Severed Strands raid buff now active in Nerub-ar Palace

This week players were granted the chance to get an warband-wide buff entitled Severed Strands inside of Nerub-ar Palace. Here is quick guide on how to unlock the buff for your warband.

When you arrive at the raid entrance, you'll find a projection of Anub'azal offering a repeatable turn-in quest called The Finer Things.

You'll need to collect 16 Nerub-ar Finery from Nerub-ar Palace raid bosses to complete it. Keep in mind, you can only loot Upon completion, you'll gain 1 stack of the Severed Strands buff, increasing your damage and healing done inside the raid by 2.25%, and receive 75 Kej.

The maximum amount of Nerub-ar Finery that can be collected is 8 per week, per account with a rising cap. Just like sparks and catalyst charges, Blizzard has worked in a catch-up mechanic for players who either started late, or have missed boss kills during a raid week. For example, if you didn't raid at all last week, each boss should drop 2 Nerub-ar Finery per kill.

Severed Strands can stack up to 8 times for a maximum of an 18% bonus to damage and healing.

Currently there is a visual bug on live servers that once the quest is turned in. This bug shows the buff active, but says there is a 0% increase in damage and healing.

After questions and complaints on both social media and forums, Blizzard addressed the issue and did confirm this was just a bug and the buff was in fact active.

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