World of Warcraft Dragonflight patch 10.1 features Aberrus raid

World of Warcraft Dragonflight patch 10.1 will feature the new Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible raid. Here are the Aberrus raid details and some Embers of Neltharion lore.

World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.1 will get the new Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible raid. This raid will feature a total of nine bosses. According to Blizzard, players will have to thwart the plans of the incarnates plus Scalecommander Sarkaret. Champions of Azeroth will also face other foes such as an Elementium Dragon, Hydras, and more.

Similar to Dragonflight Season 1, the normal, heroic and mythic difficulties of the Aberrus raid will be released at the same time, according to Blizzard.

In an interview with Esports.gg, World of Warcraft narrative director Steve Danuser shared his excitement about the Aberrus raid in Dragonflight patch 10.1. He said Embers of Neltharion will offer a chance to revisit the journey of how Neltharion became Deathwing.

"Being a story person, I can't help but be excited about being able to delve into one of the biggest looming characters in Warcraft history — that of Neltharion to Deathwing," Danuser said during the interview.

We have seen the effect that he had on the world during Cataclysm, and this is the chance to go back and revisit that pathway that took him from being that noble Earth-Warder to the Breaker of the World. So that's a really cool story that we haven't had a chance to tell before to this level of detail."

Danuser then expressed his excitement about characters like Wrathion, Sabellian, and Ebyssian being a part of the upcoming narrative.

"It's been a great joy to delve into those characters, and I think this update really encompasses that sort of callback to some old favorite dungeons and raids like Blackwing Lair and Blackwing Descent and all that stuff, but see it through fresh eyes — and that's really exciting for me," Danuser added.

Associate game director Morgan Day shared Danuser's sentiment. Aberrus laboratory was where Neltharion conducted experiments, created the Dracthyr, and fell to the whispers of the Old Gods.

"Some of these awesome stories, like the very first encounter that you will come across in Aberrus, is this Elementium Dragon, and it's kind of like the prototype for the Elementium plating that Neltharion kind of descended into being Deathwing and we got to see him apply that plating," Day told Esports.gg. "This is where he kind of experimented with that, kind of fine-tuned his armor, as it were."

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