Shadowlands Leveling Changes and Level Squish, Flying Changes, Icecrown Skybox

Shadowlands Class Updates
Originally Posted by Blizzard
UPDATE: We have made a few changes to this blog to reflect the accuracy of class abilities in the beginning of alpha. You can find these updates in the Affliction Warlock, Frost Mage, General and Discipline Priest, Mistweaver Monk, and Unholy Death Knight sections. Please keep in mind that Shadowlands class updates are still in development and subject to change.

Shadowlands Leveling Changes and Level Squish
In Shadowlands, new players that have never created or leveled a character will automatically begin in Exile's Reach. Veteran players will be able to opt out of this zone and complete the starting zone for their race.

Allied Race characters (including Death Knights) start at Level 10, however Demon Hunters and non Allied Race Death Knights start at Level 8 and have to go through their starting zone experience before they can progress further.


ExpansionLevel in BFALevel in Shadowlands
Vanilla6025
The Burning Crusade7027
Wrath of the Lich King8030
Cataclysm8532
Mists of Pandaria9035
Warlords of Draenor10040
Legion11045
Battle for Azeroth12050


Shadowlands Riding and Flying Changes
In addition to the Leveling Changes and Level Squish mentioned above, Riding and Flying Skills are getting a few quality of life changes in Shadowlands!

  • The first level of riding Apprentice Riding is now learned at Level 10 from a Riding Trainer or Flying Trainer. Characters leveled through the new player starting experience in Exile's Reach will have to finish the zone and get to Orgrimmar or Stormwind to learn Apprentice Riding.
  • Artisan Riding has been removed, which means players can upgrade from Expert Riding (150% Flying Speed at Level 30) directly to Master Riding (310% Flying Speed at Level 40).
  • The other Riding Skills can now be learned every 10 Levels instead of every 20 Levels. Journeyman Riding (Max Riding Speed) is now learned at Level 20 and Expert Riding (Flying) is now learned at Level 30.
  • It's currently unknown if characters that bought Artisan Riding will automatically learn Master Riding. We'll see if this is the case once the "copy character" option is available on Shadowlands Alpha.
  • Faction discounts are still present in Shadowlands. For example, characters that reach Level 40 and are Exalted with their appropriate faction will benefit from a 20% discount and will be able to purchase flying (Master Riding) for 4000.
  • The achievements Draenor Pathfinder and Broken Isles Pathfinder, Part Two are no longer required for flying in Draenor and Broken Isles.

Riding RankMount SpeedRequired LevelCost
Apprentice Riding60%Level 101
Journeyman Riding100%Level 2050
Expert Riding150%Level 30250
Master Riding310%Level 405000


Shadowlands - Icecrown Skybox
The Icecrown Skybox has been updated to reflect the aftermath of the fight between Sylvanas and Bolvar.

This article was originally published in forum thread: Shadowlands Leveling Changes and Level Squish, Flying Changes, Icecrown Skybox started by Lumy View original post
Published on 2020-04-10 11:47 PM
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  1. buck008's Avatar
    There been any news on the flying changes? A bunch of my toons never got the 310 speed, wondering if I wasted probably 80k on the former artisan riding to get bumped down to 150. I'd be real annoyed to have to spend that again.
  1. Wretchedmist's Avatar
    With regards to flying, please just let players have access to flight after a couple of months into the expansion. Once players are max level and are getting into the end-game content, that's when flying becomes important. In BfA, flying didn't unlock for a long, long time, which made things a giant pain in the ass when it came to doing daily quests, grinding AP, grinding gold, and doing whatever in general. I totally understand "the experience" of leveling up and discovery in the new content. That being said, flight needs to unlock at some point during the first raid tier. That would be great.
  1. tearsofflame's Avatar
    Just make flying how it used to be. Just charge gold for it. Bo more time hated content or jumping through 100 hoops to get it.
  1. Mamut's Avatar
    Guys when those changes to leveling will go live? With Shadowlands up or before with the prepatch? Im asking because Im rerolling on new server and I need two alts for profession but Im kinda burned with leveling my new main and would rather wait with leveling alts for the level squish (need them before Shadowlands release tho).
  1. Rune B's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Omedon View Post
    I mean, yeah, you know that, and I know that, but it's still going to be a bit of an eruption once that dawns on some people. It does arguably devalue the achievement. New value for a new reality, sure, but not everyone will take that without batting an eye.
    Equivalent to 1-110 now. That's waaay faster than currently with double XP. Yet Blizz said it would be "50-70% faster". I think what they meant is 2-3 times faster. Either way, leveling takes too long, as the entire focus of the game is on end-game.
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