Something is Wrong with the Primal Storms in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

World of Warcraft’s Primal Storms have been acting strangely over the past several days, with the event occasionally spawning twice at once, or not popping up at all. This erratic behavior has made it difficult for some World of Warcraft players to complete its accompanying achievements.

The Primal Storms are one of the first world events World of Warcraft added in Dragonflight. This activity periodically spawns around the Dragonflight zones, empowering enemies with the elements, spawning special bosses, and dropping a unique type of currency called Elemental Overflow. Into the Storm, an achievement with four sub-achievements within it, is required to unlock A World Awoken, a new World of Warcraft meta achievement that awards the Taivan mount.

However, ever since the weekly reset that began on April 2, the Primal Storms have been acting erratically, causing confusion and frustration among fans. For a short while, the event began spawning two storms at once, making it much easier to find the appropriate elements and locations for players to finish their achievements. Then, about 75 hours after the reset, the double storm events ceased – and for a short while, no Primal Storms spawned at all. At press time, the activity has gone back to spawning one at a time, much to the disappointment of fans trying to earn Into the Storm.

The Storm Chaser achievement is the culprit behind this frustration, as players must kill enemies in Primal Storms of each element in each the four WoW: Dragonflight zones. Unfortunately, the Azure Span has more Primal Storms spawn points than Thaldraszus, the Ohn’ahran Plains, or the Waking Shores, meaning it appears there three to six times as often, making it hard to complete this requirement.

When Dragonflight first added the Primal Storms to World of Warcraft, two storms would spawn at a time. However, as Dragonflight added more world activities in subsequent WoW patches, the number of Primal Storms was reduced to one spawn. Now that players