WoW Remix: Legion brings back the beloved Legion expansion as a limited-time Timerunning event. This isn't just a replay of old content. It's a reimagined experience with accelerated leveling, experimental game modes, reworked Legion systems, and new mechanics built specifically for this event. If you're a returning veteran looking to relive the fight against the Burning Legion or a newer player curious about what made this expansion so memorable, this guide covers everything you need to jump in.
What Is Timerunning?
Timerunning (also called Remix) creates a separate version of WoW where you can experience specific expansion content with unique twists. Think of it as a pocket dimension that exists alongside regular servers but operates under its own rules.
How It Works
Characters level up much faster than in standard WoW, so you can experience everything Legion has to offer without the original time investment. Your character will also feel more powerful than during the original Legion era, making content accessible while new difficulty options still provide a real challenge.
Blizzard uses Remix events as testing grounds for new mechanics. The closed nature of these events lets developers experiment without affecting the main game.
Any transmog, mounts, pets, and other cosmetic rewards you earn during Legion Remix become permanently available to all characters in your Warband across regular WoW. Every account also receives 5 additional character slots specifically for creating Timerunners.
Content Phases
Legion Remix rolls out content in five phases, each unlocking new zones, dungeons, and raids.
| Phase | Name | Content Unlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Skies of Fire | Core Broken Isles experience, foothold against the Burning Legion |
| Phase 2 | Rise of the Nightfallen | Nightfallen storyline and their struggle against Legion corruption |
| Phase 3 | Legionfall | Major counteroffensive, additional content and story progression |
| Phase 4 | Argus Eternal | Argus zone, Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon, Antorus raid |
| Phase 5 | Infinite Echoes | Catch-up period, Remix-original content, housing décor items |
Bronze Currency
Bronze is the primary currency throughout Legion Remix, used exclusively for purchasing cosmetic items. This is a big change from Pandaria Remix, where Bronze had additional functions.
Earning Bronze
Bronze flows from nearly every activity. Completing quests, dungeons, raids, and achievements all reward it. Caches and treasures scattered throughout the world contain Bronze along with other rewards.
While Skyriding across the Broken Isles, you'll encounter Residual Time-Motes floating in the air. Collecting these grants Bronze. You'll also find demons that explode into additional Time-Motes when defeated.
Gear Upgrades
Since Bronze only buys cosmetics, gear upgrades use a separate currency called Artifactum Sand. It drops from any content in the event, so you'll naturally accumulate it as you play.
Infinite Artifact Weapons
The original Legion expansion featured Artifact Weapons with elaborate trait trees and time-gated power progression. For Legion Remix, this system has been completely reworked.
The Infinite Dragonflight now imbues these weapons with Infinite magic instead of the original power sources. This rework fits the accelerated timeline of Remix events, letting you power up your weapon without the lengthy gating from original Legion.
Infinite Research
Infinite Research provides a flexible daily quest system that rewards you for completing activities throughout Legion Remix. If you've played The War Within, the structure will feel familiar since it works similarly to that expansion's weekly choice quest system, just on a daily cadence.
The System
Each day, you can choose a research assignment from available options. These assignments involve activities like killing demons, running dungeons, or Skyriding to collect Time-Motes. With over one hundred different quests in the pool, you'll see plenty of variety. As you progress, you'll eventually unlock the ability to pick up multiple quests at once.
Heroic World Tier
Taking direct inspiration from Diablo, Legion Remix introduces Heroic World Tier, an optional difficulty setting for both leveling and open-world endgame content.
The Appeal
The difficulty increase comes with better rewards. Enemies hit harder and have larger health pools, but you'll earn more for your efforts. It transforms the open world into something engaging rather than content you just breeze through.
Getting Access
You need to complete the Legion Remix introduction questline first. After that, a quest called "Infinite Chaos" introduces you to the system.
Entering and Exiting
To enter, interact with the Console of Infinite Chaos, located to the right of Eternus at the Infinite Bazaar. You can do this anytime after unlocking access.
To leave, you have three options: interact with the Console again, use the Temporal Retreat ability (provided specifically for this purpose), or talk to any Spirit Healer after dying (they'll resurrect you back in Normal World Tier).
Combat Changes
All mobs gain increased health and damage. Certain enemies also become Empowered, gaining additional dangerous abilities. Four different Empowered effects exist, and mobs can have more than one simultaneously. Killing an Empowered mob grants bonus Bronze and Infinite Power tokens, making them valuable targets despite the added challenge.
Time Warped Obelisks
Scattered throughout the Broken Isles, Time Warped Obelisks give temporary buffs and effects when you interact with them.
Most of the time, clicking an obelisk grants a beneficial buff. Occasionally you might get a surprise instead. One documented surprise: an obelisk may spawn a Doomguard enemy. Defeating it rewards what the developers describe as "some pretty sweet loot," making these encounters worthwhile.
Mythic+ Timeworn Keystone Dungeons
The Mythic Keystone system originally debuted during Legion, so its inclusion here feels appropriate. The system returns fully functional, complete with the wild item scaling that Remix provides.
Getting Started
Speak with Lindormi at the Infinite Bazaar south of Dalaran to get a Timeworn Keystone.
New Affixes
Legion Remix Mythic+ uses most original Legion affixes alongside new ones created for this event:
- Eternus's Trial: Dusk of the Infinite summons Infinite Dragonflight NPCs you need to deal with during the dungeon.
- Eternus's Trial: Sands of Time summons two orbs that slowly descend toward the ground. If they land without being soaked, they deal Arcane damage on impact. You can stand beneath them to speed their descent. Getting hit grants the Sands of Time buff, providing massive cooldown reduction for 30 seconds.
- Eternus's Trial: Timeways Manifested spawns NPCs that attempt to cast Destabilize Time, dealing Arcane damage to all players if successful. When killed, these enemies split into two smaller versions, which split again on death. Killing all fragments grants everyone Stabilized Time, increasing all secondary stats for 30 seconds.
- Eternus's Trial: Twilight Reflections creates copies of all party members that slowly walk toward their originals. Letting a copy reach its target reduces that player's maximum health and damage/healing output for 30 seconds. Killing a copy grants that player Merged Essence, increasing their maximum health and damage/healing by 30% for 30 seconds.
- Tyrannically Fortified combines elements from two retail WoW affixes. Bosses gain 25% more health and deal 15% increased damage (along with their minions). Non-boss enemies receive 20% more health and deal 20% increased damage.
Legion Assaults
Legion Assaults bring large-scale outdoor combat to the Broken Isles as you fight to push back the Burning Legion's forces. These events combine world quests with instanced scenario content.
Timing
Assaults rotate through the four leveling zones on a fixed schedule. Each assault stays available for 6 hours, followed by an 8.5-hour inactive period before the next one begins in a different zone.
Completing an Assault
Check your World Map to see which zone has an active Legion Assault. Travel there to receive a quest requiring you to complete 4 Legion Assault World Quests, all themed around fighting back against the demonic invasion.
After finishing the world quests and some additional objectives, you unlock access to a queued scenario instance. This 3-person activity has your team board a Legion ship to assault it directly and take down a boss.
Completing the scenario grants a Cache of Infinite Power, which provides excellent gear along with Bronze. Achievement hunters should also note that completing a certain number of Legion Assaults unlocks related achievements.
Rewards
Legion Remix offers even more rewards than Pandaria Remix did, including some highly sought-after items.
What You Can Get
- Retired Rewards make a return. Notable among these are the Mythic Chosen Dead armor ensembles.
- The Violet Spellwing, originally awarded for Ahead of the Curve: Argus the Unmaker, becomes available.
- Legion Pre-Launch Event Gear from the original invasion event returns: Ensemble: Fel-Infused Cloth Armor, Ensemble: Felshroud Leather Armor, Ensemble: Fel-Chain Mail Armor, and Ensemble: Felforged Plate Armor.
- New Items have been created specifically for Legion Remix, along with color variants of Legion rewards (mounts, pets, and transmog) that were previously unavailable.
The Story
For lore enthusiasts, the Infinite Dragonflight provides the narrative framework.
During Pandaria Remix, Eternus and the Infinite Dragonflight set up on the Timeless Isle to research and understand the true timeline. They wanted to know why certain pivotal events had to unfold exactly as they did.
With Midnight approaching, the Infinite Dragonflight has shifted focus to events directly relevant to current circumstances. This means investigating the Broken Isles, the Nightfallen, Argus, and the Burning Legion's return.
As Timerunners, you help them understand what truly saved Azeroth during the Legion's near-successful invasion. The Infinite Dragonflight takes a more active role in Legion Remix compared to their presence in Pandaria Remix.
Key Locations and NPCs
| Location/NPC | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Infinite Bazaar | Central hub for Legion Remix, located south of Dalaran |
| Eternus | Found at the Infinite Bazaar; central NPC for the Infinite Dragonflight storyline |
| Console of Infinite Chaos | Located to the right of Eternus; toggles Heroic World Tier on and off |
| Lindormi | At the Infinite Bazaar; provides Timeworn Keystones for Mythic+ dungeons |
Playing Smart
Collectors should focus on desired rewards during earlier phases since you'll have more time to earn Bronze and complete achievements. Phase 5 catch-up mechanics help alts later, but your main Timerunner benefits from the full event duration.
Challenge seekers will find Heroic World Tier rewarding. Empowered mobs drop bonus Bronze and Infinite Power tokens, making the difficulty increase pay off in tangible ways.
Mythic+ pushers have unique opportunities here. The combination of Remix power scaling and the experimental nature of this closed system means you can discover what wild combinations actually work.
Casual players benefit from the Infinite Research banking system. Store up to 6 days of quests and engage at your own pace. Legion Assaults rotate regularly too, giving you flexibility in when you participate.
Closing Thoughts
Legion Remix represents one of WoW's most beloved expansions reimagined for modern play. The accelerated leveling, reworked systems, and exclusive rewards make it worth experiencing if you're a Legion veteran or discovering this content for the first time.
The event's temporary nature means rewards earned now become increasingly rare once it concludes. If you're chasing specific transmog pieces, mounts, or simply want to relive the fight against the Burning Legion, this is the time to jump in.