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The campaign covers freeing some of the characters that were left behind and unlocking the [[Runecarver]]. Quests are generally on a 20-hour time gate. If Bolvar does not immediately offer a follow-up quest, check back with him 20 hours later.
 
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Template:Shadowlands

This article is about the Shadowlands feature. For the Scourge structure in the Ghostlands, see Tower of the Damned. For the quest of the same name, see N [58-60] Torghast, Tower of the Damned.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
TTD
Torghast concept
Art of Torghast
Location Center of the Maw
Instance info
Type Infinite dungeon
Advised level 60
Player limit 1-5

Torghast, Tower of the Damned is an infinite dungeon in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands that can be played by 1 to up to 5 players. It sits at the center of the Maw.

Torghast is an endlessly replayable, ever-changing dungeon that can be challenged alone or in a group. Each run will differ, and adventurers will need to explore cautiously, as death comes at a terrible cost. Advance through Torghast's unpredictable challenges to unlock anima powers to enhance damage output or survivability. The goal is Soul Ash, used to craft the legendary weapons and armor that will help restore balance to the Shadowlands.[1]

History

Torghast: the dark one's seat of power is a place devoid of hope or redemption. Each floor that rises into the endless abyss is more vile and cruel than the last. To climb that tower is to ascend deeper into despair.[2]

Once, the Jailer kept only the most dangerous souls in the cosmos confined in this eternal prison. Now, some of Azeroth's greatest heroes are trapped here, and you'll need to rescue them from the Jailer's tower before he expends their very souls.[1]

Gaining access and storyline

Baine captured in Torghast

Baine, captured

Torghast is unlocked through a quest chain, started by Bolvar Fordragon in Oribos. Max-level players must first pledge themselves to one of the Covenants and complete the first chapter of their covenant campaign, at which point they will be offered N [60] The Highlord Calls, a breadcrumb back to Bolvar in Oribos.

For alts, access to Torghast is on an account-wide basis. Unlock access on one character and all subsequent characters will gain access after reaching level 60.

The campaign covers freeing some of the characters that were left behind and unlocking the Runecarver. Quests are generally on a 20-hour time gate. If Bolvar does not immediately offer a follow-up quest, check back with him 20 hours later.

Additionally, at expansion launch, Torghast was behind a weekly gate:

Week Layers
1 1-3
2 n/a
3 4-6
4 7-8
  1. N [60] The Highlord Calls
  2. N [60] Into Torghast
  3. N [60] The Search for Baine
  4. N [60] Prison of the Forgotten
  5. N [60] Deep Within
  6. N [60] Reawakening
  7. N [60] A Damned Pact
  8. N [60] A Grave Chance
  9. N [60] The Weak Link
    • Optional side chain to unlock Runecrafting:
    N [60] Ashes of the Tower, N [60] The Final Pieces, One of: N Tailoring [60] The Vessels of the Thread, N Leatherworking [60] The Vessels of Leather and Bone, N Blacksmithing [60] The Vessels of Metal, N Jewelcrafting [60] The Vessels of Jewels
Removed from game The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 9.1.0.
  1. N [60] Explore Torghast
  2. N [60] Remnants of Hope
  3. N [60] Information for a Price
  4. N [60] Torment Chamber: Jaina
  5. N [60] Finding a Witness
  6. N [60] Lest the Trail Go Cold
  7. N [60] Torment Chamber: Thrall
  8. N [60] Signs of the Lion
  9. N [60] The Captive King

Basic mechanics

Anima Cell

An anima cell

A normal Torghast run is comprised of six floors, with increasingly powerful enemies on higher floors.

Found or dropped anima cells unlock anima powers, which can drastically change how runs are played out, by unlocking some temporary abilities.

Souls can be freed, and will stack an untimed +1% primary stat (agility/intellect/stamina) buff for the duration of the run.

Friendly NPCs will offer optional side quests near the beginning of a floor, asking players to find another friendly NPC or an object near the end of a floor, or kill a specific enemy, and will award an anima cache on completion.

Treasure chests can occasionally be found, and will need to be opened with three keys found elsewhere in the floor, or via solving lever puzzles.

Wings, layers, and floors

File:WorldMap-Torghast Entrance.jpg

Map of Torghast's antechamber[3], entered by Portal to Torghast in Ve'nari's Refuge.

Torghast level selection

The layer selection interface for Coldheart Interstitia

Torghast is divided into six primary wings, with eight layers of six floors per layer. All wings play similarly, but each wing has it's own twist on a mechanic.

A normal Torghast run is of a single six-floor layer. Floors have the following pattern:

  1. Baseline enemy set with a floor boss
  2. Stronger enemy set with a floor boss
  3. Break room, no enemies, a broker vendor
  4. Even stronger enemy set with a floor boss
  5. Strongest enemy set with a floor boss
  6. Broker vendor and layer boss

Each floor raises the difficulty incrementally by increasing enemy health, the mix of enemies spawned, the size of spawn packs, and the damage enemies deal. Higher layers raise the difficulty even further.

Players must complete a run on any given layer to unlock the next. The layer-unlocking carries over between the six primary wings. For instance, once players complete layer five in Skoldus Halls, they will be able to attempt layer six in Skoldus or any of the other wings, like Coldheart Interstitia. However, the layer-unlocking does not apply to the Twisting Corridors, which keeps track of it's own layer unlocks.

As an example of the difficulty scaling, for a solo player, a Mawsworn Sentry has the following health values:

Layer Floor
1 & 2 4 5
1 6,552 8,190 9,828
2 8,181 10,226 12,272
3 9,433 11,792 14,150
4 10,877 13,596 16,315
5 12,541 15,676 18,811
6 14,459 18,074 21,689

Soul remnants

Bound Soul Remnant

Bound Soul Remnant

Soul remnants are a common sight in Torghast - Once freed, they will give the last of their strength in the form of the buff Soul Remnant's Blessing, which increases agility/intellect/strength by 1% per soul saved in Torghast. The Soulforges wing has a special variant that instead can provide a stacking 10% crit damage/healing and 10% haste buff, but it only lasts for three minutes.

Spell shadow soulleech 2 Soul Remnant's Blessing — The Soul Remnant grants you its blessing, increasing Strength, Agility, and Intellect by 1%. Untimed buff. Stacks
Garrison bluearmor Soulbound Armaments — Equipping the armaments increases your critical damage and healing by 10% and Haste by 10%. 3 minute buff. Stacks 5 times

Such souls include:

The Jailer's Chains

Broker Ve'ken refuge

Broker Ve'ken's refuge

Outside of very few exceptions, players are prevented from adjusting their equipment, talents, or specializations while on a run. The exceptions include at the entrance of the first floor, and near the broker on the third floor, who provides Refuge of the Damned:

Inv misc steelweaponchain The Jailer's Chains — The Jailer's chains prevent Equipment, Talent and Specialization swapping.
Spell winston bubble Refuge of the Damned — You may change your Equipment, Talents and Specialization while in this area. Enemies have a harder time detecting you. Suppresses the effects of Torment of the Tower and The Jailer's Chains.

Phantasma and brokers

Inv phantasma [Phantasma] is the Torghast-specific currency. Most mobs and ashen phylacteries will drop some Phantasma, which can then be traded in to brokers Ve'ken and Ve'nott on floors three and six for a selection of anima powers. Phantasma cannot be carried over between runs, and will be lost should players exit Torghast prematurely or end their runs normally after defeating the layer boss.

Brokers offer a selection of anima powers, and some special items, not all of which are available on each broker, including:

Anima powers

Anima Hoard - Choice

A choice of powers

Anima powers are gained by interacting with anima caches that can be found scattered about, either just spawned out in the open, dropped by mobs, rewarded from completing bonus objectives, or found in treasure chests or selected ashen phylacteries. Each selected power will modify the rest of the run. Many powers can be stacked, increasing the effect of the power.

There are hundreds of unique anima powers. Common powers are available to all players (straight stat or health increases like Ability demonhunter demonspikes2 [Obleron Spikes], or general powers like Sha spell shadow shadesofdarkness [Curious Miasma]), while others are class- or spec- based (like Inv weapon shortblade 52 [Dimensional Blade]: Spell arcane blink [Blink] through a Mawrat to kill it instantly and gain bonus Blink charges), and there are covenant-based powers as well (like Inv misc cutgemnormal5 [Strigidium]: your summoned steward can heal or buff you in combat).

Anima powers can also synergize with previously-selected anima powers. For instance, mages can select Inv boot cloth raidmagemythic q 01 [Everwarm Socks] to move while under an Spell frost frost [Ice Block], then they can later choose Ability mage deepfreeze [Creeping Freeze], which freezes enemies that are near the mage while it moves when Ice Blocked.

Deaths

The Tarragrue

The Tarragrue

Players (or the party) are allotted a set amount of deaths per run, starting with five for solo players and scaling up to 15 for a party of five. These deaths are spread across the party, and not that each player has fifteen deaths each. Once the death counter reaches zero, the very next death will trigger a 30-second timer. Once that timer expires, The Tarragrue spawns at the beginning of the floor and slowly walks all the way to the exit.

The tarragrue will one-shot any players it comes across. Should the entire party die or the tarragrue reach the end of the floor, the run will end and the Jailer will eject players from the tower. Drop everything and get to the end of the floor to continue the run, but be warned that more deaths will spawn another tarragrue on the next floor.

Soul ash

Layer Ash
1 120
2 100
3 85
4 70
5 60
6 50
7 45
8 40

Once per week, layer bosses will drop Inv soulash [Soul Ash], with the amount increasing based on the layer cleared. Soul ash is used by the Runecarver to make legendary equipment, with a base (item level 190) item costing 1250 Soul Ash. Only the six normal wing bosses will drop Soul Ash - bosses in the Twisting Corridors or any quest-specific wings will not have any Ash to loot.

In an effort to not force players to run every layer in a wing, they can skip back to that layer in future runs. The end boss will drop all soul ash from lower layers. Thus, if players skip to layer three for their first run of a week, they will loot 305 Soul Ash from the wing boss, as seen in the table to the left. Afterwards, should the player clear layer 4 of the same wing, they will come up with 70 more Soul Ash.

By virtue of two wings being available each week, should players manage to full-clear both wings they will gain 1200 Soul Ash each week.

Torments

Starting in layer three, torments will be added to the mix. The effect increases on every floor (with the exception of the break room on floor three). So, if an enemy has +5% health on floor 1, it will have +25% health on floor six. Torments include:

  • Sha ability rogue bloodyeye Torment: Eye of Skoldus — Skoldus' Eye is upon the target, calling forth Mawsworn Seekers every 40 sec while the target is not in combat. These minions have 10% increased health. This effect stacks.
  • Inv weapon shortblade 76 Torment: Fracturing Forces — The Fracture Chambers seeks out new prey, calling forth a Mawsworn Shadestalker every 30 sec while the target is not in combat. These minions have 10% increased health. This effect stacks.
  • Ability mage fierypayback Torment: Soulforge Heat — Oppressive heat from the Soulforges inflicts 1% of the target's maximum health in Fire damage every 5 sec. This effect stacks.
  • Spell frost coldhearted Torment: Breath of Coldheart — The empowering breath of the Coldheart Interstitia increases enemy maximum health by 5%. This effect stacks.
  • Spell animamaw debuff Torment: Mort'regar's Echoes — Remnants of Mort'regar increase enemy Magic damage done by 3%. This effect stacks.
  • Spell animamaw buff Torment: Might of the Upper Reaches — The might of the Upper Reaches increases enemy Physical damage done by 3%. This effect stacks.

Ve'nari upgrades

Ve'nari, at her refuge in the Maw sells some permanent upgrades to a few mechanics in Torghast, as a form of meta-progression. They require Inv stygia [Stygia] gathered from the Maw and higher reputation standings with her:

Ve'nari
Item Cost Reputation Purpose
Sha spell warlock demonsoul nightborne [Vessel of Unfortunate Spirits] 500 Apprehensive Torghast upgrade (death)
Inv belt mail raidhunter p 01 [Extradimensional Pockets] 500 Apprehensive Torghast upgrade (obleron armaments)
Inv weapon rifle 41 [Mawrat Cannon] 250 Apprehensive Torghast Upgrade skill
Inv alchemy 80 elixir01green [Maw-Touched Miasma] 50 Tentative Torghast Mawrat skill
Inv skeletonhandpet blue [Sticky-Fingered Skeletal Hand] 50 Tentative Torghast lock bypass
Inv ring oribos 01 copper [Bangle of Seniority] 500 Tentative Torghast upgrade (broker powers)
Inv misc dice 01 [Ritual Prism of Fortune] 500 Ambivalent Torghast upgrade (anima powers)
Spell burningsoul [Phantasmic Infuser] 250 Ambivalent Torghast upgrade (phantasma)
Inv jewelcrafting 815 focusinglens [Loupe of Unusual Charm] 500 Cordial Torghast upgrade (broker powers)
Inv jewelcrafting 70 cutgem03 red [Rank Insignia: Acquisitionist] 500 Cordial Torghast upgrade (broker powers)
Spell animamaw buff [Possibility Matrix] 500 Appreciative Torghast upgrade (anima hoard)
Inv misc masterofanatomy [Memory of Jailer's Eye] 2500 Ambivalent Runecarver memory

Wings

Initially, players must complete the tutorial wing, Arkoban Hall, then a selection of two wings are made available each week. Late in the primary quest line, players will unlock access to the Twisting Corridors, a special challenge mode wing, which is always accessible from then on.

Skoldus Hall

Skoldus Hall

Skoldus Hall

Skoldus Hall is the baseline version of Torghast.

Enemies include:

Fracture Chambers

Fracture Chambers cauldron room

A cauldron room in the Fracture Chambers

Full of necromancy and with a green theme, skeletal mobs in the Fracture Chambers, like Lumbering Creations or Skeletal Remains, explode when they die for a decent chunk of damage. Large packs of Skeletal Remains are notorious for this -- make sure to not kill them all point-blank, or the feedback may kill the player in return... Unlike exploding Mawrats, this damage only affects players so this cannot be used to clear out packs of enemies.

Ability deathknight brittlebones Bone Shrapnel — Shatter on death, inflicting X Physical damage to all players within 8 yds and increasing Physical damage taken by 20% for 4 sec. This effect stacks.

Enemies include:

Soulforges

Soulforges

Soulforges

In the lava and fire-filled Soulforges, the Partially-Infused Soul Remnants found here have been partially bound into armor. Players can choose to finish the binding ritual, gaining a stacking +10% crit damage/healing and +10% haste buff for three minutes, or they can be freed as normal for the usual untimed 1% agility/intellect/strength buff.

Garrison bluearmor Soulbound Armaments — Equipping the armaments increases your critical damage and healing by 10% and Haste by 10%. 3 minute buff. Stacks 5 times

Enemies include:

Coldheart Interstitia

Coldheart Interstitia

Coldheart Interstitia

Think teal and snow. Coldheart Interstitia is full of mawsworn kyrian. Watch out for the ambushing kyrian!

Enemies include:

Mort'regar

Mort'regar

Mort'regar

In Mort'regar, the corpses of most mobs slowly spread Death Pools that do not despawn. Take care to avoid killing them in inconvenient spots. Additionally, Deadsoul Spirits cannot be fully killed, and will respawn after 30 seconds with 40% health.

Enemies include:

The Upper Reaches

Upper Reaches

The Upper Reaches

The Upper Reaches is the most prison-like wing of the tower. Fewer anima cells, ashen phylacteries, and freeable soul remnants are around, limiting the power gains as well. Many enemies from previous wings make an appearance.

Twisting Corridors

For players seeking cosmetic rewards, the Twisting Corridors will stitch together three wings of floors for a total of 18 floors (six per wing), with the usual break rooms on the third floor and a boss on the sixth. No Inv soulash [Soul Ash] will be found here. In a small concession to run time, floors are generally much smaller than in normal wing runs; usually a small or medium-sized room per floor.

Completing specified Twisting Corridors layers will grant cosmetic rewards:

Bosses

Quests

Players are directed to Torghast several times in the Shadowlands campaign. The first time is late in the Revendreth storyline when Prince Renathal, freed from a cage in the Maw sneaks himself, the Maw Walker, and his enchanted sword into Torghast during N [58-60] Torghast, Tower of the Damned to free some more allies.

Later, after players have joined their covenant, the second chapter of their covenant campaign will send them to Torghast multiple times to be introduced to the wings and to free some Azerothian champions. Additionally, they will unlock access to the Runecarver, who will create and upgrade legendary items over the course of the expansion.

Other notable inhabitants

Some notable characters have been captured, and part of the storyline is freeing them, including:

Captured souls and bonus objectives

Captured souls offer a bonus objective, and after completing it, can become the Maw Walker's follower in their covenant sanctum for Adventures:

NPC Bonus objective Follower quest
IconSmall Necrolord Ashraka N [60B] Ashraka's Intelligence N [60] Champion: Ashraka
Ayeleth N [60] Ayeleth's Hunger Champion: Ayeleth the Deprived
IconSmall Faerie Blisswing N [60] Blisswing's Rescue N [60] Champion: Blisswing
IconSmall Aspirant Male Calix N [60] Help Calix find Amethia
IconSmall Vorkai Male Chalkyth N [60] Chalkyth's Saber N [60] Champion: Chalkyth
IconSmall Human Male Croman N [60B] The Riddle of Death N [60] Champion: Croman
IconSmall Dredger Dug Gravewell N [60] Dug's Missing Shovel Champion: Dug Gravewell
IconSmall Faerie Duskleaf N [60] Duskleaf's Revenge N [60] Champion: Duskleaf
IconSmall Kyrian Female Gallath N [60] Gallath's Bell
IconSmall Abomination2 Gorgelimb N [60] Champion: Gorgelimb
IconSmall Aspirant Female Hala N [60] Hala's Sword Champion: Hala
IconSmall Faerie Indigo N [60] Help Indigo find Penthia
IconSmall Faerie Indri the Treesinger N [60] Indri's Flute
IconSmall Phalynx Ispiron N [60B] Spare Parts Champion: Ispiron
IconSmall Venthyr Female Kaletar N [60] Kaletar's Freedom Champion: Kaletar the Mender
IconSmall Tirnenn Karynmwylyann N [60] Karynmwylyann's Roots N [60] Champion: Karynmwylyann
IconSmall Aspirant Male Kythekios N [60] Kythekios' Memory Stone Champion: Kythekios
IconSmall Sylvar Male Lloth'wellyn N [60] Lloth'wellyn's Breakthrough N [60] Champion: Lloth'wellyn
IconSmall Gnoll Meatball N [60B] Meatball's Revenge N [60] Champion: Meatball
IconSmall Necrolord Moriaz the Red N [60] Help Moriaz find Buttons
Molako N [60] Molako's Freedom Champion: Molako
Nerith Darkwing N [60] Nerith's Vengeance Champion: Nerith Darkwing
IconSmall Necrolord Bloodletter Phantoriax N [60] Phantoriax's Warsword
Rattlebag N [60] Rattlebag's Lost Armor Champion: Rattlebag
IconSmall Venthyr Male Renavyth N [60] Renavyth's Medallion
IconSmall Venthyr Male Sawn N [60B] Help Sawn find Varrik
Stonehuck N [60] Stonehuck's Sinstone Champion: Stonehuck
Talethi N [60B] Talethi's Desire N [60] Champion: Talethi
IconSmall Steward Telethakas N [60] Telethakas' Revenge Champion: Telethakas
Teliah N [60] Teliah's Stolen Spear Champion: Teliah
IconSmall Venthyr Female Thela Soulsipper N [60] Thela's Memory Stone N [60] Champion: Thela Soulsipper
Velkein N [60B] Velkein's Blade N [60] Champion: Velkein
Assembler Xertora N [60] Xertora's Construct Champion: Xertora
Yira'lya N [60] Champion: Yira'lya

Achievements

  • Wings
    1. Inv inscription 80 deck squalls [Touring Torghast]
    2. Inv inscription 80 deck squalls [Traversing Torghast]
    3. Inv inscription 80 deck squalls [Terror of Torghast]
    • Skoldus Hall
      1. Inv inscription 80 deck tides [Skoldus Hall]
      2. Skoldus Hall: Layer 2
      3. Skoldus Hall: Layer 3
      4. Skoldus Hall: Layer 4
      5. Skoldus Hall: Layer 5
      6. Skoldus Hall: Layer 6
      7. Skoldus Hall: Layer 7
      8. Skoldus Hall: Layer 8
      9. Skoldus Hall: Layer 9
    • Fracture Chambers
      1. 70 inscription deck hellfire [Fracture Chambers]
      2. Fracture Chambers: Layer 2
      3. Fracture Chambers: Layer 3
      4. Fracture Chambers: Layer 4
      5. Fracture Chambers: Layer 5
      6. Fracture Chambers: Layer 6
      7. Fracture Chambers: Layer 7
      8. Fracture Chambers: Layer 8
      9. Fracture Chambers: Layer 9
    • The Soulforges
      1. 70 inscription deck immortality [The Soulforges]
      2. The Soulforges: Layer 2
      3. The Soulforges: Layer 3
      4. The Soulforges: Layer 4
      5. The Soulforges: Layer 5
      6. The Soulforges: Layer 6
      7. The Soulforges: Layer 7
      8. The Soulforges: Layer 8
      9. The Soulforges: Layer 9
    • Coldheart Interstitia
      1. 70 inscription deck dominion [Coldheart Interstitia]
      2. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 2
      3. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 3
      4. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 4
      5. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 5
      6. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 6
      7. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 7
      8. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 8
      9. Coldheart Interstitia: Layer 9
    • Mort'regar
      1. Inv inscription 80 deck fathoms [Mort'regar]
      2. Mort'regar: Layer 2
      3. Mort'regar: Layer 3
      4. Mort'regar: Layer 4
      5. Mort'regar: Layer 5
      6. Mort'regar: Layer 6
      7. Mort'regar: Layer 7
      8. Mort'regar: Layer 8
      9. Mort'regar: Layer 9
    • The Upper Reaches
      1. Inv inscription 80 deck squalls [The Upper Reaches]
      2. The Upper Reaches: Layer 2
      3. The Upper Reaches: Layer 3
      4. The Upper Reaches: Layer 4
      5. The Upper Reaches: Layer 5
      6. The Upper Reaches: Layer 6
      7. The Upper Reaches: Layer 7
      8. The Upper Reaches: Layer 8
      9. The Upper Reaches: Layer 9
    • Twisting Corridors
      1. Twisting Corridors: Level 1
      2. Twisting Corridors: Level 2
      3. Twisting Corridors: Level 3
      4. Twisting Corridors: Level 4
      5. Twisting Corridors: Level 5
      6. Twisting Corridors: Level 6
      7. Twisting Corridors: Level 7
      8. Twisting Corridors: Level 8
      9. Twisting Corridors: Level 9
  • Runecarver
    1. Ability warlock soullink [The Forgotten One]
    2. Ability kaztik dominatemind [It's Coming Back to Me...]
    3. Ability kaztik dominatemind [Recollection Collection]
    4. Ability kaztik dominatemind [Clearing the Fog]
  • Phantasma
    1. Inv phantasma [Phanciful]
    2. Inv phantasma [Phantastic]
    3. Inv phantasma [Phanatical]
  • Other

Notes

  • As shown in the Shadowlands cinematic, the spire of Torghast points directly at the spire of Icecrown Citadel, implying a connection between the two structures. Moreover, according to the Shadowlands presentation at BlizzCon, Thorghast's interior also "definitely calls upon the architecture that we saw in Icecrown Citadel, and elsewhere",[4] and concept art for Torghast directly describes it as the source of Icecrown Citadel architecture.[5]
  • Both Frostmourne and the Helm of Domination were made at the Forge of Domination[6] within Torghast.[5]

Gallery

Patch changes

References