Enchanting in Cataclysm Preview
It's time for a short preview of what to expect from Enchanting in Cataclysm!

1. Weapon Enchantments
Most of the weapon enchantments in Cataclysm are procs, Mighty Agility being the only passive stat boost. Also, some of them have very impressive visual effects.

Slot Enchant Description
2H WeaponMighty AgilityPermanently enchant a two-handed weapon to increase Agility by 130.
WeaponAvalanchePermanently enchant a weapon to often deal 463 to 537 Nature damage to an enemy struck by your melee attacks.
WeaponElemental SlayerPermanently enchant a melee weapon to sometimes disrupt elementals when struck by your melee attacks, dealing Arcane damage and silencing them for 5 sec.
WeaponHeartsongPermanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase Spirit by 200 for 15 sec when casting spells.
WeaponHurricanePermanently enchant a melee weapon to sometimes increase haste rating by 450 for 12 sec when casting spells or dealing melee damage.
WeaponLandslidePermanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase attack power by 1000 for 12 sec when striking in melee.
WeaponMendingPermanently enchant a weapon to sometimes heal you when damaging an enemy with spells and melee attacks.
WeaponPower TorrentPermanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase Intellect by 500 for 12 sec when dealing damage or healing with spells.
WeaponWindwalkPermanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase dodge rating by 600 and movement speed by 15% for 10 sec when striking in melee.



2. Armor Enchantments
Nothing really new on that side, but I'm sure most of you would be happy to have a list of armor enchants in Cataclysm.

Slot Enchant Description
BootAssassin's StepPermanently enchant boots to increase movement speed slightly and Agility by 25.
BootEarthen VitalityPermanently enchant boots to increase movement speed slightly and Stamina by 30.
BootHastePermanently enchant boots to increase haste rating by 50.
BootLavawalkerPermanently enchant boots to increase movement speed slightly and mastery rating by 35.
BootMajor AgilityPermanently enchant boots to increase Agility by 35.
BootMasteryPermanently enchant boots to increase mastery rating by 50.
BootPrecisionPermanently enchant boots to increase hit rating by 50.
BracerCritical StrikePermanently enchant bracers to increase critical strike rating by 50.
BracerDodgePermanently enchant bracers to increase dodge rating by 50.
BracerExceptional SpiritPermanently enchant bracers to increase Spirit by 50.
BracerGreater Critical StrikePermanently enchant bracers to increase critical strike rating by 65.
BracerGreater ExpertisePermanently enchant bracers to increase expertise rating by 50.
BracerGreater SpeedPermanently enchant bracers to increase haste rating by 65.
BracerPrecisionPermanently enchant bracers to increase hit rating by 50.
BracerSpeedPermanently enchant bracers to increase haste rating by 50.
ChestExceptional SpiritPermanently enchant a chest to increase Spirit by 40.
ChestGreater StaminaPermanently enchant a chest to increase Stamina by 75.
ChestMighty ResiliencePermanently enchant chest armor to increase resilience rating by 40.
ChestMighty StatsPermanently enchant chest armor to increase all stats by 15.
ChestPeerless StatsPermanently enchant chest armor to increase all stats by 20.
ChestStaminaPermanently enchant chest armor to increase Stamina by 55.
CloakCritical StrikePermanently enchant a cloak to increase critical strike rating by 50.
CloakGreater Critical StrikePermanently enchant a cloak to increase critical strike rating by 65.
CloakGreater IntellectPermanently enchant a cloak to increase Intellect by 50.
CloakGreater Spell PiercingPermanently enchant a cloak to increase spell penetration by 70.
CloakIntellectPermanently enchant a cloak to increase Intellect by 30.
CloakProtectionPermanently enchant a cloak to increase armor by 250.
GlovesExceptional StrengthPermanently enchant gloves to increase Strength by 35.
GlovesGreater ExpertisePermanently enchant gloves to increase expertise rating by 50.
GlovesGreater MasteryPermanently enchant gloves to increase mastery rating by 65.
GlovesHastePermanently enchant gloves to increase haste rating by 50.
GlovesMasteryPermanently enchant gloves to increase mastery rating by 50.
GlovesMighty StrengthPermanently enchant gloves to increase Strength by 50.
Off-HandSuperior IntellectPermanently enchant a shield or held item to increase Intellect by 100.
ShieldBlockingPermanently enchant a shield to increase block rating by 40.
ShieldProtectionPermanently enchant a shield to increase armor by 160.


3. Ring Enchantments
Enchanters still have their ring enchantments, they require 475 enchanting skill.

Slot Enchant Description
RingAgilityPermanently enchant your own ring to increase Agility by 40. Enchanting your ring causes it to become soulbound and requires 475 Enchanting skill to remain active.
RingGreater StaminaPermanently enchant your own ring to increase Stamina by 60. Enchanting your ring causes it to become soulbound and requires 475 Enchanting skill to remain active.
RingIntellectPermanently enchant your own ring to increase Intellect by 40. Enchanting your ring causes it to become soulbound and requires 475 Enchanting skill to remain active.
RingStrengthPermanently enchant your own ring to increase Strength by 40. Enchanting your ring causes it to become soulbound and requires 475 Enchanting skill to remain active.


4. Companion Pets
Enchanters get their own craftable pet! The Enchanted Lantern will be available for Horde Players and the Magic Lamp for Alliance.




Cataclysm World Drops Preview
Yesterday's raid loot preview had a couple of Bind on Equip items, here is the list of the BOE World Drops currently implemented in the beta.




Cataclysm Zones Update - Blasted Lands, Dun Morogh, Westfall
Another update to zones pages, this time Blasted Lands, Dun Morogh, and Westfall got their updated beta screenshots!






The MMO Report
It's time for this week's MMO Report!

This article was originally published in forum thread: Enchanting Cataclysm, World Drops, Zone Update, MMO Report started by Boubouille View original post
Comments 145 Comments
  1. Kelzam's Avatar
    I don't think Reins of the Kor'kron Annihilator is a world BoE drop >_>

    <3 appears it was fixed
  1. toychristopher's Avatar
    The enchants are way over the top! It would be nice to see our weapons instead of a giant glow stick.
  1. Adjutant's Avatar
    Enchants look great.
  1. butterflybee's Avatar
    I somewhat agree that they are a little over the top, but I am happy with them... what I don't get is Might Agility.

    What do leaves have to do with increased agility rating?
  1. anubra's Avatar
    where are the cata Scopes?
  1. Tablemaker's Avatar
    Currently in the game Engineering and Enchanting enchants are stacking... is this intended or a bug?
  1. The Last DJ's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by butterflybee View Post
    I somewhat agree that they are a little over the top, but I am happy with them... what I don't get is Might Agility.

    What do leaves have to do with increased agility rating?
    "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

    T_T
  1. Shanur's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by butterflybee View Post
    I somewhat agree that they are a little over the top, but I am happy with them... what I don't get is Might Agility.

    What do leaves have to do with increased agility rating?
    i think it has something to do with leaves blowing in the wind, which is probably what it will look like while swinging, so my bet is wind == supah agile
  1. BondExtreme's Avatar
    Very nice animations. However it seems they like to keep reusing the animation with the leaves.
  1. MysticalOS's Avatar
    50 dodge rating to bracers, or continue using 40 stamina to bracers from wrath. that's a no brainer. 50 dodge rating isn't crap by comparison to 40 stamina. With DR and inflated rating requirements at 85, 50 dodge rating i'd wipe my ass with. what's with blizzard and useless tank enchants all the time.

    and 160 armor to shield? 160 armor is nothing by EH comparison to 18 stamina, espeically now that stamina is worth even more per point than it was pre 4.x. so i guess there we're still gonna be using 18 stamina from burning crusade.
  1. Nevad's Avatar
    Agreed with the bit over the top enchants, it might be cause they are shown in modelviewer (doubt it but its possible).
  1. Shinshiva's Avatar
    Yeah shiny stuff is balls. give me a plain sword any day.
  1. menulo's Avatar
    finnaly some good looking Enchants!
    i started to miss mongoose/exe , berzerker looked so lame:P
  1. Ellesar's Avatar
    great animations, cool proc's
  1. Razia's Avatar
    Finally, a stamina chest enchant
  1. mmoc44e5154f48's Avatar
    So no one hand enchants for hunters? Great I love dual wielding axes, as we did in the past.
  1. swissaccount's Avatar
    those enchants take away from the design of the weapon
  1. Kasanja's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by lios View Post
    So no one hand enchants for hunters? Great I love dual wielding axes, as we did in the past.
    same for us Enhance shammies...Mastery it is !
  1. Elween's Avatar
    The enchants look great but they should lower down the effects, they almost block weapon look/art/design.
    But ye its maybe a bug from the modelviewer, i hope.
  1. PlatedPriest's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nymrohd View Post
    Actually 50 dodge rating is way more ivalue than 40 Stamina (which is the equivalent of 26.67 dodge rating). Also in Cata, tanks will not itemize for Stamina only. If you are a mana sponge, your healers will go oom and you will die. When you are not in danger of dying in a short window of time, the effective health theory goes out of the window and when preventing excessive healing becomes the new priority, avoidance and mitigation are your new gearing concerns. In Cata I expect that you will want to keep a certain health pool appropriate to the raiding tier you are in, and then everything else goes to avoidance (unless you can get mitigation through armor or if it proves to be superior, block capping).
    what he said.

    stacking stam is not gonna be all that smart in cata

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