World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

On Thursday, July 23rd and Friday, July 24th, we will be starting our raid tests in Castle Nathria.

Thursday, July 23rd

Hungering Destroyer - Heroic Castle Nathria
13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 20:00 CEST)

Lady Inerva Darkvein - Heroic Castle Nathria
14:00 PST (17:00 EST, 21:00 CEST)

Friday, July 24th

Sun King’s Salvation - Heroic Castle Nathria
13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 20:00 CEST)

Sludgefist - Heroic Castle Nathria
14:00 PST (17:00 EST, 21:00 CEST)

As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a test environment. We might have to change the time of a testing session, change the bosses being tested, or cancel a test entirely, due to bugs, server hardware issues, etc. Keep an eye on this forum for the latest information, and thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.

Q: How do I get into the raid zone?
A: In Oribos, Dalaran, Orgrimmar, or Stormwind, you may speak to Nexus-Lord Donjon Rade IV in order to teleport into the raid zone while it is open for testing. (The option to teleport into a zone will not be available when the zone is not open for testing.)

Q: What character should I use to test the raid?
A: Whichever you prefer. We will be scaling players’ effective level to 60 for raid testing, and their item level to an appropriate threshold for the encounter(s) being tested.

Q: How long does testing last?
A: The primary purpose of testing is to give us the information we need to balance the encounters, evaluate how mechanics are playing out in practice, and identify bugs. Once we’re satisfied that we’ve received that information for a given boss, we’ll be shutting down testing. Usually this takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, but there are no guarantees.

We appreciate you taking the time to test our content and look forward to reading your feedback.

Today, we’re applying a small update to World of Warcraft.

World of Warcraft Version 8.3.7

Update Notes

• This update contains non-player-facing changes that are required for Shadowlands.
• The WoW Companion App has been updated with bug fixes and stability improvements.

Quests

• Fixed an issue where some Alliance characters were unable to accept the quests "To Be Prepared" and "The Battle for Broken Shore" after completing the quest "The Legion Returns" in Stormwind Harbor.

WoW Classic

• Blocked off a location outside of intended play within Warsong Gulch.

To put your name into the pool of candidates interested in beta testing for Shadowlands, sign up on the Shadowlands home page using the Beta Opt-In link at the top of the page.

Signing up for beta does not guarantee you will be chosen to participate, but players who have not signed up to indicate interest cannot be chosen. Customer Support is not able to provide access to beta.

As in previous expansion tests, Blizzard is not currently granting test access to the Shadowlands Beta via any sort of exchangeable key or code. At this time, do not trust any offer of Shadowlands Beta access that comes from any source other than Blizzard.

If you’d like to join us in testing Shadowlands, all you need to do is opt in to become a tester. Players who have opted-in can be selected to be a tester, and invitations will go out regularly throughout the test.

With the latest build of the Shadowlands Beta, addons are now enabled for use.

Beta testers who have been in-game will need to exit the game and update their client to the latest version (build 35213) in order to test addons.