World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

On March 5, the Springblossom Tree was released for purchase with an incorrect price. We quickly moved to take the tree out of the shop and fix this mistake.

The price of the tree was adjusted from 750 to 250 Hearthsteel, and the Spring Blossom Decor Pack was fixed to provide three trees per purchase.

We have identified all players who purchased the tree or the pack before our adjustment, and we will soon provide them with two additional trees (per purchase of the pack) and a refund of Hearthsteel equal to the difference in price (per purchase of a single tree).

Thank you to all who provided valuable feedback on this.

We’ve been steadily working to fix some issues with PvP flagging in Burning Crusade Classic. Our goals are:

• Players in PvE instances (dungeons, raids, and scenarios) should be able to cast helpful AoE spells on their party members regardless of their PvP flagging state.
• Players should not have their flag state incorrectly change when entering instances or crossing zone boundaries.
• On both Normal and PvP realms, flagging should behave as it did in original World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.

We’ve got hotfixes for these issues in testing, and we intend to implement the fixes with scheduled weekly maintenance on March 10.

Thank you!

Achievements

• The Abandoned Ritual Skull treasure has been removed as a criteria for Treasures of Zul'Aman.

Classes

• Druid
  
  • Balance
    
    • Casting a Starfire that is made instant by Ascendant Eclipses Rank 1 no longer consumes Owlkin Frenzy, if active.
  • Feral
    
    • The Moonfire buff or bar will now correctly activate on the Cooldown Manager when you have learned Lunar Inspiration.
• Evoker
  
  • Devastation
    
    • Flameshaper: Dragonrage now correctly interacts with Essence Well, increasing Fire Breath's chance to cause an Essence Burst to 100% while Dragonrage is active.
    • Scalecommander: Mass Disintegrate should now more-reliably hit multiple Hostile enemies near the primary target.
• Monk
  
  • Windwalker
    
    • Fixed an issue that caused Zenith to not increase the cooldown reduction from Blackout Kick.
• Rogue
  
  • Outlaw
    
    • Fixed a bug that caused Between the Eyes with Supercharger to consume two supercharged combo points when Gravedigger Rank 1 generated an extra stack.
• Shaman
  
  • Elemental
    
    • Corrected an issue where Master of the Elements was not affecting the damage of all Flame Shocks if you activated or gained Ascendance with Master of the Elements active as intended.
  • Enhancement
    
    • Totemic: Resolved an issue causing Voltaic Blaze to consume Whirling Earth.

Dungeons

• Den of Nalorakk
  
  • Grizzled Warbringer's Primal Echo debuff duration reduced from 30 sec to 15s
  • Addressed an issue where Nalorakk can get stuck in combat with Zul'jarra after all players are defeated during in the encounter
• Voidscar Arena
  
  • Vexaroth's Explosive Spheres now only damages players inside the area trigger upon contact

Events

• [With Weekly Reset on March 10] The Legends of the Haranir event now has an account-wide lockout, allowing participation once per week per account (was once per character).

Items

• Skilled Preyseeker's Knapsack can now be deleted from your inventory.

Professions

• Enchanting
  
  • Fixed a bug preventing the Flames of the Sin’dorei enchant from doing its intended amount of damage. The tooltip will be corrected at a later time.

Quests

• Fixed an issue where Hammerfall peons were not providing quest credit for “A Humble Servant”.
• “Flicker in the Dark” should now complete for players who die or disconnect after subduing T'era.
• Towering Ultradon Talon is now significantly more likely to be found on the quest "One Cruel Implement".
• Fixed an issue where quests sending you to Boralus (e.g. “Remnant of Azeroth”) would direct you to go into the Silvermoon portal in Stormwind's portal room.
• “Down the Rootways” should no longer port players out of the area too soon.
• Fixed an issue where Alonsus Faol was not creating a portal for “The Sunwalker Path”.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue causing the Adventure Journal to display an entry for the quest “Delves: Worldwide Research” when the player is not currently eligible for the quest.

Enter The Voidspire in Voidstorm, The Dreamrift in Harandar, and March on Quel’Danas in Eversong Woods, undertake Mythic dungeons, face new world bosses, engage in PvP, and more during the first season of Midnight.

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Season 1 Schedule

Week of March 17

• Raids
  
  • The Voidspire – Normal, Heroic, and Raid Finder Wing 1
  • The Dreamrift – Normal, Heroic, and Raid Finder Wing
• Delves Season 1 Tier 8+
• Heroic and Mythic 0 Dungeons- (Mythic dungeons move to a daily reset.)
• Face New World Bosses
  
  • Lu’ashal (Eversong Woods): While the Lighbloom in Eversong has devastated much of the wildlife, a few creatures have instead been strengthened by its power. Lu’ashal has grown to gargantuan size from the surging Holy energy and is now as dangerous as it is beautiful.
  • Thorm’Belan (Harandar): Once a docile creature known to roam Harandar’s southern wilds, Thorm’belan was forever changed when it became afflicted by The Lightbloom. The enraged beast must now be killed before it runs rampant across the surrounding wetlands.
  • Predaxas (Voidstorm): Glutted on the writhing Voidstorm’s spawn, Predaxas stalks the wilds hunting for prey. It does not rest, it does not reason, it devours with a hunger as insatiable as the dark.
  • Cragpine (Zul’Aman): Ancient as the cliffs themselves, Cragpine has slumbered for centuries beneath a canopy of towering pines. Now stirred by the careless intrusion of mortals, he rises to defend his glade, bending the forest itself to his will.
• Prey Nightmare Difficulty
• PvP Season 1 Begins

Week of March 24

• Mythic+ Keystones
• Raids
  
  • The Voidspire – Mythic, Raid Finder Wing 2, and Story Mode
  • The Dreamrift – Mythic
• Delves
  
  • The Darkway

March 31

• Raid
  
  • The Voidspire – Raid Finder Wing 3
  • March on Quel’Danas – Normal, Heroic, and Mythic
• Delves
  
  • Parhelion Plaza

April 7

• Raid
  
  • March on Quel’Danas – Raid Finder and Story Mode

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Mythic+


Midnight Season 1 brings new dungeons to the Mythic + rotation:

• Magisters' Terrace (Midnight)
• Maisara Caverns (Midnight)
• Nexus-Point Xenas (Midnight)
• Windrunner Spire (Midnight)
• Algeth'ar Academy (Dragonflight)
• Pit of Saron (Wrath of the Lich King)
• Seat of the Triumvirate (Legion)
• Skyreach (Warlords of Draenor)

Seasonal Rewards

• Midnight Keystone Explorer: Season 1
  
  • Complete a Mythic+ dungeon within the time limit during Midnight Season One.
• Midnight Keystone Conqueror: Season One
  
  • Title: the Umbral
    
    • Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 1500 during Midnight Season One.
• Midnight Keystone Master: Season One
  
  • Mount Reward: Calamitous Carrion
    
    • Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 2000 during Midnight Season One.
• Midnight Keystone Hero: Season One
  
  • Armor Visual Effect: Gleaming Sunmote
    
    • Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 2500 during Midnight Sason One.
• Midnight Keystone Legend: Season One
  
  • Mount Reward: Convalescent Carrion
    
    • Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 3000 during Midnight Season One.

End Midnight Season 1 with a Mythic+ Rating in the top 0.1% of all players in your region to earn the title "the Umbral Hero".

Players can also gain access to Dungeon portals for each of the eight dungeons when they complete Mythic 10 or higher within the time limit.

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Raids

Players have a chance to gain the Ashes of Belo’ren mount by defeating the Midnight Falls encounter on Mythic difficulty of the March on Quel’Danas raid.


Learn more about the upcoming raids in our previously published Midnight Raid Overview and Schedule article.

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PvP Season 1

The season brings a new PvP ladder, increased item level gear, fresh rewards, a new weapon illusion, tabard, cloak, pennant, and more!

Season 1 PvP Elite Transmog Set

• Combatant I: Midnight Season 1 (1000): Cloak
• Combatant II: Midnight Season 1 (1200): Legs, Bracers
• Challenger I: Midnight Season 1 (1400): Gloves, Boots
• Challenger II: Midnight Season 1 (1600): Chest, Belt
• Rival I: Midnight Season 1 (1800): Shoulder, Helm
• Rival II: Midnight Season 1 (1950): Weapon Illusion
• Duelist: Midnight Season 1 (2100): Prestige Cloak
• Elite: Midnight Season 1 (2400+): Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

Weapon Illusion

Earn the PvP Weapon Illusion “Galaxy” when you unlock the Rival II Feat of Strength.

Bloody Tokens & War Mode Gear

Bloody Tokens are now obtainable and can be used to purchase War Mode gear.

PvP Mounts

• Vicious Snaplizard Mount: Earned as part of the Galactic Combatant Achievement—win Rated PvP matches during Season 1 while at 1000 rating or higher. These mounts come in an Alliance and Horde version, with faction-colored armor.
• Galactic Gladiator's Goredrake Mount: Win 50 games as a Gladiator in Midnight Season in 3v3. These mounts come in an Alliance and Horde version.

Titles

• Titles are earned based on PvP rating:
  
  • Combatant: Earn a PvP rating of 1000
  • Challenger: Earn a PvP rating of 1400
  • Rival: Earn a PvP rating of 1800
  • Duelist: Earn a PvP Rating of 2100
  • Season Character Title "the Elite": Earn the rank of Elite during Midnight Season 1.
  • Legend: Win 100 Rated Solo Shuffle rounds at Elite rank during Midnight Season 1.
  • Galactic Legend: End Season 1 in the top 0.1% of the Solo Shuffle ladder. Requires 50 games won in Season 1.
  • Galactic Gladiator: End Season 1 in the top 0.1% of the 3v3 arena ladder. Requires 150 games won in Season 1.
• Battleground Blitz Title Rewards
  
  • Strategist: Win 25 Rated Battleground Blitz matches at Elite rank during Midnight Season 1.
  • Galactic Warlord (Horde Only): End Midnight PvP Season 1 in the top 0.1% of the Rated Battleground Blitz ladder (requires 50 games won in Midnight Season 1).
  • Galactic Marshall (Alliance Only): End Midnight PvP Season 1 in the top 0.1% of the Rated Battleground Blitz ladder (requires 50 games won in Midnight Season 1).

Season 1 PvP Pennant, Tabard, and Cloak

• Galactic Gladiator's Tabard
  
  • Earned from achieving the Elite Rank during Midnight Season 1.
• Galactic Gladiator's Prestigious Cloak
  
  • Earned from achieving the Duelist Rank during Midnight Season 1.
• Galactic Legend's Pennant
  
  • Earned from achieving either the Legend: Midnight Season 1 Achievement or Strategist: Midnight Season 1 Achievement.
• Nightfall Legend's Pennant
  
  • Earned from achieving the Solo Shuffle: Medic: Midnight achievement.
  • This pennant is earnable starting with Season 1 but is obtainable all expansion.
• Nightfall Strategist's Pennant
  
  • Earned from achieving the Battleground Blitz: Medic: Midnight achievement.
  • This pennant is earnable starting with Season 1 but is obtainable all expansion.

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Delves


Here's a list of seasonal rewards for your efforts in Delves that you'll want to obtain before the start of Season 2:

• My Shady Nemesis: Defeat Nulleaus in his lair before the release of the next season of Delves.
  
  • Reward: Nullaeus Domaneye
• Lighting the Dark: Defeat Nulleaus in his lair on Tier ?? before the release of the next season of delves.
  
  • Reward: "the Ominous" Title
• Let Me Solo Him: Defeat Nullaeus in his lair on Tier ?? without any other players in your party before the release of the next season of delves.
  
  • Reward: Arcanovoid Construct mount

Track your progress with Delves Journeys in the Adventure Guide (Shift-J) to track your progress.

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Good luck in the season ahead, champions, and don’t forget to check the Great Vault each week after the season begins for your new rewards!