Mists of Pandaria Beta - Build 15929
A new beta build will be deployed on beta realms soon. We will be updating these notes frequently, so keep checking back!
New Models
New Loading Screens
Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-ChampionFeats of Strength
- Brutal Nether Drake is no longer Account Wide.
- Cataclysmic Gladiator's Twilight Drake is no longer Account Wide.
- Deadly Gladiator's Frost Wyrm is no longer Account Wide.
- Furious Gladiator's Frost Wyrm is no longer Account Wide.
- Merciless Nether Drake is no longer Account Wide.
- Relentless Gladiator's Frost Wyrm is no longer Account Wide.
- Ruthless Gladiator's Twilight Drake is no longer Account Wide.
- Swift Nether Drake is no longer Account Wide.
- Vengeful Nether Drake is no longer Account Wide.
- Vicious Gladiator's Twilight Drake is no longer Account Wide.
- Wrathful Gladiator's Frost Wyrm is no longer Account Wide.
Fishing
Professions
- Learning from the Best (New) Reach exalted status with Nat Pagle.
Professions
Guild
- Making History now requires unique Archaeology research projects.
Scenarios
- Beat the Heat now requires your whole group to avoid Flame Wall.
World Events
- What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been no longer rewards Master Riding.
Set Bonus Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-ChampionDruid (Forums)
- Item - Druid T14 Balance 4P Bonus - Increases the duration of your Moonfire and Sunfire spells by 4 sec, up from 3 sec.
- Item - Druid T14 Guardian 4P Bonus Increases the healing received from your Frenzied Regeneration by 10% (was 20%) and increases the dodge granted by your Savage Defense by 10%.
Paladin (Forums)
- Item - Paladin T14 Protection 2P Bonus Reduces the cooldown of your Ardent Defender ability by 60 sec, up from 30 sec.
Priest (Forums)
- Item - Priest T14 Shadow 2P Bonus Increases the critical strike chance of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 10%. Changed from Mind Flay.
Warrior (Forums)
- Item - Warrior T14 Protection 2P Bonus Reduces the cooldown of your Last Stand ability by 60 sec, up from 30 sec.
Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-ChampionMounts
Flying
- Ashen Pandaren Phoenix (New) Summons and dismisses a rideable Ashen Pandaren Phoenix. This is a flying mount. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast.
- Emerald Pandaren Phoenix (New) Summons and dismisses a rideable Emerald Pandaren Phoenix. This is a flying mount. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast.
- Violet Pandaren Phoenix (New) Summons and dismisses a rideable Violet Pandaren Phoenix. This is a flying mount. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast.
Companions
- Macabre Marionette is no longer a Battle Pet.
Guild Perks
- The Quick and the Dead no longer requires a guild member to resurrect you to get this benefit.
Death Knight (Forums)
- Blood Boil damage increased by 11%
Druid (Forums)
- Ravage! now costs 45 Energy, down from 50.
- Treant Form no longer frees the caster of movement impairing effects.
Talents
- Dream of Cenarius now works with instant casts. Now increases the damage done by your next 2 Moonfire or Sunfire casts by 100% or by your next 2 melee abilities by 30%, rather than your next damaging spell by 70% or by your next melee ability by 30%.
- Nature's Swiftness (New) When activated, your next Cyclone, Entangling Roots, Healing Touch, Hibernate, Nourish, Rebirth, or Regrowth becomes instant, free, and castable in all forms. The healing and duration of the spell is increased by 50%. Requires Level 30. Instant. 60 sec cooldown.
- Soul of the Forest now grants 3 Energy per combo point for Feral, up from 2.
Hunter (Forums)
- Arcane Shot damage reduced by 50%.
- Aspect of the Fox has a new restriction reminder: Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
Talents
- A Murder of Crows now requires Level 75.
- Thrill of the Hunt now has a 20% proc chance, up from 15%.
Marksmanship
- Mastery: Wild Quiver now has a 16% proc chance, down from 32%. Additional ranged shot now deals 100% weapon damage, up from 50%.
Mage (Forums)
- Frost Bomb damage increased by 7%.
- Ice Lance base damage reduced by 20% and SP scaling reduced by 6%.
Talents
- Frost Bomb damage increased by 7%.
Arcane
- Arcane Barrage damage increased by 10%. Arcane Barrage's damage is increased by 20% per Arcane Charge, down from 25%.
- Arcane Blast's damage is increased by 20% per Arcane Charge, down from 25%.
- Arcane Charge now only grants 20% additional damage per charge, down from 25%.
- Arcane Missiles' damage is increased by 20% per Arcane Charge, down from 25%.
Fire
- Inferno Blast now spreads any Pyroblast, Ignite, and Combustion effects to up to 2 nearby enemy targets, down from 5.
- Pyromaniac (New) Your Nether Tempest, Living Bomb, and Frost Bomb spells now also apply the Pyromaniac effect. Pyromaniac Increases the damage done by your Fireball, Pyroblast, Inferno Blast, and Frostfire Bolt on the target by 10%. Lasts 12 sec. Mage - Fire Spec.
Monk (Forums)
- Healing Sphere had the tooltip corrected, and now heals for 9,986.
- Healing Sphere had the tooltip corrected, and now heals for 9,986 with 25% AP scaling.
Mistweaver
- Renewing Mist had the 10 targets cap removed from the tooltip.
- Revival base healing increased by 145% and SP scaling increased by 150%.
- Teachings of the Monastery no longer has a up to 5 limitation for Spinning Crane Kick healing listed in the tooltip.
- Uplift healing increased by 60%.
Paladin (Forums)
Retribution & Protection
- Hammer of the Righteous now does 30% Holy weapon damage rather than 1,050 Holy damage.
Priest (Forums)
- Holy Nova (New) Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 0 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 0 yards and healing up to 5 targets within 10 yards for (2,564 + 24.7% of SP). Healing is divided among the number of targets healed. These effects cause no threat. 2.6% of Base Mana. Instant.
Shaman (Forums)
Elemental
- Spiritual Insight now also reduces the cooldown of your Earth Shock and Flame Shock spells by 1 sec.
Restoration
- Earthliving Weapon now is triggered on targets below 35% of maximum health by single-target direct heals and not any heal.
Warlock (Forums)
- Corruption damage changed to 1,926 + 20.0% of SP, rather than (214 + 20% of Spell Power) * 8.
- Summon Doomguard damage reduced by 50%.
Talents
- Harvest Life now generates 10 Demonic Fury per second plus 3 Demonic Fury per second on secondary targets for Demonology.
Affliction
- Drain Soul now also deals 100% additional damage when the target is at or below 20% health.
- Malefic Grasp base damage and duration increased by 33%.
- Unstable Affliction damage changed to 1,498 + 20.0% of SP, rather than (214 + 20% of Spell Power) * 7.
Warrior (Forums)
Talents
- Dragon Roar now ignores all armor on the target.
Professions
Archeology
- Anatomical Dummy can no longer be used in Arenas.
Engineering
- Incindiary Fireworks Launcher Permanently attaches a mounted fireworks launcher to your gloves, allowing a skilled engineer to deal
1,166 Fire damage238 Fire damage over 3 sec to an enemy at long range.
Fishing
- Fishing 0.25 sec cooldown.
Misc
- Revive Battle Pets now has a 10 min cooldown, down from 15.
- Recover Book - "Reading this book will permanently increase your skill in Fishing by 50, up to a max of 600." This Item Begins a Quest
Raid & Dungeon Abilities
- Amassing Darkness
Deals 40,000Deals 60,000 Shadow damage to the current target.- Arcane Blast Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all Arcane spells is increased by
25%20% and mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 125%.- Arcane Velocity
Deals 16,250Deals 20,249 Arcane damage every 1 second, scaling based on far the target is from the caster.- Band of Valor Damage increased by
30%.5%.- Breath of Fear
Inflicts 255,000Inflicts 243,750 Shadow damage to all enemies over 1.5 sec.- Closed Circuit Arcing Energy applies Closed Circuit, reducing healing taken by 25% 100 yd range. Instant.
- Coalescing Shadows
Inflicts 15,000 Shadow damage.Inflicts 20,000 Shadow damage.- Cobalt Mine Blast After a 3 sec arming time, any player within 7 yds will detonate the shard, inflicting
75,00095,000 Frost damage and rooting all players within 7 yds for 6 sec.- Convert
530 sec cooldown.- Death Blossom Each bolt that strikes an enemy inflicts
25,000 Physical damage.52,000 Physical damage.- Destabilizing Energies (New) Exposure to Total Annihilation causes lasting negative effects, rooting the enemy in place and inflicting 125,000 Arcane damage every 2 seconds until the target is healed to full health. Instant.
- Devastating Arc Strikes in a hemisphere focused to the left, inflicting
100,000150,000 Physical damage and reducing armor by 10% for 30 sec.- Discharge
Inflicts 47,500Inflicts 14,250 Arcane damage to all enemies.- Eerie Skull The Sha throws a skull at a player's location, inflicting
39,00045,500 Shadow damage to enemies within 0 yards of the impact point.- Energizing Smash
Deals 200,000Deals 100,000 Physical damage and knocks targets down.- Energy Cascade
Inflicts 190,000Inflicts 71,250 Arcane damage to all enemies within 5 yards.- Epicenter
Deals 96,000Deals 115,000 Nature damage, scaling based on how close the target is to the epicenter of the quake.- Epicenter
Deals 96,000Deals 115,000 Nature damage, scaling based on how close the target is to the epicenter of the quake.- Exhale
155 sec cooldown.- Force and Verve
Inflicts 115,625Inflicts 138,750 physical damage to all players within 500 yards of the caster.- Fright
Inflicts 20,000Inflicts 50,000 Shadow damage and inflicts Fear for 2 sec.- Get Away! Lei channels, pushing players away and inflicting
65,000 periodic Frost damage.58,500 periodic Shadow damage.- Get Away! Lei channels, pushing players away and inflicting
65,000 periodic Frost damage.58,500 periodic Shadow damage.- Grasping Energy Tendrils With no targets in melee range, Elegon grabs and pulls all enemies to him, inflicting
47,500 Arcane damage.213,750 Arcane damage.- Jasper Chains This damage increases by
20%25% each second they remain apart.- Jasper Chains This damage increases by
20%25% each second they remain apart.- Maddening Shout
Inflicting 10,000Inflicting 25,000 Shadow damage every 2 sec and causing all enemies to hate each other, players regain their sanity after taking10,000 damage from another player.40,000 damage from another player.- Massive Attack
Inflicts 400,000Inflicts 1,300,000 Physical damage to enemies within 0 yards in front of the caster, splitting damage among all enemies hit.- Nightmares
Inflicts 50,000Inflicts 65,000 Shadow damage and inflicts fear on enemies within 8 yards for 3 sec.- Overhand Strike The massive blow from the Overhand Strike inflicts
100,000150,000 Physical damage to enemies 0 yards in front of the caster.- Penetrating Bolt Hurls a bolt of Sha energy at a player's location, inflicting
60,00055,250 Shadow damage to enemies within 0 yards of the impact point.- Pinned Down
Inflicts 10,000Inflicts 19,000 Physical damage every 1 sec until the arrow is removed from the victim.- Radiating Energies
Inflicts 18,525Inflicts 7,600 Arcane damage to all players inside the Energy Vortex.- Radiating Energies
Inflicts 78,375Inflicts 38,000 Arcane damage to all players outside of the Energy Vortex.- Rend Flesh Rends the flesh of the target, causing
42,25040,625 Physical damage every 1 sec.- Sha Globe Touching a globe will consume it, inflicting
10,00015,000 Shadow damage but refilling the player's primary resource. over time.- Sha Globe Touching a globe will consume it, inflicting
10,00015,000 Shadow damage but refilling the player's primary resource. over time.- Shadow Blast
Inflicts 70,000Inflicts 150,000 Shadow damage to enemies within 8 yards.- Sonic Ring Inflicts 323,750 physical damage to all enemies within
3 yards.6 yards.- Spirit Bolt
Deals 52,000Deals 115,200 Shadow damage to 3 random targets.- Spiritual Grasp
Inflicts 18,000Inflicts 19,800 Shadow damage to the target.- Spray Water bursts from the ground at an enemy's feet, inflicting
104,000-218,40098,718-207,562 Frost damage to all enemies within 2.5 yds and increasing their Frost damage taken by12% for 15 sec.11% for 15 sec.- Stability Flux Low on health, the Celestial Protector pulses arcane energy, inflicting
47,50071,250 Arcane damage to all enemies.- Sticky Resin Movement Speed Slowed 30%
15,00050,000 damage inflicted every 1 seconds.- Storm Unleashed
Inflicts 16,000 Nature damage.Inflicts 20,000 Nature damage.- Titan Gas Titan Gas fills the room, dealing
8,00015,000 Frost damage every 1 seconds to all players and energizing any constructs, increasing damage dealt by 0% and attack speed by 25%.- Total Annihilation (New) Instantly kills any enemy affected by Destabilized. Unlimited range. Instant.
- Undying Shadows
Inflicts 15,000 Shadow damage.Inflicts 20,000 Shadow damage.- Unstable Energy
Inflicts 23,750Inflicts 13,775 Arcane damage to all enemies.- Volley
Inflicts 70,000Inflicts 200,000 Physical damage to enemies in a small cone in front of the caster.- Volley
Inflicts 50,000Inflicts 100,000 Physical damage to enemies in a medium cone in front of the caster.- Volley
Inflicts 25,000Inflicts 50,000 Physical damage to enemies in a large cone in front of the caster.- Volley
Inflicts 50,000Inflicts 100,000 Physical damage to enemies in a medium cone in front of the caster.- Volley
Inflicts 25,000Inflicts 50,000 Physical damage to enemies in a large cone in front of the caster.- Wildfire
Deals 32,500 Fire damage.Deals 50,000 Fire damage.- Wildfire Infusion
Deals 80,000 Fire damage.Deals 65,000 Fire damage.- Wildfire Infusion
Deals 20,000 Fire damage.Deals 65,000 Fire damage.- Wind Step
Inflicts 160,000Inflicts 120,000 damage every 3 secs for 30 sec.
New Items
For the full list of new items, see WoWDB!
Level Type Spec Slot Name 25 Monk Glyph Glyph of Blackout Kick 90 Junk Good Fortune 1 Junk Goodies from Nomi 90 Mount Reins of the Ashen Pandaren Phoenix 90 Mount Reins of the Emerald Pandaren Phoenix 90 Mount Reins of the Violet Pandaren Phoenix 496 Spell Spirit Hands Kaz'tik's Stormseizer Gauntlets 483 Spell Spirit Hands Kaz'tik's Stormseizer Gauntlets 509 Spell Spirit Hands Kaz'tik's Stormseizer Gauntlets
Strings Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
- CHAT_PET_BATTLE_INFO_GET - |Hchannel:PET_BATTLE_INFO|h[Pet Battle]|h:\32
- DUNGEON_FLOOR_SHRINEOFSEVENSTARS3 - The Emperor's Step
- DUNGEON_FLOOR_SHRINEOFSEVENSTARS4 - The Imperial Exhcange
- DUNGEON_FLOOR_SHRINEOFTWOMOONS1 - Hall of the Crescent Moon
- DUNGEON_FLOOR_SHRINEOFTWOMOONS2 - The Imperial Mercantile
- ERR_EX_LEVLTOO_LOW_TO_REDEEM_SOR - *TEMP TEXT* Your expansion level is too low to redeem this SoR loadout
- ERR_PETBATTLE_QUEUE_NOT_WHILE_NEUTRAL - Neutral characters cannot pet battle.
- HOURS_MINUTES_SECONDS - %.2d:%.2d:%.2d
- HOURS_MINUTES_SECONDS_MILLISECONDS - %.2d:%.2d:%.2d.%.3d
- PET_BATTLE_INFO - Pet Battle Info
New Icons
Not all of these are really new, these are just all of the icons included in the patch.