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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 24th - NA Mantid Assault Starting Soon

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Mogu Assault will end tonight at 7 PM Pacific Time for NA servers and transition to the Mantid Assault. Make sure to finish any activities before then!

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Lunar Festival 2020 (Jan 24 - Feb 7) - Transmog Flower Crowns Year-Round

The Lunar Festival runs from January 24th through February 7th, with a quest to make flower crowns transmoggable year-round. Learn about all the Elders, toys, fireworks, and Coins of Ancestry in our updated holiday guide. Now live on NA and EU realms.

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Best Addons for Patch 8.3 Visions of N'zoth - Assaults, Horrific Visions, Rares

Visions of N'zoth has been out for a little over a week now, time in which players have been able to unlock the full potential and play cycle of the patch. In order to help players to optimize their time in-game and make the most of it, we prepared a list of our most recommended addons for Patch 8.3, Visions of N'zoth.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for January 24th - Ny'alotha Trinket Buffs

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for January 24th, which includes buffs to certain Ny'alotha Trinkets, removed cloaks from Emissary caches, fixed Emergency Cranial Defibrillation in Horrific Visions and more!

Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for January 24th - Ny'alotha Trinket Buffs

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for January 24th, which includes buffs to certain Ny'alotha Trinkets, removed cloaks from Emissary caches, fixed a bug with Emergency Cranial Defibrillation in Horrific Visions and more!

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MDI and AWC WoW Esports Streamed Exclusively on YouTube in 2020

Blizzard released an announcement that all of their esports programs will be streamed exclusively on YouTube in 2020.

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Tonight in Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 24th - The Mantid Assault Begins

Tonight in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Mantid Assault has begun! 6 new daily events and 3 new daily quests are available to complete before the daily reset in less than 12 hours.

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Have Legendary Cloak Equipped on N'Zoth Raid Encounters or Be Mind Controlled

The Carapace of N'Zoth and N'Zoth encounters have a very unique requirement -- If you do not have Wrathion's Legendary Cloak equipped, you will automatically be Mind Controlled on the pull.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 25th - Rare Day!

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, it's rare day within the N'Zoth Assault! There are also some dangerous events in the Mantid Assault, so make sure to be careful today in Vale.

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Mogu Assault Will Change to Mantid Assault in 2 Hours for EU

In 2 hours, the Mogu Assault will flip to the Mantid Assault removing the ability to farm certain mounts, events and rares. In addition, new daily quests and events will appear with only half a day to complete them before the reset.

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Glory of the Ny'alotha Raider Completed by the Achievements Discord

Glory of the Ny'alotha Raider has been completed by several groups in the Achievements Discord. The achievement rewards Wriggling Parasite and requires you to do something unconventional on each Ny'alotha encounter.

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Darkshore Warfront Finale - A New Hope Quest and Tyrande Cutscene

The Battle for Darkshore Warfront reaches a conclusion in a new quest and cutscene showing that Tyrande has retaken Darkshore.

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Lunar Festival is Live in Classic WoW - Profession Schematics, Elder Locations, Elune's Lantern

To celebrate the Lunar Festival in Classic WoW, we prepared a new guide, focusing on the Festival incarnation in Classic. The guide highlights all you can obtain during the Lunar Festival in Classic WoW.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 25th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, it's cache day in the Uldum Assault! There's also a bugged Spirit Drinker event as usual.

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Wow Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - 109th Edition - Missing Gold Has Been Found & WorthIt Addon

Welcome to the 109th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up, covering the return of missing Auction House gold and a spotlight on the WorthIt add-on.

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Story of Ny'alotha the Waking City Raid with Nobbel87

We're back again with another lore spotlight with Nobbel87! Last week we covered the story of Patch 8.3, and now with the new raid opening, we have the story of Ny'alotha. Read about the lore behind every boss and of course, some thoughts on the N'Zoth ending.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 27th - Double Rare and Cache Day!

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, it's cache day in the Uldum Assault and it's rare day in both Assault locations! Also, there's still a bugged Spirit Drinker event.

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Warcraft III Reforged Beta Will End January 28th 8 AM PST

In preparation for the Warcraft III Reforged launch tomorrow at 3 PM PST, the Warcraft III Reforged Beta will be shut down tomorrow morning, 8 AM PST.

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Warcraft III: Reforged System Specifications

Learn about the minimum requirements and recommended specifications to run Warcraft III: Reforged.

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FatbossTV's Written Raid Guides Updated & Video Guides Now Live!

Still working to get Heroic N'Zoth down? FatbossTV has updated our written N'Zoth Guides and released their video guides for all of Ny'alotha to help you defeat all the bosses!

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Echoing Void Appears Nerfed in PvP Arenas

From testing, the Echoing Void Corruption effect appears to have been hotfixed in PvP to deal about 75% less damage in Arenas.

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Upcoming Changes on the Weekly Reset - Blizzard Confirms Trinkets Cannot Corrupt

Blizzard has posted the upcoming changes to Season 4 including Mythic Ny'alotha, guaranteed Corrupted Gear from Weekly Chests (except for Trinkets) and increased Item Level from end-of-dungeon and end-of-game gear.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for January 27th, 2020 - Spirit Drinker Fix, Trinket Tuning, Corruption in PvP Nerf

Blizzard has released hotfixes for today including a fix for the bugged Spirit Drinkers, buffs to many Season 4 Trinkets and nerfs to Corruption in PvP. One of the trinket changes includes a way to prevent the levitation effect of the Wrathion Trinket!

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Upcoming Weekly Chests Will Contain a Corrupted Item (Except Trinkets)

On January 28th (NA) and January 29th (EU), the first Season 4 Mythic+ and PvP Weekly Chests will become available, offering item level 475 gear at the upper end. These chests are special in Season 4, as they will always drop a piece of Corrupted Gear, unless your Weekly Chest contains a Trinket as Trinkets cannot Corrupt.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - N'Zoth Ending and Shadowlands Hairstyles

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the N'Zoth cinematic, the surprise Darkshore Warfronts ending, and even some Shadowlands news like the new Undead hairstyles.

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Patch 8.3 Season 4 - What to Do During the Week of January 28th

It's Mythic Week in Season 4 of Battle for Azeroth with the first Season 4 Corrupted Weekly Chests becoming available, Mythic Ny'alotha and a new Legendary Cloak rank! In addition, the Rank 2 reputation Essence will now be available, end-of-dungeon and end-of-PvP rewards will be increased to Item Level 465 and the WoD Timewalking quest should be awarding Heroic raid gear!

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Kill World Boss Dunegorger Kraulok This Week for Chance at Alpaca Mount

Dunegorger Kraulok is the world boss up in Vol'dun for the week, and new to 8.3, drops an alpaca mount.

Warlords of Draenor Timewalking - Normal Ny'alotha Loot from Event Quest

Warlords of Draenor Timewalking is active for the week, and the event quest rewards a Normal piece of Ny'alotha loot. On the 8.3 PTR, this event rewarded a Heroic piece of Ny'alotha loot, but it was changed on live servers to Normal loot instead.

Mythic Ny'alotha Progression Race to World First Livestreams

With the Ny'alotha raid now open on Mythic difficulty, the race is on to see which guild will defeat N'Zoth first and clear the raid!

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Corruption Hotfixes in Live Servers: Echoing Void Nerfed and Sk'shuul Vaz Weapon Buffed

Some Corruption Changes just hit live servers in a hotfix including changes to Echoing Void and the Ny'alotha 2H Strength weapon Sk'shuul Vaz.

Echoing Void Nerfed on Live Servers in a Hotfix

Some Corruption Changes just hit live servers in a hotfix including changes to Echoing Void and the Ny'alotha 2H Strength weapon Sk'shuul Vaz.

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Ny'alotha Wing 1 LFR Now Open - Wrathion, Maut, Prophet Skitra

Ny'alotha Wing 1 LFR is now available, with bosses Wrathion, Maut, and Prophet Skitra. The minimum item level to queue up is ilvl 410 and the bosses drop loot starting at ilvl 430.

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 28th - Vale N'Zoth Invasion, Aqir Assault

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Major N'Zoth has moved to Vale of Eternal Blossoms and the Uldum Minor Assault is the Aqir Assault!

Ny'alotha Wing 1 LFR Now Open - Wrathion, Maut, Prophet Skitra

Ny'alotha Wing 1 LFR is now available, with bosses Wrathion, Maut, and Prophet Skitra. The minimum item level to queue up is ilvl 410 and the bosses drop loot starting at ilvl 430.

Warcraft III: Reforged Releases on January 28th - System Requirements, Campaign Info, Player Portraits

Warcraft III: Reforged releases at 3pm PST on January 28th. Check out the essential info about this game, including system requirements, the Spoils of War digital deluxe edition, campaign guides, and player portraits.

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Warcraft III: Reforged - Arthas vs Illidan Cinematic

At the end of the Scourge Campaign in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Arthas and Illidan engage in a fateful duel outside of Icecrown Citadel. Now in Warcraft III: Reforged, the cinematic has been remastered with a new look.

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Warcraft III Reforged Release Patch Notes

Blizzard has posted patch notes for the WC3 Reforged release.

Island Mounts and Transmog from Salvage Crates - Week of January 28th

In Patch 8.3, you can now spend your Dubloons on Salvage Crates by the Island Expedition vendor. This week, the Salvage Crates are from Crestfall, Verdant Wilds, and Jorundall offering many mounts and transmog options if you have enough Dubloons.

Warcraft III Reforged Known Issues - January 28th

Blizzard has posted known issues for Warcraft III: Reforged launch.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Cinematics Remastered to Full HD Resolution

Blizzard has remastered all of the Warcraft III cinematics for the launch of Warcraft III: Reforged to Full HD resolution.

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Updated Mythic+ and PvP Loot Tables - Mythic 14s Give 465 End-of-Dungeon Gear

Blizzard has updated their Mythic+ and PvP Loot tables on the Support site for Season 4 and there have been some new changes to Item Levels in Season 4. Most notably, Mythic 14s will drop the same Item Level as 15s from end-of-dungeon boxes and achieving Rival status in Arena has a chance to award 475 Azerite from the PvP Weekly Chest.

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Hotfixes for January 28: Tamable Aqir Creatures, Echoing Void Nerf, Sk'shuul Vaz Changes

Hotfixes for January 28 include the addition of tamable Aqir creatures in Uldum, a nerf to the Echoing Void Corruption, and changes to the Sk'shuul Vaz weapon.

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Three Exodus of the Horde Demo Missions Added to Warcraft III: Reforged

If you played original Warcraft III back in the day, you may remember the three exclusive demo missions only available as promotional items, Exodus of the Horde. Now, in Warcraft III: Reforged, these missions are available to everyone.

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Aqir Hunter Pet Tames in Visions of N'Zoth

In the Patch 8.3 Hotfixes from January 28th, Blizzard made several cuddly Aqir bugs tameable by Hunters. Here is a list of the new Aqir Hunter Pet tames, their models, and locations.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 29th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, it's Rare Day in the Aqir Assault! While on this quest, try to kill Ishak and Corpse Eater for a chance at mounts!

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Mythic Ny'alotha Race to World First - World First Kill Videos

The Ny'alotha raid has been open on Mythic difficulty for over a day, and the race is still on to see which guild will defeat N'Zoth first. This article will highlight the World First kills of each boss and will be updated as the race continues!

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Mythic Ny'alotha Race to World First - Mythic Ra-den Hotfix Calls for a New Strategy

Ra-den has proven to be a difficult boss with complicated overlaps of mechanics and a tight DPS and healing check. Earlier today, Limit started using a unique strategy to deal with the new Mythic debuff to reduce the complexity of the encounter, but this has now been hotfixed.

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Mythic Ny'alotha Race to World First - Limit Defeated Ra-den, Now 8/12 Mythic

After a stealth hotfix to Complexity Limit's main strategy on Ra-den, they have pushed through with a new strategy and defeated the boss anyways obtaining the World First First Ra-den kill. Now, they'll be working towards defeating Drest'agath in order to unlock Il'gynoth.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for Jan 29th - Hunter Pet Tame Updates Including Lalathin

Patch 8.3 hotfixes for Jan 29th include new hunter pet tames like Dread Ravens, Rocs, Sea Serpents, and Mechanical Chickens.

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New Patch 8.3 Hunter Tames - Dread Ravens, Rocs, Sea Serpents, Amani Bears

Tonight's 8.3 Visions of N'Zoth hotfixes announced that even more beasts are tamable by Hunters in Patch 8.3, like Dread Ravens and Sea Serpents! Here is a list of all the beasts now tamable after today's hotfix update.

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Complexity Limit Defeats Drest'agath 12 Seconds Into Enrage - Mythic Ny'alotha Day 2 Recap

At the end of Day 2 of Mythic Ny'alotha, the bosses are getting tougher and the competition is heating up with Ra-den and Drest'agath being taken down today. Some trouble was had after some live hotfixes were applied to Ra-den but Complexity Limit rose to the occasion and claimed two new World First bosses ending the day at 9/12 Mythic.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 30th - Goliath Trophy Day

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, it's Goliath Trophy Day in the Aqir Assault! In addition, start looking out for contracts as they've started to appear on the Auction Houses of certain realms.

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Heroic Darkshore Warfront Now Available to US Horde Players

The new Heroic Darkshore Warfront is now available to US Horde players! For the next 7 days, US Horde players will be able to queue at their Warfront Table in Dazar'alor to fight in this Warfront.

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Warcraft III Reforged Controversy - Custom Mods from World Editor Owned by Blizzard

With the launch of Warcraft III Reforged, Blizzard has published its updated terms and rules for Reforged. Among those, some rules regarding the new World Editor (Warcraft III Mod engine) have left modders around the world upset with Blizzard.

Wowhead Weekly #219 - Mythic Race, Warcraft III: Reforged Launch

For Wowhead Weekly #219, Annie and Perculia discuss the recent news including the Mythic Race and Warcraft III: Reforged launch.

January 30th Hotfixes - Shad'har Bug, Vulpera Quest, Sunsong Ranch

Blizzard has released a list with new hotfixes made into the live game, including a fix to Shad'har in Ny'alotha that caused extra damage to raids with Entropic Buildup.

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Il'gynoth, the First Mythic Wall - Pre-Immuning Strategy Round 2 - Mythic Ny'alotha Day 3 Recap

Il'gynoth is the first Mythic boss to survive a full day of progress against him, so he appears to be the first Mythic Wall. Complexity LImit has spent all of today progressing against Il'gynoth and during that time, Method and Pieces has caught up to them. We now have a race to see who will defeat Il'gynoth first!

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 31st - Double Cache Day, Ama'thet Assault Soon for NA

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, both Assaults have a daily quest that require you to find 3 chests! In addition, for NA servers, the Ama'thet Assault will be starting at 7 PM Pacific, so make sure to get all your Aqir Assault stuff done before then!

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Complexity Limit Claims World First Mythic Il'gynoth - Now Mythic 10/12

Congratulations to Complexity Limit as they have claimed the World First Mythic Il'gynoth kill. We'll now get to see what the second to last boss has in store for these guilds as Complexity Limit head to Carapace of N'Zoth.

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Wipefest Updated for Ny'alotha - Analyze Raid Encounters

With Mythic Ny'alotha progression in full swing, we are highlighting Wipefest today, a website to analyze your raid encounters, providing high-level overviews of the fight and potential problem areas.

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Darkmoon Arcade - New Darkmoon Faire Games in Patch 8.3

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town on February 3rd, and new to Visions of N'Zoth is the Darkmoon Arcade. You can play 6 games, including some fan-favorite games from World Quests and HexSweeper, a game where you put your life on the line to find and avoid mines.

Blizzard Offering Replacements or Refunds for Damaged Charity Server Blades

Blizzard is offering replacements or refunds for players that received damaged charity server blades.

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Tonight in Vale of Eternal Blossoms for January 31st - The Ama'thet Assault Begins

Tonight in Uldum on NA servers, the Ama'thet Assault has begun with new rares and rewards! 6 new daily events and 3 new daily quests are available to complete before the daily reset in less than 12 hours.

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Mythic Carapace of N'Zoth Bugs Preventing Progression - Blizzard Working on Fix

Mythic Carapace of N'Zoth has several bugs that are preventing progression in the World First race. Game Director Ion Hazzikostas has responded to the situation on Twitter, saying they are looking into a fix ASAP.

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Complexity Limit Claims World First Mythic Carapace of N'Zoth Kill - Now Mythic 11/12

Congratulations to Complexity Limit as they have claimed the World First Mythic Carapace of N'Zoth kill. We'll now get to see what the final boss has in store for these guilds as Complexity Limit head to N'Zoth the Corruptor.

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(EU) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 1st - Ama'thet Assault Soon, Cache Day

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Severs, the Aqir Assault gives one more Cache daily before swapping over to the Ama'thet Assault later today. As NA and EU have different reset times of Assaults, we've decided to have a post dedicated to each server!

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(NA) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 1st

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for NA Servers, it's the first full day of the Ama'thet Assault.

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(EU) Tonight in Uldum for February 1st - Ama'thet Assault Begins

Tonight in Uldum on EU servers, the Ama'thet Assault has begun with new rares and rewards! 6 new daily events and 3 new daily quests are available to complete before the daily reset in less than 12 hours.

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Mythic N'Zoth Secret Phase 3 Speculation - Forge of Fate

With the Race to World First now on the final boss in Ny'alotha, we're taking a closer look at what could possibly occur in the final secret phase of Mythic N'Zoth--Forge of Fate.

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Darkmoon Faire is in Town - Earn Extra Reputation with 8.3 Factions and Play at the Darkmoon Arcade

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for one week, with the all-new Darkmoon Arcade! This is a great time to get Darkmoon Top Hat and WHEE!, which provides 10% experience and reputation buff, to help you grind out the new reputations in Visions of N'Zoth, Uldum Accord and Rajani.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 2nd - Rare Day

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, it's Rare day in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms!

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Limit Reaches Secret Phase of Mythic N'Zoth

Limit has reached the secret phase of Mythic N'Zoth.

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Wow Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - 110th Edition - 0 to 5 Million Strategy & Gold Communities

Welcome to the 110th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up, covering some strategies to make 5 million gold.

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Blizzard Despawns N'Zoth Across NA Region Due to Glitched Limit Attempt

As Complexity Limit attempts to figure out how to defeat the Mythic N'Zoth the Corruptor fight, they ran into a glitch that forced Blizzard to despawn the boss in the entire NA region!

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 3rd - Rare Day

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, it's Rare day in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms for the second day in a row!

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First 3 Mythic Ny'alotha Raid Guides Now Live - Wrathion, Maut, Prophet Skitra

Planning on heading into Mythic Ny'alotha to try to face down Mythic Wrathion? We're working with Hyperion from BDG to release Mythic Raid Guides to help with your progression through the Mythic raid! We currently have the Mythic Wrathion, Mythic Maut and Mythic Prophet Skitra guides available!

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Warcraft III: Reforged - Message from the Developers

The Warcraft III: Reforged developers have posted a blog explaining player concerns related to the launch and supported features.

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Blizzard Now Offering Automated Refunds for Warcraft III: Reforged

In the middle of its launch controversy, Blizzard has added options to automate the process of requesting a refund for Warcraft III: Reforged.

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Breakdown of the Mythic N'Zoth Encounter - Why Is Mythic N'Zoth So Difficult?

Why is Mythic N'Zoth so difficult? Mythic N'Zoth has proven to be a challenging end boss with complex mechanics, high raid damage and a fight where Immunities shine. We wanted to analyze the Mythic N'Zoth encounter and explain the many challenges of this boss to try to explain why Mythic N'zoth is so challenging.

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Humming Black Dragonscale Trinket Hotfixed - Slow Fall Now On Use

Do you have the Humming Black Dragonscale trinket from Wrathion? Have you died to it because you got knocked back and flew way to far because of the slow fall effect? Another hotfix has changed the trinket to make the slow fall portion on use, preventing those unfortunate, hilarious deaths from happening to characters.

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Mythic N'Zoth Hotfix to Thought Harvesters

The Race to World First hit another interesting twist tonight as Blizzard hotfixed the behavior of Thought Harvesters on the Mythic N'Zoth encounter, making the fight more difficult.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for February 3rd - New Hunter Tames, Horrific Vision Tuning for Tanks and Healers

Blizzard has published hotfixes for February 3rd including new hunter tames, and Horrific Vision Tuning for Tanks and Healers reducing the health of creatures when a player is that spec.

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Legendary Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 9 Next Reset - Details and Requirements

After the Weekly Reset on February 4th (NA) or February 5th (EU), the Legendary Cloak Cap will be increased to Rank 9. This week, upgrading the Cloak will get you more Corruption Resistance, allowing you to wear more Corruption gear without as many of the penalties!

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(EU) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 4th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, it's Cache Day in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. It's also the last day before the Assault Swap, so make sure to get any last minute mount chances in!

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Legendary Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 9 Next Reset - Details and Requirements

After the Weekly Reset on February 4th (NA) or February 5th (EU), the Legendary Cloak Cap will be increased to Rank 9. This week, upgrading the Cloak will get you more Corruption Resistance, allowing you to wear more Corruption gear without as many of the penalties! Edit: As we reported, we've confirmed that it takes a minimum of 2 runs due to a maximum of 2 pages per run.

(NA) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 4th - Assault Flip, Mantid Assault

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Assaults have swapped! The Mantid is Assault is active in Vale and Spirit Drinkers are active is Uldum again except they're working now!

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Cooking Impossible Brawl Replaced by Temple of Hotmogu

Blizzard has announced that this week's Cooking Impossible Brawl will be replaced by Temple of Hotmogu due to Issues.

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Mythic Ny'alotha Race to World First - Ra-den Respawn Timer Increased, Health Nerfed

As Complexity Limit reclears through Mythic Ny'alotha in the Race to World First, they have noticed that Mythic Ra-den's respawn timer has increased but his health has been nerfed to compensate.

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for February 4th

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind returns this week with new Madnesses. Leaden Foot is up as a base madness for the Lost Zones and it can be very difficult to deal with. In this article, we'll go over this week's Madnesses, including for the dual Madnesses for the Mask of the Pained, and give advice for each zone.

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Upcoming Corruption Adjustments in the Next 24 Hours - Echoing Void Nerfed "Significantly"

Blizzard has announced that within the next 24 hours, Blizzard will be adjusting Corruption effects once again but this time on a Tuesday/Wednesday. On the board is a "significant" nerf to Echoing Void.

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February 4th Hotfixes - Titan Research Archive, Ny'alotha, Horrific Visions

Blizzard has updated their hotfix blog with the most recent fixes and changes.

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...the header is now anchored on Wowhead so you can navigate or do a search wherever you happen to be on the page without having to go back to the top...

...enjoy this improvement. We certainly will.

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Community Sourced List of Removed and Missing Features from Warcraft III: Reforged

During this first week of launch, players compiled a list of features, either removed from Reforged when compared to Frozen Throne, or promised and cut before launch.

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(EU) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 5th - Assault Swap

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Assaults have swapped for EU servers. Welcome back to Spirit Drinker events!

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Complexity Limit Reaches 25% On Mythic N'Zoth Activating A Second Secret Phase

Complexity Limit has now reached their best attempt of 25% on Mythic N'Zoth, forcing another Dimensional Gateway to become active and activating a second secret Phase! Unfortunately, no one was able to make it to the other side, so we don't know what the new phase contains just yet.

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Corruption Tuning for February 5th - Echoing Void Will Be Nerfed by 50%, Void Ritual Bonus Approx Doubled

Blizzard has posted the exact values for the upcoming corruption tuning coming later today. Echoing Void will be nerfed by a massive 50%, the Void Ritual bonus per stack has been approximately doubled at each rank and more!

Corruption Tuning for February 5th - Echoing Void Will Be Nerfed by 50%, Void Ritual Bonus Doubled

Blizzard has posted the exact values for the upcoming corruption tuning coming later today. Echoing Void will be nerfed by a massive 50%, the Void Ritual bonus per stack doubled at each rank and more!

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Mythic N'Zoth Has No Second Secret Phase

Complexity Limit just said on their comms that they have received word in an email that there is no second secret phase and no second gateway on the Mythic N'Zoth encounter. They must now just take the boss down to 0% before the boss enrages.

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Island Mounts and Transmog from Salvage Crates - Week of February 5th

This week, the Salvage Crates are from Havenswood, Skittering Hollow, Molten Cay, and Elementals offering many mounts and transmog options if you have enough Dubloons.

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Announced Corruption Changes Will Go Live After the Next Reset

Blizzard has announced that the revealed corruption changes will now be going live next week with the next reset instead of today.

Blizzard Holding Off On Announced Corruption Changes Until Next Reset

Blizzard has announced that the revealed corruption changes will now be going live next week with the next reset instead of today. In addition, Mythic N'Zoth will also have some tuning changes when this goes live to compensate.

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February 5th Hotfixes - Mac Crashes, Carapace of N'zoth, Darkmoon Arcade

Blizzard has updated their list of Hotfixes for Patch 8.3, including fixes for Mac users, Carapace of N'zoth, and Darkmoon Arcade.

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Making WoW - Stormwind Inside Jokes, AMA with Author John Staats

It's time for another excerpt from The WoW Diary as well as an AMA with author John Staats. Ask your questions about vanilla WoW development in the comments!

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 6th

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 6th. EU servers will have already swapped to these events, with NA servers following suit later in the day.

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Darkmoon Faire Coming to WoW Classic February 10th

Blizzard has released their official preview of the Darkmoon Faire in WoW Classic, coming on February 10th.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Bugfix - Patch Notes 1.32.1

An update is going out for Warcraft III: Reforged today to address some bugs, including issues rendering Classic mode and multiboards crashing custom games.

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Darkmoon Cards Now Available in WoW Classic - Collect Cards for Epic Trinkets

Players can now farm Darkmoon Cards in WoW Classic, collecting them in advance to make epic trinkets when the Darkmoon Faire starts on February 10th.

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Complexity Limit Claims World First Mythic N'Zoth the Corruptor Kill

Congratulations to Complexity Limit as they have claimed the World First Mythic Carapace of N'Zoth kill! With this, Limit claims the World First clear of Mythic Ny'alotha!

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Wowhead Weekly #220 - Race to World First, Warcraft III: Reforged Aftermath

For Wowhead Weekly #220, Annie and Perculia discuss the recent news including updates to the Mythic Race to World First and aftermath of Warcraft III: Reforged's launch.

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Ny'alotha Hall of Fame Now Open - Top 100 Guilds to Receive Title Famed Slayer of N'zoth

With Complexity Limit claiming World First for Mythic N'zoth, the Ny'alotha the Waking City Hall of Fame is now officially open.

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Limit Reactions to World First Mythic N'Zoth Kill Clips and Nerd Screams

N'Zoth finally falls to Limit! Ny'alotha was heavily streamed by all Limit members, and because of that, we have many points of view from their celebration, including Complexity's RL stream at the Complexity Performance center!

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Activision Blizzard Q4 2019 Earnings Call - Diablo Immortal Testing Mid-2020, WoW Classic Success

Activision Blizzard had its Q4 2019 Results Conference Call today, highlighting the companies results for the final three months of 2019.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 7th. EU servers will have already swapped to today's events, with NA servers following suit later in the day after the daily reset. NA Servers will also swap to the Mogu Assault at 7 PM Pacific.

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J. Allen Brack on the Rocky Warcraft III: Reforged Launch

Blizzard president J. Allen Brack addressed the rocky Warcraft III: Reforged launch in the Activision Blizzard Q4 2019 Investors call yesterday.

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Love is in the Air in Classic WoW - Collecting Love Tokens, Gifts of Adoration, Lovely Dresses

Love is in the Air is coming to WoW Classic, so we have prepared a guide to this version of the event.

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Shadows Rising - Shadowlands Prequel Novel Coming on July 14th

Shadows Rising, by Madeleine Roux, is the Shadowlands prequel novel, covering what's next for Sylvanas, the Alliance, and Horde. (Initial plot spoilers in post)

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Love is in the Air 2020 - Farm the Love Rocket Mount on Level 110+ Characters

Love is in the Air runs from February 8th through February 21st on retail WoW. Learn about all the Love Tokens, holiday attire, and special mounts and toys in our updated holiday guide!

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Rank 3 Reputation Essences with Uldum Accord and Rajani Moved to Revered

The reputation requirements for the Rank 3 Reputation Essences appears to has been moved to Revered down from Exalted. If you have the Uldum Accord and Rajani reputations at Revered, you can now buy Rank 3 Breath of the Dying, Touch of the Everlasting and Spirit of Preservation.

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Tonight in Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 7th - The Mogu Assault Begins

Tonight in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Mogu Assault has begun with new rares and rewards! Good luck if you're trying to farm either of the new Cloud Serpent mounts again!

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(EU) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 8th

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 8th for EU. EU servers will have 12 hours with these events and dailies before swapping over to the Mogu Assault.

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Method Claims World Second Mythic N'Zoth the Corruptor Kill

Method has claimed World Second/EU first Mythic N'Zoth, the Corruptor, defeating the final boss of Ny'alotha just under two days after [url=https://www.wowhead.com/news=311010/complexity-limit-claims-world-first-mythic-nzoth-the-corruptor-kill]Complexity-Limit achieved achieved the first kill[/url]. While this kill finishes the Race to World First events for both guilds, there are still many more working toward defeating N'Zoth and bringing the final raid tier of [i]Battle for Azeroth[/i] to a close.

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(NA) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 8th

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 8th for NA.

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New Reputation Items Available When WoW Classic Blackwing Lair Opens

With the launch of Blackwing Lair, many more recipes will be available to purchase from reputation quartermasters, including Argent Dawn, Timbermaw Hold, and Thorium Brotherhood.

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New Void Stalker Hunter Pet Tames

Earlier this week, Blizzard made more Void Stalkers tameable as Hunter Pets. Previously, this appearance was only available to Void Elf Hunters as their starting pet.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 9th

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 9th for EU Servers. NA Servers will rotate to these events in a couple hours.

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Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker Available with WoW Classic Blackwing Lair

Did someone say Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker? While players have been able to collect the bindings since WoW Classic launch, Thunderfury will finally be obtainable in Phase 3 of WoW Classic when Blackwing Lair opens.

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Wow Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - 111th Edition - World First Debt & AH Favorites List Fixed

Welcome to the 111th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up, covering the World First debut due to BoEs and the Auction House favorites list fixed.

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Story of the Fourth War (Battle for Azeroth) with Nobbel87

We're back again with another lore spotlight with Nobbel87, covering the lore of the Fourth War in Battle for Azeroth.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 10th

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 10th for EU Servers. NA Servers will rotate to these events in a couple hours.

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Titanforge Podcast 35 - Interview with World First Raiders Preheat and Xyronic

Titanforge Podcast hosts Dratnos, Tettles and Trell interview World First raids Preheat and Xyronic from Complexity Limit discussing Corruption BoEs, the history of the guild and more!

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WoW Classic Darkmoon Faire Now Live in Mulgore for February 2020

The WoW Classic Darkmoon Faire is now active in Mulgore for February 2020, running from the 10th through 16th.

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World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms - New Book Coming October 2020

World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms is an upcoming art book published by Blizzard Entertainment and authored by Senior Writer Christie Golden.

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Grasping Tendrils Negative Corruption Effect No Longer Magic Dispellable

The Grasping Tendrils negative corruption effect that you get when you have any corruption has been hotfixed and is no longer a magic debuff and cannot be magic dispelled by healers.

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Mythic Dungeon Tuning Hotfixes - Overseer Korgus, Sand Queen

After the Grasping Tendrils hotfix, we wanted to see if there were any more hotfixes and we've found some Mythic+ dungeon tuning hotfixes in our spell diff, including nerfs to abilities on the Overseer Korgus and Sand Queen encounters.

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Upcoming Corruption Tuning with the Weekly Reset - Includes New Gushing Wound Nerf

Tomorrow, Blizzard will be applying the Corruption Tuning that was announced earlier this week. However, they have also added an additional tuning change, announcing that they will be nerfing Gushing Wound in addition to the previous changes.

Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for February 10th - Upcoming Corruption Tuning, Tol Dagor Nerfs, Mythic N'Zoth Nerf

Blizzard has posted Patch 8.3 hotfixes for February 10th which includes the upcoming Corruption and Mythic N'Zoth nerfs that are coming with the Weekly Reset, Mythic+ Tol Dagor nerfs and more!

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WoW Classic Blackwing Lair Loot - Tier 2, Boss Loot Tables, Class Trinkets

WoW Classic Phase 3 adds many notable epics from Blackwing Lair, including the remaining Tier 2 armor set pieces. We have prepared guides to all Tier 2 armor sets as well as boss loot from the Blackwing Lair raid including class trinkets.

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(EU) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 11th

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 11th for EU Servers.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - World First Race, Shadows Rising Novel

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the end of the World First race and the upcoming novel Shadows Rising, the prequel to Shadowlands.

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WoW Classic Blackwing Lair (BWL) Raid Strategy Guides and Boss Tips

We're happy to announce our set of WoW Classic Blackwing Lair raid strategy guides is now live, with tips for all eight bosses!

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(NA) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 11th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for NA Servers, the Assaults have swapped once again! The major assault is in Vale of Eternal Blossoms and the Ama'thet Assault is active in Uldum.

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Legendary Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 10 - Details and Requirements

After the Weekly Reset has completed in your region on February 11th (NA) / 12th (EU), the Legendary Cloak cap will be increased to Rank 10. This week, upgrading the Cloak will get you more Sanity Protection, allowing you to progress farther or use more Masks in Horrific Visions.

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WoW Classic Blue Posts February 11th - Darkmoon Faire Gone by Accident, Scoreboard Hotfix

Blizzard has announced a WoW Classic hotfix for battleground scoreboards, as well as acknowledged a bug where the Darkmoon Faire has vanished after maintenance today!

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Ny'alotha Wing 2 LFR Now Open - Dark Inquisitor Xanesh, Vexiona, The Hivemind, Ra-den

Ny'alotha Wing 2 LFR is now available, with bosses Dark Inquisitor Xanesh, Vexiona, The Hivemind, Ra-den. The minimum item level to queue up is ilvl 410 and the bosses drop loot starting at ilvl 430.

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Island Mounts and Transmog from Salvage Crates - Week of February 11th

This week, the Salvage Crates are from Jorundall, Rotting Mire, and Whispering Reef, offering many mounts and transmog options if you have enough Dubloons.

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WoW Classic Blue Posts February 11th - Darkmoon Faire Gone by Accident, Scoreboard Hotfix

Blizzard has announced a WoW Classic hotfix for battleground scoreboards, as well as acknowledged a bug where the Darkmoon Faire has vanished after maintenance today! Edit: the Darkmoon Faire has returned.

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Speedrunning in Classic WoW - No Invisibility Potions for Blackwing Lair and World's Fastest Molten Core

Speedrunning is a competitive meta which has gripped the gaming world for decades. Seeing who can complete a game or objective within a game the fastest is a source of great pride and competition for many players, as it displays mastery over the game, personal skill, and coordination, particularly when groups of players are involved. World of Warcraft Classic is one of many games in which players compete with one another. With Phase 3 right around the corner, we're taking a moment to congratulate the World's Fastest clear of Molten Core and look at changes coming with Blackwing Lair.

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Hotfixes for February 11 - King Gobbamak and Explosives, I Pitied The Fool Achievement

Hotfixes for February 11 include a hotfix for King Gobbamak's adds spawning Explosive Orbs in Operation Mechagon: Junkyard and the achievement I Pitied The Fool being obtainable once more.

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Wowhead's Love is in the Air Rocket Pin Giveaway!

Ah, Love is in the Air in the World of Warcraft: sweet flowers, perfume, and sharing gifts with loved ones! But, what's this?

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 12th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, the Assaults have swapped once again! The major assault is in Vale of Eternal Blossoms and the Ama'thet Assault is active in Uldum. For NA servers this will be the second day of these Assaults.

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The Best Items in Blackwing Lair

Blackwing Lair is right around the corner, and with the new raid instance comes the availability of several new items which aren't just Best in Slot for various classes, but offer advantages beyond Phase 3. Although there are many highly sought after items in the new raid and everyone has updated BiS lists, some of the gear drops stand out more than others, capable of lasting well into Naxxramas or even the rest of Classic WoW.

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WoW Classic Best in Slot Guides Updated for Blackwing Lair - Find the Best Loot in Phase 3 for All Classes

With the arrival of Phase 3 for Classic WoW, we'd like to highlight our Best in Slot pages for our Class Guides, now updated for Blackwing Lair and Darkmoon Faire! Blackwing Lair contains major upgrades for all specs in Classic, including iconic items like Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood, Dragonbreath Hand Cannon , and Chromatically Tempered Sword, besides the addition of the remaining pieces from the Tier 2 Item Sets.

Spirit of Eche'ro Available from Legion Archaeology Through 2/25

For the next two weeks, the Legion Archaeology mount, Spirit of Eche'ro, is available by starting a quest chain in Dalaran. This quest is only available every 6 months, following the Legion Archaeology quest rotation, which changes every 2 weeks.

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WoW Classic Phase 3 Class Quests from Sunken Temple (Temple of Atal'Hakkar)

WoW Classic Sunken Temple (Temple of Atal'Hakkar) class quests are coming in Phase 3 along with Blackwing Lair.

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Save 50% on WoW Classic Through February 24th - New Player Offer

Blizzard is offering a special promotion through February 24th for new players: your first 30 days of game time is 50% off.

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Warcraft Radio's Interview with Ion Hazzikostas on the Ny'alotha World First Race and Beyond

Warcraft Radio interviewed Ion Hazzikostas about the Ny'alotha World First Race and beyond, talking about the Corruption System, N'Zoth bugs, the N'Zoth cinematic and more!

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WoW Classic Phase 3 - Blackwing Lair, Sunken Temple Class Quests, More Reputation Items

At 3pm PST on February 12th, WoW Classic Phase 3 content will unlock. This content update includes the Blackwing Lair Raid, Sunken Temple class quests, more recipes from reputation vendors, and Eternal Quintessence from Duke Hydraxis.

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WoW Classic Phase 3 Blackwing Lair (BWL) Raid Overview

Blizzard has released their official preview of the Blackwing Lair Raid, coming with Phase 3 of WoW Classic on February 12th.

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WoW Classic Buffs Available Week of February 12th - Sayge Fortunes, Love is in the Air Chocolates

With the opening of Blackwing Lair in Phase 3 of WoW Classic, players may be interested in some extra buffs to acquire that are only available for a short period of time - Love is in the Air chocolates and Sayge fortunes from the Darkmoon Faire.

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WoW Classic Assault on Blackwing Lair Key Art and Patch Trailer

With WoW Classic Blackwing Lair now live, Blizzard has released official key art for the content update, as well as a patch trailer in the style of old-school vanilla ones.

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World First Classic Blackwing Lair Clear by <Calamity>

With Blackwing Lair opening just a single hour ago, we've already seen a Classic World First from <Calamity> of Mograine-EU, defeating Nefarian and clearing the highly anticipated raid in 40 minutes and 23 seconds! They were followed very closely by <Progress> and <APES>, two other well known racing guilds. Formed as a merge of several high end Classic guilds, Calamity also claimed World's Fifth Fastest in Molten Core, clearing the Phase 1 raid in 24 minutes and 33 seconds, just over a minute behind than the fastest clear.

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World First Classic Blackwing Lair Clear by Progress and Calamity

With Blackwing Lair opening just a single hour ago, we've already seen Classic World First kills! Update: Blizzard has weighed in with official timestamps of the kills, citing both <Progress> and <Calamity> defeating Nefarian at 23:42:21 UTC. Congratulations to both guilds!

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February 12th Hotfixes - Workshop Fixes, Siege of Boralus Nerfs, Heroic Darkshore

Blizzard has updated their hotfix blog with the latest changes in WoW. Today, we have fixes for Mechagon - Workshop with Explosive affix, nerfs to Siege of Boralus, among other fixes and changes.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 13

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, there are new events and daily quests for February 13th!

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Wild Bangarang WoW and Overwatch Clothing No Longer On Sale February 29th

Wild Bangarang, known for their fashionable licensed clothing, has created over 60 pieces of Warcraft and Overwatch apparel. However, as Blizzard has shifted their merchandise operations from the Gear Shop to Fanatics, their licensing agreement has come to an end and Wild Bangarang can no longer sell these designs from their own shop as of February 29th, 2020.

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Arena World Championship & Mythic Dungeon International 2020 Plans Revealed

Blizzard has revealed the plans for the final Battle for Azeroth season of the Arena World Championship and Mythic Dungeon International, as well as some changes coming to these esports events.

Exit Portals Disabling from WoW Classic Warsong Gulch Due to Exploits

Blizzard will be disabling the exit portals from the Warsong Gulch battleground, due to players using these portals in unintended ways. If you want to leave the battleground, you will have to /afk.

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Wowhead Weekly #221 - Special Guest Dratnos

For Wowhead Weekly #221, Annie and Perculia are joined by special guest Dratnos to discuss the recent WoW Esports announcements and interview with Ion Hazzikostas on the World First Race.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for the Week of February 11th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week with new Madnesses. Split Personality is up as a base madness for the Lost Zones and will likely cause frustration and occasional cursing. In this article, we'll go over this week's Madnesses, including for the dual Madnesses for the Mask of the Pained, and give tips and tricks for each zone.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for February 13th - Awakened Obelisk Creature Nerfs

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for February 13th, noting that some of the creatures from the Awakened Obelisks have been nerfed, including the Tankbuster Spirit Breaker, the Fear from Samh'rek, the Bleed from the Fleshfiends and the MInd Flay tentacles!

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 14th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, there are new events and daily quests for February 14th! NA servers will swap to these events in a couple hours, and NA will have the Aqir Assault later tonight!

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Mythic HIvemind, Shad'har, Dark Inquisitor Ny'alotha Guides Now Available!

Our next 3 Mythic Ny'alotha Guides are now available for the Mythic Dark Inquisitor Xanesh, Hivemind and Shad'har! These guides are written by Hyperion from BDG and will help with your progression through Mythic Ny'alotha.

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Which Melee Specialization Should You Play in Arena PvP for Patch 8.3?

As we head further into 8.3, choosing a class to play will be important as you begin farming all the new content in order to PvP more successfully. There are a large number of specializations that are phenomenal in arenas - some being weaker yet viable, then very few that aren’t really worth playing. With that in mind, it’s important to choose the right class that works well for you in order to have a better gaming experience!

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Addon Spotlight - See Corruption Names and Ranks with Corruption Tooltips

It's been a while since we've done a retail Addon Spotlight, but we have a special case today. In these articles, we try to highlight new, interesting, or otherwise helpful addons to ensure the best experience for players, and [url=https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/corruption-tooltips]Corruption Tooltips[/url] is the best kind of addon - one that adds a helpful feature without any setup or management on your part!

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Hotfixes for February 14 - Mythic BFA Raid Mount Buffs, Vision of Stormwind Nerfs

Hotfixes for February 14 include an increased drop amount for the two Mythic raiding mounts of Battle for Azeroth, Glacial Tidestorm and Ny'alotha Allseer, and nerfs to Alleria Windrunner in the Horrific Vision of Stormwind.

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New Tier of Ineffable Truth Can Now Roll As a Corruption Effect

The +12 Corruption version of the Ineffable Truth effect (new Tier 1), can now roll as a Corruption effect according to today's hotfixes. This brings the total number of random corruption rolls to 52 (up from 51) meaning when a pieces corrupts, you now have a 1.92% chance of getting the exact corruption that you want.

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(NA) Tonight in Uldum for February 14th - Aqir Assault Begins

Welcome to the Aqir Assault for NA servers! We have a new Assault, with new dailies and events. New Weapon Transmogs and Hunter Tames are available as well during this Assault.

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(EU) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 15th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, there are new events and daily quests for February 15th. EU servers will have the Aqir Assault later tonight!

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(NA) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 15th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for NA Servers, there are new events and daily quests for February 15th. It's the first full day of the Aqir Assault!

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Keystone Master's WinterSpring Fling

Keystone Masters is back! Mark your calendars Mythic+ enthusiasts because a new and improved tournament has arrived.

Keystone Master's WinterSpring Fling

Keystone Masters is back! Mark your calendars Mythic+ enthusiasts because a new and improved tournament has arrived.

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What Do the Potions Do in Horrific Visions? - Determining the 'Bad' Potion in Orgrimmar

In Horrific Visions, 5 different colored potions can be found scattered across the zones. You're able to click these potions but the color and their related effects are randomized every time you step into a Horrific Vision. However, there is a way to determine which is the 'Bad' potion in the Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar, so you can click the remaining potions without fear of hitting it.

What Do the Potions Do in Horrific Visions? - Determining the 'Bad' and 'Good' Potions in Orgrimmar

In Horrific Visions, 5 different colored potions can be found scattered across the zones. You're able to click these potions but the color and their related effects can change every time you step into a Horrific Vision. However, there is a way to determine which is the 'Bad' and 'Good' potions in the Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 16th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, there are new events and daily quests for February 16th. NA servers will swap to these events later tonight.

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Wow Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - 112th Edition - What To Do Now in Patch 8.3

Welcome to the 112th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up, covering what to do now in Patch 8.3, in the lull between BFA and Shadowlands.

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Wowhead's Artist's Corner and Giveaway - SkogDesigns

For this month's Artist's Corner on Wowhead, we're highlighting the art of SkogDesigns, as well as a giveaway for a digital banner.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 17th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, there are new events and daily quests for February 17th. NA servers will swap to these events later tonight.

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The Importance and Requirement of Immunities in Mythic Ny'alotha

Immunities haven't been a significant part of Mythic Raiding since Tomb of Sargeras and Antorus. However, they have returned in Mythic Ny'alotha as an important composition requirement for the Ra-den and N'Zoth encounters. A massive 10 immunities is required for the standard Mythic N'Zoth strategy -- that's half of your Mythic raid that needs an immunity!

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Diablo Anime on Netflix and Overwatch Cartoon Reportedly In The Making

Diablo and Overwatch are both getting animated series based on them, according to the LinkedIn profile of Nick van Dyk, President of the film and television division of Activision Blizzard.

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Battle of Dazar'alor Jaina Encounter Reverted to Drop One Glacial Tidestorm

The Blizzard Support site has been updated, announcing that the Glacial Tidestorm Mount from Jaina hotfix has been reverted and will only be dropping one mount for the time being while an issue is investigated.

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Horrific Vision Faceless Masks Guide Now Live!

Faceless Masks are a progression system that will make Horrific Visions harder but increase the number of Corrupted Mementos that you'll receive. There are 5 total Faceless Masks that you can collect and you'll get special rewards when you can full clear with all 5 Masks active!

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(EU) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 18th

Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for EU Servers, there are new events and daily quests for February 18th.

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(NA) Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 18th - Mogu Assault Begins

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 18th for NA Servers. The Mogu Assault has begun!

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for the Week of February 18th

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind is back this week with new Madnesses and everyone's favorite Lost Area Madness, Leaden Foot, has returned. Find out what this week's Madnesses are, including the dual Madnesses for the Mask of the Pained.

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Legendary Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 11 - Details and Requirements

After the Weekly Reset has completed in your region on February 18th (NA) / 19th (EU), the Legendary Cloak cap will be increased to Rank 11. This week, upgrading the Cloak will get you more Corruption Resistance AND a large amount of Sanity protection, making this a large upgrade week! However, you'll need at minimum 4 runs to complete this objective.

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Burning Crusade Timewalking - Normal Ny'alotha Loot from Event Quest, Demon Hunter Warglaive Transmog

Burning Crusade Timewalking is active for the week, and the event quest rewards a Normal piece of Ny'alotha loot.

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Raider.io's World First Ny'alotha Interview with Complexity-Limit

Vitaminpee from raid rankings site Raider.io sat down with several members of Complexity-Limit to discuss their World First Ny'alotha victory, including the benefits of the "21st raider," their partnership with Deadly Boss Mods, and the confusion surrounding Mythic N'Zoth's secret phase.

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Island Mounts and Transmog from Salvage Crates - Week of February 18th

In Patch 8.3, you can now spend your Dubloons on Salvage Crates by the Island Expedition vendor. This week, the Salvage Crates are from Havenswood, Skittering Hollow, Verdant Wilds, and Elementals, offering many mounts and transmog options if you have enough Dubloons.

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WoW Classic PTR - New Game Product

Blizzard has just pushed a new game product - the WoW Classic PTR.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for February 18th - Mythic Jaina and N'Zoth Mount Bugs Fixed

February 18th hotfixes include a bugfix for Jaina and N'Zoth not dropping two Mythic mounts after the announced hotfix last week.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 19th

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 19th. The Mogu Assault has begun! NA will swap to this events in a few hours.

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WoW Classic Not A Bug List - Thunderfury Can be Equipped by All Sword Classes

Blizzard has updated their "not a bug" list for WoW Classic with a clarification concerning the legendary sword Thunderfury.

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Batlle Net Client Updated to Support Encrypted Shadowlands Alpha

The Battle.net app just got catalog updates to support an encrypted Shadowlands Alpha!

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33411

Blizzard has shipped the first Shadowlands Alpha build: 9.0.1.33411. However, it's encrypted so we're unable to datamine it.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 20

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 20th. NA will swap to these events in a few hours.

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How to Sign Up for the WoW Shadowlands Beta

Learn how to opt-in to the Shadowlands beta for WoW's next expansion after Battle for Azeroth.

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Making WoW - Griefing Other Developers, AMA with Author John Staats

It's time for another excerpt from The WoW Diary as well as an AMA with author John Staats. Ask your questions about vanilla WoW development in the comments!

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February 20th Hotfixes - N'zoth Sanity, Legendary Cloak CD, Mistweaver Monks

Blizzard has updated their hotfix blog with the recent changes and fixes for Visions of N'zoth. Today, it includes fixes to N'zoth, the Legendary Cloak cooldown, and Windwalker Monks.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 21st

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 21st. NA will swap to these events in a few hours.

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A WoW Music Festival Will Be Held in Shanghai, China on March 14

A WoW Music Festival in Shanghai, China will happen on March 14th! The festival will feature classical WoW music remixed into more modern music styles.

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Upcoming Horrific Vision Changes with the Weekly Maintenance

Blizzard has posted some upcoming changes to Horrific Visions coming with the Weekly Maintenance including more Coalescing Visions from Assaults, up to 4 pages of the Rank 2 Fear and Flesh page and more!

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Upcoming Patch 8.3 Class Balance Changes Coming February 25th

Blizzard has announced class balance changes going into effect with the next weekly maintenance on February 25th.

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(NA) Tonight in Uldum for February 21st - Mantid Assault

Tonight in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Mantid Assault has begun with new rares and rewards! 6 new daily events and 3 new daily quests are available to complete before the daily reset in less than 12 hours.

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Best DPS Tier List / Rankings for WoW Classic - Phase 3 Blackwing Lair

Blackwing Lair has been live for a week now, with several thousand logged bosses kills, so we're diving back into the data recorded on Warcraft Logs in order to see how the different Classic WoW DPS classes are doing and how they rank against one another in the second raid tier of Classic WoW.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 22nd

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 22nd. EU Servers will swap to the Mantid Assault in a couple hours.

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Determining the Bad Potion in the Horrific Vision of Stormwind

In Horrific Visions, 5 different colored potions can be found scattered across the zones but one of them is bad and drains sanity. Just like Orgrimmar, there's a way to determine the bad potion color in the Horrific Vision of Stormwind.

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Today in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms for February 23rd

These are the daily events and daily quests in the Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossom Assaults for February 23rd. NA Servers will swap to these events in a couple hours.

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Wow Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - 113th Edition - Resetting Markets & Big Goblin Milestones

Welcome to the 113th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up, covering resetting markets and some big goblin milestones.

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Best Tank Tier List / Rankings for WoW Classic - Phase 3 Blackwing Lair

Today we're taking a look at the best tanking classes in Phase 3 of Classic WoW, based on Warcraft Logs analytics, and how the community utilizes them. With nearly 140,000 parses in only the second week of Phase 3, we've got a lot to look at!

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Fall of the Lich King Remastered Cinematic

A group of passionate WoW fans has created the Fall of the Lich King Remastered Cinematic, an epic undertaking spanning five months of work.

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33451

Blizzard has shipped another encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build: 9.0.1.33451. Since it's encrypted, we're unable to datamine it.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Patch Notes and Bug Fixes for February 24th

Blizzard has posted new patch notes for Warcraft III: Reforged including bug fixes to the campaign, gameplay, and interface.

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Update to Upcoming Patch 8.3 Class Balance Changes for February 25th

Blizzard has updated the Class Balance Changes that are coming on February 25th, updating some of the previously listed buffs and nerfs.

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More Horrific Visions Changes with the Weekly Maintenance

Blizzard has posted another set of Horrific Visions changes coming with the weekly maintenance, including Visions of N'Zoth dailies rewarding more Coalescing Visions, and less Torn Pages for Ranks 13-15.

More Horrific Visions Changes with the Weekly Maintenance

Blizzard has posted another set of Horrific Visions changes coming with the weekly maintenance, including Visions of N'Zoth dailies rewarding more Coalescing Visions, and less Torn Pages for Ranks 13-15.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for February 24th - Magister Umbric Nerf, Explosive Orb Tab Target, Class Changes

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for February 24th which includes a nerf to Magister Umbric in the Horrific Vision of Stormwind, a fix to Explosive Orbs and Tab targeting, the previously listed class changes and more!

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Shadowlands Alpha Speculation

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the end of the World First race and the upcoming novel Shadows Rising, the prequel to Shadowlands.

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Best Healer Tier List / Rankings for WoW Classic - Phase 3 Blackwing Lair

Rounding out our Phase 3 tier lists, we're looking at healers in Blackwing Lair. Just like our previous article for Molten Core, we're using the parses record on WarcraftLogs in order to see what healers are being used in Blackwing Lair and how they're performing against one another.

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Legendary Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 12 - Details and Requirements

After the Weekly Reset has completed in your region on February 25th (NA) / 26th (EU), the Legendary Cloak cap will be increased to Rank 12. This week, upgrading the Cloak will provide you with Draconic Empowerment which is a proc that grants you a large amount of main stat!

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for the Week of February 25th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week with new Madnesses and the Madnesses are quite easy this week! Find out what this week's Madnesses are, including the dual Madnesses for the Mask of the Pained.

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February 24th Hotfixes for Visions of N'Zoth - Class Changes, Explosive Orbs

February 24th hotfixes include the previously-announced class changes as well as some changes to Explosive Orbs.

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Ny'alotha Wing 3 LFR Now Open - Shad’har, Drest’agath, Il’gynoth

Ny'alotha Wing 3 LFR is now available, with bosses Shad’har, Drest’agath, and Il’gynoth. The minimum item level to queue up is ilvl 410 and the bosses drop loot starting at ilvl 430.

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33480

Blizzard has shipped another encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build, 9.0.1.33480, the second build of the week.

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Island Mounts and Transmog from Salvage Crates - Week of February 25th

Notable loot from the Dread Chain, Whispering Reef, and Snowblossom Salvage Crates available the week of February 25th.

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for February 25th (NA)/26th (EU) - Black Empire in Vale, Aqir in Uldum

The weekly reset has happened on NA servers earlier today, and with them, assaults are changed! In this post we're highlighting the new rares and rewards from each assault. EU servers will have their assault changed to the same ones in this post on their weekly reset by tomorrow morning.

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Diablo IV Quarterly Update for February 2020

Diablo IV's long-awaited quarterly update is finally here, discussing UI design, monster families, and BlizzCon demo feedback.

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Blizzard's Response to Resetting the Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer NPCs

Blizzard has gone to the forums to reply to concerns from players about the use of strategies to reset the timer for acquiring the Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer buff.

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WoW Token Added to WoW Classic in China

Blizzard has announced that the WoW Token is coming to WoW Classic in China; players will be able to exchange gold for game time.

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Taking Your First Steps in World of Warcraft Classic

It's been some time since World of Warcraft Classic launched, so Blizzard has released a beginners guide for anyone that missed the launch hype and information last year. In their post, they detail the different types of realms, races, and class roles.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Buff Creatures

In the Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar, each run will contain 2 NPCs that can be defeated for a buff! These buffs can be a 10% increase to Health, Haste, Critical Strike Chance or Flat Damage.

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Wowhead Weekly #222 - Waiting for Shadowlands Alpha

For Wowhead Weekly #222, Annie and Perculia discuss the latest WoW news, including the rumblings surrounding the start of Shadowlands alpha and the mysterious WoW Classic PTR.

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Acquiring your Visions of N'Zoth Legendary Cloak - Blizzard Blog

Blizzard has a new blogpost detailing the steps required to get your legendary cloak and start your corruption-filled adventure in Patch 8.3.

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WoW Classic PTR Now Playable - Character Copy and Zul'Gurub Up for Testing

The WoW Classic PTR is now available, including Zul'Gurub to test as well as character copy.

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Upcoming WoW Classic Content Unlocks - Arathi Basin March 10th, Zul'Gurub and Green Dragons April 2020

Blizzard has announced that Arathi Basin will open on March 10th, with Zul'Gurub and Dragons of Nightmare in April 2020.

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Defeating Vale Assault Boss Now Spawns a Portal Outside Mogu'shan Palace

The Vale Assault Boss Vil'raxx is located underneath the Vale of Eternal Blossoms and you have to run a long way to get to him. Previously, you also had to run out, but a new portal has appeared in the back of the arena when Vil'raxx is slain, which will teleport you outside Mogu'shan Palace saving you a long run!

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for February 28th (NA)/29th (EU) - Amathet in Uldum

It is the middle of the week, which means a minor assault flip has just happened on NA servers! The Aqir disappear from Uldum and the Amathet take over as the driving force behind the minor assault for the rest of the week. EU servers will get their minor assault flip at 8pm CEST on Saturday.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Odd Crystals - Details and Hidden Locations

In each run of the Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar, there are 10 Odd Crystals that are hidden around the zones. Before you defeat Thrall, you can turn in any Odd Crystals that you've collected to an NPC, who will trade them for Corrupted Mementos.

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WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - WoW Classic Token in China

Catch up on the latest WoW economy discussions, including the WoW token added to WoW Classic in China.

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Sign Up for AWC and MDI WoW Esports 2020

Sign-ups for AWC and MDI 2020 are now open! With the announcement comes the ruleset for the Mythic Dungeon International, which introduces the use of Unstable Temporal Time Shifters and allows participants on tournament realms to customize the corruption on their gear.

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Corruption Tuning - Twilight Devastation Nerfed

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for today which nerfs the Twilight Devastation corruption effect when it hits more than 5 targets.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for March 2nd - Ny'alotha Tuning, Coalescing Visions Limit Removed

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for March 2nd which includes the removal of the Coalescing Vision limit, changes to the Mythic Ra-den and N'Zoth encounters to remove some of the incentives of immunities, a change to Prophet Skitra which removes some of his split phases and more!

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Legendary Cloak Proc Draconic Empowerment Stealth Buffed

The Legendary Cloak Proc, Draconic Empowerment, obtained at Rank 12 appears to have been buffed at some point today, increasing the amount of Primary Stat gained from the Proc.

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for March 3rd (NA)/4th (EU) - Black Empire in Uldum, Mantid in Vale

The weekly reset has happened on NA servers earlier today, and with them, assaults are changed! In this post we're highlighting the new rares and rewards from each assault. EU servers will have their assault changed to the same ones in this post on their weekly reset by tomorrow morning.

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Legenday Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 13 - Details and Requirements

After the Weekly Reset has completed in your region on March 3rd (NA) / 4th (EU), the Legendary cloak cap will be increased to Rank 13. This week, upgrading the Cloak will provide you with more Sanity Resistance, allowing you to more time to explore Horrific Visions or work towards the Mad World meta achievement!

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses and Recent Nerfs for March 3rd

A new week means new Madness combinations for the Horrific Vision of Stormwind. Good news, no Hot Foot. Bad news, Leaden Foot is once again a base madness for Stormwind but there were some recent changes to Stormwind to make it slightly less painful.

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33556

Blizzard has shipped a new encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build, 9.0.1.33556, the first build of the week.

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New Excerpt from Shadows Rising - Shadowlands Prequel Novel

Blizzard has revealed a new excerpt from the Shadowlands prequel novel Shadows Rising, focusing on Anduin, Turalyon, and Genn.

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Making WoW - The Art of Herding Developers, AMA with Author John Staats

It's time for another excerpt from The WoW Diary as well as an AMA with author John Staats. Ask your questions about vanilla WoW development in the comments!

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WoW Classic Arathi Basin Battleground Unlocks March 11th

The WoW Classic Arathi Basin battleground will unlock on March 11th at 3:00 pm PDT.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for March 5th - Mythic Il'gynoth Nerf, Socketing Auto-Corrupt Ny'alotha Weapons

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for March 5th which include a nerf to the dispel strategy of Mythic Il'gynoth, fixed the bug preventing players from adding a socket to some auto-corrupt Ny'alotha Weapons and more!

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Malefic Cores - Improve Your Legendary Cloak Past Rank 15

Blizzard has outlined how Malefic Cores work, items which increase your legendary cloak's max corruption past Rank 15. They will start to be available the week of March 24th.

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Website Notifications Now Available for Wowhead News

We're pleased to announce that we've added a notification system for Wowhead News to the site.

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for March 6th (NA)/7th (EU) - Mogu in Vale of Eternal Blossoms

It is the middle of the week, which means a minor assault flip has just happened on NA servers! The Mantid are gone from Vale and the Mogu take over as the driving force behind the minor assault for the rest of the week. EU servers will get their minor assault flip at 8pm CEST on Saturday.

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Odd Crystal Locations

In each run of the Horrific Vision of Stormwind, there are 10 Odd Crystals that are hidden around the zones. Before you defeat Alleria, you can trade any Odd Crystals that you've collected for bonus Corrupted Mementos.

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WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-Up

Learn about the latest WoW economy updates with SamadanPlaysWoW!

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WoW Classic Darkmoon Faire in Elwynn Forest for March 2020

The WoW Classic Darkmoon Faire is now active in Elwynn Forest for March 2020, running from the 9th through 15th. The Faire will be available in Mulgore in April 2020.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for March 9th - Ashran Team Size Reduced

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for March 9th which includes 25 man Ashran, a bug fix for the Drest'agath Trinket interacting with Blade Flurry and more!

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WoW Classic Battleground Holiday Schedule

Blizzard has revealed the Battleground Holiday schedule in WoW Classic--Warsong Gulch will be first up on March 13th.

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Patch 1.13.4 WoW Classic Official Patch Notes

The official Patch Notes for WoW Classic Patch 1.13.4 are now available. This patch contains Arathi Basin, Battleground Holidays and some bug fixes!

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for March 10th (NA)/11th (EU) - Black Empire in Vale, Amathet in Uldum

The weekly reset has happened on NA servers earlier today, and with them, assaults are changed! In this post we're highlighting the new rares and rewards from each assault. EU servers will have their assault changed to the same ones in this post on their weekly reset by tomorrow morning.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for March 10th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week with new Madnesses and there's no Split Personality this week!

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Legendary Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 14 - Details and Requirements

After the Weekly Reset has completed in your region on March 10th (NA) / 11th (EU), the Legendary Cloak cap will be increased to Rank 14. This week, upgrading the Cloak will provide you with more Corruption Resistance, allowing you to wear more Corruption Gear without as many negative effects and more Sanity Resistance, making Horrific Visions even more lenient.

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Kill World Boss Dunegorger Kraulok This Week for Chance at Alpaca Mount

Dunegorger Kraulok is the world boss up in Vol'dun for the week, and new to 8.3, drops an alpaca mount.

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Ny'alotha Wing 4 LFR Now Open - Carapace, N'Zoth

Ny'alotha Wing 4 LFR is now available, with bosses Carapace of N'Zoth and N'Zoth the Corruptor. The minimum item level to queue up is ilvl 410 and the two final bosses drop loot starting at ilvl 440.

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WoW Classic - Actions Taken Against Unfair Gameplay

Blizzard has announced that they have issued numerous suspensions to WoW Classic accounts that were violating the Code of Conduct. They have mentioned that many of these suspensions were found to be using anti-AFK cheats or bots that automate movement, especially in Alterac Valley.

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33644

Blizzard has shipped another encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build: 9.0.1.33644. It's still encrypted unfortunately.

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WoW Classic Arathi Basin Battleground Strategy and Reputation Guides

With the launch of WoW Classic Arathi Basin today, we have prepared a series of guides to the new content including battleground strategy and reputation grinds.

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Making WoW - Challenges of Filming a Game Trailer, AMA with Author John Staats

It's time for another excerpt from The WoW Diary as well as an AMA with author John Staats. Ask your questions about vanilla WoW development in the comments!

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March 11th Hotfixes - Ny'alotha LFR Changes, Siege of Boralus Fix, Mount Droprate Changes

Blizzard has updated their hotfix notes. The updates include quality of life changes to the final wing of Ny'alotha LFR, fixes to bugs in Siege of Boralus Mythic+, and slight drop rate increases to Felblaze Infernal, Ironhoof Destroyer, and Swift Zulian Panther mounts.

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Horrific Vision Loot Will Always Corrupt Next Week

Blizzard has announced that starting next week, Horrific Vision Loot will always corrupt.

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Daniel Alegre Announced as New Activision Blizzard President and COO

Activision Blizzard has named Daniel Alegre as their new President and Chief Operating Officer. Daniel will assume its new roles starting April 7th, reporting directly to Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick.

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Wowhead is Looking for WoW Classic Paladin and Balance Druid Writers

The Wowhead team is hiring freelancers to assist us with Classic content! We are currently looking for Balance Druid, Holy Paladin, and Retribution Paladin writers. This is a paid opportunity.

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WoW Classic Battleground Holiday Delays on Oceanic Realms

Blizzard has confirmed that the first Battleground Holiday is delayed on Oceanic realms due to a bug.

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Wowhead Weekly #223 - BlizzCon and Shadowlands Speculation, Classic Arathi Basin

For Wowhead Weekly #223, Annie and Perculia discuss the latest WoW news...or lack of...as they wonder what's up with BlizzCon 2020 and Shadowlands scheduling later this year. There's also Classic Arathi Basin and a new Shadows Rising excerpt to discuss!

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Echoes of Ny'alotha Currency Coming for Rank 3 Account Wide Essences

Rank 3 account-wide essences are coming for alts with a special new currency, Echoes of Ny'alotha.

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Rokman's Warsong Gulch Advanced Guide - Rules, Timers, Strategies, Jumps, Class Roles, Team Composition

To celebrate the first Warsong Gulch Battleground Holiday in Classic, we are happy to announce the Advanced Warsong Gulch Guide, written by Rokman.

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for March 13th(NA)/14th (EU) - Aqir in Uldum

It is the middle of the week, which means a minor assault flip has just happened on NA servers! The Amathet disappear from Uldum and the Aqir take over as the driving force behind the minor assault for the rest of the week. EU servers will get their minor assault flip at 8pm CET on Saturday.

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Blizzard Implementing Work-From-Home Policies in Answer to Coronavirus Pandemic

In light of the global COVID19 pandemic, Blizzard has announced that they will be implementing work-from-home policies for both their Irvine and Austin offices.

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Corrupted Blood Incident Is Helping Researchers With The Fight on Coronavirus

In September of 2005, WoW saw a virtual pandemic thanks to the fabled Corrupted Blood incident. Ober a decade later, the incident is now helping scientists fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Keystone Masters Mythic+ Tournament

It's time Mythic+ enthusiasts! The Keystone Masters Mythic+ Tournament will be held today, March 14th, and tomorrow, March 15th

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Warcraft Student Art Contest - 2019-20 Winners

Throughout last week, Blizzard announced the winners of their yearly Warcraft Student Art Contest. Today, we are highlighting the winners.

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WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - The State of Professions in Patch 8.3

Learn about the latest WoW Economy updates in our weekend wrap-up with SamadanPlaysWoW!

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Horde Hall of Fame for Ny'alotha Will Close at the End of This Reset

The Hall of Fame for Ny'alotha will be closing soon for the Horde faction with over 100 Horde Guilds already earning the title Famed Slayer of N'Zoth. For the rest of this lockout, Horde guilds will still be able to obtain Hall of Fame: N'Zoth.

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Mythic Vexiona, Ra-den, Drest'agath, Il'gynoth, Carapace of N'Zoth Guides Now Available!

Almost all of our Mythic Ny'alotha Guides are now available to help with your progression. The Vexiona, Ra-den, Drest'agath, Il'gynoth and Carapace of N'Zoth encounter guides are live! These guides are written by Hyperion from BDG with tips and tricks for tanks, healers and DPS.

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Echoes of Ny'alotha Details - Obtaining Rank 3 Essences on Alts

Blizzard has published the details for the upcoming Echoes of Ny'alotha system, which allows players to unlock Rank 3 Essences on Alts!

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March 16th Hotfixes - Tidesage Council Nerfs, Mythic Ny'alotha Lockout Fixes

March 16th Hotfixes for Patch 8.3 Visions of N'Zoth include nerfs to the Tidesage Council encounter on Mythic+ as well as a fix for players locked inside the Chamber of Heart on Mythic difficulty.

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind 5 Mask Solo Guide Now Live - Tips and Tricks

Horrific Visions will always drop Corrupted Gear after the reset and we'll also be getting our final increase in Sanity Protection, which means it's time to start working towards your 5 Mask Solo run of the Horrific Vision of Stormwind! We've created a guide with preparations, tips and tricks and route advice!

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for March 17th (NA)/18th (EU) - Black Empire in Uldum, Mogu in Vale

The weekly reset has happened on NA servers earlier today, and with them, assaults are changed! In this post we're highlighting the new rares and rewards from each assault. EU servers will have their assault changed to the same ones in this post on their weekly reset by tomorrow morning.

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Log On Main To Unlock Alt Azerite Essences at MOTHER

Account Wide Essences are now live and you can start earning the Echoes of Ny'alotha currency in order to purchase them. However, in order to purchase them from MOTHER, you'll need to actually log on the character that actually has the Essence learned.

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Un'Goro Madness Micro-Holiday Now Live (EU + US)

The Un'Goro Madness Micro-Holiday is now live, originally a holiday to celebrate the start of Journey to Un'Goro Hearthstone reveals. Pay the dinosaurs a visit!

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Eternal Palace and Battleground Essences Require Exact Essence to Unlock

The Eternal Palace and Battleground essences require the exact Essence on another character to unlock. This means that pure DPS mains will not be able to unlock the Tank and Healer essences from these sources unless they have obtained them on another character that can Tank and/or Heal.

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Unlock Echoes of Ny'alotha by Logging on a Character with a Rank 3 Essence

In order to unlock the Echoes of Ny'alotha system and receive the currency from sources, Blizzard has announced that you must first log on a character with a Rank 3 Essence. If you don't, your chest will not contain Echoes of Ny'alotha and Blizzard will not be able to help.

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Legendary Cloak Cap Increased to Rank 15 - Black Serpent of N'Zoth Now Available

With the Weekly Reset on March 17th (NA) / 18th (EU), the Legendary Cloak cap will be increased to the maximum of Rank 15. This week, upgrading the Cloak will provide you with the final upgrade to Sanity Protection in Horrific Visions and awarding you the achievement Unwavering Resolve, which means that the Black Serpent of N'Zoth is now available if you've completed the rest of the meta achievement.

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for March 17th

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind is back this week and there's no Leaden Foot or Hot Foot madnesses!

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33710

Blizzard has shipped another encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build: 9.0.1.33710. It's still encrypted unfortunately.

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Echoes of Ny'alotha removed from Emissary Quests

The recently added Echoes of Ny'alotha currency has caused a bug which prevents players from turning in the Unshackled Emissary quest today, leading Blizzard to remove the extra currency reward in order to restore functionality. No word yet on whether this is permanent, though it would stand to reason that it is likely a temporary solution until a proper fix is found.

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BFA and Shadowlands Lore Interview with Steve Danuser and Windows Central

Windows Central interviewed World of Warcraft Lead Narrative designer Steve Danuser, sharing several insights gleaned from the Battle for Azeroth as well as insight on future storytelling coming in Shadowlands.

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Echoes of Ny'alotha Rewarded from Emissary Quests Fix - Bonus Reputation from Contracts Removed

Blizzard has addressed bugs rewarding Echoes of Ny'alotha from Emissary quests. As part of this fix, bonus reputation rewards from contracts are removed.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Patch Notes 1.32.3 - Campaign, Art, Gameplay Fixes

Blizzard has posted the patch notes for the latest Warcraft III: Reforged update, which are relatively small and focus on campaign, art, and gameplay fixes. The patch with Ranked Ladders, Profiles, Clans, and Custom Campaigns is still on the way, but there is no ETA.

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The Year of the Phoenix and Ashes of Outland come to Hearthstone

Learn about Hearthstone's recent reveals, including Year of the Phoenix, Ashes of Outland, and the playable Demon Hunter class.

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Trial of Style Transmog Holiday (March 20-24)

The Trial of Style transmog holiday returns from March 20th through 24th. Earn Trial of Style Tokens for transmog ensembles.

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Blizzard Adds 100% Player Experience Buff - Winds of Wisdom

Due to the extraordinary times we find ourselves in, with many players around the world practicing self-isolation thanks to COVID-19, Blizzard has added a 100% experience buff to retail World of Warcraft.

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Restrictions Removed from Purchasing Role-Specific Azerite Essences with Echoes of Ny'alotha

Blizzard has made an update to the Echoes of Ny'alotha system, removing the restrictions from purchasing role-specific Azerite Essences from Echoes of Ny'alotha. This means that pure DPS classes can now purchase Tank or Healer Essences from the same activity without having that exact Essence on another character, similar to the way the Nazjatar and Mechagon Essences already worked.

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Return to Azeroth: Catching Up at 120 - Blizzard Official Level 120 Catch-up Article

Blizzard has posted its official level 120 catch-up article for players reaching just reaching 120 with the new XP boost event.

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for March 20th (NA)/21st (EU) - Mantid in Vale of Eternal Blossoms

It is the middle of the week, which means a minor assault flip has just happened on NA servers! The Mogu are gone from Vale and the Mantid take over as the driving force behind the minor assault for the rest of the week. EU servers will get their minor assault flip at 8pm CET on Saturday.

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Method Mayhem Finals - 3v3 Arena Tournament

The first edition of Method Mayhem is heading towards its conclusion, and we have the final week for the NA side of the tournament popping up this weekend! Season 1 is about to conclude this Saturday and Sunday, as we have 16 teams battling it out for the largest prize pool yet.

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WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 117 | XP Boosts, Vendor Flips, Routes and Worth-It Addon

Learn about the latest WoW Economy updates in our weekend wrap-up with SamadanPlaysWoW!

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Visions of N'Zoth Assaults for March 24th (NA)/25th (EU) - Black Empire in Vale, Aqir in Uldum

The weekly reset has happened on NA servers earlier today, and with them, assaults are changed! In this post we're highlighting the new rares and rewards from each assault. EU servers will have their assault changed to the same ones in this post on their weekly reset by tomorrow morning.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for March 24th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week and there's no Split Personality this week once again! If you haven't done your 5 Mask run yet for Orgimmar, this is a great week to attempt it.

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 53 - First Malefic Core Now Available

With the Weekly Reset on March 24th (NA) / 25th (EU), the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 53. If you upgraded your Legendary Cloak to Rank 15 last week, you can acquire and use a Malefic Core to upgrade your Cloak to this new cap.

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March 24th Hotfixes - Atal'Dazar and Temple of Sethraliss Ground Visuals

Blizzard has posted a small list of hotfixes - the ground visuals for Tainted Blood and Call Lightning will remain visible when Projected Textures is disabled in the System Settings menu.

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33819

Blizzard has shipped another encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build: 9.0.1.33819.

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March 25th Hotfixes - Black Chitinous Plate and Malevolent Drone Drop More Frequently During Aqir Assault

For March 25th hotfixes, the Black Chitinous Plate pet and Malevolent Drone mount drop more frequently during the Aqir Assault.

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Malefic Cores Can Be Obtained the Week the Legendary Cloak Reaches Rank 15

We previously reported that you needed to upgrade your Legendary Cloak to Rank 15 last week in order to receive a Malefic Core this week. However, players who reach rank 15 of the Legendary Cloak are able to also receive a Malefic Core that same week.

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Legacy Loot Rules Coming to Legion Dungeons and Raids on Next Weekly Reset

Blizzard has announced that legacy loot rules will be coming to Legion dungeons and raids on the next weekly reset. If you have transmog that you wish to farm from the previous expansion, this will be the time to do so!

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Classic Burning Crusade Character Creation Survey Sent by Blizzard

Blizzard has sent a survey about Classic Burning Crusade character creation preferences to many players today.

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Patch 8.3 for Alts Guide - How to Prepare Your Level 120 Alts for Shadowlands

We've prepared a guide to quickly getting your fresh level 120 alts set for Shadowlands, including easy ways to gear up, spots you can skip quests in the legendary questline, and ways to keep track of numerous alts and their weekly chores.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 118 | Legion Loot, Comp Stomp & Goldmaking Advice

Learn about the latest WoW Economy updates in our weekend wrap-up with SamadanPlaysWoW!

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The Story of The World of Warcraft: Traveler Series with Nobbel87

For this month's lore spotlight with Nobbel87, we're diving into the World of Warcraft: Traveler trilogy, a series aimed at younger audiences discovering Azeroth for the first time. The series was introduced in November 2016, with the first two books written by Greg Weisman and the final book by Madeleine Roux, the author of the upcoming Shadowlands prequel novel Shadows Rising.

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Wowhead's Artist's Corner and Giveaway - Cher Ro

For this month's Artist's Corner on Wowhead, we're highlighting the art of Cher Ro, as well as a giveaway for a digital avatar drawing.

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Mythic Dungeon International Now A Remote Broadcast

Blizzard has announced that the upcoming Mythic Dungeon International will continue as planned but the event will be moving to a remote broadcast with Talent casting the event from home.

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WoW Dresses Recreated in Animal Crossing: New Horizons by Kuridel

Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons right now? Artist Kuridel has recreated many classic and popular WoW dresses as cloth designs in the game!

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 56

With the Weekly Reset on March 31st (NA) / April 1st (EU), the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 56.

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for March 31st

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind is back this week with Split Personality and Haunting Shadows in the Lost Areas. Be careful!

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Shadowlands Alpha Encrypted Build 9.0.1.33874

Another encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build is here - 9.0.1.33874.

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New Anduin and Sylvanas Art Prints for Sale on Blizzard Store

The Blizzard Gear Shop has added four pieces of artwork, available in framed or canvas options, including Anduin and Sylvanas.

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Hotfixes for March 31: Ashvane Warden, Legacy Loot on Legion Content

Hotfixes for March 31 include a hotfix to a Tol Dagor mob and the enabling of legacy loot rules for Legion content, announced last week.

8.3.5 PTR Build 33841: Gift of N'Zoth Rewards (Character Customization/Pepe), War Campaign Cosmetics, Surfboard Mounts

There's an 8.3.5 PTR after all and we're kicking off datamining discoveries with some exciting finds! We're finally getting rewards for holding onto the Gift of N'Zoth, including character customization options, and we've also discovered summer promotion Surfboard mounts and and cosmetic rewards for completing the Battle for Azeroth War Campaign.

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World of Warcraft Patch 8.8.8 Build 88888 Patch Notes

Blizzard has posted the latest content update notes for Patch 8.8.8 Build 88888, featuring Kul Tiran Worgen and Highmountain Goblin.

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Jaina and Sylvanas Figurines On Sale at Blizzard Shop

If the Jaina and Sylvanas statues for sale seemed pricey, there's now cheaper options on the Blizzard Gear Shop: six inch figures for $36.99.

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Community Round-Up: April Fools 2020 in the Blizzard World

As another April Fools comes to an end, many sites and places had their fun on this day full of tricksters. On this post, we have compiled many of the Blizzard-related April Fools we saw in 2020, including the ones we made here at Wowhead!

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Wowhead Weekly #224 - Classic TBC Survey, April Fools, New Blizzard Merch

For Wowhead Weekly #224, Annie and Perculia discuss the latest WoW news including the recent Classic Burning Crusade survey and new Blizzard merchandise, as well as community offerings for April Fools.

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Player Earns Every Single World of Warcraft Achievement in Battle for Azeroth

Xirev from ❮Colour❯ on Vashj (EU) has earned all 3,927 achievements in World of Warcraft for a grand total of 33,585 achievement points.

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Weapon Illusion Glow Effects Now Available in the Wowhead Dressing Room

We're pleased to announce that you can now display weapon illusion glow effects in our Dressing Room model viewer.

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WoW Beta Product No Longer Deprecated in Battle.net - Shadowlands Alpha Next Week?

The WoW Beta product is no longer deprecated in the Battle.net client as of Friday afternoon, and also uses Shadowlands assets for installation.

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The Removal of Class Tier Sets - Battle For Azeroth Retrospective

In Battle for Azeroth, Blizzard removed Tier Sets, instead introducing Azerite Armor and making gear transmogs that are themed around the Season. Both the art and set bonus aspects of Tier Sets were designed with class identity in mind and I believe tier sets have been missed throughout Battle for Azeroth.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 119 | Gold Making Tips, Guides & Flowcharts

Learn about the latest WoW Economy updates in our weekend wrap-up with SamadanPlaysWoW!

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Shadowlands Alpha Predictions

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss what they hope to see in early Shadowlands alpha builds.

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WoW Classic Darkmoon Faire in Mulgore for April 2020

The WoW Classic Darkmoon Faire is now active in Mulgore for April 2020, running from the 6th through 12th. The Faire will be available in Elwynn Forest in May 2020.

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Shadowlands Developer Update - Closed Alpha Invites This Week

Blizzard has finally posted a Shadowlands developer update--the first round of invitations to the closed alpha are this week!

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Return of Conquest PvP Vendors in Shadowlands

With the Shadowlands Alpha development update today, Blizzard also revealed a much-requested feature: the return of PvP Vendors!

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Shadowlands Covenant Preview - Early Look At All Class Covenant Abilities

Blizzard has shared a preview of the covenant system in Shadowlands, including descriptions of all the available class-specific covenant abilities.

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Ashes of Outland - Hearthstone goes Burning Crusade

With the upcoming Year of the Phoenix and its first expansion, Ashes of Outland, a phoenix called Hearthstone once again rises from the nutritious ashes that are the roots of the Warcraft universe.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Matchmaking System Update

Blizzard has updated the matchmaking system calculations in Warcraft III: Reforged, allowing for a more-accurate representation of player skill at higher levels.

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WoW Classic Zul'Gurub and Green Dragons Unlock April 15th

The next WoW Classic content phase, featuring Zul'Gurub and the Dragons of Nightmare, unlocks 3pm Pacific on April 15th.

Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 59

With the Weekly Reset on April 7th (NA) / April 8th (EU), the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 59.

Classic Free Character Transfer - Incendius, Faerlina, Whitemane, Firemaw

Together with the announcement of Zul'Gurub release date, Blizzard has announced Free Character Transfers from the following servers, starting later today. This setting has been enabled in order to reduce the queue time on those realms.

Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for April 7th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week with both Split Personality and Leaden Foot.

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Shadowlands Class Changes Preview - Early Preview of Class Changes and Class Philosophy

Blizzard has shared a preview of the class changes coming in Shadowlands and their design philosophy going forwards.

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Two-handed Frost Death Knights in Shadowlands

Blizzard has announced that Frost Death Knights in Shadowlands can once again choose between dual wielding one-handed weapons or using a single two-handed weapon.

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Hunter Pet Stable Size Receiving Large Increase in Shadowlands

With more and more interesting Hunter Pets to tame, especially in the upcoming Shadowlands expansion, Blizzard has announced that the Hunter Stable size will be significantly increased.

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Warlock Curses Returning in Shadowlands - Tongues, Recklessness, Weakness, Doom

Among the class changes revealed by Blizzard, Warlocks are getting some of their most iconic abilities back: Curses! Curses in BFA were very limited to two curses being PvP talents.

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Shadowlands Update: Bastion and the Kyrian Covenant

Blizzard has posted their preview of Bastion and the Kyrian Covenant in Shadowlands, including a look at a few more of the Kyrian-specific armor sets.

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Classic Free Character Transfer - Incendius, Faerlina, Whitemane, Firemaw

Together with the announcement of Zul'Gurub release date, Blizzard has announced Free Character Transfers from the following servers, starting later today. Post has been edited with the list of realm destinations.

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Shadowlands New Starting Experience Preview

Blizzard has posted a new blog on the upcoming new starting experience in Shadowlands!

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Demon Hunters, Death Knights, and Allied Races Will Begin at Level 10 in Shadowlands

Blizzard has announced that in Shadowlands, Demon Hunters, Death Knights, and Allied Races will begin at level 10 due to the level squish, instead of level 98, 55, and 20 respectively.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33978 - Datamining Discoveries!

The first Shadowlands Alpha build we can datamine is here, build 9.0.1.33978! We will be posting our

Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33978 - New Faction Names

Early look at some names of new factions in Shadowlands.

Shadowlands Alpha Preamble - Build 33978 Preamble

In this post, you will find our preamble datamining for Shadowlands including map names and global strings.

Shadowlands Alpha Achievements - Allied Race Requirements No Longer Require Exalted

Early look at the new achievements in Shadowlands including a change to the allied race requirements to no longer required exalted with the related reputation.

Shadowlands Scenario Steps Including Tyrande (Spoilers)

Early look at some scenario steps which could hint at questlines in Shadowlands including Tyrande. Story spoilers.

Early Look at Mounts from Shadowlands Alpha Build 33978

Early look at the mount names and descriptions from Shadowlands Alpha build 33978, including the Horned Horse!

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Shadowlands Alpha New Models Including Ysera and Sylvanas

We're starting up our Shadowlands model datamining post, including Ysera and Sylvanas!

Shadowlands Alpha New Dungeon and Raid Bosses

First look at the Shadowlands Alpha bosses from the encounter journal.

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Shadowlands Alpha New Models Including Kael'thas, Bolvar, Ysera and Sylvanas

We're starting up our Shadowlands model datamining post, including Ysera and Sylvanas! Edit: We've added many more models to the post, including Bolvar, Kael'thas, Lady Vashj, and Maw Jailer.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33978 - Broadcast Text - Bwomsamdi, Vol'jin, Winter Queen

In this post, we highlight the broadcast text present in the first Shadowlands Alpha build.

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Spell Density Options and Gamepad Support Strings Found

With all the exciting new things already uncovered in today's Shadowlands datamining, a few interesting settings seem to have also been snuck in, including spell density options and gamepad support!

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33978 New Icons

Check out the hundreds of new icons from today's Shadowlands alpha build!

Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33978 - New Maps

In this post, we highlight all the maps present in the first Shadowlands Alpha build.

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Shadowlands Alpha Weapon Models - Build 33978

Early preview of the new weapon models datamined in Shadowlands Alpha build 33978, including weapons named after different Covenants.

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Class Changes for Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33978

In this post we take an early look at class changes from Shadowlands Alpha build 33978. Note that this is our first datamining pass, so information may be incomplete!

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New Profession Changes - Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33978

In this post, we take an early look at profession changes from Shadowlands Alpha build 33978. Note that this is our first datamining pass, so information may be incomplete!

Shadowlands Alpha Covenants Cloak Transmogs - Build 33978

Early preview of the new back model transmogs datamined in Shadowlands Alpha build 33978, including back models for all Covenants.

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Shadowlands Class Changes - Target Capping AoE Abilities

With the recent massive list of spell changes coming in Shadowlands, one easily overlooked but very important change is that many AoE abilities are being capped between 5 and 8 targets, seemingly intended to cut back on using cooldowns to burst down inordinately large pulls in Mythic+ dungeons and raids.

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New Shadowlands Armor - Helms, Shoulders, Collections - Build 33978

As we wait for Wowhead's database and Dressing Room to fully update for Shadowlands transmog, we are bringing you a preview of new helms, shoulders, and collection doodads in Shadowlands.

Shadowlands Music - Build 33978

Datamined music from the Shadowlands Alpha client. We currently do not know where this is from, but it sounds like it could be from Bastion or Oribos.

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Some Profession Drums Nerfed to 15% Haste in Shadowlands

Within the spell changes for Shadowlands Alpha, we found out that some Profession Drums ( Drums of Fury and Drums of Rage) including the new Drums of Deathly Ferocity are being nerfed compared to their BFA versions. BFA Drums provide a replacement for Bloodlust/ Heroism but only provide 25% Haste instead of 30%. In Shadowlands, they provide 15% Haste instead.

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Shadowlands Mount Models (Build 33978) - Mounts for Each Zone

Early look at the mount names and descriptions from Shadowlands Alpha build 33978, including the Horned Horse! Edit: We have added many models for Shadowlands mounts.

Shadowlands Alpha - Possible New Death Knight Runeforging Spells

Death Knight's Runeforging hasn't really been updated in a long time and in Shadowlands, a Death Knight focused expansion, there are some hints at some possible new Runeforges.

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Shadowlands Kyrian NPC Models - Build 33978

Bastion, one of the zones in Shadowlands, is inhabited by the noble Kyrian. In this post, we will preview the various Kyrian models we've datamined in the Shadowlands alpha, including Dark Kyrian, who all have interesting wings.

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Shadowlands Alpha Human Eyes and Makeup Character Customization - Build 33978

One of the promised changes in Shadowlands was the addition of new character customizations. First up, we're demonstrating new eye colors for Humans and makeup for Female Humans!

Shadowlands Build 33978 Encounter Journal - Dungeon and Raid Bosses

We now have the encounter journal for the first Shadowlands Alpha build. You can view the known dungeon and raid bosses with their current abilities!

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Shadowlands Armor Sets - Oribos Questing and Bastion

In this post, we will present some of the datamined armor sets in Shadowlands marked as Oribos Questing and Bastion.

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List of Night Fae's Soulshape Forms in Shadowlands

With the first Shadowlands Alpha build, we were able to retrieve the list of forms that players can transform if they choose to follow the Night Fae Covenant.

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Wowhead's Shadowlands Alpha Database Now Up - Spells, Items, Achievements

Wowhead's Shadowlands Alpha database is now up in an early form! You can browse all of the new spells, items, achievements, and more.

Shadowlands Covenant Abilities Deep Dive - Cooldown, Duration, Range, Other Effects

With the recent datamining of Shadowlands, we've scoured our database and have found the specifics about the upcoming Shadowlands Covenant abilities including their cooldown, duration, percentages and other effects. There are even some Covenant abilities which didn't make it into the Official Blizzard Preview!

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First Look at Shadowlands Consumables - Weapon Oils, Sharpening Stones, Many Enchant Slots

With the start of Shadowlands datamining, we have our first look at consumables in the expansion, many of which have a throwback feel to Classic WoW such as weapon oils and sharpening stones.

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Sprite Darter Cosmetic Transmog Set - Decrypted Armor Set

We have a special armor set to present, the Sprite Darter Cosmetic Transmog set, which was previously decrypted and hidden.

A Note About BlizzCon 2020 - BlizzCon Might Not Be Feasible

Blizzard has posted an official note about BlizzCon 2020 on its website, explaining the current situation. Currently, due to the Covid19 pandemic, they aren't sure if the event will happen and are still evaluating the situation. They will share more information as soon as it is decided to prepare the community.

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Battle for Azeroth on Sale - Save 50% on BFA and Digital Deluxe Items Through Aprl 12

Blizzard has just tweeted that Battle for Azeroth is now on sale until Sunday, April 12th. For this time, both Battle for Azeroth and Digital Deluxe items are on sale for 50% off.

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Shadowlands Alpha First Wave of Invites Being Sent Out

Blizzard has started sending out the first wave of Shadowlands Alpha Invites! The Alpha servers are named The Maw and Oribos.

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Shadowlands Alpha Feedback Forums Now Live

Blizzard has just activated the Shadowlands Alpha feedback forums, covering Covenants, questing and more.

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Shadowlands Talent Calculator Now Live - New Talents And What Level You Learn Abilities At

Our Shadowlands Talent Calculator is now up! Check out all of the new and changed talents datamined for the expansion. Our talent calculator will also show all class abilities as well as what levels you learn them at after the squish.

Demon Hunters and Death Knights Now Begin Shadowlands at Level 8

In another blog update and confirmed on the Alpha, Blizzard has noted that Demon Hunters and Death Knights will now begin Shadowlands at Level 8, not level 10 and play through their starting experience before moving on around level 10.

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New Shadowlands Quest Markers and Map Pins

With the Shadowlands Alpha having just gone live, we're already finding new things to highlight! There are new quest markers which add the functionality of the popular addon TomTom, pointing you in the direction of quest objectives, and map pins, which can be placed on the map and even shared amongst your party.

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Shadowlands Development Update Notes for April 9th - Level 53 Cap, Bastion Open

Blizzard has posted an overview of what is testable in the first Shadowlands alpha build. Players can level through Bastion up to level 53 as well as test out the Necrotic Wake dungeon, Alliance starting experience, and class changes.

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Shadowlands Alpha Level and Item Level Squish Details

With the Shadowlands Alpha now live, we now have details on the upcoming level and item level squish. Want to know what level your alts will be after the expansion goes live, or what previous expansions Item Levels will be? This post should have the answers.

Liveblog of the Sloot Interview with Ion Hazzikostas

Sloot is interviewing Game Director Ion Hazzikostas on his Twitch Stream and answering questions about Shadowlands! We'll be liveblogging the interview and summarizing important answers in this post.

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Shadowlands Alpha - Alts Can Learn Flying at Level 25

One of the main questions people have with the upcoming level squish in Shadowlands is when you will be able to fly on your alts. We just discovered that mounting is unlocked when creating your character and flying is unlocked at level 25!

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Shadowlands Alpha - Exile's Reach Alliance Warlock Playthrough

Exile's Reach is a new starting zone experience, aimed at new players. The Alliance version of Exile's Reach is available for testing and we played through it! Story spoilers.

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AoE Changes in Shadowlands

Blizzard has outlined the reasons for their AoE changes in Shadowlands.

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New Worgen Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Worgen character customization options in Shadowlands.

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New Pandaren Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Pandaren character customization options in Shadowlands--body fur and eye color. Don't forget, there are still more options on the way as Alpha is in early development!

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New Blood Elf Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Blood Elf character customization options in Shadowlands, including skin, hair, and eye color.

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Shadowlands Covenant Ability Upgrades

We've found some spells that modify the Covenant abilities in powerful ways including cooldown reduction, increased damage, survivability and unique class-specific effects! Unfortunately, we already completely sure of the origin of these upgrades and they could be out of date, only usable in Torghast, on Legendaries or part of the Soulbinds system.

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Shadowlands Alpha - Unread Mail Now Displayed in the Character Selection Screen

The first Shadowlands Alpha is currently available for testing, and a nice quality of life change has been discovered: If your character has unread mail from other characters, you will be able to see it from your character list!

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Shadowlands Soulbinds System Early Alpha Preview

While not available for testing in Alpha right now, the first Shadowlands build has unveiled more details for the Soulbind system.

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WoW Classic Zul'Gurub Raid Resets - EU Will Reset 9 Hours After Launch

Blizzard has clarified that Zul'Gurub in WoW Classic will have a 3-day reset timer, and the EU reset time will occur at 9am CEST on April 16th, 9 hours after the raid launches.

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Liveblog of the Shadowlands Lore Interview with Steve Danuser and Taliesin & Evitel

Taliesin & Evitel is interviewing Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser on their Twitch Stream and answering questions about Shadowlands! We'll be liveblogging the interview and summarizing important answers in this post.

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Classic Transfers Closing Soon - Horde to Incendius Realm, Paid Transfers

Blizzard has announced that Free Character Moves from Horde players to the Incendius realm will close today at 10 am Pacific Time. Along with the Free Character Moves, Paid Transfers to Incendius, Faerlina, and Whitemane will be also disabled at the same time.

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Cover Art Revealed for Shadows Rising Novel - Shadowlands Prequel Story

Shadows Rising, the prequel novel to Shadowlands by Madeleine Roux, just had its cover art revealed. This novel, releasing on July 14th, will follow the Alliance and Horde as they rebuild from Battle for Azeroth and try to find Sylvanas, who has her own nefarious plans.

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Shadowlands Alpha - Hints to the Shadowlands Introduction Event (Story Spoilers)

In the Shadowlands Alpha, Bastion is currently being tested, including the entire storyline for the zone. The first few dialogues in Bastion gives hints as to what happens in the expansion introduction. Story spoilers.

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New Dwarf Character Customization Options in Shadowlands Including Tattoos

In this post, we take an early look at some new Dwarf character customization options in Shadowlands, including tattoos, hair color, and eye color.

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New Night Elf Character Customization Options in Shadowlands Including Tattoos

In this post, we take an early look at some new Night Elf character customization options in Shadowlands, including male tattoos, hair color, and skin tone.

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New Draenei Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Draenei character customization options, including skin tone and hair color.

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Shadowlands Class Changes Update - Frost Mage Winter's Chill No Longer Group Wide

Blizzard has posted an update on class changes coming in Shadowlands, noting that Frost Mages' Winter's Chill debuff is no longer group wide.

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Shadowlands Skybox in Icecrown

We've got some great shots of the new Skybox above Icecrown Citadel from the Shadowlands Alpha! Although we're skipping the story beats in this round of testing, the hole in the sky created when Sylvanas shatters the Helm of Dominion is massive and can be seen throughout Icecrown.

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Necrolords Maldraxxus Covenant Transmog Sets

We've now datamined one of the tints of the Necrolords Covenant Transmog set for all Armor types, as well as 3 Tiers of Covenant-specific Cloaks! These sets are one of multiple tints of the Necrolords Covenant Transmog.

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Shadowlands Alpha - New Ghost Form Animations

Although you are in the realm of the dead in Shadowlands, you can still most definitely die. However, the surrounding world is much different while you're in Ghost form!

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Early Preview of Torghast, the Tower of the Damned in Shadowlands

While Torghast is not yet available in Shadowlands Alpha, the first build has revealed many interesting details about the Tower of the Damned, including more information about systems hinted at during BlizzCon 2019.

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Mythic Dungeon International 2020 Cup #1 Livestream

The first cup of the Mythic Dungeon International 2020 is starting. This cup will be streamed on YouTube and contain the first look at the Awakened Affix and contain the Operation: Mechagon Junkyard and Workshop keys.

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Night Fae Ardenweald Covenant Transmog Sets

We've now datamined one of the tints of the Night Fae Covenant Transmog set for all Armor types, as well as 3 Tiers of Covenant-specific Cloaks! These sets are one of multiple tints of the Night Fae Covenant Transmog.

Early Shadowlands Soulbind Calculator Now Live on Wowhead

We have created a soulbind calculator on Wowhead, so you can see what abilities you will access when soulbound to an NPC in your chosen covenant.

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New Troll Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Troll character customization options, including face and body tattoos.

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Classic Noblegarden Holiday Guide - Hunt Eggs for RP Gear

Classic will have its first edition of Noblegarden starting tomorrow, April 12th. In the Classic version of the event, players can hunt for Brightly Colored Egg for rewards.

New Undead Character Customization Options in Shadowlands - Hide Bones

In this post, we take an early look at some new Undead character customization options, including the option to hide bones.

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Venthyr Revendreth Covenant Transmog Sets

We've now datamined one of the tints of the Venthyr Covenant Transmog set for Cloth, Leather, and Mail armor types, as well as 3 Tiers of Covenant-specific Cloaks! These sets are one of multiple tints of the Venthyr Covenant Transmog.

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Biggest Lore Reveals in Early Shadowlands Alpha - Tyrande, Vol'jin, Kael'thas

Shadowlands is packed with characters and story elements, expanding on previously unanswered questions and bringing new questions to the fore.

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Shadowlands Bastion Zone Preview

Bastion is a paradisaical realm in the Shadowlands that is ruled by the Kyrian Covenant. Souls that did noble deeds in life ascend to Bastion, such as Uther.

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Faun Ardenweald NPC Models in Shadowlands

We've datamined several dozen new Faun models on the Shadowlands Alpha! They are highly detailed, with several customizations including varied horn type, skin color, hair color, clothing type, and accessories. Considering their similarities to the Vulpera, could these faun be a future allied race?

Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 120 | Shadowlands Alpha Professions & Gold Making

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up goes over the brand-new details on professions in the alpha!

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New Orc Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Orc character customization options, including face and body tattoos. Do keep in mind that this is the early Alpha, and more customization options are likely coming.

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New Gnome Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Gnome character customization options, including skin tone and eye color. Do keep in mind that this is the early Alpha, and more customization options are likely coming.

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Plate Maw Raid Shadowlands Armor Set

In this post, we present the plate armor tints for the "Maw Raid" armor set in Shadowlands!

Cloth Maw Raid Shadowlands Armor Set

We have now datamined the Maw Cloth transmog set from the Shadowlands Alpha. We currently have 3 tints available for viewing, but there are 6 tints in total!

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Kyrian Bastion Covenant Transmog Sets

We've now datamined several tints of the Kyrian Covenant Transmog set for Cloth, Leather, and Plate armor types, as well as 3 Tiers of Covenant-specific Cloaks! These sets are one of multiple tints of the Kyrian Covenant Transmog.

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Vampire Revendreth NPC Models in Shadowlands

We've datamined several dozen new Vampire models on the Shadowlands Alpha! They are highly detailed, with many customizations including hair color, hair style, accessories, and numerous apparel options.

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Shadowlands Bastion Larion and Phalynx Questline (Story Spoilers)

Bastion is home to many new creatures. In one specific sideline quest, you will learn more about two of them, the winged cats known as Larions, and the automaton cats known as the Phalynx.

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Roundup

With the Shadowlands Alpha launching earlier this week, many class changes and systems were revealed in the first batch of datamining. We wanted to roundup all the Shadowlands Alpha class changes so far in case you've missed any of these posts!

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Noblegarden Springs To Life - Available From April 13 to 19

Noblegarden 2020 has just begun on WoW servers! Blizzard has released a blue post stating all that has been added this year.

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Blizzard Requesting Feedback on Re-Added Layering to Shorten Queues

With some WoW Classic realms experiencing hour long queues, Blizzard is looking for feedback. They're asking if players would want to have layering re-enabled on these high population servers to add a second layer to these servers to shorten the queue.

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Wowhead Weekly #225 - Shadowlands Alpha Recap

For Wowhead Weekly #225, Annie and Perc discuss all the content and datamiming updates from the first week of playable Shadowlands alpha.

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Kyrian and Swolekin Bastion NPC Models in Shadowlands

We've datamined several dozen Kyrian models on the Shadowlands Alpha! They are highly detailed, with many customizations including hair style, accessories, and numerous apparel options. We've also included models of the Swolekins in Bastion!

Class Stat Buffs Nerfed in Shadowlands

With Shadowlands Alpha, Arcane Intellect( Mage), Battle Shout( Warrior), and Power Word: Fortitude( Priest) were nerfed from 10% to 5% effectiveness. This change brings the buffs to the same value from the debuffs, Chaos Brand( Demon Hunter) and Mystic Touch( Monk).

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Blizzard Response to Shadowlands Balance, Feral and Restoration Druid Class Changes

Blizzard has posted a response on the Shadowlands forums, responding to comments about Balance, Feral and Restoration Druid questions and feedback, noting things like Astral Power, Bloodtalons and Swiftmend.

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The Necrotic Wake: Shadowlands Alpha Dungeon Preview

A preview of The Necrotic Wake, a new dungeon in the Shadowlands alpha. This is dungeon is located in Bastion, home of the Kyrian Covenant.

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Shadowlands Alpha - Bastion Storyline Summary and Playthrough

Bastion is the first zone that players will level in Shadowlands, lasting all the way to level 52. In this post, we have a plot summary for the Bastion storyline, as well as a full rundown of the quests you need to do to complete the leveling storyline in the zone! Story spoilers.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Shadowlands Alpha Recap

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss everything from the first build of the Shadowlands alpha, including new models and spoilers!

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 62

With the Weekly Reset on April 14th (NA) / April 15th (EU), the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 62.

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for April 14th

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind is back this week with the same Madnesses as the last Stormwind week. This means that Split Personality and Haunting Shadows are active in the Lost Areas for the third Stormwind week in a row.

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Blizzard's Shadowlands Preview of Torghast, Tower of the Damned

Blizzard has released a preview of the upcoming Shadowlands feature Torghast, Tower of the Damned. Blizzard will be only testing a few classes at this time, starting with Demon Hunter, Mage, Priest, and Warlock.

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Revendreth Lore - Storyline Leading into Torghast (Spoilers)

We've datamined some Revendreth story text that explains the plot leading up to Torghast and reveals who was behind the anima drought in the Shadowlands. Story spoilers!

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Cross Realm Ny'alotha Available Next Reset - Alliance Hall of Fame Complete

The Hall of Fame for Ny'alotha will be closing soon for the Alliance faction with over 100 Alliance Guilds having defeated Mythic N'Zoth. After this lockout, cross-realm Mythic Ny'alotha should become available starting on the next weekly reset.

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Changes to the 2020 Arena World Championships

The 2020 Arena World Championship will now be held entirely online, instead of culminating in a multi-region LAN tournament this summer, which has led to changes with the tournament schedule and prize pool split.

Best Enchants in Phase 4 of Classic WoW

Zul'Gurub goes live with Phase 4 of Classic WoW on April 15th, and with it comes a new reputation, tier sets, and several new rewards. Today, we're taking a look at all the best new enchants players will gain access to and how to get them.

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Possible Blood Elf Female Customization Option - Body Jewelry

We've datamined some interesting body jewelry for Blood Elf Female characters, which could possibly be a customization option in Shadowlands.

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New Goblin Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Goblin character customization options, including skin tone and hair color.

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Shadowlands Alpha Human Hair Color and Face Character Customization

We've found more character customizations for Humans in Shadowlands Alpha with hair colors and face customizations!

New Worgen Character Customization Options in Shadowlands

In this post, we take an early look at some new Worgen character customization options in Shadowlands. Edit: Now updated with additional eye customizations.

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Silithus and the Cenarion Circle Coming in Phase 4 of Classic WoW

Blizzard has updated their bluepost clarifying that Silithus and Cenarion Circle quests are making their way to WoW Classic in Phase 4 on Wednesday, April 15th. While a seemingly minor footnote, Phase 4 introduces the central outpost of Cenarion Hold in Silithus and allow players to start building reputation with Cenarion Circle, setting them up for future content coming in Phase 5 with the War Effort and Ahn'Qiraj.

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The Great Noblegarden Egg Hunt 2020

.news-post-style-full .news-post-content .tabbed-contents {background:none; box-shadow:none; border-top:2px solid #333; padding-bottom:0; padding-left:0; padding-right:0}Spring is in the air and Noblegarden is coming to Azeroth! For the tenth consecutive year, it's coming to Wowhead as well! We've got tons of prizes to create a Brightly Colored Egg hunt you'll remember.

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WoW Classic Best in Slot Guides Updated for Zul'Gurub - Find the Best Loot in Phase 4 for All Classes

We've updated our Class Guides with Best in Slot for Phase 4 and Zul'Gurub! ZG contains several new pieces of gear to chase and very powerful enchants for every class.

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Mini Secret Spectral Toy Found in Shadowlands Alpha - Scroll of Aeons

As the Shadowlands Alpha progresses, players have been exploring every nook and cranny of Bastion. The Scroll of Aeons toy gives your character a spectral appearance.

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WoW Classic Zul'Gurub Guides - Overview, Tier Sets, Reputation, Boss Tips and Strategy

Zul'Gurub is arriving in Classic WoW today! We have released several guides to help you prepare for the first 20-man raid of Classic and Blizzard has released a patch trailer.

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Classic Phase 4 - Rise of the Blood God Patch Notes

Phase 4 of Classic is finally upon us! Blizzard has released an article highlighting the changes happening with the launch of Zul'gurub and the Dragons of Nightmare.

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Classic WoW Dragons of Nightmare Will Spawn Thursday April 16th

While Phase 4 of WoW Classic started today, Blizzard has just made a bluepost specifying that the Green Dragons of Nightmare will begin spawning tomorrow.

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Shadowlands Datamined Torghast Anima Power Upgrades

Have you wanted to have no cooldown on Blink as a Mage? How about being immune to damage while casting Eye Beam on a Demon Hunter? We've datamined these effects as Torghast Anima Powers as well as many other interesting class-specific and Covenant-specific effects for these classes!

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World First 5 High Priest Impossible Hakkar Kill

Several raid groups have already cleared Zul'Gurub since went live today with Phase 4 of Classic WoW, but <BLaDE of KiLL> on Arugal-US was not only the very first group to defeat Hakkar, they did so with all 5 High Priests still alive! Long considered nearly impossible, this is a major accomplishment never achieved during Vanilla WoW.

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Shadowlands Alpha Professions Preview - Optional Reagents

Shadowlands brings many changes to professions and one of the most exciting ones are Optional Reagents! With Optional Reagents, players can customize crafted pieces, currently limited to Tailoring, Blacksmithing, and Leatherworking pieces.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 - New Models

It's time for a new Shadowlands build! We have some new models and our datamining stream is up!

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 - Revamped Character Creation Menus

With the new Shadowlands Alpha build, the character creation menus have been revamped, with more streamlined race choices and sliders for customization options!

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 Class Abilities and Spell Changes

Check out the latest class abilities and spell changes from the latest Shadowlands alpha build.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 Preamble - Currencies, Strings, Followers

This is the preamble for the new Alpha build. Not many new updates in this build.

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Classic WoW Free Character Transfers and Popular Realms

Blizzard has restricted character creation on a few overly popular realms realms and enabled free character transfers in an effort to reduce overpopulation and long queues on those servers.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 - Icons, Loading Screen

Datamining continues with a look at the new Sanguine Depths loading screen and many new icons.

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Mail Kyrian Bastion Covenant Armor Set

In this post, we present the Mail Kyrian Covenant armor set from Shadowlands.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 - Dungeon and Raid Encounter Journal

In this post, we present the updated Dungeon and Raid encounter journal for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 - Dungeon and Raid Encounter Journal

In this post, we present the updated Dungeon and Raid encounter journal for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081.

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Nathanos Blightcaller Shadowlands Story Hints (Spoilers)

We've datamined an interesting piece of data from the Shadowlands Alpha that could hint at Nathanos' storyline. Story spoilers!

Shadowlands Development Update Notes for April 16 - Thorgast Available For Testing

Blizzard has released a post detailing what's new in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081 - Most notably, Thorgast being open for testing for Demon Hunters, Mages, Priests and Warlocks.

Shadowlands Database Updated for Build 34081

Our Shadowlands database is now updated with hundreds new weapons, armor and items, dozens of NPCs, and more. Take a look and see what you can find!

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Castle Nathria Revendreth Raid Mail Armor Set

In this Shadowlands datamining post, we are previewing the Castle Nathria Revendreth Raid mail armor set.

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Classic WoW Dragons of Nightmare Will Spawn Thursday April 16th

While Phase 4 of WoW Classic started today, Blizzard has just made a bluepost specifying that the Green Dragons of Nightmare will begin spawning April 16th at 3pm PST.

First Look at Torghast, Tower of the Damned in Shadowlands

Torghast Tower of the Damned is now available for testing on the Shadowlands Alpha for the Demon Hunter, Mage, Priest and Warlock classes. Here is our first look at Torghast Tower of the Damned and explanation on how it works!

Castle Nathria Revendreth Raid Leather Armor Set (Incomplete)

In this Shadowlands datamining post, we are previewing the Castle Nathria Revendreth Raid leather armor set. Note: this set is missing collection models for extra 3D effects (for gloves, belt and boots), as well as the helm and shoulders.

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Shadowlands Early Level Progression Updates

Blizzard has just announced a few small tuning updates for leveling in the Shadowlands Alpha.

Shadowlands Armor Sets Added to Dressing Room in Build 34081

Shadowlands Alpha build 34081 added several new sets to our Dressing Room, including all dungeon sets, and Mail Ardenweald and Maldraxxus.

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Dragons of Nightmare Bug - Fix Made Some Locations Spawn Dragons Twice

Blizzard had a bug with Dragons of Nightmare spawning, and as part of the fix, some locations had a second dragon spawn.

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Exalt in the Impressive Influence 100% Bonus Reputation Buff: April 20 – May 18

Do you have your eye on unlocking an Allied Race, learning to fly in Battle for Azeroth, or adding a new pet or mount to your collection?

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Liveblog of the Shadowlands Torghast and The Maw Interview with Paul Kubit and Towelliee

Towelliee is interviewing Paul Kubit on their Twitch Stream and answer questions about Shadowlands! We'll be liveblogging the interview and summarizing important answers in this post.

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Last Weekend for the Winds of Wisdom Experience Buff

With the Winds of Wisdom bonus experience buff being replaced on Monday, April 20th, with the Impressive Influence reputation bonus, this is your last weekend to level alts and new characters with the massive +100% experience buff!

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The Winds of Wisdom 100% Experience Buff Extended To Release of Shadowlands Pre-Patch

There are many journeys to be taken in Azeroth, and if you’re in the middle of one, or just looking forward to starting a new one, we’ve heard your plea for a little more time. Due to the popularity of the Winds of Wisdom 100% experience buff in Battle for Azeroth, we’re extending its benefit through to the release of the Shadowlands pre-patch!

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Layers Return to Classic High Population Realms - Shorter Queues, Character Creation Restriction

Continuing their measures to improve the queue time on the highest populated Classic realms, which were over 3 hours for some realms, Blizzard has announced the return of the 2nd layer for select realms. Realms affected have also had their new character creation restricted, players previously without characters in those realms may not create new ones there for the time being.

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Mistweaver Monk Hotfix to Rising Mist for April 21st

Blizzard is hotfixing a Mistweaver build that does a great amount of healing using Rising Mist.

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Artisan Riding Skill Removed in Shadowlands

The second highest rank of riding on live, the 280% flight speed Artisan Riding, has been removed in the latest Shadowlands build. Along with the other leveling changes, this means characters will effectively skip the 280% movespeed training, saving a significant amount of gold in the process - a very nice quality of life change, especially considering the gap between Expert and Master Riding will only last 10 levels.

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Complete List of New and Updated Covenant Abilities for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081

arlier this week, in the latest Shadowlands build, Blizzard has officially confirmed 3 new Covenant abilities. In addition, we've datamined 4 new Covenant abilities for the Hunter, Paladin and Shaman classes!

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Shadowlands Tortured Souls of Torghast (Character Speculation)

Torghast is currently up for testing on the Shadowlands Alpha, and some important characters are supposed to appear there. In this post, we speculate about these characters.

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WoW Classic Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza Is Here For First Time This Sunday

Grab your fishing poles, the WoW Classic Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza is here for the first time on Sunday, April 19th!

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Three New Shadowlands Hairstyles in Dressing Room

In this post, we highlight a few new hairstyles available to players in Shadowlands.

Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 121 | Buffs Galore, Professions, Tokens and Useful Scripts

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up goes over the impact of the upcoming reputation buff on the economy, the new Optional Reagents on the alpha, and more!

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Blizzard's Response on the Zul'Gurub Class Enchant Exploit

Blizzard has responded to reports about players trading ZG class enchants, which is unintended behavior. They have called it an exploit and recommend players don't enchant gear in this way.

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Shadowlands Alpha Transmog Roundup - Covenant Armor, Weapons, Maw Raid, Castle Nathria

A lot of awesome things have been datamined from the Shadowlands Alpha since it launched and we wanted to highlight all the Transmog Sets and Weapons that we've datamined including the Covenant Armor, Weapons and Armor from the Maw Raid and Castle Nathria.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Torghast on Shadowlands Alpha

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the release of Torghast on the Shadowlands Alpha and the extension of the Winds of Wisdom buff.

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Impressive Influence Reputation Buff Now Live in WoW

The Impressive Influence reputation buff is now live in WoW, running through May 18th. Don't forget - the Winds of Wisdom experience buff is also active too.

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Planned Mistweaver Hotfix for Rising Mist Builds Paused

Blizzard has announced they are holding off on implementing hotfixes for a popular Rising Mist Mistweaver build, instead looking into other solutions first.

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Wowhead Weekly #226 - Shadowlands Alpha Updates and Torghast

For Wowhead Weekly #226, Annie and Perc discuss all the content and datamiming updates from the second week of playable Shadowlands alpha, including the opening of Torghast.

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Zul'Gurub Enchant Exploit Hotfixed

Blizzard has pushed a hotfix correcting the Zul'Gurub enchant exploit, which allowed players to trade class enchants between one another. While the fix does not stop the ability to trade them, the enchant effects will be disabled if the equipped character is of a different class or below level 60.

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Mythic Ny'alotha Nerfs - April 20th Hotfixes

Blizzard has posted a lot of Mythic Ny'alotha nerfs in tonight's hotfixes.

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Speed Leveling Shadowlands Alpha in 7 hours with DesMephisto

For the second time since the Shadowlands alpha began, Warrior obsessed streamer and speed leveler DesMephisto has sped his way from level 1-50. This time, he completed the journey in just 6 hours and 54 minutes, shattering his previous 12 hour record... and it's only going to get faster!

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What Reputations Are and Aren't Affected by the Impressive Influence Buff

Overview of what reputations are affected by the Impressive Influence buff, granting a 100% increase to reputation gains, and which are not.

Additional Mythic Ny'alotha Nerfs - April 21st

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for April 21st, which includes additional hotfixes for Mythic Ny'alotha, this time focusing on the Mythic Shad'har and Xanesh encounters.

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Additional Mythic Ny'alotha Nerfs - April 21st Hotfixes

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for April 21st, which includes additional hotfixes for Mythic Ny'alotha, this time focusing on the Mythic Shad'har and Xanesh encounters. Edit: Hivemind has received nerfs as well.

Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 65

With the Weekly Reset on April 21st (NA) / 22nd (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 65.

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Kill World Boss Dunegorger Kraulok This Week for Chance at Alpaca Mount

Dunegorger Kraulok is the world boss up in Vol'dun for the week, and new to 8.3, drops an alpaca mount.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for April 21st

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back with the same affixes as the last Orgrimmar week. This means that both Split Personality and Leaden Foot are active again.

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NPCs Notice Your Presence in Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has added a new feature to NPC animations in Shadowlands. When walking near an NPC, most NPCs will now turn their head towards you in a gesture of them acknowledging your presence.

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Gamepad Support and Accessibility in World of Warcraft

One of the first things found when Shadowlands datamining began were strings relating to gamepad support, seemingly allowing players to assign keybinds to various console controllers. Blizzard has since confirmed via the forums that they intend to make WoW more accessible through gamepad support.

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Crazy Moments from Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha

Torghast, Tower of the Damned was released for testing on the Shadowlands Alpha. We wanted to highlight some of the crazy moments that we've seen so far including "killing" the Tarragrue and some crazy Anima Power combinations.

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Draenor and Broken Isles Pathfinder Not Required for Flying in Shadowlands

You will not need Draenor or Broken Isles Pathfinder to fly in Shadowlands.

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Blizzard's Venthyr Covenant and Revendreth Shadowlands Zone Preview

Blizzard has released an official preview of the Revendreth zone, one of the new leveling zones in Shadowlands that is tied to the Venthyr covenant.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Preamble

Datamining has started for the next Shadowlands alpha build; in this post is the preamble and strings.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Models - Maldraxxus Draka

In this post we present new models from Shadowlands Alpha build 34137 including Maldraxxus Draka.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Class Abilities, Covenant Abilities and Spell Changes

Check out the latest class and covenant abilities and spell changes from the latest Shadowlands alpha build.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Updated Maps and Icons - Revendreth Mail and Plate Sets, Bolvar Lich King, Weapons

With the new build, new maps and icons were added, including Revendreth Mail and Plate sets.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Character Customizations - New Human Male Hairstyles

One of the promised changes in Shadowlands was the addition of new character customizations. In build 34137, we have more Human Male hairstyles!

Database Updated for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137

Our database is now updated for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 including many new items and an updated talent calculator.

Updates to Torghast, Tower of the Damned in this Shadowlands Alpha Build

Blizzard has posted a number of changes for Torghast, Tower of the Damned in this build. The developers are challenging players to continue bullying the Tarragrue, mounting has been disabled, Priest Anima Power changes, lots of bug fixes and more!

Demon Hunter Necrolord Ability Datamined - Updated Covenant Abilities for Shadowlands Alpha

We've datamined the Demon Hunter Necrolord Covenant Ability! In addition, a few Covenant abilities received updates and we've updated our complete list of revealed and datamined Covenant abilities so far in the Shadowlands Alpha.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Updated Maps and Icons - World Map, Revendreth Mail and Plate Sets, Bolvar Lich King, Weapons

With the new build, new maps and icons were added, including a new Shadowlands world map showing all 6 major areas, as well as Revendreth Mail and Plate sets.

New PvP Talents in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 & Greater Pyroblast Nerfed

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 includes brand new PvP talents, giving Havoc Demon Hunters a PvP talent that makes their Fel Rush apply a Mortal Strike debuff. In addition, Greater Pyroblast now has a cooldown.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Character Customizations - New Human Female Necklaces/Earrings

As part of the new character customizations coming in Shadowlands, Human Females now have Necklace options, and new earrings to go with them!

Shadowlands Alpha Encounter Journal for Build 34137

Encounter Journal for Shadowlands Alpha build 34137.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Character Customizations - Human Female Hairstyles/Dark Skin Color

As part of the new character customizations coming in Shadowlands, Human Females have new hairstyles and a couple new face variations fit for darker skin colors!

Plate Castle Nathria Shadowlands Raid Set

In this post, we present the plate armor set from the Castle Nathria raid, the first raid in the Shadowlands expansion.

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Shadowlands Night Fae Covenant Armor Sets with Multiple Tints Added to Dressing Room

We now have all Night Fae Covenant sets in our Shadowlands Dressing Room, including four tints for every set!

Shadowlands Night Fae Covenant Armor Sets with Multiple Tints Added to Dressing Room

We now have all Night Fae Covenant sets in our Shadowlands Dressing Room, including four tints for every set!

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Mail Castle Nathria Shadowlands Raid Set

In this post, we present the mail armor set from the Castle Nathria raid, the first raid in the Shadowlands expansion.

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April 22nd Hotfixes - Heart of Darkness Azerite Trait

April 22nd Hotfixes include a fix for Heart of Darkness not being reduced by 50% when engaged in enemy player combat.

Mail Venthyr Covenant Revendreth Shadowlands Armor Set

In this post, we present the mail set from the Venthyr Covenant in Revendreth in Shadowlands. This mail set in all four tints is available in our Dressing Room.

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New Leveling Options in Shadowlands - Choose Your Starting Experience and Expansion

In the latest [i]Shadowlands[/i] alpha build, new characters now have more options for choosing how they want to level up to 50, including choice of introductory scenario and expansion!

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Manifestos from the Scarlet Brotherhood - Tabloid Books in Tirisfal Glades

Patch 8.3 Battle for Azeroth focused on the story of the Old Gods, leaving the aftermath of the Fourth War behind as we ventured into Ny'alotha. However, some interesting books have been in the spotlight, written from the point of view of the Scarlet Brotherhood, which explore conspiracy theories including a rumor that Anduin assassinated Calia.

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Wowhead Weekly #227 - Shadowlands Alpha Updates and Revendreth

For Wowhead Weekly #227, Annie and Perc discuss all the content and datamiming updates from the third week of playable Shadowlands alpha, including the opening of Revendreth

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New Horde Player Intro Lines in Shadowlands

The latest Shadowlands alpha build updated the intro lines for Horde races.

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New Death Knight Runeforges on the Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has added 5 new Runeforges for Death Knights on the Shadowlands Alpha, bringing the total number of Runeforges to 8!

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New Human Male Face Customization in Shadowlands

In this preview, we take an early look at some new human male faces in Shadowlands.

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Shadowlands Revendreth Zone Preview

Revendreth is a land filled with darkened red skies. Here you will learn of the Venthyr Covenant and how the anima drought is causing inner turmoil.

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Blizzard Explains Bug Preventing ZG Enchants From Working

Blizzard has explained why ZG enchants were bugged and knocking off other player buffs. A fix should be out by next week's maintenance.

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Blizzard's Virtual Take Your Child to Work Day - Samwise Didier Tutorials, Chris Metzen Storytime

Blizzard shared their virtual Take Your Child to Work Day celebration, which included art tutorials by Samwise Didier, and a video of Chris Metzen reading his book Snow Fight: A Warcraft Tale.

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Mistweaver Monk Rising Mist Hotfix for April 28th

Blizzard has proposed a new Rising Mist hotfix for Mistweaver Monks, set to go live the week of April 28th.

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DesMephisto's 35 Hour Book of World Records Warcraft Marathon

Warrior obsessed streamer and speed leveler DesMephisto is nearly 32 hours into the 35 hours he's planned to earn a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records! The current record for World of Warcraft is 32 hour and 36 minutes set in November 2017, though breaking the record isn't his only motivation - all of his streams have been charity events raising money for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).

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How the Nightfall Proc Works in Classic WoW

Blizzard has responded to concerns that the Nightfall proc in Classic WoW, which can apply a debuff increasing the spell damage taken by the target by 15%, was not working as intended. The proc is behaving as expected and they detailed advanced mechanics of the proc.

Spell damage taken by target increased by 15% for 5 sec.

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New Human Female Face Customization in Shadowlands

In this preview, we take an early look at some new human female face customization options in Shadowlands.

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Shadowlands Alpha - Revendreth Storyline Summary and Playthrough

Revendreth is the fourth and final zone that players will level in Shadowlands, lasting from level 57 all the way to 60. In this post, we have a plot summary for the Revendreth storyline, as well as a full rundown of the quests you need to do to complete the leveling storyline in the zone! Story spoilers.

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What to do Before Shadowlands?

With more Shadowlands builds happening every week, the feeling that Battle for Azeroth is coming to an end starts to slowly, but steadily, grow. With the end of every expansion, however, there are parts and pieces of content that go away forever, content that sometimes you wanted to complete but ended up forgetting about...or even starting too late to complete it in time. To help you with that, we prepared a guide with suggestions of what to do in WoW while you wait for Shadowlands to come out!

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Halls of Atonement: Shadowlands Alpha Dungeon Preview

A preview of the Halls of Atonement, a new dungeon in the Shadowlands alpha. This is dungeon is located in Revendreth, home of the Venthyr Covenant.

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Journey to Gilneas Fan-Made Cinematic Trailer

Do you wish there was more story in the Worgen starting zone of Gilneas? Then check out the Journey to Gilneas fan-made cinematic trailer by Voolcan, which took over a year of daily work to complete.

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New Human Male Face Customization in Shadowlands

In this preview, we take an early look at some new human male faces in Shadowlands. Edit: we have updated the post with better human faces that have both hair and open eyes!

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 122 | Children's Week, Professions & Market Prices

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up goes over the state of crafting professions, market prices, and how to prepare for the upcoming Children's Week event!

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The Cycle of Life Can Be Cruel - Nobbel87 Shadowlands Alpha Lore Video (Spoilers)

For this month's lore spotlight with Nobbel87, we're looking at some of the notable lore details from the Shadowlands alpha so far, and speculation on death.

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Heroic Ny'alotha Cleared by 30 Tanks

30 tanks have managed to clear Heroic Ny'alotha this weekend! We go through how the crazy combo of tanks managed to do this feat.

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Shadowlands Alpha Stormwind and Ogrimmar Class Hub Updates

Stormwind and Orgrimmar have received a handful of updates on the Shadowlands alpha, refurbishing the Stormwind Training Hall and Orgrimmar Barracks with new Class Trainers.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Revendreth and Human Customization

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the release of Revendreth on the Shadowlands Alpha and new human customization options.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 Datamining Recap - Human Customization, Revendreth, New Armor Sets

Several days ago, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 hit, with more human customization options and the new zone of Revendreth to explore. As the datamining has wound down, we're recapping all of Wowhead's earlier Alpha discoveries in one post so you can find things easily.

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Recap for Build 34137 - New PvP Talents, DH Covenant Ability

Several days ago, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34137 hit, with more class and spell changes including new PvP Talents, a nerf to Greater Pyroblast, the Demon Hunter Necrolord Covenant ability and more!

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 68

With the Weekly Reset on April 28th (NA) / 29th (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 68.

WoW Classic Hotfixes for April 28th - Battleground Holiday Start Time, Item Enchantment Fixes

The WoW Classic hotfixes for April 28th include a change to the Battleground holiday start time across all American realms, as well as bugs related to green dragon spawns and item enchantments.

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Liveblog of the Shadowlands Interview with Ion Hazzikostas and Zoltan

Zoltan is interviewing Ion Hazzikostas on their Twitch stream and answering questions about Shadowlands! We'll be liveblogging the interview and summarizing important answers in this post.

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The Jailer's Model in Shadowlands

Ion Hazzikostas confirmed the appearance of the Jailer in the Shadowlands expansion.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Version 1.32.4 Patch Notes - Single-Player Mode Enabled in Custom Games

Blizzard has posted the latest patch notes for Warcraft III: Reforged, in which single-player mode is enabled for custom games.

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Demon Hunter Realm Restrictions Will Be Lifted on the Shadowlands Pre-Patch

The @WarcraftDevs Twitter account has just released a statement that the current restriction of only allowing one Demon Hunter to be created per realm will be lifted with the Shadowlands Pre-Patch!

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All Covenant Armor Sets in Shadowlands

We have now datamined all tints for Covenant Armor sets in Shadowlands, notably new tints for Cloth and Plate Venthyr, as well as all Necrolord sets.

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Mike Morhaime on Accessibility and Declining Social Experiences in WoW

Mike Morhaime, cofounder and former CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, spoke with Seth Schiesel of the New York Times at the VentureBeat GameBeat Summit yesterday, and while many topics were discussed, the former president had some interesting things to say about the evolution of World of Warcraft and the MMO genre.

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Kael'thas Sunstrider in Shadowlands (Early Datamining / Spoilers)

Kael'thas was brought up in a recent Shadowlands interview with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas. Here's what we know about his role so far in the expansion.

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Preamble for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199 - Updated Faction Descriptions

Datamining has started for the latest Shadowlands alpha build, and we have updated faction descriptions following the controversy last week.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199 - Class Changes and Spell Diff

These are the changes Blizzard has made to spells and all class changes for the new alpha build.

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Shadowlands Alpha Ardenweald Bow Model - Build 34199

Preview of the new Ardenweald Bow model datamined in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199. This bow is adorned with leaves and branches and has 6 tints!

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Eclipse Changes in Shadowlands Alpha Build Build 34199

Eclipse is a controversial ability, so we wanted to highlight some datamined changes in the latest Shadowlands alpha build, making Eclipse proc more deterministic instead of random.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199 - Follower Portraits, Icons, Callings

These are the icons and portraits for build 34199.

Shadowlands Alpha Miscellaneous Models - Build 34199

Preview of the miscellaneous model datamined in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199. Models include a Maw Eye, a new female Drust native model and some roaches!

Paladin Covenant Ability Changes - Updated Covenant Abilities for Shadowlands Alpha

We've datamined some more Covenant ability changes in this Shadowlands Alpha build. The datamined Demon Hunter Necrolord ability got its effect updated, the Paladin Venthyr ability was reworked and the datamined Paladin Night Fae ability Aura of Seasons has been reworked as well!

Oribos Skybox Added in Shadowlands Alpha Build Build 34199

Oribos, the central player home in Shadowlands and the place where the Arbiter judges souls, received a skybox in the latest Alpha build.

Paladin Covenant Ability Changes - Updated Covenant Abilities for Shadowlands Alpha

We've datamined some more Covenant ability changes in this Shadowlands Alpha build. The datamined Demon Hunter Necrolord ability got its effect updated, the Paladin Venthyr ability was reworked and the datamined Paladin Night Fae ability Aura of Seasons has been reworked as well!

Updates to Torghast, Tower of the Damned in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199

Blizzard has posted updates to Torghast, Tower of the Damned for this Shadowlands build. The bug allowing any class to enter Torghast has been fixed, but Warriors are now officially ready for testing and Priests have received new Anima Powers again.

Shadowlands Alpha Human Customizations Enabled - Eye Color Options, Easier Preview Options

In Shadowlands Alpha 34199, the Human Customizations are finally enabled on the alpha client, letting you choose things like eye colors separate from face types!

Ardenweald Covenant Mail Armor Updated With Helms

The latest Shadowlands build added helms to the Mail Ardenweald Covenant armor set.

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Shadowlands Alpha Encounter Journal for Build 34199

The encounter Journal for Build 34199 which includes pages for two more Castle Nathria encounters, one of which has a very interesting looking intermission phase.

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Possible New Eye Color Tints for Forsaken and Humans in Shadowlands (Speculation)

The latest Shadowlands alpha build updated a set of new eye meshes, that work well on both Human and Forsaken models.

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Improved Death Knight Eye Glow Effects on Shadowlands Alpha

Death Knight eye glows have received improved effects on the Shadowlands alpha. We've prepared several comparison images highlighting the differences!

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Ray Traced Shadow Options on Shadowlands Alpha

New Ray Traced Shadow options were added to the Shadowlands alpha today. These settings can be viewed on the alpha, but aren't able to be enabled right now.

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Shadowlands Mount Preview - Ardenweald Epic Runestag

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Ardenweald Runestag, its four tints, and mountspecial animation.

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Ghostcrawler on WoW's Early Social Experience and Community

Ghostcrawler, the former Lead Systems Designer on WOW and current VP of IP and Entertainment at Riot Games, shared some thoughts on Mike Morhaime's recent statements on accessibility and the social experience in WoW.

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Wowhead Weekly #228 - Covenant Sets and Recent Shadowlands Interview

For Wowhead Weekly #228, Annie and Perc discuss all the content and datamiming updates from the fourth week of playable Shadowlands alpha, including all covenant armor tints and a recent interview with Ion Hazzikostas.

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Classic Free Realm Transfers Closing Today

Blizzard has announced that the Free Realm Transfers for Classic are closing today. Those transfers were available to fight the overpopulation on select realms.

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Blizzard on Balance Druid Eclipse Updates on Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has posted some developer insight on the recent Balance Druid Eclipse changes on the Shadowlands Alpha this week.

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Earthfury Realm Returned to Single Layer on Classic WoW

Blizzard has announced that the Earthfury Realm has been returned to a single layer on Classic WoW.

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Ironforge Recreated Using Unreal Engine 4

Youtuber and environmental artist Brian Vagie has recreated the Dwarven city of Ironforge in Unreal Engine 4 using megascan, maxtree, handmade assets and custom animations.

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WoW Classic Children's Week Holiday - Complete Orphan Quests for Reputation

Classic will have its first edition of Children's Week starting today, May 1st. In the Classic version of the event, players can complete orphan quests for reputation and experience.

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Shadowlands Mount Preview - Maldraxxus Epic Giant Beast

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Maldraxxus Epic Giant Beast, a spiky mount with an interesting mount special.

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Children's Week 2020 - Kul Tiran / Zandalari Orphan Quests and Pets

Children's Week 2020 starts today. This holiday boasts 14 cute battle pets for players to collect, including four pets added last year as well as Kul Tiran and Zandalari Troll orphan quests.

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Mythic Ny'alotha vs 20 Tanks - 7/12 Cleared on their First Run

Following the success of their 30 Tank Heroic Ny'alotha Run, Method's Nnoggie tuned his group to now face Mythic Ny'alotha, the Waking City!

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Shadowlands Alpha Warrior Anima Powers for Torghast, Tower of the Damned

Warrior is the latest class to be available in Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha and we wanted to highlight the class-specific Anima Powers that Warrior can receive! Have you wanted to Execute at any % health, or consume no rage for 1.5 minutes? These are just some of the possibilities for Warriors inside Torghast.

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Fan Made World of Warcraft Anime Intro

A Youtuber called Star Duke has created an anime intro for Battle for Azeroth, based on the anime Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, with Warcraft characters and iconography.

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Tamable Windsteed Hunter Pet Found in Shadowlands Alpha

Windsteeds are creatures that were added to the game in Mists of Pandaria, but only used a store mount. One of them was found to be tamable in the Shadowlands Alpha!

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Rextroy Achieves World First Solo of Il'gynoth Normal in Ny'alotha Raid

We've shared several creative ways players have faced bosses in Ny'alotha this week, and today we have another notable event--Rextroy has soloed Il'gynoth on Normal Mode.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199 Datamining Recap - Death Knight Eye Glows, DDR Boss, Faction Descriptions

Several days ago, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199 hit, with Torghast opening for Warriors and human eye color customization available on the character creation screen. As the datamining has wound down, we're recapping all of Wowhead's earlier Alpha discoveries in one post so you can find things easily.

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Super Squirt Day for US Realms on May 3rd - Level Battle Pets Quickly

Super Squirt is live for US realms this Sunday, May 3rd! Super Squirt is a rare occurrence where the Pet Battle Event lines up with Squirt being active in the Garrison Menagerie. This day is great for leveling battle pets.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 123 | Professions Perspectives & Beginner Guides

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up goes over some beginner guides for making gold and leveling alchemy!

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In-Game Preview of Gamepad Support for Shadowlands

Gamepad support is coming in Shadowlands, allowing players to assign key binds to various console controllers. In this post, we are highlighting some footage of Shadowlands played with a gamepad as well as the key binds.

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Darkmoon Faire in Town May 2020 - Big Experience and Reputation Gains with Winds of Wisdom/Impressive Influence Buffs

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for May 2020, and the experience and reputation buffs stack with the Winds of Wisdom and Impressive Influence buffs.

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Recap for Build 34199

Last week, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34199 hit, with more class and spell changes including Balance Druid Eclipse Changes, new Anima Powers, changes to the Demon Hunter and Paladin Covenant abilities and more!

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Torghast, Tower of the Damned Overview Guide - Now Live!

Torghast, Tower of the Damned is one of the main systems arriving in Shadowlands and our Guide Overview is now live with preliminary information like mechanics and placeholder rewards!

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Rextroy Achieves World First Solo of Normal Hivemind in Ny'alotha

As we wait for Shadowlands to come out, players keep getting creative around Ny'alotha and start to face the raid differently. This time around, famous solo player Rextroy has managed another solo, The Hivemind, on normal difficulty.

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May 4th Hotfixes - Perfectly Timed Differential Not Required for Junkyard Collector

For May 4th Hotfixes, the Perfectly Timed Differential is no longer required for Junkyard Collector.

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 71

With the Weekly Reset on May 5th (NA) / 6th (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 71.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for May 5th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back with no Hot Foot this week. Unfortunately, the Orgrimmar Lost Madness still haven't changed from Split Personality and Leaden Foot from the last week.

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Mists of Pandaria Timewalking - Normal Ny'alotha Loot from Event Quest

Mists of Pandaria Timwalking is active for the week, and the event quest rewards a Normal piece of Ny'alotha loot. You can also get ilvl 410 loot from Timewarped vendor loot and ilvl 425 loot from dungeons.

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Activision Blizzard Q1 2020 Earnings Report - Warcraft's Active Player Community Growing

Activision Blizzard had its 1st Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call today, highlighting the company's results for the first three months of 2020.

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WoW Classic Hotfixes for May 5th - Raid Lockout Warning When Party Member has Defeated Gahz'ranka

WoW Classic hotfixes include a raid lockout warning when a player enters ZG with a party member that has defeated Gahz'ranka.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for May 5th, 2020 - Deleted Character Restoration Time, Trothak Shark

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for May 5th, 2020 which includes a change to how often you can restore a deleted character and a fax for Trothak's Flailing Shark moving too fast.

Blizzard Hiring for Unannounced Mobile Project

Blizzard has put up new job listings for an unannounced mobile project, seeking a Senior Test Lead in their Quality Assurance department, which reminds us of the BlizzCon 2018 claim that more mobile titles are in development across all Blizzard IPs.

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Shadowlands Expansion Release Date in Q4 2020

During the Activision Blizzard Q1 2020 Earnings Call, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack confirmed that Shadowlands was on track to release in Q4 2020.

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J. Allen Brack on the World of Warcraft Social Experience

During the Activision-Blizzard earning report, president J. Allen Brack asserted that World of Warcraft is just as social as the day it launched.

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Updates to Profession Optional Reagents in Shadowlands - Limits Loosened, New Bonuses

Ever since our last preview of Profession Optional Reagents, Blizzard has made some updates to the system, adding more options, swapping around bonuses, and removing the limit of Optional Reagents that can be used per item.

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Shadowlands Mount Preview - Ardenweald Moth

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Ardenweald Moth, its four tints, and mountspecial animation.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 - Updated Gnome and Worgen Lines

Datamining has started and first up we have a few updated race lines including Gnome and Worgen descriptions.

New Models for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 - Cooking Feast, Spectral Spider

Overview of new models added in the latest Shadowlands alpha build.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 Icons, Pictures, Covenant Sanctum

In this post, we cover the new icons, pictures, and Covenant Sanctum textures added with today's build.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 Class Abilities, Anima Powers and Spell Changes

Check out the latest class abilities, anima powers, and spell changes from the latest Shadowlands Alpha build 34278.

New Maw Skyboxes for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278

Overview of new Maw Skybox images added in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278.

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Database Updated for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 - Fishing Pole, Drust Weapons, Pocket Colossus

Wowhead's database is now updated for the latest Shadowlands alpha build, featuring an Oribos fishing pole and bobber, Drust Weapons with models, and a Pocket Colossus pet.

Shadowlands Alpha Encounter Journal for Build 34278

Encounter Journal for Build 34278, which includes details of a new Castle Nathria boss!

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Shadowlands Leather Maw Raid Set - Incomplete Preview

In this preview, we will look at the Maw Raid Leather set. Currently, this set is incomplete, but you can see what the set should look like based on the icons for the set.

Cloth Castle Nathria Shadowlands Raid Armor Set

In this post, we present the cloth armor set from the Castle Nathria raid, the first raid in the Shadowlands expansion.

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Druid and Shaman Now Available In Torghast on Shadowlands Alpha - List of Anima Powers

Druid and Shaman can now enter Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha and we have a list of all their datamined Anima Powers. The starting lobby area has also been updated to indicate that you're inside a Tower!

New Shadowlands Slash Command - Countdowns and Pull Timers Available to Every Player

With today's Shadowlands build, Blizzard has added a new functionality to slash commands: Countdowns! This new feature is already available to most players through addons like DBM and BigWigs, but now, it will be available to every WoW player. Thanks MysticalOs for the tip!

Flying Unicorns - Horse Ground Mounts Learn to Fly in Shadowlands

In the most recent Shadowlands build, all Courser, Nightmare, and Dreamrunner type horse mounts have been changed from ground mounts to flying ones!

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Leather Castle Nathria Shadowlands Raid Armor Set

In this post, we present the leather armor set from the Castle Nathria raid, the first raid in the Shadowlands expansion. Note: the shoulders are still missing.

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Updated Model for Mueh'zala in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278

Mueh'zala has received an updated model in Shadowlands Alpha build 34278. In this post, we compare both models and discuss what we know about him in Shadowlands (story spoilers).

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Shadowlands Blizzard Blog - Druid and Shaman Now Enabled in Torghast

Blizzard has updated their feedback post for Torghast, Tower of the Damned to specify that Druid and Shaman now have anima powers, as well as a few additional tweaks.

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Rextroy World First Solo Dark Inquisitor Xanesh

Famed one-person raid team Rextroy is at it again, showcasing another feat of strength by taking down normal mode Dark Inquisitor Xanesh solo, totalling 4 solo Ny'alotha bosses downed so far.

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Wowhead Weekly #229 - Activision Blizzard Earnings Call, Castle Nathria Sets

For Wowhead Weekly #229, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Shadowlands alpha updates, including Castle Nathria sets, as well as the interesting details from the recent Activision Blizzard Earnings Call.

Shadowlands Cuisine, Soul Food, and Feast Models

Hazel pointed out on twitter today that the new Shadowlands food consumables have some really provocative names, but some of them also have fun effects and new models too!

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Battle for Azeroth Aspirant Ensembles Purchased with Marks of Honor in Shadowlands

In this week's build, Blizzard has added the transmog ensembles for Battle for Azeroth's PvP Aspirants sets to Alpha. These items allow players to acquire the looks from previous PvP season sets and are always added in the expansion after the set was launched. The ensembles for BFA PvP Sets are sold by Marshal Gabriel and Xander Silberman in Boralus and Mugambala respectively. Currently, only the Aspirant sets are available.

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Returning to Azeroth: A Quick Guide to Unlocking Flying in World of Warcraft

Why Can't I Fly? - how to unlock flying for players returning to World of Warcraft. Covers the unlock mechanism for flying at level 60, 100, 110, and 120.

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Project Fenris Vendor Product - Possibly Diablo IV Encrypted Build

Blizzard CDNs have updated with the first Project Fenris vendor build, quite possibly for Diablo IV as Fenris is the code name for Diablo!

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Height Comparison of Faction Leaders in World of Warcraft

Who is the tallest faction leader in World of Warcraft? We compared all of the in-game models and took a look!

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World of Warcraft Action RPG in Unreal Engine 4

Redditor fairafar has recreated a small part of Gilneas inside Unreal Engine 4, but unlike other recreations which attempt to reconstruct the city on a grand scale showing off every bit of detail, this reimagining is a close view, 3rd person action RPG focused on visceral combat rather than environmental art.

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Demon Hunter Covenant Ability Change - Updated Covenant Abilities for Shadowlands Alpha

In this week's Shadowlands Alpha build, the datamined Demon Hunter Necrolord covenant ability had its effect updated again!

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Shadowlands Transmog Roundup Build 34278 - Castle Nathria, Drust Weapons, Leather Maw, Aspirant Ensembles

Shadowlands alpha build 34278 had a number of transmog updates, including Castle Nathria raid sets, so we're highlighting all the model updates in one post.

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World of Warcraft Cosmology Chart in Color

Redditor AJT2k19 has created an updated World of Warcraft Cosmology Chart, adding color and updated images of the recognizable leaders and paragons from each respective power.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 Datamining Recap - Flying Unicorns, Mueh'zala and Feast Models

Several days ago, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 hit, with several new armor sets, feast models, and an updated Mueh'zala model. As the datamining has wound down, we're recapping all of Wowhead's earlier Alpha discoveries in one post so you can find things easily.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 124 | Shadowlands Release Planning & Creative Gold Making

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up discusses the economic implications of the Q4 Shadowlands release date and suggests some creative ways to make gold currently in-game!

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Recap for Build 34278 - New and Updated Anima Powers

Last week, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 hit, with more class and spell changes including new and updated Anima Powers to support Warriors and Shaman in Torghast and another change to the Demon Hunter Covenant ability.

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Wargames in Classic WoW

In a recent player discovery by Twitch streamer yesmasterx, Classic WoW fully supports wargames in Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, and even Alterac Valley. The feature even supports Horde versus Horde and Alliance versus Alliance wargames. Back in February, the idea of the wargame and spectating matches functionality was speculated to be implemented on the PTR update, when new global strings were added to the game such as "BINDING_NAME_COMMENTATORFOLLOW_1_15". These strings are similar to the ones used in the Arena spectator mode for Retail's Arena tournaments.

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Diablo 2: Resurrected - Potential Remaster Coming Late 2020

French video game news website ActuGaming has reported a Diablo 2 remaster, titled Diablo 2: Resurrected, being worked on by Blizzard and fellow Activision studio Vicarious Visions.

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WIRED Interview with Ion Hazzikostas - How World of Warcraft Has Evolved

WIRED interviewed Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, wherein he spoke about how World of Warcraft has changed over the years, particularly player motivation and social evolution.

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15th Anniversary of Leeroy Jenkins Meme Video

The birth of the very first meme, and to this day the most known meme in the history of WoW, happened 15 years ago on this day! The video of Leeroy Jenkins ruining the Upper Blackrock Spire run for his guild, <PALS FOR LIFE>, went live on WarcraftMovies for the first time.

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May 11th Hotfixes - Turn-in Locations for 8.3 Paragon Factions Now Appear on World Map

Today's hotfixes add turn-in locations for the paragon quests tied to the Patch 8.3 factions: Supplies from the Rajani and Supplies from the Uldum Accord.

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Invincible Song Covered by Jay The Bard and Sharm of Stormsong

Celebrated World of Warcraft fanatics and musicians Jay The Bard and Sharm of Stormsong have covered Invincible, the epic Wrath of the Lich King song featured in the cinematic following [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAIrj_Vqdfc]Arthas' defeat atop Icecrown Citadel[/url].

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 74

With the Weekly Reset on May 12th (NA) / 13th (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 74.

Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for May 12th

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind is back this week and there's no Split Personality in the Lost Areas for this week!

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Liveblog of the Shadowlands Interview with Morgan Day and Preach

Preach is interviewing Morgan Day on his Twitch stream and answering questions about Shadowlands! We'll be liveblogging the interview and summarizing important answers in this post.

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GCD, Covenant Utility, Castle Nathria - Shadowlands Interview with Morgan Day and Preach

Preach interviewed Morgan Day on his Twitch stream and answere qduestions about Shadowlands including topics like the GCD, Covenant Utility, Castle Nathria and more! We have a liveblog of the interview.

Coming up in Torghast - Death Knight, Hunter, Monk Testing and All Covenant Abilities

In his interview with Preach, Morgan Day revealed that starting with the next Shadowlands Alpha build all covenant abilities will be available in Torghast.

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Shadowlands Soulbinds and Conduits in the Soulbind Calculator

In his interview with Preach, Morgan Day reminded us that Covenant Soulbinds were another system of progression in Shadowlands which players have not been able to test yet. Whichever Covenant you decide to align with, each offers three different NPCs to Soulbind, borrowing a bit of their power for yourself in the form of a talent or artifact-like tree, offering additional power progression and customization.

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Rextroy's One Million Damage Death From Above Combo

Rextroy is at it again, but rather than showcasing another solo boss kill, today's highlight is an armor stacking, two-handed Protection Paladin one shot utilizing the Sku'shuul Vaz to burst over a million damage.

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Vestaxe Retribution Paladin 5 Mask Full Clear - No Essences, No Azerite Traits, No Corruptions

Today we'd like to highlight a Horrific Vision run that Vestaxe accomplished last week. Without any Essences, Azerite Traits, or Corruptions, Vestaxe was able to complete a full clear 5 mask Orgrimmar Horrific Vision run.

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The MSI Ny'alotha Showdown: Method Vs. Aversion

Method and MSI are hosting a brand new race stream event, with the Ny'alotha Showdown featuring the guild going head to head with German top guild Aversion. The main event is a raid race in the titular Ny'alotha, but there's plenty more action coming as well, with dungeon and PvP competitions included.

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Updated List of Shadowlands Covenant and Signature Abilities for May 13th

Blizzard has published an updated official list of Shadowlands covenant and signature abilities.

Small World of Warcraft - New Board Game Coming Soon

Blizzard and Days of Wonder have teamed up for Small World of Warcraft, a board game designed for 2-5 players based on the Small World universe.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 Preamble - Character Customization, Oribos

Datamining has started and first up we have the preamble containing many new lines about new character customizations and mentions of Oribos, the upcoming capital city.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34278 Class and Spell Changes - First DK, Monk, Hunter Anima Powers

Class and spell changes for Shadowlands Alpha build 34278 including the first look at DK, Monk and Hunter Anima Powers. Previous Anima Powers also received tuning including nerfs to the OP Shaman Anima Powers Energetic Totems and Draining Hex.

Shadowland Alpha Build 34365 - Maps and Icons - Necrotic Wake, Mail Maw Raid Set

In this post, we cover the new maps and icons added to the new Shadowlands build. This build adds the new The Necrotic Wake dungeon, the mail Maw Raid sets, and new mounts.

Shadowland Alpha Build 34365 Creatures - Shade Beast Mount, Maw Guard Caster Elite

Check out the models from the latest Shadowlands build, including the Shade Beast Mount.

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Shadowlands GCD Discussion: Blade Flurry Deals AoE Damage When Activated

Certain cooldowns being on the GCD is currently a hot topic in the community, especially when they feel like a dead global. In this Shadowlands Alpha build, Blade Flurry has received a new level talent at level 52 which allows to instantly deal AoE damage when pressed.

Shadowland Alpha Build 34365 Models - Night Fae Effects, Ardenweald Glaive, Oribos Brazier

Shadowland Alpha Build 34365 model datamining continues with some Night Fae covenant effects, birds, moths, Ardenweald glaives, Oribos brazier and a few more miscellaneous things!

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34365 - New Human Face Shape Customizations

In Shadowlands Alpha build 34365, new character customizations were added to Human characters. They can now choose between different face shapes!

New Eye Color Customization Options for Undead Characters in Shadowlands

Undead are getting new eye color customization options in Shadowlands.

Torghast Updates - New Starting Zone, Covenant Abilities, Monk & Hunter Available

Torghast has received several updates in the most recent Shadowlands update. Difficulties have been removed, there's a new death cap, and the starting zone has been completely revamped. Monks and Hunters are now eligible to queue for the Tower of the Damned, and although Death Knight anima powers were also added, the class is not yet enabled.

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Shadowlands Blizzard Blog - Torghast Updates, Jailer's Torments, Monk and Hunter Now Available

Blizzard has updated their feedback post for Torghast, Tower of the Damned to specify that Monk and Hunter classes now eligible for Torghast testing, as well as a host of gameplay changes and challenges called Jailer's Torments.

New Gnome Male Character Customization Options in Shadowlands - More Hairstyles, Beards, Eyebrows

Gnome male characters have received more customization options in the latest alpha build, including more hairstyles, beards, and eyebrows.

Shadowlands Alpha Encounter Journal for Build 34365

Shadowlands build 34365 Encounter Journal updates, which includes the new Mists of Tirna Scithe dungeon now available for testing on the Alpha.

New Female Gnome Shadowlands Customization Options - Hairstyles and Earrings

Female gnome characters have received more hairstyle and earring customization options in today's Shadowlands alpha build.

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New Male Tauren Shadowlands Customizations - Fur Colors, Body and Face Paints

Male tauren characters have finally received new character customizations in the most recent Shadowlands alpha build. Male Tauren customizations include a couple new Fur colors and options of body and face paints!

Torghast Updated with Torments, A Soft Timer That Incentivizes Speed on Each Floor

Torghast has been updated with Torments, a mechanic that acts as a soft timer that makes speed more important as you climb the Tower! The longer that you take on each Torghast floor, the harder it will be.

New Tauren Female Shadowlands Customization Options - Fur Colors and Tribal Markings

Tauren female characters have received several customization updates in today's Shadowlands alpha build, including new fur colors as well as painted tribal markings on the face and body.

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New Male Goblin Shadowlands Character Customizations - Noses and Hairstyles

Male Goblin characters have received more customization options in today's Shadowlands alpha build, including noses and hairstyles.

New Female Goblin Shadowns Character Customizations - Noses, Ears, and Hairstyles

Female Goblin characters have received more customization options in today's Shadowlands alpha build, including noses, ears, and hairstyles.

May 13th Hotfixes - Nazjatar Rare Elites Now Drop Nazjatar Battle Commendations

Blizzard has updated their hotfix blog with a new change to Nazjatar. Defeating Rare Elite enemies in the zone with Warmode enabled will now reward you with one Nazjatar Battle Commendation.

New Male Dwarf Customization Options in Shadowlands - Hairstyles, Earrings, Feathers

Male dwarf characters have received several customization updates in today's Shadowlands alpha build, including new hairstyles, earrings, and feather decorations.

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New Female Dwarf Customization Options in Shadowlands - Hairstyles, Earrings, Feathers

Female dwarf characters have received several customization updates in today's Shadowlands alpha build, including new hairstyles, earrings, nose rings and feather decorations.

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Torghast Covenant Signature and Class Ability Feedback

Blizzard has created a new post in the Alpha forums requesting for feedback on Covenant Signature and Class Abilities inside Torghast.

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Shadowlands Mail Maw Raid Set Preview

In this post, we present the mail armor tints for the "Maw Raid" armor set in Shadowlands!

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Mail Castle Nathria Shadowlands Raid Set - Complete Version

In this post, we will preview the updated version of the Mail Castle Nathria set. While we've covered the mail Castle Nathria set previously, Blizzard has now added the model for the headpiece of this set.

Shadowlands Druid Class Feedback Bluepost

WoW developer Sigma posted again on the Shadowlands feedback forums, acknowledging some of the current problems highlighted in the Druid class feedback thread, specifically issues with Restoration Affinity, Heart of the Wild, Sylvatican Charm, and Frenzied Regeneration.

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Liveblog of the WowChakra Shadowlands Interview with Ion Hazzikostas

WowChakra is interviewing Ion Hazzikostas on their Twitch stream about Shadowlands! We'll be liveblogging the interview and summarizing important answers in this post.

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Legendaries, Professions, Torghast, and Heritage Armor - WowChakra Shadowlands Interview with Ion Hazzikostas

WowChakra is interviewing Ion Hazzikostas on their Twitch stream about Shadowlands! Check out our summary of the interview if you missed it, covering legendaries, professions, Torghast, Heritage Armor and more.

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New Upcoming BFA Buff Coming Soon Which Focuses on Alt Catch Up - Legendary Cloak, Corruption

In today's WowChakra interview, Ion Hazzikostas announced that the next buff to replace the Impressive Influence Reputation buff will have a focus on making it easier to get your alts caught up.

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Wowhead Weekly #230 - Special Guest Towelliee Discussing Shadowlands Interviews and Customization

For Wowhead Weekly #230, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Shadowlands alpha updates, including new customization options and recent dev interviews, along with special guest Towelliee.

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Blizzard Response to Torments in Torghast - Not to Make Torghast Time-Constrained, Feedback Wanted

Blizzard has published a blue post about the controversial Torments that were added in Torghast in yesterday's build. In the post, they've clarified the intent of Torments, while requesting feedback about how the current Torments feel.

Classic Layering Being Disabled Today for US Realms - Transfer Restrictions Staying

Blizzard has published a blue post announcing that Layers are being disabled in Classic for US realms. Layers were re-enabled a couple of weeks ago to fight long queue times.

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Blizzard Responds to Shadowlands Paladin Feedback - Blessing of the Seasons, Shield of the Righteous, Ashen Hallow

Blizzard has responded to Paladin feedback in Shadowlands, discussing Blessing of the Seasons, Word of Glory, Ashen Hallow, Shield of the Righteous, and Seraphim + Inquisition.

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May 14th Hotfixes - Enchanter's Umbral Wand Vendor Price

Blizzard has updated the hotfix blog with a rather strange change - adjusting the vendor price of the Enchanter's Umbral Wand.

Initial Shadowlands Character Customization Options Now Available in Dressing Room

We're happy to announce that Wowhead's Shadowlands Dressing Room now supports the initial character customization options for several races, including human face shapes, Undead pink hair, and more!

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Last Weekend for the Impressive Influence Reputation Buff

This is your last weekend to grind factions with the massive +100% reputation buff, Impressive Influence. If you're still missing Pathfinder or exalted reputations, you won't want to miss this buff!

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Shadowlands Torghast Interview with Paul Kubit

Polygon interviewed World of Warcraft senior game designer Paul Kubit yesterday. Although it's a somewhat short interview, the two main topics discussed are legendary items and Torghast being designed to suit all players, rather than specifically as a solo or group activity.

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Arathi Basin Battleground Recreated in Minecraft

Minecraft has always been used as a medium for people to recreate buildings and other fun things, often in a grandiose scale. Redditor MooshPMC recreated the Arathi Basin battleground!

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34365 Datamining Recap - Customization Options, Mail Maw Raid Set

Several days ago, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34365 hit, with several new armor sets and tons of customization options. As the datamining has wound down, we're recapping all of Wowhead's earlier Alpha discoveries in one post so you can find things easily.

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A Redditors Plea & The Overwhelming Impact of RMT in Chinese WoW

A plea on Reddit, titled Please Help Us & Save WOW in China, has garnered significant attention over the dominating prevalence of real money transactions and advertisements on Chinese World of Warcraft servers.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 125 | Profession Pairing & Brutosaur Success Stories

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up discusses effective profession pairings and some success stories from players that have ground out the gold for the Brutosaur!

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Early Look at Shadowlands Alpha Pet Battle Changes

Shadowlands is looking to be a pet battle game-changing expansion. A lot of abilities and combinations we've got used to using over the years will likely have their strategies changed and you may see yourself using completely different pets come Shadowlands.

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Handclaw's Heritage Armor Fan Concepts for Every Class and Race

Graphic designer Handclaw finished a years long project creating over 200 class armor sets for each race in World of Warcraft. Similar to heritage armor they marry the themes of racial heritage with class design, drawing inspiration from iconic characters such as Blackhand.

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Recap Build 34365 - Covenant Abilities, Anima Powers, Blade Flurry GCD Discussion

Last week, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34365 hit, with more class and spell changes. This includes new and updated Anima Powers, including the first look at Death Knights, Monk and Hunter powers. In addition, some specs received changes to their Covenant Abilities and base spells!

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New Deluxe Sylvanas Statue From Beast Kingdom Available for Pre-Order

Beast Kingdom has opened up pre-orders for a new Sylvanas statue, this one more elaborate than their previous one revealed.

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Upcoming Corruption and Legendary Cloak Changes - Choose Your Corruption for Echoes of Ny'alotha

Blizzard has announced an upcoming change to Corruption and the Legendary cloak to make it easier to acquire.

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Buy Rank 3 Essences Now - Echoes of Ny'alotha Costs Increasing Soon

Coming soon with the Corruption Vendor update, Blizzard is making Echoes of Ny'alotha drop in higher quantities but also increasing the costs of Rank 3 Essences to accommodate the upcoming Corruption Vendor. If you want to buy any more Rank 3 Essences, you should buy them now!

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May 18th Hotfixes - Echoes Changes with Weekly Reset, But Corruption Vendor Not Available

In their hotfix blog, Blizzard has released details on the Echoes of Ny'alotha changes announced earlier today. It looks like the Corruption Vendor will not be available this reset.

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Community Concerns Regarding Large Amounts of Saved Echoes of Ny'alotha for a Corruption

With today's announcement of the upcoming Corruption Vendor, many players have expressed concerns over their inability to obtain any Echoes of Ny'alotha on their mains while others have tens of thousands of Echoes of Ny'alotha stored on their characters. The current issues seem to have some distinct parallels to the Wakening Essence currency issues that arose near the end of Legion.

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Blizzard Confirms Corruption Vendor Coming Later This Reset, Not Today

While the Echoes of Ny'alotha and legendary cloak changes are now live for NA, Blizzard has confirmed that the Contaminant corruption items are coming later this week, likely in the next day or two.

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 77

With the Weekly Reset on May 19th (NA) / 20th (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 77.

Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madness for May 19th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week and many players will be participating in Horrific Visions this week for Echoes of Ny'alotha. This week, Split Personality has returned once again and it's comboed with Leaden Foot in the Lost areas.

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Big Reputation Gains with World Quest Bonus Event and Impressive Influence Buff Overlapping

The World Quest Bonus Event is here for the week, overlapping with the Impressive Influence reputation buff that has not been turned off. With both buffs stacking, you can earn large amounts of reputation from Legion and BFA factions.

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How to Obtain Echoes of Ny'alotha - New Echoes of Ny'alotha Values

The Echoes of Ny'alotha drop rate has been increased by 5 times today on NA servers (EU tomorrow) and players have started to acquire the currency for when the Corruption Vendor goes live. Find out how to obtain Echoes of Ny'alotha and how much each source gives!

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Impressive Influence Reputation Buff Extended Through May 21st

The Impressive Influence reputation buff is now extended through May 21st, giving players several days of massive rep gains with the World Quest Bonus Event overlap.

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Corruption Vendor: Preserved Contaminants on Sale for May 19th - May 22nd

The Corruption Vendor is live! We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for May 19th through May 22nd which includes a Masterful and Expedient Preserved Contaminant!

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Upcoming Gushing Wound Nerf on Next Weekly Reset

Blizzard has announced that they will be nerfing Gushing Wound on the next weekly reset. Blizzard states that Gushing Wound is the most efficient Corruption but they previously left it as is because of how rare it was.

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Items Cleansed Recently Can Be Corrupted - Older Items Cannot

Blizzard has announced that new items you cleanse are able to be re-corrupted.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Developer Update - Matchmaking System Details

Blizzard has released a large developer update detailing their roadmap for Warcraft III: Reforged features, including many specifics on the revamped Matchmaking system.

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Azeroth Map Created in Walnut and Resin

Reddit user whengeekscraft has created an Azeroth map laser cut in Walnut wood and covered in epoxy resin!

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Player Levels to 60 Only Killing Boars in Classic WoW, Inspired by South Park

A player in Classic WoW has finally gone through the same journey to level cap as the South Park children once did. YouTuber Dr Five managed to level all the way to level 60 only by killing boars!

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Tooltip Corruption State Weakaura - Know if Gear Has Been Purified for the Corruption Vendor

Have you forgotten which pieces of your old pieces of gear dropped corrupted and which have been cleansed? Arcinde has released a weakaura on Wago that will let you know if an item is "Pristine" or "Purified".

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Improved Boneless Undead Customization in Latest Shadowlands Alpha Build

The boneless option for Undead character customization has been improved in the latest Shadowlands alpha build.

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Support Bloodmallet's Patreon for Personalized Character Charts

Bloodmallet, long known for their upgrade charts showing the comparative benefits of Azerite, Essences, Corruption, and more, is looking into expand into personalized charts customized for your specific character. They're founding a company and expanding for this complex feature, and need your Patreon support!

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Warcraft III: Reforged PTR Patch Notes 1.32.6 - Large Amount of Balance Changes

The Warcraft III: Reforged PTR realms are coming up for the first time and there's a huge amount of balance changes!

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Upcoming Hotfix that Allows you to Corrupt Season 4 Crafted Items

Blizzard has announced that you will soon be able to corrupt your Season 4 crafted items.

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May 20th Hotfix - Season 4 Crafted Items Can Corrupt Via Preserved Contaminants

Blizzard has announced that you will soon be able to corrupt your Season 4 crafted items using Preserved Contaminants. Edit: this has been added to the hotfix blog.

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World of Warcraft Community Crafting Highlights

We're highlighting some of the recent craftsmanship showcasing the community's love of all things Warcraft!

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Blizzard's Oribos Shadowlands Zone Preview

Blizzard has just released a blog post previewing Oribos, the main hub zone in Shadowlands!

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Upcoming Hotfix - ReCorrupt Previously Cleansed Items

In keeping with yesterday's news regarding adding corruptions to recently cleansed items, Blizzard is planning to apply a hotfix which also allows previously cleansed items to be re-corrupted as well!

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Arena World Championship 2020 Trailer

The Arena World Championship 2020 begins on Friday, May 22nd with the first EU cup and Blizzard has released their AWC 2020 Trailer!

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New Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands 4k Digital Backgrounds Available

Blizzard has released several new wallpapers in 4k, showcasing locations from around Azeroth and the upcoming Shadowlands expansion. Be sure to follow the links to view and download the full images!

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34490 Premable - New Customizations, New Mounts

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34490 datamining has begun and we're starting with Preamble which includes new customizations, mounts and more!

Creature Models from Shadowlands Alpha Build 34490

Preview of the new creature models from the latest Shadowlands alpha build, including Maw Giant Fire.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34490 Class and Spell Changes - New DK & Paladin Anima Powers

Class and spell changes for Shadowlands Alpha build 34490 which includes many new Anima Powers including many more Death Knights Powers and our first look at Paladin Anima Powers!

Death Knights Now Available for Testing in Torghast - New Wings Available

Death Knights, having received anima powers in the previous build, are now available for testing in Torghast, leaving only Rogue and Paladin ineligible to queue for the activity on the Shadowlands Alpha. Additionally two new cell blocks have been added: The Upper Reaches, and Mort'regar.

New Undead Shadowlands Customizations - Customizable Decay Levels

Undead characters have received more new character customizations in the most recent Shadowlands alpha build. You are now able to change the decay level of your Undead character!

Transmog Each Shoulder Separately in Shadowlands

Shadowlands may offer a new degree of transmog customization--the ability to transmog each shoulder separately.

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New Blood Elf Female Character Customizations - Necklaces, Hairstyles, Earrings, Ear Size

Blizzard added more Blood Elf Female character customization options including necklaces, hairstyles, and earrings.

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PvP Vendor and Item Upgrade Vendor Located in Oribos - First Look

Oribos has been released on the Shadowlands Alpha and inside the new capital city are the new PvP vendors, as well as a special Item Upgrade Vendor that can be used to upgrade PvP gear!

New Void Elf Eye Color Customization Options Including Blue Eyes

We've datamined new eye colors for Void Elf characters in Shadowlands, including blue eyes.

Shadowlands Alpha Encounter Journal for Build 34490

The encounter Journal has been updated for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34490, including updated boss descriptions for the Plaguefall dungeon and additional information on the final boss of the Castle Nathria raid.

Shadowlands Oribos Preview - Layout, Locations, PvP Vendors, Portal Room, Profession Trainers

In this post, we will preview the layout and visuals of Shadowlands' main hub, Oribos. Oribos will be the center of attention during Shadowlands, hosting trainers, portals, PvP vendors, and more. Below you can find all options currently present in the location.

New Blood Elf Male Character Customizations - Hairstyles, Facial Hair, Ear Size

Blizzard added more Blood Elf Male character customization options including hairstyles, ear size, and facial hair.

Shadowlands Database Updated for Build 34490 - New Items, Crafting, and NPCs

Our Shadowlands database is now updated with even more new weapons, armor, items, NPCs, and more. Take a look and see what you can find!

Shadowlands Alpha Torghast Notes for May 21st - Torment Nerf, Skeletal Cauldrons Can Be Destroyed

Blizzard has posted update notes for Torghast on the Shadowlands Alpha including a nerf to two torments, allowing the Skeletal Cauldrons to be destroyed, nerfing Skeletal remains, and more!

New Mail Ardenweald Covenant Armor Set

We've datamined an additional Mail Ardenweald Covenant armor set.

Shadowlands Leather Maw Raid Set Update - Shoulders Added

The Shadowlands Leather Maw Raid set has received some updates in the recent build such as shoulder models. While this set is still missing a few pieces, we wanted to present an updated preview.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for May 21st, 2020 - Preserved Contaminants Usable on All Cleansed Items

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for May 21st, 2020 which includes the ability to use Preserved Contaminants usable on any cleansed item, a bug fix with the Legendary Cloak active and more!

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Shadowlands Dressing Room Character Customization Build 34490 - Blood Elves, Undead Decay

The latest Shadowlands alpha build added many character customization options, and we're happy to share most of them are also now available in Wowhead's Shadowlands Dressing Room.

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Rextroy's 115 Million Damage One Shot Exploit

Already infamous for soloing raid bosses and discovering creative combinations of mechanics, Rextroy has uncovered (and reported) a brand new exploit allowing him to one shot Wrathion, the Black Emperor inside Ny'alotha, dealing 115 million damage in a single hit!

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(NA) Last Chance to Buy Expedient III and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Expedient III, Masterful II and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which should occur tonight at 8:00 PM PDT / 11:00 PM EDT for NA Servers. We're not sure when these corruptions will return, so if you want them, it's time to buy them now!

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Infinite Stars Tooltip Bugged - Damage Still Scales with Item Level of Corrupted Item

The Infinite Stars Tooltip appears to be bugged and showing its old damage values of when it scaled off of Attack and Spell Power. In practice, Infinite Stars appears to function the same, with its damage scaling off of the Item Level of the Corrupted Item.

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Corruption Vendor: Preserved Contaminants on Sale for May 22nd - May 25th

The first Corruption Vendor flip has occurred on NA servers with the EU vendor flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for May 22nd through 25th which includes Versatile III and Siphoner II.

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World of ArtCraft Community Creations: Custom Characters, Elwynn Forest D&D, and Sexy Sethrak

Today we're showcasing some of the amazing art coming out of the community. Artists are just as varied as their creations, each with their own unique style and theme, but they all share one thing in common - their love of World of Warcraft, represented in these great pieces!

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Mists of Tirna Scithe: Shadowlands Alpha Dungeon Preview

A preview of the Mists of Tirna Scithe, a new dungeon in the Shadowlands alpha. This dungeon is located in Ardenweald, home of the Night Fae Covenant.

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Class Guides Update - Best Corruptions to Buy for Every Specs

With the addition of the new Corruption Vendor, our Class Writers have updated our Corruption guides with information about which Preserved Contaminants you should purchase for your characters.

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DesMephisto's New Speed Leveling Record - 5 Hours 36 Minutes to Level 50 in Shadowlands

DesMephisto has hurtled through the Shadowlands Alpha leveling process once again, taking a new character from level 10 to 50 in just 5 hours and 37 minutes, shaving about 1:20 off their previous 7 hour record.

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Shadowlands Alpha State of Resto Druid - Lackluster GCDs, Spell Changes, Covenant Abilities

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Resto Druid in the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing lackluster GCDs, spell changes, covenant abilities, the new leveling perks and more for the class!

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Returning to Azeroth: A Quick Guide to Upgrading the Legendary Cloak, Running Horrific Visions, Mastering Assaults, and Navigating the Corruption System

A quick and dirty guide to upgrading the Legendary Cloak, running Horrific Visions, mastering Assaults, and navigating the Corruption System for players returning in patch 8.3.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 126 | Garrison Flowchart, Corrupted Items & BoE Marke

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up discusses ways to make money with your Garrison and how the Corrpution vendor may impact the BoE economy.

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World of Warcraft Cosmology with Nobbel87

For this month's lore spotlight with Nobbel87, we are looking at the cosmology of World of Warcraft and how it could impact future stories.

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Recap Build 34490 - New Paladin and Death Knight Anima Powers

Last week, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34490 hit, with more class and spell changes. This includes new anima powers for Paladin and Death Knight and a small change to the Blessing of Seasons Covenant ability for Paladins.

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World of Warcraft Wallpapers Rendered in 3D using AI

Redditor u/Allakatter used AI to render 2D World of Warcraft wallpapers in 3D video, adding a new layer of depth to these already beautiful images.

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Rextroy Uses PvP Scaling System to One-Shot Horde on a Naked Paladin

Rextroy continues to have fun finding creative ways to deal massive amounts of damage. In the latest video, he takes advantage of the PvP scaling system that allows players with worse gear to deal more damage, one-shotting enemy players with a naked Paladin.

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Wowhead Weekly #231 - Blood Elf Customization, Corruption Vendors

For Wowhead Weekly #231, Annie and Perc discuss the latest BFA and Shadowlands news, including the Corruption vendor and updated Blood Elf customization options.

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Choose Your Druid Bear and Cat Form Racial Tints on Character Creation Screen, Possible Tattoo Customization (Speculation)

The recent Shadowlands alpha build added character screen customization categories for Druid Bear Form and Cat Form. It looks like you'll be able to choose your Druid racial form appearance on the character creation screen, and we also look at some speculative data that tattoos could also be tied to Druids.

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Last Chance to Buy Versatile III and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Versatile III and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which will occur on the Weekly Reset in each region. We're not sure when these corruptions will return, so if you want them, it's time to buy them now!

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Corruption Vendor: Preserved Contaminants on Sale for May 26th - May 29th

Another Corruption Vendor flip has occurred on NA servers with the EU vendor flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for May 26th through 29th which includes Severe II!

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for May 26th

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind is back this week and there's no Split Personality in the Lost Areas!

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 80

With the Weekly Reset on May 26th (NA) / 27th (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 80.

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There Won't be a BlizzCon in 2020 - Possible Virtual Event Early 2021

Blizzard has officially announced that there won't be an edition of BlizzCon in 2020 in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. However, they are planning an event for early 2021 to have in its place.

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Shadowlands Mount Preview - Ardenweald Flying Unicorn

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Ardenweald Horse, a unicorn that can fly.

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Fan-made Allied Race Eye and Skin Color Customization Concept Art

Redditor Silverleaf2520 has come up with new fan-made eye and skin color concepts for the Void Elf, Lightforged Draenei, Nightborne, and Highmountain Tauren Allied Races.

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Chromie Time Preview - Choose an Expansion to Level Your Alts in Shadowlands

Old World leveling is being revamped with the Shadowlands Level squish. With Chromie Time, you can choose which expansion you want to level your alts at levels 10-50!

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Shadowlands Reveal Event on June 9th 9am PDT with Ion Hazzikostas and John Hight

Blizzard is hosting a Shadowlands reveal event on June 9th, providing a look at some new content in development.

Gushing Wound Corruption Nerf - Delayed Until Next Week's Reset

Blizzard encountered issues with the previously announced Gushing Wound nerf and it was not applied on this week's reset, but it will be applied on the week of June 2 (US)/3 (EU).

Blood Elves and Void Elves Will Get Blue Eyes in Shadowlands - Blizzard Preview of Customization Options

Blizzard has previewed Void Elf and Blood Elf customization options coming in Shadowlands, including blue eyes.

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May 27th Hotfixes - N'Zoth the Corruptor Spike Tentacle Targeting

Blizzard has updated their hotfix blog with a change to the final N'Zoth encounter, making the Spike Tentacle adds spread out their damage rather than frequently cast against the same target.

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Mistweaver Monk in Shadowlands Alpha - Lackluster GCDs, Minimal Talent Changes, Mastery Issues

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Mistweaver Monk in the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing lackluster GCDs, the lack of talent changes, covenant abilities, mastery issues and more!

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Fist of Justice Hotfix Coming Soon

Blizzard has identified a fix for the First of Justice bug that was causing its cooldown reduction to be more than intended.

Upcoming Black Lotus and Warsong Gulch Hotfixes

Blizzard has announced several upcoming hotfixes for WoW Classic, focused on improving the spawn rate of Black Lotus and hindering WSG exploits.

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Updated Classic Character Transfer Restrictions - May 28th Update

Blizzard has updated their Classic Character Transfer Restrictions to add a few new realms to both EU and US lists. These restrictions have been put in place in an effort to control the population growth of the largest realms.

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Ineffable Truth Cooldown Reduction Nerf - What Classes Will This Affect?

Blizzard has announced they will be fixing a bug with Ineffable Truth, so that flat cooldown reduction effects will not benefit from effects that increase your cooldown rate. The Blue Post specifically mentions Paladin's Hand of Justice talent but this will nerf any class that uses Ineffable Truth and has an ability that reduces the cooldown of another ability by a flat amount.

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Ion Hazzikostas Tweets About Ineffable Truth Nerf - May Only Affect Interaction with Fist of Justice

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas has replied to some concerns on Twitter about the Ineffable Truth nerf, stating that Blizzard's focus is on the interaction between Ineffable Truth and Fist of Justice, and the team is looking into other specs to make sure they don't break other playstyles like Fire.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for May 28th - Preserved Contaminant Can be Applied to Weekly Rated PvP Items

Patch 8.3 hotfixes for May 28th include the ability for Preserved Contaminant and Gouged Eye of N’Zoth to be applied to items acquired from weekly rated PvP quests.

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Exploring Bastion with Polygon, Featuring Steve Danuser and Johnny Cash

Polygon released a short Bastion teaser, highlighting the first Shadowlands leveling zone along with a few a insights from [i]World of Warcraft[/i] lead narrative designer Steve Danuser and senior game designer Johnny Cash. While there isn't much that we haven't already seen or heard, the article brings up a few provocative talking points.

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Wrath of the Lich King Server Blades On Sale in China

Blizzard is releasing a limited amount of World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King server blades in China.

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Last Chance to Buy Severe II and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Severe II and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which will occur at 8:00 PM Pacific on NA servers and later on EU servers. We're not sure when these corruptions will return, so if you want them, it's time to buy them now!

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Warcraft III: Reforged PTR Changes - Crypt Lord, Pendant of Energy, Breath of Frost

Blizzard has posted some changes coming soon to Warcraft III: Reforged as a result of PTR testing, focused on Crypt Lord, Pendant of Energy, and Breath of Frost.

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Ion Hazzikostas Tweets About Blood Elf / Void Elf Blue Eyes in Shadowlands

Ion Hazzikostas has tweeted about the decision to add blue eyes as customization options for Blood Elves and Void Elves in Shadowlands.

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Classic Second Layer Returns to Herod and Whitemane May 29th

Blizzard has announced that the US realms Herod and Whitemane will be receiving a second layer today, in order to fight high queue times in peak hours.

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New Warcraft Short Story “A Moment in Verse” - Lor'themar and Thalyssra

Blizzard has released a new short story, "A Moment in Verse," exploring the relationship between Lor'themar and Thalyssra.

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New Arthas Lich King Figurine On Sale from Beast Studios and Blizzard

Beast Kingdom, in collaboration with Blizzard, has opened up pre-orders for a new Arthas Lich King figurine.

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Corruption Vendor: Preserved Contaminants on Sale for May 29th - June 2nd: Twilight Devastation II, Expedient II

We now have our 4th set of Corruptions on the Vendor in the NA region with the EU flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for May 29th through June 2nd which includes Expedient II, Twilight Devastation II and more!

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Level 10 to 50 in Under 4 Hours with Warlords of Draenor on the Shadowlands Alpha

DesMephisto has set a new leveling record, going from 10 to 50 in [b]3 hours and 37 minutes[/b] in [i]Warlords of Draenor[/i] using Chromie Time. While the new expansion choosing feature is definitely incomplete and there's likely a lot of level up tuning to be done, it's a great chance to experience leveling up through those previous expansions.

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Shadowlands Character Customization Guides for All Races

Many races will receive character customization updates in the Shadowlands expansion, and with the recent Blood Elf eye news, we thought it was a good time to share our customization guides we've put together for all races. As customization options for each race are added over the course of many alpha builds, it can be hard to keep track of the complete list of customization options, so we've created these guides compiling all the new options.

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Stranglethorn Vale in Unreal Engine 4

3D artist and ambient music fan Darek Zahálka has recreated the jungle zone of Stranglethorn Vale in Unreal Engine 4.

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Heroic Ny'alotha Full Clear with 29 Fire Mages

Today Method's Scrype hosted a pug Heroic Ny'alotha run with 29 Fire Mages (and a Vengeance DH tank). The run was organized to show how fast Fire Mages can burst bosses down.

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Returning to Azeroth: A Quick Guide to Using Your Heart of Azeroth and Applying Essences

A quick overview of the The Heart of Azeroth and Essences and how to use them, for players returning to World of Warcraft in patch 8.3.

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Shadowlands Lore and the Audio Visual Design of Bastion with SAGamer

SA Gamer has published an amazing deep dive into both Shadowlands lore elements, as well as the audio and visual design which brings Bastion to life. Joined by senior game designer Johnny Cash, as well as a host of sound and art designers, the article provides a great deal of insight regarding the thought process behind the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 127 | Spreadsheets, Bank Alts & Raw Gold

The latest WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up discusses longboi spreadsheets, bank alt management, and raw gold farming in Mists of Pandaria.

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WoW Esports Twitter Teases Mystery WoW Classic Esports Event

The WoW Esports twitter account has teased a potential official WoW Classic event.

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Classic Molten Core Full Clear with 40 Shaman

Today in Classic WoW, 40 Shamans from the EU/RU server Змейталак (Wyrmthalak) have gathered together to defeat Molten Core. Congratulations to them!

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Shadowlands Mount Preview - Maldraxxus Chimera Flying Mount

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Maldraxxus flying mount, a chimera.

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When Will Specific Corruptions Return? - Possible Datamined Corruption Vendor Rotation

Versatile III, Expedient III and other popular corruptions have already left the vendor and many players have wondered when they will reappear on MOTHER. Based on some datamining from Dorovon, it may be possible to predict when corruptions will return to MOTHER's inventory.

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Wowhead Weekly #232 - Blue Eye Customization Options, No BlizzCon 2020

For Wowhead Weekly #232, Annie and Perc discuss the latest BFA and Shadowlands news, including no BlizzCon in 2020, confirmed blue eye customization options for elves, and an upcoming Shadowlands announcement on June 9th.

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Ineffable Truth Cooldown Reduction Bug No Longer Being Changed

Blizzard has announced that the upcoming Ineffable Truth cooldown reduction bug that would have affected Fist of Justice and classes like Holy Priest will no longer be changed due to a review of the various interactions at play.

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Last Chance to Buy Twilight Devastation II, Expedient II and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Twilight Devastation II, Expedient II and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which will occur at 8:00 AM Pacific on NA servers and later on EU servers.

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Corruption Vendor Preserved Contaminants on Sale for June 2nd - 5th: Severe III

We now have our 5th set of Corruptions on the Vendor in the NA region with the EU flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for June 2nd through 5th which includes Severe III!

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for June 2nd

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week and Split Personality has returned once again comboed with Haunting Shadows in the Lost areas.

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 83

With the Weekly Reset on June 2nd (NA) / 3rd (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 83.

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Kill World Boss Dunegorger Kraulok This Week for Chance at Alpaca Mount

Dunegorger Kraulok is the world boss up in Vol'dun for the week, and new to 8.3, drops an alpaca mount.

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Shadowlands Mount Preview - Revendreth Epic Death Warg Mount

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Revendreth Epic Death Warg mount.

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Warcraft III: Reforged Patch Notes: Costs of Hero Ultimate Abilities, Mercenary Camp Updates

Blizzard has posted patch notes for the latest Warcraft III: Reforged balance update, including changes to the costs of hero ultimate abilities.

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Patch 8.3 Hotfixes for June 2nd - Gushing Wound Nerf

June 2nd hotfixes include the already-announced nerf to Gushing Wounds and a bugfix for the lockout time of interrupted spell schools that increased when Ineffable Truth ended.

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Preserved Contaminant Simulations - Find your Best Corruptions with Raidbots

In order to help you to visualize the impact of the Preserved Contaminants System, today we will highlight a new feature added to Raidbots's Top Gear tool. This feature allows players to select corruptions they don't currently own to measure their impact on their DPS.

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Speedrunning Raids in Classic WoW

In WoW Classic, players that want to challenge themselves in PvE content have turned to speedrunning raids. Today, we'll take a closer look at the speedrunning scene, some basics to get players started, and what top Guilds are doing!

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Blizzard's Night Fae Covenant and Ardenweald Shadowlands Zone Preview

Blizzard has released an official preview of the Ardenweald zone, one of the new leveling zones in Shadowlands that is tied to the Night Fae covenant.

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Blizzard Comments on Fire Mage Ignite Spreading on Shadowlands Alpha - Phoenix Flames Baseline

Blizzard has commented on Fire Mage's Ignite spreading on the Shadowlands Alpha, making Phoenix Flames baseline to help fill the role.

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Rextroy One-Shots Drest'agath with 39 Million Damage Stormstrike

Rextroy has one-shot another Ny'alotha boss! Drest'agath has fallen with a 39 Million Damage Stormstrike.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 New UI Elements - Weekly Reward, Kyrian Soulbinds

A new Shadowlands Alpha build is in progress and we're starting with new UI elements of the Weekly Reward and Kyrian Soulbinds.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 Preamble and Strings

Premable for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 including new customization options, strings, scenarios and more!

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 Spells and Class Changes

Class and Spell changes for Shadowlands Alpha build 34615 including a change to Fire Mage's mastery Ignite, a buff to Paladin Glimmer of Light and some tuning changes. In addition, many new Anima Powers have been added including for Rogue!

New Claws of Ursoc Customization Coming for Bear Form - Shadowlands Build 34615

With today's Shadowlands Alpha build, Blizzard has added new UI elements to support selecting more Bear Form and Cat Form appearances, expanding the options added in previous builds. These new options include one that is likely your Legion Artifact one, meaning they will be adding support for those appearances for players that have unlocked them.

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Rogue and Paladin Now Available for Testing in Torghast - All Classes Now Eligible

Rogue and Paladin have received new anima powers and been made eligible for Torghast, finally allowing all classes to queue for the activity on the Shadowlands Alpha.

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Oribos Portals Added to the Stormwind and Orgrimmar Portal Rooms - Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615

Blizzard has added portals to Oribos in the Portal Rooms in Stormwind and Orgrimmar.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 Encounter Journal

Encounter Journal for Shadowlands Alpha build 34615.

Of particular note, the Castle Nathria Kael'thas Encounter has had it's name changed to Sun King's Salvation.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 Models - Arbiter Heart, Revendreth Death Warg MountSpecial

While there are no new models in today's alpha build, the Arbiter's heart and Revendreth Death Warg mount special have received updates.

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New Worgen Eye Player Customizations in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615

We've datamined new worgen eye customizations that appear to be available for player characters in Shadowlands Alpha build 34615.

Improved Character Creation Previews in Shadowlands

Character creation previews on the Shadowlands Alpha build have been enhanced, showcasing new weapons and armor, to give players a more exciting look at their future character.

Customize Your Druid Racial and Artifact Bear / Cat Form Tints on the Character Creation Screen in Shadowlands

Earlier we speculated that Druid Bear and Cat Form tints could be chosen on the character creation screen, both racial tints and artifact weapon tints. Now we have datamined the Druid form customization tints currently supported in the data. While this is a WIP, we can see that both Druid racial and artifact tints will be supported on the character creation screen, for multiple races, in Shadowlands!

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Updates to Torghast's Torment of the Tower Mechanic - Floor Soft-Timers Removed, Bonus Loot For Speed Clear

The Torghast's Torments of the Tower mechanic has been updated, removing the soft-timer from each floor, but adding bonus loot for a prompt completion of each boss. However, Torments of the Tower now appear to be permanent for the rest of your run.

Blue Eye Customization Options for Blood Elves and Void Elves - Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615

Overview of the blue eye options added for Blood Elves and Void Elves in Shadowlands alpha build 34615. The tints available to both races appear to be slightly different.

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Updated Mail Ardenweald Covenant Armor Set

The revamped Mail Ardenweald Covenant Armor set received a belt in Shadowlands alpha build 34615.

Shadowlands Ardenweald Zone Preview

Ardenweald is a domain of restoration tended by the mystic night fae. Within this eternal forest, massive dream trees draw in precious anima—the essence of souls that flows through the Shadowlands—to feed the spirits of nature awaiting rebirth into the cycle.

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Torghast, Tower of the Damned Patch Notes for Shadowlands Build 34615 - Removal of Timers from Torments

Blizzard has posted update notes for Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha including the removal of timers from Torments, the addition of the "Cosmetic-only" mode of Torghast and more!

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The Ardenweald Dreamer - Ysera's Story in Shadowlands (Story Spoilers)

Ysera was one of the datamined characters that we knew would appear at some point in Shadowlands. With the latest alpha build release, Ardenweald is now available for testing, and within the zone leveling storyline, Ysera has been found! Story spoilers.

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Shadowlands Dressing Room Character Customization Build 34615 - Dwarves, Blood Elf Ears and Skin

With Shadowlands Alpha build 34615, all Dwarf customization options including tattoos, as well as the remaining Blood Elf options including skin tone, have been added to the Shadowlands Dressing Room.

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Sulfuras and Ashbringer Weapons Recreated in Monster Hunter: World

Several iconic weapons from Warcraft lore have been recreated in Monster Hunter: World.

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Shadowlands Professions Optional Reagent Updates - Select All Secondaries, Bonuses Available in Every Slot

With this week's Alpha build, Blizzard did a minor revamp to the Optional Reagent System, adding new secondary stat slots and changing Bonus Effects.

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World Buffs Now Tracked in Classic Raid Logs

Blizzard has hotfixed in the ability to track the presence of world buffs at the start of raid encounters.

Upcoming Changes to Druid's Convoke the Spirits Covenant Ability on Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has announced some upcoming changes to the Druid Covenant Ability, Convoke the Spirits, in an upcoming Shadowlands Alpha build.

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New Torghast Anima Powers and Covenant-Specific Anima Powers in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 adds many new Anima Powers for Death Knights and Rogues, as well as covenant-specific anima powers for Shaman, Warlock, Warrior, and Demon Hunter.

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Shadowlands Reveal Event Planned for June 9th Postponed

Blizzard has announced they are postponing their Shadowlands reveal livestream planned for June 9th.

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Last Chance to Buy Severe III and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Severe III and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which will occur at 8:00 PM Pacific on NA servers and later on EU servers.

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Second Layer Added to Arugal and Faerlina Realms on Classic WoW

Blizzard has announced that they are adding a second layer to the Arugal and Faerlina realms on Classic WoW due to extended queues.

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Upcoming PvP Tuning Changes for June 9th - Versatile Corruption Nerfed in PvP

Blizzard has posted upcoming PvP Tuning changes that are coming in with the weekly maintenance on June 9th (NA) that nerfs the Versatile Corruption, some Trinkets, Azerite Essences and more!

Corruption Vendor Preserved Contaminants on Sale for June 5th - 9th: Masterful III

The 6th set of Corruptions is nowe on the Vendor in the NA region with the EU flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for June 5th through 9th which includes Masterful III. Fire Mages it's your time!

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Shadowlands Alpha State of Balance Druid - Eclipses, Starfall AoE, Covenant Abilities

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Balance Druid in the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing the eclipse system, the new starfall, Covenant abilities and more!

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The Gushing Wounds and Versatile Corruption Nerfs - A PvP Perspective

With the recent nerf to Gushing Wounds and the upcoming nerf to Versatile, many players will be wondering how this affects them. In this article, Joefernandes analyzes the impact these changes will have on PvP.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34365 Datamining Recap - Ardenweald, Torghast Timers Removed, Choose Both Secondary Stats on Crafted Armor

Several days ago, Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.34365 hit, with the zone of Ardenweald opening, Torghast timers removed, and the ability to choose both secondary stats on crafted armor. As the datamining has wound down, we're recapping all of Wowhead's earlier Alpha discoveries in one post so you can find things easily.

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Shadowlands Mount Preview - Decomposer Mount

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Decomposer mount.

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Shadowlands Profession, Recipe, and Optional Crafting Reagent Guides

Guides to all professions in Shadowlands, as well as the new optional reagent crafting system.

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Zeegers Sets New Speedrun World Record for Leveling 1-60 in WoW Classic (Real Time Aided Category)

WoW Classic streamer Zeegers just set a new speedrun world record for leveling 1-60 in 36 hours, classified under the Real Time Aided category. Congratulations!

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 128 | TSM 4.10 Alpha, Flipping Guide, Goblin Lingo

The latest economy update features a massive overhaul to TSM, a guide to basic AH flipping, and a glossary to confusing gold-making terms.

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Shadowlands Torghast Anima Power Guides for Every Class

Today we'd like to highlight a new collection of guides that we've recently published: our Anima Power guides for every class!

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Recap for Build 34615 - Many New Anima Powers, Fire Mage Phoenix Flames

Last week, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34615 hit, with more class and spell changes including adding Phoenix Flames baseline for Fire Mages, many new Anima Powers including those that affect Covenant abilities and more!

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Ardenweald Open, Shadowlands Blizz Stream Delayed

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the release of Ardenweald on the Shadowlands Alpha and the delay of Blizzard's Shadowlands stream.

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Woodworking Horde PC Tower by Zephryus

Players continue to exercise their creativity with WoW in a myriad of ways. This time around, woodworker Zephryus sent us pictures of his awesome home-made PC tower!

Upcoming Conflict & Strife Nerf June 9th - Versatility Defensive Benefit Bonus Halved

Blizzard has posted an update about the upcoming PvP nerfs. In addition to the announced changes, they will also be nerfing the Versatility bonus given by Conflict & Strife major. Instead of doubling the damage reduction from Versatility while stunned, it will now only increase it by 50%.

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Wowhead Weekly #233 - Ardenweald, Druid Form Customization, Profession Updates

For Wowhead Weekly #233, Annie and Perc discuss the latest BFA and Shadowlands news, including profession updates, Ardenweald opening on alpha, and selecting Druid form colors on the character creation screen.

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Blizzard Announces the World of Warcraft Classic Summer Bowl PvP Tournament

Blizzard has released a blue post talking about the first official PvP tournament in Classic WoW - the Summer Bowl. The Summer Bowl is a 10v10 Warsong Gulch tournament beginning on June 17, with teams in North America and Europe competing for a prize poll of USD $4,000 in each region.

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Best of MDI Fan Cinematic by IKedit

IKEdit, the creator of famous fan-made cinematics like Silithus: Extinction and the recreation of the Warcraft movie trailer using WoW assets, released the Best of MDI fan cinematic.

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June 8th Hotfixes - Shadowy Duel & Corrupted Gladiator's Breach

Blizzard has updated their hotfix blog with a couple of targeted changes, the Subtlety Rogue PvP talent Shadowy Duel is now a little less shadowy so that their opponent can actually see them, and the Corrupted Gladiator's Breach trinket portal is now easier to interact with.

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Last Chance to Buy Masterful III and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Masterful III and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which will occur at 8:00 AM Pacific on NA servers and later on EU servers.

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When Will Specific Corruptions Return UPDATE - Hotfix to Possible Corruption Vendor Rotation

We previously speculated on the upcoming Corruption Vendor rotation based on some datamining from Dorovon. We've found that these values have now been updated again, changing the date of which popular corruptions are speculated to return.

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Shadow Priest Issues in Shadowlands Alpha - Rotation, Talents, Covenant Abilities

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Shadow Priest and its issues on the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing the Shadow Priest rotation, talents, covenant abilities and more!

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Corruption Vendor Preserved Contaminants on Sale for June 9th - 12th: Gushing Wound

The 7th set of Corruptions is now on the Vendor in the NA region with the EU flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for June 9th through 12th which includes Gushing Wound!

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Horrific Vision of Stormwind Madnesses for June 9th

The Horrific Vision of Stormwind is back this week and there's no Split Personality or Entomophobia madness! It's a great week to do a 5 Mask Vision run.

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 86

With the Weekly Reset on June 9th (NA) / 10th (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 86.

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Classic Moonkin Madness - 40 Druids Attempt Molten Core

Following in the footsteps of their Shaman brethren, a group of 40 Druids from the Zandalar Tribe (EU RP-PvP) server attempted Molten Core yesterday and hilarity ensued. Described as a horror show of starfire and moonfire, the group contained an unprecedented 25 Balance Druids, along with 40 innervates, 40 battle resurrections, and the very handy increased movement speed while dead!

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Fan-Made Custom Model for Muradin Bronzebeard

Redditor SirThompshire has created a custom model for Muradin Bronzebeard, inspired by his official art and Reforged model.

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Rextroy Amassed Army of 300 Kul Tiran Guards to One-Shot the Horde

Rextroy is back with another creative in-game feat--this time he's amassed an army of 300 Kul Tiran guards to one shot Horde.

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Hotfixes for June 9 - Life Cocoon and Conflict and Strife PvP Nerfs, Classic Dragons of Nightmare Instant Spawn

Hotfixes for June 9th include previously announced nerfs for Life Cocoon and Conflict and Strife Major Azerite Essence for PvP, as well as a hotfix for Classic WoW where the Dragons of Nightmare could respawn shortly after their death.

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Holy Priest State in Shadowlands Alpha - Lackluster GCDs, Covenant Abilities, Toolkit Changes

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Holy Priest and its issues on the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing the lackluster GCDs, Covenant abilities, base toolkit changes and more!

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More Warcraft Clothing Recreated in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Roundup of some more Warcraft-themed clothing created by the community for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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The Increasing Impact of Botting and RMT in Classic WoW

Last month, we highlighted the increasingly dire situation regarding real money transactions (RMT), botting, and advertisements in the Chinese version of World of Warcraft. Yesterday redditor oldeasysleepyhero detailed how botting and RMT are flooding other regions of Classic WoW.

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Upcoming DPS Shaman Changes on Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has announced a large number of changes to the DPS Shaman specs coming to an upcoming build of the Shadowlands Alpha.

Upcoming Mage Changes to Shadowlands Alpha - 2 Charge Shimmer Returns

Blizzard has posted some information on upcoming mage changes to the Shadowlands Alpha, including reverting Shimmer to 2 charges but increasing its cooldown and more!

Upcoming Death Knight Changes to the Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has posted some upcoming Death Knight Changes to the Shadowlands Alpha including removing Rune Tap from the GCD and more!

Upcoming Warlock Changes to Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has posted some upcoming changes to Warlocks on the Shadowlands alpha, addressing concerns with pet summoning, Curse of Doom, and Affliction's single target rotation.

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The Cosmic Forces Cosmology Chart in Color

Last month we highlighted AJT2k19's exceptional remake of the World of Warcraft Chronicles Cosmology Chart, and today we have another great piece of art by redditor Talah. Where AJT2k19 opted for a complete update using the same base, Talah added color while retaining the base, emphasizing the details of the original art. The result is very eye catching!

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Arcane Mage State on Shadowlands Alpha - Delayed Burst, More Talent Choice, Covenant Abilities

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Arcane Mage and its issues on the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing Arcane's delayed burst, talents choices, covenant abilities and more!

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Blizzard's Necrolord Covenant and Maldraxxus Shadowlands Zone Preview

Blizzard has released an official preview of the Maldraxxus zone, one of the new leveling zones in Shadowlands that is tied to the Necrolord covenant. This undead-themed is the second zone players will level through in Shadowlands, after Bastion and before Ardenweald.

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Activision Blizzard Pledges $4 Million to Fight Against Systemic Inequality

Activision Blizzard issued a statement on Twitter, pledging several million in donations to the United Negro College Fund, the Equal Justice Initiative, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow, with a stated goal of raising $4 million for those organizations. Blizzard Entertainment quickly followed with a statement of further support, citing this was just the beginning.

Preamble for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714 - Customization Names, Global Strings

We have the preamble for Shadowlands alpha build 34714, including global strings and customization names.

Many Datamined Druid Form Character Customization Choices

The latest Shadowlands alpha build added many Druid form options under character customization choices. Some seem to make sense, like colors for Cat and Bear form, and adding options for Aquatic and Flight form. However, other new options seem totally wild, covering options for Naga and Skeleton forms.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714 - Spells and Class Changes

In this post, we go over the spell and class change for the latest Shadowlands alpha build.

Broken Helm of Domination Models - Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714

In Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714, we finally see in-game models for the shattered Helm of Domination, broken by Sylvanas during the Shadowlands Announcement Cinematic.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714 - Necrotic Wake Loading Screen, Icons

In this post, we go over the new art for loading screens and icons added in Shadowlands build 34714.

New Models for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714 - Draka Mount, Death Elemental Mount

Two new models are added in the most recent Shadowlands Alpha build - One being a mount that is seemingly tied to Draka, and another one being a Death Elemental Mount with 3 recolors.

Choose Your Druid Shapeshift Appearances in the Barber Shop - Artifact Forms

Blizzard has announced that Druids will be able to go to the Barber Shop to choose their Bear and Cat Form which includes using unlocked Artifact Appearances!

Druid Aquatic, Travel, and Flight Forms Customized in Shadowlands Barber Shop

The latest Shadowlands alpha build added options to customize Druid Aquatic, Travel, and Flight forms from the barber shop.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714 Encounter Journal - 10th Castle Nathria Boss

Encounter Journal for Shadowlands Alpha build 34714 which includes the 10th Castle Nathria boss!

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Shadowlands Talent Calculator and Database Updated for Build 34714 - New Items, Pets, and Covenant Mounts

Our Shadowlands talent calculator is updated with build 34714 class changes, and our database has a host of new items to preview, including new pets and covenant mounts!

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Tauren Female Shadowlands Character Customization Options Added in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714

New character customization options added for Tauren Female in Shadowlands Alpha build 34714, including new bangs, headdresses, and necklaces.

Tauren Male Shadowlands Character Customization Options Added in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714

New character customization options added for Male Tauren in Shadowlands Alpha build 34714, including hair fringe, headdresses, and necklaces.

New Class Animations in the Character Creation Screen in Shadowlands

More cosmetic improvements have been added to the character creation screen in the most recent Shadowlands Alpha build. Previously, armor previews for each class were added, and now they have new animations showcasing the class chosen!

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New Blood Elf Female Bracelet and Necklace Customization Options

Blizzard continues to experiment with Blood Elf female jewelry customization options, adding bracelet options in the latest build.

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"9.0 PvP Power" Spell Added in Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714

A "9.0 PvP Power" spell has been added in Shadowlands Alpha build 34714 which increases you primary stat by an amount equal to your PvP Power.

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Shadowlands Dressing Room Character Customization Build 34714 - Many Tauren Options, Blood Elf Jewelry

The latest Shadowlands alpha build added many character customization options, and the Tauren customization options and Blood Elf bracelets are now available in the Dressing Room.

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Ysera The Dreamer Sculpture by Julie Colibri

With the recent launch of Ardenweald on the Shadowlands alpha, it's the perfect time to share this Ysera the Dreamer Sculpture by Julie Colibri.

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Ardenweald Pod, Purple Vulpin, and More Mounts from Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714

Shadowlands alpha build 34714 added many new mount tints related to covenants or zones, including the Ardenweald Pod and Purple Vulpin.

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WoW Classic PTR 1.13.5 Patch Notes - Ahn'Qiraj, Threat API, Authenticator Bag Slots

Blizzard has posted the notes for the latest WoW Classic PTR, including Ahn'QIraj and the Scepter event open for testing, improvements to the threat API, and the ability to earn additional bag slots when attaching an authenticator.

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Oribos Transportation - Covenant Gateways

The latest Alpha build added new transportation options to the new capital city of Oribos in the form of Gateways to the Shadowlands realms.

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Last Chance to Buy Gushing Wounds and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Gushing Wound and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which will occur at 8:00 PM Pacific on NA servers and later on EU servers.

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Corruption Vendor Preserved Contaminants on Sale for June 12th - 16th

The 8th and final Corruption rotation is now on the Vendor in the NA region with the EU flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for June 12th through 16th.

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Fire Mage State on Shadowlands Alpha - Spell Changes, Covenant Abilities, and Combustion

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Fire Mage and its issues on the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing spell changes, Covenant abilities, Combustion and more!

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Shadowlands Alpha - Ardenweald Storyline Summary and Playthrough

Ardenweald is the third zone that players will level in Shadowlands, lasting from level 54 to 57. In this post, we have a plot summary for the Ardenweald storyline, as well as a full rundown of the quests you need to do to complete the leveling storyline in the zone! Story spoilers.

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Plaguefall: Shadowlands Alpha Dungeon Preview

A preview of Plaguefall, a new dungeon in the Shadowlands alpha. This dungeon is located in Maldraxxus, home of the Necrolord Covenant.

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Fire Mage State on Shadowlands Alpha - Spell Changes, Covenant Abilities, and Combustion

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Fire Mage and its issues on the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing spell changes, Covenant abilities, Combustion and more!

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Chinese Guild <Scary Maze> Defeats Mythic N'Zoth Without Mythic-Only Phase

The Chinese guild <Scary Maze> has defeated Mythic N'Zoth without entering the Mythic-only phase.

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Death Elemental Mount - Shadowlands Mount Preview

Today's Shadowlands Mount preview highlights the Death Elemental mount.

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Soloing Zul'Gurub Naked for Fun and Profit as a Paladin

Youtube Tedj is a Paladin main who has worked tirelessly to find the best way to farm gold in Classic WoW. After successfully solo farming Zul'Gurub trash, he decided to take it a step further and do the entire run naked!

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Vashj, Draka, and Mograine Cameos in Shadowlands (Story Spoilers)

BlizzCon 2019 teased cameo appearances from several important characters in WoW's past in Shadowlands. In the latest alpha build, we've met several of these characters! Story spoilers.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714 Datamining Recap - Maldraxxus, Tauren Customziation, Oribos Transportation

Several days ago, Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.34714 hit, adding Maldraxxus, Tauren customization options, a cool transportation visual when leaving Oribos, and class-specific animations on the character creation screen. As the datamining has wound down, we're recapping all of Wowhead's earlier Alpha discoveries in one post so you can find things easily.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 129 | Baiting Ethics, WorthIt & New Gold Makers

The latest economy update features how to set up WorthIt, an explanation of gold-baiting, and gold-making tips for new players.

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All Covenant Ability Spell Effect Visuals in Shadowlands

Images of all spell effects for covenant abilities coming in Shadowlands, including all class-specific covenant abilities.

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Protection Paladins' High DPS on Maut Due to Infinite Loop

An article that describes how the interaction between Protection Paladin's Holy Shield and Maut works causing very high DPS. It describes how they are gearing and what the damage log looks like.

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Shadowlands Alpha Class Changes Recap for Build 34714 - Warlock, Death Knight, Mage, Shaman

Last week, Shadowlands Alpha Build 34714 hit, with more class and spell changes including changes to Warlocks, Death Knights, Mages and DPS Shamans.

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Shadowlands Alpha - Maldraxxus Storyline Summary and Playthrough

Maldraxxus is the second zone that players will level in Shadowlands, lasting from level 52 to 54. In this post, we have a plot summary for the Maldraxxus storyline, as well as a full rundown of the quests you need to do to complete the leveling storyline in the zone!

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Using Party Sync in World of Warcraft to Play with Friends Regardless of Level

Blizzard has published an article detailing how you can use party sync to play with friends, regardless of their level.

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Method Acquires Weak Aura Repository Wago.io

Ora, webmaster of the extremely popular Weak Auras website Wago.io announced today that Method had acquired the website. No information was given regarding the details of the acquisition, though the post specifically cited the importance of the platform staying independent and offering new encryption options to ward off any concerns of impropriety.

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Wowhead Weekly #234 - Maldraxxus, Tauren Customization, Oribos Portal Animations

For Wowhead Weekly #234, Annie and Perc discuss the latest BFA and Shadowlands news, including character customization options for Tauren, Oribos transportation animations, and the new zone of Maldraxxus.

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Help Blizzard By Reporting Bots in Classic WoW Bluepost

Blizzard has published a blue post thanking players for their effort in reporting the increasing number of bots and RMT present in Classic WoW. They also reinforce that the best way to make sure bots are banned is always to report them in-game by right-clicking their portrait and reporting them for cheating.

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WoW Classic AQ Opening Event PTR Stress Test on June 18th

Blizzard is holding a stress test on the WoW Classic PTR to test the opening of Ahn'QIraj.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Maldraxxus, Tauren Customization, PvP Power Spell

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the release of Maldraxxus on the Shadowlands Alpha as well as the latest build updates like Tauren customization and new mounts.

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Bad Luck Protection Getting Added for Rank 4 Essences from Paragon Caches

Blizzard has announced that the drop rate of Rank 4 Essences will increase as you open more Paragon caches in an upcoming change. This change will also be retroactive to any Paragon caches that you've opened in the past!

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Banwan World First Solo Restless Cabal

We've another World First solo raid boss highlight to share, with Batwan successfully taking down The Restless Cabal on their Vengeance Demon Hunter. Citing over 400 solo boss kills, The Restless Cabal stands out as one of the most difficult, with Wan ranking the encounter 3rd in terms of difficulty due to the demanding DPS check while also surviving the encounter mechanics, going so far as to call it an absurd mix of DPS, survivability, strategy, and execution requirements.

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Feral Druid State on Shadowlands Alpha - Spell Changes, Covenant Abilities, Bloodtalons

Feedback and opinions on the state of Feral Druid on the Shadowlands Alpha including spell changes, covenant abilities, Bloodtalons and more!

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Corruption Vendor: Preserved Contaminants on Sale for June 16th - June 19th

The Corruption Vendor has started its second rotation which means that Expedient III is back! We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for June 16th through June 19th.

Additional Limit of 30 Instances Per Day Added in WoW Classic

Blizzard has announced a new limit has been added to WoW Classic of 30 instances per day which is in addition to the previous 5 instances per hour cap.

Full Corruption Vendor Rotation - When Will Preserved Contaminants Return to the Corruption Vendor?

Want to know when the Corruption that you need will return? With the Corruption vendor starting its second rotation and following previous speculation, we've provided the likely return date for each Corruption so that you can plan your Echoes of Ny'alotha.

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Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar Madnesses for June 16th

The Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar is back this week and Split Personality has returned once again comboed with Haunting Shadows in the Lost areas.

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Legendary Cloak Corruption Resistance Cap Increased to 89

With the Weekly Reset on June 16th (NA) / 17th (EU) the Legendary Cloak's Corruption Resistance will be increased to a maximum of 89. If you just hit a Rank 15 Cloak and start collecting Malefic Cores this week, you will catch up to other players when the cap is 122 Corruption Resistance.

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Preserved Contaminants and Legendary Cloak Updates - Blizzard Confirms Corruption Vendor Rotation

Blizzard has published a blog confirming the order of the corruption vendor rotation. There are also no planned improvements for updating the cloak after Rank 15 with Malefic Cores.

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Auction House Hotfix - Players Throttled For Using Addons to Run Many Queries

Blizzard has applied a hotfix to the Auction House which throttles players using addons to run huge amounts of queries. For power-users, the Auction House will now run slower.

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Mythic Battle of Dazar'alor Raid Skip Added - Go Directly to Jaina

Have you wanted to get the Glacial Tidestorm mount? A new NPC has been added to the beginning of Mythic Battle of Dazar'alor which allows you to skip directly to Mythic Jaina, makiing it much easier to acquire!

Upcoming 8.3.7 PTR Update

Blizzard is pushing an 8.3.7 update to the Public Test Realms, which won't contain any new featurs--just non-player facing changes for Shadowlands.

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Interview with Sebens, 12/12 Mythic Tank Who Plays Warcraft With No Hands

Today we present an interview with Sebens, a 12/12 Mythic tank who plays Warcraft without hands. He wanted to share his story and gaming setup with us to show that there are plenty of ways to achieve playing video games (or anything) with a disability.

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Wowhead Pride Pin & Fundraiser to Benefit The Trevor Project + more new pins!

This month we're excited to release four new collectible pins to the Wowhead Shop! Each of these four new pins are limited edition (we won't be making multiple runs) and are only for pre-order. We estimate shipments will be sent out by August 2020. If you include any non-pre-order items in your purchase they will be shipped with the pre-orders. Visit the shop directly to view everything available for sale. We've made efforts to reduce the cost of shipping for international customers and we've added first-class mail as a cheaper option, domestically, for orders weighing less than one pound. Without further ado...

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Five Consecutive Weeks of Timewalking Starting June 23rd

Blizzard has announced five consecutive weeks of Timewalking Holidays starting the week of June 23rd.

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Super Squirt Pet Battle Event Live for US on 17th of June

Super Squirt is live for US realms this Wednesday the 17th of June! Super Squirt is a rare occurrence that allows you to level battle pets very fast.

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Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Spells and Class Changes

In this article, we cover the spell and class changes for build 34821, including a number of Warlock and Warrior changes, including the return of Single Minded Fury!

Dual Wield One Handed Weapons - Single Minded Fury Warriors Return in Shadowlands

Today's Shadowlands alpha build includes a number of Warrior class changes, including the long requested return of Single-Minded Fury!

Encounter Journal for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Dungeons and Castle Nathria

We have the latest encounter journal for Shadowlands dungeon and Castle Nathria bosses, including more details on the Altimor the Huntsman fight.

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Database Updated for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Maw Lore, Stygia Crafted Items, Battle Pets

Our database is now updated for the latest Shadowlands alpha build which features new Maw Lore and crafted items, as well as more battle pets.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Preamble Changes - Change Color of Flashes to Fade to Black

In this article, we cover the preamble changes in build 34821.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Loading Screens and Icons

This build added new loading screens for Spires of Ascension, Darkmaul Citadel, and Bastion Arena. Plus it adds new icons for Night Fae covenant abilities, professions, and more.

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Night Elf Male Customization Options from Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Vines, Eyebrows, Hairstyles

New character customization options added for Male Night Elves in Shadowlands Alpha build 34821, including vines, eyebrow options, and hairstyles.

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Night Elf Female Customization Options from Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Vines, Necklaces, Headdresses

New character customization options added for Female Night Elves in Shadowlands Alpha build 34821, including vines, necklaces, and headdresses.

Ravager Tracks Targets and Uses Your Weapon in Shadowlands

The Warrior talent Ravager has received a couple nice quality of life updates on the Shadowlands alpha, now slowly tracking the nearest target and using the Warrior's weapon in place of a generic model. These changes come alongside a number of new Warrior class changes overhauling Arms and Fury talents, as well as the long awaited return of Single-Minded Fury.

Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Maps - The Maw, Sanguine Depths, Theater of Pain

Today's build finally adds a map for The Maw, plus updated maps for the Sanguine Depths and Teather of Pain dungeons.

Draenei Male Customization Options from Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Horn Decorations, Tail Size

New character customization options added for Male Draenei in Shadowlands Alpha build 34821, including hairstyles, horn decorations, and tail size.

Draenei Male Customization Options from Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Horn Decorations, Tail Size

New character customization options added for Male Draenei in Shadowlands Alpha build 34821, including hairstyles, horn decorations, and tail size.

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Draenei Female Customization Options from Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 - Tail Jewelry, Hairstyles

New character customization options added for Female Draenei in Shadowlands Alpha build 34821, including tail jewelry, horn decorations, and more hairstyles.

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Worgen Can Customize Their Human Form Separately in Shadowlands

In the latest Shadowlands Alpha build, Worgen characters are now able to customize their Worgen and Human forms separate from each other!

Druid Customizations at the Barber Shop on the Shadowlands Alpha

As previously announced, you can now change your Druid Forms at the Barber Shop in Shadowlands. We have a preview of the system on the Alpha.

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Torghast Update Notes for June 17th on the Shadowlands Alpha

Blizzard has posted update notes for Torghast, Tower of the Damned on the Shadowlands Alpha nerfing the Tower Sentinel's slow effect when far from the Sentinel.

Actions Taken to Address Exploitative Gameplay - Blizzard Suspends Over 74,000 Accounts

Blizzard continues to take actions to address exploitative gameplay such as botting, recently closing or suspending over 74,000 WoW accounts.

Actions Taken to Address Exploitative Gameplay - Blizzard Suspends Over 74,000 Accounts

Blizzard continues to take actions to address exploitative gameplay such as botting, recently closing or suspending over 74,000 WoW accounts.

Blizzard Significantly Reduces Auction House Throttling

Following the unpopular decision to throttle Auction House operations, today Blizzard announced they are significantly relaxing the throttle on the Auction House.

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Shadowlands Warlock Class Changes for June 17th

Blizzard has posted another round of Warlock changes on the Shadowlands alpha.

Shadowlands Warrior Class Changes for June 17 - Single Minded Fury, Arms Mastery Redesigned

Blizzard has published Warrior class changes, including the return of Single Minded Fury and Arms Mastery redesigned.

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June 17th Hotfixes - Auction House Throttle Reduced, Bad Luck Protection for Paragon/Worldvein Rank 4 Essences

Hotfixes for June 17th include bad luck protection added for Rank 4 Essences from Paragon Caches as well as Worldvein Resonance.

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Restoration Shaman State in Shadowlands Alpha - Battle Shaman, Earth Shield, Covenant Abilities

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Restoration Shaman on the Shadowlands Alpha, discussing Battle Shaman, Earth Shield, Covenant abilities, base toolkit changes and much more!

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De Other Side: Shadowlands Alpha Dungeon Preview

A preview of De Other Side, a new dungeon in the Shadowlands alpha. This dungeon is located in Ardenweald, home of the Night Fae Covenant.

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Reminder - Silithus Stress Test Today - Starts 3 PM Pacific

Blizzard is holding a stress test for Silithus today, to ensure a smooth opening to content coming in Phase 5 of Classic.

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Shadowlands Legendaries - Possible Runeforged Powers from Datamining

We've found some new spells that are likely Shadowlands Legendaries. These effects have been taken from old Legion Legendaries, Set Bonuses, Legion Artifact Traits, BFA Azerite Traits and Torghast Anima Powers!

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Bald Customization Options Added in Shadowlands Alpha

The latest Shadowlands alpha build adds bald customization options for many races on both male and female characters.

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Shadowlands Dressing Room Character Customization Build 34821 - Night Elf and Draenei

The latest Shadowlands alpha build added many character customization options to Wowhead's Dressing Room, including most of the new Night Elf and Draenei options.

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Felfire Festival - Hearthstone Topdecks Coverage

Looking for some more Warcraft-themed content? Check out Hearthstone's Felfire Festival, set in a zany version of the Burning Crusade with Outland and the Rusted Legion!

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Silithus Stress Test Ends with Elementals, Dragons, and Death Knights - Oh My!

Yesterday's Classic WoW Silithus stress test ended with a bang, spawning in world bosses, current raid bosses, and even a few guest appearances from Naxxramas! Players put up a fight and managed to defeat Emeriss before being overrun, though hundreds fell in the process.

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Blizzard Announces Actions to Support Black Community, Colleagues, And Partners

Blizzard President, J. Allen Brack, has published an article talking about actions to support the Black Community in Blizzard games.

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Classic WoW Hotfixes for June 19 - 40-Man Raids Unaffected by 30 Instances/day Limit

Blizzard has just released a blue post talking about the previously added limit of 30 dungeons per day, mentioning that 40-man raids will not affect this limit

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Last Chance to Buy Expedient III, Ineffable Truth I and Other Corruptions Before Vendor Refresh

This is your last chance to buy Expedient III, Ineffable Truth I and other corruptions before MOTHER's vendor refresh which will occur at 8:00 PM Pacific on NA servers and later on EU servers. These Corruptions will not return until July 14th.

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Silithus Stress Test Developer Feedback - New Test on June 25th

Blizzard published a bit of feedback regarding yesterday's Silithus stress test in preparation of Phase 5 and Ahn'Qiraj. Citing a similar experience to the original opening of Ahn'Qiraj in 2006, they acknowledged the issues and thanked players, while also announcing a new stress test on June 25th.

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Corruption Vendor: Preserved Contaminants on Sale for June 19th - 23rd

The second batch of Corruptions are now available on NA servers with the EU vendor flip happening in 16 hours. We've listed the currently available Preserved Contaminants and their costs for June 19th through 23rd which includes Versatile III.

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De Other Side Dungeon Lore - Bwonsamdi's Dimension In Shadowlands (Story Spoilers)

De Other Side is a new upcoming dungeon located in Ardenweald, known to be Bwonsamdi's domain in the Shadowlands. In this post, we go through bits of lore we learn in this new dungeon! Story spoilers.

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The Story of the First Night Warrior - Night Fae Campaign Preview - Spoilers!

A few weeks ago, while datamining, we've stumbled into a very interesting dialogue, which likely takes place during the Night Fae Covenant Campaign: The Story of the First Night Warrior. WARNING: STORY SPOILERS!!