Delves run from Tier 1 to Tier 11. Gear rewards scale with tier, but loot stops scaling after Tier 8. Tiers 9 through 11 give the same item level gear as Tier 8. You push those tiers for Myth Dawncrests, Delver's Journey progress, and seasonal achievements, not better drops.
Tier 8 is your weekly target. It's where Bountiful Delves start dropping Champion 2/6 gear, the Trove Hunter's Bounty rewards Hero gear, and your Great Vault world slot reaches its maximum item level.
Regular Delves cap out at Tier 3 for end-of-run loot regardless of what tier you run them on. They don't scale. For Tier 4 and above, only run them when they're Bountiful and you have a Coffer Key to spend on the chest at the end.
Bountiful Delves rotate on daily reset. Four Delves are Bountiful at a time, shown with a glowing icon on the map. Check your Delver's Guide at the Delver's Headquarters in Silvermoon every day to see which ones are up.
| Tier | Bountiful Coffer Loot | Great Vault | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1–T3 | Adventurer track | Adventurer | Good for unlocking tiers, not for weekly loot |
| T4–T7 | Veteran track | Veteran / Champion | Step up if you can't clear T8 yet |
| T8 | Champion 2/6 | Hero 1/6 | This is the weekly target |
| T9–T11 | Same as T8 | Same as T8 | For Myth Dawncrests and Delver's Journey only |
Coffer Keys are now a currency system rather than physical items in your bag. You collect Coffer Key Shards from world activities, quests, and flying around the open zones. Shards automatically convert into Restored Coffer Keys when you enter a Bountiful Delve.
The weekly cap is 600 shards, which equals 6 Restored Coffer Keys per week per character. You spend one key at the end of a Bountiful Delve to open the Bountiful Coffer, the big chest that contains Champion gear and your Dawncrest currencies.
Shards drop from world quests, treasures, outdoor events, and flying through open zone content. Check world quests every day since some offer 20-30 shards directly. The weekly quest from Archmage Aethas Sunreaver in Silvermoon (complete 5 Delves for a Champion gear piece) also contributes to overall shard income. With consistent play you'll hit your 600-shard cap naturally across the week without any dedicated farming.
With 6 Coffer Keys from the weekly cap plus 2 free starter keys (more on those below), you can run 8 Bountiful Delves in a week. Each one opened with a Coffer Key guarantees a piece of Champion track gear from the Bountiful Coffer. That's up to 8 Champion pieces in a week from Delves alone, all without touching Mythic+ or raid.
On top of that, completing 8 Delves total fills your Great Vault world activity slots to maximum, giving you a Hero track item to choose from on reset day.
The Beacon of Hope is a consumable item that lets you summon Nullaeus (the Season 1 Delve Nemesis) directly inside any regular Delve, without having to enter Torment's Rise. You buy it from Naleidea Rivergleam at the Delver's Headquarters in Silvermoon City for 5,000 Undercoin.
The reason you want this: Nullaeus drops the weekly Trove Hunter's Bounty, which gives you a guaranteed Hero piece. The Beacon lets you get that Bounty during a normal Delve run and skip the harder Nemesis Delve entirely. It's the efficient path.
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1Enter any Tier 8+ Bountiful Delve (you want Tier 8+ so the Bounty rewards Hero gear).
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2Progress through the Delve until you reach the checkpoint (the mid-point rest area). Clear the mobs around it.
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3Use the Beacon of Hope. This summons Nullaeus in the Delve.
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4Fight Nullaeus down to 50% health. At 50% he stops the fight, drops a gold pile, and runs off.
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5Loot the gold pile. You'll pick up the Trove Hunter's Bounty along with some gold.
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6Activate the Trove Hunter's Bounty before you kill the final boss. This adds a bonus Hero cache to the end-of-run treasure room.
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7Kill the final boss and loot the treasure room. You now get your Bountiful Coffer (Champion gear) plus the Hero cache from the Bounty on the same run.
The Trove Hunter's Bounty is a one-time-per-week item you get by bringing Nullaeus to 50% health, either through the Beacon of Hope in a regular Delve or by fighting him directly in Torment's Rise. It adds a Hidden Trove cache to the end of your current Delve run.
On Tier 8 or higher, the Hidden Trove contains a guaranteed Hero 1/6 piece of gear. This is the best piece of gear you can get from Delves all week, so treat it like a priority.
At the start of Season 1, you can claim a free item called the Delver's Starter Kit from Naleidea Rivergleam at the Delver's Headquarters in Silvermoon City. It costs nothing and gives you 2 Restored Coffer Keys that don't count toward your weekly cap of 6.
That means in your first week you can run 8 Bountiful Delves instead of 6, getting 8 Champion pieces instead of 6 from the Bountiful Coffers alone. This is the biggest early-progression boost available and most people walked straight past it.
Weekly Delve Checklist
You don't need to run all 8 in one day. Four Bountiful Delves are up at any given time and they rotate on daily reset. Run 2-4 per day across the week and you'll hit 8 easily. Check the Delver's Guide at Delver's HQ at each reset to see the rotation and route the closest ones together to cut travel time.
The Beacon of Hope and Trove Hunter's Bounty reset weekly. Use the Beacon during whichever Bountiful run you pick early in the week so you don't forget before reset.