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 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
Manaforge: Omega
Manaforge Omega features a total of eight bosses, with one being kinda sorta not really "optional," as it is still required to earn Hall of Fame: Dimensius, the All-Devouring.
Plexus Sentinel
Loom'ithar
Soulbinder Naazindhri
Forgeweaver Araz
The Soul Hunters
Fractillus
Nexus-King Salhadaar
Dimensius
For more information about the Manaforge Omega raid, check out our detailed guides:
Manaforge Omega Raid Overview Manaforge Vandals Raid Renown
Manaforge Omega Tier Set Overview Manaforge Omega Rewards Guide
North American Guilds
Team Liquid
Coming in hot off their first place victories in Nerub-ar Palace and Liberation of Undermine, Team Liquid looks to keep their streak alive, promising epic in-fight entertainment by way of eight community casters providing laughs, commentary, Q&A sessions, player highlights, and more!
Team Liquid
Instant Dollars
Rising to World 5th in Liberation of Undermine after placing 6th in Nerub-ar Palace, Instant Dollars is pushing to keep their long-running streak alive as one of the few remaining North American top 10 finishers.
Kads PoVMilli PoV
Honestly
The worlds foremost Oceanic guild fell from 13th in Nerub-ar Palace to 15th in Liberation of Undermine, a still impressive achievement for their relatively light 20 hours per week raid schedule. While not hosting any event or looking to push progression 24/7, several raiders will be streaming their individual PoV from down under!
Ashflash Mage PoVZorthas Shaman PoV
Luceedx Shadow Priest PoVDonny Rogue PoV
European Guilds
Echo
Coming off two close World Second place finishes in Nerub-ar Palace and Liberation of Undermine, this race is more important than ever for the European frontrunners, who have assembled a team of thirteen guild members and seven casters to host their own Race to World First event live in Cologne, Germany!
Echo Esports
Method
Placing 3rd in Nerub-ar Palace and Liberation of Underine, Method has been the perennial underdog, yet the guild which popularized the livestreamed Race to World First always puts up a good fight. Celebrating 20 years of raiding excellence, they're coming into Manaforge Omega with their most stacked roster ever, alongside 12 community casters providing non-stop commentary throughout their race to world first event!
Method Team Channel
FatSharkYes
Finishing World 8th in Nerub-ar Palace and Liberation of Undermine, FatSharkYes has historically avoided the pageantry of Race to World First events, preferring to simply do what they do best and focus on their own gameplay and progression instead. This lack of official events doesn't mean you can't enjoy their progression though, as some of their players will be streaming from their own Twitch channels, consolidated on their team stream.
LoozyFSYMafre
FatSharkYes Team Stream
Asian Guilds
With the restoration of World of Warcraft in China, top competing guilds previously raiding from Taiwan have returned to their home regions, giving them a better connection and more stability. To motivate these competitors, NetEase has pledged not the first official monetary prize of ¥1.4 Million ($195k USD) to any Chinese group that wins the competition, but an additional ¥500 thousand ($70k USD) to any which places within the top three!
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 both Nerub-ar Palace and Liberation of Undermine.
Priest healer Huangquan
佶天鸿 (JiTianHong / JTH)
From World 5th in Nerub-ar Palace to 7th in Liberation of Undermine, 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 is a newly formed Chinese raiding guild with a pedigree that cannot be denied. With the exception of Aberrus, Skyline achieved top 10 in every Race to World First from Legion through Dragonflight, so we are very excited to see what their new identity is all about.
Team Stream
AnnieYdIllusion
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 in support of the Make-a-Wish Foundation. 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.
