIOrO1OGGI

Comment by xRodge

The XP you can gain in Legion invasions for your alts is pretty insane (in a great way!).
I took my level 91 druid up to 100 in a matter of hours (I did have heirlooms, but no rested XP).
Lots of people hate stage 1 of invasions, as there is no real rewards to be had compared to the other stages (no nethershards or boxes available) but this is not the case for anyone who is levelling. For sub-100 characters, stage 1 is a goldmine for XP - just tag every mob you can (I took moonfire for my feral druid for this very reason)! You get full XP credit even if someone else kills them. There are a LOT of mobs here that everyone else is trying to kill, looking to get onto stage 2.

Another tip is that you will level so quickly, try to decide at what point you want to cash out on your gear.
The boxes do not remember when you acquired them, they will adapt to the level you are when you open them.
When I got to level 95, I stopped opening boxes and kept them until level 100.
When I dinged 100 - I started opening the boxes and I was instantly almost completely 700 geared!

Comment by 46022

Just checking in advance: If you're the opposite faction of where the invasion site is, will the guards attack you? Say, if you're Alliance and go to Crossroads, will you be attacked by the guards while you're attacking the demons?

Comment by cjxsutton

Anyone else think it's kind of BS that an agi/str DPS can completely gear every slot off these things (with the vendor items and ring/trinket from the quests to supplement the items in the chests) but a caster cannot?

Why do agi/str users get a 2h (or two of the same 1hs) but casters don't get a staff - only a 1h and no OH?

Comment by Missebet

no mention of Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan for gnomish eng in main notes

Comment by detour211

It may have been posted somewhere before but i cant find it. i got 2 of the axes for my Windwalker monk and now im after the polearm for Brewmaster. Can i just have my loot spec changed to get it form the chests or does my actual spec need to be brewmaster when i open them?

Comment by CharlieM

Is there something I'm missing? Why does everybody leave after Stage 2 of the demon invasions?

Comment by ahunter8056

Considering that between level 90 - 100, you need to do two demon invasions to gain a level, would it be quicker to level up from 90-100 via demon invasions, or would it be quicker to just do multiple dungeons to reach level 100?

Comment by Ozzayel

Can anyone confirm loot spec works for trying to get weapons?

Comment by Delaios

Didn't read this anywhere in the guide. You don't have to do the Broken Shore scenario on multiple classes to unlock all of the various Horde/Alliance themed weapon transmogs. The only Horde character that completed the scenario was my Warlock, but every Horde Vanguard weapon is shown as collected on my (Goblin) Warrior.

Comment by Nevarii

Legion has went live now and the demon invasions are gone along with all the other stuff there was in the pre-legion patch. Funny enough I still have my Nethershards on my characters, I wonder if they can be used on something else in Legion?

Comment by ok2playallday

I hope they bring back all this content in 7.2...... I re-subscribed after Legion launched so I missed out on all these goodies... *face palm*

Comment by 1830447

ah now that was an event! made a hefty sum of gold by selling portals on my mage...

Comment by SyonBroadcast

Hi.

I'm writing this in 2022 and... I wish I was there with ya all that 2016. Legion is one of my fav expansion ever made for this game and living it through back then, would be something magical for me. Well, what a good bunch o memories that would have been.

Cheers

Guide to the Legion Prelaunch Event and Invasions

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