Adventure Guide

The Adventure Guide, also known as the Adventure Journal, was introduced in patch 4.2.0 as the Dungeon Journal but later revamped in patch 6.2.0. It lists the phases, abilities, and loot of bosses for raid instances, outdoor raids, dungeons, and suggests content at your current level. Notably, the guide does not directly specify tactics to overcome the abilities, leaving the players to figure out the encounter strategy on their own. Each expansion has its own background color.

The Adventure Guide unlocks once the player reaches reached level 11.

The Traveler's Log keeps track of monthly objectives for the Trading Post, which can have a cosmetic reward (such as mounts) for completing the month of tasks and 500 additional Trader's Tender to be used at the Trading Post.

The Adventure Guide suggests content based on a number of factors, such as character level, item level, quest progress, achievements, and more. The Guide is fully interactive, allowing players to accept relevant quests or search for a group via Group Finder with a single click.

With, players may find money in their guide, starting with A Piece of Copper.

Alerts are small icons that bring attention to more important abilities, effects, or even mobs during encounters within the Adventure Guide.

The following icons and what they generally mean:

• Mythic Only - Only happens during mythic difficulty.
• Heroic Only - Only happens during heroic difficulty, including legacy raid modes like 10-player and 25-player.
• Deadly - An ability that can likely kill its target.
• Important - Something important, or requiring immediate attention.
• Warning - Precedes important text within a description. The text may also be colored red.
• Tank Alert - A creature the tank should be aware of.
• DPS Alert - A creature the DPS should make their focus.
• Healer Alert - Healers should be more attentive during this ability.
• Interruptable - An ability that can be interrupted.
• Magic Effect - A removable magic effect.
• Curse Effect - A removable curse effect.
• Bleed Effect - A removable bleed effect.
• Poison Effect - A removable poison effect.
• Disease Effect - A removable disease effect.
• Enrage - When the boss enrages.

• The Vanilla, The Burning Crusade, and Wrath of the Lich King raid information are not available but the loot tables are.
• It was originally developed as Encounter Journal in patch 4.2.0 PTR and later renamed to the Dungeon Journal on live release. It was then renamed to Adventure Guide in patch 6.2.0.