Normal Dungeon Difficulty List

parkham

We are above CP160, we don't have monster sets.
We have blue crafted mostly suitable for class / role.
There are two of us that can do any of the roles. (probably all dps for start).

We're going to start doing dungeons frequently. We want to eventually finish all the normals. Can I get input as to a list of easiest to hardest? Here is the list I have:

Arx Corinium
Blackheart Haven
Blessed Crucible
City of Ash
Crypt of Hearts
Darkshade Caverns
Direfrost Keep
Elden Hollow
Fungal Grotto
Imperial City Prison
Selene's Web
Spindleclutch
Tempest Island
The Banished Cells
Vaults of Madness
Volenfell
Wayrest Sewers
White Gold Tower

Any help is appreciated.

Vonovosi

As far as the normal dungeons go, most on your list are pretty close in level of difficulty. the DLC (imp. city, white gold, Ruins of mazzatun, and cradle of shadows) dungeons do present mechanics that need to be understood, but just having 1 person in your group with experience should be enough to get you through them, if you have 2 experienced players it will be a fast run. I have taken 3 players through all 4 of them for their 1st completion. These are the toughestl dungeons in the game on both normal and veteran difficulty. The 2nd tier normal dungeons also present additional mechanics but are very doable especially if you have at least 1 experienced player with you. Probably the easiest dungeons are Fungal grotto 1, Banished Cells 1, and spindleclutch 1. The 'hardest' of the normal non-dlc dungeons are probably Blackheart Haven and Vaults of madness, with the remaining dungeons clustered in the middle.

parkham

We are above CP160 but below CP200

parkham

I've maybe 25% of that list and so far, Tempest Island is the easiest I've seen, after that City of Ash.

zaria

The 2 version is harder, than 1, the dlc are also harder than the normal 1.
So the best will be to start with the normal 1 then the 2 and finally the dlc.
Then confident with the dlc, try the 1 on veteran.

Vonovosi

One other thing of note. Of the 8 2nd tier dungeons, City of Ash is definitely the hardest. It is pretty doable on normal difficulty but on veteran mode is not an easy ride if you have not done it before.

Jemcrystal

Smart plan. Keeping this bookmarked.

parkham

Just did City of Ash II yesterday. It was certainly harder than I. The group was great though. What I liked about this dungeon (to me) is that the bosses are cool, for one. But they are very straight forward.

parkham

Tried to solo normal Direfrost Keep yesterday. With the exception of the pressure plate that is. It was my second time in that place, first time solo. I was able to figure out the bosses - it did take a few deaths as some of them (like the guy with the axe) hit really, really hard if you don't get out of the way or block in time.

All in all, I think if it were on a Saturday, I could have done it, but it was just taking me too long. When I was able to get to the three mini-bosses - I just asked for some help so I could finish in a "reasonable" amount of time. My damage output needs to get better for sure.

Harder than Fungal Grotto in my opinion. Thoughts on Direfrost Keep normal difficult compared to some other non-DLC dungeons?

malicia

I did both vFG1 and vDireFrost yesterday, both times with the same group. Firefrost certainly took us much longer, but mostly because we struggled to convey the "CC-break when the boss leech your life" message to one of the DDs. He healed the boss a few times, and then figured out what to do. After that the boss was simple, though fairly boring.

DirkRavenclaw

For me, the easiest Dungeon is Banished Cells 1