Hour of Twilight Dungeon Guide

With the Dragon Soul retrieved from the past, the Heroes of Azeroth now prepare for the final confrontation with Deathwing. In the frozen wastes of Northrend, the towering spire of Wyrmrest Temple is under the assault of Deathwing’s Twilight forces. In order to save Azeroth, Thrall must arrive safely at the temple with the Dragon Soul in hand.

The Hour of Twilight dungeon is the third of the trio of Caverns of Time dungeons that arrive in Cataclysm’s final content phase alongside the Dragon Soul raid. The End Time and Well of Eternity dungeons must both be completed before you will be able to enter this instance.

End Time

Caverns of Time Dungeons

Well of Eternity

Hour of Twilight

• Level Requirement: 85
• Item Level Requirement: 353
• Difficulty: Heroic only
• Location: Caverns of Time in Tanaris
• Boss Encounters: Arcurion, Asira Dawnslayer, Archbishop Benedictus
• Achievements: Eclipse, Heroic: Hour of Twilight, Heroic: Hour of Twilight Guild Run

Location & Entrance

The dungeon portal for the Hour of Twilight dungeon can be accessed inside the Caverns of Time in Tanaris, along the same hallway as the End Time dungeon and the Dragon Soul raid. It’s the last portal at the end.

The easiest way to reach the Caverns of Time is by taking the portal inside the Violet Parlor in Dalaran. You can also take the portal to Uldum in your faction’s capital city and fly across. From the entrance to the caverns, you’ll need to fly down through the tunnels until you reach the large open chamber, and then look for the hallway pictured below.

Map & Layout

When you enter the dungeon, you’ll arrive in another instanced version of the Dragonblight zone, different from the one in End Time. You’ll start at The Crystal Vice at the north end of the map. There is a Time Transit Device here just like in the other two dungeons, but it will only be useful after you reach certain checkpoints.

Thrall will be waiting for you at the entrance when you arrive, and you’ll need to escort him through the dungeon. He’ll periodically stop to give you a break and you’ll have to talk to him again to keep moving. You’ll be ambushed several times as you proceed through the area. At Galakrond’s Rest after you kill Asira Dawnslayer, you’ll need to wait for some Life Wardens to show up to carry you across The Dragon Wastes to meet up with Thrall again at the Path of the Titans. Continue down the path into the area beneath Wyrmrest Temple to reach the end of the dungeon.

When you’ve defeated the last boss, a convenient portal to your faction’s capital city will spawn nearby.

Achievements

Eclipse

Defeat Archbishop Benedictus, the last boss, after killing 10 Twilight Sparks.

Heroic: Hour of Twilight

Defeat Archbishop Benedictus, the last boss.

Heroic: Hour of Twilight Guild Run

Defeat Archbishop Benedictus, the last boss, while in a guild group (at least 3 guild members in the party).

Quests

There are three quests that can be completed inside the Hour of Twilight dungeon.

The Hour of Twilight

This quest is offered by Chromie at the end of the Well of Eternity dungeon. She will also offer to teleport you to the Hour of Twilight dungeon. To turn in the quest, speak with Thrall just inside the entrance of the Hour of Twilight instance. He’ll offer you the next quest in the chain, below.

Your reward for completing this quest is a small amount of gold.

To Wyrmrest!

When you’ve handed in the quest above, Thrall will offer this one next. To complete it, you just need to reach the end of the dungeon and defeat the last boss, Archbishop Benedictus. Then you’ll be able to turn in the quest to Thrall.

This quest awards your choice of the following along with some gold:

The Twilight Prophet

This quest begins with an Urgent Twilight Missive that can be looted from Arcurion, the first boss in the dungeon. Completing it requires defeating the last boss of the dungeon, Archbishop Benedictus. Then you’ll be able to turn in the quest to Thrall at the end of the dungeon.

This quest awards your choice of the following along with some gold:

Bosses

There are three bosses in the Hour of Twilight dungeon.

• Arcurion
• Asira Dawnslayer
• Archbishop Benedictus

Arcurion

Horde and Alliance assaults against the Twilight’s Hammer have slaughtered many of the cult’s fearsome elemental ascendants. One exception is Arcurion, a formidable ice ascendant tasked to slay Thrall and retrieve the Dragon Soul. Should this twisted elemental being succeed, nothing will be able to stop Deathwing from ushering in the Hour of Twilight.

Abilities

• Hand of Frost: Arcurion’s icy grip reaches out at his current target, inflicting 45000-55000 Frost damage.
• Chains of Frost: Arcurion unleashes a wave of ice, inflicting 9250-10750 Frost damage and immobilizing all enemies within 65 yards for 10 sec.
• Frozen Servitor: Arcurion’s minions surround the canyon and throw Icy Boulders onto random players below.
  • Icy Boulder: A Frozen Servitor assaults a random player with huge blocks of ice, inflicting 19000-21000 Frost damage.
• Thrall: Thrall hurls molten lava at the Frozen Servitors above, keeping their numbers in check.
• Icy Tomb: Arcurion encases Thrall in an Icy Tomb. Destroying the Icy Tomb releases Thrall.
• Torrent of Frost: At 30% remaining health, Arcurion unleashes a devastating Torrent of Frost inflicting 13500-16500 Frost damage each second to all enemies and reducing their movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.

Loot

Achievements

• None

Asira Dawnslayer

Former blade-for-hire Asira Sunbright was initially leery of working for the Twilight’s Hammer, but the cult’s generous payments quickly won her over. In time, she succumbed to the corruptive influence of her dark employers, even going so far as to take the name Dawnslayer. As one of the cult’s deadliest assassins, Asira has been called upon to exterminate Thrall and his comrades.

Abilities

• Mark of Silence: Asira marks a random enemy spellcaster for 20 sec. When a marked target casts a spell, Asira throws a knife in their direction.
  • Throw Knife: Asira throws one of her knives toward a marked enemy spellcaster, inflicting 15000 Physical damage to the first player it collides with. If the knife hits a player afflicted with Mark of Silence, it also silences for 2 sec.
• Choking Smoke Bomb: Asira creates a cloud of thick smoke in an 8 yard radius around her for 20 sec. The cloud prevents enemies from targeting into or out of the smoke cloud and inflicts 5000 Nature damage every 1 sec.
• Blade Barrier: At 30% remaining health, Asira begins a dazzling display of weapon mastery. Her Blade Barrier reduces any incoming amount of damage below 40000 to 1. The Blade Barrier ends when a player hits Asira with a damaging attack or spell above this threshold.
  • Lesser Blade Barrier: Asira erects this weaker barrier when a player removes Blade Barrier. The Lesser Blade Barrier reduces any incoming amount of damage below 30000 to 1. The Lesser Blade Barrier ends when a player hits Asira with a damaging attack or spell above this threshold.
• Thrall: Thrall assists the players in combat against Asira.
  • Lava Burst: Thrall hurls molten lava at the target, inflicting 43750-56250 Fire damage.
  • Rising Fire Totem: Thrall summons a Fire Totem that periodically increases the damage and maximum health of nearby players. The totem lasts 20 sec and its effect can stack up to 10 times.
  • Healing Wave: Thrall calls upon Nature magic to heal himself.

Loot

Achievements

• None

Archbishop Benedictus

Archbishop Benedictus is the revered leader of the Church of the Holy Light. For years, his wise guidance has been instrumental in seeing humanity through bleak times. Yet beneath his apparent benevolence lies the shocking truth that Benedictus has pledged himself to the eradication of all life on Azeroth through the agency of his dark master… Deathwing.

Abilities

Phase 1: Benedictus assaults Thrall with the powers of the Holy Light.

• Righteous Shear: Archbishop Benedictus targets a random player with Righteous Shear, inflicting Holy damage to players within 10 yards of the target per stack of Righteous Shear.
• Purifying Light: Archbishop Benedictus forms three orbs of Purifying Light and raises them above his head, sending them to assault a nearby player and causing a Purifying Blast.
  • Purifying Blast: Archbishop Benedictus’ Purifying Blast inflicts 48750-51250 Holy damage to players within 6 yards.
• Wave of Virtue: Archbishop Benedictus summons a Wave of Virtue to sweep across the platform, inflicting 97500-102500 Holy damage to nearby players and knocking them back.

Phase 2: At 60% remaining health Archbishop Benedictus casts Twilight Epiphany, showing his true form, transforming into an agent of the Twilight and trapping Thrall in a Twilight Prison.

• Twilight Shear: Archbishop Benedictus targets a random player with Twilight Shear, inflicting Shadow damage to players within 10 yards of the target per stack of Twilight Shear.
• Corrupting Twilight: Archbishop Benedictus forms three orbs of Corrupting Twilight and raises them above his head, sending them to assault a nearby player and causing a Twilight Blast.
  • Twilight Blast: Archbishop Benedictus’ Twilight Blast inflicts 48750-51250 Shadow damage to players within 6 yards.
• Wave of Twilight: Archbishop Benedictus summons a Wave of Twilight to sweep across the platform, inflicting 97500-102500 Shadow damage to nearby players, knocking them back.
• Thrall: Thrall will assist his allies in combat with Archbishop Benedictus.
  • Cleanse Spirit: Thrall cleanses the spirit, dispelling one stack of a magic effect.
  • Chain Lightning: Thrall lashes out at the Purifying Light with Chain Lightning, destroying them.
  • Water Shell: Thrall’s Water Shell protects allies from the Wave of Virtue and increases their damage done by 100%.

Loot

Achievements

• Eclipse
• Heroic: Hour of Twilight
• Heroic: Hour of Twilight Guild Run

Quest Rewards & Loot

Quest Rewards

Boss Drops