Raid Finder

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The new Raid Finder added in WoW 4.3.0
Not to be confused with Raid Browser.

The Raid Finder (or “Looking For Raid”, commonly abbreviated as “LFR”), similar to the Dungeon Finder, is a tool that helps players find and join a random or specific raid instance with others. This feature was released in patch 4.3.0.

Raid Finder is only available in 25-player mode. Available instances include Dragon Soul (level 85 only), and all of the Pandaria raids.

Raid Finder gear level falls between the same tier five-player heroics and the Normal raid mode on the same tier.[1]

Contents

Supported raids

Players can use the Raid Finder to queue for the following raids:

Instance Awarded achievement Level iLvl Required achievement Date opened (US)
Dragon Soul - Part 1 [Siege of Wyrmrest Temple] 85 372 None 29 November 2011
Dragon Soul - Part 2 [Fall of Deathwing] 85 372 Siege of Wyrmrest Temple 6 December 2011
Mogu'shan Vaults - Part 1 [Guardians of Mogu'shan] 90 460 None 9 October 2012
Mogu'shan Vaults - Part 2 [The Vault of Mysteries] 90 460 Guardians of Mogu'shan 16 October 2012
Heart of Fear - Part 1 [The Dread Approach] 90 470 None 6 November 2012
Heart of Fear - Part 2 [Nightmare of Shek'zeer] 90 470 The Dread Approach 13 November 2012
Terrace of Endless Spring [Terrace of Endless Spring] 90 470 Nightmare of Shek'zeer 20 November 2012
Throne of Thunder - Part 1 [Last Stand of the Zandalari] 90 480 None 12 March 2013
Throne of Thunder - Part 2 [Forgotten Depths] 90 480 Last Stand of the Zandalari 19 March 2013
Throne of Thunder - Part 3 [Halls of Flesh-Shaping] 90 480 Forgotten Depths 2 April 2013
Throne of Thunder - Part 4 [Pinnacle of Storms] 90 480 Halls of Flesh-Shaping 16 April 2013

Difficulty

The boss fights in a Raid Finder raid are simplified, with their difficulty relative to normal scaled down. The difficulty level for LFR Dragon Soul is around the difficulty of Baradin Hold, another example of a Raid that is designed to be "puggable". As a consequence of the reduced difficulty, the bosses have less health, and deal less damage that is experienced on 25-man Normal mode. Specific mechanics have also been removed, where inattentiveness in Normal mode is capable of wiping a raid.

A Looking For Raid run is a gentle introduction to the bosses, and can be educational for a player who is new to, or still learning the fight. Some important differences in boss tactics exist between LFR and Normal mode, and it is especially important to remain informed of this when or if you transition to Normal mode.

Loot rules

Raid Finder uses a system called Personal Loot. When a boss is killed for the first time each week, every player has a fixed percentage chance of receiving a loot item. For each player, the game will decide whether the player will receive loot. If so, the game will then select a class- and spec-appropriate item from the boss's loot table and immediately deposit the item into the player's inventory. The specialization is the one the player is using at the time of the boss's death, and is not related to the role chosen by the player when queueing for the raid. All players who do not receive a loot item will instead be issued a bag of gold. All loot gained through this method is strictly Bind on Pickup and can not be traded with other players.

Bosses may only be looted once per week, though they can be run as often as desired.

Extra loot rolls

Level 90 players can choose to use an [Elder Charm of Good Fortune] (for Patch 5.0 bosses) or a [Mogu Rune of Fate] (for Patch 5.2 bosses) for an additional roll on loot after every attempt. This second roll works just like the first roll does and will not affect in any way other players' loot.

A charm may also be used, on most bosses, for an additional roll even on subsequent kills during the same week. For example, a player may return to Lei Shi and kill her a second time, receiving no loot by default, but use a charm and get another chance. Notable exceptions include the Sha of Anger and Sha of Fear, on whom only one charm may be used per week.

Queueing

Queuing can done by forming a complete 25-man raid and initiating a queue request. You will then immediately be teleported to the raid.

You can also form an incomplete 25-man raid and queue, with additional members being chosen by the game to fill out the 25-man roster; all players will be teleported to the raid.

It is currently possible to form a regular party including cross-realm Real-ID friends and queue for the raid. It is not yet possible to convert a party including Real-ID friends into a raid.

Replacements

Since the Raid Finder is designed to serve players whose schedules do not permit regular raiding, it is designed to replace drop-outs. It is not possible to invite specific players to an LFR raid once it has started (to prevent players from kicking pugged players to make room for friends).

Lock-out

There is no lock-out in the traditional sense. You can queue in the Raid Finder repeatedly and defeat the same bosses over and over again. To balance this out, you are only entitled to a chance to receive loot from a boss the first time you kill that boss per weekly reset. If you kill the boss again later during the same weekly period, you are not eligible to receive any loot.

If you are chosen as a replacement for a partially-completed raid it is possible for you to complete that raid, then queue again later and try for loot for bosses that you had not personally defeated yet. When the raid reaches bosses you have defeated, you will not be eligible for loot. If you have completed bosses later in the progression schedule for a raid, the system will give you priority to join a group that will take on the bosses that you have missed.

If you leave a Raid Finder squad while they are in combat with a boss and that squad defeats the boss during that same battle you will be marked as having defeated that boss and will not be eligible for any more rewards (loot or valor points) from that boss that week. If you see a player who stops moving during combat they probably had to leave their keyboard but stayed in the raid so they wouldn't miss out on the loot and valor points.

Patches and hotfixes

See also

References

  1. ^ Patch 4.3 Interview with Greg Street (Ghostcrawler). MMO-Champion (2011-09-19). Retrieved on 2011-09-19.

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