How to Unlock Your Mythic Keystone in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
The Mythic Keystone is the key—literally—to unlocking the most challenging and rewarding dungeon content in World of Warcraft. Mythic+ dungeons offer a significant step up in difficulty from regular Mythic dungeons, providing players with a constantly escalating challenge and increasingly valuable loot. If you’re eager to dive into the world of Mythic+ in Dragonflight, understanding how to acquire your first Keystone is essential.
Getting Your First Mythic Keystone
In the Dragon Isles, you can obtain a Mythic Keystone through a few specific methods:
- Completing a Mythic 0 Dungeon: Your first keystone will almost always come from your first successful completion of a Mythic 0 dungeon in Dragonflight. This involves setting the difficulty to Mythic before entering any of the current expansion’s dungeons. After defeating the final boss, a Keystone will be awarded. These keys will start at a +2 difficulty.
- Looting your Great Vault: If you completed at least one Mythic+ dungeon in the prior week, you will receive a Mythic Keystone as a reward in your Great Vault after the weekly reset. This is a guaranteed source of a new key each week, assuming you have participated in Mythic+ content.
- Receiving one via mail: If you did receive a Mythic Keystone but did not have any inventory slots available, the Postmaster will send it to you via mail.
- Speaking to Lindormi: If you are not receiving keystones after completing Mythic dungeons, you can find Lindormi in Valdrakken outside the bank. This NPC can help get you started and provide a keystone.
These are the main sources of obtaining your first or weekly Mythic Keystone. It’s important to note that you can only possess one Keystone at a time.
Starting a Mythic+ Dungeon
Once you have your Keystone, it’s time to start a Mythic+ dungeon run. Here’s how:
- Assemble Your Team: You will need a group of five players to begin a Mythic+ dungeon. Make sure to have a balanced group with roles that complement one another.
- Set the Difficulty to Mythic: Before you enter any dungeon, ensure that the difficulty is set to Mythic.
- Locate the Font of Power: Inside the dungeon, near the entrance, you’ll find an object called the Font of Power.
- Activate the Keystone: The player with the Keystone needs to click on the Font of Power. This opens the Mythic+ UI.
- Socket the Keystone: Drag the Mythic Keystone from your bags into the designated socket in the UI window. This will activate the dungeon with the appropriate difficulty and modifiers for your keystone level.
Once these steps are complete, the Mythic+ dungeon will begin. This is where the challenge starts to escalate, with new affixes being introduced as the keystone level increases.
What Happens After Completing a Mythic+ Dungeon?
Completing a Mythic+ dungeon within the timer has different outcomes than failing to do so.
Timing the Dungeon
If you successfully complete the dungeon within the specified timer, your Keystone will be upgraded to a higher level. The dungeon assigned to your key will also change. This means the next time you use your keystone, you will face a more difficult challenge and have access to higher item level gear.
Failing the Timer
If you are unable to complete the dungeon within the specified time limit, your Keystone will be downgraded. The level of the new key will be one level lower than the one you used and will be for a random dungeon. Additionally, you will still receive loot for the completed dungeon.
Leaving the Dungeon
If the player who used the keystone to activate the mythic plus dungeon leaves before completion, this will also result in a downgraded keystone level and a random dungeon assigned to your new key.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. Which Dungeons Can I Get a Keystone For?
In Dragonflight, Keystones are randomly assigned for the following dungeons: Ruby Life Pools, Nokhud Offensive, Algeth’ar Academy, Azure Vault, Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr, Brackenhide Hollow, Halls of Infusion, and Neltharus. You can receive keys for both M0 and M+ versions, as well as downgraded keys if you failed to time the previous dungeon run.
2. Can I Change My Mythic Keystone?
Yes. An NPC near the Great Vault offers a service to downgrade your Mythic Keystone. Additionally, if you finish a Mythic+ Dungeon you will receive a new random keystone that is either the same level or 1 level lower.
3. How Many Mythic Keystones Can I Have at Once?
You can only hold **one** Mythic Keystone at a time. Completing a Mythic+ dungeon, looting your Great Vault or mailing from postmaster will be the only time you receive them.
4. What if I don’t get a Keystone after a Mythic run?
If your inventory is full, your Keystone will be sent to you via mail. Alternatively, Lindormi, located outside the bank in Valdrakken, can provide you with a Keystone.
5. What’s the Difference Between Mythic and Mythic+?
Mythic dungeons are a fixed difficulty level, and are usually ran to obtain your first Mythic Key. Mythic+ dungeons scale in difficulty depending on the keystone level, offering a timed challenge with increased rewards.
6. Can I Do Mythic 0 More Than Once a Week?
No, Mythic 0 dungeons have a weekly lockout, so you cannot repeat them for loot within the same week. Mythic Plus dungeons can be done as many times as you like.
7. What Item Level Should I Have for Mythic+?
For Dragonflight Mythic Season 2, a starting item level of at least 398 is recommended for lower-level Keystones (+2 to +5). For higher-level keys, you’ll want a higher item level.
8. What if I fail to complete the Mythic+ dungeon within the time limit?
If you don’t beat the timer, your Keystone will be downgraded by one level, and the dungeon associated with your keystone will change.
9. How Do I Increase My Mythic+ Rating?
Your Mythic+ rating is increased by completing higher-level keys, especially timing them. Achieving a 2000 rating means you have successfully completed dungeons at a +15 level. You can also increase your rating by completing keys that are higher in difficulty than previously cleared dungeons.
10. How does mythic lockout work in Dragonflight?
Mythic difficulty is locked to the raid ID and does not affect mythic plus dungeons. In Mythic difficulty, if you join a mythic raid and defeat a boss, you will then find yourself bound to that Mythic raid ID.
11. What happens when you leave a Mythic+ dungeon early?
If the player who used the Mythic Keystone leaves before the dungeon is completed, the Keystone will downgrade in level, and a new dungeon will be assigned to the key.
12. What Is the Easiest Mythic+ Dungeon in Dragonflight?
Generally, Shadowmoon Burial Grounds is considered one of the easiest due to its shorter length and fewer bosses.
13. Is there a Looking for Group tool for Mythic+?
While the default LFG tool can be used for Mythic+ dungeons, many players prefer using add-ons such as **LFM+** to enhance the functionality of searching for groups.
14. How do I get to 2,500 Mythic Rating?
To get to 2500 mythic rating, you should aim to time +17 and +18 keys consistently. Also, defeating Scalecommander Sarkareth on Mythic difficulty will also grant this achievement.
15. What Rewards Do I Get for Higher Mythic+ Ratings?
Hitting 2,400 Mythic+ rating will grant players the ability to obtain the full rank of Valor upgrades for Mythic Plus gear, reaching a maximum item level of 415.