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Keystone Dungeons

2 encounters and 8 boss abilities, with the Adventure Guide’s own ability and strategy notes for each fight.

In Mythic Keystone dungeons, players battle empowered enemies and attempt to finish the dungeon within a time limit.

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Quick Facts

TypeDungeon
ExpansionClassic
Encounters2
Boss abilities8

Difficulties and Lockouts

Keystone Dungeons has 3 difficulties in the game data: Normal, Mythic and Mythic Keystone can be run again at any time.

DifficultyPlayersLockout
Normal5None
Mythic5None
Mythic Keystone5None
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3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Instance Map

The Adventure Guide places 1 boss of Keystone Dungeons on 1 map. Numbers follow the encounter order; each links to that fight below.

Millenia's Threshold

Millenia's Threshold map with 1 boss location1Mythic Keystones
  1. 1 Mythic Keystones 67.4, 58.4

Encounters

Mythic Keystones

In Mythic Keystone dungeons, players battle empowered enemies and attempt to finish the dungeon within a time limit.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

Mythic Keystones
  • A Mythic Keystone is a special item used to begin a Mythic Keystone Dungeon.
  • Each Keystone is attuned to a specific dungeon and has a Mythic Level.
  • The Mythic Level of a Keystone determines dungeon difficulty and which affixes are active.
  • A character can only have one Keystone at a time.
Obtaining a Mythic Keystone
  • Completing a Mythic dungeon grants a Mythic Keystone.
  • Completing another player's Mythic Keystone dungeon grants a Mythic Keystone at the end of the dungeon.
  • After the weekly reset, opening the Great Vault grants a Mythic Keystone if a Mythic Keystone dungeon was completed in the prior week.
Downgrading a Mythic Keystone
  • Failing to complete the dungeon within the time limit lowers that Keystone's Mythic Level by 1.
  • Resetting the dungeon instance after the Keystone has been used lowers that Keystone's Mythic Level by 1.
  • Lindormi in major cities can lower a Keystone by 1 Mythic Level on request.
Starting a Mythic Keystone
  • Enter the dungeon the Mythic Keystone is attuned to on Mythic difficulty.
  • At the entrance, insert the Mythic Keystone into the Font of Power and activate it to start the dungeon.
Replacing a Mythic Keystone
  • When a Mythic Keystone dungeon is completed within the time limit, Lindormi can exchange a character's Keystone for one attuned to a different dungeon. To be eligible for exchange, the completed dungeon's Mythic Level must be equal to or higher than the Keystone being exchanged.
Completing a Mythic Keystone
  • All bosses must be defeated.
  • The enemy forces requirement must be met by defeating non-boss enemies.
Upgrading a Mythic Keystone
  • Completing a Mythic Keystone dungeon within the time limit upgrades that Keystone's Mythic Level.
  • If less than 20% of the timer remains, the Keystone upgrades by 1 Mythic Level.
  • If 20% to 40% of the timer remains, the Keystone upgrades by 2 Mythic Levels.
  • If more than 40% of the timer remains, the Keystone upgrades by 3 Mythic Levels.
Resilient Keystones
  • Starting at Mythic Level 12, completing all current season Keystone dungeons within the time limit sets a character's Resilient Level to that Mythic Level for the rest of the season.
  • If all current season Keystone dungeons are later completed within the time limit at a higher Mythic Level, the character's Resilient Level increases to that higher level.
  • A Resilient Keystone does not drop below its Resilient Level when a dungeon is not completed within the time limit. A Keystone's Mythic Level can still be lowered by speaking to Lindormi.

The Adventure Guide lists no reward table for this encounter.

Affixes

Affixes are modifiers attached to the Keystone that alter gameplay in Mythic Keystone dungeons. They are introduced at Mythic Level 2, with adjustments at Mythic Levels 5, 7, 10, and 12.

Abilities & Strategy

Mythic Level 5
Mythic Level 12
Mythic Level 2
Mythic Level 10
Mythic Level 7
Mythic Level 6
  • Lindormi's Guidance is removed. Characters with a tank specialization can speak with Lindormi near the The Timeways portal or at the end of a Keystone Dungeon to gain Lindormi's Glow, which will continue to highlight enemy forces.

Lindormi's Guidance

|n By speaking with Lindormi near The Timeways portal or at the end of a Keystone Dungeon, characters with a tank specialization can enable Lindormi's Glow when Lindormi's Guidance is inactive.

Xal'atath's Bargains

Starting at Mythic Level 5, Xal'atath periodically offers bargains during a Mythic Keystone dungeon that empower enemies. Players can intercept these effects and harness the power for themselves. These affixes rotate weekly.

Tyrannical and Fortified

These affixes further empower enemies in Mythic Keystone dungeons. One becomes active at Mythic Level 7 and the other at Mythic Level 10, rotating each week.

Tyrannical

Bosses have 25% more health. Bosses and their minions inflict up to 15% increased damage.

Fortified

Non-boss enemies have 20% more health and inflict up to 20% increased damage.

Xal'atath's Guile

Xal'atath betrays players, revoking her bargains while making deaths subtract 15 seconds from time remaining.

The Adventure Guide lists no reward table for this encounter.

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