Category:Instances

General

•  Use the Template:Infobox Instances for creating new instances.

Instances are sections of the game separated out of the main world for quests or story-telling as private fellowship, solo dungeons, skirmishes or massive raids.

• Most can be entered via the Instance Finder window with the exception of Missions.
• To leave an instance, right-click the character avatar.
• Instances are a separate copy of a building's interior, a dungeon, or some piece of the game's landscape. Generally, instances can only be entered by the individual or group that triggered them, and no outside help can be rendered to those within an instance by other adventurers.
• Some instances are scaled, meaning that the player starting the instance chooses a level and creatures within them, as well as other aspects of the encounter (e.g. damage from lava, poison), are scaled to be appropriate for that level. Also, the level of a scaled instance determines the level of any drops or rewards. Certain items may only drop when a given scaled instance is run at a particular level, or within a level band. Scaled instances have a minimum level at which they can be run; see Instance Finder for the minimum of a specific instance.
• Private instances have a size limit, dictating the maximum number of characters that may enter the instance. This ranges from solo or duo (1 or 2 characters, respectively), up to 6 characters for a non-raid instance, and up to 24 characters for raids. Note that on legendary servers where Landscape Difficulty is in effect, landscape difficulty will apply to solo or duo instances, although not to 3-man or above.
• Additionally, many instances, and most raids, offer tiers with higher tiers presenting more challenge, and offering greater rewards. The tiers go up to Tier 5, for some instances, and are usually referred to in shortened form as "T1", "T4", "T5" and so forth. For scaled instances, tiers higher than Tier 1 may only be offered at the level cap for the server (which can vary, due to legendary servers). Also, not all combinations of size and tier are available, e.g. no solo Woe of the Willow at Tier 2 or above, even at level cap.
• The same instance, at different sizes or tiers, may have a slightly different layout, accessibility of certain areas, numbers, strengths or abilities of creatures within them, and/or mechanics of various encounters, so one should not assume that familiarity with an instance at one size and/or tier, will translate well to other sizes and/or tiers.
• Many instances offer one or more "challenge" quests, which count towards deeds, and/or award barter currency. Challenges are usually boss-oriented, and examples include: not killing a boss's minions, killing a boss within a certain amount of time, killing multiple bosses within a certain time interval of each other, or forgoing the use of items or assistance of NPCs, which could aid the fellowship in defeating the boss. For scaled instances, challenges can typically only be completed at the level cap. For a comprehensive list of instance challenges, see Instance Challenge Quests.

Instance Types

The instance types found in the game can be summarized by this wiki into several categories. An instance could be more than one of these.

• Epic Battles - accessed through the Instance Join panel
• Featured Instances - accessed through the Instance Join panel
• Missions - accessible via landscape NPC
• Raids - accessed through the Instance Join panel
• Seasonal Instances - accessed through the Instance Join panel during certain festivals
• Skirmishes - accessed through the Instance Join panel
• World Instances - accessed through the Instance Join panel