Prepare for Lift Off: Get Ready for Flying in Chains of Domination
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Earn your wings and a special covenant-themed mount in the next major content update, Chains of Domination! Instead of challenging you with a Pathfinder achievement like in previous expansions, you’ll instead earn flying in Shadowlands early on within the newest chapters of your covenant campaign.

Upon completing a quest contained within the "The Last Sigil" storyline, you’ll be rewarded with Memories of Sunless Skies. This consumable item allows all characters on your account with Expert Riding Skill to fly in Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and Revendreth!

Read on to see what you can do right now to ensure you hit the ground running so you can start soaring in Chains of Domination.

Reach Renown Level 40
Your covenant is the wind beneath your wings, so you’ll need to prove your utmost loyalty to them by earning Renown Level 44 prior to lift off. Make sure that you are at or reach Renown Level 40 before Chains of Domination goes live, so that your efforts go directly into the levels that will become available with the content update.

Ready to reach max Renown? Jumpstart your journey with this guide from Wowhead!

If you’re struggling to reach Renown Level 40 prior to the release of Chains of Domination, note that when the content update goes live previous sources of Renown will grant more and at a higher rate than currently.

Complete Your Covenant Campaign
Before you unfurl your wings, you must progress through the chapters within the Chains of Domination campaign, specifically Chapter 4: "The Last Sigil." This chapter unlocks when you reach Renown Level 44, accessible within the second week of Chains of Domination. There are currently nine chapters to complete, and you can check your current progress by opening your Map & Quest Log (hotkey: l), where it will display on the top right of the active window.

Ready to finish your covenant campaign? Jumpstart your journey with these guides from Wowhead!
Kyrian | Necrolord | Night Fae | Venthyr


If you are unable to complete all of the current chapters, you’ll be able to play through the newest storylines in Chains of Domination so long as you’ve finished your covenant’s introductory questlines and unlocked the Runecarver. You’ll still want to complete any of the skipped chapters when you can, as they are a reliable source of Renown which you’ll need to unlock the ability to fly and other coveted rewards.

Soar the Skies in Style
Your heroic deeds on the behalf of your covenant will also reward you with a mount fit for the most decorated covenant champions upon reaching Renown 45. Kyrian players will glide on the backs of the elysian aquilon, night fae will ride upon majestic wolf serpents, necrolords will charge into battle on corpseflies, and venthyr will take to the skies on newly awakened stoneborn.

Keep an eye on worldofwarcraft.com/news for more information on flying and the covenant mounts coming in the Chains of Domination content update, when you’ll be able to earn your wings and explore the Shadowlands from a whole new perspective.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Prepare for Lift Off: Get Ready for Flying in Chains of Domination started by Stoy View original post
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  1. Sinanju's Avatar
    Fuck you 4 ever Blizz, right in the mouth. Just fuck right off.
  1. Darththeo's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by rhorle View Post
    Don't blame others because you won't run a simple heroic.
    Doesn't even need to be Heroic. You can do normal.

    Essentially, LFD Normal and Heroic ... both are facerolls right now.
  1. woofpup's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by TheRevenantHero View Post
    Renown fucking 40?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Holy shit, are they TRYING to make Shadowlands absolute fucking garbage in every way they can?
    You should have reached this months ago just by doing the world boss and your covenant calling that awarded a level. Took maybe 10 minutes a day on the days there was a quest for it. So what 20-30 minutes a week?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Relapses View Post
    I know right. Can you believe they require you to be level fucking 60 to do SL raids? The nerve of these Blizzard devs!
    I play maybe 3 hours per week and have been renown 40 for months. I do admit if someone spends their time whining or trolling it might be difficult but come on man, it takes maybe 30 minutes per week to do the renown quests.

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    WTH is all this whining? No one is making you get flying. Fussing about a SMALL grind is just silly, it's part of the game. No one makes you raid, run mythics, PvP, do pet battles, or any other facet of the game.
  1. Raetary's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Soulsinger View Post
    I'm also Kyrian, so my story campaign is gated behind mandatory dungeon content
    Said mandatory dungeon content is spending 10 minutes in a normal/heroic dungeon.
  1. ProfesserLupin's Avatar
    The amount of entitlement in every thread is astounding. If you quit, good, stay gone. Leave the websites as well. You can't quit unless you drop every single thing related to what you quit. Good riddance.
  1. Tiwack's Avatar
    What was so bad about flying in mechagon and nazjatar that they're backtracking like this? Unlocking flying is pretty lackluster when you can't fly in any of the content you traverse like your covenant, oribos and korthia... Doesn't seem like unlocking flying at all. Unintuitive bs.
  1. jk1895's Avatar
    FU! It is so misleading! It's not level 40, it's 44!
    "Reach Renown Level 40!" I say screw you! Idiots...
  1. rhorle's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jk1895 View Post
    FU! It is so misleading! It's not level 40, it's 44!
    "Reach Renown Level 40!" I say screw you! Idiots...
    Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
    Your covenant is the wind beneath your wings, so you’ll need to prove your utmost loyalty to them by earning Renown Level 44 prior to lift off. Make sure that you are at or reach Renown Level 40 before Chains of Domination goes live, so that your efforts go directly into the levels that will become available with the content update.
    It isn't misleading if you read more then the head line. They are saying to prepare for the new renown ranks by making sure you are level 40 before the patch hits. They never said, or implied, that flying unlocked at level 40. The entire post is about preparing for lift off, and not earning lift off.
  1. kaintk's Avatar
    yeah, let unlock flying only in old zones, blizzard should be ashame to slap the players face like this

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