WoW Season of Discovery Phase 4: New Daily Dungeon Currency

With excitement brewing for World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 4, the devs recently shared a detailed preview video of what's to come. Among the many updates, changes and content, the WoW Classic team also brought up a brand new daily dungeon currency. Given the reception for previous phases, Blizzard has a lot to make up for given all of the amount of feedback and criticism from the player base. 

Nonetheless, it seems that the dev team has put in a lot of work this time around, not only by allowing players to test out changes on the PTR, but also by adjusting, updating, and outright optimizing previous design choices either in regards to class balance, new content or new systems. With that in mind, we will take a look at the newest currency that will be added to the game, namely the Tarnished Undermine Real.

WoW SoD Phase 4 New Dungeon Currency

The WoW Classic team has innovated a lot during Season of Discovery, bringing in cool design choices that either add to the overall experience of the game or simply quality-of-life choices that were absent during Vanilla WoW. Regardless, the new additions to SoD are always interesting to examine. 

In Phase 3, Wild Offering was an attempt by Blizzard to encourage players to complete dungeons, however, it quickly became a stale grind just to get random Darkmoon Faire cards. The design was flawed as players felt forced to constantly grind out the currency with a cap of 25 per day, and players griefing in the open world, it was a nightmare to organize fast and adequate dungeon clears.

In Phase 4, however, the dev team has made the right call by introducing a daily currency- the Tarnished Undermine Real. Players will be rewarded with the currency by killing a level 55+ dungeon boss, limited to one per day. This will not only remove the unnecessary grind aspect but also allow for more variety in your day-to-day WoW activities, instead of sinking in hours for a currency that may or may not be beneficial. 

WoW SoD Phase 4 Dungeon Currency Rewards

Although players will predominantly be focusing on raiding, Tarnished Undermine Real will encourage the WoW community to run dungeons on a daily basis as the currency will possibly offer epic rewards like crafting recipes, rare materials, valuable items, and potentially cosmetics for all of the classes. 

As many veteran players might recall, world PvP was one of the highlights in Vanilla WoW. By adding more incentive for players to run dungeons, we might see even more epic battles as the Alliance and Horde fight not only for Honor but to be able to reach their desired instances. 

All in all, this change looks promising, and although some players are quick to sarcastically point out that the new daily dungeon currency is just redesigned emblems, it is still a welcome change for the SoD experience.