World of Warcraft <\/em>is primarily an MMORPG game and as such, it has versatile PvE content\u2014quests, scenarios, dungeons, and raids. While quests and scenarios are quite straightforward and simple to understand, dungeons and raids have varying difficulties.<\/p>
Difficulty in WoW <\/em>typically denotes how hard the content is to defeat and whether the bosses have additional health you need to burn through, new abilities and standard abilities which deal more damage, and the type of loot you get after defeating the encounter. <\/strong><\/p>
Originally, WoW <\/em>only had one difficulty, but in The Burning Crusade<\/em>, Blizzard Entertainment added Heroic difficulty for dungeons. Raids, however, got Heroic difficulty during Wrath of the Lich King<\/em>. Over time, Blizzard added even more raid and dungeon difficulties.<\/p>
So, here\u2019s your guide that breaks down all raid and dungeon difficulties in WoW <\/em>and explains the core differences between them.<\/p>