Revisited Horrific Visions: New Challenges and Rewards
Horrific Visions return with new challenges and rewards as players descend once more into the void-corrupted visions of Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
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Unimaginable Horrors Lie Beyond
Speak with Soridormi, who has set up camp on the Coreway overlook in Dornogal to deliver you to the Tenebrous Gateway, where the Image of Wrathion will help you enter the void-corrupted visions of Orgrimmar or Stormwind.
Enter the madness alone, in the company of the new Construct of Soridormi companion, or rally your allies to help defend against the creeping decay of insanity. Click on the Bronze Hourglass after passing through the Portal of Horrific Visions to extend the invite to the insanity-immune Construct of Soridormi to help fill in the gaps as a Tank, DPS, or Healer.
Looking for a greater challenge? Don new and returning Faceless Masks to amplify your torment in pursuit of greater power, including gear up to Heroic difficulty.
- New Masks
- Faceless Mask of Vengeance: Killing enemies will bolster their nearby allies with Vengeance, increasing their damage done by 15% for 20 seconds. This effect stacks.
- Faceless Mask of Multitudes: More enemies will be present through the Horrific Vision.
- Faceless Mask of the Nemesis: Your nemesis will spawn every 25 kills in a Horrific Vision. This nemesis is an Elite mob, has Sanity Breaker abilities, and awards Sanity via the Elite Extermination Tribute upgrade when killed.
- Returning Masks
- Faceless Mask of the Pained: Each area will consist of 2 Madnesses (instead of 1).
- Faceless Mask of Dark Imagination: While below 50% Sanity, a Horrific Figment will occasionally spawn and attack you.
- Faceless Mask of the Long Night: Reduces Maximum Sanity by 50%.
- Faceless Mask of the Burned Bridge: Moving causes void zones to spawn in your path for ~10 seconds. Standing within the void zones drains 30 Sanity per second.
- Faceless Mask of the Daredevil: All Sanity damage caused by creatures is increased by 400%.
Hourglass of Horrific Visions
To help survive the insanity, make vision upgrades with Echo of N'Zoth obtained from Augermu, next to the portal.
You can get one Echo of N'Zoth by trading the requested amount of Displaced Corrupted Mementos obtained from Corrupted Chests and defeating enemies. You are allowed a limited number of echoes each week, so choose wisely.
Runes
Runes are available from Augermu and can be obtained with currency looted from the chests after completing a Horrific Vision run. Rune enchants are fleeting and last only through The War Within Season 2.
Lesser Runes
Complete the "Borrowing Corruption" quest to receive Runes.
- Requirements:
- Black Blood Residue x 8
- Displaced Corrupted Mementos x 500
Here's a list of Lesser Runes that can be applied to helms level 350 and higher:
| Lesser Rune of the Void Ritual | Gain Void Ritual, giving you all your spells and abilities a chance to increase all secondary stats by 71 every second for 20 seconds. |
| Lesser Rune of the Twisted Appendage | Your attacks can spawn a tentacle, which Mind Flays your target for 95,085 Shadow damage every second for 10 seconds. |
| Lesser Rune of Gushing Wound | Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to cause your target to ooze blood for 264,418 damage over 7 seconds. |
| Lesser Rune of Infinite Stars | Your spells and abilities have a chance to strike a nearby enemy with an Infinite Star, dealing 211,298 Arcane damage and increasing their damage taken from your Infinite Stars by 73,954, stacking up to 6 times before resetting. |
| Lesser Rune of Echoing Void | Your damaging abilities build the Echoing Void. Each time it builds, Echoing Void has a chance to collapse, dealing 71,842 Shadow damage to all nearby enemies every 1 second until no stacks remain. |
| Lesser Rune of Twilight Devastation | Allows your attacks to have a chance to trigger a beam of Twilight Devastation, dealing up to 1.6 million Shadow damage to enemies in front of you. |
Greater Runes
Complete the "Enhancing Corruption" quest to receive Runes.
- Requirements:
- Black Blood Coagulate x 8
- Displaced Corrupted Mementos x 1000
Here's a list of Greater Runes that can be applied to helms level 350 and higher:
| Greater Rune of the Void Ritual | Gain Void Ritual, giving all your spells and abilities a chance to increase all secondary stats by 123 every second for 20 seconds. |
| Greater Rune of the Twisted Appendage | Your attacks can spawn a tentacle, which Mind Flays your target for 163,002 Shadow damage every second for 10 seconds. |
| Greater Rune of Gushing Wound | Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to cause your target to ooze blood for 453,292 damage over 7 seconds. |
| Greater Rune of Infinite Stars | Your spells and abilities have a chance to strike a nearby enemy with an Infinite Star, dealing 362,226 Arcane damage and increasing their damage taken from your Infinite Stars by 126,779, stacking up to 6 times before resetting. |
| Greater Rune of Echoing Void | Your damaging abilities build the Echoing Void. Each time it builds, Echoing Void has a chance to collapse, dealing 123,156 Shadow damage to all nearby enemies every 1 second until no stacks remain. |
| Greater Rune of Twilight Devastation | Allows your attacks to have a chance to trigger a beam of Twilight Devastation, dealing up to 2.8 million Shadow damage to enemies in front of you. |
Tributes
Gain passive upgrades with Tributes. The progression of these upgrades is found in the room surrounding Wrathion and is automatically unlocked as you progress through the vision, killing enemies and collecting potions along the way.
- Tribute of Clear Sight: Empowered by collecting potions and Odd Crystals in Stormwind or Orgrimmar.
- Rank 1: See loot treasure chests in Tainted areas.
- Rank 2: See loot treasure chests in Tainted and Corrupted areas.
- Rank 3: See loot treasure chests in Tainted, Corrupted, and Lost areas.
- Tribute of Experimental Destabilization: Empowered by killing Bosses in Stormwind or Orgrimmar.
- Rank 1: While above 50% Sanity, your damage done is increased by 4%. While below 50% Sanity, your damage taken is reduced by 4%.
- Rank 2: In Horrific Visions, while above 50% Sanity, your damage done is increased by 8%. While below 50% Sanity, your damage taken is reduced by 8%.
- Rank 3: In Horrific Visions, while above 50% Sanity, your damage done is increased by 12%. While below 50% Sanity, your damage taken is reduced by 12%.
- Tribute of the Vision Hunter: Empowered by killing N'Zoth's minions in Stormwind or Orgrimmar.
- Rank 1: In Horrific Visions, killing an enemy grants 1% movement speed and haste for 60 seconds. Stacks up to 5.
- Rank 2: In Horrific Visions, killing an enemy grants 2% movement speed and haste for 60 seconds. Stacks up to 5.
- Rank 3: In Horrific Visions, killing an enemy grants 3% movement speed and haste for 60 seconds. Stacks up to 5.
- Tribute of Elite Extermination: Empowered by killing N'Zoth's Elite minions in Stormwind or Orgrimmar.
- Rank 1: In Horrific Visions, defeating an Elite enemy restores 50 Sanity.
- Rank 2: In Horrific Visions, defeating an Elite enemy restores 100 Sanity.
- Rank 3: In Horrific Visions, defeating an Elite enemy restores 150 Sanity.
Survive the Horrors for Rewards
Spend your Displaced Corrupted Mementos at Horrific Visions vendors near Soridormi for new and previous rewards such as mounts, toys, transmogs, weapon enchantments, and more.
A Multitude of Mounts to Make Yours
Horrific Visions has 12 mounts to add to your Collection, with nine new mounts and three returning that can be obtained through vendors, earned with Achievements, crafted by Jewelcrafters, completed mini-puzzles, and more!
A Bevy of Battle Pets to Bring Home
Plenty of pets, new and returning, are waiting for you. There are 13 pets—five new and eight returning. Similar to getting mounts, there are plenty of ways to keep you busy earning these corrupted little creatures.
Corrupted Clothing for the Fashion-Conscious
Corruption is in with transmog sets that will make you feel seen. Embrace the horrors with Ny'Alotha set appearances, Ashjra'kamas' Legendary appearances, Dragonscale backpacks, and more! Set items can be acquired directly from Provisioner Torie for Displaced Corrupted Mementos or the chests as you complete Horrific Visions.
Achievements
Here's a list of achievements and the rewards that you can gain for completing the objectives of each:
| Achievement | Requirement | Reward |
| We Have the Memories | Purchase all upgrades in The Hourglass of Horrific Visions. | Vendor Unlocks: Cosmetic, Pet, Mount, Toy |
| Through the Depths of Visions | Complete 5-Mask runs in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, plus all upgrades. | Mount: Black Serpent of N'Zoth |
| Mastering the Visions | Complete 8-Mask runs in Stormwind and Orgrimmar. | Mount: Ny'alothan Shadow Worm |
| Incremental Progress | Complete two or more objectives plus the boss in one vision. | Vendor Unlocks: Veteran Weapons |
| Masked Soliloquy | Complete all objectives with any one Faceless Mask. | Vendor Unlocks: Champion Weapons |
| Symphony of Masks | Complete all objectives with five Faceless Masks | Vendor Unlocks: Hero Weapons |
| Reeking of Visions | Complete all objectives in both cities in one run. | Pet: Reek |
| Through the Looking Glass | Complete both cities solo with eight Masks. | Title: "the Mad" |
| Mad World | Complete both cities solo with five Masks. | Title: "the Faceless One" |
Written by: Night
Reviewed by: Rycn