Dragonflight Pre-Expansion Patch 10.0.0 Phase 1 Live This Week
The pre-expansion phase 1 patch is launching this week in both NA and EU! Maintenance is expected to end around 3:00 PM PT.
The Winds of Wisdom 50% EXP buff will remain until Phase 2 on November 15.
What is Releasing This Week?
Lots of changes are coming in the Dragonflight Pre-Expansion Patch Phase 1.
- Official Patch Notes
- New Dragonflight Login Screen
- New Talent Tree System
- New Class and Race Combinations
- New UI and Interface Overhaul
- New Achievements and Rewards
- Rated PvP Solo Shuffle
- Miscellaneous Changes
What Is Coming in Phase 2 on November 15?
- New Race/Class: Dracthyr Evoker Available: Players will menace their foes (or empower their allies) as the new dracthyr Evoker, World of Warcraft’s first-ever race and class combination. Able to switch between a humanoid visage and a fearsome draconic form, the dracthyr are highly mobile, and their unique Evoker class can specialize in ranged damage-dealing or in aiding their allies as a healer by harnessing the mystical gifts of dragonkind.
- New Zone: The Forbidden Reach: Play through the starting zone for WoW’s newest hero class, the Dracthyr Evoker
- New Dungeon: Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr: Located in the Badlands within the Eastern Kingdoms, players will venture into Uldaman to lay claim to a legacy of knowledge left behind by the titans. This ancient titan facility is where, long ago, allies of the heroic Keeper Tyr hid the Discs of Norgannon.
- In-Game Events: Primal Storms: Ward off attacks from the Primalists with new quests and world events, setting the stage for Dragonflight’s launch.
- Leveling Experience Changes - Dragonflight will see a significant reduction in the amount of experience to level from 1-60, and 50 to 60 will be included in Chromie Time.
Official Dragonflight Prepatch Notes
Here are the Official Patch notes for Phase 1 of the Dragonflight 10.0.0 Prepatch.
Dragonflight Login Screen and Music
The prepatch will transition the Shadowlands login screen into the new Dragonflight login screen.
New Talent Tree System
All classes in the game will get access to the Dragonflight Talent Trees overhaul.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
New Class and Race Combinations
Mage, Priest, and Rogue are now available to all races in the game.
User Interface and Menu Overhaul
The default UI has been modernized and is completely customizable.
New Achievements and Rewards
Several New achievements and rewards have been added to the game.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
- New mount collection achievement: Thanks for the Carry! – Obtain 500 mounts (useable by a single character). Mount Reward: Otterworldly Ottuk Carrier
- New pet collection achievements have been added:
- Many More Mini Minions – Collect 1250 unique pets. Pet Reward: Crystalline Mini-Monster
- Proven Pet Parent – Collect 1500 unique pets. Pet Reward: Secretive Frogduck
- What Can I Say? They Love Me. – Collect 1750 unique pets. Pet Reward: Violet Violence
- Good Things Come in Small Packages – Collect 2000 unique pets. Pet Reward: Mister Muskoxeles
Rated PvP Solo Shuffle
The Solo Shuffle Brawl has been made into an official solo queue category where players can earn seasonal PvP rating and rewards.
Miscellaneous Changes
There are quite a few more changes coming in the Patch.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
- Character slots per account going up from 50 to 60.
- Barbershop services are now free of cost.
- Up to 5 players of any faction can tag an enemy to earn quest credit and drops (was faction specific). War Mode is unchanged.
- Resurrection Sickness now lasts 1 minute (was 10 minutes). Characters that resurrect at a Spirit Healer below level 10 now suffer 10% durability loss, and characters that resurrect at a Spirit Healer at level 10 and above now suffer 50% durability loss (was all levels suffer 25% durability loss).
- New Toy: Seed of Renewed Souls – Embrace the spirits of the weald, transforming into your Soulshape. 5 minute cooldown. Available from Lady Muunn in Heart of the Forest.
- Eternity’s End class set bonuses are now legacy and disabled in combat.
- Developers’ note: While it’s routine for us to mark older set bonuses as Legacy, we do not normally take this step so soon after they were acquired. Unfortunately, the extent of class changes coming in the pre-patch is an exceptional circumstance that has led to this decision. In the future, it is not our intention to repeat this timing when marking class sets as Legacy.
- To account for the removal of set bonuses and addition of the new talent trees, game content will be re-tuned so that difficulty remains relatively the same.
- Additional Gamepad support.