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Keystone Dungeons

Mythic Keystones Guide

Mythic Keystones in Keystone Dungeons, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Mythic Keystones, Obtaining a Mythic Keystone, Downgrading a Mythic Keystone, Starting a Mythic Keystone, Replacing a Mythic Keystone, Completing a Mythic Keystone, Upgrading a Mythic Keystone, Resilient Keystones.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • All bosses must be defeated.
  • The enemy forces requirement must be met by defeating non-boss enemies.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Completing a Mythic Keystone All bosses must be defeated. The enemy forces requirement must be met by defeating non-boss enemies.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

Normal, Heroic, and Mythic

Adventure Guide says

Only sentences the Adventure Guide itself marks as a difficulty change. We do not invent extra Heroic or Mythic strategy.

  • Enter the dungeon the Mythic Keystone is attuned to on Mythic difficulty.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Challenger's Burden
Challenger's Might
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Loot

The Adventure Guide lists no reward table for this encounter.

Entrance and instance

Keystone Dungeons is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Keystone Dungeons database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Affixes

Player strategy

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Questions

What does the Adventure Guide say about Mythic Keystones?

Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Mythic Keystones, Obtaining a Mythic Keystone, Downgrading a Mythic Keystone, Starting a Mythic Keystone, Replacing a Mythic Keystone, Completing a Mythic Keystone, Upgrading a Mythic Keystone, Resilient Keystones.

How many abilities does Mythic Keystones have?

The current datamine lists 2 named abilities on the Mythic Keystones encounter.

Does Mythic Keystones change on Heroic or Mythic?

Yes. The Adventure Guide adds difficulty sentences on the abilities that change; those sentences are collected in the difficulty section. We do not invent additional Heroic or Mythic strategy.

Where does this guide's text come from?

Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Source and build

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.