Starting October 8th, players will be able to receive Nerub-ar Finery from the Nerub-ar Palace raid. Here's what the Nerub-ar Finery is actually for, and how to complete the quest "The Finer Things" in World of Warcraft: The War Within.
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After opening the Great Vault on Tuesday, I immediately jumped into a LFR group for "The Queen's Fall" as a part of my weekly reset checklist. (If you don't do LFR for an extra chance at the Reins of the Ascendant Skyrazor, you should!)
How to Get Nerub-ar Finery
After defeating The Silken Court, a new item dropped called Nerub-ar Finery. It turns out that obtaining Nerub-ar Finery starts a quest called The Finer Things. Here are the steps to completing The Finer Things:
Defeat raid bosses on any difficulty to earn Nerub-ar Finery (one per boss)
Upon obtaining 16 Nerub-ar Finery, players will receive Severed Strands, a 3% raid bonus to damage and healing
Players can repeat the quest, stacking a 3% buff every other week
At the end of the raid tier, players will have a maximum of 18% damage and healing bonus in Nerub-ar Palace.
Although players can start The Finer Things quest this week, you won't be able to start receiving a raid buff until next week on the 15th. Since the quest requires collecting 16 Nerub-ar Finery and only 8 drop per week, it will take two complete weeks to complete the quest.
The Nerub-ar Finery drops from raid bosses on any difficulty, meaning players can collect them on Mythic, Heroic, Normal, or LFR difficulty. Players can also mix raid difficulties to complete the quest. You can get 4 from Heroic raid and 4 from Normal raid, etc.
Thankfully, players won't have to worry about getting behind. Blizzard has confirmed that there will be a catch-up mechanic for the quest The Finer Things. The cap for Nerub-ar Finery will increase by 8 every week, meaning that players can potentially collect all 16 next week if they run the Nerub-ar Palace raid on multiple difficulties next week.
If you haven't maxed out your Nerub'ar finery before the weekly reset, the number of finery you get per boss will simply increase for the remainder of the raid tier or until you catch up.
Nerub-ar Finery Vendor:
After collecting 16 Nerub-ar Finery, players can turn in the quest to the hologram Beetle General at the beginning of the raid in Nerub-ar Palace. Don't worry about picking the quest up again. The Finer Things can just be turned in repeatedly after collecting another 16 Nerub-ar Finery.
The Nerub-ar Finery vendor is called Anub'azal, and he will be located just inside the raid entrance with a blue question mark over his head.
The Severed Strands buff is Warband bound. This means players only have to complete the quest on one character to unlock the buff for all toons.
Players can start stacking the 3% on the 15th, increasing it by 3% every other week. Since the maximum raid buff is 18%, players have predicted that the next raid tier will come out around March of 2025, making Nerub-ar Palace a 6-month raid tier. Players will have the full 18% buff by February, giving guilds a chance to get AOTC or Cutting Edge at the end of the expansion.
New 11.1 Raid: The Liberation of Undermine
In last week's Warcraft Direct, Blizzard announced that patch 11.1 with Season 2 of Mythic+ and the next raid in The War Within will release around January or February 2o25. The next raid will be called The Liberation of Undermine, a goblin raid with Gallywix as the final boss.
Blizzard also announced that the next expansion in the Worldsoul Saga - World of Warcraft: Midnight - will be releasing in August 2025. This schedule coincides with Blizzard's plans to release 3 expansions in 3 years.
However, this means that The War Within, World of Warcraft: Midnight, and the final Worldsoul Saga chapter will be considerably shorter than previous expansions, like Dragonflight that had 3 raid tiers and then an empowered raid tier during Season 4.
This is especially controversial since Blizzard offered 3 days early access to The War Within with the expensive deluxe edition for $90. Is it fair for players to pay full price for expansions that are only a year long?
Will you pay extra for Early Access in World of Warcraft: Midnight?
Yes
No
Here is a summary of the Severed Strands buff provided by Wowhead:
Severed Strands is an optional buff players can pick up to add a soft nerf to the Nerub-ar Palace raid
A month after Season 1 begins, players will be able to pick up the quest "The Finer Things"
This quest cannot yet be completed, but you can farm currency starting 10/8/2024
The quest will allow a new currency to be collected from raid bosses called Nerub-ar Finery
The raid buff starts 10/15/2024
Nerub-ar Finary is Warbound and can be turned in for Severed Strands
The maximum amount of Nerub-ar Finery that can be collected is 8 per week with a rising cap
There is a catch-up mechanic for players that start late
Severed Strands can stack up to 8 times for a maximum of an 18% bonus to damage and healing in raid
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