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The Tempest Unleashed is the pre-Dragonflight launch event.[1]
The Primalists invaded Azeroth before the launch of the expansion starting on November 15, rewarding players that stood against them with unique rewards. The start of the event also coincided with the release of dracthyr evoker, and their starting zone the Forbidden Reach, as well as the Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr dungeon.
The event has invasions in three separate locations, split between Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms - Northern Barrens, Un'Goro Crater, and the Badlands.
The launch event, along with the Dragonflight introduction questline, are available to level 10 characters in the pre-patch.
Notable rewards[]
- Item level 252 gear
[Against the Elements]
[Bag of Furious Winds]
[Unstable Elemental Confluence]
[Primal Stormling]
Currency and vendors[]
The main currency is 
[Primeval Essence], looted from enemy elementals across the invasion points.
- For the Alliance players, Storm Hunter William is located in Stormwind Harbor of Stormwind City.
- For the Horde players, Storm Huntress Suhrakka is found on the new zeppelin tower at Dranosh'ar Blockade in Durotar.
Enemies and areas of conflict[]
There are four types of a Primal Storm, set to zones randomly. Accompanying quests are 
[10-60] A Primal Threat and [10-60 Daily] Calming the Storms.
Enemies in the invaded areas have the Elementally Imbued buff and scale to level 60. Players can interact with Primal Wards to harness its power and empower themselves with Elemental Warding.
Enemy locations and type of invasion are displayed on the map as Primal Storms: <zone name>. The boss area icon says:
- Primalists are calling forth a <fire/earth/storm/water> elemental in hopes to ravage all of Azeroth!
Earth Primal Storm[]
The earth elemental invasions are marked with 
and have the 
Rumbling Earth Lord as the boss.
Unique enemies include Primalist Landshakers, Primalist Earthrazers, Earth Revenants, Earth Mounds, Earth Elementals, and Reformed Earths.
Fire Primal Storm[]
The fire elemental invasions are marked with 
and have the 
Raging Fire Lord as the boss.
Unique enemies include Primalist Fireslingers, Primalist Flamestrikers, Fire Revenants, Lava Elementals, Magma Droplets, and Lava Furies.
Storm Primal Storm[]
The storm elemental invasions are marked with 
and have the 
Unbridled Storm Lord as the boss.
Unique enemies include Primalist Stormchanters, Air Revenants, Storm Elemental, Primalist Galewardens, and Primalist Stormslingers.
Water Primal Storm[]
The water elemental invasions are marked with 
and have the 
Glacial Ice Lord as the boss.
Unique enemies include Primalist Iceslingers, Snow Elementals, Water Elemental, Primalist Flowbreakers, and Ice Elementals.
Northern Barrens[]
- Main area: northern tip of the Forgotten Pools.
- Other areas: northern tip of the Stagnant Oasis, Thorn Hill, Dry Hills.
Un'Goro Crater[]
- Main area: Lakkari Tar Pits[48.8, 28.1]
- Other areas: Marshlands,[68.1, 56.6] Terror Run,[40.8, 77.9] Screaming Reaches[33.0, 35.6]
Badlands[]
- Main area: Dustbowl.
- Other areas: Mirage Flats, south of Bloodwatcher Point, Lethlor Ravine.
Stages[]
Primal Storms in <zone name>[]
Primal Ward[]
- Primalists have invaded the area, imbuing nearby creatures and empowering massive elementals. Remove the primalist threat to render these monstrosities vulnerable to attacks.
- Reduce Elemental Protection to zero
Kill the enemies till the Elemental Protection bar (Defeat Imbued creatures to unleash the elemental) reaches 0, after which enemies get the Elemental Submission debuff, rendering them unattackable.
Containing the Elements[]
- Defeat the unleashed elemental.
- Unleashed Elemental defeated
Defeating an elemental lord for the first time gives 
[Sigil of Storms] starting [10-60] Sigil of Storms.
The scenario ends with:
- The elemental lord has been defeated. The elements and the land are at peace for now.
Notes and trivia[]
- During the PTR, the Tirisfal Glades zone was also part of the elemental invasion. The player had to be in the Cataclysm version of the zone, and speaking with Zidormi was needed for max-level characters. The main area was the field between Balnir Farmstead and the Bulwark, and minor invasion points included Scarlet Watchtower, Venomweb Vale, and North Coast. Though the Tirisfal Glades invasion did not go live, it was still listed as an invasion zone on the website.
- Initially, the world event was called Primal Storms, the same name used for the event on the Dragon Isles. The final name was revealed the day of the patch.
Patch changes[]
- Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Added.
References[]
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