Guild raiders regrouping inside a cathedral-lit dungeon

Fitzroy · Melbourne · Since 2016

Raid smarter. Read deeper. Play like a legend.

ShadowQuestRaiders is an independent Australian gaming blog built for the endgame crowd — meticulous raid guides, long-form RPG criticism, and honest indie reviews written by people who actually clear the content.

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What we publish

Coverage built for players who finish the fight

Memberships and one-off services, all priced in AUD. Every guide is play-tested by our Fitzroy editorial crew before it goes live.

Weekly Raid Breakdowns — from AUD $9/mo

Boss-by-boss strats, positioning maps and DPS checks, live within 24h of each patch.

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Our senior raiders clear every new encounter on release week, then publish annotated pull timelines, cooldown sheets and downloadable WeakAuras. Members get early access the moment servers stabilise, plus a private notes thread for each tier.

Long-form RPG Deep-Dives — free, weekly

3,000-word essays on narrative design, systems and worldbuilding.

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Every Thursday we publish a single, deeply-reported essay — no listicles, no filler. Recent pieces dissected the economy of Baldur's Gate 3, the pacing of Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree, and why Final Fantasy XIV's story lands so hard. Always free to read.

Indie Review Program — AUD $0, submit anytime

Honest, embargo-respecting reviews for ANZ indie studios.

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We prioritise Australian and New Zealand developers. Send us a build and we'll return a structured review within three weeks — scored, fair and never pay-to-play. Roughly 60% of the indies we cover are local to the ANZ region.

Coaching & VOD Reviews — AUD $65/session

60-minute 1:1 vod review with a Cutting Edge raid lead.

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Book a live session and we'll pull apart your logs and gameplay footage frame by frame. Great for pushing prog on Mythic bosses or tightening ranked play. Sessions run evenings AEST from our Smith Street studio or over Discord.

The editorial crew

Writers who main the meta

Mara D.

Mara D.

Editor-in-Chief · Raid Lead

World-100 raider turned editor. Writes the Thursday deep-dives and keeps the DPS spreadsheets honest.

Theo N.

Theo N.

Indie & Reviews Editor

Runs the ANZ indie review program. Has shipped two games himself, so he reviews with empathy and receipts.

Priya S.

Priya S.

Esports Correspondent

Covers the ANZ competitive circuit from the floor. Coffee-fuelled, deadline-proof, always at the LAN.

Callum W.

Callum W.

Coaching Lead

Cutting Edge raid lead who runs our VOD-review sessions. Turns messy logs into clean pull plans.

Straight from the community

What our readers say

"Their week-one guide got our guild the Mythic clear before the raid even reset. No other site was that fast or that accurate."

— Jordan K., Brunswick VIC · March 2026

"I submitted my tiny indie platformer expecting silence. Theo sent back the fairest, most useful review I've ever had. Sales tripled."

— Renee T., Auckland NZ · January 2026

"One coaching session fixed positioning habits I'd had for years. Worth every dollar of the sixty-five."

— Sam P., Fitzroy VIC · February 2026

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