Shadowlands Season 4 Live This Week
Shadowlands Season 4 begins August 2nd in North America and August 3rd in Europe. Here is what you can expect on launch day as well as in the weeks to come!
Official Content Update Notes
Shadowlands Season 4 comes with a few Class Changes and PvP Adjustments. You can find all of them in the patch notes by clicking the banner below.
Fated Raids
Shadowlands Season 4 introduces a new affix system that adds mechanical challenges into Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones. Every week, raid bosses will be empowered by one of four Fated Powers and drop higher item level loot.
- Raid Finder: 265-272
- Normal: 278-285
- Heroic: 291-297
- Mythic: 304-311
Fated Raids Schedule
Fated Raids will launch with the following weekly rotation:
- August 2 - Fated Castle Nathria
- August 9 - Fated Sanctum of Domination
- August 16 - Fated Sepulcher of the First Ones
- August 23 - Fated Castle Nathria
- August 30 - Fated Sanctum of Domination
- September 6 - Fated Sepulcher of the First Ones
Later during the season the rotation will be removed and all raids will become Fated.
Puzzling Cartel Dinars
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Upgrading Fated Items
Players that defeat bosses on Heroic or Mythic difficulty in a Fated Raid will receive Cyphers, which can be used to upgrade items to a higher quality.
- Confounding Antique Cypher - Combine 20 Confounding Antique Cyphers to create the Cosmic Creation Impetus, which can be used to improve Fated raid items to Heroic quality.
- Cosmic Creation Impetus - Realize the potential in a Fated raid item, upgrading it to Heroic quality.
- Confounding Ancient Cypher - Combine 20 Confounding Ancient Cyphers to create the Sacred Creation Impetus, which can be used to improve Fated raid items to Mythic quality.
- Sacred Creation Impetus - Fulfil the destiny of a Fated raid item, upgrading it to Mythic quality.
Note that all gear obtained from Fated Raids can be converted into set pieces at the Creation Catalyst in Zereth Mortis.
Fated Powers
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
New Achievements and Rewards
Several new achievements and rewards can be completed by clearing Fated raids during Shadowlands Season 4.
- Fates of the Shadowlands Raids - Complete all three Fated raids on Normal difficulty or higher.
- Rewards the Jigglesworth Sr. mount.
- Heroic: Fates of the Shadowlands Raids - Complete all three Fated raids on Heroic difficulty or higher.
- Rewards the Hero of Fate title.
- Mythic: Fates of the Shadowlands Raids - Complete all three Fated raids on Mythic difficulty.
- Rewards three teleports to the Shadowlands raid locations.
Raid Rewards Experiments Official Notes
To learn more about Blizzard's Raid Rewards Experiments for Shadowlands Season 4 click the banner below!
New Mythic+ Season
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
New Dungeon Portals
Portals to Gorgrond, Karazhan, and Mechagon can be found in the upper level of Oribos.
Valor Cap
There is no valor cap in Shadowlands Season 4. Players can spam mythic+ dungeons to earn valor points, which can be used to upgrade items.
New Mythic+ Affix
The new mythic+ dungeon affix for Shadowlands Season 4 is Shrouded - Nathrezim infiltrators have disguised themselves among the enemies throughout the dungeon. Cartel Ta will reward you handsomely for assisting in their capture.
Seasonal Rewards
- New Title: the Shrouded - Obtained by earning a Mythic+ Rating of at least 1500 during Shadowlands Season Four.
- New Title: the Shrouded Hero - Obtained by ending Shadowlands Mythic+ Season Four with a Mythic+ Rating in the top 0.1% of all players in your region.
- New Dungeon Teleports for Karazhan, Mechagon, Iron Docks and Grimrail Depot - Obtained by earning the the Keystone Hero achievements during Shadowlands Season Four.
- New Mount: Restoration Deathwalker - Obtained by earning a Mythic+ Rating of at least 2000 during Shadowlands Season Four.
New PvP Season
Shadowlands Season 4 brings increased item levels for gear as well as new seasonal rewards!
Honor Gear (Eternal Combatant)
Upgrade Level Item Level PvP Item Level 1 229 255 2 236 268 3 242 272 4 249 275 5 255 278 6 262 281 7 268 285
Conquest Gear (Eternal Gladiator)
Rating Requirement Rated Rank Item Level PvP Item Level Unranked 275 288 1000 Combatant I 278 291 1200 Combatant II 281 294 1400 Challenger I 285 298 1600 Challenger II 288 301 1800 Rival I 291 304 1950 Rival II 294 307 2100 Duelist 298 311 2400 Gladiator 301 311
Conquest Cap
This season will feature a higher weekly conquest cap than in previous seasons, which will be removed a number of weeks into the season.
Seasonal Rewards
- New Title: Eternal Gladiator
- New Weapon Illusion: Eternal Flux
- New Mounts
- Eternal Gladiator's Soul Eater - Shadowlands Season 4 Gladiator Mount Reward.
- Vicious Warstalker - Shadowlands Season 4 Alliance Rated PvP Reward.
- Vicious Warstalker - Shadowlands Season 4 Horde Rated PvP Reward.