Story Mode Nerub-Ar Palace Now Live – Unlock Requirements and Rewards

The new Story Mode difficulty for Nerub-Ar Palace is now available, allowing all players to experience the epic showdown with Queen Ansurek and the conclusion of the Azj-Kahet storyline at a significantly reduced difficulty.

Table of Contents

• Nerub-Ar Palace Story Mode

• How to Unlock Story Mode

• Rewards

• Blizzard's Story Mode Philosophy

NERUB-AR PALACE STORY MODE

As of theweekly reset on September 17th, Story Mode for Nerub-Ar Palace has officially launched. This new difficulty level enables players to engage with the final encounter of the initialWar Withincampaign while facing a much easier version ofQueen Ansurek.Queen Ansurek Encounter:Players can enter Story Mode solo or team up with a group of up to10 players. While there are no rewards for defeating Queen Ansurek in this mode, players can still earn valuable rewards through the associated questline.

How to Unlock Story Mode

Unlocking Story Mode involves more than just changing your difficulty setting in-game. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Prerequisite: Complete the first chapter of the max-level War Within story campaign. This must be done for each character you wish to unlock the questline for.

2. Start the Questline: Pick up the quest Our Chance to Strike from Webster (/way 31.6 62.8) in Dornogal.

3. Complete the Questline: Finish the brief questline in Azj-Kahet, culminating in the quest To Kill a Queen. Afterward, you’ll be able to queue for Story Mode by interacting with Kriz the "Loyal" (/way 31.4 64.5) in the City of Threads in Azj-Kahet.

Rewards

While defeating Queen Ansurek in Story Mode doesn’t yield any direct rewards, the questline offers some enticing final rewards that can be completed at any difficulty level, including Story Mode:

• Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest

• 265 Valorstones

• 2,500 Reputation with a Vizier Commendation (one-time Warband bonus)

• 1,400 Gold

Dive intoNerub-Ar Palace Story Modeand enjoy the thrilling conclusion to theWar Withincampaign! Happy adventuring!