World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment released fresh weekly Mythic+ metrics for Season 3 that highlight tuning trouble in Week 3. Data compiled from Raider.IO and keystone.guru point to persistent wipe hotspots in Ara-Kara and Halls of Atonement, which affects run volume and regional splits.
Nightstalker314 analyzed the week using Raider.IO numbers and the season guide is still the best place to check affix timing, so comparisons are straightforward: global drop-off was only 6.75% overall, with much larger declines outside China.
Chinese servers remain the dominant factor shaping totals and distribution. Given the timing of a dungeon event in week 6 and the Turbo Boost start tied to Turbo Boost and the Patch 11.2.5 guide, past seasons saw brief spikes that may shift weekly comparisons significantly. The other four regions saw a roughly 10.09% fall in runs, while China only fell by 2.58%, and that relative strength could push its global share past 50% in coming weeks.
The order of dungeons changed this week. Dawnbreaker fell a few places while Streets of Wonder climbed, and Ara-Kara landed last globally with its share down to 10.01% from 11.26%. Dawnbreaker, Priory, and Gambit shuffled positions around it.
Overall in-time rates ticked up to 81.44% from 80.71%. Eco-Dome leads at 88.80%, with Streets of Wonder at 85.28% and Gambit near 84.20%. The lower half includes Dawnbreaker at 81.86% and Floodgate at 79.89%, while Halls of Atonement improved to 76.98%, likely helped by Tyrannical running first.
Several trash pulls in Ara-Kara are the main culprit for its low in-time percent and wipe concentration, with the first big pull standing out on the keystone.guru heatmap for Ara-Kara. The combination of heavy caster pressure and broad area denial forces a single fragile meta that can collapse when a single cooldown is mistimed, and a similar choke appears after the bridge near boss two.
The key-level shift continues upward: 63.39% of keys are now at level 10 or higher, with 33.24% done on level 10 alone, and Chinese servers account for a majority of level 11 completions at 59.31%. Activity at very high keys this week was several times higher than last week, and TWW S3 already recorded timed level 19 keys while earlier seasons topped out much lower.
Halls still shows trouble spots in its early sections on the Halls heatmap, and a time-wasting trash mob near the final boss remains a frustration for groups despite some boss tuning elsewhere. Hourly run totals across US, EU, and CN sit about 14.2% to 16.6% lower than last week, which could reflect the push into higher keys that reduces repeat runs or players avoiding tuning pain points.
Overall, the numbers show a healthy season trend but clear tuning targets: Ara-Kara’s first pull and Halls’ late trash deserve attention if in-time rates are to improve and run counts to stabilize.
