While several well established guilds from around the world will be vying for world rankings, Wowhead is once again partnered with Team Liquid to provide raid graphics and Dressing Room character models for participants and viewers alike! We're still rooting for everyone though, and are excited to track of all the community achievements during this epic race, so we've put together a list of the top guild and community hosted events, coverage, casters, charity fundraisers, and more.
Wowhead Coverage
As usual, we will be providing our own coverage of the race, with frequent articles highlighting first kills, group compositions, hotfixes, strategies, and any surprises along the way. As a part of our coverage, we'll also be consolidating information from across the web, including all the different streaming viewpoints, as well as compositional information from Raider.IO and WarcraftLogs, so be sure to check our recaps each day to see how the race progresses!
All of our Race to World First Coverage will be linked here, including each world first kill, major tuning pass, unexpected hotfixes, daily recaps, and more!
RFW Livestreams
Stay tuned for more news as it happens!
Midnight Season 1
Midnight Season 1 uniquely consists of three separate raids, each with their own separate Hall of Fame. The six boss Hall of Fame: Crown of the Cosmos and single boss Hall of Fame: Chimaerus, the Undreamt God are immediately available, though the final Hall of Fame: Midnight Falls remains inaccessible until the final two-boss raid releases on March 31st. This will, of course, make for a very interesting tier if different guilds happen to win each one.
Imperator Averzian
Vorasius
Fallen-King Salhadaar
Chimaerus
Belo'ren, Child of Al'ar
Vaelgor & Ezzorak
Lightblinded Vanguard
Crown of the Cosmos
Midnight Falls
For more information on the Midnight Season 1 raids, check out our detailed guides:
Midnight Raids HubThe Voidspire Overview
The Dreamrift OverviewMarch on Quel’Danas Overview
North American Guilds
Team Liquid
Achieving the first ever hat trick in placing first in all three tiers of The War Within, Team Liquid is coming in hot, while continuing to promise chaotic in-fight entertainment, with eight community casters providing laughs, commentary, Q&A sessions, player highlights, and more!
Team Liquid
Instant Dollars
Coming in rank 6th, 5th, and 7th in The War Within, Instant Dollars is pushing to keep their long-running streak alive as one of the few remaining North American top 10 finishers.
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Honestly
Although falling out of the top 10 in The War Within, the world's foremost Oceanic guild is notable for starting with a strong early push, before switching to a relatively light 20 hour raid schedule. Despite not pushing race progression as hard as other guilds, several raiders will be streaming their individual PoV from down under!
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European Guilds
Echo
Coming in second place all throughout The War Within, you can bet that this race is more important than ever for the European frontrunners, so viewers can expect quite a show from the fifteen raiders and seven casters hosting their own Race to World First event live from Cologne, Germany!
Echo Esports
Method
Finishing third place in The War Within, Method has been the perennial underdog, yet the guild which popularized livestreaming the Race to World First continues to pull out all the stops and celebrate more than two decades of raiding excellence. With a stacked roster of 12 community casters providing non-stop commentary throughout their race to world first event, you can bet they'll provide non-stop action and entertainment.
Method Team Channel
FatSharkYes
Rising to from 8th to World 5th in Manaforge Omega, FatSharkYes has historically avoided the pageantry of Race to World First events, preferring to simply do what they do best by focusing on their own gameplay and progression instead. This lack of official events doesn't mean you can't enjoy their point of view though, as some of their players will be streaming from their own Twitch channels, consolidated on their team stream.
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FatSharkYes Team Stream
Synergy
After finishing World 6th in Liberation of Undermine and World 10th in Manaforge Omega, Synergy is looking to bounce back into the spotlight with some new faces among their ranks.
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Advance
Founded early in Shadowlands, Advance broke into the top 20 during The War Within, climbing to an impressive World 6th finish in Manaforge Omega. Following up on this success, the guild has extended their hours and increased a sevens day raid schedule, aiming to further improve their rankings in Midnight.
Advance Team Stream
Asian Guilds
Often forgotten by players in the west, Chinese guilds also compete in the Race to World First, starting another day later behind EU. Despite this handicap, Chinese guilds are highly competitive, often taking up 3-5 of the top 10 spots.
During The War Within, NetEase's Thunderfire Games announced the first ever official monetary prize of ¥1.4 Million ($195k USD) to any Chinese group that wins the competition, as well as additional ¥500 thousand ($70k USD) to any which places within the top three! They've upped the ante even further in Midnight, announcing a Chinese-exclusive Hall of Fame, awarding physical trophies to the first 50 Chinese guilds to clear the three Season 1 raids on Mythic difficulty.
火锅英雄 (Huoguo Hero)
Formerly known as Chao Jie, Huoguo Hero is currently the #1 ranked guild in China, having placed World 4th in all three tiers of The War Within.
Priest healer Huangquan
佶天鸿 (JiTianHong / JTH)
Placing 5th, 7th, and 8th in the War Within, JTH continues as one of the region's premier raiding guilds, promising great competition.
JTH Raid Leader
Identity
Reformed from the ashes of Skyline, Identity made their debut with an 18th place finish in Manaforge Omega.
Team Stream
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Dungeon Dojo
Although they haven't announced any particular coverage for this coming tier, Dungeon Dojo frequently hosts its own Race to World First coverage, featuring a wide variety of casters and highlighting guilds such as Honolulu, Northern Sky, Undaunted, Nascent, Prydaz, and Laget. Stay tuned, because we suspect the multiplayer community will have some commentary this time around as well.
Dungeon Dojo on Twitch
Raider.IO
As usual, Raider.IO will also be posting their own coverage of the Race to World First, with analytical articles, opinion pieces, lore summaries, and guild spotlights, as well as their handsome embeds helping keep track of each guild's ranking and progression!
Read on at Raider.IO
Warcraft Logs
World of Warcraft analytics website Warcraft Logs continues to offer players a deeper dive into the damage, healing, and death statistics to give readers greater insight into the race. Their Competition Mode progress board has also returned to show encounter progress, group compositions, pull counts, and latest victories; featuring helpful stream embeds and automatically updated every 30 seconds to save your F5 key.
Dive into Analytics on Warcraft Logs
Of course, several other guilds who have not announced official events will still be competing in the race to world first, and if there's anything we've learned in these events it's that you never know who might pull ahead or drop out unexpectedly! Be sure to check out our coverage over the coming week, as we watch to find out who will become the third and final World Champions of The War Within!
Blizzard Coverage
Things have heated up in Undermine and the time has come to see who will be the first to battle to the heart of Chrome King Gallywix’ stronghold in the Gallagio and take him down!
The top World of Warcraft guilds will race through the formidable challenges that await in the Liberation of Undermine, making their way through the halls to face off against Chrome King Gallywix and his loyalists.
When: Beginning Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Organizations
Liquid:https://www.twitch.tv/teamliquid & https://www.youtube.com/@TeamLiquidMMO
Echo:https://www.twitch.tv/echo_esports
Method: https://www.twitch.tv/method
Additional Coverage
BlizzardWatch:https://blizzardwatch.com/tag/world-first/
Method: https://www.method.gg/raidprogress
RaiderIO:http://raider.io/rwf & https://www.youtube.com/@RaiderIO_WoW
Warcraft Logs:https://www.warcraftlogs.com/rwf
Wowhead:https://www.wowhead.com/news/mythic-liberation-of-undermine-race-to-world-first-livestreams-and-raid-coverage-370368
Who will rise to the challenge? Learn about the Liberation of Undermine raid and scheduled in our previously published article.
