The new expansion of World of Warcraft is full of dragons. The problem: Dragons have wings, and they often cover important effects, especially for melee fighters. An enchanting item from Warlords of Draenor offers a solution and makes the winged ones transparent.
What is this item? The Enchanted Dust is a craftable and usable item that was introduced with Patch 6.0.1 in Warlords of Draenor (2015). The recipe is one of the first that enchanters could learn in the expansion.
To craft it, only one unit of Draenic Dust is needed – which you can easily obtain through disenchanting, buy at the auction house, or even simply buy from merchants in the garrison if you still have some old garrison resources left. You can also find the Enchanted Dust easily at the auction house.
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What does the Enchanted Dust do? When used, your target is surrounded by a faint shimmer, and more importantly: it becomes transparent, so you can simply look through it.
It is actually just a fun gimmick, but it has proven to be extremely useful in the new expansion Dragonflight, as some players found out.
The dust helps you in raids and in Mythic+, especially if you are a melee fighter. Here you can see all dungeons from Season 1 in ranking:
Huge dragons cover deadly effects – dust helps
Where is the dust useful? In a now deleted post on reddit, a user shares that the dust can be applied to enemies. There are several bosses in Dragonflight where this is enormously helpful, such as:
- Raszageth in the Vault of the Incarnations
- Kraas and the Echo of Doragosa at the Algeth’ar Academy
- Umbrelskul in the Azure Vault
At the respective bosses, there are ground effects and other abilities that you should avoid as much as possible. However, that is not so easy for some classes, as the wings and bodies of the bosses obstruct visibility.
Especially melee fighters and summoners often have trouble seeing the respective effects. With the dust, it’s easier. But beware: The dust only lasts for 5 minutes and brings you into combat. So use it only after the pull.
Is this intentional? Yes and no. The dust works exactly as it should. Whether bosses are meant to be made “easier” 8 years later is certainly not how it was intended back then. However, it is unlikely that Blizzard will intervene because of this.
Unlike items like the cardboard companion, which could actually circumvent certain mechanics in Mythic+, the dust only provides a bit more overview. It does not fundamentally change how you would otherwise play the boss.
Nevertheless, the reddit user deleted his post as a precaution, and some other players already joked: Better not say that too loud, or “fun detected” will happen. So if you can’t defeat Raszageth because your melee fighters are constantly standing in soup, use the dust while you can.
By the way, Dragonflight is one of the best expansions in years, at least in terms of retaining players – even though it sold worse than Shadowlands:
WoW has really improved: Dragonflight has retained as many players as no expansion has in years
