Phase 1 of WoW Classic Season of Discovery is incredible and it only leaves people excited for what's coming next and that is Gnomeregan and STV in Phase 2. Read our SoD Phase 2 Gnomeregan raid guide, we’ll talk about its release date, bosses, quests, items, and loot table.

Season of Discovery Gnomeregan Raid Leaks - WoW Classic SoD Phase 2 Gnomeregan Guide

Phase 2 will open up with Gnomeregan for its level-up raid and Stranglethorn Veil for its PvP event zone. As a 10-player raid, Gnomeregan provides fresh challenges with redesigned monster mechanics and interactions. Gnomeregan isn't an iconic dungeon of place aside from the fact that the Gnomes still do not have their Homeland restored after 20 years. But what are the bosses of Gnomeregan and what kind of changes can we expect from this dungeon? Keep reading our WoW Classic Season of Discovery Phase 2 Gnomeregan raid leaks guide, we'll break down everything we know so far!

SoD Gnomeregan Raid Release Date

While Phase 2 may launch around January 30th-February 6th 2024, the Gnomeregan raid is predicted to be released 1-2 weeks after that, sometime in mid-late February 2024 based on typical pacing in Classic WoW releases.

SoD Gnomeregan Raid Bosses (Old & New)

Grubbis

When you go into Gnomeregan, you open up with Grubbis, a truck that is rather brutish but overall a simple fight. Since this is the opening boss, the difficulty of Grubbis will increase by much but his loot table will change. Grubbis spawns after a short role-play event in which you clear waves of mobs avoiding the dynamite explosion before he comes out hollering. We wonder if they'll keep it in WOW Season of Discovery Phase 2 Gnomeregan or if they'll remove it, it makes sense either way.

Viscous Fallout

The second boss is Viscous Fallout, another simple boss. You simply have to clear the trash mobs around it so you can pull it without pulling extra packs which will wipe your party. As far as being changed for raid boss, they'll make it so you have to fight some of these trash mobs with it. So probably it'll start with some ads that pull regardless of he clearing the ads around the Viscous Fallout. 

Electrocutioner 6000

Then we move on to the third boss from SoD Gnomeregan phase 2, Electrocutioner 6000 which is a simple boss. Once it becomes a level up raid, this will definitely change and this mob will have a new deadly mechanic as with most of the other bosses.

Crowd Pummeler

The fourth boss is also the most hated boss for Feral Druids in Classic due to the need to farm manual Crowd Pummeler so you can be a good player. With Season of Discovery, that is no longer the case as we get a new and improved version of Crowd Pummeler that is a permanent item. This new item is called the Automatic Crowd Pummeler and it's a 3-minute cool down that you can use infinitely. They likely will plan to remove the original version. But for the boss itself, the changes that'll be implemented are likely going to be involved in giving it actual mechanics and things you have to keep an eye out for.

Dark Iron Ambassador

The fifth boss of Gnomeregan in WoW Classic SoD Phase 2 is the Dark Iron Ambassador who is a rare that isn't guaranteed to spawn. This mob will likely get turned into a named mob and given an expanded nature within the raid.

Mekgineer Thermaplugg

Finally we have Mekgineer Thermaplugg, the big bad end boss of the dungeon and soon to be raid. In the Classic dungeon like the rest of Gnomeregan, he is a spank and tank boss. But for the level up raid expect them to get some new brutal abilities that'll test your ability to clear this level up raid. We don't know what those abilities will be but with how difficult Aku'mai has been for some people, this boss will also likely be very difficult to clear.

Gnomeregan the dungeon is a level 30 to 35 dungeon for the most part. So with it being turned into the endgame raid of phase 2. That means the dungeon mobs and bosses will be pushed to level 40 that also doesn't account for the fact that BFD only had six bosses and one of those bosses was just a named rare with no abilities. Then BFD the level-up raid had seven full-named bosses with a whole loot table and abilities. For Gnomeregan, we can expect 1-3 new bosses, new events, new quests, and a massively changed loot table.

SoD Gnomeregan Raid Items

It is a new and improved version of the Manual Crowd Pummeler, which was an important item for Ferals/Druids previously. The stats remain unchanged from the Manual version. However, the Automatic version now has unlimited charges, so players won't have to continually farm new copies to benefit from its effects. Its effect is a 50% increased attack speed buff. It is only usable by Paladins, Shaman, and Druids, to prevent other classes from taking advantage of the effect. This represents a major quality of life improvement for Ferals/Druids in particular, who previously had to constantly farm new copies of the Manual version.

SoD Gnomeregan Raid Loot Table

As BFD has shown us the loot table of the dungeon versus the raid is staggeringly different, staggeringly massive the amount of loot in the level-up raid. So we can expect the same loot changes to happen to Gnomeregan whose current loot table is rather pitiable. Considering the amount of insane and awesome loot that BFD got, expect a few new purples, some fantastic new gear crafting recipes, new elixir crafting recipes, a new world buff, way more quests in a new quest, and perhaps even more than what we've listed to come for Season of Discovery Classi WoW Gnomeregan in Phase 2.

(We'll keep updating once SoD Phase 2 Gnomeregan raid releases)

How to prepare for SoD Phase 2 Gnomeregan Raid?

• Level professions to 225 - Many new recipes will likely be added that require higher profession levels. Get multiple alts leveled to take advantage.

• Craft goods needed for Gnomeregan attunement/raiding - Look for items that will be in demand like potions, armor/weapon enchants, etc.

• Prospect Thorium veins - With a higher mining level, prospects have a chance to yield valuable crafting materials.

• Farm prized herb nodes - Herbs like Gromsblood, Goldthorn, etc. will be used in various potions and elixirs.

• Supply gear/consumables to dungeon groups - As people gear up through Gnomeregan, provide tailored groups with needed items.

• Sell endgame profession patterns - Engineering, blacksmithing etc. recipes will sell for high prices early on.

• Prospect for rare gems/jewelcrafting - Facets, brilliants may fetch good gold from crafters.

• Flip cheap mats that spike - Strategic stockpiling of items like oily blackmouth could pay off.

• Farm elementals in WPL/EPL - Righteous orbs, arcane crystals will always sell well.

• Run boosting groups - Help casual players gear up through Gnomeregan runs for a fee.

Getting to Gnomeregan for Horde will be much easier than it was in Classic. It will be able to essentially just teleport to Gnomeregan. If you need to buy cheap SOD Gold, Mtmmo.com is going to be the most reliable online shop!