Patch 8.2 - Rise of Azshara Live This Week!
Patch 8.2 - Rise of Azshara is live this week!
- Official Patch Notes - Read the official patch notes for Patch 8.2.
- Two New Zones - Nazjatar and Mechagon - Take a look at the new zones of Patch 8.2!
- Heart of Azeroth - Essences - Your Heart of Azeroth is getting new abilities in 8.2!
- Heart of Azeroth - Magni Quest Chain - Take a look at the quest chain from Magni to unlock essences.
- The War Campaign Continues - The war campaign story continues with a scenario to rescue Baine.
- Benthic Gear Guide - Check out the all new outdoor world gear progression system in Nazjatar.
- Pocket-Sized Computation Device - Customize your own trinket in Mechagon!
- Gnome and Tauren Heritage Armor - Gnomes and Tauren will be able to undergo a quest to unlock their heritage armor.
- Unlock Flying - Pathfinder Part Two - Players can now complete the last requirements to unlock flying in BfA.
- Mount Equipment - Patch 8.2 introduces new items to attach to your mounts to give them access to abilities like water walking or slow fall.
- Nazjatar - Use Water Mounts on Land - Nazjatar has an item that lets you use your water mounts as normal mounts in the zone.
- New Mounts - Patch 8.2 adds a ton of new mounts to collect!
- Profession Updates - Patch 8.2 has a bunch of new stuff for professions!
- New Reputation Factions - Patch 8.2 adds several new reputations to earn rewards!
- New Rewards to Collect - Check out Blizzard's official list of new collectibles!
- New Pet Battle Dungeon - Stratholme - A new pet battle dungeon will allow pet enthusiasts to battle their way to new pets!
- New Hunter Tames - Hunters can now tame both Oondasta and Horridon.
- New Island Expedition Maps - Crestfall and Snowblossom are now added to Island Expeditons!
- Heroic Battle for Stromgarde Warfront - Battle for Stromgarde is the first heroic warfront!
- Caverns of Time Portal Added to Main Hub Portal Rooms - A portal to Caverns of Time is now in Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
- PvP Updates - New Rododrome Arena and Ashran Epic Battleground.
- Transmog Updates - You can now hide every slot except pants and weapon.
- Zandalari Troll Druid Travel Form and Balance Form Dances - Patch 8.2 adds dance animations to Zandalari Druid forms.
- Gnome and Tauren Mount Size Update - Gnomes and Tauren are receiving mount size updates.
- Experience Eliminated Aura - There are some changes to grouping with experience turned off.
- New Models - Check out some of the new models in the patch.
- New Maps and Icons - Check out some of the new maps and icons in the patch.
What is Not Coming This Week?
- Azshara's Eternal Palace - New eight boss raid!
- July 9 – Normal and Heroic Difficulties
- July 16 – Mythic and Raid Finder Wing 1 (Abyssal Commander Sivara, Blackwater Behemoth, Radiance of Azshara)
- July 30 – Raid Finder Wing 2 (Lady Ashvane, Orgozoa, The Queen’s Court)
- August 13 – Raid Finder Wing 3 (Za’qul, Queen Azshara)
- Operation Mechagon Mega Dungeon - New eight boss mega dungeon.
- July 9th - Mythic
- BfA PvP Season 3 - Begins July 9th
- Mythic Plus Season 3
- Beguiling Seasonal Affix
- Item Level Increase
- Miscellaneous Changes
Official Survival Guide
Official Patch Notes
Two New Zones - Nazjatar and Mechagon
Patch 8.2 adds two new landmasses to explore, the Naga capital of Nazjatar and the secret Mechagnome island of Mechagon. Click the banners below to see our preview of the zones. For detailed quest and exploring guides, check out Icy Vein's guides by clicking the banners below.
Heart of Azeroth - Essences
Essences are a new system for the Heart of Azeroth that will provide additional power customization options. You’ll collect these Essences by taking part in a variety of content, and infuse them into the Heart of Azeroth using the new Heart Forge in Silithus, giving you access to new abilities and bonuses.
For an in depth list and guide to essences, check out the Icy Veins guides below.
Originally Posted by MMO-ChampionDeath Knight
Demon Hunter
Druid
- Balance Druid Essence Guide
- Feral Druid Essence Guide
- Guardian Druid Essence Guide
- Restoration Druid Essence Guide
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Monk
Paladin
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Shaman
Warlock
Warrior
Heart of Azeroth - Magni Quest Chain
After doing the initial quests for Nazjatar, Magni and MOTHER will summon you to Silithus to do a series of quests to unlock essences. Click the banner for our preview of this quest chain.
War Campaign Continues
Patch 8.2 continues the war campaign with the "Stay of Execution Scenario" to rescue Baine.
Benthic Gear Guide
During your time in Nazjatar you will discover a new alternative method to gear up in the outside world with upgradeable Benthic armor. Click the banner for a full breakdown of this system.
Pocket-Sized Computation Device
The Pocket-Sized Computation Device is a trinket that players can customize to suit their adventuring needs.
- The device houses three Punchcard Sockets, into which players can insert one Red, Yellow, and Blue Punch Card.
- Punch Cards provide a variety of different bonuses
- The Punch Cards can be collected by questing, exploring the Mechagon zone, and advancing through the new Mythic-only dungeon Operation: Mechagon.
- Players will receive their Pocket-Sized Computation Device after completing the Upgraded quest, available shortly after landing in Mechagon.
Gnome and Tauren Heritage Armor
Gnomes and Tauren will be able to do a quest chain in 8.2 to unlock their very own heritage armor! You'll need to be Exalted with your respecitve faction and Level 120 to do so.
Unlock Flying - Pathfinder Part Two
Players will now be able to complete Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part Two to unlock flying in Kul Tiras, Zandalar, Mechagon, and Nazjatar!
- Requirements
- Battle for Azeroth, Pathfinder Part 1 - Complete the Kul Tiras and Zandalar achievements listed below.
- Explore Nazjatar - Explore Nazjatar, revealing the covered areas of the world map.
- Explore Mechagon - Explore Mechagon, revealing the covered area of the world map.
- Earn revered status with Rustbolt Resistance.
- Earn revered status with either Waveblade Ankoan (A) or The Unshackled (H).
Players that unlock flying will also receive the Wonderwing 2.0 mount!
Mount Equipment
Patch 8.2 adds an item slot to your mount collection tab that allows you to socket a mount ability to benefit all of your mounts.
Nazjatar - Use Water Mounts on Land
The Budding Deepcoral is an item in Nazjatar that allows you to ride your underwater mounts like normal mounts in Nazjatar. This item costs 5 Prismatic Manapearl and can be purchased from the same vendors that sell the Benthic Gear in Nazjatar. The item is consumed on use and doesn't provide any indication that the item is active. It persists through log outs, but is removed the moment you leave Nazjatar and must be repurchased to use again.
Patch 8.2 - New Mounts
Patch 8.2 adds a lot of new mounts to collect!
Profession Updates
Kul Tiran and Zandalari professions are increasing to a skill cap of 175 and getting a bunch of new recipes and gathering materials.
New Reputation Factions
Nazjatar adds a new faction reputation for both the Alliance (The Waveblade Ankoan) and the Horde (The Unshackled) while Mechagon adds the Rustbolt Resistance, all of which have unique rewards to earn! Click the banner below to learn more.
New Rewards to Collect
Blizzard put together an official list of every single new reward available in the patch, including new pets, mounts, and toys. Click the banner below to view them all.
New Pet Battle Dungeon - Stratholme
Pet battlers will be able to explore a new Stratholme pet battle dungeon to collect a ton of new pets!
Hunters Can Now Tame Oondasta and Horridon
A new addition to the patch is the ability for hunters to tame the Pandaria bosses Horridon and Oondasta. These are unique skins for both direhorns and devilsaurs!
Crestfall and Snowblossom Island Expedition Maps
Two new island expeditions have been added to the map rotation for Islands.
- Crestfall - Island from Warcraft II
- Snowblossom - A Pandaren village
Heroic Battle for Stromgarde Warfront
Rise of Azshara introduces Heroic Warfronts.
- Initially heroic is only available for Battle for Stromgarde.
- Heroic Warfronts are tuned for item level 415.
- A team of 10 to 20 will be needed to que for a Heroic Warfront.
- Heroic Warfronts will be much different from normal warfronts.
- Heroic Warfronts will focus on the strategic aspects found in RTS games. Examples of new challenges include special units sent at your base that needs to be defended, the enemy commander appearing on the field, or where to best put resources at the moment.
- You can lose a Heroic Warfront.
Caverns of Time Main Hub Portals
A portal to the Caverns of Time has been added to both the Stormwind and Orgrimmar Portal Rooms. The one in Stormwind is all the way to the right while Orgrimmar's room has received a new basement level with just this portal in it for now.
PvP Updates
Several new additions are making their way into PvP!
Robodrome Arena - A new arena is being added to the roster called Rododrome. It is a circular arena in Mechagon that features traps and mechanical obstacles.
Ashran Epic Battleground- Ashran is returning as an option in the epic battleground que.
New PvP Event: Battle for Nazjatar
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Transmog Updates
Patch 8.2 will allow you to hide every slot except pants and weapon.
Zandalari Troll Druid Travel Form and Balance Form Dances
Patch 8.2 adds dance animations to both the Zandalari Druid Travel and Balance forms.
Gnome and Tauren Mount Size Update
Experience Eliminated Aura
WarcraftSecrets pointed out that Patch 8.2 adds Experience Eliminated, which reduces XP from mobs and quests by 95% if anyone in the group has experience disabled.
The change only affects groups that manually invite player characters who have XP off. There is no impact on players who find themselves automatically grouped by the matchmaker while doing PvP or Group Finder dungeons. This change also doesn’t affect anyone who has turned off XP for their own benefit, such as plundering old raids while keeping their level low enough to use their Aggramar’s Stride boots. This was likely done to stop Level 110 characters from boosting players to 120 quickly.
New Models
Patch 8.2 adds a ton of new models. Click the banner below to see a lot of them!
New Maps and Icons
Patch 8.2 adds a lot of new maps and icons!
Coming Soon
Azshara's Eternal Palace Raid
Starting on July 9th, players will be able to enter the new eight boss raid, Azshara's Eternal Palace. Click the banner below for the difficulty unlock schedule and Blizzard's official preview.
New Mega Dungeon: Operation Mechagon
A new eight boss mega dungeon is coming on July 9th with unique gear and rewards to earn.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Battle for Azeroth PvP Season 3
On July 9th, PvP Season 3 will start with all new rewards and gear to earn.
Mythic Plus Season 3
On July 9th, Mythic Plus Season 3 will begin and item levels of all dungeon rewards, world quests, and emissaries will increase.
- Season 3 introduces a new seasonal affix to Mythic Plus:
- Beguiling - Azshara's Emissaries are present throughout the dungeon.
Icy Veins has put together a nice guide to what to expect from this affix.
Miscellaneous Changes
- New Missions and Troops
- As you take the fight to the seas, your loyal followers will be with you every step of the way. You can now enlist Boat Captains and other skilled seafarers to fight your battles.
- Event and Holiday Missions
- Send out your followers to embark on new holiday- and event-themed missions. Spoils will include special currencies to spend during holidays and events, including Brewfest and Timewalking, along with rewards that are only available during those periods.