World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

Relive epic adventures with an all-new event— World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria. Experience the wonders of Pandaria anew, but with fresh new loot— and (almost) unlimited power.


What is World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria?
World of Warcraft Remix is a time-limited event which allows players to re-experience the entirety of the Mists of Pandaria expansion at an accelerated rate from level 10 through 70. All loot has been completely overhauled and has powerful new effects allowing players to shape their experience, power up, and power on. Features include:

• Accelerated Leveling and Content allowing you to take on nearly every quest, scenario, dungeon and raid.
• Create a new World of Warcraft Remix character starting at level 10 to adventure through the event up to level 70.
• A mountain of loot: Get powerful items from everywhere— quests, chests, creatures, bosses.
• Customizable items allowing you to power up as far as you can go to take on tougher content.
• Convert unwanted items into Bronze which can be used to upgrade items or purchase cosmetics.
• Keep what you collect: Take your collection of transmogs with you later when The War Within™ goes live.

Available to Everyone
No expansion purchase is needed, but a World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time is required to begin this fast-paced adventure through Pandaria. This means that Classic players can also participate in a plethora of pandamonium by simply installing the modern (live) World of Warcraft client.

WoW Trial Accounts will also be able to experience this World of Warcraft Remix without a subscription or Game Time through level 20. Purchase a subscription or Game Time to continue beyond level 20.

Accelerated Leveling and Content
With World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria there will be no slowing you down and you’ll be able to take on nearly every quest, scenario, dungeon, and raid right out of the gate with accelerated leveling from 10-70. View the chart below for the availability of each type of content.

Level Range	Zones	Scenarios	Dungeons	Raids
10-70	Jade Forest	Greenstone Village Brewing Storm Theramore’s Fall	Temple of the Jade Serpent Scarlet Halls Scarlet Monastery Scholomance
20-70	Valley of the Four Winds Krasarang Wilds 5.1 Landfall Campaign	Unga Ingoo Domination Point Lion’s Landing A Little Patience |Dagger in the Dark	Stormstout Brewery
25-70	Kun-Lai Summit	Arena of Annihilation Brewmoon Festival Crypt of Forgotten Kings	Shado-Pan Monastery	Mogu’shan Vaults
30-70	Townlong Steppes	Assault on Zan’vess	Siege of Niuzao Temple
35-70	Dread Wastes			Heart of Fear
40-70	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Battle on the High Seas Blood in the Snow Dark Heart of Pandaria Secrets of Ragefire	Mogu’shan Palace Gate of the Setting Sun	Terrace of Endless Spring
45-70	Isle of Giants Timeless Isle
50-70	Isle of Thunder			Throne of Thunder
60-70				Siege of Orgrimmar
70				Heroic Raids

Creating Your New Identity
Create a new modern World of Warcraft character to undertake your adventures in Pandaria, collect a variety of powerful new items and transmogs, then take your transmogs with you when you continue your adventures in World of Warcraft®:The War Within™. All Remix characters created during the event will convert to a standard character to play within modern World of Warcraft at the end of the event.

From the realm Character Selection screen, players will be given the option to create a new World of Warcraft Remix character, beginning at level 10, which will only be able to play with characters taking part in the event.

Characters in the selection screen which are only available to play in the World of Warcraft Remix event will have an icon next to the character name so they can easily be identified when choosing which mode of World of Warcraft you intend to play through.

Once you’ve created your character, you’ll begin your new journey in the Timeless Isle and meet up with the infinite dragonflight and Eternus who will set you on your path.


New Loot, New You
In World of Warcraft Remix, players have the opportunity to collect a variety of items from just about anywhere: quests, chests, creatures, bosses, and more. New customizable items will be yours for the taking and each item slot has their own unique identity with spell gem sockets. These sockets come with exciting turbo-charged new effects similar to trinkets.

Each time you loot new items, you’ll have the chance for powerful new upgrades allowing you to push the limits further and faster than ever before with uncapped progression. As you progress, you’ll gradually become more and more powerful as items also grant increased permanent stats.

Don’t worry if you slot a gem into a slot and want to remove it, you’ll be able to add and remove gems easily. You’ll also be able to use Unraveling Sands to transform unwanted items to bronze.

You’ll find a few different types of gems to slot into your gear as you adventure through Pandaria including Meta Gems, Tinker Gems, and Cogwheel Gems. Here are a few examples of what you could find:


Cloak of Infinite Potential
You’ll also be able to earn an Artifact cloak that gains permanent power increases as you play when you loot various threads of time. Infinite Power achievements you earn on your strongest character will grant alternate characters a more powerful starting cloak — making leveling even faster!


Earn titles, a variety of transmogs, previously unreleased color variants of older mounts, and more simply by completing World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria specific achievements during the Remix event. These achievements will become Feats of Strength when the event ends.


Players will also be able to ride their dragonriding mounts throughout Pandaria and if you haven’t learned this skill yet, don’t worry, trainers are standing by.

Welcome to a New Bronze Age
There’s no such thing as a bad drop and any drop you get can be converted into a new currency— Bronze. You’ll be able to use this currency to purchase upgrades and World of Warcraft account-bound cosmetics.

Head to a bazaar in any zone to purchase everything from class transmogs, to Mists of Pandaria mounts, toys, and more. This allows players to purchase items that were previously unable to obtain or difficult to obtain as random drops by simply spending this new currency to add them to their account’s collection.

Infinite bazaars can be found at the following locations:

Location - Zone

• Tian Monastery - Jade Forest
• Halfhill Market - Valley of the Four Winds
• Temple of the White Tiger - Kun’Lai Summit
• Niuzao Temple- Townlong Steppes
• Kor’vess - Dread Wastes
• Star’s Bazaar (Alliance) - Shrine of the Seven Stars
• Golden Terrace (Horde) - Shrine of the Two Moons

Players won’t be able to use the Auction House in World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria.

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We’ll see you in Pandaria!

An island off the coast of the Eastern Kingdoms, Tol Barad is a historic land sought-after by the leaders of the Horde and the Alliance. Its strategic, isolated location makes it an ideal stronghold from which to conduct military strikes. In World of Warcraft®: Cataclysm Classic™, a battle will be waged to seize control of this prized territory. Should you triumph, unique rewards await you.

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The Fight for Tol Barad

Similar to Wintergrasp in Wrath of the Lich King Classic™, Tol Barad will serve as an 80 vs 80 battleground. The winning faction will gain access to a hub on Tol Barad Peninsula to complete daily quests before the next battle begins. Reachable by portals in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, or via a level-85 mage teleport or portal, Tol Barad will accept up to eighty players per faction to engage in brutal combat across the island's surface. Battles will take place every two hours and thirty minutes, giving the offensive faction a chance to claim territory.


Tol Barad will feature capture-point gameplay. There are three keeps and three towers for the defending side to hold. When destroyed by the attackers, each tower will add five minutes to the standard fifteen-minute battle timer. In order to win, though, all three keeps must be captured and controlled by the attackers. If these keeps cannot be taken by the attacking forces, the defending faction will claim victory in Tol Barad. Similar to Eye of the Storm, Tol Barad determines whether a keep has been captured by the number of players from each side in the immediate area. There is, however, a twist: each time a member of your faction is killed in the immediate vicinity of a keep, a slider bar will move slightly in favor of the opposing faction. So not only does the size of each force in the area determine who controls each keep, but losing allies during the contesting process determines control as well.

In order to destroy the defenders' towers, attackers will have access to an all-new type of war machine: Abandoned Siege Engines. Six of these Siege Engines will be placed around the map, and these vehicles can be used to bombard the towers. In contrast to the Siege Engines of Wintergrasp, these machines cannot attack players or buildings while the vehicles are being driven. Instead, players must drive them within range of a tower and jump out, allowing the vehicle to transform into an automated cannon that can lay siege to the tower. The Abandoned Siege Engine will continue to damage the closest tower in range until the machine is destroyed by opposing forces.

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To the Victor Go the Spoils


Players who win the battle for Tol Barad will be awarded honor points in addition to Tol Barad commendations. These commendations can be used along with new reputations as currency with special vendors who sell rare and epic items, mounts, and more.

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Baradin Hold Ahead

Similar to the Vault of Archavon, Tol Barad will give players a chance to form a raid and best foul beasts locked within Baradin Hold for precious rewards when it goes live at a later point after the PvP Season 9 start.

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Questing for a Living

Aside from the battle to control Tol Barad, there are many quests available to both factions just off of the main island on Tol Barad Peninsula. Members of the Horde will assist Hellscream's Reach, an all-new faction vying for control of Tol Barad. At odds with the Horde are Baradin's Wardens, an Alliance faction also seeking to command the territory. Twelve unique quests will be offered daily and are available to both factions regardless of which controls the battleground. Completing these quests will award experience, gold, and Tol Barad commendations. By accomplishing these tasks, players will learn of the perilous inmates held within the prison on Tol Barad, as well as why this isolated land is of significant importance to Hellscream's Reach and Baradin's Wardens. In addition, increasing reputation with these new factions will grant access to incredible rewards.

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With so much at stake in the wake of the Cataclysm, Tol Barad will be fiercely sought-after by the Horde and the Alliance, but it's up to you to help determine which side makes this island the next great military port of the Eastern Kingdoms.

Dungeons

• Azure Vault
  
  • Fixed an issue causing the time requirement reaching two and three chests on Mythic Keystone difficulty was lower than intended.

Items

• Veteran and Champion track items obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for conversion at the Revival Catalyst. This fix is retroactive.
• Veteran and Champion track rings, necklaces, and armor obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive.

Mounts

• Fixed an issue causing the Rostrum of Transformation to require level 70.

Non-player Characters

• Cheered up Thomas Bright who was feeling a little low.

Cataclysm Classic

• Fixed missing text in guildmaster's Rank Permissions panel so that it is clear that the checkbox controls whether the guild rank is considered an officer rank.
• Fixed an issue that would cause Cockroach Cabins to be uninteractable, preventing the daily Roach Coach quest from being completed.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from interacting with the objects required to complete the Would You Like Some Flies With That? daily quest.
• Mage
  
  • Fixed a problem with Focus Magic being useable while not talented into it.
  • Living Bomb critical strikes will no longer trigger Ignite. It did not trigger Ignite in original Cataclysm, as even its final detonation was considered periodic damage.
• Shaman
  
  • Flametongue Totem will no longer stack with other Spell power increasing effects.
• Warlock
  
  • Drain Life will no longer turn its target permanently green until they log out.