Raid in WOW

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Raids (a type of group) are parties of up to 40 people, divided into up to 8 groups of up to 5 players. The terms "raid" and "raiding" primarily and traditionally refer to PVE raid-specific instances and zones. As party leader, a player can convert their group into a raid group by accessing the "Social" Panel, selecting "Raid", and choosing "Convert Group to Raid." From then on, any new players invited to the group will join the raid group (up to a maximum of 40).

While in a raid group, players do not receive credit for completing quest objectives unless the quest calls for a raid. Players also receive an experience reduction for any mob killed while in a raid group. These are to prevent players from creating very large groups in order to complete normal quests or other game content intended for parties of 5 or fewer. This experience reduction is simply that the usual "group XP bonus" is not applied while in a raid group.

Many instances requiring a raid are also subject to a raid timer.

In World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, all 25-player raids are also available to complete with 10 players. This is so that more players will get to see end game content. (Even the Lich King encounter is available as a 10 player raid.)[1]

Contents [show]
1 Raid instances
1.1 Azeroth
1.1.1 Kalimdor
1.1.2 Eastern Kingdoms
1.1.3 Northrend
1.1.4 Elemental Plane
1.2 Outland
2 Starting a raid
3 Raid mods
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
 
editRaid instancesAzerothOutdoor

Dragons of Nightmare (1.8.0)
Emeriss
Lethon
Taerar
Ysondre
Highlord Kruul
Kalimdor20-player

Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj (1.9.0)
25-player

Caverns of Time: Battle for Mount Hyjal 
40-player

Onyxia's Lair
Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (1.9.0)
10 and 25-player

Onyxia's Lair  (3.2.2)
Outdoor

Azuregos (1.3.0)
Omen
Eastern Kingdoms10-player

Lower Blackrock Spire
Upper Blackrock Spire
Karazhan 
Zul'Aman  (2.3.0)
20-player

Zul'Gurub (1.7.0)
25-player

Sunwell Plateau  (2.4.0)
40-player

Molten Core
Blackwing Lair (1.6.0)
Naxxramas (1.11.0)
10 and 25-player

Blackwing Descent  (NYI)
Grim Batol (raid)  (NYI)
Outdoor

Teremus the Devourer
Lord Kazzak (1.3.0)
 Northrend10 and 25-player

Naxxramas
Vault of Archavon
Archavon the Stone Watcher
Emalon the Storm Watcher (3.1.0)
Koralon the Flame Watcher (3.2.0)
Toravon the Ice Watcher (3.3.2)
Chamber of Aspects
Obsidian Sanctum
Ruby Sanctum (3.3.5)
The Eye of Eternity
Ulduar (3.1.0)
Trial of the Crusader (3.2.0)
Trial of the Grand Crusader (3.2.0)
Icecrown Citadel (3.3.0)
 Elemental Plane10 and 25-player

Firelands (NYI)
Skywall (raid) (NYI)
Abyssal Maw (raid) (NYI)
 Outland25-player

Gruul's Lair
Magtheridon's Lair
Serpentshrine Cavern
The Eye
Black Temple (2.1.0)
Outdoor

Doom Lord Kazzak
Doomwalker
editStarting a raid The leader of a party can convert the group to a raid by clicking the "Convert to Raid" button in the Group window. At this point it becomes a "group of parties" with up to 8 parties, each with 5 characters. The leader of the raid can drag characters between groups to move them to different parties; typically, this is done to achieve some strategic goal such as distributing shamans and paladins to share totems and auras or warriors with rogues for Battle Shout (note that this is no longer needed in current patch). The leader can promote other characters, which gives them the abilities to invite and kick from the raid and also use the broadcast raid warnings (using the "/rw" command).

See Raiding for Newbies for further details.

editRaid mods Main article: Raid AddOns
There have been many mods produced specifically for raiding, most notably CTRaidAssist