World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

Dungeons

• City of Threads
  
  • Void puddles will no longer spawn if the boss is immediately reset during the Coaglamation fight.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Echoing Shade and Nx's Duskbringer to instantly deal damage instead of fading at the end of the Fangs of the Queen encounter
• The Dawnbreaker
  
  • When modified by Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour, the amount of healing Rasha'nan can receive has been adjusted to be more appropriate for the encounter.

Player versus Player

• Paladin
  
  • Retribution
    
    • Templar: Fixed a bug preventing recent PvP tuning from taking effect.

Season of Discovery

• Fixed an issue where Envenom was not increasing Instant Poison's frequency unless the Rogue was also using Deadly Brew. It will now always increase the chance properly.

Cataclysm Classic

• It is no longer possible for a Paladin to have Beacon of Light active while not talented into it. If the talent is lost, Beacon of Light will cancel itself within a few seconds.

Classes

• Death Knight
  
  • Blood
    
    • San’layn: Vampiric Strike damage increased by 30%.
    • San’layn: Infliction of Sorrow now deals 20% of the remaining disease damage to the enemy when it extends its duration (was 15%).
    • San’layn: Infliction of Sorrow now deals 130% of the remaining disease damage to the enemy when it consumes it (was 100%).
    • San’layn: Visceral Strength now grants 12% Strength for 12 seconds (was 8% Strength for 8 seconds).
    • San’layn: Frenzied Bloodthirst now increases the damage of Death Strike by 6% per stack (was 5%).
• Demon Hunter
  
  • Havoc
    
    • Aldrachi Reaver: Wounded Quarry damage increased by 100%.
    • Aldrachi Reaver: Warblade’s Hunger damage increased by 100%.
    • Aldrachi Reaver: Reaver’s Glaive damage increased by 15%.
  • Vengeance
    
    • Mastery: Fel Blood effectiveness increased by 20%.
    • Shattered Souls healing per soul increased to 7% of recent damage taken (was 6%).
    • Soul Barrier base absorb value increased by 50% and absorb value per soul increased by 100%.
• Druid
  
  • Feral
    
    • Wildstalker: Chance for Bloodseeker Vines to grow on a single target is unchanged, but slightly increased when Rip and Rake are on multiple targets.
    • Wildstalker: Bursting Growth damage increased by 10%.
  • Restoration
    
    • All healing increased by 5%. Does not affect PvP combat.
    • Cenarion Ward healing increased by 40%.
• Evoker
  
  • Augmentation
    
    • Blistering Scales grants allies 20% of your armor (was 30%).
  • Devastation
    
    • Flameshaper: Consume Flame damage increased by 25%.
    • Flameshaper: Engulf damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Preservation
    
    • Flameshaper: Engulf healing increased by 20%.
    • Flameshaper: Consume Flame healing reduced by 50%.
• Hunter
  
  • Beast Mastery
    
    • Basilisk Collar damage bonus per damage over time effect reduced to 2%/4% (was 5%/10%).
    • Kill Command damage increased by 18%.
    • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 8%.
      
      • Developers’ notes: We’ve adjusted the values for the baseline buff up, to better reach our target goals. Our intended tuning change for Beast Mastery is intended to be relatively neutral for single target, while increasing AoE performance, which was behind where it should be.
  • Survival
    
    • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Now increases Wildfire Bomb damage by 8% (was 5%).
    • Nerub-ar Palace 4-Set Bonus: Now increases Raptor Strike/Mongoose Bite damage by 20% on targets affected by Wildfire Bomb (was 10%).
• Mage
  
  • Hero Talents
    
    • Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 15%.
    • Frostfire: Frostfire Infusion damage increased by 50%.
    • Frostfire: Frostfire Empowerment damage bonus increased to 60% (was 50%).
    • Frostfire: Frost Mastery now grants 2% Mastery (was 1% Mastery).
• Monk
  
  • Hero Talents
    
    • Master of Harmony: Stored Vitality causes an additional 40% healing and damage (was 25%).
  • Brewmaster
    
    • Mastery of Harmony: Coalescence now causes Aspect of Harmony to increase damage and healing taken by 20%.
    • Master of Harmony: Chi Wave and Chi Burst deals 100% increased damage (was 50%).
    • Master of Harmony: Overwhelming Force increased to 20% (was 15%).
    • Master of Harmony: Balanced Stratagem increases damage to 5% (was 3%).
  • Mistweaver
    
    • Mastery of Harmony: Fixed an issue that caused Coalescence to not increase the healing taken during Aspect of Harmony.
    • Master of Harmony: Coalescence now causes Aspect of Harmony to increase damage and healing taken by 20% (was 30%).
      
      • Developer’s note: After fixing a bug that prevented Coalescence healing taken effect from functioning, we found that we needed to reduce its effectiveness a bit.
    • Aspect of Harmony now stores 30% of healing done (was 20%).
  • Windwalker
    
    • Conduit of the Celestials: Celestial Conduit now scales its damage with Mastery: Combo Strikes.
• Paladin
  
  • Holy
    
    • Lightsmith: Awakening now causes Blessing of the Forge to spawn a Sacred Weapon when extending the duration of Avenging Wrath.
    • Lightsmith: Hammer and Anvil’s healing effect radius increased to 20 yards (was 5 yards).
    • Lightsmith: Hammer and Anvil’s healing increased by 150%.
    • Lightsmith: Divine Guidance effect increased by 50%.
    • Fixed a bug causing Dawnlight to not have its healing reduced beyond 5 targets.
    • Dawnlight healing increased by 30%.
      
      • Developers’ notes: We’re correcting the bug with Dawnlight and compensating with a buff to its healing to keep its value in raid close to its current performance, while giving it increased performance in 5 party group content.
  • Protection
    
    • All ability damage increased by 6%.
    • Word of Glory healing increased by 20%.
    • Light of the Titans now heals over 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).
    • Faith in the Light duration increased to 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).
    • Lightsmith: Sacred Weapon damage and healing increased by 30%.
    • Lightsmith: Forge’s Reckoning damage increased by 30%.
    • Lightsmith: Blessed Assurance increases the damage of your next Crusader Strike/Hammer of the Righteous/Blessed Hammer by 200% (was 100%).
    • Lightsmith: Divine Guidance damage and healing increased by 50%.
    • Lightsmith: Hammer and Anvil damage increased by 40%.
    • Lightsmith: Sanctification grants 2% increased primary stat (was 1%).
  • Retribution
    
    • Templar: Shake the Heavens lasts for 10 seconds (was 8 seconds).
    • Templar: Sanctification duration increased to 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
    • Templar: Final Reckoning now increases the damage of Hammer of Light by 30% (was 15%).
    • Templar: Hammer of Light main target damage increased by 25%.
    • Templar: Hammer of Light secondary target damage increased by 75%.
    • Templar: Light’s Deliverance now triggers at 50 stacks (was 60).
    • Templar: Undisputed Ruling grants 15% Haste for 8 seconds (was 12% Haste for 6 seconds).
    • Templar: Wrathful Descent now deals 125% of the Empyrean Hammer damage to nearby enemies (was 100%).
    • Templar: Empyrean Hammer now benefits from Penitence and Burn to Ash.
• Priest
  
  • Shadow
    
    • Mind Blast damage increased by 10%.
    • Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 10%.
    • Void Bolt damage increased by 10%.
    • Shadowy Apparition damage increased by 10%.
    • Voidweaver: Entropic Rift damage increased by 10%.
    • Voidweaver: Void Blast damage increased by 20%.
    • Voidweaver: Collapsing Void damage increased by 10%.
    • Voidweaver: Void Flay damage increased by 10%.
    • Voidweaver: Inner Quietus now increases Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain damage by 25% (was 20%).
• Rogue
  
  • Hero Talents
    
    • Deathstalker: Follow the Blood effect now requires 2 targets afflicted with Rupture (was 3 targets).
  • Assassination
    
    • Caustic Spatter poison damage dealt to nearby targets reduced to 40% (was 45%).
    • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Chance to trigger Vile Tincture increased.
    • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Vile Tincture’s poison damage buff now correctly affects Envenom, Kingsbane, and appropriate Hero Talent effects.
    • Nerub-ar Palace 4-Set Bonus: Thrombotic Tincture now correctly applies upon gaining 5 stacks of Vile Tincture (was 6 stacks).
    • Developer’s note: We expect these changes to result in a net increase in overall damage, weighted heavily towards single target.
  • Outlaw
    
    • All ability damage increased by 4%.
    • Dispatch damage increased by 6%.
    • Precise Cuts bonus to Blade Flurry damage per missing target increased to 4% (was 2%).
  • Subtlety
    
    • Black Powder damage increased by 35%.
• Shaman
  
  • Restoration
    
    • Earthen Harmony now causes Earth Shield to reduce damage taken by 3% (was 5%). Does not affect PvP combat.
    • Acid Raid damage reduced by 20%.
• Warlock
  
  • Demonology
    
    • Pact of the Ered’ruin Doomguards deal 20% increased damage.
    • Grimoire: Felguard now increases the damage of the summoned Felguard by 60% (was 45%).
    • Felguard damage increased by 10%.
    • Gloomhound’s Gloom Slash damage increased by 20%.
• Warrior
  
  • Hero Talents
    
    • Colossus: Arterial Bleed causes Colossal Might to increase the damage dealt by Deep Wounds and Rend by 3% per stack (was 2%).
    • Colossus: No Stranger to Pain increases total damage ignored by Ignore Pain by 20% (was 15%).
    • Mountain Thane: Lightning Strikes damage increased by 25%.
    • Mountain Thane: Ground Current damage increased by 25%.
    • Mountain Thane: Thorim’s Might causes Lightning Strikes to generate 3 Rage (was 5).
    • Mountain Thane: Thorim’s Might increases Revenge, Raging Blow, and Execute damage by 25% (was 15%).
    • Slayer: Culling Cyclone bonus Bladestorm damage reduced to 10% (was 20%).
    • Slayer: Opportunist now increases the damage and critical strike damage of your next Overpower or Raging Blow by 20% (was 30%).
  • Fury
    
    • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Bloodthirst increases the damage of your next Rampage by 15% (was 10%). Does not affect PvP combat.
    • Nerub-ar Palace 4-Set Bonus: When Raging Blow resets its own cooldown, the damage of your next Bloodthirst is increased by 20%, stacking up to 2 times (was 10%). Does not affect PvP combat.
    • Mountain Thane: Crashing Thunder causes Thunder Clap to generate 8 Rage (was 5).
    • Mountain Thane: Strength of the Mountain increases Bloodthirst and Rampage damage by 30% (was 20%).
  • Protection
    
    • Mountain Thane: Thunder Blast generates 8 Rage (was 10).

Items and Rewards

• Zekvir’s Lair no longer rewards Great Vault credit.
• Addressed an issue with “Special Assignment” World Quests rewarding additional Great Vault credit.

Player versus Player

• Crests now drop from Rated PvP activities. Weathered Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 1 activities. Carved Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 2, Challenger 1, and Challenger 2 activities. Runed Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Rival 1 and Rival 2 activities. Gilded Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Duelist and Elite activities.
• Battleground Blitz
  
  • In Eye of the Storm, the first bases will spawn 20 seconds after the match starts (was 15 seconds), and after a flag is turned in, active bases will alternate after 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
• Death Knight
  
  • Unholy
    
    • Death Coil damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Virulent Plague damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Frost Fever damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Blood Plague damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
• Demon Hunter
  
  • Havoc
    
    • All ability damage increased by 4% in PvP combat.
    • Immolation Aura damage increased by 13.6% in PvP combat.
• Druid
  
  • Feral
    
    • Ferocious Wound (PvP Talent) now decreases maximum health by 3% per stack (was 5%).
  • Restoration
    
    • Tranquility healing increased by 30% in PvP combat.
    • Mana regeneration now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (was 50%).
• Hunter
  
  • Survival of the Fittest now provides 25% damage reduction in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Survival Tactics (PvP Talent) now has a 2 second duration (was 3 seconds).
  • Hero Talents
    
    • Dark Ranger: Smoke Screen now applies Survival of the Fittest at 50% effectiveness in PvP combat.
    • Sentinel: Don’t Look Back effectiveness reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• Mage
  
  • Frigid Winds is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
  • Arcane
    
    • Arcane Missiles damage increased by 35% in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Arcane Orb damage increased by 40% in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Fire
    
    • Pyroblast damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Fireball damage increased by 150% in PvP combat (was 100%).
    • Scorch damage increased by 300% in PvP combat (was 200%).
    • Ignite damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • World in Flames (PvP Talent) now increases Flamestrike damage by up to 50% (was 100%).
    • Glass Cannon (PvP Talent) now decreases health by 30% (was 15%) and increases the damage done by Scorch, Fireball, and Ignite by 20% (was 30%).
• Shaman
  
  • Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Elemental
    
    • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Chain Lightning damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Tempest damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Restoration
    
    • Healing Wave healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
    • Healing Surge healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Warlock
  
  • The effectiveness of Demon Skin’s armor bonus is no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  • Demonic Resilience now reduces the damage taken by your primary pet by an additional 67% in PvP combat.
  • Affliction
    
    • Malevolent Visionary damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
    • Shadowbolt Volley damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
    • Soul Harvester: Wicked Reaping damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Soul Harvester: Soul Anathema damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Soul Harvester: Demonic Soul damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Demonology
    
    • Demonbolt damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
• Warrior
  
  • Defensive Stance now reduces damage taken by 15% in PvP combat (was 10%).
  • Arms
    
    • Execute damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Mortal Strike damage increased by 55% in PvP combat (was 35%).
    • Master and Commander now reduces the cooldown of Rallying Cry by 120 seconds (was 90 seconds) and increases its effect by an additional 10% (was 15%).
  • Protection
    
    • Execute damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Season of Discovery

• Battlegrounds
  
  • Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch now award more Marks of Honor to the losing team when the match ends, based on the performance of the losing team.
  • The losing team will always get 1 Mark of Honor, plus 1 extra for each flag capture in Warsong Gulch, or for each 600 resources earned in Arathi Basin.
  • The winning team will now always receive 4 Marks of Honor.
• Mage
  
  • Fixed a problem with the Tier 2 Mage 6-piece damage set bonus that caused Fireball damage to not be increased unless the Mage was within 24 yards of the target. It will now work properly at any range.
• Priest
  
  • Fixed an issue with the range on Atonement's healing.
  • Mind Spike now properly consumes charges from the Zandalarian Hero Charm.
• Rogue
  
  • The Venomous Totem will now properly increase the chance for Instant Poison to trigger from Deadly Brew (when no poison is applied).

Join the 20th Anniversary Celebration near the Caverns of Time, spread your wings as a new Dracthyr Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warrior, or Warlock, ascend with a new Shaman Ascendance form, and more.

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Celebrate World of Warcraft’s 20th Anniversary

Join the celebration as World of Warcraft celebrates its 20th Anniversary with new activities and myriad ways to earn currency.

When: October 22, 2024 – January 6, 2025
Where: Outside the Caverns of Time in Tanaris

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Quick Facts

Here’s what you can look forward to during the 20th Anniversary Celebration:

• Earn and spend a new currency— Bronze Celebration Tokens— to spend on new items for your collection.
• Engage in the Blackrock Depths Raid dungeon
• Collect Iconic Tier 2 transmog appearance sets
• Go Timewalking through Classic World of Warcraft Dungeons
• Earn a New Mount, Blizzard Employee Service Award cosmetics, and More
• Celebrate with an expanded event at the Caverns of Time
• Join Chromie on a new time-bending adventure with the Codex of Chromie
• Discover new secrets and solve them with Guest Relations
• Defeat Party-Crashing World Bosses including the Sha of Anger and Archavon the Stonewatcher
• Go back for some PvP revenge during Korrak’s Revenge in Alterac Valley
• Celebrate 30 Years of Warcraft with Warcraft III themed back appearances on the Trading Post

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Accept Your Invitation

Players level 10 and up will receive the quest, “Another Timely Invitation,” inviting them to the celebration in Tanaris outside the Caverns of Time.

You’ll speak with Yllana to turn in your quest and then pick up some one-time quests to learn more about the event.

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New Currency

Take part in quests and activities to earn Bronze Celebration Tokens to spend on items during the 20th Anniversary Celebration, including returning items from previous anniversaries and new ones.

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Go Back to the Blackrock Depths Raid


Join Moira Bronzebeard as the bronze dragonflight grants her a look back in history, guiding us all through a journey through eight epic boss raid encounters.

Players can queue for this epic raid with the Raid Finder (Group Finder Hotkey I) or create their own groups of 10 to 15 players by speaking with Moira for Normal and Heroic difficulties.

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Get Tier 2 Armor Appearance Sets


We’ve modernized some very classic Tier 2 sets for all classes, including those that didn’t exist at the time these sets were introduced—such as Monks and Evokers—for a total of thirteen class sets! Each set comes as an ensemble of 9 pieces, including a cloak, making sure you look the part from head to toe.

• Death Knight: Pale Rider's Eternal Armor
• Demon Hunter: Netherwalker's Eternal Armor
• Druid: Stormrage Raiment
• Evoker: Earth-Warder's Eternal Armor
• Hunter: Dragonstalker Armor
• Mage: Netherwind Regalia
• Monk: Eternal Battlegear of the August Acolyte
• Paladin: Judgement Armor
• Priest: Vestments of Transcendance
• Rogue: Bloodfang Armor
• Shaman: Then Ten Storms
• Warlock: Nemesis Raiment
• Warrior: Battlegear of Wrath

Step back in time and show off your class pride when you purchase these appearances with Bronze Celebration Tokens earned during the 20th Anniversary Celebration.

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Timewalking Through the Classics

Take part in a new Timewalking event that will take you through the original version of Deadmines, Zul’Farrak, Dire Maul (east and west wings), and Stratholme’s living and undead dungeons for epic new rewards. Queue up via the Adventure Journal or the Group Finder with players level 10 and above.


Players will have the option to visit special vendors to get new mounts, pets, and transmog appearances.

Here are just a few items you will find on the Timewalking vendors starting with the 20th Anniversary:

• Enchanted Spellweave Carpet (from Wrath of the Lich King)
• Amani Hunting Bear (from the Burning Crusade)
• Frayfeather Hippogryph (from Classic World of Warcraft)

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Earn a New Mount, Service Award Appearances, and More

Blizzard employees earn special service awards during their time at the company. We’ve taken inspiration from these awards to create a new mount that is fully armored in a similar style—the Coldflame Tempest mount. This blue-flamed flying mount takes after its fiery cousin, the Ashes of Al’ar, and will let you show off your own years of service to Azeroth.

Players can also earn appearances based on the employee sword, shield, and crown to show off in-game, along with a version of the employee ring as a toy.


Stand out with a 20-Year balloon toy and two adorable baby dreadlord pets—Lil’Kaz and Lil’Doomy— you can add to your collection.

For a limited time, you will also see some returning Anniversary items that can be also purchased with Bronze Celebration Tokens when you visit Storekeeper Reginald in the Celebration Pavilion and peruse his inventory.

• Core Hound Chain: Teaches the Core Hound mount.
• Obsidian Worldbreaker: Teaches the Obsidian Worldbreaker Mount.
• Lil’Nefarian: Teaches the Lil’ Nefarian pet.
• Molten Corgi: Teaches the Molten Corgi pet.
• Onyxian Whelpling: Teaches the Onyxian Whelpling pet.
• Hatespark the Tiny: Teaches the Hatespark the Tiny pet.
• Baby Blizzard Bear: Teaches the Baby Blizzard Bear pet.

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Join the Celebration at the Cavern of Time

This year’s celebration event has expanded, and the bronze dragonflight have taken the activities just outside the Caverns of Time with various new and exciting things to do.

Show off your transmog at the Fashion Frenzy stage hosted by Althaea. Mount up to match Abigail Cyrildotr at the Mount Mania arena and show off your mount collection. Join Lorewalker Cho at the Storyteller stage for an epic tale you can’t help but join in on. Take a photo with guildmates, venture to epic vistas, disguise yourself as your pet, cosplay as famous heroes or villains, skate on the rink, or take a balloon for a lazy ride around the event space. There’s plenty to see and do as you join the celebration in Tanaris, and it’s available to players at level 15 and above.

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New World Bosses


There are gate-crashers at nearly every party, and that’s true of our anniversary celebration. We’re bringing back some classic World Bosses from the past, including Doomwalker, Azuregos, Lord Kazzak, and the Dragons of Nightmare, along with a couple of additional party crashers in the sands of Tanaris— the Sha of Anger and Archavon the Stonewatcher.

Players can join in bouncing them out of the celebration beginning at level 15 to earn some great rewards and anniversary currency.

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Codex of Chromie


Chromie is up for any challenge, but due to her unique role, she has not kept her codex in order. When asked to put together time tours of the opening of the Ahn’qiraj gate, she’s discovered things are in a jumble. She’ll need help from Azeroth’s heroes to put things to rights once more and send out of place enemies in the sands of Silithus back to where they belong. Players can queue up using the Group Finder for this 10-20 player scenario beginning at level 15.

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Help Wanted at Guest Relations


Often a thankless job, guest relations has a new volunteer, Alyx, stepping into the role with the lofty hopes of doing a better job than their predecessor. As visitors pour into the celebration, Alyx is under pressure and could use a little help making it an event to remember. Thankfully, they have found a secret-sleuthing tuskarr family who have become the perfect helpers in getting players up to speed with the tools of the secrets trade.

Assist Alyx each week with resolving new guest mysteries by using your new secret-finding skills, and be on the lookout for stolen celebration goods. Follow the rumors and solve the mystery— if you can. We’re counting on you, secret finders.

Players can begin working on the initial secrets beginning on October 28 with additional secrets opening up on November 4.

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Korrak’s Revenge Returns

Run down your enemies, raze their fortifications, and exchange the tokens you loot from their corpses to summon mighty reinforcements in Korrak’s Revenge, a throwback Battleground inspired by the earliest days of Alterac Valley.

Players who complete the quest, “Korrak’s Revenge,” will be rewarded one of two mounts based on your character’s faction: the Stormpike Battle Ram (Alliance) and the Frostwolf Snarler (Horde).

Players taking part in the battlegrounds during the anniversary celebration can also click on the Alliance Armory or the Horde War Supplies located in the starting areas of battlegrounds to don the appearance of PvP sets from times past.

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Celebrate 30 Years of Warcraft with the Trading Post!


Celebrate 30 Years of Warcraft with November’s Trading Post. Players will be able to fill the month’s bar to earn four iconic back appearance shields representing the factions of Warcraft III— Orc, Human, Night Elf, and Scourge.

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Dracthyr Spread Their Wings to New Classes


Undertaking one of these new classes as a Dracthyr will allow you to choose between fighting as a Dracthyr or fighting in Visage form by activating Visage, which switches you between forms. You can additionally choose to toggle on Chosen Identity, which will automatically shift you into Dracthyr form when entering combat and Visage form when leaving combat.

Dracthyr Evokers will continue to use Dracthyr form during combat, as many of their abilities emphasize their draconic nature. With the addition of new classes to Dracthyr, we are making some further adjustments to their racials.


Dracthyr players will also be able to learn a new Skyriding talent called Squadron in which up to two additional Dracthyr players can join you to fly in formation as you soar through the skies.

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New Shaman Ascendance Forms

But wait, there’s more! Shaman can also look forward to new Ascendance forms to express their elemental mastery. Restoration Shaman will get a new Water form, Elemental will get a new Fire form, and Enhancement will get a new Wind form.

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20th Anniversary Wallpapers

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We look forward to celebrating all things World of Warcraft with you. We’ll see you in Azeroth!

The time to strike at Ragnaros the Firelord draws near. For all champions daring to begin a new adventure or continue their odyssey in Azeroth, you can prepare for the heat when you take advantage of the Joyous Journeys experience buff*, which increases experience gains by 50% for all players up to level 85!

Finish leveling a character, create a new one, or invite friends to join you in Cataclysm Classic. The buff is active by default, but you can visit any innkeeper in the capital cities and Dalaran to turn it off or on again.

Take advantage of the Joyous Journey’s experience buff now. It’s an excellent opportunity for new and returning players to level up and join the defenders of Hyjal as they fight to create a foothold in the Firelands at the Molten Front before the Ragnaros makes his grand entrance in the Rage of the Firelands content update.

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*Experience buff not available in modern World of Warcraft® or World of Warcraft® Classic Era.