World of Warcraft - Raid Heroic

Step one is the loot option: four cards from group loot to full priority. It applies to every boss on the order and is the main thing that sets the price per boss.

Step two is the checklist. The eight raid bosses sit in tier order under The Venomous Abyss, and the two lairs under their own names. Tick single bosses, or press "Full clear (8/8)" for the whole raid.

Pick your region and, for a priority run, your armor type, add Self-play or Priority if you want them, and publish the request. Boosters send offers for the whole list, and you accept the one that suits you.

Group loot is the cheapest way in: you are one of the raiders, and what drops is rolled for the usual way. You still get the kill, the vault slot and anything you win.

Unsaved group loot uses boosters who have not looted these bosses this week, so they can pass more drops on to you. Expect two or three items a boss to be shared among the customers in the run.

Armor & token priority and full priority make you the first in line: everything of your armor type and your tier token, or everything you can use. They cost more because the team brings extra players who loot for you, not for themselves.

Raid runs are scheduled sessions. After you accept an offer the booster proposes a start time in the chat, often the same day, and with Priority you take the team's first free slot.

Killing a boss saves your character to it until the weekly reset, so you can loot each boss once a week on each difficulty. Untick bosses you already killed this week; they cannot drop anything for you again.

Every Heroic kill counts towards the raid row of the Great Vault. Two, four and six kills unlock its three raid slots, and the vault offers you a choice of item at the start of the next week.

In self-play you log in at the agreed time and the booster invites you to the group. Stay alive, follow the raid leader's calls and stand where you are told; the team does the rest.

In a piloted run a booster logs into your account and plays your character by hand. You give the Battle.net login in the order after payment, keep the authenticator on and pass the code in the chat when asked.

No bots, scripts or third-party programs are ever used, and a piloted booster logs out as soon as the run is over. Change your password afterwards if you like, and message support at any time if something looks wrong.

Ahead of the Curve: Ula'tek is awarded for killing Ula'tek on Heroic while Season 2 is live. Group finders and guild recruiters look for it, because it shows you have seen the whole raid on a real difficulty.

The fastest way to it is the finish: tick The Coiled Altar and Ula'tek. The team clears the way and your character takes part in both kills; you pay only for the two bosses you ticked.

For Mythic+ players Heroic is also a gearing tool: armor & token priority on a full clear turns one evening into several upgrades and a fuller Great Vault. Players chasing Cutting Edge order the Mythic raid on its own page.