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Comment by jjanchan

UPDATE: All invasion armor is now base item level 700, with a chance to be Warforged to item level 705, 710, 715, or even 720!

Small Legion Chest is a chest that will be rewarded on completing Stage 2 of an invasion scenario in the Legion pre-launch event. These chests will contain the following:

5 Nethershard.
Guaranteed iLevel 700+ Fel-Touched Gear.
A chance for iLevel 700 weapons, with very unique models.

Completing the invasions and getting Small Legion Chest (from the 2nd stage of an invasion) or Large Legion Chest, (from the 4th stage of an invasion) will be the only way to get the invasion weapons!

When are the invasions coming?

The Legion invasions (and Demon Hunter early access) arrived August 9, 2016 (US) and August 10, 2016 (EU). They will continue until August 30, 2016 when Legion launches, and will progressively become more frequent until that point.

Invasion Weapons

Below is a complete list of the invasion-exclusive weapons that can be found in the Large Legion Chest. Some of them have very unique models! Also listed in the chart is which loot specializations these weapons will drop for.

Type	Weapon	Primary Stat	Loot Specialization
Dagger	Wyrmtongue Spiteblade	Agility	Assassination/Subtlety Rogue
1H Axe	Fel Hacker	Strength	Frost Death Knight, Protection Paladin, Protection Warrior
1H Sword	Eredar Battle Blade	Intellect	All Mage, All Warlock, Holy Paladin, Mistweaver Monk
1H Axe	Eredar Splitter	Agility	Windwalker Monk, All Demon Hunter, Outlaw Rogue, Enhancement Shaman
Polearm	Fel Barbed Spear	Agility	Brewmaster Monk, Survival Hunter, Feral/Guardian Druid
1H Mace	Corrupted Argus Gavel	Intellect	Holy Paladin, All Priest, Restoration/Balance Druid, Restoration/Elemental Shaman, Mistweaver Monk
Bow	Hellfury Longbow	Agility	Beast Mastery/Marksmanship Hunter
2H Mace	Fel Lord's Warmace	Strength	Blood/Unholy Death Knight, Retribution Paladin, Arms/Fury Warrior
Wand	Inquisitor's Wand	Intellect	All Mage, All Priest, All Warlock
1H Warglaive	Glaive of the Fallen	Agility	All Demon Hunter (also available from the Nethershard vendor)

Wowhead has made a video outlining all of the weapon models - see it here.
The order of weapons shown is: 2H Sword, Dagger (0:15), 1H Axes (0:29), 1H Maces (1:25), 1H Swords (1:57), Polearm (2:24), Staves (2:39), 2H Mace (3:12), Bow (3:24), Wand (3:40), Warglaive (3:54),
Note that some of these models are for weapon variations that were not ultimately implemented.

Nethershard Currency

Nethershard is a new currency that will be specific to the Legion pre-launch event. These can be earned via invasion scenario events (25-50+ Nethershard per invasion).

Note that aside from Nethershards, the invasions grant achievements, and also the Stage 2 and Stage 4 chests can have unique weapons in them (that can be upgraded to item level 725).

The items available for Nethershards include transmog sets and item level 700 necks, rings, trinkets, weapon upgrade items, and a pet! These items are sold by Captive Wyrmtongue, who can be found in the Illidari camps in all invasion zones, as well as Orgrimmar and Stormwind City as below:

Item

Cost

Model

Type/Slot

Ensemble: Fel-Infused Cloth Armor	200 Nethershard	Fel-Infused Cloth Armor	Transmog Set Appearance
Ensemble: Felshroud Leather Armor	200 Nethershard	Felshroud Leather Armor	Transmog Set Appearance
Ensemble: Fel-Chain Mail Armor	200 Nethershard	Fel-Chain Mail Armor	Transmog Set Appearance
Ensemble: Felforged Plate Armor	200 Nethershard	Felforged	Transmog Set Appearance
Infernal Cord	50 Nethershard	-	Neck
Legionnaire's Fel Pendant	50 Nethershard	-	Neck
Legion Bound Ring	50 Nethershard	-	Finger
Nether Twisted Band	50 Nethershard	-	Finger
Mo'arg Clan Token	50 Nethershard	-	Trinket
Felstalker Spine	50 Nethershard	-	Trinket
Inquisitor's Talisman	50 Nethershard	-	Trinket
Demon Commander's Drape	50 Nethershard	-	Back
Felbat Pup	150 Nethershard	-	Pet
Coalesced Fel	150 Nethershard	-	Weapon Upgrade
Glaive of the Fallen	100 Nethershard	-	BoA Weapon

Invasion Scenarios

There will be 6 different invasion events during the pre-launch patch. After the invasions start, they will become more and more frequent as we get closer to the launch of the expansion (August 30, 2016).
Each invasion is a scenario entered by anyone that moves into the invasion area, and has 4 stages. There is a progress bar for Stages 1 and 3 which is zone-wide - you will see how close you are to the next stage. Stage 2 and 4 have boss objectives, and completing these will complete the stage.
Note that the invasion instance you enter may already be in progress, with potentially a stage or stages completed already.
The stages are below:

Stage 1 - Defend against a general invasion point (e.g. Orgrimmar Rear Gate). Mobs are fairly trivial in nature, although numerous.
Stage 2 - Defeat two lieutenants and a commander. The commander spawns after the lieutenants are killed. These bosses hit pretty hard, so DPS and healers have to watch threat.
Stage 3 - Defeat the invading forces marked on the map - a zone-wide objective, with various activities that will advance the progress bar:

There are mobs to kill, of various sizes and strengths. These can be found at invasion points, marked on the map.
There are protected "Legion Structures" also marked on the map. You must kill the mobs protecting the structures; doing so will make the Protected Fel Crystals attackable. When the crystals are destroyed, the structure collapses.
There are various mini bosses scattered around the zone during this phase. These hit pretty hard, so ideally they need to be tanked or kited. These mini bosses often drop Nethershards, so it's worthwhile helping to kill them! They are marked on the map with skulls.

Stage 4 - Defeat a boss NPC at the original invasion point (requires a group). These bosses hit VERY hard and have some abilities that will kill you if you do not avoid them (e.g. breath mechanics - make sure to stand behind the boss!)

Some other miscellaneous notes:

Zones that have active invasions are marked very clearly on the world map. Note that only zones in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms are involved.

Mousing over the invasion icon will show you a timer, indicating how much time is left in the invasion, so that you can get there.

Entering a zone with an active invasion will put you into a scenario instance. There will be multiple instances going on at one time, so arriving at any point while the invasion is active will allow you to participate.
There are various vehicles you can use to assist you during the invasion (e.g. Demolishers, Glaives). These usually have a few abilities that will do area damage to mobs.
Most of the mobs killed for the invasions do not drop anything, although minibosses do. The shards/chests that are rewarded go into your bags automatically (even if you are dead when the appropriate stage is completed).

Rewards from the invasion are as follows:

Stage 1 - Nil.
Stage 2 - Small Legion Chest, which will contain 5 Nethershard, guaranteed iLevel 700+ Fel-Touched Gear*, and a chance for iLevel 700** weapons, with very unique models.
Helping to kill the minibosses during this stage will reward more Nethershards (5-10 extra).
Stage 3 - 10 Nethershard at the end of the stage. Additionally, mini-bosses during this stage drop Nethershards (reportedly 5-15). Therefore, killing these can net you a much higher yield than any other stage!
Stage 4 - Large Legion Chest, which will contain 10 Nethershard, guaranteed iLevel 700+ Fel-Touched Gear*, a chance for iLevel 700** weapons, with very unique models, and a chance for Coalesced Fel.

TOTAL: 25-80+ Nethershard per invasion

*This armor is the same armor that makes up the 4 transmog armor ensembles available for 200 Nethershard. If you are wanting only the transmog appearances and not the gear, collecting it piece-by-piece from these chests will be presumably much slower than buying the Ensemble.
This armor has a chance to be Warforged - this can boost it to item level 705, 710, 715, or 720.

**These weapons can be upgraded to iLevel 725 in increments of 5 item levels at a time using Coalesced Fel, which will also be available during the pre-launch event

Completing a single invasion rewards the achievement Stand Against the Legion.
Completing 6 of the invasions (as listed below) will reward Defender of Azeroth: Legion Invasions

The above achievements will be Feats of Strength (similar to Tripping the Rifts from the Cataclysm pre-expansion event) that will not be obtainable after Legion launches.

Another Feat of Strength that will be exclusively available during the Legion pre-launch event is It All Makes Sense Now (collect all 12 of the pamphlets from Doomsayer NPCs in Orgrimmar/Stormwind).

Getting to the Invasions

Below is a summary of ways to get to the invasions. I have included many different routes, including some that may be obvious (for those who may be returning to the game after a while).

Zone	Horde	Alliance
Azshara Staging point: Orgrimmar rear gates	Right outside Orgrimmar rear (North) gates Use portal from Warspear Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons Use Shroud of Cooperation/Wrap of Unity/Cloak of Coordination Use Mage portal to Orgrimmar Use The Brassiest Knuckle/Pit Fighter's Punching Ring	Fly from Mount Hyjal Use the portal to Mount Hyjal at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Darnassus Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge
Goblin Engineers use Dimensional Ripper - Everlook, fly from Everlook
Northern Barrens Staging point: The Crossroads	Fly from Orgrimmar or Thunder Bluff Use portals from Warspear Use portals from Shrine of Two Moons Use Shroud of Cooperation/Wrap of Unity/Cloak of Coordination Use Mage portal to Orgrimmar/Thunder Bluff Use Pit Fighter's Punching Ring	Fly from Mount Hyjal Use the portal to Mount Hyjal at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Darnassus Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge
Goblin Engineers use Dimensional Ripper - Everlook, fly from Everlook Take boat from Booty Bay (The Cape of Stranglethorn) to Ratchet (Northern Barrens), fly from Ratchet
Tanaris Staging point: Gadgetzan	Fly from Uldum Use the portal to Uldum at the Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals)	Fly from Uldum Use the portal to Uldum at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Dustwallow Marsh Take boat from Menethil Harbor (Wetlands) to Theramore (Dustwallow Marsh) Use Mage portal to Theramore (Dustwallow Marsh)
Take the portal from Dalaran to Caverns of Time in Violet Citadel, fly from Caverns of Time a) Use Mage portal to Dalaran b) Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons/Shrine of Seven Stars c) Use Signet of the Kirin Tor (or equivalent) d) Use Jaina's Locket Gnomish Engineers use Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan Take boat from Booty Bay (The Cape of Stranglethorn) to Ratchet (Northern Barrens), fly from Ratchet
Hillsbrad Foothills Staging point: Tarren Mill	Fly from Undercity Use portal from Warspear Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons Use Mage portal to Undercity Take the zeppelin from Orgrimmar to Tirisfal Glades	Fly from Ironforge Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge Take the Deeprun Tram from Stormwind City Fly from Twilight Highlands Use the portal to Twilight Highlands at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals)
Use Mage portal to Dalaran Crater (Ancient Dalaran) - mind the long fall! Death Knights use Death Gate, fly from Acherus: The Ebon Hold
Westfall Staging point: Sentinel Hill	Fly from Blasted Lands Take portal from Orgrimmar to Blasted Lands in Cleft of Shadow Fly from Northern Stranglethorn Take zeppelin from Orgrimmar to Northern Stranglethorn (Grom'gol) Fly from The Cape of Stranglethorn Take ship from Ratchet (Northern Barrens) to Booty Bay (The Cape of Stranglethorn)	Fly from Stormwind City Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Shroud of Cooperation/Wrap of Unity/Cloak of Coordination Use Mage portal to Stormwind City Use The Brassiest Knuckle/Pit Fighter's Punching Ring
Use Boots of the Bay, fly from Booty Bay
Dun Morogh Staging point: Kharanos	Fly from Twilight Highlands Use the portal to Twilight Highlands at the Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Undercity Use portal from Warspear Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons Use Mage portal to Undercity Take the zeppelin from Orgrimmar	Right outside Ironforge Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge Take the Deeprun Tram from Stormwind City

Comment by Quietriot2

Got the one handed mace from this chest.

Comment by vinneo

Just a tip for those of you leveling from invasions.
Hold onto your chests and open them at level cap.
The loot's item levels are equivalent to when they are opened, not when they are received.

Comment by Maxion

The primary drop from the small chest is bracers, gloves, belt and boots, while the large chest has the primary drop of helm, shoulders, chest and leggings. This is not counting/considering any extra drops they can give in addition to the first item.

Comment by Aaahead

NOTE: Experience gains were heavily nerfed 8/16/2016. In the same hotfix, the number of simultaneous invasions was increased from 2 to 3, and they spawn/last 2 hours instead of 4 hours. Where you used to be able to gain 0.5 to 4 levels per invasion with heirloom gear, now it's more like 0.1 to 0.5 levels per invasion. Experience points for killing mobs during invasions increased, but not significantly.

If you're collecting chests mainly for transmog gear, you can level up lower level characters in invasions, rather than farming them with max level characters.

Level 10 to level 99 characters can gain substantial experience points by participating (even just standing) in zones with invasions, and the mobs in the invasions scale to your character's level so that even a level 10 character can contribute to the fight. The rate of leveling per 15-minute invasion is greater for level 10 characters than level 99 characters. If a character is wearing a basic set of heirloom gear (head, shoulders, cloak, chest, pants, ring) for 50% bonus xp, they can gain roughly:

Level 10	~~4 levels per invasion~~
Level 40	~~2 levels per invasion~~
Level 65	~~1 level per invasion~~
Level 90	~~0.5 levels per invasion~~

An August 16, 2016 hotfix reduced gains to around 0.1 to 0.5 levels per invasion.

Characters can repeat the invasions each time they reset, including invasions they've done before. Both Alliance and Horde characters (level 10+) can participate in any invasion.

As of August 16, 2016, three invasions spawn every 2 hours, and last 2 hours, and invasions are supposed to increase in frequency as Legion's release nears. There are six possible zones where invasions can spawn: on the Eastern Kingdoms continent in Westfall, Hillsbrad Foothills or Dun Morogh, or on the western continent of Kalimdor in Tanaris, Northern Barrens or Azshara. Both Hillsbrad Foothills and Azshara have no flight points for either faction.

When you arrive at an invasion, you usually enter during stage 1, but sometimes you will enter a partially completed invasion on stages 2 to 4, and since you gain experience points (xp) after each stage, this results in overall lower xp gain. Sometimes leaving and re-entering the zone puts you in a different instance with an earlier stage, but usually not. Joining a party with someone else in the same zone may change the instance you're in.

The first stage awards less xp than the fourth stage. The share of an invasion's total xp awarded for the four stages, if you stay the same level, is 13.33%, 26.67%, 20%, and 40%. The Small Legion Chest is awarded for stage 2, and the Large Legion Chest is awarded for stage 4.

Characters can gain 300% more experience using Elixir of the Rapid Mind or Elixir of Ancient Knowledge. The median auction price on US realms for the Elixir of the Rapid Mind is currently around 8000g. Wait until you are in an invasion, at stage 1, shortly before stage 1 is completed before using an elixir. This will avoid wasting some of the elixir from joining a partially-completed invasion. Invasions last 15 minutes, the same duration as Elixir of the Rapid Mind, but with the one hour Elixir of Ancient Knowledge, if you start your first invasion 35-40 minutes before the invasions end, you could conceivably get three full invasions in, depending on your travel time between them.

You will accumulate Nethershard currency from chests and killing minibosses. If you run out of other uses for them, consider spending extras on Felbat Pup pets to sell, either now, or when the price may go up after Legion launches and the invasions end.

Important: Consider waiting until you're done leveling with invasions before opening your Small Legion Chests and Large Legion Chests, since the gear will be tuned for your level at the time you open the chests. As noted elsewhere, unlike heirloom gear, these items will not scale up as you continue to level. If you wait until you're level 100 to open these, the gear will be item level 700, or occasionally warforged to be 710 or 720.

Comment by Quietriot2

As of today can now dropped warforged armor pieces. +10 ilvl

Comment by siindy

Im not 100% sure about this but far as I have done my testing with 18 of each chest.

Large Legion Chest Have always contained Head, Shoulders, Chest and Legs Items + other things as weapon ect

Small Legion Chest Have always contained Wrist, Gloves, Waist and Feet Items + other things as weapon ect

Comment by Andreakos

Just had a chat with Customer Support, and seems like they will stay after invasions are gone.
https://i.imgur.com/By3e2XO.png

Comment by mazuno

is it possible to have a warforged weapon ? to know if i need to keep doing invasions...

Comment by paperbanjo

I leveled my mage from 91 to 100 solely with invasions and the pre-patch quest-line. I saved all the boxes from the invasions (40 of each) and figured I would share the data for anybody who might be interested. This was all done after Warforged items were made available.

You can hover over the numbers listed under the Warforged column to see data about the item levels.

I am going to post the information from both small and large chests.

Small Legion Chest

Item	Amount	Warforged
Fel-Infused Grips	13	3
Fel-Infused Cinch	10	2
Fel-Infused Boots	10	1
Fel-Infused Bracers	7	1
Inquisitor's Wand	3	0

Nethershards: 200

Large Legion Chest

Item	Amount	Warforged
Fel-Infused Helm	13	3
Fel-Infused Spaulders	11	2
Fel-Infused Hauberk	9	1
Fel-Infused Leggings	8	0
Eredar Battle Blade	3	0
Inquisitor's Wand	3	0
Coalesced Fel	6	N/A

Nethershards: 400

Side note: One Large chest contained 4 items total: 2 helms, coalesced fel, and sword. I also didn't receive a single 720 item from any large chest.. any 720 items were obtained from small chests.

Comment by josealemida

Got a Felbat Pup from chest

Comment by paperbanjo

I have posted data previously and decided to share more data from another character leveled with invasions (early-mid 80s, forget what level exactly, to 100). There were many more chests opened prior to level 100 (needed to replace very old gear so I could participate) and I did not bother saving that data. This was all done after Warforged items were made available.

You can hover over the numbers listed under the Warforged column to see data about the item levels.

I am going to post the information from both small (46 total) and large (44 total) chests.

Small Legion Chest

Item	Amount	Warforged
Felshroud Bindings	17	2
Felshroud Belt	14	2
Felshroud Boots	9	1
Felshroud Gloves	7	2
Wyrmtongue Spiteblade	2	0

Nethershards: 230

Large Legion Chest

Item	Amount	Warforged
Felshroud Hood	14	4
Felshroud Vest	12	3
Felshroud Shoulders	11	0
Felshroud Pants	8	1
Wyrmtongue Spiteblade	6	0
Coalesced Fel	3	N/A

Nethershards: 440

Side note: It is worth noting that while weapons sub-100 can be Warforged, and unless it's a display issue, they appear to have the same stats as a non-Warforged weapon. I also ended up with around 1600 Nethershards total after opening the chests.. more than enough to buy all the weapon upgrades (even if I had started with 0) and rings/necklaces/trinket/cloak. Finally, as with my first set of data I posted, I didn't receive a single 720 item from any large chest.. any 720 items were obtained from small chests.

edit: I noticed a line in the 08/24/2016 hotfix notes.. not sure if this fixes the issue I mentioned about about Warforged items sub-100.

Fixed a bug that was preventing some lower-level event reward armor from gaining item level upgrades when Warforged.

Comment by Esploratore

I have a question: what if you hold into the chests until 110, will gear be scaled to 110 or does it have a 100 limit? Where does it say that if so?

Comment by BulmerUK

Opening these at level 120 in patch 8.3 gives item level 142 weapons and armor.

Yeah... it's been a while since I played this alt.

Comment by anjaorison

As of 9.0 the chests are soulbound.

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