Silvershard Mines

Silvershard Mines
Level 90
Location	Stranglethorn Vale

Map of the area

Mine cart tracks inside the tunnels

Diamonds! Stranglethorn Vale’s Silvershard mines are full of the gleaming gems, and, while they’re pretty to look at, they’re far more important for what they can buy: new blades, ballistae and battle-gear for the soldiers of the Alliance and Horde. Neither faction wants its opposition digging up diamonds – not when the other option is to spill their enemies’ blood on the rocks and make off with the loot in Venture co. mine carts!

Silvershard Mines is a 10vs10 battleground for level 90 players, introduced with Mists of Pandaria. Set in Stranglethorn Vale, the objective of the battleground is to be the first to generate 1600 resources.

Gameplay

• The Silvershard Mines are similar to Arathi Basin and Eye of the Storm in that the main goal is to reach 1600 resources before the other faction does.

• From the center of the map there are 3 mine carts rolling on rails towards 3 defined endpoints.

• There are multiple tracks, and the option to switch tracks at certain points.

• Each mine cart is surrounded by a visible circle.

• The faction with the most people inside these circle controls the cart. While you are inside the circle you can see a bar similar to Towers in EotS with a red and a blue end.

• While your faction is in control of a mine cart, resources are generated.

• When a mine cart reaches its end location the controlling faction is granted a large bonus of resources, similar to a flag turn-in in EotS.

Achievements

Note: Meta achievements are located in a separate table at the bottom of this section.

Title	Description	Reward
[Silvershard Mines Victory]	Win Silvershard Mines.	10
[Silvershard Mines Veteran]	Complete 100 victories in Silvershard Mines.	10
[The Long Riders]	Escort a mine cart from its spawn to a deposit and capture it without losing control.	10
[Mine Cart Courier]	Capture a mine cart using each of the 5 sets of tracks in a single Silvershard Mines match.	10
[End of the Line]	Seize control of a mine cart that is controlled by the opposing team within 20 yards of the depot, and then capture it.	10
[Mine Mine Mine!]	Kill 250 enemies while you are defending a mine cart.	10
[Five for Five]	Capture five mine carts in a single Silvershard Mines battle without dying.	10
[My Diamonds and Your Rust]	Win a Silvershard Mines battle without letting the enemy team capture a mine cart.	10
[Escort Service]	Capture 100 mine carts in Silvershard Mines.	10
[Greed is Good]	Gain both the Berserking and Restoration buffs at the same time in Silvershard Mines.	10

Meta achievement

Title	Description	Reward
[Master of Silvershard Mines]	Complete the Silvershard Mines achievements listed below. [Silvershard Mines Veteran] [Mine Cart Courier] [Mine Mine Mine!] [My Diamonds and Your Rust] [Greed is Good] [The Long Riders] [End of the Line] [Five for Five] [Escort Service]	10

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  Concept map

Trivia

• It was called Stranglethorn Diamond Mines at Blizzcon 2011, but had been renamed by the time of the March 2012 press tour.
• The concept of the battleground seem to be similar to the Payload game mode in Team Fortress 2.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.