March on Quel’Danas Raid Guide for Midnight

March on Quel’Danas Raid Quick Overview:

1. There are two bosses in this raid - Belo'ren, Child of Al'ar, and L’ura, Midnight Falls
2. Belo’ren revives itself after being defeated, and to end the encounter, you must destroy the egg.
3. The raid location is the same Sunwell as the one players defended at the start of the Midnight expansion.
4. The raid drops five unique house decor items with Light and Void themes.
5. The highest ilvl gear you can get in this raid is 282.

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March on Quel’Danas Overview

Launching in the third week of Season 1, March on Quel’Danas is one of 3 new raids in Midnight, featuring two boss encounters.

The specific dates for accessing the raid on different difficulties are as follows:

Date	Difficulty
March 31	Normal, Heroic, Mythic
April 7	Raid Finder, Story Mode

March on Quel’Danas is a short but important raid built around the fight for the Sunwell. By the time players arrive, darkness has fully swallowed the Isle of Quel’Danas and the skies over nearby Silvermoon. The raid presents this assault as the final push to stop the Sunwell from being lost to Void corruption. With Arator the Redeemer at their side, Azeroth’s champions march into one of the most sacred locations in blood elf history to prevent that collapse from becoming permanent.

The raid’s story revolves around the Sunwell being transformed by the power of L’ura, the fallen naaru once encountered on Argus. Her corrupted essence now threatens to turn the well into something far more dangerous, referred to here as the Darkwell. That shift gives the raid a much heavier narrative role than a standard launch instance, since it appears to bring several major campaign threads to a head and sets the stage for whatever comes next in Midnight’s larger story.

The first boss is Belo’ren, a phoenix tied to the legacy of Al’ar. Rather than being a purely evil force, Belo’ren comes across as a tragic guardian. Raised to protect Quel’Danas and the Sunwell, the creature has been warped by Void exposure and now attacks anyone who approaches. That makes the encounter feel less like putting down a monster and more like facing a protector that no longer understands who the real threat is.

The final encounter, Midnight Falls, centers on L’ura’s corruption at the Sunwell itself. Instead of a traditional named villain standing in the room, the battle represents the moment where the Sunwell’s fate hangs in the balance. The adventure guide frames this as a direct clash against the dark power spreading through the well, with Azeroth’s champions fighting to stop holy ground from being fully consumed.

March on Quel’Danas Map & Requirements

If you played Midnight even for a little bit, you already know where the Sunwell is located - The Isle of Quel’Danas, a location north of Silvermoon, connected to it by a long bridge. You remember that place from the intro sequence for Midnight. 

In case you’ve forgotten where that is (just follow the big beam of light and a huge hole in the sky), here’s a quick map pin link:

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The map itself is split into two areas, or rather arenas:

1. March on Quel’Danas - the first encounter takes place outside the Sunwell, on this round terrace
2. The Darkwell - the second arena, and it is located right in the Sunwell, the only place where the Light kept the incoming Void at bay.

The requirements are pretty simple - have level 90 and at least ilvl 220 for the Raid Finder difficulty. Higher difficulties will have higher ilvl requirements.

Belo'ren, Child of Al'ar Tactics

This fight revolves around dealing with two types of damage - Light and Void. The raid party will be divided into two groups:

1. Players with Light Feather - will interact with light-fused abilities
2. Players with Void Feather - will interact with void-fused abilities

Most mechanics revolve around interacting with your assigned energy type while avoiding the opposite one. The fight alternates between a damage phase against the boss and a burn phase against his rebirth egg. The goal is to kill the egg; otherwise, the boss revives, and it's back to phase 1. If that happens, the damage you dealt to the egg will persist when the boss turns into it the next time. So, essentially, you have to deplete two health bars, not just one. Here’s a quick look at all abilities that will be used by the boss and its adds:

Enemy	Ability	Description
Belo'ren	Voidlight Convergence	Heavy raidwide damage that assigns each player a Light or Void feather.
	Light Feather	Reduces Holy damage taken by 50%.
	Void Feather	Reduces Shadow damage taken by 50%.
	Immortal Flame	Constant raidwide Fire damage that ticks faster during rebirth.
	Embers of Belo'ren	Summons Light and Void Ember adds.
	Radiant Echoes	Sends Light and Void echoes through the arena for an extended period.
	Light Echo	Touching it triggers a small raidwide Holy burst.
	Void Echo	Touching it triggers a small raidwide Shadow burst.
	Voidlight Echo	Touching the wrong echo with the opposite feather deals lethal Twilight damage.
	Guardian's Edict	Main tank combo. Must hit players or Belo'ren gains a stacking damage buff.
	Light Edict	Holy and Physical frontal that knocks back and increases damage taken.
	Void Edict	Shadow and Physical frontal that knocks back and increases damage taken.
	Voidlight Edict	Casts both frontals at once.
	Eternal Burns	Applies healing absorbs, and periodic damage to players.
	Light Burn	Holy damage over time plus a heal absorb.
	Void Burn	Shadow damage over time plus a heal absorb.
	Infused Quills	Delayed Light and Void line attacks on targeted players. Heroic and Mythic only.
	Light Quill	Heavy Holy projectile hits the first player in its path.
	Void Quill	Heavy Shadow projectile hits the first player in its path.
	Death Drop	Final slam in the center that knocks players upward. Damage drops with distance.
	Rebirth	Egg phase cast. Damage the egg to reduce Immortal Flame and stop the respawn.
	Ashen Benediction	Raidwide Fire burst on rebirth, which adds stacking healing reduction.
	Incubation of Flames	Light and Void floor eruptions that detonate after a short delay.
	Light Dive	Delayed dive on a player. Split damage, knockback, and leaves a Light Patch.
	Light Patch	Damaging ground that greatly increases Holy damage taken.
Light Ember	Light Blast	Random Holy damage hit on a player.
	Light Eruption	Deadly raidwide Holy cast. Only Light Feather players can interrupt it.
	Rebirth	Turns into an egg on death. Kill the egg or the add respawns with raid damage.
Void Ember	Void Dive	Delayed dive on a player. Split damage, knockback, and leaves a Void Patch.
	Void Patch	Damaging ground that greatly increases Shadow damage taken.
	Void Blast	Random Shadow damage hit on a player.
	Void Eruption	Deadly raidwide Shadow cast. Only Void Feather players can interrupt it.
	Rebirth	Turns into an egg on death. Kill the egg or the add respawns with raid damage.

Phase 1: Phoenix Reborn

The fight starts with the boss casting Voidlight Convergence, which is a damaging ability (44154 dmg on Heroic) that splits players into those who have the Light Feather and Void Feather. To make it easier to fight the boss, start the fight by pulling Belo'ren to the center of the arena and have 2 tanks stand between the boss and the Sunwell entrance, while the rest of the raid stands between the boss and the raid entrance. This isn’t really important as you’ll be moving a lot throughout the fight, but it will help with tanking.

The boss will summon two adds: Light Ember and Void Ember, both of which will be casting Light Dive or Void Dive, respectively, which is a delayed attack that puts the targeted player into a circle. This is when the players with the same feather “light” or “void” must stand in that 12-yard circle of the targeted player and soak up the damage. Once the damage is done, whether soaked or not, this will also leave a light or void patch on the ground. That puddle will damage players with the opposite feather on them. At first, only one of these will be cast, but later in the fight, both adds might cast these attacks, and everyone will need to react to them.

After soaking, Ember adds will try to cast Eruption, which is a raid-wide damage ability. This needs to be interrupted by the players with the matching color. Make sure to call out which player interrupts the next cast, or players will take lots of damage and might wipe.

When the adds die, they turn into eggs, just like the boss. These eggs need to be dealt with quickly, so that the adds don’t respawn with full HP. The Rebirth is a 15-second-long cast, so the players must kill faster than that.

Guardian’s Edict is an attack that tanks will need to deal with. It’s going to be either a light or void-fused attack, so the right tank needs to hold the aggro and take the damage. If the attack is just avoided, this will boost the boss’s damage by 30%, and that’s a big no-no. Make sure that the tank that takes the hit has the boss turned away from other players to ensure no one else gets hit.

Radiant Echoes is a long line of Light and Void orbs (Echoes) that periodically spawn in the arena and slowly move to the opposite side. Touching the orb with the same color removes the orb and deals less damage than touching the orb of the opposite color. The key is to make room for your team by removing some of the orbs so that the players with the opposite affinity can move freely.

Infused Quills is a targeted attack where Belo’ren shoots a dagger-like projectile at a random player. The dagger can be either Light or Void. If the targeted player has the opposite affinity, another player with the matching color must stand between the boss and the targeted player to soak the damage.

Phase 2: Ashen Shell

The second phase starts once you deplete the boss’s health to zero. Belo’ren will crash down as an egg and start casting Rebirth, which takes 30 seconds to complete. During this time, you need to deal damage to the egg and try to reduce its health pool to zero. In this phase, the area around the egg will be split into eight cone-like sections, each of which will be either Void or Light. Sections will periodically blow up, dealing damage, and players must stand in their respective colored cones to not get killed. So you can’t really just stand there and press buttons; you still have to constantly run around, making sure you’re safe.

When Belo’Ren resurrects, the bird will cast Voidlight Convergence again, changing the player’s colors. Also, each consecutive successful rebirth reduces the effect of healing skills by 10%, making the fight harder the longer it goes on. This happens on Ashen Benediction - the rebirth itself that deals damage.

 

 

L’ura, Midnight Falls Tactics (WIP)

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March on Quel’Danas Loot

The loot from this raid includes the Chiming Void Curio tier token from Midnight Falls, a few housing decor items, one profession recipe, and a full set of non-tier gear. Here’s the full list.

Chiming Void Curio

Unlike Dreamrift, March on Quel’Danas does not drop armor-type tier tokens. Instead, Midnight Falls can drop the Chiming Void Curio, which can be traded for any tier set piece you want.

Tier Token	Eligible Classes
Chiming Void Curio	All classes

Loot scales by difficulty, and item level also increases from the first boss to the last one. Here’s the correlation:

• Raid Finder: Belo'ren drops Item Level 240 gear, Midnight Falls drops Item Level 243 gear, and both drop Veteran Dawncrests
• Normal: Belo'ren drops Item Level 253 gear, Midnight Falls drops Item Level 256 gear, and both drop Champion Dawncrests
• Heroic: Belo'ren drops Item Level 266 gear, Midnight Falls drops Item Level 269 gear, and both drop Hero Dawncrests
• Mythic: Belo'ren drops Item Level 279 gear, Midnight Falls drops Item Level 282 gear, and both drop Myth Dawncrests

The non-tier loot includes gear from both encounters, with Midnight Falls also dropping a Very Rare ring and the raid’s Curio token.

Non-Tier Gear

Item	Item Type
Whisper-Inscribed Sash	Cloth Waist
Echoing Void Mantle	Cloth Shoulder
Radiant Clutchtender's Jerkin	Leather Chest
Eternal Flame Scaleguards	Mail Legs
Darkstrider Treads	Mail Feet
Emberborn Grasps	Plate Hands
Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Ring
Radiant Plume / Umbral Plume	Trinket
The Eternal Egg	Trinket
Belo'melorn, the Shattered Talon	Dagger
Belo'ren's Swift Talon	Dagger
Thalassian Dawnguard	Shield
Robes of Endless Oblivion	Cloth Chest
Mask of Darkest Intent	Leather Helm
Oblivion Guise	Mail Helm
Extinction Guards	Plate Legs
Amulet of the Abyssal Hymn	Neck
Eye of Midnight	Very Rare Ring
Light of the Cosmic Crescendo	Healer Trinket
Shadow of the Empyrean Requiem	Trinket
Lightless Lament	Warglaives
Alah'endal, the Dawnsong	Two-Hand Axe
Brazier of the Dissonant Dirge	Staff

Last but not least, the raid also drops a few housing decor pieces. Two of them are general boss drops, while the trophy items are tied to specific difficulties.

 

 

Housing Decor

Housing Decor	Difficulty
Blessed Phoenix Egg	All difficulties
Chaotic Void Maw	All difficulties
March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Argent Trophy	Raid Finder / Normal
March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Aureate Trophy	Heroic
March on Quel'Danas Vanquisher's Gleaming Trophy	Mythic

If you clear a higher difficulty, you also unlock the lower-difficulty trophy rewards.

There is also one profession recipe from this raid: Plans: Magister's Valediction for Blacksmithing.

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