Important takeaways
- Brann will be the only Delve companion in WoW's The War Within, staying until the next expansion.
- Players keep Brann to maintain progress and avoid resetting the companion each season.
- Additional Delves and boss instances with rewards are coming in Patch 11.1, where Brann can be a tank.
World of Warcraft has officially confirmed that Brann will be the only companions from Delve coming in The war within. Although it was originally planned to add a new character to Delves each season, World of Warcraft will now hold Fire until it Midnight expansion.
Delves is a new type of instance introduced in The war within which can be completed solo or in groups with an NPC companion. At launch, the companion was Brann Bronzebeard, explorer extraordinaire and younger brother of Magni and Muradin, although it previously stated plans to change to a new companion in each season of the expansion.
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Now it seems World of Warcraft have changed their minds about that particular trait of Delves. During an interview with Wow content creator The Comeback Kids, World of Warcraft The game director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed that Brann stayed not only in World of Warcraft Patch 11.1, but in all The war within. “The big one [challenge with changing companions] is that players have leveled up Brann, they have him fully upgraded and spec'd out. If you replace him, do we just remove all that?” Hazzikostas feared that resetting progress with his Delve buddy every season would feel bad to the fans, so to avoid this, players will keep Brann as their partner until Midnight.
Brann is the only dive buddy in World of Warcraft: The War Within
From a logistical point of view, this makes sense. While adding new Delve companions would add variety, it wouldn't feel right to replace all the hard work players have put into leveling Brann after a few short months. Some fans suggested keeping both characters or splitting progress between them, but it seems those solutions didn't fit with Blizzard's idea of how additional Delve companions would work. It may come as a disappointment to the players, but it seems World of Warcraft will only get a Delve buddy every two years for the foreseeable future.
“The big one [challenge with changing companions] is that players have leveled up Brann, they have him fully upgraded and spec'd out. If you replace him, do we just remove all that?”
That said, there is still some good news about Delves in Patch 11.1. Three new instances – two more Delves and a final boss Delve similar to it WoW: The War Within Season 1 Zevkir Encounter – Coming, with achievements, rewards and goblin-themed curiosities. Brann will also be able to become a tank, allowing the Delve companion to fill any role.
It remains to be seen exactly how additional Delve companions will work in World of Warcraft: Midnightor which characters can accompany players in the expansion's instances. Given that it's set in Quel'thalas, fans might be able to team up with iconic elven explorers, like Naleidea Rivergleam or Elise Starseeker. Until then, players can only speculate how the system will change throughout the Worldsoul Saga and beyond.
In this opening chapter of The Worldsoul Saga, you will journey through never-before-seen subterranean worlds filled with hidden wonders and lurking dangers, down to the dark depths of the Nerubian Empire, where the unfathomable Harbinger of the Void has gathered his arachnid forces to bring Azeroth to its knees.
