World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

You’ve fought on the shores of Kul Tiras, explored the far corners of Zandalar, and faced the enemy at every turn. You survived the Battle of Dazar’alor, and aided Magni Bronzebeard in his critical quest to save Azeroth from her grievous wound. Soon, your journey will take you into the depths of Nazjatar and the wonders of Mechagon, where even more dangers await—but you don’t have to face them all from ground level. Once you complete the account-wide achievement Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part 2, you’ll be able to take to the skies . . . and earn a brand-new mechanical mount in the process!


To earn your wings in Battle for Azeroth, you’ll need to:

• Reach Revered with the following factions: The Rustbolt Resistance and either the Unshackled (Horde) or Waveblade Ankoan (Alliance)
  
• Earn the achievement Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part 1 (progress is account-wide)
  
• Explore Nazjatar: Ashen Strand, Azsh’ari Terrace, Coral Forest, Deepcoil Tunnels, Dragon’s Teeth Basin, The Drowned Market, Elun’alor Temple, The Empress’s Approach, Gate of the Queen, The Hanging Reef, Kal’methi, Shirakess Repository, Spears of Azshara, Zanj’ir Terrace, Zanj’ir Wash, Zin-Azshari
  
• Explore Mechagon: Rustbolt, Sparkweaver Point, Junkwatt Depot, The Heaps, Scrapbone Den, Western Spray, The Outflow, The Fleeting Forest

Completing Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part 2 will allow you to fly in Kul Tiras and Zandalar, as well as the new zones of Nazjatar and Mechagon—plus the new Wonderwing 2.0 mechanical parrot mount.

The wild blue yonder awaits!

Some tuning tweaks that will be on PTR soon, noting here because they’ll be coming in as PTR hotfixes at this point:

• Artifice of Time, Minor: Haste/Speed bonus increased 13%
• Ever-Rising Tide, Minor: Int bonus increased 20%
• Ever-Rising Tide, Major: Duration (both active duration, and bonus duration) reduced to 8 seconds
• Life-Binder’s Invocation, Major: Cooldown reduced to 2.5 minutes
• Vitality Conduit, All: Transfer amount increased 15%
• Vitality Conduit, Minor: Proc rate increased 25%
• Vitality Conduit, Minor Rank 3: Absorb value increased 38%
• Lucid Dreams, Minor: Proc rate for mana users reduced 20%

Some additional hotfix balance changes have been made for a few Essences:

Crucible of Flame

• Minor effect rank 1 damage and healing values increased by 35%.
• Minor effect rank 1 proc chance increased for all healer roles.

Vision of Perfection

• Major effect proc chance reduced for Holy Paladin.

Following a final flurry of sudden-but-inevitable deaths due to bosses spawned in the starting zones and an impressively huge lineup of people in Goldshire, we’ve concluded the Stress Test.

Please feel free to leave your feedback on your experiences in this stress test in our Feedback thread. We’re particularly interested in your experiences after the initial four hours of the test. Please let us know what time-frame your experiences are from when you post feedback.

Again, thank you very much for participating!

Here are the BFA Season 2 ratings cutoffs for the Sinister Hero and Gladiator ranks.

As always, these ratings are not final, and they will change between now and the end of Season 2. This is a snapshot of what would have been if the season ended at:

4:30 p.m. PDT Friday, June 21

Hero of the Horde: Sinister
Rating: 2356

Hero of the Alliance: Sinister
Rating: 2326

Horde Sinister Gladiator: Battle for Azeroth Season 2
Rating: 2827

Alliance Sinister Gladiator: Battle for Azeroth Season 2
Rating: 2870

No one is immune from death—no one except the people of Mechagon. At least, that’s what the stories say. Most gnomes think Mechagon is just a far-fetched legend, but not the old, scarred explorer Kervo. After years of obsessive research, he has set off on what might be his final adventure: a daring gambit to find Mechagon and uncover the secrets of immortality before his own time runs out.

Discover the mysteries that await in “Mechagon,” written by Matt Burns and illustrated by Miki Montlló. Download and read the latest standalone Battle for Azeroth comic here.


About
Matt Burns is a senior writer on Blizzard Entertainment’s creative development team who has helped create licensed and ancillary fiction for the World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and Overwatch universes. His projects include co-authoring Book of Adria: A Diablo Bestiary and three volumes of the New York Times–bestselling illustrated history book series World of Warcraft Chronicle.

Miki Montlló is an artist born and living near Barcelona who has been working in animation (for studios including Filmax, Cartoon Saloon, and Laika), games, and comics for 12 years. His comic book series Warship Jolly Roger was published internationally (and translated into seven languages) by Dargaud and Magnetic Press. In addition to developing his own projects, he is now working on a comic adaptation by an award-winning Chinese science-fiction writer that will be published in 2021.