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Gear Up Early in Shadowlands Dungeons - Shadowlands Gear Pages on Class Guides Updated

With Shadowlands in full swing, players everywhere are rushing to level 60 and binging dungeons in order to gear up as quickly as possible before the raid opens in just over a week. The help facilitate that grind, we've updated all of our Shadowlands DPS Class Gear guides!

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Maximize Your Sockets - Use Leviathan's Eye Gems in Shadowlands Gear

As we approach Shadowlands Season 1, it is important to highlight that Leviathan's Eye gems are still the best gems to be used by most specs. Leviathan's Eyes come from BFA Jewelcrafting and provide +18 primary stat instead of +16 secondary stat from Shadowlands gems. The only downside to this is that you can only equip one gem, as they are unique equipped.

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Sinrunner Blanchy Mount Easter Egg - Visit Old Blanchy in Westfall

Sinrunner Blanchy Mount Easter Egg - Visit Old Blanchy in Westfall

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Sound the Horn - Shadowlands Instagram Videos Including Kristian Nairn and Isaac H Wright

Blizzard has created a set of Instagram videos, Sound the Horn, featuring well-known personalities sounding a literal battle-horn to return to Warcraft. There's even a fun interaction between the actors who play Hodor and Bran in Game of Thrones!

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World of Warcraft Classic Patch Notes: Version 1.13.6

World of Warcraft Classic Version 1.13.6 December 1, 2020 Shadow of the Necropolis

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Most Popular Shadowlands Classes, Covenants, Items, and News on Wowhead - Week 1 of Expansion

It's been a week since Shadowlands launched, so we're looking at what content our site visitors looked up the most so far in Shadowlands. We'll highlight popular Shadowlands class guides, as well as fun items and tricky quests from our database.

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World First All Classes to Level 60 in Shadowlands

HeadyAF is the first player to level all classes to 60 in Shadowlands, taking roughly 165 hours of near-constant leveling time!

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Hotfixes for November 30: Lots of Hotfixes!

Hotfixes for November 30 include a lot of things, from dungeons to broken Covenant spawns!

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New Shadowlands Anima Conductor Guides For Covenant-Specific Rewards - Mounts, Transmog, Perks

We've published guides to each Covenant's unique rewards from the Anima Conductor system in Shadowlands.

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Anaya Dawnrunner from Classic Darkshore Found in Shadowlands

Another classic World of Warcraft character has been spotted within the Shadowlands, this time Anaya Dawnrunner from Darkshore.

Sorrowbane - Item Level 180 Treasure Weapon From Maldraxxus - Quest up on EU Realms

Sorrowbane is an item level 180 weapon from a Maldraxxus Treasure, and the World Quest required to obtain it is up on EU realms!

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Night Fae Covenant Druid Form Fan Concept Art by Sercan Özyurt

Digital artist Sercan Özyurt, aka Lordozy, has made new Shadowlands fan concept art featuring Druid shapeshift forms based on the Night Fae Covenant Soulshape ability and spirits found throughout Ardenweald.

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Return Lost Souls Weekly Quest Now Available - Awards 5 More Redeemed Souls and a Renown

Players completing the weekly quest Return Lost Souls will obtain five more Redeemed Souls from the Maw this week, allowing them to unlock their Covenant-specific Sanctum activity.

WoW Classic Patch 1.13.6 is Live - Naxxramas Coming December 3rd

Patch 1.13.6 is now live in WoW Classic. Don't forget that Naxxramas releases a few days later on December 3rd.

Fracture Chambers and Mort'regar Wings Available in Torghast - New Legendary Recipes

A new week is starting in WoW, and with it, two new Torghast wings are available to run: Fracture Chambers and Mort'regar!

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New Torghast Quest Available from Bolvar - Rewards 100 Soul Ash

After the weekly maintenance in your region, a new Torghast Quest is available from Bolvar in Oribos, which is a continuation of the quest chain from last week. Make sure you pick it up before your Weekly Torghast completion as this quest will reward you with 100 Soul Ash!

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Covenant Cap is Now 6 Renown - Unlocks Covenant Chapter 3, New Soulbind, Transmog Cloak

It's the second week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 6! This will unlock Chapter 3 of the Covenant Campaign, a brand new Soulbind, a new Adventurer for the Mission Table and the ability to purchase your first piece of Covenant specific transmog!

What To Do Week 2 of Shadowlands: Weekly and Daily Activities List

This is the start of Week 2 of Shadowlands and we've compiled a list of weekly and daily things to do in order to make sure you don't miss anything! This week's activities include Chapter 3 of the Covenant Campaign, a brand new Soulbind, enough Soul Ash for crafting a Legendary, another Covenant Sanctum Upgrade and more!

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Soul Ash Soft-Cap is 1520 - You Can Craft a Shadowlands Legendary This Week in Shadowlands

If you've completed all your Torghast runs and Bolvar quests so far, you will have a minimum of 1520 Soul Ash -- which means that you can craft a Rank 1 Legendary this week if you want to!

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New Soulbinds Unlocking This Week for Covenants - Kleia, Emeni, Dreamweaver, and Theotar the Mad Duke

With these week's Renown increases, players are able to unlock their second Soulbind for their Covenant. In this post, we will take a look at these new Soulbinds now available to players.

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Wowhead Shadowlands Soulbind Calculator Updates - Embed Calculator On Your Own Site, Renown Requirements Added

We're happy to announce a new Shadowlands feature on Wowhead, which expands our Soulbind Calculator! Now 3rd party sites can embed an interactive Soulbind Calculator, letting players mouseover all the abilities and conduits to read tooltips.

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Classic Zul Gurub Clear with 20 Mages

The team behind the all-Mage Molten Core clear is back with an all-Mage clear of Classic Zul Gurub!

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 1st - Heroic Daily Lockout Removed

Blizzard has posted many hotfixes for December 1st which includes the removal of the daily lockout of Shadowlands Heroic dungeons, many class bug fixes and more!

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Community Tips and Tricks to Navigating Oribos in Shadowlands

Last week we tried to help players stop getting lost in Oribos by showcasing our guide to the Eternal City, but several players have taken it upon themselves to come up with helpful ways to navigate the new capital hub in Shadowlands.

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Sinstone of "The Butcher" Doctor Theolen Krastinov from Classic Scholomance Found in Revendreth

A reference to Doctor Theolen Krastinov has been found in Shadowlands!

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Torghast Upgrades from Ve'nari Unlock Account-Wide Benefits

We are highlighting a notable quality-of-life aspect to the Torghast Upgrades purchased from Ve'nari--these upgrades are account-wide!

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Blizzard's Shadow of the Necropolis Trailer for WoW Classic Naxxramas

Blizzard has released a trailer for Shadow of the Necropolis, the WoW Classic content update featuring Naxxramas!

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How to Get the Inscrutable Exile's Garb - The Maw's 4-Piece Set that Grants a Movement Speed Buff

The Inscrutable Exile's Garb is a 4-piece set with set bonuses specific to The Maw, and the first bonus is a 10% buff to movement speed!

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Shadowlands Guides to Covenant Features Now Live - Learn How to Complete Activities and Acquire Unique Rewards

With players unlocking covenant features in the second week of Shadowlands, we're highlighting our guides to these activities: Kyrian Path of Ascension, Necrolord Abomination Stitching, Night Fae Queen's Conservatory, Venthyr Ember Court.

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Blizzard on Timing of Classic Kel'Thuzad's Abilities

Blizzard has published a deep-dive article explaining why Kel'Thuzad in WoW Classic doesn't use abilities on strict timers.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Shadowlands Launch Recap

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the Shadowlands release date and challenges caused by its timing.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 2nd - Class & Legendary Bug Fixes, Group Torghast Nerfed

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 2nd, which includes many Class and Legendary bug fixes, a nerf to 4 or 5 player Torghast and much more!

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All-Mail Party Completes Shadowlands Mythic Dungeon Tour - No Tanks, Cloth, Leather, Plate Players

A group of mail players decided they really wanted to funnel all the mail loot in dungeons, and so they completed all Shadowlands Mythic dungeons without any tanks, cloth, leather, or plate users!

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Heart of Azeroth Still Gives Bonus Threat Multiplier for Tanks in Shadowlands

The Heart of Azeroth has a large amount of secondary stats for its Item Level, making it useful for many players who are still gearing up in Shadowlands. Tanks who have the Heart of Azeroth equipped are also still benefitting from a large bonus threat multiplier.

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Shadehound Hunt Available at Ve'nari Ambivalent Reputation - Chance at Shadowlands Maw Mount?

Once you hit Ambivalent Reputation with Ve'nari, you will unlock the Beastwarrens, a new zone in the Maw, and access to Hunts. This week's Hunt appears to be Shadehounds which has the Gorged Shadehound boss -- the listed drop of a mount that can likely be used in the Maw!

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Shadehound Hunt Available at Ve'nari Ambivalent Rep - Chance at Shadowlands Maw Mount

Once you hit Ambivalent Reputation with Ve'nari, you will unlock the Beastwarrens, a new zone in the Maw, and access to Hunts. This week's Hunt is the Gorged Shadehound boss, which has a chance of dropping a Mount that can be used in the Maw! Edit: We've now confirmed that this mount can actually be used in the Maw!

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Shadowlands Cinematic - Runecarver's Memory and the Jailer (Spoilers)

Want to know more about the Runecarver and his past? When you've turned in 15 Legendary Recipes to the Runecarver, you will trigger a cinematic containing a memory of the Runecarver and showing a past interaction with the Jailer. Warning: Spoilers!

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Community Spotlight: Duran Recreates Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer in World of Warcraft

What if Cyberpunk 2077 but in World of Warcraft? YouTuber Duran asked that question... and answered it with World of Cyberpunk, a super fun WoW Machinima.

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Legendary Powers from Dungeon Droprate Improved in Hotfix

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Torghast Tuning for Rogues and Warriors

Organized Vial Satchel now reduces the cooldown of Crimson Vial by 10 seconds per stack (was 5 seconds) and has a max stacks of 3, for 30 seconds cooldown reduction (instant cast vials).

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Game Crash Upon Switching Shadowlands Covenants Results in Learning Both Sets of Abilities

Upon relaunching Shadowlands after his game crashed when switching covenants, twitch streamer Angelicus07 found his Death Knight able to use abilities from both the Necrolord and Venthyr covenants - Fleshcraft, Door of Shadows, Abomination Limb, and Swarming Mist.

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Leviathan's Eye and Kraken's Eye Main Stat Gems Nerfed

The Battle for Azeroth Main Stat Gems have been nerfed in a hotfix with the effects of Leviathan's Eye nerfed by 61% and Kraken's Eye nerfed by 50%.

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750 Anima Reward from World Quest on EU Servers Now Available

A new World Quest has popped up on EU servers which awards 750 Anima -- a massive amount of Anima compared to other World Quests. This World Quest will be a huge benefit for players and especially alts who are trying to complete 1,000 Anima Renown quest.

WoW Classic: The Scourge Invasion Has Begun

The Scourge Invasion has begun in WoW Classic!

WoW Classic Naxxramas and Scourge Invasions Now Live - Guides Updated Including BiS, Frost Resistance, Naxx

WoW Classic Naxxramas and the Scourge Invasions are now live, as of 2pm PST December 3rd! Our BiS guides are updated, and we've made many new guides for Naxxramas, Tier 3, and Frost Resistance.

Official WoW Classic Naxxramas Key Art and Trailer - Shadow of the Necropolis

With the launch of Phase 6 WoW Classic, Blizzard has released official key art and a content trailer for Naxxramas!

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750 Anima Reward from World Quest on EU Servers (Now Hotfixed to 250 Anima)

A new World Quest has popped up on EU servers which awards Anima which previously awarded 750 Anima. Edit: The reward has just been nerfed to 250 Anima.

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World First WoW Classic Naxxramas Clear by Progress

The guild Progress has achieved the World First clear of Classic Naxxramas!

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WoW Classic “Not A Bug” List - Naxxramas Edition Updated Nov 6, 2020

Blizzard updated their "Not A Bug" article with details about Naxxramas.

Blizzard Posts the World First WoW Classic Naxxramas Kills

Blizzard has posted a list of the World First WoW Classic Naxxramas kills for each wing and the final boss, Kel'thuzad!

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Bloodmallet's Shadowlands Chart Updates - Covenant Support, Personalized Sims via Premium

The World of Warcraft theorycrafting website Bloodmallet, known for creating mass simulation charts detailing the strengths of trinkets, racial bonuses, soulbinds, and more, has just launched some brand new premium features for Shadowlands! Besides offering simulation tools for all DPS classes and specs, the site now offers options for users to create personalized sims.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 3rd - Class Hotfixes, Profession Reagent Cost Increase

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 3rd which includes some class hotfixes, an increase in the cost of some Profession Reagents, and much more!

Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 3rd - Class Hotfixes, More Torghast Nerfs

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 3rd which includes some class hotfixes, an increase in the cost of some Profession Reagents, and much more!

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Guide to All Shadowlands Conduit Drop Sources

With players able to unlock two Soulbinds now in Week 2 of Shadowlands, we thought it was a good time to highlight our guide to Conduit sources.

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How to Get the Loyal Gorger Mount in Revendreth

We're highlighting how to get the Loyal Gorger Mount, a mount which requires a seven-day process.

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Torghast General Tips and Tricks for Success!

With many players doing Torghast for their Soul Ash, and Layers 4 through 6 opening next week, we want to highlight some general Torghast tips for players!

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The Stormwind Meadow Created in Unity - 1,200 Years Before Stormwind City

Redditor StayAwayMusic has used the Unity game engine to create the Stormwind Meadow - an example of what the capital of the Alliance may have looked like before Stormwind City was built, roughly 1,200 years prior to the First War between Orcs and Humans depicted in the original Warcraft.

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WoW Classic “Not A Bug” List - Cannot Return to Lower Naxx After Entering Frostwyrm Lair

Another entry for the Not a Bug list - Once players have cleared all four wings and entered Frostwyrm Lair there is no teleporter or other method to return to the lower levels of Naxxramas.

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Sinstone of Shan Bu from the Isle of Thunder Found in Revendreth

Shan Bu, a Mogu servant of the Thunder King, has a reference in Shdowlands!

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Shadowlands Class and Spell Hotfixes (12/4) - Prot Paladin Conduit Nerf, Castle Nathria Tuning

Blizzard has pushed some hotfixes to live servers which includes a large nerf for a popular Protection Paladin Potency Conduit and some Castle Nathria buffs for the Sludgefist encounter.

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Blizzard Changing Zone-In Location in Classic Naxxramas to Lower Entrance Platform

Blizzard has announced that they will be changing the zone-in location of Classic WoW's Naxxramas to the lower entrance platform, despite the original not allowing players to return to the lower levels once they have entered Frostwyrm Lair.

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Heart of Azeroth No Longer Gives Bonus Threat Multiplier for Tanks

We previously we reported that the Heart of Azeroth gave a bonus 50% threat multiplier to Tanks who had it equipped. This appears to have been hotfixed and the Heart of Azeroth no longer provides Tanks any threat bonuses.

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Covenant Mounts That Can Be Farmed Daily in Shadowlands

With the Shadowlands release, many new mounts can be farmed by collectors. In this post, we are highlighting mounts that can be farmed daily by members of certain Covenants!

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 4, 2020 - BFA Emissary Gold Nerf

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 4th which includes a 90% nerf to gold rewards from Battle for Azeroth's Emissaries and Caches on the weekly reset.

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PSA: If You're Night Fae, Don't Forget to Pick Up Flicker from Lady Muunn

Lady Muunn teaches Night Fae players the Flicker skill, which allows you to teleport forward in the direction you're facing when going into or during Soulshape form.

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Soul Eaters Hunt in the Maw Now Available for NA - Hunts on Bi-Weekly Schedule Like Invasions

On NA servers, the Shadehound Hunt was swapped for the Soul Eaters Hunt in the Maw, which indicates that Beastwarrens Hunts are likely on a similar schedule to Invasions, resetting half way through the week. For EU players, this means that you have less than 10 hours to get your one shot at the Maw Mount for the next two weeks.

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Pandemis NPC Reminding Everyone To Wear a Mask in Maldraxxus

Pandemis is an NPC in Maldraxxus reminding players to wear a mask.

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Rextroy Solos Mythic Theater of Pain as Prot Paladin

Rextroy has soloed the Mythic Theater of Pain dungeon on his Paladin!

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Cover of Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth Revealed

The cover to World of Warcraft: Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth, a series of twelve fantasy stories by bestselling authors, has been revealed.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 154 |Profession Vendor Shuffle Nerfs & Base Legendaries

The latest Shadowlands economy round-up discusses the recent vendor shuffle nerfs and things to keep in mind when making gold with legendary base items.

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Battle for Azeroth Mobs Continue to Scale with Item Level Beyond Level 50

Already infamous for aggressive level scaling, it turns out that Battle for Azeroth mobs in the open world still scale with player item level well into Shadowlands, causing them to be just as powerful as level 51-60 enemies, despite being capped at level 50 themselves.

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Darkmoon Faire in Town December 2020 - 10% Reputation Boost with Shadowlands Factions

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for a week for December 2020. Now live on EU realms.

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Learn How to Unlock Reputation With The Avowed With Our Guide

Shadowlands introduces a variety of new factions with reputations to earn, but not all of them are immediately apparent. Here's a look at the Avowed faction, needed for the Shadestone recipe and Venthyr collectibles.

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Castle Nathria Raid Strategy Guides For All Bosses by FatbossTV - Now Live!

The first raid of Shadowlands, Castle Nathria, opens the week of December 8th and our detailed strategy guides to all bosses are now live, written by FatbossTV.

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Comparing Kel'Thuzad Strategies from 2006 to Classic WoW's Modern Approach

In a Reddit post, user marmotzero took a look at their guild's first Kel'Thuzad kill (from late 2006) and decided to compare it to the modern day videos of Kel'Thuzad kills that are happening on Twitch. While watching the video, user marmotzero decided to make a list of all the interesting things that have changed for the community over time.

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Darkmoon Faire in Town December 2020 - 10% Reputation Boost with Shadowlands Factions

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for a week for December 2020. Now live on NA and EU realms.

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Crafted Legendaries in Shadowlands Have a "Made By" Tag Visible to You

In Shadowlands, when you craft your Legendary at the Runecarver, you will see a "Made by" tag containing the name of the player that crafted the base Legendary Item that you consumed. This "Made by" tag appears to only be visible to you though.

Crafted Legendaries in Shadowlands Have a "Made By" Tag

In Shadowlands, when you craft your Legendary at the Runecarver, you will see a "Made by" tag containing the name of the player that crafted the base Legendary Item that you consumed. Edit: The "Made By" tag also shows up when other players inspect you.

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Volcor from Darkshore found in Ardenweald

Volcor from Auberdine in vanilla WoW has been found in Ardenweald.

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Judgment of the Arbiter Legendary Power Bugged - Recipe Requires Avowed Honored Instead of Ascended Revered

The Judgment of the Arbiter legendary power should require Ascended Revered, but players are reported it is bugged.

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Castle Nathria Loot and Transmog Guides

For a first expansion raid, Castle Nathria has a massive loot table, including legendary recipes and covenant weapons, as well as interesting transmog weapons. Here is a look at our loot guides for the upcoming Shadowlands raid.

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Glory of the Shadowlands Hero Achievement Guide

Check out our achievement guide to Glory of the Shadowlands Hero!

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Spying in Torghast - Sylvanas and Jailer Cutscene (Spoilers)

We've datamined a cutscene from the Shadowlands beta that takes place in the future between Sylvanas and the Jailer.

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Necrolord and Venthyr Story Campaign Finale (Spoilers)

We've datamined the ending cutscene from the Necrolord and Venthyr Covenant Campaigns. Spoilers in the post.

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Great Vault Reminder - Sire Denathrius Loot Restricted Until Castle Nathria is Cleared

With Shadowlands Season 1 starting next week, we want to remind players how the raid items from the Great Vault will work. You can only obtain items from bosses you have defeated previously in that difficulty.

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Shadowlands Maldraxxus Lore and Story Summary with Nobbel87

Learn about the lore of Maldraxxus and what happens in the zone's Shadowlands quests with Nobbel87.

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Shadowlands with the Inky Black Night Potion

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for the week, so we're looking at Shadowlands under the effects of the Inky Black Night potion.

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Shadowlands DPS Rankings - Best DPS for Castle Nathria Raid Predictions

Dratnos analyzes the types of encounters in Mythic Castle Nathria and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each spec, predicting what the Best DPS will be in the upcoming raid! If you're on the fence about what DPS to play, this may help you decide on a spec!

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The Razer Naga Pro in Shadowlands

Overview of the Razer Naga Pro and how it can help you in Shadowlands.

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Shadowlands DPS, Tank and Healer Covenant Choice Breakdown Using WoWRanks.IO

WoWRanks.IO is new WoW rankings website and one of their amazing features is a statistics page. WoWRanks.IO tracks the breakdown of all players' Covenant choice and the option to break it down by class and spec. We're highlighting some of this data today, and taking a look at how players have chosen their Covenant depending on their spec.

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Eye of the Jailer Tips and Tricks - Optimizing Ve'nari Reputation in the Maw

The amount of Ve'nari Reputation that you can get each day depends on how efficient you are with Eye of the Jailer. In this article, we'll go over how much Rep and Eye of the Jailer each activity gives, highlighting the most efficient things to do in the Maw and why you should avoid killing any extra mobs.

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Simple In-Flight Music WeakAura Introduces Some Entertainment To Our Flights

Shadowlands has introduced a whole new set of realms to visit and explore, and though we may choose a home with our Covenants, we still visit them all regularly. This all translates to flight paths. Lots and lots of flight paths. And you know what's been missing on flight paths? In-flight music!

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Glam Metal Rock Band KISS Found at the Seat of the Primus in Maldraxxus

Legendary rock band KISS has been found hiding in plain sight at the Seat of the Primus, the Necrolord covenant sanctum in Maldraxxus, as NPC tributes honoring the four current members of the group: Sharpeye Stanley (Paul Stanley), Valuator Simmons (Gene Simmons), Erak Steelsinger (Eric Singer), and Trainee Thayer (Tommy Thayer).

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Castle Pineapplia - Castle Nathria Browser Game

Have you ever wanted to practice Castle Nathria mechanics as a pineapple? Now you can with the Castle Pineapplia browser game created by TacticalHorse, with creatively-named bosses like Vitamin Council and Sun King's Caramelization.

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How to get the Mistcaller Ocarina - The Trinket That Lets You Truly Play the Bard

The Mistcaller Ocarina is a trinket that, on use, plays a melody that has a chance to grant your party members a Versatility buff for 15 minutes. You can customize this trinket to change the buff!

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Elite Shadowlands Adventure Missions Are Harder for Some Covenants

Players are finding the silver and gold dragon elite Shadowlands Adventure missions harder for some Covenants than others, due to the varied power and capability between the troops and heroes offered by each. Because these Adventure Campaign Progress missions can eventually lead to extra Soul Ash for crafting legendaries, some players worry they might be getting left behind!

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Castle Nathria Raid Preview and Schedule

Blizzard's official preview is here.

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Shadowlands, Season 1 Preview - Castle Nathria Raid, Mythic+, PvP, Great Vault

Blizzard has posted their Season 1 blog going over Castle Nathria, Mythic+, PvP, and the Great Vault.

The First Week of Shadowlands Season 1

Blizzard posted a quick blue post detailing the start of Season 1 of Shadowlands, including the first week of the Great Vault.

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Updated Mythic+ Loot Table for First Week of Shadowlands Season 1 - Mythic 10s Give 203 End-of-Dungeon Gear

In Battle for Azeroth, +6 Keystones were the cap for the end of the dungeon rewards during Week 1. However, Shadowlands Season 1 has taken Heroic Week to a new level raising the cap to +10 and increasing the maximum Item Level from Mythic+ End of Dungeon chests to 203. We've included the full Item Level Loot table for Mythic+ for Shadowlands Week 1.

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Wowhead Weekly #254 - Shadowlands Cinematics and Season 1 Soon!

For Wowhead Weekly #254, our first Shadowlands show, Annie and Perc discuss how the launch went and look forward to Season 1!

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Torghast Layers 4-6 Open With Shadowlands Season 1 - 960 Soul Ash from Torghast Per Week

In addition to Shadowlands Season 1 opening the week of December 8th, we wanted to remind players that Torghast Layers 4-6 will also unlock. This provides more sources of Soul Ash.

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Updated PvP Item Level Gear Chart - Upgrading Gear to Higher Item Levels Requires Certain Ratings

Blizzard has announced that upgrading gear from PvP using Honor will require a certain rating. In addition, they've announced that 550 Conquest will be available every week and any Conquest you don't obtain will be rolled over until the next week.

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5,000 Conquest Requirement to Buy PvP Weapons Will Be Removed

Currently, in order to buy PvP Conquest weapons, you would have needed to earn 5,000 Conquest Points. However, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas has confirmed on Twitter that this requirement will be removed, allowing you to buy a PvP Weapon much earlier in the Season!

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What Shadowlands Tank Should You Play in the Castle Nathria Raid?

The Castle Nathria Raid will release on December 8th / 9th with 10 new bosses. In this article, Panthea analyzes the encounters in Castle Nathria from a Tank perspective, and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each Tanking spec. If you're on the fence about what Tank to play, this may help you decide on a spec!

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Shadowlands Torghast Strategies Guide Now Live - Boss Previews, Puzzle Solutions and More

With Torghast gaining new layers this next reset, we're proud to announce that our Torghast, Tower of the Damned Tips and Strategies guide is now live! This guide contains a compilation of useful strategies and tips that should help you storm the tower and ascend to higher levels. This guide will be continuously updated as new useful tips are found and Torghast unlocks the final 2 layers as well as the randomized Twisting Corridors mode!

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Get Ready for Shadowlands Season 1 with Our PvP Guides - Updated for Best Covenants and Legendaries

Our Shadowlands PvP guides are now live, including overviews of best covenants and legendaries for Season 1 PvP.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 7, 2020 - PvP Ability Tuning, Class and Legendary Bug Fixes

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 7th, 2020 which includes some PvP ability tuning, class and Legendary bug fixes, a buff to the Empowered enemies at the end of Torghast floors, some nerfs to % health Anima Power and much much more!

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for Castle Nathria - Last Minute Raid Tuning

Some hotfixes were pushed today for Castle Nathria boss abilities, changing the tuning on multiple encounters in the upcoming raid! One of the most important changes is to Sludgefist, who now enrages at 30% remaining health, instead of 20%.

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Torghast Class Highlights and Boss One-Shots from the Fractured Halls and Mort'regar

Players have been highlighting their experiences in Torghast, ranging from hilarious boss kills fueled by ridiculous anima powers to downright disastrous results. With many players finding this week's wings significantly harder than the last, there have been a number of community discussions on how to be successful inside Torghast, sharing tips and showcasing some of the overpowered builds possible if you get the right powers.

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Shadowlands Healer Rankings - Best Healers for Castle Nathria Raid Predictions

Jaydaa analyzes the types of encounters in Mythic Castle Nathria from a healer perspective and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each spec, predicting what the Best Healers will be in the upcoming raid! If you're on the fence about what Healer to play, this may help you decide on a spec!

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Strange and Unusual Loot Items from Castle Nathria - Remornia Battle Pet, 32 Slot Bag

With Castle Nathria opening this week, we thought it would be fun to highlight some of the items of note unique to this raid like the Remornia Battle Pet.

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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Becomes Fastest-Selling PC Game of All Time

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has become the fastest-selling PC game of all time, selling more than 3.7 million copies by day one of launch and breaking the previous record set by Diablo III at 3.5 million copies.

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Covenant Renown Rewards Dec 8th - Renown 9 Unlocks Two Soulbind Nodes, PvP Upgrades, Campaign Chapter

It's the third week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 9! This will unlock Chapter 4 of the Covenant Campaign, a new row for both your Soulbinds, and the ability to further upgrade your PvP gear.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Shadowlands Season 1

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel look forward to Season 1 of Shadowlands.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Mythic+ Affixes for this Week are Bursting, Volcanic, Fortified, Prideful

For the launch of Shadowlands Season 1, the affixes look like they're Bursting, Volcanic, Fortified and Prideful -- some fantastic affixes for Week 1! These affixes will make it slightly easier to push for the Great Vault cap of Item Level 226 from +14 keystones.

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Reminder - No Bonus Rolls in Shadowlands - Great Vault Loot Instead

As Shadowlands Season 1 begins, here is a reminder that there are no bonus rolls in Shadowlands. Blizzard believes their value is provided with the Great Vault options instead.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Now Live on NA Servers!

Shadowlands Season 1 is Now Live on NA Servers! Shadowlands Season 1 includes the Castle Nathria raid, new dungeons and affixes in Mythic+ and a brand new PvP Season and gear vendors.

Mortanis - Maldraxxus World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Mortanis is available to be defeated in Maldraxxus!

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Skoldus Hall and Coldheart Interstitia Wings Available in Torghast - New Legendary Power Recipes

Shadowlands Week 3 is starting, and with it, the final 2 Torghast wings are available to run for the first time: Skoldus Hall and Coldheart Interstitia!

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This Week in the Maw and Ven'ari - Death Elemental Hunt Now Available & Darkmoon Faire Buff for Weekly Quests

On NA servers, the Soul Eaters was swapped for the Death Elemental Hunt in the Maw. Beast Warrens's Hunt follows a similar pattern from Visions of N'zoth Invasions, resetting half way through the week. For this week, the Darkmoon Faire is back in town, allowing players to get 10% more reputation with Ven'ari.

December 8th PvP Multiplier Hotfixes for Abilities and BFA Trinkets in Shadowlands Season 1

Blizzard has pushed out another round of hotfixes targeting some abilities and BFA burst trinkets in PvP settings, nerfing their strength.

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Shadowlands Week 3 - Return Lost Souls from the Maw for 5 More Redeemed Souls

With the weekly reset, players will once again be able to do the weekly quest, Return Lost Souls, awarding 5 more Redeemed Souls with which to upgrade their Covenant Sanctums. With a total of 15 earned so far in the expansion, players should have each of the four primary Covenant activities unlocked, but none yet upgraded to the second tier.

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Castle Nathria Legendary Power Droprate is 100%

After watching boss kills in Castle Nathria, we can confirm that the droprate on Legendary Power recipes is 100% from raid bosses.

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Immediate Extermination No Longer Resets by Leaving the Maw

With the start of Season 1, Blizzard apparently has changed Immediate Extermination to no longer reset when the player leaves the Maw.

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Castle Nathria Ending Cinematic (Spoilers)

After defeating Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria, turning in the quest Redemption for the Redeemer triggers an in-game cutscene!

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Hotfixes: December 8, 2020

Threat Level 5: Immediate Extermination now retains its stacks when you leave the zone and re-enter.

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New Legendary Recipes Available in Shadowlands Season 1 - Castle Nathria, Mortanis World Boss, Torghast Wings

With the start of Shadowlands Season 1, more legendary power recipes can be acquired through new content. Here is a list of new legendary powers from Castle Nathria, Torghast, and the new world boss.

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Get Two New Covenant Companions for the Adventure Table from Torghast in Shadowlands

If you've unlocked the Adventure Table in Shadowlands, you will only start with one companion and need to unlock the rest. This week, two new companions are available from Torghast, including an old known friend!

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All-Cloth Party Completes Shadowlands Mythic Dungeon Tour - No Tanks, Leather, Mail, Plate Players

All all-cloth group has completed a Mythic Dungeon tour - no tanks, leather, mail, or plate players!

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Wipefest Updated and Ready for Castle Nathria - Raid Logs Analysis

Wipefest, the logs analysis site, is ready for you to take on Castle Nathria. Yax, the brains behind the tool, has configured over 200 mechanics for the Castle Nathria raid as well as the new spells and abilities added in Shadowlands.

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Classic Quest Giver Heralath Fallowbrook Found in Ardenweald

Another NPC last seen in Classic has been found in the Shadowlands. Heralath Fallowbrook was a quest giver that could be found dying from their wounds in Razorfen Kraul. They would beg Alliance players to recover a pendant - stolen from them by the Quilboar - and bring it to their wife, Treshala Fallowbrook, in Darnassus.

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Behind-the-Scenes Look at A Day in the Life of the Blizzard Cinematics Modeling Team

In another ArtStation Magazine article by Amelia Savery of Blizzard's Global Communications, we got to take a glimpse at a day in the life of Blizzard's cinematics modeling team.

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World Boss Mortanis - Six Minute Release Timer, But You Still Get Loot/Quest Credit When Dead

The first World Boss of Maldraxxus has spawned -- and not without some issues. There's a six minute timer if you die during the fight, unrelated to dying previously, but you'll still get credit for completing the boss.

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First Shadowlands +15 Mythic Dungeon Completed In Time

Within two days of Shadowlands Season One, a team has managed to complete the very first +15 Mythic Dungeon within time! A huge congratulations to the Vengeance Demon Hunter Emoretian, Discipline Priest Wao, Subtlety Rogue Jpc, and Fire Mages Brokenshun and Keal for finishing +15 Halls of Atonement in 33 minutes and 27 seconds!

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Castle Nathria Tuning Harder Than Expected - Huntsman Altimor, Council of Blood, Sludgefist

Castle Nathria is now open for both NA and EU servers, with many players heading into the Normal and Heroic raid for the first time. However, many players quickly realized that for Normal and Heroic Castle Nathria, bosses like Huntsman Altimor and Sludgefist were much more difficult than expected. We break down some of the problem spots for many guilds.

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Castle Nathria Raid WeakAura Compilations on Wago.io

Castle Nathria is now open worldwide and we're highlighting two different weak aura compilations to help players find success in Shadowland's first raid tier!

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Castle Nathria Raid Weapon Tokens - Sources, Vendors, Appearances

Weapons from Castle Nathria work a bit differently than weapons from past raids, so here's a quick overview of these weapon tokens.

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What To Do Week 3 of Shadowlands: Weekly and Daily Activities List

This is the start of Week 3 of Shadowlands and we've compiled a list of weekly and daily things to do in order to make sure you don't miss anything! This week's activities include Chapter 4 of the Covenant Campaign, new Soulbind Traits and many activities as part of Season 1 including the Great Vault.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 9, 2020 - Castle Nathria Raid Tuning

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 9th which has Castle Nathria Raid tuning and more! This includes nerfs to Huntsman Altimor, Hungering Destroyer, Sun King's Salvation and more!

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Wild Glimmerfur Prowler Nerf - Valfir Now Only Spawns With Rank 3 Night Fae Anima Conductor

Due to players continuing to farm Valfir through unintended methods for the Wild Glimmerfur Prowler mount, Blizzard has changed the spawn method. Now Valfir will only spawn if a Night Fae player sends anima to Tirna Scithe, requiring a Rank 3 Anima Conductor.

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Shadowlands Dungeon Entrance Teleports Datamined - Possible Mythic+ Reward?

We've datamined Teleport spells for every Shadowlands dungeon entrance.

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Complexity Limit Working on Heroic Sire Denathrius

Complexity Limit is working on Heroic Sire Denathrius, the final boss in Castle Nathria.

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Rescue Jaina Proudmoore in Torghast for 250 Soul Ash

This week, Highlord Bolvar Fordragon's Torghast questline continues, with two new quests to complete for 250 Soul Ash! With this week's quests, the second captured faction leader, Jaina Proudmoore, is rescued from Torghast.

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Castle Nathria Raid Tips and Top Builds Now Live - Get Boss Advice and Builds Specifically for Your Class/Spec

Castle Nathria is now live, and so are our Castle Nathria Raid Tips guides! We have a guide dedicated to each class and specialization with details specific to each boss including top builds and recommended Legendaries and Covenants.

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Inspired by Rextroy, Leontii Solos Mythic Sanguine Depths as Prot Paladin

Leontii has soloed the Mythic Sanguine Depths dungeon on his Paladin! We sat down with him to discuss his strategies and setup for the run.

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Complete Activities to Loot the Great Vault After the Next Weekly Reset

Don't be misled - all max level players should have received the Great Vault quest in Oribos, but you won't actually be able to loot it until next week! This week should be spend maximizing Mythic+ dungeons, completing Raid encounters, and PvP in order to have a wide variety of upgrades to choose from after the weekly reset.

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World First Glory of the Nathria Raider Completed

World First Glory of the Nathria Raider has been achieved by a group of EU players, awarding the Rampart Screecher mount.

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World First Heroic Sire Denathrius Kill and Castle Nathria Clear By Complexity Limit

The Castle Nathria raid was released this week, and Heroic Sire Denathrius has fallen for the first time today, at the hands of the US Guild and reigning world champions Limit.

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Night Fae Veilwing Soulshape Drops from Heroic Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria

The Veilwing Soulshape is a drop for Night Fae players from Sire Denathrius on Heroic difficulty.

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Remornia Battle Pet - The Sentient Sword of Sire Denathrius Drops in Castle Nathria

Remornia, the sentient sword of Sire Denathrius, has been confirmed to drop as a battle pet from the final boss of Castle Nathria.

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Reminder - Complete Your Darkmoon Faire Quest for 5 Profession Skill Points This Week

Remember to complete the profession quests at the Darkmoon Faire for 5 skill points this week.

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Shadowlands Raid Prep and Consumables Guide Spotlight

We've created a Shadowlands Raid Prep and Consumables Guide to help you keep track of all the new enchants, stones, oils, gems, runes, food, flasks, and potions you'll need to fully optimize your character, whether you're going into Mythic+, PvP, or raiding Castle Nathria.

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Shadowlands Datamined Hotfixes (12/10) - Rogue Anima Powers, Necrotic Wake Necropolis

We've datamined some hotfixes that have been applied to the live game! This includes some Rogue Anima Power buffs, and some changes to spells in Necrotic Wake's Necropolis.

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Shadowlands Sire Denathrius Ring Reduces Eye of the Jailer Gained in the Maw by 10%

When you kill the final boss of Castle Nathria, Sire Denathrius, you have a chance to loot the "Most Regal Signet of Sire Denathrius" ring. This item is very special as when it's equipped, it will reduce the amount of Eye of the Jailer that you accumulate in the Maw by 10%.

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Hotfixes: December 10, 2020

Kyrian Stitchwerk will now attack the closest player when its main target is out of range. Additionally, Tenderize now stacks to 4 (was 6) and Mutilate damage reduced by 8%.

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The Factionless Pandaren DoubleAgent Reaches Level 60

The famed Pandaren DoubleAgent, who reached pioneered the art of leveling without ever picking a faction, has just reached level 60!

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Torghast Break Room Hologram Previews Your Final Boss

The Torghast Break Room Hologram previews your final boss.

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Tips to Improve Travel in the Maw - Stolen Shadehound Mount, Cloak of Ve'nari, Gnomish Engineering

As players spend more time in the Maw, exploring every nook and cranny, we are doing what we do best and finding short-cuts, work-arounds, and ways to make our lives easier. Here are three tips from Reddit users that you might find useful.

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Mythic+ Class Guides for Shadowlands Dungeons Now Live - Class/Spec Guides for Mythic+

Now that Season 1 is underway, we are pleased to announce that our comprehensive Mythic+ Class Guides for Shadowlands are now live.

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Loot Amounts in Castle Nathria

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QE Dungeon Tips Addon from Questionably Epic - Now Updated for Shadowlands Mythic Dungeons

Questionably Epic fans rejoice: the popular QE Dungeon Tips addon has been updated for Shadowlands.

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Sludgefist Falling Rubble Mechanic Hotfixed to Be More Visible in Castle Nathria

A hotfix has been applied to the Sludgefist encounter in Castle Nathria which has made the Falling Rubble mechanic much more visible!

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Solo Mythic Spires of Ascension Cleared by Prot Paladin Chitor

Inspired by Rextroy, Chitor has made a video walking through his solo Protection Paladin clear of Mythic Spires of Ascension.

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Class Tuning for December 15th

Classes Threat generation for all Tanks increased by 10%. Unholy Mastery: Dreadblade effectiveness reduced by 15%.

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Upcoming Class Tuning for December 15th - Unholy DK & Resto Shaman Nerf, Havoc DH & Arms Warrior Buff

Blizzard has announced preliminary class tuning going live with Mythic Castle Nathria on December 15th. This includes a nerf to Unholy DK's Mastery and Restoration Shaman, buffs to Havoc DH and Arms Warrior, a 10% buff to Tank Threat and more!

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Datamined Class and Spell Hotfixes (12/11) - Castle Nathria & Torghast Tuning

We've datamined some hotfixes that have been applied to the game which includes a nerf to Council of Blood when Stavros is the final Council member alive and a buff to Essence Fonts on Sun King's Salvation in Castle Nathria. Torghast also has received some tuning changes, with the % health Torment of Coldheart Interstatia getting nerfed and more nerfs to the % health Anima Powers.

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Hotfixes: December 11, 2020

Sludgefist’s health reduced by 12% on Normal difficulty.

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World First Shadowlands Keystone Master Completed - Sintouched Deathwalker Mount

The World First Shadowlands Keystone Master has been claimed by a group on NA servers, awarding the Sintouched Deathwalker Mount! They timed a 15 Keystone or higher in all 8 Shadowlands Dungeons.

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Get Extra Anima Orb for 5 Phantasma in Torhgast - Loupe of Unusual Charm Ve'nari Upgrade

Once you reach Cordial reputation with Ve'nari, you're able to buy the Loupe of Unusual Charm for your account. This makes it so all Brokers in Torghast will sell an extra Anima Power Orb for the low, low price of 5 Phantasma.

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December 15th Tuning Statements - Class Writers on Upcoming Class Changes in Shadowlands

With Blizzard announcing upcoming tuning changes to classes for next week, we've asked our class writers their opinions about the impact of these changes on their specs.

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How to Tame a Shadow of Dambala - The Night Fae Exclusive Hunter Pet With a Unique Skin

The Shadow of Dambala is a type of Serpent with a unique, purple shadow appearance. It is tameable, and retains its original name after taming. It also appears only once - during a Night Fae campaign quest.

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Infused Rubies in Revendreth - What Are They For?

Infused Rubies is a currency unique to Revendreth that you can use to buy temporary buffs and offensive abilities, as well as purchase fun items, awaken guardians, activate special NPCs, interact with chests, complete quests, use transportation services, or do all kinds of other things across the zone.

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Mythic De Other Side Cleared Solo with No Weapon by TracerFPS

Inspired by other solo Mythic dungeon clears, the Protection Paladin TracerFPS has upped the stakes by soloing Mythic De Other Side without a weapon equipped!

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Peck Acorn Reference to the Movie 'Willow' Found in Revendreth

The Peck Acorn sold in Revendreth is another cute Easter egg in Shadowlands, referencing the movie Willow, in which the titular character threatens Madmartigan with an acorn which will turn him into stone.

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Rextroy and Ipanic 25 Match Win Streak to 2400 MMR in 2v2 Arena

Once again showing how powerful Protection Paladins are in Shadowlands, Rextroy has teamed up with Ipanic's Unholy Death Knight on a 25 match win streak in 2v2 arena, taking them all the way from 1.4 to 2.4k matchmaking rating without a single loss!

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Buy Weapon Transmogs for Anima from Ta'rmoro at The Night Market

Ta'rmoro in Revendreth sells a selection of weapons for Anima that are recolors of Revendreth, Bastion, and Maldraxxus rewards.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 155 | Gold Making for Raid Release, M+ Plus, and PVP Season 1

The latest economy wrap-up covers gold making at the start of Shadowlands Season 1!

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Mythic Castle Nathria Race to World First Coverage and Livestream Events

With the Mythic difficulty Castle Nathria opening this week, several guilds have announced special livestream events and caster coverage. The race is on to see which guild will defeat Sire Denathrius and become the first world champions in Shadowlands!

Blizzard Confirms Great Vault Counts Mythic+ Runs That Didn't Beat the Timer

Blizzard has confirmed that you do NOT need to beat the timer for your Mythic+ runs to count towards your Great Vault and that the Great Vault UI currently has a display issue.

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<Nerd Crew> Has Reached Appreciated with Ve'nari Maw Reputation

Two members of the guild Nerd Crew on Mal'Ganis (US) have reached Appreciated (Exalted) with Ve'nari in The Maw, with several more guild members to soon follow. Congratulations to Jabronious, Hunterpat, and all of Nerd Crew.

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Story of the Castle Nathria Raid with Nobbel87

Nobbel explains the lore behind the Shadowlands raid Castle Nathria. Check out his video and related guides in this article!

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Shadowlands DPS Rankings - Best DPS for Mythic+ Season 1

Dratnos analyzes the types of dungeons in Shadowlands and the Prideful Affix from a DPS point of view, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each spec, going over what the Best DPS will be for Mythic+! If you're on the fence about what DPS to play for Mythic+, this may help you decide on a spec!

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS After Week 1 of Castle Nathria

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the first week of Shadowlands Season 1. Historically, this week is the most turbulent week, as tuning and adjustments tend to close the gap between specs as weeks go. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Heroic Castle Nathria statistics.

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Arena World Championship & Mythic Dungeon International 2021 Season Plans

Blizzard has announced plans for the Arena World Championship and Mythic Dungeon International 2021 Season!

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Great Vault Macro & Addon - Claim Powerful Gear and Legendary Powers with the Weekly Reset

The Great Vault will be accessible after the weekly reset tomorrow, granting powerful gear and a class-specific legendary power! There's even a macro and addon to open the vault remotely, saving you precious time before heading into Mythic Castle Nathria!

Mythic Dungeon International 2021 New Rule - No Class Stacking

In the official rules for the 2021 Season of the Mythic Dungeon International, Blizzard is requiring all team compositions to have 5 unique classes. Teams will not be able to use 2 or more of the same class during any dungeon.

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All 50+ Covenant Abilities VFX Created by Luis Aguas

Luis Aguas, FX artist at Riot Games and previously at Blizzard, created all the Covenant Ability spell effects in Shadowlands. Today he's uploaded high-quality animations of them all to his ArtStation account.

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Wowhead Weekly #255 - Castle Nathria with Special Guest Nobbel87

For Wowhead Weekly #255, Annie and Perc are joined by Nobbel to discuss Castle Nathria and Shadowlands' story!

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Big Dumb Golden Guardians Mythic Castle Nathria Roundtable Preview

BDGG co-founder and general manager Bloo sat down with guild officers Shampy, Comfy, Lozy and Dbzy to discuss Mythic Castle Nathria, sharing insights and predictions going into the Mythic Race for World First!

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Datamined Shadowlands Hotfixes (12/14) - Battle for Azeroth Enchants

We've datamined some Shadowlands Hotfixes that have been made to live servers, which nerfs BFA enchants that players were still using in Shadowlands such as Force Multiplier.

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Torghast Layers 7-8 Open With Mythic Castle Nathria - 1140 Soul Ash from Torghast Per Week

In addition to Mythic Castle Nathria opening the week of December 15th, we wanted to remind players that Torghast Layers 7-8 will also unlock. This provides higher amounts of Soul Ash from Torghast per week.

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More Upcoming Class Tuning for December 15th - Balance Druid, Marksmanship Hunter, Unholy DK Nerfs

Blizzard has posted further class tuning changes for December 15th, which includes nerfs to Balance Druid, Marksmanship Hunter and further Mastery nerfs to Unholy DK.

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Liveblog of the Shadowlands Sloot Interview (Dec 14) 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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Sprite Darter's Wings Promotion Extended Through February 1st, 2021

The Sprite Darter's Wings promotion was originally planned to end on December 14th, but it has now been extended through February 1st, 2021.

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Shadowlands Collector's Edition Back in Stock at the Gear Shop, Will Ship by Christmas

Blizzard has restocked the Shadowlands Collector's Edition on the Gear Shop. If you purchase it and select a 12/22 or faster ship method, it will ship by Christmas in the United States.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes December 14, 2020 - Torghast and Anima Power Tuning

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 14th, which includes many upcoming changes to Torghast, making it baseline harder and including many many changes to Anima Powers.

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Upcoming PvP Class Tuning Changes on December 15th - Demon Hunter, Mage, Rogue Changes

Blizzard has published PvP Class Tuning changes for December 15th, which includes changes to Demon Hunters, Mages and Rogues tuning.

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Shadowlands Tank Rankings - Best Tanks for Mythic+ Season 1

Trell analyzes the types of dungeons in Shadowlands and the Prideful Affix from a Tanking point of view, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each spec, going over what the Best Tanks will be for Mythic+! If you're on the fence about what Tank to play for Mythic+, this may help you decide on a spec!

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Shadowlands Healer Rankings - Best Healers for Mythic+ Season 1

Automaticjak analyzes the types of dungeons in Shadowlands and the Prideful Affix from a Healer point of view, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each spec, going over what the Best Healers will be for Mythic+! If you're on the fence about what Healer to play for Mythic+, this may help you decide on a spec!

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Last Minute Mythic Castle Nathria Tuning (12/15) - Datamined Shadowlands Hotfixes

We've datamined some Shadowlands hotfixes that have been made to live servers, which contains many last minute tuning changes to Mythic Castle Nathria on the night before the Race to World First begins! This includes big buffs to Mythic Sun King's Salvation, Mythic Stone Legion Generals and other tuning changes!

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Covenant Renown Rewards Dec 15th - Renown 12 Unlocks Soulbind Node, Hearthstone Toy, Adventurer

It's the fourth week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 12! This will unlock Chapter 5 of the Covenant Campaign, a new soulbind node, and a Hearthstone Toy.

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Free Character Transfers Closing on December 17

Free Character Transfers will be closed for all realms after 11:00 a.m. PST (2:00 p.m. EST) on Thursday, December 17.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Week 2 Affixes are Tyrannical, Bolstering, Storming via Raider.IO Discord Alerts

The Raider.IO Discord Alerts have announced that this week's Mythic+ affixes are Tyrannical, Bolstering, Storming and Prideful! This will be the first time that players will get to play the new Storming affix on live servers, which will be more difficult for melee players. Mythic+ will also scale to Item Level 210 from the end-of-dungeon chest this week with these affixes.

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Get Heroic Castle Nathria Raid Loot from Weekly Dungeon Event

The Shadowlands weekly dungeon event awards a piece of Heroic Castle Nathria raid loot.

Last (Last) Minute Mythic Castle Nathria Tuning (12/15) - Datamined Shadowlands Hotfixes

Many last minute tuning changes have been made via hotfix to Mythic Castle Nathria yesterday. Now, another set of last last minute hotfixes have been pushed to the instance, this time buffing almost every ability on Mythic Sludgefist!

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Diablo IV Quarterly Update on Itemization - Legendary Affixes, Primary Stats, Weapon Types

The quarterly Diablo IV update is here and it dives into a highly-anticipated topic: itemization.

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December 15th NA Maintenance Extended to 1pm PST

NA Maintenance for December 15th has been further extended to 1pm PST.

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Use Raidbots to Find Your Best DPS Upgrade in the Great Vault in Shadowlands

With the first Great Vault loot of Shadowlands, players will inevitably ask themselves "What item should I choose?". To help in this dilemma, players can use Raidbots in conjunction with the SimulationCraft addon to sim all pieces available in their Great Vault to find what piece will provide the largest benefit to their DPS.

Oranomonos the Everbranching - Ardenweald World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Oranomonos the Everbranching is available to be defeated in Ardenweald!

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Shadehound Hunt in the Maw Now Available for NA - Chance at The Maw Mount

On NA servers, the Winged Soul Eater Hunt was swapped for the Shadehound Hunt, which means players have another chance at the elusive Mawsworn Soulhunter mount!

World First Mythic Shriekwing Kill by BDGG in Castle Nathria

NA servers are up and BDGG have headed straight into Mythic Castle Nathria and one-shot Mythic Shriekwing. Congratulations to them!

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Item Level 233 Elite PvP Weapons Available from the Great Vault Weekly Cache

A major advantage has been discovered for Elite PvP players, as the multi-rank 1 Warrior has shared that Elite PvP weapons are obtainable from the Great Vault at item level 233 - equaling those obtained from Mythic Sire Denathrius, but obtainable much earlier for those skilled enough to earn them!

World First Mythic Huntsman Altimor Kill by BDGG in Castle Nathria

The second boss is now dead in the Race to World First as BDGG has claimed the World First kill of Huntsman Altimor!

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Huntsman Altimor Neck from Castle Nathria Tames Druids

The Huntsman Altimor neck from Castle Nathria has the unintended side effect of taming Druids in cat form.

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Fracture Chambers and Upper Reaches Wings Available in Torghast - Legendary Power Recipes

A new week of Shadowlands is starting, and with it, Fracture Chambers and The Upper Reaches are the available Torghast wings for this week!

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Shadowlands Week 4 - Return Lost Souls from the Maw for 5 More Redeemed Souls

With the weekly reset, players will once again be able to do the weekly quest, Return Lost Souls, awarding 5 more Redeemed Souls, bringing their total up to 20 earned so far in the expansion. With that, players should now be able to start upgrading their Covenant Sanctum features to tier 2!

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World First Mythic Hungering Destroyer Kill by Lazarus Imperative in Castle Nathria

Lazarus Imperative has overtaken the competition and has claimed the World First Kill of Hungering Destroyer! They are the first guild to now be 3/10 Mythic.

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World First Mythic Sun King's Salvation Kill by BDGG in Castle Nathria

BDGG has claimed the World First kill of Sun King's Salvation! This seems to be the first boss that has given guilds a significant challenge.

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Blizzard To Imminently Fix Castle Nathria Lockout Difficulty Bug

Blizzard has stated they are fixing the issue which is locking some players out of loot on other Castle Nathria difficulties.

Hotfixes: December 15, 2020

Hotfixes December 15, 2020 Demon Hunter Unnatural Malice (Night Fae Conduit) has its effect reduced by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players.

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World First Mythic Lady Inerva Darkvein Kill by Complexity Limit in Castle Nathria

Complexity Limit has claimed the World First kill of Lady Inerva Darkvein! They are the first guild to now be 5/10 Mythic.

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World First Mythic Artificer Xy'mox Kill by Complexity Limit in Castle Nathria

Complexity Limit has claimed the World First kill of Artificer Xy'mox, extending their lead to 6/10 Mythic.

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Pieces' Race to World First Castle Nathria Event - Livestream Information and Schedule

As we go into the Shadowlands Race to World First Castle Nathria, the EU guild Pieces has orchestrated their largest event ever - streaming in several view points, with a large lineup of guest commentary, and open voice communications for the first time ever! This is an event you won't want to miss.

ICU Nurse Finds Joy in Shadowlands

Jwolford90, an ICU nurse at a level 1 trauma center and Resto Druid main, took to Reddit to express their gratitude to Blizzard for Shadowlands, where they can take a break from the real world and, as they put it, "be able to play a game that I can get lost in and feel some type of joy."

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Complexity Limit Claims World First Council of Blood - Now Mythic 7/10

Complexity Limit has claimed the World First Council of Blood kill off stream, and are now Mythic 7/10! Congratulations to them!

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Feast of Winter Veil 2020 - Greatfeather Pepe Available

The Feast of Winter Veil runs from December 16th through January 2nd. New to Winter Veil 2020 is the Pepe costume A Tiny Winter Hat.

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Updated Mythic+ Item Level Table for Week 2 - Receive 207s for +10s and 210s from +15s

The second week of Shadowlands Season 1 has started, and that means that Item Levels from Mythic+ have now increased to 210, which is 3 Item Levels below Heroic Castle Nathria. Mythic +10s have also had their Item Level increased to 207 and you can see the full Item Level breakdown in this article.

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Necroray Eggs - Chance to Obtain Necroray Mounts from Maldraxxus Callings

Shadowlands has added over 80 new mounts for players to collect, and a couple of them can be obtained simply from completing Callings! You have a chance to obtain one of three Necroray mounts every time you complete a Maldraxxus calling.

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Player Creates World of Warcraft Lore Figures with Hero Forge

SilverGloom used Hero Forge to create miniatures of eighteen World of Warcraft lore characters.

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Feast of Winter Veil 2020 - Greatfeather Pepe Available

The Feast of Winter Veil runs from December 16th through January 2nd. New to Winter Veil 2020 is the Pepe costume A Tiny Winter Hat. Now live on NA realms!

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Mythic Castle Nathria Pull Counts and Best Attempts with WarcraftLogs Competition Mode

World of Warcraft combat log and ranking website Warcraft Logs has rolled out a very cool new feature called Competition Mode, which tracks pull counts, best % attempts, and gives real time updates on the latest boss kills.

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Rextroy Vengeance Demon Hunter One Shot with The Hunt Night Fae Covenant Ability

Rextroy has found a new mechanic to abuse, using the Demon Hunter Night Fae Covenant ability The Hunt specced as Vengeance to deal an absolutely massive amount of damage to players in battlegrounds and arenas.

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Canadian Dollar Price Change for WoW Game Time

Blizzard has announced that they will be changing the price of WoW Game Time for the Canadian Dollar. 30 Days of Game Time will now cost $21.99 CAD.

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Complexity Limit's Mythic Council of Blood VoD - Echo Defeats Mythic Council of Blood

Now that Echo has killed Council of Blood to claim the World Second Kill, Complexity Limit has released footage of their World First Kill of Mythic Council of Blood, which occurred off stream yesterday.

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Revendreth Skybox Changes after Sire Denathrius' Defeat in Castle Nathria

The Maw is can be seen from the northern end of Revendreth. The Maw skybox in Revendreth changes once you finish the Revendreth storyline, and a second time once Sire Denathrius is defeated in Castle Nathria!

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Easy Strat for Night Fae Soul Ash Missions

When you get the first Soul Ash quest, Breach the Planes, as a Night Fae, there is an easy strategy for beating it.

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New Static Level Soul Ash Mission Hotfixed Onto Adventure Table in Shadowlands

In Sloot's interview, Ion Hazzikostas confirmed that dynamic level Soul Ash missions didn't feel great and the team was talking about changing them to static mission levels. This now appears to have been hotfixed on live servers, with players receiving a Static Level 20 Soul Ash Mission on their Mission Table!

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Sinfall and Ember Court Feast of Winter Veil Decorations

Winter Veil is here and even the realms of death can't escape from its traditions. During the Feast of Winter Veil, the Venthyr Covenant Sanctum, Sinfall, and the Venthyr Feature, the Ember Court, receive small changes in decoration to celebrate the holidays.

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Torghast Disconnect Bug Inflates Enemy Health and Damage - 683 Million Health Boss Goxul the Devourer

A group of Redditors discovered a new meaning of pain while progressing through Torghast, after a disconnected member of their party relogged in front of a 683 million health boss called Goxul the Devourer!

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Hotfixes: December 16, 2020

Unstable Affliction's damage is now increased by Shadow Embrace and Haunt (Talent).

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Festive Shadowlands NPCs - Loot Winter Veil Hats from Certain Shadowlands Bosses

With every Winter Veil, certain bosses receive Winter Hats, enabling them to drop Winter Veil hats during the holiday. With Shadowlands upon us, this tradition is no different, with several Shadowlands bosses in dungeons, Castle Nathria and Torghast receiving Winter Veil hats!

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Mythic +10s and +11s End of Dungeon Rewards Nerfed to Item Level 203

Players have started reporting that the end-of-dungeon Rewards from Mythic +10s and +11s have been nerfed to Item Level 203, down from Item Level 207. This change appears to have been made within the last hour or so.

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Winter Veil Daily Gift in Shadowlands - Rare Stolen Gift Requires Level 60

With Winter Veil starting today for all regions, players have noticed that only max level characters are now able to obtain Stolen Present from the daily quest You're a Mean One... in Shadowlands.

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The Mawrat Strat: Keeping Torment Mobs Off Your Back in Torghast's Fracture Chambers

How to use Mawrats to deal with Torments!

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Mythic Difficulty Castle Nathria Guides by Shadowlands Race to World First Competitor BDGG

As part of our continual effort to provide the best World of Warcraft guides and information, we've partnered with BDGG to create comprehensive Mythic difficulty guides for Castle Nathria!

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All Epic Anima Powers Available in Torghast: Possibilities from Ritual Prism of Fortune

The Ritual Prism of Fortune permanently increases your chance of receiving an epic Anima Power in Torghast. Here is a list of epic Anima Powers to see what options are possible!

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Alterac Valley Battleground Hotfix to Fix Abnormally Short Games

Blizzard has announced a hotfix to address level 60 enemies inside Alterac Valley not properly scaling, which resulted in extremely short games as players steamrolled right though the "epic" battleground within a matter of minutes.

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Torghast Polygon Interview with Ion Hazzikostas - Many Torghast Changes Coming Soon

Many players have been frustrated with Torghast recently, due to some of the recent changes to Torghast and the increases in difficulty to the mode. Polygon has interviewed Ion Hazzikostas on Torghast, who announced there are a bunch of changes in the works, aimed at easing the experience of Torghast.

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Upcoming Nerfs to Torghast - Reduced Layer Difficulty, Difficult Mob and Unnatural Power Nerfs

Blizzard has announced upcoming changes to Torghast to reduce the length of a Torghast run and increase success rate for struggling specs. This includes nerfs to difficult mobs and the Unnatural Power stacking buff, buffs to Anima Powers and choices of Anima Powers, global nerfs to Layer difficulty and more!

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PSA - Renown Hearthstone Does Not Teleport You to Covenant

Reminder that the Renown 11 Hearthstone toy is a normal Hearthstone, just with a covenant-themed animation.

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Diablo Immortal's Free-to-Play Approach and Values

As part of the deluge of Diablo Immortal information dropping today, Blizzard has shared more information on their business model, highlighting what is earned through gameplay or purchases.

Itemization in Diablo Immortal

Blizzard has shared more information about itemization in Diablo Immortal including item ranks, legendary gems, and base stats.

Diablo Immortal Dev Update and Technical Alpha Testing

Blizzard has just released a Diablo Immortal developer update with Lead Designer Wyatt Cheng, which has announced the start of a very limited technical alpla testing period, primarily based in Australia.

Character and Skill Progression in Diablo Immortal

Blizzard has posted a blog highlighting character and skill progression in Diablo Immortal including playable classes, paragon levels, and example builds.

Diablo Immortal Gameplay Overview: Everything You Need to Know

Diablo Immortal is going into a very limited testing technical alpha, but everyone can enjoy their latest gameplay overview, which covers the world of Sanctuary, dungeons and rifts, the city of Westmarch, and the four classes players will get to experience in the alpha - Barbarian, Monk, Wizard, and Demon Hunter!

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Datamined Torghast Hotfixes - Torment Nerfs, Skeletal Remain Nerfs

Some of the mentioned Torghast Nerfs are now in game. We've datamined all the ones that have been applied so far which includes nerfs to the mob spawning Torments, some nerfs to Skeletal Remains and the Upper Reaches global spell, the Jailer's Directive!

Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha Class, Environment, and Monster Art

Blizzard has released a ton of new things to see in their Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha Press Kit, including a great deal of artwork. Included among the 22 images are the six planned playable classes, several of the environments players will explore throughout the game, and some suitably creepy looking monsters that we can't wait to slay!

Datamined Mythic Castle Nathria Hotfixes - Mythic Stone Legion Generals Buffs

With the Road to World First is currently progressing on Mythic Sludgefist, it seems that the last buffs to Mythic Stone Legion Generals may not have been tuned high enough for what Blizzard wanted. We've datamined even more hotfixes which buffs some abilities on the Mythic Stone Legion Generals which guilds will hopefully be getting to soon!

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Datamined Mythic+ Necrotic Wake Hotfixes - Mutilate and Tenderize Nerfs

We've datamined a couple spells that have gotten nerfed in Necrotic Wake, which will affect players that are doing Mythic+. The two hard hitting Tank abilities in the Necropolis have gotten nerfed!

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Former Blizzard Designer Ghostcrawler Working on Riot Games' Unannounced MMO Game

Former World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer Ghostcrawler has announced on Twitter that he is working with Riot Games to create a new MMO game. There aren't any details about the game, but from his tweet it seems to have the idea to expand League of Legend's lore and universe.

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Hotfixes: December 17, 2020

Fixed an issue that caused the Storming Affix to inflict more damage than intended.

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Necrotic Wake Bolstering Strategy to One Shot Any Mob in Mythic+ Including Bosses!

Necrotic Wake is one of the hardest dungeons in Shadowlands in Mythic+, and that means that players have been making strategies to make it easier. With this week having the Bolstering affix, players are using a Bolstered Enemy to one-shot all enemies in the first part of the dungeon, which includes bosses!

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Castle Nathria Top Builds Now Show Most Popular Covenants, Legendaries, Conduits

See which covenant, legendary, and conduit is most popular for your spec on any Castle Nathria boss.

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Death Knight Special Quest Text in Night Fae Campaign Storyline

Beg_For_Mercy has posted a fun Death Knight specific interaction in the Night Fae Campaign.

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World First Mythic Sludgefist Kill by Complexity Limit in Castle Nathria

Complexity Limit has claimed the World First kill of Mythic Sludgefist, extending their lead to 8/10 Mythic. This fight was the first major gear check in the raid for these World First guilds, with many of them doing splits beforehand.

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Photographer Turns World of Warcraft Zones into Little Planet Art

World of Warcraft continues to inspire artists working in all kinds of media. Today we are highlighting a photographer who has created Warcraft planets out of screenshots.

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Kyrians Get Direct Flight to Spires of Ascension

Blizzard has added a direct flight from Elysian Hold to Spires of Ascension.

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Easiest and Hardest Mythic+ Dungeons on Tyrannical Weeks

This is the first Tyrannical week in Mythic+ Season 1 and we wanted to look at how hard the dungeons are on Tyrannical in Shadowlands. Many of these dungeons can be very deadly on this when compared to Fortified and we wanted to highlight a couple problem points for each dungeon!

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 18, 2020 - Castle Nathria and Mythic+ Tuning

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for December 18th, which includes more Castle Nathria and Mythic+ tuning.

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Changes to Purchasable Game Time Options for the British Pound (GBP)

The 30, 90, and 180 day Game Time purchases for the British Pound (GBP) have been removed from the Blizzard Shop, in favor of a single 60 day Game Time option for £19.98. This does not impact players renewing their ongoing subscription however, which is still available in 1, 3, and 6 month intervals.

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Complexity Limit's First Day on Mythic Stone Legion Generals

Complexity Limit was the first guild to down Mythic Sludgefist this morning and they spent the rest of the day on Mythic Stone Legion Generals. We talk about Complexity Limit's progress day so far, including some of the bugs they've ran into and why this boss is so difficult.

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Echo Claims World Second Mythic Sludgefist Kill in Castle Nathria

Echo has now claimed the World Second Mythic Sludgefist kill in Castle Nathria, joining Complexity Limit at Mythic 8/10! The race continues to see who can kill Mythic Stone Legion Generals first, and get to Denathrius!

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Deaf Raiding Guild <Undaunted> Created Sign Language Signs For All Shadowlands Covenants

The World of Warcraft's largest deaf raiding guild, Undaunted on Area 52 created sign language signs to represent the four Shadowlands covenants!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Characters of Ardenweald and the Jelly Slime Cat by Senior Character Artist Ariel Fain

Senior 3D Character Artist at Blizzard Ariel Fain has posted some of her work in Shadowlands on Artstation, including the Jelly Cat and Winter Queen.

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Activision-Blizzard Stock Closes at 27 Year All Time High

The stock market closed this week with Activision Blizzard trading a 27 year all time high of $90.37 a share. The success is largely attributed to the reception of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and Shadowlands, recently named the fastest selling PC game of all time.

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Venthyr Shortcuts In and Out of Sinfall

Today it is the Venthyr's turn for fun Sanctum travel options.

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Diablo Immortal Datamined Cinematics and Animated Wallpaper

With the technical alpha of Diablo Immortal open, we've started datamining the game! First up are cinematics and an animated wallpaper.

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Datamined Mythic Castle Nathria Hotfixes - Mythic Stone Legion Generals Nerf & Mythic Denathrius Buffs

As guilds have been progressing on Mythic Stone Legion Generals, one portion of the encounter was slightly nerfed earlier today in a hotfix. In addition, Blizzard has been continuing to tune many abilities on the Mythic Denathrius encounter, buffing many abilities on the encounter today!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Sylvanas's New Look and Kyrian Concepts with Character Art Supervisor Kelvin Tan

Character Art Supervisor Kelvin Tan has posted some of the concept art he worked on for Shadowlands on Artstation, including Sylvanas' new look in the expansion and many Kyrian concepts.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 156 | Oribos Exchange & Changes to UK Gametime Options

The latest economy wrap-up features the new auction house stats site Oribos Exchange and discusses changes to UK gametime options.

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WoW Classic Questionairre - Burning Crusade Separate from Fresh Start Servers Restarting with Phase 1

Blizzard sent out a new survey containing several questions regarding "Classic" Burning Crusade servers, potentially along aside separate Classic "Fresh Start" servers which would allow players to restart the Classic content cycle back to Phase 1.

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Reminder: Most Cooldowns Reset at the End of Each Torghast Floor - Bloodlust Every Floor

In a set of recent hotfixes to Torghast, Blizzard made most major cooldowns reset when you transition to a new floor. This means that you can blow all your cooldowns on the Empowered enemy before the stairs and they'll be back up very soon!

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World First Mythic Stone Legion Generals Kill by Complexity Limit in Castle Nathria

Complexity Limit has claimed the World First kill of Mythic Stone Legion Generals, extending their lead to 9/10 Mythic.

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Mythic Sire Denathrius First Look, Changes & Datamined Secret Phase Speculation

With Complexity Limit pulling Mythic Sire Denathrius, we take a first look at their pull and speculate what the Secret Phase of Denathrius could contain through some datamined spells! In addition, we analyze the known changes for the Mythic version of the encounter which seems to include a 4-Horseman style mechanic in Phase 2!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: The Jailer and His Army by Senior Character Artist Matthew McKeown

Senior Character Artist Matthew McKeown has posted some of his work for Shadowlands on Artstation, including the Jailer and his army!

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Blizzard Holiday Sale - 50% off Most Mounts and Pets, 33% off Character Boosts

Blizzard's holiday sale is here, featuring 50% off most mounts and pets, as well as 33% off Shadowlands character boosts.

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Echo Not Streaming Mythic Denathrius Progression Before NA Reset

Current world second guild Echo has opted not to stream their initial Mythic Denathrius progression, citing concerns that it would give their competition an advantage once their servers come back up.

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Blizzard Holiday Sale - Deals on Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, StarCraft II

Blizzard has announced holiday deals for all of their franchises, running until January 4, 2021.

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS After Week 2 of Castle Nathria - Mythic Opening and Heroic Clears

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the second week of Shadowlands Season 2. The second week of every season always marks the beginning of the Mythic Race and we see the results of class tuning. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Heroic Castle Nathria statistics.

Complexity Limit Reaches the "Secret Phase" on Mythic Denathrius

Complexity Limit has breached the "Secret Phase" on Mythic Denathrius, entering the Mirrors at the start of Phase 3! While they didn't last long, we now have our first look at the Mirror Phase.

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Complete Breaching the Planes Soul Ash Mission as Kyrian

The new static level Soul Ash missions in Shadowlands are still no joke, but members of the Kyrian covenant previously roadblocked have finally begun sharing their success stories!

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Datamined Shadowlands Mythic+ Dungeon Hotfixes (12/21) - Theater of Pain, Plaguefall Nerfs

We've datamined some hotfixes that have been applied to live servers which nerfs various abilities in the Theater of Pain and Plaguefall dungeons!

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Mirror Phase on Mythic Denathrius Causes All His Abilities to Be Reflected

Complexity Limit has gotten further in Mythic Denathrius' Mirror Phase, and the Mythic mechanic makes all of Denathrius' abilities reflected for players in the Mirror Phase!

Shadowlands Hotfixes for December 21, 2020 - Many Mythic+ Dungeon Nerfs

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for today, which includes many Mythic+ dungeon nerfs to Plageufall, Spires of Ascension, Necrotic Wake and Theater of Pain.

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Hands On Build and Review with the Alliance Edition Secretlab Titan 2020 Gaming Chair

Last October, Secretlab partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to debut their new line of premium Alliance and Horde themed gaming chairs, and since it turns out that where you decide to park your butt all day is pretty important, I decided to share my experience with the new Alliance Edition Secretlab Titan 2020.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Herbs and Mining Nodes by Environment Artist Amber Hill

Environment Artist Amber Hill has uploaded some of her work on Shadowlands to Artstation, including herb and mining nodes.

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Season 1 Week 3 Mythic+ Affixes are Fortified, Spiteful, Grievous, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Fortified, Spiteful, Grievous, Prideful! This will be the first time that players will get to play the new Spiteful affix on live servers, which will be more difficult for melee players. You'll have to make good use of CC and kiting to deal with Spiteful this week!

Nurgash Muckformed - Revendreth World Boss Available This Week

This week, the Nurgash Muckformed World Boss is available to be defeated in Revendreth and drops 3 new Legendary patterns!

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Double Potency Conduits from Dreamweaver Unlock December 22nd

Dreamweaver's second potency conduit slot unlocks at Renown 13 this week. This soulbind reaches double potency conduits several weeks ahead of all the others.

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Coldheart Interstitia and Mort'regar Wings Available in Torghast This Week

A new week of Shadowlands is here and new Torghast wings are available. This week's Wings are Coldheart Interstitia and Mort'regar -- no Soulforges once again.

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Instructor's Divine Bell On Use Mastery Trinket Now Up on NA Servers

For NA servers, the Instructor's Divine Bell on use Mastery Trinket is now available from a World Quest. This is the first time that it will be available for the majority of NA players and is very strong for specs that want Mastery such as Unholy Death Knights and Balance Druids!

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Covenant Renown Rewards Dec 22nd - Renown 15 Unlocks Soulbind Node, Legendary Power, Soulkeeper Upgrade

It's the fifth week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 15! This will unlock Chapter 6 of the Covenant Campaign, a new soulbind node, legendary power, and a soulkeeper upgrade.

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Shadowlands Week 5 - Return Lost Souls for 5 More Redeemed Souls and Soulkeeper Upgrade at Renown 15

With the weekly reset, players will earn 5 more Redeemed Souls from the Return Lost Souls weekly quest, totaling 25 so far in Shadowlands. The first Soulkeeper Upgrade will also be unlocked at renown 15, but it will not take effect until next week.

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Snowy Owl Battle Pet Now Spawned for Winter

With the changing of the seasons, the winter pet Snowy Owl has now spawned in Winterspring.

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De Other Side Mythic+ Timer Increased to 41 Minutes in Shadowlands

De Other Side had one of the tightest timers of the Shadowlands Mythic+ dungeons and it now seems that the timer has been hotfixed, increasing the timer to 41 minutes!

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Analysis of Healing in Castle Nathria - First Mythic Week and Second Heroic Week

Today we will take a look at the Healing balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the first week of Mythic Castle Nathria and the second week of Shadowlands Season 1 .The second week of every season always marks the beginning of the Mythic Race and we see the results of early class tuning. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Heroic Castle Nathria statistics.

Hotfixes: December 22, 2020

Heartstop Aura (PvP Talent) will no longer affect the cooldown of Gladiator's Medallion.

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Get One New Covenant Companion for the Adventure Table from Torghast in Shadowlands

If you've unlocked the Adventure Table in Shadowlands, you will only start with one companion and need to unlock the rest. This week, one new companion is available from Torghast!

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Wowhead's 2020 Winter Veil Giveaway - We're Celebrating Our 15th Anniversary!

As the snow falls outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar, the Wowhead team is taking a moment to reflect how great 2020 has been to us. We've been kept busy with Shadowlands and Classic, and 2020 is an extra-special year for us as we're celebrating our 15th anniversary!

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Echo Announces Best Pull of 25.9% on Mythic Sire Denathrius Before EU Reset

The EU Weekly Reset is here and Echo has announced that their best Mythic Sire Denathrius pull is 25.9%! It looks like the World First kill might be coming soon!

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Wholesome Fan Mail for Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng

Retired League of Legends esports player Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng received some wholesome in-game mail after a bad mouthing guild member recognized the former champion.

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Wowhead Shop Holiday Update: 15th Anniversary Limited Edition Merch, Tsepish Enamel Pins

We're feeling festive this holiday season so we have a special merch drop celebrating Wowhead's 15th anniversary as well as new collectible enamel pins by Tsepish.

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Super Squirt Day for EU Realms on 23rd December - Level Battle Pets Quickly

Super Squirt is live for EU realms this Wednesday, December 23rd! 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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Mounts from Adventure Table Missions and Venture Plan Addon Spotlight

Players have started reaching the higher level missions from the Shadowlands Adventure table, which contains mount rewards from them. In this post, we will talk more about the Adventure Table mount missions, as well as spotlight a very useful Adventure Table addon, Venture Plan!

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Mythic Sire Denathrius Race to World First Update - 12.5% for Echo, 1.9% for Limit

Both Limit and Echo have made great progress on Mythic Sire Denathrius after the weekly reset, with Echo at 12.5% and Limit at 1.9%.

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Sinfall after Sun King's Salvation - Kael'thas Atonement

Players have noticed that after defeating the Sun King's Salvation encounter in Castle Nathria, members of the Venthyr covenant can find the fallen Prince Kael'thas in Sinfall, working on his atonement.

Complexity Limit Claims World First Mythic Sire Denathrius Kill

Complexity Limit has conquered the secret Mirror Phase and claimed the World First Mythic Sire Denathrius kill and Castle Nathria clear! Congratulations to them!

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Complexity Limit Reactions to World First Mythic Sire Denathrius Kill Clips and Nerd Screams

Sire Denathrius has fallen to Complexity Limit! Castle Nathria was heavily streamed by Limit guild members, and because of that, we have several points of view from their celebrations!

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Complexity Limit and Reloe's Mythic Castle Nathria Weakauras

Complexity Limit and Reloe have uploaded the weakauras that were used during their World First Mythic Castle Nathria progression!

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DeadlyBossMods Updated for Mythic Sire Denathrius

Along with the update to Complexity Limit and Reloe's weakauras used during the world first defeat of Sire Denathrius, DeadlyBossMods is also now updated to reflect the mythic version of the final fight within Castle Nathria.

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The View From the Very Top of Castle Nathria

Reddit user Zoshii managed to climb all the way to the top of Castle Nathria. They then jumped off with a goblin glider.

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Limit Max Shows Complexity Limit's DPS and Healing Logs for Mythic Denathrius Kill

After their World First kill of Mythic Denathrius, Limit Max showed off Complexity Limit's logs going over the DPS and Healing meters for their kill attempt, highlighting how much damage Venthyr Holy Paladins deal for a Healer spec and Unholy Death Knights deal while having a raid cooldown.

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Most Popular Shadowlands Classes, Covenants, Items, and News on Wowhead - First Mont of Expansion

It's been a full month since Shadowlands launched on November 23rd, so we're looking at what content our site visitors looked up the most so far in the initial month of Shadowlands. We'll highlight popular Shadowlands class guides, as well as fun items and tricky quests from our database that made it to the top!

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Echo Claims World Second Mythic Sire Denathrius Kill

Echo has claimed World Second/EU first Mythic Sire Denathrius, defeating the final boss of Castle Nathria a little over 16 hours after Complexity Limit achieved the World First kill.

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First Shadowlands +20 Mythic Dungeon Completed In Time

A huge congratulations to the Vengeance Demon Hunter Radspaper, Restoration Shaman Furo, Fire Mage Brainx, Affliction Warlock Eddielock, and Outlaw Rogue Seliathan for finishing +20 Mists of Tirna Scithe in 28 minutes and 14 seconds - the first very first +20 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!

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Oh, Hi Felicia! Felicia Day Tribute NPC in Maldraxxas

There's a tribute to Felicia Day in Maldraxxus.

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Battle Pet Spotlight - Renny

As we head in to the holiday season and as the initial grind of Shadowlands wears off, we thought it might be a good time to highlight some interesting pets that you might want to collect! Pet battles, and pet collecting, are a great way to fill time between Mythic+ and raiding. Stay tuned for some more interesting pets in the coming days!

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Feast of Winter Veil 2020 Special Presents - Jingles and Wreath-A-Rang

The Feast of Winter Veil presents for 2020 are the battle pet Jingles and Wreath-A-Rang toy.

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Mind ConTROLLed in Tirna Scithe by the Necrolord Kidney Hearthstone

Getting mind controlled is never fun - your character randomly decides to use major cooldowns, activates burning rush, walk off cliffs, but Necrolord covenant players have found something new to worry about - hearthing right out of their dungeons! in this Mists of Tirna Scithe clip, a Death Knight mind controlled by the final boss decides to abandon the fight entirely!

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Use RaidPlan.io to Create Strategy Maps for Castle Nathria Bosses

The website RaidPlan.io has images of all the Castle Nathria encounter rooms including both the upper and lower floor of Sire Denathrius, and you can drag and drop icons such as raid and role markers onto the maps to help plan out your guild's strategy!

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Sinvyr Tea Set - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 2, we're highlighting the Sinvyr Tea Set!

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Festive Winter Veil Bosses - Siegecrafter Blackfuse, Blackwater Behemoth, Sire Denathrius

Some raid bosses in WoW are celebrating Feast of Winter Veil with funny holiday decorations, including Siegecrafter Blackfuse whose festive appearance is only active on December 25th!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Ardenweald and Bastion Props with Senior Prop Artist Ashleigh Warner

Senior Prop Artist Ashleigh Warner has posted some of the work she did for Shadowlands on Artstation including Bastion and Ardenweald props.

Feast of Winter Veil 2020 Special Presents - Jingles and Wreath-A-Rang

The Feast of Winter Veil presents for 2020 are the battle pet Jingles and Wreath-A-Rang toy. Edit: Gifts are now available in all regions!

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Complexity Limit Maximum Streaming Castle Nathria Boss-by-Boss Breakdown

Complexity Limit Maximum is doing a Castle Nathria boss-by-boss breakdown on his stream, showing how Complexity Limit prepared for each boss, what they would have changed, and going over how he'd approach each boss in Castle Nathria now.

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Easiest and Hardest Mythic+ Dungeons on Grievous, Spiteful, Fortified in Shadowlands

This is another Fortified week in Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 1 and we wanted to look at how hard the dungeons are this week in Shadowlands. Many of these dungeons are much easier on Fortified, but there are some more complications this week with the combination of Spiteful and Grievous. We wanted to highlight the easiest dungeons to try to complete this week!

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Vengeance Demon Hunter Owns Torghast with Immolation Aura

Reddit user, iamCoudii, a Vengeance Demon Hunter, lucked out at the Anima Power lottery.

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Spread Holiday Cheer and Kindness in World of Warcraft This Winter Veil

Tis the season to be jolly! Whether stuck at home or even completely quarantined, many players are turning to WoW to help spread a little holiday cheer.

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Stonewrought Sentry - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 3, we're highlighting the Stonewrought Sentry!

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Maldraxxus is METAL - List of Metal References found in Maldraxxus

There are many metal references in Maldraxxus!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Larion & Phalynx of Bastion with Character Artist Dan Pingston

Character Artist Dan Pingston has uploaded some of the Shadowlands concept art to Artstation, including Larion and Phalynx creatures from Bastion.

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Pet Battle Spotlight - Dal

As we head in to the holiday season and as the initial grind of Shadowlands wears off, we thought it might be a good time to highlight some interesting pets that you might want to collect! Pet battles, and pet collecting, are a great way to fill time between Mythic+ and raiding.

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The Necronom-i-nom - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 4, we're highlighting The Necronom-i-nom!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Forests of the Shadowlands with Senior Environment Artist Gabe Gonzalez

Senior Environment Artist Gabe Gonzalez has posted a great deal of the work he did for Shadowlands on Artstation including the Ardenweald Dreamcatcher Tree!

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 157 | A Year of Gold Making & TSM Milling Prospecting Fix

The latest economy wrapup covers the ups and downs of goldmaking in the last year and a way to fix mass prospect prices in TSM!

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Pieces and FatSharkYes Defeat Mythic Stone Legion Generals Today

After a quiet few days of progression during the holidays, both Pieces and FatSharkYes defeated Mythic Stone Legion Generals today!

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Shadowlands Systems UI - Room for Improvement

The Shadowlands systems UI could receive some improvements, such as the Anima Conductor.

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Shadowlands Adventure Missions - Continued Balancing Problems for Kyrian and Venthyr Covenants

Shadowlands is in full swing, and despite initial concerns over covenants, all have been fairly well represented in every major aspect of gameplay. One area where they are most decidedly not equal, however, are the Command Table Missions, as players express continual concerns over the inability for Kyrian and Venthyr covenants to keep up with their Night Fae and Necrolord counterparts.

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Fanmixology Mixes Up Cocktails Inspired by Warcraft Characters

Fanmixology has mixed up some cocktails inspired by Warcraft characters, including Sylvanas and Nathanos.

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Complexity Limit Spent 331 Million Gold During Race to World First Castle Nathria

Competing in world first mythic raiding takes more than time, dedication, and mastery of game; according to Complexity Limit treasurer Veyloris, the guild spent a combined 331 million gold in pursuit of Shadowlands World First Castle Nathria - nearly 30% more than in Mythic Ny'alotha.

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Wowhead's Mythic+ Damage Calculator for Trash and Boss Abilities in Shadowlands' Dungeons

Today, we're highlighting our Mythic+ Damage Calculator for Shadowlands! This tool will allow you to see how much damage various boss and trash abilities deal at various keystone levels and affixes in Shadowlands Mythic+ dungeons, to help you plan for high damage or one-shot abilities.

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Aspirant's Stretcher - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 5, we're highlighting the Aspirant's Stretcher!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Helm of Domination by Prop Artist Jeffrey Chuang

Prop Artist Jeffrey Chuang has posted some of the props he worked on for Shadowlands on Artstation including the Helm of Domination!

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Kyrestia the Firstborne Can Be Killed in Spires of Ascension, Has Special Death Dialogue

Due to a bug with Warlock Doomguards, Kyrestia the Firstborne in Spires of Ascension can be killed.

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Players Discover Shortcut Exit out of Castle Nathria

Players stumble upon a Castle Nathria hidden raid exit.

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Wowhead Weekly #256 - Warcraft 2020 Year in Review

For Wowhead Weekly #256, Annie and Perc discuss the recent Race to World First and Winter Veil updates, as well as recap the highs and lows of 2020 in WoW!

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Will of Remornia Battle Pet Executes the Anima Wyrms by the Flight Path in Oribos

One of the newest Battle Pets added in Shadowlands is Will of Remornia, which has a low chance to drop from Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria. Reddit user Throwing_Castles has discovered that the Will of Remornia Battle Pet has an unusual effect: it can kill the Anima Wyrms by the Flight Path in Oribos!

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Beastwarrens Hunts Still Buggy Weeks into the Expansion

Beastwarrens Hunts are still buggy weeks into the Shadowlands expansion.

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Pet Battle Spotlight - Spinebug

As we head in to the holiday season and as the initial grind of Shadowlands wears off, we thought it might be a good time to highlight some interesting pets that you might want to collect! Pet battles, and pet collecting, are a great way to fill time between Mythic+ and raiding.

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS After Week 3 of Castle Nathria - Second Week of Mythic

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the third week of Shadowlands Season 1. In this third week, we have a larger Mythic participation, so we're able to look at Mythic data with more accuracy. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.

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Stylish Black Parasol - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 6, we're highlighting the Stylish Black Parasol!

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Pieces Claims World Third Mythic Sire Denathrius Kill

Pieces has claimed the World Third Mythic Sire Denathrius kill, less than 48 hours after defeating Mythic Stone Legion Generals. Congratulations to them!

Valinor, the Light of Eons - Bastion World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Valinor, the Light of Eons is available to be defeated in Bastion!

Shadowlands Art Blast: Ardenweald Weapons with Character Artist Mackenzie Kade Patrick

Character Artist Mackenzie Kade Patrick has posted many weapons from Shadowlands on Artstation including ones from the Night Fae Covenant in Ardenweald.

Shadowlands Season 1 Week 4 Mythic+ Affixes are Tyrannical, Inspiring, Necrotic, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Fortified, Inspiring, Necrotic, Prideful! This will be the first time that players will get to play the new Inspiring and Necrotic affixes on live servers. This will likely be a difficult week for Tanks with it being difficult to reset Necrotic stacks on some bosses.

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Remember To Sim Upgrades and Kill World Boss Before Looting Great Vault

With the weekly reset, it's time to see what's inside your Great Vault! However, to optimize things, you should quickly kill the World Boss first and sim which upgrade is best from the Vault before choosing an item.

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New Bolvar Soul Ash Quest and Sylvanas Cinematic Available

With the Weekly Reset, Bolvar is offering a new quest to complete in Torghast for 200 Soul Ash if you've been keeping up with the quest line! As part of this quest, a Sylvanas Cinematic is now available to view in game!

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Wrath Timewalking Loot is Bugged - Gear Rewards Have Extremely Low Item Level

Wrath Timewalking starts today, but the item levels are not scaling properly for level 60 players.

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Covenant Renown Rewards Dec 29th - Renown 18 Unlocks Endurance Conduit, Adventurer, Transmog

It's the sixth week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 18! This will unlock Chapter 7 of the Covenant Campaign, a new Endurance Conduit node, adventurer, and more covenant transmog.

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The Soulforges and The Upper Reaches Wings Available in Torghast - Legendary Power Recipes

A new week in Shadowlands is starting, and with it, a new set of wings is available in Torghast this week: The Soulforges and The Upper Reaches!

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Obtain 10 Redeemed Souls This Week with Renown 15

Players who reach Renown 15 before picking up their weekly Return Lost Souls quest will receive 10 Redeemed Soul this week, up from the normal 5.

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Shadehound Hunt in the Maw Now Available for NA - Chance at The Maw Mount

On NA servers, the Winged Soul Eater Hunt was swapped for the Shadehound Hunt, which means players have another chance at the elusive Mawsworn Soulhunter mount!

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

Dunegorger Kraulok is the world boss up in Vol'dun for the week of December 29th(30th for EU), and since Patch 8.3, drops Mollie, the alpaca mount ( Slightly Damp Pile of Fur).

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New Cutscene for the Kyrian Campaign - The Vessel of Ardenweald

Chapter 7 of the Kyrian Campaign has an emotional cutscene as Bastion and Ardenweald work together to forge a new Crest of Ascension.

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Get Croman the Barbarian Companion for the Adventure Table from Torghast in Shadowlands

If you've unlocked the Adventure Table in Shadowlands, you will only start with one companion and need to unlock the rest. This week, one new companion is available from Torghast, another known friend!

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Longest Dungeon Run Ever? Group Takes 14 Hours to Clear +17 Spires of Ascension

A group took over 14 hours and 915 deaths to complete +17 Spires of Ascension.

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Mythic Dungeon Tools Paywalled - Dungeon Data Available to Subscribers Only

The immensely popular add-on Mythic Dungeon Tools, which provides maps and mob placement information for planning out Mythic+ dungeon routes in Legion, Battle for Azeroth, and Shadowlands, has now had its dungeon data removed, offered only to Twitch and Patreon subscribers.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Stewards of Bastion and Kael'thas Sunstrider with Associate Character Artist Natacha Nielsen

Associate Character Artist Natacha Nielsen has posted a lot of the work she did for Shadowlands on Artstation including the Stewards of Bastion!

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Acrobatic Steward - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 2, we're highlighting the Acrobatic Steward!

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Get ilvl 200 Loot from Wrath Timewalking - Ulduar and Weekly Quest

The Wrath Timewalking event in Shadowlands has notable rewards to help alts gear up.

PSA: Some Buffs are not for Right-Clicking

What happens when you right-click your Soul Remnant buff in Torghast...

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Mythic Dungeon Tools To Remove Paywall for Dungeon Data

Add-on creator Nnoggie has published an announcement on Twitter about Mythic Dungeon Tools. The recent change to include NPC and mapping data only for paid subscribers will be reverted.

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Rextroy On Melting Opponents in PvP with Overpowered Arms Warrior Whirlwind

Rextroy is back with a way to deal massive damage to opponents in PvP through Whirlwind, featuring the Inscrutable Quantum Device, Collateral Damage talent, and Merciless Bonegrinder conduit.

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PSA: Don't Accept Code from Untrusted Sources - Player Loses 30k from WeakAura

A Classic player accepted a WeakAura from a person with whom he had been grouping only to discover the WeakAura enabled his "friend" to steal all of his gold.

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Kyrian's Phial of Serenity Clears Necrotic Stacks in Mythic+

Necrotic can be a nasty affix for Tanks in Shadowlands Mythic+, but if you're a Kyrian Tank, you'll have an advantage in Mythic+ this week. The Necrotic Wound debuff counts as a Bleed effect so Kyrian's Phial of Serenity can remove it and Kleia's Soulbind can make you completely immune to Necrotic for 8 seconds!

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Fae Pipes - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 8

Welcome to Day 8 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 8, we're highlighting the Fae Pipes!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Plants and The Heart of the Forest with Environment Artist Kate McKee

Environment Artist Kate McKee has posted some behind-the-scenes information and work she did for Shadowlands on Artstation including plants and Heart of the Forest.

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New Year's Eve 2020 Fireworks and Dance Party in Azeroth

Beginning at 6pm realm time on December 31st, watch fireworks light the skies in Azeroth.

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Final Call for Feast of Winter Veil 2020 Presents

The Feast of Winter Veil ends the morning of January 2nd, so time is running out to unwrap your special presents under the tree.

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Happy New Years Azeroth Animation by Pivotal, Dedrich, and MaterVertex

2020 has been a difficult year for many, so Dedrich_Art, PivotalAnim, and MasterVertex made a cozy animation sending off the old year with explosives and welcoming in 2021!

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This Year in World of Warcraft 2020

2020 has been a busy year in Azeroth, highlighted in the culmination of Battle for Azeroth and venturing into the Shadowlands. Today we're looking back at the events, achievements, and discoveries over the past year in Warcraft.

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Ember Court Winter Veil Bonuses End January 2nd - Winter Veil Gifts for Extra Happiness

Venthyr that complete their Ember Court this before the end of Winter Veil will still have access to the Winter Veil presents in the court, which provides free happiness points to one of their guests.

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Wowhead's 2020 Year in Review and Happy New Year

2020 for the Wowhead team was very challenging and rewarding, and your support makes it all worthwhile. Here's a look back at what we're particularly proud of on our site in the past year.

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Mythic+ vs PvP vs Raid Gearing Systems in Shadowlands

With the removal of Warforging and Titanforging in Shadowlands, we've seen some changes to loot rewards from Mythic+, PvP and Raiding. We go over Shadowlands gearing through all 3 systems and discuss why Mythic+ gearing feels lackluster and why PvP gearing seems to be the best in Season 1 of Shadowlands!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Skyboxes and Cooking Icons with Environment Artist Kelli Hoover

Environment Artist Kelli Hoover has posted some of the work she did on Shadowlands to Artstation including cooking icons and Bastion skyboxes.

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Mirror of Envious Dreams - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 9

Welcome to Day 9 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 9, we're highlighting the Mirror of Envious Dreams.

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Huln Highmountain Found in Shadowlands

It's been a few weeks since we spotlighted familiar characters in Shadowlands, but we're back today with Huln Highmountain.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Bolvar Fordragon and Sire Denathrius by Senior Character Artist Jon McConnell

Senior Character Artist Jon McConnell has posted some 3D Character Art from Shadowlands on Artstation including Bolvar Fordragon and Sire Denathrius.

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Easiest and Hardest Mythic+ Dungeons on Inspiring, Necrotic, Tyrannical

With the first Inspiring and Necrotic week of Shadowlands in progress, we wanted to look at how hard Shadowlands' dungeons are on this affix combination of Inspiring, Necrotic and Tyrannical! This week definitely has certain bosses and trash pulls which can be deadly to Tanks.

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Scroll of Aeons - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 10

Welcome to Day 10 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 10, we're highlighting the Scroll of Aeons.

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Shadowlands Systems UI Follow-up - Adventures

We're discussing issues with the Shadowlands Adventures UI and ways in which details could be clarified.

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Darkmoon Faire in Town January 2021 - 10% Reputation Boost, 5 Profession Skill Points

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for a week for January 2021, great for reputation gains and leveling professions.

New Datamined Cinematic Featuring Anduin and Sylvanas (Spoilers)

We've datamined a special cinematic featuring Anduin and Sylvanas that takes place sometime later in Shadowlands.

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Twisting Corridors in Torghast Likely Unlocks Week of January 4th

Some players with bugged Torghast quests have unlocked Twisting Corridors earlier than intended. It appears that players will be able to unlock Twisting Corridors, if they have kept up with the normal Torghast questline, the week of January 4th.

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Venthyr Level 3 Mirror Network is Missing Portal to Oribos

As players are starting to upgrade the covenant travel networks, we wanted to highlight an issue first reported in beta--the Venthyr travel network is missing the portal to Oribos.

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Fae Harp - Twelve Days of Toymas: Day 11

Welcome to Day 11 of the Twelve Days of Toymas! In this series, we're highlighting 12 easy to obtain and fun toys in Shadowlands. For Day 11, we're highlighting the Fae Harp!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: NPCs, Weapons, and the Kyrian Mail Armor Set by Character Artist Aaron Morse

Character Artist Aaron Morse has posted some of the work he contributed to Shadowlands on Artstation including the Etherwyrms of Bastion and Kyrian Mail Armor set.

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Datamined Audio and Dialogue for A Mourneblade Born - Bolvar Twisting Corridors Quests (Spoilers)

Following the Twisting Corridors cinematic datamined yesterday, we bring you the dialogue surrounding the quests before and after the cinematic, featuring Bolvar, Jaina, Thrall, and the Jailer. Spoilers ahead.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 158 | Spend Anima for Eternal Crystals & Learning to be a Gold Maker

The latest economy spotlight highlights the recent trend to spend Anima for Eternal Crystals and ways to learn to identify new markets.

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World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: Kalimdor - New Book Coming October 2021

World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: Kalimdor is an upcoming art and lore book published by Blizzard Entertainment.

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Jarod "The South Park Guy" Nandin Cosplayer Has Passed Away Due to Covid-19

We are deeply saddened to report that Jarod "NWBZPWNR" Nandin, aka The South Park Guy cosplayer from BlizzCon 2013, has passed away after contracting Covid-19.

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Infinite Stygia Exploit Discovered in Maw

Stygia gains are supposed to be limited by Eye of the Jailer, but some players have found an way to infinitely farm Stygia at a reasonable rate in the Maw, allowing them to earn enough Stygia to upgrade all their Conduits to 226 and get sockets on every piece of gear well ahead of schedule.

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Unlocking Twisting Corridors in Torghast - No Quest Catch-up

This next reset, players that have been keeping up with Bolvar quests in Oribos and Torghast will be able to unlock the Twisting Corridors wing in the Tower of the Damned. Unlike other multi-week quest chains, there is no catch up, so players taht haven't completed each weekly quest will have to wait to venture to the Twisting Corridors, as only one quest is available each week.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Dredgers, Hairstyles, Eternal Traveler Transmog by Character Artist Kenny McBride

Character Artist Kenny McBride has posted some of the work he did for Shadowlands on Artstation including dredgers, hairstyles, and the Eternal Traveler Transmog.

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Shadowlands Covenant Campaign Story Guides - Learn the Lore of the Expansion

Shadowlands introduces a whole range of new stories to get into and explore. As we near the conclusion of the first round of Covenant Campaign quests, we wanted to highlight our story guides for players who were curious about events taking place outside of their covenant.

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Fathom Dweller - Kosumoth World Quest Mount Available on EU For The First Time in Months

The Fathom Dweller Mount is one of the possible rewards from the secret Legion World Boss Kosumoth the Hungering. After months, the mount is finally available once more on EU servers!

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Important Shadowlands Weekly Quests Are Now Highlighted in the Questlog

Blizzard has pushed a hotfix that moves many important weekly quests from normal positions in your questlog all the way up together with Campaign Quests. Blizzard had previously mentioned to be working in such a hotfix and now it is live.

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Lucy the Ghost Cat and Other Rewards from Shadowlands Trainee Callings Quests

There are some interesting rewards from Shadowlands Trainee Callings Quests like Lucy the Ghost Cat.

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Venthyr Portal to Oribos Fixed - Tier 3 Mirror Network Restored

The missing Sinfall portal to Oribos granted by the Tier 3 Mirror Network upgrade for the Venthyr Covenant Santcum has been restored, fixing a longstanding Shadowlands beta bug, and allowing players who have upgraded their upgraded their transportation network to teleport to the capital.

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Hotfixes: January 4, 2021

Resonant Misery no longer drops Stygia.

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS After Week 4 of Castle Nathria - Third Week of Mythic

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the fourth week of Shadowlands Season 1. In this fourth week, we've had an even larger Mythic participation, plus some bugs affecting some classes, making them climb significantly in rankings. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Oribos with Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Andrew Matthews, Possible Raid?

Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Andrew Matthews has posted some of the work he did for Shadowlands on Artstation, including Oribos which has led to speculation it could be designed as a raid.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Week 5 Mythic+ Affixes are Fortified, Sanguine, Quaking, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Fortified, Sanguine, Quaking, Prideful! This will be the first time that players will get to play Sanguine and Quaking in Shadowlands dungeons and will be a nice set of affixes compared to the last few weeks.

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Mortanis - Maldraxxus World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Mortanis is available to be defeated in Maldraxxus!

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Skoldus Hall and Mort'regar Wings Available in Torghast - New Legendary Power Recipes

A new week in Shadowlands is starting, and with it, a new set of wings is available in Torghast this week: Skoldus Hall and Mort'regar!

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Castle Nathria Wing 2 LFR - Loot and Legendary Power Recipes

The second wing of Castle Nathria LFR opens today--Sun King’s Salvation, Artificer Xy’mox, The Council of Blood.

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Covenant Renown Rewards Jan 5th - Renown 21 Unlocks Stamina Increase, Conduit, World Quest ilvl Increase

It's the seventh week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 21! This will unlock Chapter 8 of the Covenant Campaign, a new Conduit node, 2% stamina gain, and World Quest ilvl increase.

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Twisting Corridors Now Live - Complete 8 Layers of 18 Floors for Maw Mount!

The Twisting Corridors mode of Torghast, Tower of the Damned is now live for players that have been keeping up with their weekly Bolvar quests! The Twisting Corridors has 8 more layers of Torghast to climb, with each layer of Twisting Corridors containing 18 Floors. Completing Layer 8 of the Twisting Corridors will unlock a mount that can be used in the Maw!

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Full Covenant Campaign Transmog Set Now Available

Players who are caught up on Renown will complete Chapter 8 of their Covenant Campaign this week. This means that the full Covenant Transmog set is now available with the Campaign tint!

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Clear Twisting Corridors With Our New Torghast Boss and Class Strategy Guides

With the opening of Twisting Corridors, we have prepared a new series of class guides to help you succeed in Torghast, including best Anima Power builds.

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Placeholder Anima Powers in Torghast Cripples Twisting Corridor Runs

The 18 floor Twisting Corridors wing of Torghast offers players the chance to amass a huge number of anima powers, but several classes continue to find do-nothing placeholder powers which cripple their runs. Hunters, Monks, and Demon Hunters appear to be affected the most, making the activity much harder than intended.

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New Naxxramas Speedrunning Rules on Warcraft Logs

Warcraft Logs has recently detailed all the new rules for Naxxramas speedrunning for Classic WoW rankings.

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Hotfixes: January 5, 2021

Fixed an issue where Demon Hunter, Death Knight, Monk and Rogue class-specific anima powers were not appearing in Plundered Anima Cells.

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Catch Up on Torghast Storyline - Weekly Timegating Removed from Twisting Corridors Unlock Quests

Blizzard has removed the weekly delays from Torghast storyline quests, so you should be able to catch up and enter Twisting Corridors sooner than expected if you were behind!

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Blizzard Policy Change - Accounts Created for Advertising Subject to Bans

It appears that Blizzard has made some changes to their policies regarding advertising boost sales. While selling Mythic+, PvP, and raids in exchange for gold is still acceptable, accounts created solely for the purpose of advertising those boosts are now subject to being banned, although what exactly constitutes "advertising" is a bit unclear.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Ardenweald and Bastion Props by Prop Artist Yili Tan

Prop Artist Yili Tan has posted many props for Shadowlands on Artstation, including Ardenweald and Bastion props.

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PSA - You Can Pick Up Adventure Table Companions After Finishing Torghast Run

Did you meet with a new Adventure Table companion in Torghast, but forgot to complete their final quest? All is not lost! The companion will wait for you by Torghast's staging area.

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Blizzard Has Fixed Issue That Kicks Players Out of Torghast

Blizzard has stated they have fixed the issue which has been kicking players out of Torghast in 30 seconds.

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Torghast Twisting Corridors Tip - Don't Turn Brokers into Anima Cells

As more players enter Twisting Corridors, we wanted to send a reminder that it's not a good idea to turn brokers into Anima Cells. In Twisting Corridors, the Brokers appear in more than one floor, and killing one early on will make it so it doesn't spawn for the rest of the run.

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Hotfixes: January 6, 2021

Wild Spirits (Night Fae Ability) is now briefly visible to the Hunter's allies (was hidden entirely).

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Get 1250 Anima From Final Twisting Corridors Questline After Defeating Sire Denathrius

Players who have defeated Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria noticed a new questline from Bolvar Fordragon in Oribos after unlocking the Twisting Corridors. This questline grants 1250 Anima on completion!

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New Mount Rares Available - Sundancer and Sabriel the Bonecleaver

With this week's wave of Redeemed Soul, many players have started unlocking the requirements to summon two new rares that can drop mounts in Shadowlands: Sundancer and Sabriel the Bonecleaver. Let's take a look on how to summon these new rares and what you can obtain from them.

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Diablo Immortal Datamining - Monk Armor Sets

With the recent Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha, we've started to datamine the game. First up are models of the Monk Armor Sets!

Shadowlands Art Blast: Skies and Caves by Environment Artist Marie Lazar

Environment Artist Marie Lazar has posted some of her Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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How to Upgrade Covenant Armor Sets

Here's how to upgrade the covenant armor sets in your sanctum. Even a casual player can be sporting a full set of ilvl 197 armor as early as next week, when the final Covenant campaign chapter becomes available with Renown 22!

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Blizzard Under DDoS Attack - High Latency and Disconnections

Blizzard has announced on Twitter that their services are currently under a DDoS attack, which may lead to players experiencing higher latencies and disconnections when playing.

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Diablo Immortal Datamining - Barbarian Armor Sets

With the recent Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha, we've started to datamine the game. Next up are models of the Barbarian Armor Sets!

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Torghast Twisting Corridors Account-wide Progression

Layer unlocks on the Twisting Corridors are account bound.

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Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian Completed by Players in WoW Classic

At the moment, it looks like Caranthir of the guild Welcome on US Realm Kromcrush might have completed the first Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian on Classic WoW!

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Hotfixes: January 7, 2021

Hunters can now feed their pets Shadowlands meats.

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Get a New Companion from Torghast This Week

You can get a new covenant-specific companion from Torghast this week.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Sanguine, Quaking, Fortified Weeks

Welcome to the first “Push Week” of Shadowlands! Sanguine, Quaking, Fortified are this week’s affixes and the reason it is a push week is pretty simple -- there are limited amounts of time losses in dungeons if played well.

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Venthyr Covenant Druid Form Fan Concept Art by Sercan Özyurt

Digital artist Sercan Özyurt, aka Lordozy, has made new Shadowlands fan concept art featuring Druid shapeshift forms based on the Venthyr Covenant and gothic inhabitants of Revendreth.

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Diablo Immortal Datamining - Wizard Armor Sets

With the recent Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha, we've started to datamine the game. Next up are models of the Wizard Armor Sets!

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Race to World First Roundtable with Complexity Limit and Echo on Preach's Stream

Preach is hosting a special Castle Nathria Race to World First roundtable featuring members of Complexity Limit and Echo.

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Class Tuning in Progress -- January 12

Death Knight Blood Bone Shield grants armor equal to 70% of Strength (was 50%).

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January 8th Hotfixes

Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Condemn (Venthyr Ability) to incorrectly display as Execute when switching into a talent specialization with the Massacre talent chosen.

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State of the Anima Conductor - Rewards and Upgrade Recommendations

This article will examine how the Anima Conductor has been working, what discoveries have been made about using it, and what imbalances and potential improvements exist.

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Class Writer Thoughts on January 12th Class Tuning - Frost Mage, Assassination Rogue, Fury Warrior Buffs

With the announced balancing changes coming with the next reset, we asked our class writers to share their opinions on how impactful the changes will be for their specs.

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View Soulbinds and Conduits with the Wowhead Twitch Extension

We're happy to announce that the Wowhead Twitch Extension now supports Soulbinds and Conduits, allowing twitch viewers to view the streamer's covenant optimizations alongside the normal talents, gear, and stats.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Revendreth and the Ember Ward by Environment Artist Kuko Cai

Environment Artist Kuko Cai has posted some of the work she did for Shadowlands on Artstation.

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Diablo Immortal Datamining - Demon Hunter Armor Sets

With the recent Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha, we've started to datamine the game. Next up are models of the Demon Hunter Armor Sets!

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Amulet Vendor Griftah Found in the Shadowlands

Another familiar face has been found in the Shadowlands, someone who is alive this time! Somehow, Griftah crossed the veil and made his way to the Shadowlands.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Revendreth Anima and Oribos Gateways by FX Artist Ethan Zink

FX Artist Ethan Zink has posted some of his Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 159 | New Bag Appraiser Addon and Solo Skinning Bastion Route

The latest economy wrap-up covers the new addon Bag Appraiser, a solo skinning in Bastion route, and how to adjust the Default Material Price in TSM.

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Alliance Commander Admiral Taylor Found in the Shadowlands

Another familiar face has been found in the Shadowlands! The spirit of the Alliance Commander Admiral Taylor can be found in the Outer Ring of Oribos.

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Story of Torghast and Twisting Corridors with Nobbel87

Nobbel87 recaps the story of Torghast and Twisting Corridors in Shadowlands, including the cinematics between Sylvanas and Anduin.

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Diablo Immortal Datamining - Loading Screens

Diablo Immortal datamining continues with a look at loading screens for the game.

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Beasts of Prodigum Torghast Event Starts January 12th

Beasts of Prodigum, the first special Torghast event, starts January 12th.

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Castle Nathria Boss Timer and Cooldown Spreadsheet for Exorsus Raid Tools

Viserio of the world third guild Pieces has created a raid cooldown spreadsheet for every boss in Castle Nathria, allowing group leaders to easily assign healers and raid cooldowns to major encounter abilities and share the notes in game using Exorsus Raid Tools.

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The Rise of the Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank in Season 1 of Shadowlands Mythic+

Throughout Battle for Azeroth, Protection Warriors were the dominant Tank in Mythic+ for the entire expansion. However, with all the changes in Shadowlands to systems and classes, we've seen a new dominant Tank -- the Vengeance Demon Hunter!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Kyrian Plate Armor Set and Baroness Draka with Character Artist Calvin Boice

Character Artist Calvin Boice has posted some of the work he did for Shadowlands on Artstation.

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Diablo Immortal Technical Alpha Review - Gameplay, Systems, Loot, Classes

In this upcoming review, we want to share our experience and initial thoughts about Diablo Immortal, its classes, its systems, its potential monetization model, and much more!

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Wowhead Weekly #257 - Twisting Corridors, Sylvanas Cinematic, When Will We Get 9.1 News?

For Wowhead Weekly #257, Annie and Perc discuss Twisting Corridors, the latest Sylvanas cinematic, and when we'll hear more about the next WoW patch.

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Reference to Kael'thas' Weapons Developer Found in Revendreth

A reference to Kael'thas' weapons developer, Sharth Voldoun, has been found in Revendreth.

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Hotfixes for January 11 - Class Tuning: Death Knight, Frost Mage, Monk, Assassination, Fury Buffs

Hotfixes for January 11 include the previously announced class tuning, which includes buffs to Death Knights, Frost Mages, Monks, Assassination Rogues and Fury Warriors.

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Beasts of Prodigum Torghast Event Now Live - Choose a Beast and Get New Anima Powers!

The Beasts of Prodigum special event is now live in Torghast, Tower of the Damned, allowing you to choose a powerful Maw Beast to join your for your run and new Anima Powers to choose from! Your first Anima Power will allow you to pick one of three Maw beasts which each have a powerful special ability! Which beast will you choose?

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Oranomonos the Everbranching - Ardenweald World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Oranomonos the Everbranching is available to be defeated in Ardenweald!

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750 Bonus Anima from Shadowlands World Quest Event

The Shadowlands World Quest Bonus event is live for the week, awarding 750 anima from the weekly quest.

Shadowlands Season 1 Week 6 Mythic+ Affixes are Tyrannical, Raging, Explosive, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Tyrannical, Raging, Explosive, Prideful! This will be the first time that players will get to play Raging and Explosive in Shadowlands, and some trash mobs will be quite scary with the Raging affix active if you don't have a Soothe.

Upgrade Covenant Armor and PvP Honor Gear to ilvl 197 This Week

Players can upgrade their Covenant Armor and PvP Honor Gear to ilvl 197 this week.

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The Soulforges and Coldheart Interstitia Wings Available in Torghast - Legendary Power Recipes

A new week in Shadowlands is starting, and with it, a new set of wings is available in Torghast this week: The Soulforges and Coldheart Interstitia!

Halls of Atonement Halkias Refracted Sinlight Bug

A couple members of the WoW community have posted videos of a hilarious, but unfortunate, bug where the Halkias boss in the Halls of Atonement quickly spins his Refracted Sinlight laser beams in a circle much much faster than intended.

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Covenant Campaign Finale Now Available - Rewards Mount, Third Soulbind, and ilvl 187 Weapon Token

The final chapter of the covenant campaign is available this week for players who are Renown 22. At the end of the campaign, you will get your third soulbind and an ilvl 187 weapon token.

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Unlock the Second Soulkeeper Upgrade at Renown 24 - Get 15 Redeemed Souls Each Week

At renown 24, players will earn their second Soulkeeper upgrade, allowing them to return more Redeemed Souls from The Maw each week, although we won't actually unlock it until after turning in the weekly quest, so it won't actually affect the number of Souls earned this week.

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Covenant Renown Rewards Jan 12th - Renown 24 Unlocks Mount, Soulkeeper Upgrade, Final Campaign Chapter

It's the eighth week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 24! This will unlock Chapter 9 of the Covenant Campaign, soulkeeper upgrades, PvP upgrades, and a mount for renown.

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Shadehound Hunt in the Maw Now Available for NA - Chance at The Maw Mount

On NA servers, the Winged Soul Eater Hunt was swapped for the Shadehound Hunt, which means players have another chance at the elusive Mawsworn Soulhunter mount!

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Arena World Championship - Shadowlands Season 1 Begins January 15th

The Arena World Championship returns January 15th with the first of four Cups leading into the Season 1 Circuit.

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Actions Being Taken Against Players Who Exploited Infinite Stygia Farm

It appears that actions are being taken against players who participated in the infinite Stygia Exploit, which allowed players to farm large amounts of Stygia and upgrade their conduits very quickly. These players have received a short suspension, their exploitive Stygia has been removed and also received a global reduction to all Conduit ranks on the character.

Third Soulbind Unlock at Renown 22 - Mikanikos, Heirmir, Korayn, Draven

Players who complete the covenant campaign will be rewarded with their third and final Soulbind - Forgelite Prime Mikanikos, Bonesmith Heirmir, Korayn, and General Draven.

Torghast Bonus Events Schedule - Beasts of Prodigum, Chorus of Dead Souls, Unbridled Darkness

Blizzard has posted their official preview of Torghast bonus events like the Beasts of Prodigum, which comes with a schedule of upcoming Torghast Events through June 2021.

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Pet World Quest for Animated Ulna Finally Available Today

For the first time since Launch, a pet World Quest is available today that offers an Animated Ulna: Extra Pieces in Maldraxxus. Animated Ulna is one of the three pieces needed to create the battle pet Carpal.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for January 12th - Fix for Beasts of Prodigum

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for January 12th, which includes the return of the Beasts of Prodigum Torghast event.

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Purchase Cosmetic Covenant Weapon Tints After Completing Your Covenant's Campaign

Players who are caught up on Renown will complete Chapter 9, the final chapter of their Covenant Campaign this week. This means that the Covenant Weapon transmogs will be available!

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Twisting Corridors, Campaign Finale, and What Comes Next?

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss Twisting Corridors, the campaign finale, and what could come next in Shadowlands.

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How to Catch Up on Renown in Shadowlands

There is a lot of confusion over the system for catching up on Renown: how it works, when it starts, and what activities you can do to earn it.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Torghast Props by Prop Artist Eric Braddock

Prop Artist Eric Braddock has posted some Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Raging, Explosive, Tyrannical Weeks

Welcome to this week's affixes! Raging, Explosive, Tyrannical are the affixes you have to deal with coming into this week and are difficult from a time perspective in the form of Explosive and Tyrannical.

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Night Fae Covenant Campaign Finale Cutscene (Spoilers)

With the Covenant Campaign finale available this week, we wanted to highlight the cutscene from the end of the Night Fae Campaign. Spoilers.

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Night Fae Covenant Campaign Finale Doesn't Award Korayn Follower

When you finish the Covenant Campaign and unlock your 3rd Soulbind option, you're supposed to unlock them as a follower for the Mission Table as well. However, it seems that the Night Fae Covenant Campaign doesn't currently award the Hunt Captain Korayn Follower unlike the other Covenants.

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Lost Dredger "Treasure Goblins" Now Spawning in Torghast

Torghast's version of "Treasure Goblins" from Diablo have started to spawn inside the tower with the Beasts of Prodigum event! If you're lucky enough to find one, it'll drop you extra Phantasma and an Anima Cell, and if you use a Ravenous Anima Orb on it, there's a chance it'll spawn a portal to a secret area containing even more Anima Cells!

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Updated Accessibility Options for Motion Sickness - Camera Animations in Shadowlands

Blizzard has pushed hotfixes to improve their accessibility options for players with increased sensibility to motion sickness. These options change hide some camera effects added in Shadowlands, like the anima strands when you die or the edge camera effects while you're under the Lingering Cloak of Ve'nari effect in the Maw.

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Unique Strategies for Efficiently Clearing Naxxramas

Naxxrams is a really big raid with a lot of boss mechanics and difficult trash pulls. In World of Warcraft Classic, many raiders have found clever and unique strategies to deal with these formidable elite bosses that can lead to more efficient and occasionally faster kill times. We'll go through some of these strategies in this article!

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Activision Blizzard Donates $1.6 Million to Charities on Behalf of Employees

Activision Blizzard announced more than $1.6 million USD donated across 3,211 charities as a part of their Holiday Giving Initiative, in which each employee was given $200 to donate to a charity of their choice.

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Hotfixes: January 13, 2021

Necrotic Wake - Harmful effects of Necrotic Bolt reduced by 40% when cast by non-boss enemies.

Hotfixes: January 13, 2021

Harmful effects of Necrotic Bolt reduced by 40% when cast by non-boss enemies.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Necrolord Crystals and Ardenweald Water Plants by Associate Environment Artist Tai Walker

Associate Environment Artist Tai Walker has posted some Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Torghast Legendary Patterns Can Be Obtained in Twisting Corridors on Any Week

If you're looking for a specific Legendary Pattern from Torghast, you no longer have to wait for the weekly rotation! Instead, you can obtain any Legendary pattern from the Twisting Corridors on any week.

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Sky Photographer Melds More Zone Screenshots into Little Planet Art

RafaQQ257 has now posted a couple more of their amazing creations.

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Handy Tip for Brutosaur Auction House Users in Oribos

Here's a tip for finding the players with the Brutosaur Auction House quickly in Oribos.

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Loot From Dungeons and Raids - PC Gamer Shadowlands Interview with Ion Hazzikostas

PC Gamer has interviewed Ion Hazzikostas on the state of Shadowlands, talking briefly about some of the big pieces of feedback that they're looking to address going forward which includes loot from dungeons and raids and thoughts on the current PvP itemization.

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Battle.net Launcher 2.0 Makeover Going Live in North America

PC Gamer announced the Battle.net 2.0 update for the Activision Blizzard games launcher, which entered beta in November 2019, is finally going live in North America.

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Hotfixes: January 14, 2021

The following trinkets with cooldowns 3 minutes or longer now reset when a boss encounter ends: Inscrutable Quantum Device Empyreal Ordnance Bladedancer's Armor

Instructor's Divine Bell On Use Mastery Trinket Now Up on NA Servers - Up to Item Level 184

For NA servers, the Instructor's Divine Bell on use Mastery Trinket is now available from a World Quest, now up to Item level 184. This is the first time that it will be available at this Item level for the majority of NA players and is very strong for specs that want Mastery such as Balance Druids!

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A Look at Changes with Sundancer from Hotfixes - Increased Drop Rate for Glider Owners

Last week Blizzard mentioned change about how Sundancer loot works in their hotfixes. Now, with a week of data observing drops, the community has figured out what the changes entailed.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Maldraxxus Props by Associate Prop Artist Alexandra Quinby

Associate Prop Artist Alexandra Quinby has posted some Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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Plot Recaps of the Covenant Campaign Story Finales (Spoilers)

Recaps of all Covenant Campaign story finales - Kyrian, Necrolord, Night Fae, Venthyr. Warning for plot spoilers.

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Will Shadowlands Patch 9.1 Release in Spring 2021? (Speculation)

With the initial Covenant Campaign wrapped up this reset, Twisting Corridors out last week, and Castle Nathria cleared in December, players are understandably curious as to what's next for Shadowlands. A recent PC Gamer interview with Ion Hazzikostas hinted that the next update was in Spring 2021, so we're looking at that claim in more detail.

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Ingenious Players Use Toys to Break Botters

Some players have confused bots in WoW through clickable toys on resource nodes.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for January 15, 2021 - Vicious Saddle Achievements

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for January 15, 2021 which includes a fix for Vicious Saddle achievements and more!

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Former Lead Systems Designer Ghostcrawler's Thoughts on Healing in Shadowlands

Former Lead Systems Designer Greg Street, aka Ghostcrawler, has shared another round of insights after his first time raid healing since Mists of Pandaria.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Ardenweald Anima and Castle Nathria Final Boss VFX kit by FX Artist Kali Eve Goss

FX Artist Kali Eve Goss has posted some of her Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Philia Fintallas from Before the Storm Found in Oribos

Philia Fintallas from the novel Before the Storm has been spotted in Oribos.

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What Shadowlands Tank Combinations are Popular in Mythic Castle Nathria?

Now that Mythic Castle Nathria has been out for over a month, we're looking at popular Tank combinations in Mythic Castle Nathria. We explain why these Tank combinations have been chosen on live servers and compare the live choices to our Tank predictions that were made before Castle Nathria opened and explain what changed.

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Burning Crusade Expansion Launched 14 Years Ago Today

Fourteen years ago, on January 16th 2007, the Burning Crusade expansion launched! It sold almost 2.4 million copies just on release day, which made it the fastest-selling PC game ever released up to that point.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Aspirant and Broker Props with Prop Artist Jamie Chang

Prop Artist Jamie Chang has posted Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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Ol' Emma from Before the Storm found in Oribos

Ol' Emma from the novel Before the Storm has been spotted in Oribos.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 160 | Legendary Crafting Spreadsheet, Solo Skinning Routes

The latest economy wrap-up covers a legendary crafting spreadsheet and solo skinning routes for Revendreth and Maldraxxus.

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More Mythic Difficulty Castle Nathria Guides by BDGG

We've partnered with BDGG to create comprehensive Mythic difficulty guides for Castle Nathria! Three more guides are now live - Xy'mox, Sun King, and Darkvein.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Necrolord Props and the Winter Veil Pepe with Senior Prop Artist Jordan Powers

Senior Prop Artist Jordan Powers has posted some Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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New Guide - Grateful Offerings to Get That Elusive Legendary Memory

We've published a new Covenant systems guide: Grateful Offerings. This currency allows you to purchase mounts, pets, transmogs...and items that grant a legendary for your class.

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Bet On Yourself Daily Quest in Maldraxxus Awards 105 Anima Every Day

If you complete the Theatre of Pain side quest chain in Maldraxxus, you will unlock the "Bet On Yourself" Daily Quests. This daily quest requires you to kill one rare in the Theatre of Pain and will reward you with 105 Anima every day which is great for mains and alts!eatre of Pain and will reward you with 105 Anima every day -- great for mains and alts!

Bet On Yourself Daily Quest in Maldraxxus Awards 105 Anima Every Day

Want more Anima on your characters? The "Bet On Yourself" daily quest requires you to kill one rare in the Theatre of Pain and will reward you with 105 Anima every day -- great for mains and alts!

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria After Jan 12th Tuning Pass

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria in the week after the January 12th Tuning pass. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.

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Shadowlands DPS Performance and Representation in Mythic+ Season One

We're taking a look at the DPS classes Mythic+ dungeons, using data gathered by Warcraft Logs, Raidbots, and opinions from class experts and guide writers to get impressions on the state of DPS and how Prideful has shaped the Mythic+ meta.

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Revisiting Healer Predictions for Mythic Castle Nathria in Shadowlands

Healers were key in every Mythic Castle Nathria encounter and while we made some predictions prior to the raid release, it's time to review those initial predictions to see how close we came, discussing what unique utility was the most valuable and what the ramifications are for future raids.

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January 19th, 2021 NA Maintenance Extended to 8:30 AM PST

Blizzard has extended the January 19, 2021 maintenance for NA servers to 8:30 AM PST.

Shadowlands Season 1 Week 7 Mythic+ Affixes are Fortified, Spiteful, Volcanic, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Fortified, Spiteful, Volcanic, Prideful. This is the second time that players get to play the Spiteful Shadowlands Affix, which forces all non-tank players to CC and kite to survive hard hitting creatures! This affix can be especially punishing to melee DPS.

Nurgash Muckformed - Revendreth World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Nurgash Muckformed is available to be defeated in Ardenweald!

Get ilvl 200 Loot from Cataclysm Timewalking - Firelands and Weekly Quest

The Cataclysm Timewalking event in Shadowlands has notable rewards to help alts gear up.

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Skoldus Hall and Mort'regar Wings Available in Torghast - Legendary Power Recipes

A new week in Shadowlands is starting, and with it, a new set of wings is available in Torghast this week: Skoldus Hall and Mort'regar!

Covenant Renown Rewards Jan 19th - Renown 26 Available, Unlocks Transmog and Conduit Node

It's the ninth week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 26! This will unlock a soulbind upgrade and the ability to purchase Covenant cloak, legs, and feet for Anima.

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Only 2 Renown Each Week Starting This Reset in Shadowlands

Starting with the weekly reset of January 19th, 2021, each weekly reset will only offer 2 Renown for players who are caught up, as the Covenant Campaign has now been completed. This means that there will be 8 weeks, including this one, before players are able to cap their Renown at 40.

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Castle Nathria Wing 3 LFR - Loot and Legendary Power Recipes

The third wing of Castle Nathria LFR opens today--Shriekwing, Sludgefist, Stone Legion Generals.

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Flexing Phalanges, Last Part of Carpal Pet, Found in Maldraxxus

Flexing Phalanges, the final piece for the Carpal pet, has been found!

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Earn 15 Redeemed Souls This Week to Spend on Covenant Sanctum Upgrades

While players should be able to return 15 Souls from the Maw this week to upgrade their covenant sanctum features, there's still an anima shortage in the Shadowlands! Make sure you're planning ahead in order to stockpile the 10-15,000 anima needed for high tier upgrades.

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Two Time World Champions Complexity Limit Post-Progression Interview with Raider.io

Raider.io interviewed Atlas, Goop, and THD from Complexity Limit following their second Race to World First victory, getting their thoughts on progression raiding over the holidays, the competition between guilds in Castle Nathria, and what the guild is working on in preparation for the next tier.

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Hotfixes: January 19, 2021

Completing the Ardenweald covenant campaign will now result in a choice between a Castle Nathria Raid Finder main-hand or off-hand weapon instead of both, moving it in line with the other covenant campaigns.

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Second Potency Slot Unlocks for Niya and Nadja Soulbinds This Week

With the new Renown unlocks for this week, four new Soulbind rows have been unlocked, one for each covenant. For Venthyr and Night Fae players, this unlock was for the second potency slot for Nadja and Niya, respectively.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Spiteful, Volcanic, Fortified Weeks

Welcome to this week's affixes! Spiteful, Volcanic, Fortified and Prideful are the affixes you have to deal with coming into this week. Overall these affixes seem more annoying than time consuming at the surface.

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Wowhead Commenter Details Venthyr Broken Mirror Locations

Wowhead commenter Raapnaap has researched and shared locations of the Venthyr Broken Mirrors.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Torghast, Maldraxxus, and Revendreth Props by Prop Artist Luis Garza

Prop Artist Luis Garza has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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WoW Classic Version 1.13.7 PTR is Now Available

Initially, the spell batch window is set to 10 milliseconds on the 1.13.7 PTR, a reduction from the 1.13.6 live window of 400 milliseconds.

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Reminder: Timewalking Raid Loot Amounts Lowered to Shadowlands Drop Rates

Timewalking raid loot drops have been brought into line with the rest of the expansion.

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Hotfixes: January 20, 2021

Fixed an issue causing the second Mortal Strike from Mortal Combo (Conduit) to deal 20% less damage than intended.

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The Mythic+ Meta Compositions in Shadowlands Season 1

With the Shadowlands expansion being about 2 months old at this point, there has been an obvious emerging trend in regards to what the meta compositions are in Mythic+ dungeons. In this article, we talk about the class diversity in Shadowlands Mythic+ dungeons so far and predict why the meta has formed this way.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Anima with FX Artist Justin Peterson

FX Justin Peterson has posted a reel of some of the visual effects he worked on for Shadowlands to Artstation.

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Call of the Scarab Micro-Holiday (Jan 21-23rd)

Running from January 21st through 23rd, Call of the Scarab celebrates the opening of the gates of Ahn'Qiraj. This event is now live on EU and NA realms.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - What Could be Coming in 9.1?

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the hints about Patch 9.1 in a recent Ion Hazzikostas interview.

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Weapon Models from Diablo Immortal Datamining

Our Diablo Immortal datamining continues with a look at all the weapon models!

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Is Shadowlands Alt-Friendly? Evaluating Anima, Gearing, Sanctums and More

Now that Shadowlands has been going strong for many weeks, it's time to evaluate how "alt-friendly" the expansion is, offering recommendations on where Blizzard could implement some much-needed improvements.

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Hotfixes: January 21, 2021

Benevolent Faerie (Night Fae Ability) will no longer reduce the cooldown of Shadowfiend while one of its cosmetic glyphs are active.

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World First Shadowlands +23 Mythic Dungeon Completed In Time

A huge congratulations to the Vengeance Demon Hunter 嗝屁的月神, Discipline Priest 萌萌的虾米, Fire Mage Semage, Balance Druid 咕克汉姆, and Outlaw Rogue 麗璐阿歌特 for finishing +23 Halls of Atonement in 29 minutes and 16 seconds - the world first +23 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!

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Kyrian Covenant Druid Form Fan Concept Art by Sercan Özyurt

Digital artist Sercan Özyurt, aka Lordozy, has made new Shadowlands fan concept art featuring Druid shapeshift forms based on the angelic defenders of Bastion and the Kyrian Covenant.

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How the Spell Batching Change in 1.13.7 Impacts Everything in WoW Classic

Blizzard announced a new Patch on the Public Test Realm, Patch 1.13.7, which details a major change to the entire game, reducing the spell batching window by 40 times. Let's break down how this change will impact the entirety of Classic WoW!

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Activision Studio Vicarious Visions Merged into Blizzard Entertainment

GamesIndustry.biz has reported that Activision subsidiary Vicarious Visions is being merged into Blizzard Entertainment, in order to provide long-term support to existing Blizzard games and initiatives.

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Blizzard Classic Games Division Dismantled - Vicarious Visions Working on Diablo 2 Remake

Following today's report that Activision subsidiary studio Vicarious Visions was being merged under Blizzard Entertainment, Jason Schreier has released an exposé detailing the dismantling of Blizzard's Classic Games division, and all but confirming the Diablo 2 remaster reported on last year.

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Upcoming PvP Tuning Changes for January 26th - Convoke the Spirits Nerf

Blizzard has announced upcoming PvP tuning changes for the next weekly reset which includes nerfs to Druid's Convoke the Spirits, Mage's Triune Ward, Paladin's Word of Glory for Retribution and Protection specs and more!

Hotfixes for January 22 - Spiritwalker's Grace and Covenant Abilities, Alter Time and PvP Trinkets

Hotfixes for January 22 includes some interaction changes between a Shaman's Spiritwalker's Grace and certain Covenant abilities, as well as some fixes to Alter Time in certain PvP situations.

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Fan Remasters Every World of Warcraft Cinematic

SnazzyAI has remastered every Official World of Warcraft cinematic.

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Snapping Returns in Shadowlands' Necrotic Wake Dungeon - Snap All Mobs in Necropolis Together

Snapping has made its return in Shadowlands! Players have started to snap all the mobs in the Necrotic Wake's Necropolis down to Amarth's area in order to efficient group them up and kill them. This was originally seen on live servers and has now also been used in the MDI, so it's time to highlight this cool trick!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Torghast Bridges and De Other Side with Dungeon Environment Artist Anthony Trujillo

Dungeon Environment Artist Anthony Trujillo has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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What If? Player Suggests Supplementary Talent Tree for Legacy Content

Nattax1 has come up with a little talent tree specifically for legacy raid farming.

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Post-Raid Thoughts on Mythic Castle Nathria from BDGG - Tuning, Class Balance, Gearing and Covenants

We sat down with some of the officers of BDGG to get a deeper look into why Mythic Castle Nathria was so different than other tiers, talk about class stacking, split raiding, and covenant choices.

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Mind Control Awesome Trick in Mists of Tirna Scithe Shown by ????? Team in the MDI

An awesome strategy has been shown off in the MDI by the ????? team, which has a priest use Mind Control to apply a 20% damage taken debuff to the first boss. Ingra Maloch normally takes 300% damage during his burn phase, but with this debuff, it should be increased to 360%!

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Darkmoon Races - Hearthstone's First Remedy of 2021?

A look at Darkmoon Races, Hearthstone's new mini-set which released this week, including WoW references from recent expansions.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Ardenweald, De Other Side, and The Maw with Senior Level Designer Colin Volrath

Senior Level Designer Colin Volrath has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 161 | 21 Billion Gold Moves Through WoW Each Day

The latest economy wrap-up covers an interesting presentation on WoW's economy by Senior Security Engineer Shawn Routhier.

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Fan Demonstrates Nightborne Character Customization Possibilities

Using Blizzard assets, Shalashaska has created their version of the character customization screen showing an array of possibilities for the Nightborne male character.

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Beast Creature Models from Diablo Immortal Datamining

We're now datamining the creature models in Diablo Immortal, starting with beasts including werewolves and swamp monsters!

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Practice Shadowlands Raid Mechanics with the X Practice Addon

X Practice is a new addon which allows players to test Castle Nathria raid mechanics without actually going inside the raid!

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Maw Lore Items Gave Actual Lore on Beta

Originally, the Maw Lore items gave actual readable lore on beta, which were removed when Shadowlands went live. Here's a look at a particularly interesting one, highlighting a Kaldorei Maw Walker and the Burning of Teldrassil.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Zones, Creatures, and the Shadowlands Box Art by Senior Concept Artist Cole Eastburn

Senior Concept Artist Cole Eastburn has posted Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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Stack 20 Secondary Stat Buffs on Each Party Member with the Mistcaller Ocarina Trinket

A new bug has been discovered, allowing players to manipulate the Mistcaller Ocarina trinket from the Mists of Tirna Scithe dungeon to stack 20 secondary stat buffs on each member of their party!

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Dungeon and Raid Tuning and Updates This Week

Blizzard has published a blue post detailing upcoming nerfs to raids and dungeons for next week.

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January 25th Hotfixes - Torghast Boss Spells Go on Cooldown When Stopped by Any Means

The following spells now go on cooldown when stopped by any means: Terror, Nature's Bounty, Deafening Howl, and Phasing Roar. Previously, this cooldown would only occur with direct interrupts (such as Counterspell, Kick, Pummel, etc).

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria - January 19th Week

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria during the Week of January 19th. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Week 8 Mythic+ Affixes are Tyrannical, Bolstering, Necrotic, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Tyrannical, Bolstering, Necrotic, Prideful. This combination of affixes is likely going to frustrating for players, and a very difficult challenge with Tyrannical making bosses take longer, Bolstering forcing trash to die at the same time and Necrotic making everything harder for tanks and healers.

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Valinor, the Light of Eons - Bastion World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Valinor, the Light of Eons is available to be defeated in Bastion!

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Covenant Renown Rewards Jan 26th - Renown 28 Available, Unlocks Battle Pet, Adventurer, Conduit Nodes

It's the tenth week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 28! This will unlock an adventurer, Covenant pet that can be purchased with Anima, and another Conduit node.

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Shadehound Hunt in the Maw Now Available for NA - Chance at The Maw Mount

On NA servers, the Winged Soul Eater Hunt was swapped for the Shadehound Hunt, which means players have another chance at the elusive Mawsworn Soulhunter mount!

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Claim Your Own Wowhead 15th Anniversary Commemorative Postcard

We're sending out 500 commemorative Wowhead 15th anniversary postcards!

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Well that image didn't work out quite right, lol.

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Hotfixes: January 26, 2021

Fixed an issue where Prideful’s Belligerent Boast missiles could change direction unexpectedly.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Bolstering, Necrotic, Tyrannical Weeks

Bolstering, Necrotic, and Tyrannical are the affixes you have to deal this week. If you have the desire to do keys, these affixes make things much harder but we're still going over the best and worst Mythic+ dungeons to complete on these affixes!

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Artist Spotlight: Warlords, Murlocs, and Old Gods by Hearthstone artist Alex Horley

Blizzard has posted a 15th anniversary blog about artist Alex Horley, who created the Warlords of Draenor key art and over 500 illustrations for Blizzard. Here are the highlights.

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Passive Manifestation of Pride Bug - Mythic+ Affix Mobs Cannot be Targeted or Interacted With

Yesterday's hotfixes addressed an issue with the Manifestation of Pride attacks in Mythic 10+ keystone dungeons, but another bug persists in which which the mob spawned by the Prideful seasonal affix cannot be interacted with whatsoever!

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Shadowlands Mythic+ Representation - Fortified, Spiteful, Volcanic Week

As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.

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Activision Blizzard Resisting Rooney Rule Mandating Diversity Hiring

In an article published by VICE's Motherboard magazine, Activision Blizzard is resisting a shareholder proposal by the AFL-CIO requesting the company institute a Rooney Rule, mandating that women and people of color be interviewed for all open positions within the company.

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Fun Covenant Battle Pets Details - Player Interactions and Mini-Mounts

The Covenant battle pets from Renown 27 have some fun details like riding their own small mounts and interacting with players!

January 27th Hotfixes - Venthyr Nadjia Soulbind and Maw Changes

Hotfixes January 27, 2021 Paladin Reign of Endless Kings (Legendary Effect) cooldown will no longer be reset when the Paladin uses Divine Shield.

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Ember Court Strategy Guide - Best Guest Lineups to Maximize Happiness

With players now able to reach tier 4 with their Ember Court, we'd like to highlight our Ember Court Strategy Guide, which details easy to use strategies for players looking to optimize their weekly courts.

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Get One New Covenant Companion for the Adventure Table from Torghast in Shadowlands

If you've unlocked the Adventure Table in Shadowlands, you will only start with one companion and need to unlock the rest. This week, one new companion is available from Torghast!

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World First Shadowlands +24 Mythic Dungeon Completed In Time

Several Chinese teams have completed +24 Mythic Dungeons in time--Necrotic Wake and Halls of Atonement.

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Warning: Battleground Bug Affecting Level 10-49 Alliance Players

There is a bug in Level 10-49 battlegrounds, where Horde players can bring a quest pet into battlegrounds which one-shots Alliance players.

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Devil Creature Models from Diablo Immortal Datamining

We're now datamining the creature models in Diablo Immortal and today's spotlight covers all Devil models.

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Hotfixes: January 28, 2021

Fixed an issue during the Western Plaguelands quest "Combat Training" where the Enthralled Val'kyr and Forsaken Troopers could be taken into unintended areas.

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Shadowlands Nominated as Outstanding Video Game in the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards

We're proud to report that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has been nominated as Outstanding Video Game in the 32nd annual GLAAD Media Awards! Each year, GLAAD honors media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect their lives.

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Torghast Speedruns: Players Clear Torghast Layer 8 in Less Than 5 Minutes

Players have been speedrunning WoW content for a while now. Now, players are speedrunning Layer 8 runs in Torghast, with some insane completion times!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Dungeon, Torghast, and Bastion Texture Kits by Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Lianna Tai

Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Lianna Tai has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Maximize Covenant Adventure Missions Table with the Venture Plan Addon

Venture Plan is an interface improvement addon for the covenant Command Table adventure missions which helps predict the success or failure of missions before you send them. Along with a better layout of mission information and rewards, the Cursed Adventurer's Guide feature evaluates both teams in order to determine the results and make it easier for you to setup successful missions.

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Torghast Layer Unlocks Now Account-Wide

Blizzard have announced that Torghast Layer Unlocks are now account-wide! If you've unlocked Torghast Layer 8 on your main, your alts will have access to it as well!

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Upcoming Class Tuning for Next Weekly Reset - 9 Specs Buffed

Blizzard has announced upcoming class tuning for the next weekly reset which includes buffs for 9 specs!

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Kyrian and Venthyr Adventures Companion Buffs & Night Fae Trapper Troop Rework

Blizzard has announced buffs to the Kyrian and Venthyr Adventurers for the Mission Table in Shadowlands, and announced a rework for Night Fae Ardenweald Trapper troop ability that were already hotfixed onto live servers.

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Upcoming Class Tuning for Next Weekly Reset - 10 Specs Buffed

Blizzard has announced upcoming class tuning for the next weekly reset which includes buffs for 10* specs including DPS Warriors, Havoc DH, Frost DK and more! Edit: Blizzard has added a Destruction Warlock buff to the list.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for January 29, 2021 - Kyrestia the Firstborne Wings Change

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for January 29th, 2021 which includes the buffs to the Kyrian and Venthyr companions, and a fix for the Camera issues on the last boss of Spires of Ascension with big wings in the way!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Oribos, Revendreth, Maldraxxus, Torghast, and Bastion by Concept Artist Jimmy Lo

Concept Artist Jimmy Lo has posted Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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Undead Creature Models from Diablo Immortal Datamining

We're now datamining the creature models in Diablo Immortal and today's spotlight covers all Undead models.

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Fans Share Chinese Versions of Less-Skeletal Maldraxxi Models

Chinese versions of Maldraxxi inhabitants look a little different.

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Pixel Artist Creates Zone Landscapes

Pixel artist MirruTatep's work making World of Warcraft zone landscapes is just outstanding.

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Class Writer Thoughts on the Upcoming February 3rd Class Tuning - 10 Specs Buffed

With the announced buffs coming with the next reset, we've asked our Class Writers about thoughts on how the buffs will affect the receiving specs.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 162 | Kyrian Ascended Crafting

The latest economy wrap-up highlights Kyrian Ascended Crafting, flipping tips and tricks, and an optional reagents update coming to TSM.

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Celebrating the Life of Jarod "NWBZPWNR" Nandin with a Virtual Wake in Stormwind

Friends and family came together to celebrate the life of Jarod "NWBZPWNR" Nandin with a virtual wake in Stormwind. Attending both in person and on Twitch, the congregation marched to Lion's Rest where they took turns sharing stories and saying goodbye to a pillar of the WoW and cosplay communities.

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Human Creature Models from Diablo Immortal Datamining

We're now datamining the creature models in Diablo Immortal and today's spotlight covers all Human models.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: The Seat of the Primus and More by Dungeon Architecture Lead Artist Shem Dawson

Lead Artist Shem Dawson has posted Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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Get Arthas' Helm of Domination During BlizzConline - Replica Statue to Celebrate Blizzard's 30th Anniversary

The Helm of Domination may be shattered in Shadowlands, but you can purchase your own intact replica at BlizzConline!

BlizzCon Celebration Collection Bundle Now on Sale

In preparation for BlizzConline, Blizzard has added a special Celebration Collection bundle to the online shop.

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Get Ready for BlizzConline on February 19-20

Blizzard has released a post on the official BlizzCon website, giving more information about BlizzConline 2021! The digital BlizzCon event will happen on February 19 and 20.

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BlizzConline 2021 Pre-Show - Wandering Ancient Voted Mount Possible Preview

During the BlizzConline 2021 Trailer, players were keen to notice that one of the scenes shows an artist working with a model that resembles a Forest Ancient mount, which was the winner of the Free Shadowlands Mount vote last year.

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Wowhead Weekly #258 - BlizzConline Celebration Collection, Helm of Domination Statue

For Wowhead Weekly #258, Annie and Perc discuss the latest BlizzConline news, including the Helm of Domination statue and Celebration Collection bundle.

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Get Arthas' Helm of Domination During BlizzConline - Replica Statue to Celebrate Blizzard's 30th Anniversary

The Helm of Domination may be shattered in Shadowlands, but you can purchase your own intact replica at BlizzConline! Edit: we have received material and pricing info - the statue will sell for $299.99.

Fun Fact: Sheeped Drust Retain Their Masks

When Drust mobs are polymorphed, the base asset changes model as expected, but the Drust mask asset does not.

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Upcoming Shadowlands Dungeon Tuning - Tank Damage and Tyrannical Affix Nerfs

Blizzard has posted more upcoming changes to Shadowlands dungeons which includes nerfs to many dungeons and a nerf to the Tyrannical affix!

Shadowlands Hotfixes for February 1, 2021 - Vantus Rune Buff, Podtender

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for February 1st, 2021 which includes a Vantus Rune buff, dungeon and class tuning for the weekly reset and more!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Revendreth and Castle Nathria by Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Jessica Dinh

Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Jessica Dinh has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Week 8 Mythic+ Affixes are Fortified, Inspiring, Storming, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Fortified, Inspiring, Storming, Prideful. This week, the affixes are two new ones from Shadowlands! Storming returns to frustrate melee players, and you'll also have to deal with Inspiring mobs as well, making the packs harder to kite.

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Covenant Renown Rewards Feb 2nd - Renown 30 Available, Unlocks Soulbind Upgrades, World Quest ilvl Increase

It's the eleventh week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 30! This will unlock Conduit nodes for one Soulbind, and the final ability for your first Soulbind.

Get Heroic Castle Nathria Raid Loot from Weekly Dungeon Event

The Shadowlands weekly dungeon event awards a piece of Heroic Castle Nathria raid loot.

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Castle Nathria Wing 4 LFR - Loot and Legendary Power Recipes

The fourth and final wing of Castle Nathria LFR opens today--Sire Denathrius.

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Final Soulbind Traits Unlocked for Pelagos, Marileth, Niya and Nadjia

The first set of final soulbind traits have been unlocked for the first Soulbind in each Covenant. These are generally powerful traits that will be a large benefit to your character's power!

Backbone and Mu'dud Will Properly Display Anima Costs

Blizzard has announced it is intended for Backbone and Mu'dud to cost Anima. They are working on a fix to properly display the cost.

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Lucky Yun - Year of the Ox Mount Package with 6-Month Subscription

Blizzard has added the 2021 Chinese New Year to their store: Lucky Yun. This mount comes for free for players that have or acquire a 6-month subscription.

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Horde Hall of Fame for Castle Nathria Will Close at the End of This Reset

The Hall of Fame for Castle Nathria will be closing at the end of the reset for the Horde faction with over 100 Horde Guilds defeating Mythic Sire Denathrius. After this lockout, the achievement will only be available for Alliance guilds, with only 12 slots claimed.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Inspiring, Storming, Fortified Weeks

Welcome to this week's affixes! Inspiring, Storming, Fortified and Prideful are the affixes you have to deal with coming into this week. These affixes can definitely slow you down, most notably Inspiring.

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Moon-Touched Netherwhelp Pet Hints at TBC Classic Announcement at BlizzConline

The Moon-Touched Netherwhelp Pet is the latest in a series of hints pointing to a TBC Classic announcement at BlizzConline.

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Reminder: Defeat Sire Denathrius For 1250 Anima Quest

With the fourth and last LFR wing in Castle Nathria releasing today, Sire Denathrius is finally available to be killed in the LFR difficulty. In case you haven't killed the final boss of Castle Nathria, defeating Denathrius starts a quick quest for 1250 Anima!

Hotfixes: February 2, 2021

Damage taken from Grievous (Affix) will now reduce the duration of Shadow Mend's damage over time effect on the ally.

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Shadowlands Mythic+ Representation for DPS, Tanks, Healers - Tyrannical, Bolstering, Necrotic Week

As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - BlizzConline News

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the latest BlzzConline news and review some of the recent hotfixes to live servers.

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Frustrated Navigating the Mushroom Network Hub? Fan Has a WA for That

Redditor Inqe was frustrated by the sameness of the Mushroom Network Hub, so they made a WeakAura to help out.

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PSA: Necrolord Soulbind Bonesmith Heirmir Can be a Liability

Necrolord Soulbind Bonesmith Heirmir's initial trait can case double deaths.

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WoW Classic 1.13.7 PTR Updates - Retaining Seal Twisting After Spell Batching Changes

Blizzard has updated the Classic PTR notes with more changes including a way to keep Seal Twisting after the spell batching change.

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Patch 9.0.5 Encrypted Vendor Build 37447 - PTR Soon?

A new patch 9.0.5 build hit the WoW vendor CDN today, which may indicate a new PTR on the way soon. This build is encrypted so we cannot start datamining yet.

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LFR Sire Denathrius Infographic Tips Courtesy of the World of Warcraft Twitter

The fourth and final wing of LFR Castle Nathria opened this week, allowing players to face off against Sire Denathrius, and the official World of Warcraft twitter has shared a series of infographics to help players defeat the corrupt master of Revendreth.

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Lest the Trail Go Cold Bolvar Quest Hotfixed to Work in Every Torghast Wing

Blizzard has announced that the Bolvar story quest "Lest the Trail Go Cold" has been hotfixed to work in every Torghast wing.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for February 3, 2021 - Vengeance Demon Hunter Threat Bug Fix

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for February 3rd, 2021 which includes a fix for the Vengeance Demon Hunter threat bugs.

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The Missing Mounts of Shadowlands

With Shadowlands out for over two months now, players have found ways to obtain most of the 84 new mounts added with the new expansion. However, some mounts remain elusive, dodging players' hands and have yet to be obtained. Let's explore these mounts and what is known about them.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Torghast by Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Stephen Crow

Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Stephen Crow has posted Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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PSA: Make Sure You Have Bag Space For Anima Weekly

Anima items collected from your mailbox do not count towards the weekly quest.

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Activision Blizzard Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Results - More Mobile Titles in Development

Activision Blizzard just finished their fourth-quarter financial results conference call, announcing better than expected results for Q4 and the full year of 2020. Major topics include the tremendous success of the Call of Duty model, Shadowlands launch, and multiple mobile titles for Blizzard franchises in advanced development.

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Adventure Table Fixed: Experience Missions Appear Once More If You Completed All Campaign Quests

Players who have managed to advance far into the Adventure Table Campaign missions have noticed that pure Experience missions would no longer spawn, which meant leveling new followers would become a significantly hard chore. As of today, experience missions are back for those players!

February 4th Hotfixes

Fixed an issue where Mental Recovery’s (Conduit) slow effect was not being removed with slow immunities (e.g. Hand of Freedom).

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Thoughts on the Recent Tank Damage Tuning in Shadowlands Mythic+ Dungeons

Earlier this week, Blizzard nerfed many large sources of Tank damage in the dungeons. We've analyzed how some of these changes have impacted the dungeons, including an undocumented change, and go over how much I think this has affected the current state of tanking and kiting in Shadowlands Mythic+ dungeons.

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Join the Celebration and Honor the Elders During Lunar Festival 2021

The Lunar Festival runs from February 5th through 19th and is now live on EU realms.

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Blizzard Increasing Anima from Mythic+ Dungeons and Raids

Blizzard has announced they are increasing the amount of Anima dropped from dungeon and raid bosses!

Blizzard Increasing Anima from Mythic+ Dungeons and Raids

Blizzard has announced they will be increasing the amount of Anima that drops from dungeon and raid bosses!

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Naladu from Hellfire Peninsula Found in the Shadowlands

Another familiar face has been found in the Shadowlands! The spirit of Naladu from Hellfire Peninsula can be found in the Venthyr Ember Court during the Lunar Festival.

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All the WoW Soundtracks in One Playlist on Spotify

Blizzard Senior Music Producer Charlotte Moore has shared a compilation of all the WoW soundtracks in one playlist! Enjoy 246 songs over 14 hours, from the original launch soundtrack through each expansion to Shadowlands, as well as extras including Warbringers and the Taverns of Azeroth.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for February 5, 2021 - Multi-Target Niya Burrs Bug Fix, Kyrian Airlines Change

Blizzard has published hotfixes for February 5th, 2021 which includes a fix for Niya's Tools: Burrs proccing on multiple targets, and a delayed spawn for the Kyrian that takes you back to the entrance platform in Spires of Ascension.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Bastion Dungeons and Architecture by Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Jessica Clarke

Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Jessica Clarke has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Revisiting DPS Predictions for Mythic Castle Nathria in Shadowlands

Before Castle Nathria released, Dratnos published his list of predictions for the best DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria. Today, he's taking a look back at the predictions that were made and review how well those predictions translated to reality.

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BlizzConline 2021 Predictions - Shadowlands Patch 9.1, TBC Classic, Wandering Ancient Mount

BlizzConline takes place February 19th and 20th, 2021. Here's our predictions for what will be announced, including the next phase of Shadowlands content, Burning Crusade Classic, and the Wandering Ancient mount.

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Warcraft Logs Companion App - Upload and Analyze Combat Reports in Game

Combat analysis website Warcraft Logs has released a brand new feature for Overwolf. The Companion app creates an in game overlay which allows players to live log, analyze reports, and break down wipes without tabbing out of WoW.

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Loot Restrictions for Mounts Drops from Rares in Shadowlands

With many players looking to increase their number of collectibles, specifically mounts, in Shadowlands, it is a good time to highlight restrictions to some of the restrictions observed by the community when looting these mounts. As there is not a rule for these loot restrictions, many of them working in a case-by-case manner, we will go over every mount that has an observed restriction attached to them.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Spires of Ascension and Bastion by Senior Exterior Level Designer Sarah Boulian Verrall

Senior Exterior Level Designer Sarah Boulian Verrall has posted Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 163 | Transmog Farming and Vendor Shuffle Tips

The latest economy wrap-up highlights transmog farming and vendor shuffle tips!

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The Superb Owls of Shadowlands - Kyrian Steward Appreciation Post

There are many superb owls in Shadowlands, and what better day to spotlight some of these adorable creatures?

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Love is in the Air 2021 - Level 60 Required to Obtain Big Love Rocket

Love is in the Air has started in Asian regions and players have observed that the required level to obtain Heart-Shaped Box, which can contain the elusive Big Love Rocket is level 60 for the 2021 edition of the event.

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Love is in the Air 2021 - Level 50 Required to Obtain Big Love Rocket

Love is in the Air has started in Asian regions and players have observed that the required level to obtain Heart-Shaped Box, which can contain the elusive Big Love Rocket is level 50 for the 2021 edition of the event. Edit: Blue post announcing the change from level 60 to 50.

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DesMephisto Earns Keystone Master Using a Console Controller

DesMephisto has completed all Mythic+15 dungeons, earning Shadowlands Keystone Master, while using a console controller instead of the normal keyboard and mouse setup.

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New Welcome Home Cinematic for Blizzard's 30th Anniversary

Blizzard has published a 30th Anniversary cinematic with clips from cinematic trailers across all of their games. The Burning Crusade cinematic is featured, which could strengthen the speculation TBC Classic will be announced at BlizzConline!

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Get Blizzard 30th Anniversary Merch and More at BlizzConline

Blizzard has revealed a new line of merchandise commemorating their 30th Anniversary and BlizzConline which will be available to purchase on February 19th.

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Wowhead Weekly #259 - Blizzard's 30th Anniversary, BlizzConline Predictions, Q4 Earnings Call

For Wowhead Weekly #259, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Warcraft news, including BlizzConline predictions based on the recent Q4 Earnings Call.

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Upcoming Castle Nathria Tuning - Mythic Stone Legion Generals & Normal/Heroic Bosses

Blizzard has announced more upcoming Castle Nathria tuning, which includes further nerfs to Mythic Stone Legion Generals and many other nerfs to bosses on Normal and Heroic difficulties.

Upcoming Mythic+ Dungeon Tuning -- De Other Side Timer and Hakkar Nerfs

Blizzard has also announced more upcoming dungeon tuning which includes changes to De Other Side, Necrotic Wake, Spires of Ascension, and Theater of Pain.

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Upcoming PvP Tuning Changes - Fire Mage and Holy Paladin Nerfs

Blizzard has posted upcoming PvP tuning changes for the next weekly reset which includes nerfs for Fire Mages and Holy Paladins and some buffs for other classes.

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Castle Nathria Hotfix - New Crescendo Animation on Sire Denathrius

On the Sire Denathrius encounter, the Crescendo mechanic has a new bright orange animation making it much easier to see where to dodge! Previously, this mechanic was a red swirly on a red floor which made it hard to see.

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Hotfixes: February 8, 2021

Fixed an issue where the beneficial effect of the Prideful affix would not be applied to Priests in Spirit of Redemption form.

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria - February 2nd Week

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria during the Week of February 2nd, the week after buffs were given to 10 specs. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.

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Chorus of Dead Souls Torghast Event Now Live - Transform into the Deadsoul Chorus

The Chorus of Dead Souls special event is now live in Torghast! This event is super fun with friends and allows you transform into the deadly Deadsoul Chorus to overpower your enemies. Other party members can ride the Deadsoul Chorus, which allows them to benefit from other powerful Anima Powers and cast while moving!

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Warcraft Twitter Posts Historical Concept Art

The World of Warcraft Twitter account has posted some interesting concept pieces.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - Q4 Earnings Call, 9.0.5 PTR Hints

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the Activision Blizzard Q4 Earnings Call and the 9.0.5 PTR hints.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Week 10 Mythic+ Affixes are Tyrannical, Bursting, Explosive, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Tyrannical, Bursting, Explosive and Prideful. This is probably the best Tyrannical week in the Shadowlands affix rotation as the affixes won't impact your run too much.

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Covenant Renown Rewards Feb 9th - Renown 32 Available, Unlocks Soulbind Upgrades, Transmog for Anima

It's the 12th week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 32! This will unlock the final traits for one set of Soulbinds, the ability to purchase transmog for anima, and a Soulkeeper upgrade.

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All Covenant Renown Transmog Set Pieces Now Unlocked - Costs and Models

With Renown 32 the week of February 9th, players are now able to purchase all pieces of the Covenant Renown transmog armor sets. Here is a look at models and costs for the complete set.

Final Soulbind Traits Unlocked for Mikanikos, Heirmir, Korayn, Draven

The first set of final soulbind traits have been unlocked for the third Soulbind in each Covenant: Mikanikos, Heirmir, Korayn, Draven. These final Soulbind Traits are generally pretty powerful that will be a large benefit to your character!

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Oranomonos the Everbranching - Ardenweald World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Oranomonos the Everbranching is available to be defeated in Ardenweald!

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Spirit of Eche'ro Available from Legion Archaeology Through 2/23

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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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Coming to PC on the Battlenet Launcher

While the N. Sane Trilogy remaster was released on Steam, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time has been added to the Battlenet launcher and is already available for pre-order, though the official PC launch date has yet to be announced.

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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 PTR Updated to 9.0.5.37503

The Shadowlands PTR has updated to 9.0.5.37503! Check back over the course of the afternoon as we datamine the build.

Shadowlands 9.0.5 Build 37503 Icons - Domination Runes

The first build of Patch 9.0.5 in Shadowlands is upon us! First up, we have datamined icons of so-called Domination runes.

Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build 37503 Preamble

The first dataminable Patch 9.0.5 PTR build is here and we're starting with the preamble!

Two Encrypted Promotional Mounts in 9.0.5 Data - Sapphire Skyblazer and Fireplume Phoenix

The 9.0.5 PTR adds two promotional mounts with encrypted models: Sapphire Skyblazer and Fireplume Phoenix.

Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR Class and Spell Changes - Covenant, Conduit and Class Tuning

This is the first Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR build which includes many class and spell changes. This includes more Covenant ability tuning, Conduit changes and more!

Blizzard Post on Patch 9.0.5 PTR - Patch Should Release in March

We’ve opened the Public Test Realm (PTR) for Patch 9.0.5, the next update to World of Warcraft, which is now in-testing and expected to be released in March.

Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR - Upgradable Mythic+ Gear - The Return of Valor Points

Blizzard has announced that Valor Points are returning to the game with Patch 9.0.5.

Great Vault Loot Indicator on the Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR

A welcome quality of life change coming on the Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR - there is now a marker on the map indicating when you have Great Vault loot available to be claimed.

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Achievements - Shadowlands Keystone Explorer

We've datamined achievement changes on the 9.0.5 PTR, including Shadowlands Keystone Explorer: Season One, which ties in with other criteria for upgrading Mythic+ loot using the upcoming Valor system.

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World First Shadowlands +25 Mythic Dungeon Completed In Time

China has brought us another world first Mythic+, as the Vengeance Demon Hunter Raincloudy, Holy Paladin 杰克丶, Fire Mage Himelody, Balance Druid Starsfireman, and Outlaw Rogue 最靓蘑菇头 have finished +25 Necrotic Wake in 35 minutes and 35 seconds - the world first +25 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!

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Game Director Ion Hazzikostas Acknowledges Raid Gearing Issues

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas has acknowledged issues with Shadowlands raid gearing. While dungeon improvements are going out quickly in 9.0.5, they are continuing to look at raid gear issues in the future.

Hotfixes: February 9, 2021

Focused Growth (PvP Talent) will now clear when Lifebloom fades while using The Dark Titan's Lesson (Legendary Effect).

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Ember Court Noblegarden Egg Hunt Spells - Shadowlands PTR 9.0.5

With the first Patch 9.0.5 PTR build, Blizzard has added new spells that heavily hint at a new Noblegarden themed event at the Ember Court: an Egg Hunt!

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Ember Court Changes During Love is in the Air - Extra Bonus Happiness to Guests

The Venthyr's Ember Court seems to be receiving a little change with every different Holiday from Azeroth. During Love is in the Air, the Court offers players the ability to spread candles and flowers around the scenario, plus providing a special perfume or cologne, which your guests will love!

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Bursting, Explosive, Tyrannical Weeks

Bursting, Explosive, Tyrannical are the affixes you have to deal with coming into this week! This is the best Tyrannical week as Explosive is relatively easy to deal with and Bursting requires general group control so we're going over the best and worst dungeons to do this week!

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Stygia Crafting, Tower Shadehound Mount in 9.0.5? The New Hidden Soul Forge in Domination Keep

The Stygia Dowser is a new item added to Ve'nari in the Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR. It allows you to harvest Stygia Nexuses in The Maw, and grants access to a new crafting system.

BlizzConline 2021 Schedule Now Live

Blizzard has revealed the BlizzConline 2021 Schedule.

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Four Mailboxes in Oribos on the 9.0.5 Shadowlands PTR

A third and fourth mailbox have been added to Oribos on the PTR.

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More Night Fae Soulshapes Datamined on 9.0.5 PTR

The 9.0.5 PTR has added more Night Fae soulshape forms in the data!

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Thoughts on Shadowlands MDI Events from BDGG - Shadowmeld, Class and Covenant Balance

Two MDI global cups have been completed, so we sat down with prominent Mythic+ players from BDGG to get their thoughts on how this year's MDI has gone so far, giving their thoughts on what went right, and what changes they hope to see in the future including discussion on popular topics like Shadowmeld, Class Balance and more!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Revendreth, Sinfall and Castle Nathria by Dungeon Environment Artist Kevin Young

Dungeon Environment Artist Kevin Young has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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More Night Fae Soulshapes Datamined on 9.0.5 PTR

The 9.0.5 PTR has added more Night Fae soulshape forms in the data!

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Is Shadowlands a Good Time to Get Back into WoW?

Is Shadowlands a good time to get back into WoW?

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Volo's Homestead on 9.0.5 PTR - New Elwynn Forest House and D&D Reference

Streamer MrGM has discovered Volo's Homestead on the 9.0.5 PTR, a new house in Elwynn Forest. The name could reference Volo's Guide to Monsters from D&D.

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Shadowlands Hotfixes for February 11, 2021 - Covenant Change to Necrolord Fix

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for February 11th, 2021 which includes a fix for players who attempted to change Covenants to Necrolords, and a bug fix for Mythic Stone Legion Generals.

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Mythic+ Items Obtained Before Patch 9.0.5 Cannot Be Upgraded with Valor Points

Blizzard have announced that Mythic+ Items that have been obtained before Patch 9.0.5 cannot be upgraded with Valor Points when the system releases.

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Super Squirt Day for US Realms on 12th February - Powerlevel Battle Pets

Super Squirt is live for US realms this Friday, February 12th! Super Squirt is a rare occurrence that allows you to level battle pets very fast, due to Pet Battle Event and a special Garrison daily event.

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A Closer Look at Melee in Shadowlands Season 1 PvP - Team Comps and Specialization Strengths

Shadowlands Season 1 is shaping up to become one of the greatest, possibly the greatest first season of an expansion (especially for melee) in a long time. It’s a great time to be a PvPer!

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Bonehoof Tauralus Mount Found - Available from Tahonta to Necrolords at Renown 32 or Higher

Players have found one of the mounts we previously reported in our Missing Mounts of Shadowlands post: The Bonehoof Tauralus mount from the rare spawn Tahonta in Maldraxxus.

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Corgis, Cats, Frogs - Even More Unconfirmed Soulshape Forms Datamined in 9.0.5

We've datamined another round of spectral models added in Patch 9.0.5, including corgis and cats, which could be used for future Night Fae Soulshapes.

Upcoming Loot Change for Shadowlands Raids - More Pieces of Loot and Weapon Tokens

Blizzard have announced upcoming changes to loot from raids on the Weekly Reset, with more pieces of loot and weapon tokens dropping on all difficulties!

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Thoughts on Valor Points for Shadowlands Mythic+ Gearing - Is it Enough?

Blizzard recently announced the return of Valor Points to help players gear up through Shadowlands Mythic+. We wanted to give our thoughts on the announced system so far, and discuss whether or not we think adding Valor Points is enough for Mythic+ players.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Revendreth, Ardenweald, and The Maw by Level Designer Matthew Armstrong

Level Designer Matthew Armstrong has posted Shadowlands work to Artstation.

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Ve'nari Socket and Conduit Upgrade Items Capped to Season 1 in Patch 9.0.5

Ion Hazzikostas has announced change that occurred on the Patch 9.0.5 PTR. which limits the Unbound Reality Fragment (Conduit Upgrade) Item to 226 and the Spatial Realignment Apparatus (Socket) Item to Season 1 Items.

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Kyrian Sigil and Halo Back Attachments Receive Model Updates in 9.0.5 - No More Shoulder Clipping

Some of the Kyrian back pieces will be slightly curved in 9.0.5 to avoid clipping into shoulder armor.

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Shadowlands Dungeon Pixel Art by Dragumagu

The Brazilian pixel artist Dragumagu has finished another project, recreating each of the Shadowlands dungeons in beautifully rendered pixelized form!

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First 9.0.5 PTR Build Recap - Valor Points, Corgi Soulshapes, Covenant Tuning, Oribos Mailboxes

A recap of all the major updates from the first 9.0.5 Shadowlands PTR build.

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Ten Guardian Druids from Bear Shenanigans Clear Normal Castle Nathria

The bears are back, clearing Castle Nathria with a group of ten Guardian Druids from the Bear Shenanigans community!

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Mists of Tirna Scithe and Ardenweald by Level Designer Travis Inman

Level Designer Travis Inman has posted Shadowlands work on Artstation.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 164 | Mailboxes, Millions & Money

The latest economy roundup highlights the new Oribox mailboxes and some Jewelcrafting tips!

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Class Writers Opinions on the Necrolord's Fleshcraft Buffs in 9.0.5 PTR

One of the highlights in the upcoming Patch 9.0.5 PTR, is the massive buff the Necrolord's signature ability Fleshcraft. We've asked some of our class writers to predict how the changes to Fleshcraft will affect Tanks, DPS and Healers.

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Shadowlands Season 1 WoW MDI 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, worked on trailer for Blizzard's Mythic Dungeon International. This weekend, he released an extended version of it.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - 9.0.5 PTR, Valor Points, Soulshapes

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the 9.0.5 PTR updates including Valor Points and new Soulshapes.

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Shadowlands Mythic+ Dungeon Basic Routes Guide Now Live

We've released a guide containing basic routes for Mythic+! If you're starting off in Mythic+ dungeons, we have some basic routes for you to follow that can be a general building block for you to experiment with after getting comfortable.

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Submit Your Questions for BlizzConline's Q&A

Blizzard is now accepting questions for BlizzConline's Q&A sessions! If you've got a question that you want to ask the development team, you can submit a text question or even an audio or video question for consideration.

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Wowhead Weekly #260 - BlizzConline Schedule, Helm of Domination Statue Preview

For Wowhead Weekly #260, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Warcraft news, including the BlizzConline schedule. They also have a Helm of Domination statue to highlight on the stream!

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Class Writers Opinions on Covenant Ability Buffs in 9.0.5 PTR

Today we've asked our Class Writers for their thoughts on the upcoming Covenant Ability buffs in Patch 9.0.5. We've asked our class writers to comment on how impactful the buffs are and whether they think it's enough of an incentive for players to change Covenants.

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Fan Makes Entertaining Video of Aliothe Bug: 150 Bears vs. World Boss

A fan uses a bug to make an army of bears to kill a World Boss.

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Class Writers Opinions on Class Tuning Changes in 9.0.5 PTR Build 37503

Today we've asked our Class Writers for their thoughts on the upcoming Class changes coming in Patch 9.0.5. We've asked our class writers to comment on how impactful the changes are for their spec in general.

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Shadowlands Season 1 Week 11 Mythic+ Affixes are Fortified, Sanguine, Grievous, Prideful

This week's Mythic+ affixes are Fortified, Sanguine, Grievous and Prideful. This is a pretty great week for pushing keys, as the affixes don't slow you down too much.

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Nurgash Muckformed - Revendreth World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Nurgash Muckformed is available to be defeated in Ardenweald!

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Covenant Renown Rewards Feb 16th - Renown 34 Available, Unlocks Adventurer, Soulbind Trait, Back Transmog

It's the 13th week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 34! This will unlock the final traits for one set of Soulbinds, the ability to purchase back transmog for anima, and a new adventurer.

Get ilvl 200 Loot from Mists Timewalking Weekly Quest

Mists of Pandaria Timewalking is active for the week, plus you can get 50% bonus reputation gains from creatures and quests associated with the Pandaria expansion. You can also get ilvl 200 loot from the weekly quest.

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Castle Nathria Raid Now Drops More Loot and Weapon Tokens

Announced last week, the Castle Nathria Raid is now more lucrative and is now dropping more loot and weapon tokens for NA Servers, with EU Servers receiving this change after their weekly reset.

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Final Soulbind Traits Unlocked for Kleia, Emeni, Dreamweaver and Theotar

All the Covenant soulbind traits are now unlocked with the final soulbind traits being available for the second Soulbind in each Covenant: Kleia, Emeni, Dreamweaver and Theotar. These final Soulbind Traits are generally pretty powerful that will be a large benefit to your character!

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Blizzard Servers Experiencing Disconnects and Slow Login Attempts

Players are experiencing disconnects and slow login attempts--and BlizzardCS is tweeting about the issue.

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Hotfixes: February 16, 2021

There is now an additional delay before Edge of Annihilation is cast upon entering the third phase on Mythic difficulty.

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Guide Mentor System Updated with Shadowlands Requirements in PTR 9.0.5

The requirements to become a Guide have been updated in Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 PTR, with several Shadowlands achievements now being required to become one!

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria - Week of February 9th

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria during the Week of February 9th. This is the second week after buffs were given to 10 specs. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.

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Lament of the Highborne Cover by Jay The Bard and Patty Mattson

Celebrated World of Warcraft musician Jay The Bard has collaborated with Patty Mattson (also known as Lady Sylvanas Windrunner) to create an acoustic cover of Lament of the Highborne.

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Tune in for World of Warcraft at BlizzConline February 19-20

Friday, February 19 Saturday, February 20

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Beta Access Help Pages Updated for WoW, Diablo IV, and Diablo Immortal - BlizzConline Announcements Incoming?

Leading up to BlizzConline, Blizzard has updated the wording on their beta help pages for World of Warcraft, Diablo IV, and Diablo Immortal. Could this hint at BlizzConline announcements for these games?

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Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR Build 37623 Preamble - Valor Points Description

A new weekly 9.0.5 PTR Build is here and we're starting with the Preamble. This preamble contains a description update for Valor Points.

Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR Build 37623 Spell Changes - Class and Legendary Tuning

This 9.0.5 PTR Build contains many more spell changes which includes more class tuning and many buffs to Shadowlands Legendary Powers!

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Valor Currency Added to the 9.0.5 PTR - 750 Weekly and 1,500 Total Cap

This week's build added Valor to the 9.0.5 PTR, and although we cannot yet actually upgrade items, we have learned that there will be a weekly cap of 750 and total cap of 1,500 Valor.

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Ember Court Improvements Coming in 9.0.5 - Auto Restock and Account-Wide RSVP

Two improvements added to the Ember Court on the patch 9.0.5 PTR let your Dredger Butler automatically complete restock quests and allow you bypass guest RSVP quests account-wide!

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Datamined Valor Point Upgrade Details - Ranks, Item Level and Costs

More aspects of the Valor Point system have been added in this 9.0.5 PTR Build. We've datamined more details about Valor Points which includes the number of ranks, the item level of each rank, and the number of Valor Points that will be needed to upgrade.

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Blizzard 9.0.5 PTR Changes Post

Blizzard has released a post detailing all current changes present on the PTR compared to live.

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More Loot from Mythic+ Dungeon Depleted Keys in Patch 9.0.5

As part of the official 9.0.5 PTR notes, Blizzard has documented a change giving players more loot from Mythic dungeons completed after the timer ends.

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Shadowlands Mythic+ Representation for DPS, Tanks, Healers - Tyrannical, Bursting, Explosive Week

As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.

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World of Warcraft BlizzConline Leaks - Future of Shadowlands and Classic - BlizzConline SPOILERS

Blizzard accidentaly released their BlizzConline press kits before BlizzConline.

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Burnng Crusade Classic Confirmed in BlizzConline Leak

The Burning Crusade Classic has been confirmed in a BlizzConline leak from an official press kit accidentally uploaded by Blizzard.

Fly in the Shadowlands with Patch 9.1 - No Flying in the Maw

With today's BlizzConline leaks, we have a confirmation that Patch 9.1 will bring flying to Shadowlands, however limited only to Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and Revendreth.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Sanguine, Grievous, Fortified Weeks

Sanguine, Grievous, Fortified, and Prideful are the affixes you have to deal with coming into this week. This week is probably the third best week on the calendar in regards to pushing the highest level of keys and we're going over the best and worst dungeons!

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Forsaken Spines Fixed for Cloaks on the PTR

Redditor Kills_Zombies has pointed out that the issue with Forsaken spines showing through cloaks has been amended on the PTR.

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Blizzard's 9.0.5 PTR Patch Notes (Feb 18) - Legendary Item Tuning, PvP Changes, Torghast

Blizzard has updated their Patch 9.0.5 PTR Patch Notes on February 18th, which now includes a list of Legendary Item changes, with some PvP changes and Torghast changes as well.

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Blizzard's Preview of Creative Panels at BlizzConline

Blizzard has posted a preview of the various creative panels coming to BlizzConline such as art and cooking.

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Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund Purchases $1.4 billion in Activision Blizzard Stock

The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund has purchased 15 million shares in Activision Blizzard for $1.4 billion, representing a 2% stake in the company alongside similar investments in Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive.

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Hotfixes: February 18, 2021

Bosses now drop 33% more loot than before in all Timewalking raids.

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Upcoming Changes to the Ashran, Isle of Conquest, and Wintergrasp Epic Battlegrounds

Maximum player count per faction is now 35 (was 30). Starting reinforcements are now 175 (was 150).

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No More Lies and a Choice - What's Going On With Sylvanas? We Take A Closer Look

A character analysis of Sylvanas from recent expansions, and what could come next. Note: spoilers from BlizzConline leaks referenced in the piece.

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New Starter Guides for Every Spec - Quick Way to Get Started for All Classes in Shadowlands

We are happy to announce that we've added a new page to our Shadowlands Class Guides: The Starter Guide. All basic information to start up in a spec in a single page.

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Get a First Look at the Wandering Ancient Mount During BlizzConline

Not all ancients are interested in war or lore, some just want to travel the world! This arboreal nomad has traveled to many places and with each passing season embraces change, both in scenery and in the foliage atop its branches.

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BlizzConline Scavenger Hunt - Win Prizes from Coca-Cola

At BlizzConline, players will be able to participate in a scavenger hunt for a chance to win Coca-Cola prizes!

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Fun BlizzConline Downloads - Badges, Zoom Backgrounds, Decorations, Trivia

Get into the spirit of BlizzConline with a series of fun downloads from the official website. If you want to decorate your Zoom background, print out a badge like past conventions, show who has the best knowledge of Blizzard with 30th anniversary trivia, or cook something tasty as you watch the panels, Blizzard has you covered!

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BlizzConline 2021 Opening Ceremony Recap and Liveblog

The opening ceremony for BlizzConline is starting soon! We'll be liveblogging and recapping all the announcements during BlizzConline 2021's opening ceremony in this post.

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BlizzConline Shadowlands Patch 9.1: Chains of Domination Cinematic

Blizzard has officially announced Shadowlands Patch 9.1: Chains of Domination, and released the cinematic showing some MAJOR STORY SPOILERS!

BlizzConline 2021 - Blizzard Arcade Collection Coming to PC & Consoles

Blizzard Entertainment President J. Allen Brack has announced the Blizzard Arcade Collection coming to all consoles, and for free on PC with any Blizzard Anniversary Bundle purchase.

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic has been announced at BlizzConline!

Bananas and Daisy the Sloth - Doctors Without Borders Charity Battle Pets

Blizzard just announced two Charity Battle Pets in the BlizzCon opening ceremony: Bananas and Daisy the Sloth.

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Patch 9.1 is Chains of Domination

Blizzard has unveiled the title of Shadowlands' first major content patch: Chains of Domination.

BlizzConline 2021 - Rogue Class Added to Diablo 4

The Rogue class has just been announced for Diablo 4 at BlizzConline 2021! This is the first brand new class announced for the upcoming sequel, to join the returning Sorceress, Druid, and Barbarian classes.

BlizzConline - Diablo 2: Resurrected Officially Announced - Coming to PC & Console in 2021

Diablo 2: Resurrected, a full HD remaster of the original game and the Lord of Destruction expansion pack has been officially announced at BlizzConline! The 2D game has updated in beautiful 3D, and is also modernizing all 27 minutes of original cinematics - recreated shot for shot with the intention of preserving the look and intention of the original movies.

Level 58 Boosts Will Be Offered in Preparation for Classic Burning Crusade Launch

If you want to experience Classic Burning Crusade but has never leveled through Classic WoW, you can! Blizzard will offer an optional level 58 Character Boost near the launch of Classic Burning Crusade.

BlizzConline 2021 World of Warcraft: What's Next Panel Recap

The World of Warcraft: What's Next Panel has begun. We'll be liveblogging the event and recapping notable new features that are coming in the upcoming patches!

BlizzConline 2021 Diablo: What's Next Panel Recap

The Diablo: What's Next Panel has begun. We'll be liveblogging the event and recapping notable details for Diablo!

Helm of Domination and BlizzConline Merch Now Available to Purchase

Players can now purchase the Helm of Domination replica and other BlizzConline merchandise via the Blizzard Gear Shop!

BlizzConline 2021 - Musical Guest Metallica

Following the opening ceremony, BlizzConline 2021 showcased a musical interlude by American heavy metal band Metallica! Originally performing live at BlizzCon 2014, the legends of metal graced us with another performance in celebration of BlizzConline.

Classic The Burning Crusade Will Have Pre-Nerf Bosses

In an interview for PCGamer, production director Patrick Dawson and lead producer Holly Longdale, revealed that Classic The Burning Crusade will feature pre-nerf bosses at launch, since players have decades of knowledge at the content.

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Seal of Blood and Seal of Vengeance Available to Both Factions in Classic The Burning Crusade

With Classic The Burning Crusade, Seal of Blood and Seal of the Martyr will be available to both factions. Players will get the opposite faction Seal at max level, keeping some of that faction identity while leveling, but not creating imbalance at max level.

BlizzConline - Five Phases Planned for The Burning Crusade Classic

The BlizzConline Deep Dive panel just announced that Classic The Burning Crusade will have phases similar to World of Warcraft: Classic! They found that players liked the phase by phase progression, and so there are currently five phases and four Arena seasons planned for The Burning Crusade, starting with Karazhan and ending with the Sunwell.

BlizzConline 2021 World of Warcraft What's Next Panel Recap

The World of Warcraft: What's Next Panel for Shadowlands has begun. We'll be liveblogging the event and recapping notable new features that are coming in the upcoming patches!

Classic Character Clones: You Can Snapshot Classic Characters to Classic Burning Crusade Realms

If you have characters on Classic WoW, you will be able to clone them to Classic Burning Crusade realms - And play with the same character on both Classic WoW and Burning Crusade!

World of Warcraft: Classic and Burning Crusade Classic Characters and Realms - Blizzard Official Preview

Blizzard has published their official preview for Burning Crusade Classic, explaining how Classic and Burning Crusade Classic realms will work.

All Mounts Will Work in The Maw on Patch 9.1, Chains of Domination

In Shadowlands Patch 9.1, Chains of Domination, mounts will no longer ignore our call in The Maw, allowing players to freely use their favorite mounts there!

BlizzConline - Patch 9.1 Broker Megadungeon

Megadungeons will return in Shadowlands, with Patch 9.1: Chains of Domination featuring an 8 boss Broker Trading City themed Megadungeon. It will start as Mythic only, without a Mythic+ version, similar to Operation: Mechagon.

Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination Raid is the Sanctum of Domination

The new upcoming raid for Patch 9.1, Chains of Domination, is the Sanctum of Domination! This Maw raid will have 10 bosses, some of them very known to us.

New Covenant-Themed Flying Mounts in Patch 9.1 - Unlocked with Flying

When unlocking flying in patch 9.1, each covenant will also unlock new flying mounts, available thanks to the increase in the anima-flow for each zone.

BlizzConline - Making of the Wandering Ancient Mount

Blizzard has presented a short panel recapping the artistic process behind the upcoming free Wandering Ancient mount.

BlizzConline - Patch 9.1 Cosmetic Covenant Armor Sets

Patch 9.1 will feature new rewards as players continuing to gain renown within their Covenants, including new themed cosmetic armor sets! They can be worn by any armor type and transmoged like other items to mix and match your own looks.

Korthia Rewards in Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination - Spectral Steed, Severed Hand Mount and More

Korthia, the City of Secrets, is the new zone added in Patch 9.1, Chains of Domination. Rewards from this zone include a Severed Hand mount that crawls into battle!

Shadowlands Season 2 Rewards - Vicious Mount, Gladiator Mount, Keystone Master Mount

Blizzard preview the upcoming mount rewards for Season 2. The Season 2 Vicious mounts will be gorms, while Gladiator and Keystone Master mounts will be recolors of their Season 1 variants.

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Classic Burning Crusade Beta Opt-In Available on the World of Warcraft Site

With the announcement of Classic Burning Crusade, Blizzard has also opened opt-ins for a chance at beta testing Burning Crusade.

BlizzConline 2021 Diablo II: Resurrected Deep Dive Recap

The Diablo II: Resurrected Deep Dive has begun. We'll be liveblogging the event and recapping notable details for Diablo II: Resurrected!

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BlizzConline 2021 - Musical Guest MAMAMOO

BlizzConline 2021 closed out its first night with the first ever BlizzCon performance by the South Korean K-pop group MAMAMOO.

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Diablo 2: Resurrected - Tech Alpha Sign Up and Pre-Order

Diablo 2: Resurrected, a full HD remaster of the original game and the Lord of Destruction expansion pack, will soon enter technical alpha testing and is already available for pre-order in the Blizzard Store. While no exact date has been announced, it is scheduled to release in 2021 and is available in three versions.

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The Burning Crusade Classic - No Gold Cap on Clones or Transfers

On Blizzard Watch's interview with Brian Birmingham and John Hight, it has been stated that there are currently no plans to add a gold cap to transfers or character copying on Classic Burning Crusade servers,

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New Art Prints for BlizzConline: Classic & TBC Art Collages, Hogger, Forged In The Barrens

Blizzard has released a new line of merchandise as part of the BlizzConline and 30th Anniversary celebrations! This post will highlight all the new artwork that's available. If you missed it earlier, be sure to check out our WoW Merch highlight (featuring Brightpaw)!

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BlizzConline Patch 9.1 Interview Recap - Ion Hazzikostas, Jeremy Feasel, Steve Danuser

Together BlizzConline, many outlets have had different interviews about Patch 9.1 released today. In this post, we will do a quick recap of three of those interviews, conducted by Eurogamer, PCGamer, and Polygon.

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Amazing Virtual BlizzConline Art Gallery

While we can't experience the art gallery in person at BlizzCon, Blizzard has created an impressive virtual art gallery for everyone to browse at home, with pieces from all games and WoW expansions!

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BlizzConline 2021 Diablo Immortal: Alpha & Beyond Panel Recap

The Diablo Immortal: Alpha and Beyond Panel has concluded. We'll be recapping all the notable details for Diablo Immortal!

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All the BlizzConline 2021 Announcements So Far - Day 1 Recap

The first day of BlizzConline 2021 has ended, but it was packed with major announcements and tons of news! Just in case you missed something in the flurry of activity, here's a recap of everything announced and all our coverage.

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Tier Sets in Shadowlands: Planned for Later Patch, Sanctum of Domination Armor To Use Maw Legendary Models

In Wowhead's BlizzConline interview, we learned from Principal Game Designer Jeremy Feasel that tier sets are planned for a future patch beyond 9.1, and the Sanctum of Domination raid armor would use Maw Legendary models, which will get matching weapons.

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Wowhead's Chains of Domination Interview - No New Soulbinds, New Ve'nari Rewards, Megadungeon Hard Mode

The Wowhead team sat down with Principal Game Designer Jeremy Feasel and Technical Director Frank Kowalkowski to discuss the upcoming features of Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination! We discuss new activities and rewards in the Maw, a new Maw currency for Ve'nari, tier sets, updated Soulbinds, Covenant swapping restrictions, the possibility of equipping multiple Legendaries, and much more!

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Empowered Conduits Coming with Shadowlands Chains of Domination

During an interview with SoulSoBreezy, Johnny Cash and Kevin Martens revealed a new feature of the Soulbind system: Empowered Conduits.

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Stygia Only Used for Shadowlands Season 1 Ven'ari Items - You Can Spend Stygia Safely

From our exclusive interview with Jeremy Feasel and Frank Kowalkowski, we learned that Stygia will be used as a currency for Season 1 conduit upgrade and opening a socket items. Players can use their Stygia now without any drawbacks.

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Raid Loot Improvements and Torghast Death Counter Replaced in 9.1 - Ion Hazzikostas Interview with PC Gamer

PC Gamer interviewed Game Director Ion Hazzikostas on Chains of Domination, who discussed raid gearing and Torghast improvements.

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BlizzConline 2021 World of Warcraft Q&A Recap

The World of Warcraft Q&A for Shadowlands has begun. We'll be liveblogging the Q&A and recapping the answers for the upcoming Chains of Domination Patch!

BlizzConline 2021 Diablo: Q & A Liveblog

We are bringing you details from the Diablo development team as they answer community questions about the gameplay, monsters, and world of Sanctuary.

Diablo 2: Ressurrected And Diablo 2: Classic Will Be Two Separate Games

It has been announced by Rod Fergusson that unlike Warcraft 3 with Warcraft 3: Reforged, Diablo 2: Resurrected and Diablo 2: Classic will remain separate games!

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No More Character Customizations Planned for Shadowlands

According to the World of Warcraft Panel Q&A at BlizzConline 2021, there are currently no plans for more character customizations in Shadowlands.

WoW Q&A - No Current Plan to Address Faction Imbalance

During the World of Warcraft Q&A panel, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas stated there are no current short term plans to address faction imbalance, although he recognized that it is an ongoing issue and a top priority.

The Burning Crusade Classic to Use 2.4.3 Balance From The Start - No Tuning Happening

During the Warcraft Q&A, Classic Lead Engineer, Brian Birmingham, confirmed that The Burning Crusade Classic will use Patch 2.4.3 balance throughout its whole lifespan.

BlizzConline - Five Phases Planned for The Burning Crusade Classic

The BlizzConline Deep Dive panel just announced that Classic The Burning Crusade will have phases similar to World of Warcraft: Classic! Update: At the Q&A, Blizzard is announced they are considering moving up the phases on Arena Seasons, with Season 1 starting in Phase 1.

WoW Q&A - Wandering Ancient Mount Confirmed for Patch 9.0.5

The Wandering Ancient mount is arriving in Patch 9.0.5, scheduled to go live in March! There are no requirements for obtaining this mount besides owning Shadowlands.

BlizzConline 2021 - Musical Guests Lindsey Stirling and Mako

Day two of BlizzConline 2021 featured a musical performance by Lindsey Stirling and Mako, performing their collaborative song "Lose You Now" for the very first time!

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BlizzConline 2021 Blizzard Art Studio - Learn to Draw The Winter Queen, Sire Denathrius, Margrave Krexus

Blizzard has posted a series on Twitter to teach how to draw three Shadowlands characters: The Winter Queen, Sire Denathrius, and Margrave Krexus.

BlizzConline 2021: A Critical Role Diablo Campaign

At BlizzConline 2021, Critical Role hosts a custom Diablo-themed adventure about a band of warriors pursuing whispered rumors of something ancient and evil beneath the ruins of Old Tristram. Matthew Mercer is the Dungeon Master for Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Mica Burton, and Carlos Luna,

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Netherwhelp Pet Will Be Available for TBC Collector's Edition Owners on Classic Burning Crusade

If you have the Burning Crusade Collector's Edition registered on your Battle.net account, you will receive the Netherwhelp pet on Classic Burning Crusade!

BlizzConline 2021 Community Showcase Cosplay Gallery

It's time for the BlizzConline Community Showcase, hosted by Darin De Paul! Celebrating the creativity and talent of the Blizzard community, it highlights the cosplay, music, and other artistic creations made by members of the Blizzard community from around the world.

The Burning Crusade Classic Leveling - 2.4.3 XP Curve and Mounting at Level 30

During an interview with MrGM, Classic Lead Engineer Brian Birmingham revelead that The Burning Crusade Classic will have all quality of life leveling improvements added throughout The Burning Crusade lifespan, including the XP nerf from Patch 2.3 and the mount required level reduction from level 40 to level 30 from Patch 2.4.3.

Leatherworking Drums Benefits Likely Changed in Burning Crusade Classic

In several interviews, Blizzard has indicated they will very likely change the benefits from Leatherworking Drums so players do not feel compelled to have an entire raid of Leatherworkers in TBC raids.

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Covenant Pepes and 40 More Renown Levels Planned for Shadowlands Patch 9.1

In an interview with The Starting Zone, we learned that Covenant Pepes are planned for Chains of Domination!

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Draka and Thrall Reunion Heavily Hinted in Evolution of Thrall BlizzConline Panel

In the BlizzConline panel World of Warcraft: The Evolution of Thrall Christie Golden has hinted quite heavily that there will be a reunion between Thrall and his mother, Draka.

Flying in Shadowlands: 9.1 Covenant Campaign Required, Available at Level 50 Once Unlocked

We have learned a few things about flying in Shadowlands: You will need to finish the 9.1 Covenant Campaign (no Reputation grinding required), and alts will start flying at level 50!

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Burning Crusade Classic LFG Tool May Use Modern Group Finder Conveniences

In keeping with the spirit of embracing #SomeChanges, The Burning Crusade Classic production director Patrick Dawson stated that the team was currently discussing the inclusion of modern conveniences, using elements from the retail group finder instead of the original Looking for Group Interface Tool introduced in patch 2.0.1. of The Burning Crusade.

Return of the Dreadlords in Shadowlands - Cosmic War Fan Theories Confirmed?

In an interview with The Starting Zone, we learned that we'll encounter the Dreadlords in Shadowlands.

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Highlighting BlizzConline's Exclusive Apparel, Books, Deskmats & Collectibles

Now that we've entered Day 2 of BlizzConline, it seemed appropriate to share the Blizzard Gear Store items we hadn't previously covered such as the 'You're Not Prepared' shirt and the '30th Anniversary Deskmat'.

BlizzConline 2021 Warcraft Cooking Workshop

Avid WoW fan and cooking streamer Lulaboo Jenkins talks Burning Crusade Classic with Production Director Patrick Dawson and Game Designer Sarah Verrall, while making a fantastic spinach bun warp burger with bacon, onions, and blue cheese!

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All the BlizzConline 2021 Announcements - Day 2 Recap

BlizzConline 2021 has come to a close, but despite not getting to see our friends, we came away with a ton of great information! Here's a recap of everything announced and all our coverage from day two of the online convention.

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Bonehoof Tauralus Mount Update - Neena Construct Likely Required for Mount

Following last week's post about obtaining Tahonta's mount, the community continued the research to discover the proper requirements for the mount. The current belief is that the mount doesn't not require Renown 32 as previously thought, but instead requires players to have the construct Neena with them when looting the rare.

9.1 Chains of Domination - Everything We Know About the Upcoming Patch

An overview of everything we learned about Patch 9.1 Shadowlands: Chains of Domination, at BlizzConline.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 165 | BlizzConline for Gold Makers, TSM Alpha & Enchanting Shuffles

This week's economy article discusses all the gold making news at BlizzConline, such as the Q&A response on the fate of the Auction House in the mobile app.

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Blizzard Considering WoD-Style Scaling PvP Gear

Icy Veins and Vanion have reported that Blizzard is considering WoD style scaling PvP gear in an EU Group Interview with Ion Hazzikostas and Ely Cannon. In this system, PvP items would be the best items to wear in PvP situations.

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The Story of Chains of Domination - Shadowlands Lore with Nobbel87

Following the Chains of Domination reveal at BlizzConline, Nobbel87 is here to walk you through all the new lore details and piece together the story of Shadowlands.

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Everything We Know About Burning Crusade Classic from BlizzConline

An overview of everything we learned about Burning Crusade Classic from BlizzConline.

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Everything We Learned About Diablo from BlizzConline 2021

An overview of everything we learned about Diablo at BlizzConline 2021. The re-emergence of Diablo with Diablo II: Resurrected, Diablo IV, and Diablo Immortal.

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Solo Queue for Island Expeditions and BFA LFR Planned, No Solo Queues for Warfronts

In an interview with the German website Vanion, Senior Game Designer Jeremy Feasel revealed Blizzard intends to add options to solo queue for Island Expeditions and BFA LFR Raids, but not Warfronts. There are technical difficulties when implementing solo queues for Warfronts, so they are not sure if it will be possible to implement.

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Tower Shadehound Mount - Craftable Maw Mount in Patch 9.0.5

The Tower Shadehound is a new mount added in Patch 9.0.5. The third mount that works in the Maw, this mount requires a few hours of grinding and traveling around The Maw to get!

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World of Warcraft: The Evolution of Thrall - A Look at the Blizzconline Panel with Terran Gregory, Christie Golden, and Sean Copeland

Terran Gregory, Christie Golden, and Sean Copeland from Blizzard's story and franchise development team got together at Blizzconline to talk about the evolution of one of the most iconic characters in World of Warcraft history: Thrall.

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Classic Burning Crusade Official Forums Are Available

With Classic Burning Crusade announced at BlizzConline 2021, the WoW forums have been updated with Burning Crusade discussion boards for both US and EU forums!

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Blizzard Updates to Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR Patch Notes - Disciplinary Command, Ardent Protector's Sanctum

Blizzard has updated two sections in the Patch 9.0.5 PTR Patch Notes for two Legendaries -- Disciplinary Command and Ardent Protector's Sanctum.

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Individually Transmoggable Shoulderpads Are Still Being Planned

Back during Shadowlands Alpha, individually transmoggable shoulders were datamined, but never made to live. On The Lost Codex's BlizzCon interview, we learned that this feature is still being worked on!

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Wowhead Weekly #261 - BlizzConline Discussion with HazelNuttyGames

For Wowhead Weekly #261, Annie and Perc discuss BlizzConline with special guest HazelNuttyGames.

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Warcraft Radio's Shadowlands 9.1 Interview - Class Stacking, Story-Based World Changes, Valor Points Tuning

Warcraft Radio have released their interview from BlizzConline with Morgan Day and Steve Danuser, which includes topics such as class stacking, story-based world changes, Valor Points and more!

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Celebrating The Burning Crusade with Timewalking

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February 22nd Hotfixes - Falling in the Maw during Forgeborne Reveries

Blizzard has posted a small hotfix update, fixing an issue in which Necrolord players falling off of the world in the Maw while affected by Forgeborne Reveries is active would cause them to lose extra Stygia.

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Ion Hazzikostas on Soloing Old Raids - Legion Raids Easily Soloable by the End of Shadowlands

In an interview with Chinese website Gamersky, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas answered a question about soloing Legion Raids like Tomb of Sargeras and Antorus. Blizzard intends players to be able to solo Legion raids easily by the end of Shadowlands

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Lore Reveals from the Bellular Chains of Domination Interview - Ner'zhul's Story, Payoff for Garrosh, Cosmic Forces

Bellular interviewed Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser and Lead Game Designer Morgan Day about Chains of Domination, which had many interesting lore reveals such as the potential continuation of stories for Ner'zhul, Garrosh, and Yrel.

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The Weekly Reset by Taliesin and Evitel - BlizzConline Recap

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel recap the major announcements of BlizzConline.

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Get ilvl 200 Loot and Warglaive Transmog from Burning Crusade Timewalking

Burning Crusade Timewalking is active for the week - get ilvl 200 loot from the weekly chance and a chance of Warglaive transmog on your Demon Hunter.

Shadowlands Season 1 Week 12 Mythic+ Affixes are Tyrannical, Raging, Quaking, Prideful

Week 12 of the Shadowlands Mythic+ rotation is Tyrannical, Raging, Quaking and Prideful. This is a pretty great week, despite being a Tyrannical week, as the affixes don't slow you down too much.

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Covenant Renown Rewards Feb 23rd - Renown 36 Available, Unlocks Weapon Illusion and Stamina Increase

It's the 14th week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 36! This will unlock a stamina increase and weapon illusion.

Valinor, the Light of Eons - Bastion World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Valinor, the Light of Eons is available to be defeated in Bastion!

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From Burning Crusade Bosses to Diablo IV's Rogue - A Round Up of BlizzConline's Key Art

A roundup of key art from BlizzConline announcements.

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Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build 37705 Preamble

It's time for the weekly PTR build, and we're starting with the Preamble for Build 37705 which includes a new Shadehound Mount!

Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR Build 37705 Class and Spell Changes - Legendary and Covenant Tuning

It's time for the weekly class and spell changes post, this time for Build 37705. Legendary and Covenant tuning continues in this build which includes a nerf to the revamped Fleshcraft, as well as some base class changes as well!

Shadowlands 9.0.5 PTR Build 37705 Class and Spell Changes - Legendary and Covenant Tuning

It's time for the weekly class and spell changes post, this time for Build 37705. Legendary and Covenant tuning continues which includes a nerf to the revamped Fleshcraft, some PvP tuning and some base class changes as well!

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Valor Additions & Dungeon Journal Updates

A handful of Valor updates on the Patch 9.0.5 PTR includes new trade materials added to the vendor, tooltip upgrade levels in the dungeon journal, and 50 Valor per daily Calling quest.

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Venthyr Dungeon Bonus Tuning for Halls of Atonement and Sanguine Depths in Patch 9.0.5

This Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build contains some tuning to the Venthyr Covenant dungeon bonuses in Halls of Atonement and Sanguine Depths. With a Venthyr in Patch 9.0.5, Halls of Atonement should be harder, while Sanguine Depths should be easier!

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Blizzard's 9.0.5 PTR Notes - Class and Adventure Companion Tuning

Blizzard has updated their 9.0.5 PTR notes with a new section on Adventure Companions and a few class updates.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Raging, Quaking, Tyrannical Weeks

Raging, Quaking, Tyrannical and Prideful are this week's affixes! This week is the week before the best push week on the calendar and we're going over the best and worst dungeons for this week's affixes.

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Blizzard's 9.0.5 PTR Patch Notes February 23 - More Covenant, Class, and Adventure Companion Tuning

Blizzard has updated their 9.0.5 PTR notes with many new and updated sections on February 23rd, covering adventure companions, the Ember Court, covenant and legendary tuning, and more! Edit: Blizzard has added even more sections.

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Warcraft Mobile Games in Development at Blizzard Entertainment

More Warcraft mobile news, with an updated job listing confirming the existence of an unannounced Warcraft mobile game, purportedly in the works for the last several years.

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No More Character Customization Planned in Shadowlands Community Backlash

Members of the community have shared their concepts, as well as their displeasure, following the reveal that there would be no more character customization planned for Shadowlands.

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Three Keys Remain: Analysis of Kingsmourne, the Chains of Domination Shadowlands Cinematic

A deep-dive analysis of Kingsmourne, the Chains of Domination Shadowlands cinematic.

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Hartigan Cosplay Shares Original Bolvar Entry Video for BlizzConline

Hartigan Cosplay, the winner of the BlizzConline Cosplay Best in Show award, has shared the original video sent to Blizzard.

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Rhinestone Sunglasses Finally Transmoggable with Patch 9.0.5

With Patch 9.0.5 the Rhinestone Sunglasses will be transmoggable.

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Level 58 Boosts Apply Only to Burning Crusade Classic, Not 1-60 Classic Era Realms

Blizzard has clarified that the level 58 boosts announced for Burning Crusade Classic at BlizzConline will NOT apply to Classic Era servers,

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February 24th Hotfixes - Covenant Weapon Illusions Fixed

Renown weapon illusions can now be used in transmogrification after their appearance has been learned.

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What Changes Between Burning Crusade and WoW Classic? PvE Meta, No World Buffs, New Races

With Classic Burning Crusade on the horizon, many new features, changes, and overhauls are coming to Classic WoW. Here is a look at the major differences between WoW Classic and Burning Crusade, including level cap, new races, new dungeons, new raids, and new profession, and a significant shake-up in the PvE Meta.

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Shadowlands Narrative Designer Talks Story with Shacknews

Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser talked to Greg Burke from Shacknews in a short online interview in which they discuss Sylvanas, characters we will and won't see in Patch 9.1, and more.

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Pet World Quest for Animated Ulna Available Today on EU Realms

A pet World Quest is available today that offers an Animated Ulna: Mighty Minions of Maldraxxus. Animated Ulna is one of the three pieces needed to create the battle pet Carpal.

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Battle.net App Catalog Updated for TBC Internal Alpha

We're one step closer to the Burning Crusade alpha with an update today on the Battle.net App: the catalog has updated for the TBC Internal Alpha.

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Torghast Interface Changes Show Recommended ilvl and Wing Descriptions in 9.0.5

Interface updated to the Torghast entry screens show recommended iLevel and descriptions of each wing.

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Huge Boost to Netherwing Reputation During Timewalking - Reach Revered Easily

Commenter Zelana28 has posted a tip regarding a huge boost to Netherwing rep during Timewalking.

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World First Shadowlands +26 Mythic Dungeon Completed In Time

Breaking their own record, Vengeance Demon Hunter Raincloudy, Holy Paladin 杰克丶, Fire Mage Himelody, Balance Druid Starsfireman, and Outlaw Rogue 最靓蘑菇头 have finished +26 Necrotic Wake in 35 minutes and 21 seconds - the world first +26 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!

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How to Prepare for Burning Crusade Classic - What To Do In Advance of Launch

How to prepare for Burning Crusade Classic ahead of launch as players wait in WoW Classic--profession alts, jewelcrafting materials, picking a character, and more.

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9.0.5 PTR Build 37705 Recap - Valor Updates, Patch Notes, Legendary Tuning

Earlier this week, 9.0.5 received its third update on Shadowlands PTR with some Valor updates, legendary tuning, and a large addition to the patch notes. Here is a recap of all the major updates from the third 9.0.5 PTR build we've discovered over the past few days.

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Weapon Specialization Fan Concept Art by Sercan Özyurt

Well known for his World of Warcraft concept art, Sercan Özyurt (aka Lordozy) has put his talents toward creating artifact-like Weapon Specialization concepts, in which weapon types level up and unlock bonuses as an extra form of end-game progression.

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Warcraft Logs Rankings Page Now Marks Players Receiving Power Infusion and Innervate

Kihra, creator of Warcraft Logs, has announced that the ranking pages on the site will now display a marker for players that have been buffed by the external cooldowns Power Infusion and Innervate.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Brokers, Dredgers, and Sire Denathrius Animations by Blizzard's Animation Team

The following Animation Reels were shared in Part 2 of the Shadowlands Art Blast posted to Artstation by Blizzard.

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Shadowlands Lore for Dungeons and Raids - Why Was that Naaru in Sanguine Depths?

A series of articles detailing the lore in Shadowlands dungeons and raids.

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Diablo II's Recipe for Success and What to Expect from Diablo II: Resurrected

How did Diablo II become the ARPG classic that Blizzard decides to bring back from literal Hell this year? We take a closer look at the spicy ingredients of Diablo II's timeless game formula and how Diablo II: Resurrected could enhance this unforgettable gaming experience.

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Bayard Wu's Official Shadowlands Covenant Keyart for Blizzard

Bayard Wu, Principal illustrator at Blizzard, has shared the full keyart for the Shadowlands covenants.

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Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 166 | Goldcap, Rhinestone Sunglasses & Manipulating Markets

This week's economy article discusses all the latest gold making news including players hitting goldcap and Rhinestone Sunglasses transmoggable in 9.0.5.

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Nobbel87 on the Partnership Between Sylvanas and the Jailer

Following Nobbel87's video last week on the Chains of Domination story, he's back this week with a new video reflecting on Sylvanas' character arc, why should could be allied with the Jailer, and her reaction at the end of the 9.1 cinematic.

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Tank Class Writers Opinions on Class Tuning Changes on the 9.0.5 PTR

Today we've asked our Tank Class Writers for their thoughts on the recent class changes added to Patch 9.0.5 PTR. For this post, we are covering the changes present in latest two PTR builds, Build 37623, from February 17th, and Build 37705, from February 24th.

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Undocumented Windwalker Monk Changes Found on Patch 9.0.5 PTR

The Windwalker community has discovered some undocumented Windwalker changes on the Patch 9.0.5 PTR that were not caught in our datamining. These undocumented changes will likely lower Windwalker's single target and AoE DPS in the next Patch without further changes.

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Healer Class Writers Opinions on Class Tuning Changes on the 9.0.5 PTR

Today we've asked our Healer Class Writers for their thoughts on the recent class changes added to Patch 9.0.5 PTR. For this post, we are covering the changes present in latest two PTR builds, Build 37623, from February 17th, and Build 37705, from February 24th.

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Melee DPS Class Writers Opinions on Class Tuning Changes on the 9.0.5 PTR

Today we've asked our Ranged DPS Class Writers for their thoughts on the recent class changes added to Patch 9.0.5 PTR. For this post, we are covering the changes present in latest two PTR builds, Build 37623, from February 17th, and Build 37705, from February 24th.

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Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build 37774 Preamble

It's time for a new PTR build on a Monday! This is the preamble changes for Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build 37774.

Raid and Dungeon Tuning -- March 2

Castle Nathria Lady Inerva Darkvein Healers are now chosen as a last resort target of Shared Suffering and Concentrate Anima on Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties.

Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build 37774 - Release Candidate Build

Today's PTR build received the Release Candidate flag, which generally means we should be close from the Patch 9.0.5 release date.

Upcoming Sanguine Depths Tuning on Weekly Reset

Blizzard has announced some upcoming changes to Sanguine Depths with the Weekly Reset. This should make this dungeon a little easier!

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build 37774 Class and Spell Changes - Chain Lightning Buff

Build 37774 has a couple of class and spell tuning changes, including a buff to Chain Lightning for Shamans!

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Build 37774 Class Hotfixes - Priest Fae Guardian Tuning

It looks like Blizzard has pushed some quick hotfixes to the PTR, doing some tuning to the Night Fae Covenant spell for Priest Fae Guardians.

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Ranged DPS Class Writers Opinions on Class Tuning Changes on the 9.0.5 PTR

Today we've asked our Ranged DPS Class Writers for their thoughts on the recent class changes added to Patch 9.0.5 PTR. For this post, we are covering the changes present in latest two PTR builds, Build 37623, from February 17th, and Build 37705, from February 24th.

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Mortanis - Maldraxxus World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Mortanis is available to be defeated in Maldraxxus!

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Weekly Mythic+ Affixes for March 2nd, 2021: Fortified, Bursting, Volcanic - Push Week!

We're back to the beginning of the Shadowlands Mythic+ Affix rotation with a great set of affixes - Fortified, Bursting and Volcanic! For players who are interested in pushing keys, it's Push Week!

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Covenant Renown Rewards March 2nd - Renown 38 Available, Unlocks Weapon Transmog and Adventurer

It's the 15th week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 38! This will unlock weapon transmog and a covenant adventurer.

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750 Bonus Anima from Shadowlands World Quest Event

The Shadowlands World Quest Bonus event is live for the week, awarding 750 anima from the weekly quest.

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Best and Worst Mythic+ Dungeons to Complete on Bursting, Volcanic, Fortified Weeks

Welcome to push week as Bursting, Volcanic, Fortified and Prideful are this week's affixes! This week is by far the best week on the calendar, so get your Raider.IO score in heaps this week as Tettles has provided some extra tips and tricks for your dungeons this week!

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Alleged Mythic Raid Boosting in China Region Possibly Affecting Alliance Hall of Fame

The Alliance Hall of Fame is closing soon, with 98 recorded entries in the Hall of Fame. However, through some abnormal public logs on Warcraft Logs, players have suspected that there's a Boosting problem in the China region and have been wondering if the Alliance Hall of Fame has been tainted by boosted guilds.

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Patch 9.0.5 Offers New Weekly Source of Anima

Patch 9.0.5 offers a new weekly source of Anima.

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Analysis of Shadowlands DPS in Mythic Castle Nathria - Week of February 23

Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria during the Week of February 23. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.

Alliance Hall of Fame Closed - Cross Realm Mythic Castle Nathria Enabled Next Reset

One hundred Alliance guilds have defeated Mythic Sire Deanthrius, closing the Alliance Hall of Fame and unlocking cross-realm Mythic Castle Nathria with the next weekly reset in each region - March 3rd in the EU and March 9th for NA.

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Shadowlands Mythic+ Representation for DPS, Tanks, Healers - Tyrannical, Raging, Quaking

As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.

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Rogue Update in 9.0.5 - Serrated Bone Spike Rework

Blizzard has announced plans to rework the Rogue Necrolord ability Serrated Bone Spike in Patch 9.0.5.

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The Burning Crusade Classic Internal Alpha Build Discovered

A Classic Burning Crusade Alpha build has been discovered! As this is an internal build (and thus encrypted), it will be only available to Blizzard employees, not available for public testing for the time being.

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Playable Race Images Updated on World of Warcraft Official Site

The World of Warcraft website is slowly being updated to reflect the changing of time, with the Playable Races page updated to include new images for each of the primary Alliance and Horde races.

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SuperData Report - Shadowlands Numbers Stabilizing as Expansion Honeymoon Phase Ends

Media market research company SuperData updated its monthly digital games market blog, noting that while World of Warcraft played a major role in growing PC earnings by 31% over the last year, player numbers have now fallen back down to normal levels - indicating that the Shadowlands honeymoon phase appears to be over.

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Class Hotfixes for March 3rd - Thunder Clap, Eagletalon's True Focus

It seems that some hotfixes have been pushed to the Patch 9.0.5 PTR and we've datamined changes to Thunder Clap for Warriors and Eagletalon's True Focus for Hunters.

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Class Hotfixes for March 3rd - Protection Warrior Aura Buff

It seems that some hotfixes have been pushed to the Patch 9.0.5 PTR and we've datamined changes to Thunder Clap for Warriors and Eagletalon's True Focus for Hunters. Edit: Now includes a Protection Warrior Aura Buff.

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Shadowlands Art Blast: Sire Denathrius by Senior Surfacing Artist Wey Wong

Senior Surfacing Artist Wey Wong has posted some of his to Artstation.

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Weekly Valor Cap Starts at 5000 Valor During First Week of Patch 9.0.5

Blizzard has announced that the Weekly Valor Cap will start at 5000 Valor during the first week of Patch 9.0.5 to give players an immediate kickstart. The cap will then be increased by 750 Valor each week.

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No Falling Damage with Dredger Barrow Racer Toy

The Dredger Barrow Racing Toy, which you can purchase after completing the Ramparts Racer achievement, has a fun side effect: no falling damage!

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Burning Crusade Classic Survey - Significant Changes or New Features on Classic Era Servers

A new World of Warcraft: Classic survey has been making the rounds on social media and discord, gathering feedback on the recently announced Classic Burning Crusade expansion and asking players how they would feel about making significant changes or adding brand new features to Classic Era servers.

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Patch 9.0.5 Is March 9th - Full Patch Notes

Adventures Kyrian Covenant Companions Kyrian Phalanx health increased by 16%.

Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 Releases March 9th (NA) / March 10th (EU)

Blizzard has announced that the Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 update will be coming on March 9th for NA servers and March 10th for EU Servers!

Mythic Keystone Great Vault Rewards Week of March 9th Cannot Be Upgraded with Valor

Please be reminded that the Great Vault rewards items based on your efforts in the previous week. That means that you should not feel pressured to push Mythic Keystone dungeons excessively over the next few days, as your Mythic Keystone dungeon reward(s) from the Great Vault immediately after the patch goes live will not be an item that can be upgraded with Valor. Keeping items unclaimed through the first week will have no impact on this.

Blizzard Reverting Shadowlands Formula of First Mythic Keystone Each Week

Blizzard has announced in the Patch Notes that they are reverting the formula for determining the level of your first Mythic Keystone each week back to Battle for Azeroth's formula. This means that if you don't complete a +15 Keystone every other week, your Keystone will drop to a +13 after 2 weeks, forcing you to do a higher keystone again.

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Patch 9.0.5 Latest Changes to Classes in Patch Notes - Reprisal Nerf, Convoke the Spirits

If you've been keeping up with the PTR Patch Notes and datamining, we know the Patch Notes are a lot. In this post, we're highlighting only the newest class tuning changes that occurred since the last time the Patch Notes were updated. This includes a change to Convoke the Spirits, and a nerf to the Reprisal Legendary for Protection Warriors!

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Patch 9.0.5 PTR Class Hotfixes for March 4th - Necrolord Demon Hunter Buff

More hotfixes were pushed on the Patch 9.0.5 PTR today, which includes many of the announced tuning changes in the Patch Notes and an undocumented buff to Necrolord Demon Hunters! The Serrated Bone Spike rework for rogues is now also available on the PTR for testing.

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The Mythic+ Meta and Importance of Covenant Buffs In Shadowlands Dungeons

With the introduction of Shadowlands Dungeons there have been covenant specific bonuses that have been implemented to help players and make a player's Covenant choice feel more impactful. The impact of these vary from very small time saves to multiple minutes and today we're going to talk about the importance of the buffs themselves and the specs and classes that typically cover these buffs.

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Valheim Art Inspired by Stormwind Harbor

Redditor ericxsg has created Stormwind Harbor in Valheim art assets.

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Castle Nathria Hall of Fame Full - Cross Realm Mythic Castle Nathria Open Next Week

Blizzard has officially announced that the Cross Realm Mythic Castle Nathria will open on the next weekly reset!

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NetEase Interviewing Chinese Players for Suspected Hall of Fame RMT

We've received reports that NetEase, Blizzard's Chinese publishing partner which manages World of Warcraft in that region, has begun interviewing players suspected of engaging in real money transactions to earn Hall of Fame, banning those who fail to answer questions about the fight correctly.

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Burning Crusade Classic Spotlight: Attunement Guide

Today's spotlight focuses on the long and arduous attunement for Burning Crusade Raids.

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A Further Update to Mythic Keystones in 9.0.5

In a given week, if you finish a Mythic Keystone dungeon in time, the next week’s Great Vault will contain a Keystone of that same level.

Timing a Keystone in Patch 9.0.5 Will Now Award Mythic+ Keystone of Same Level

Blizzard has announced that they will be changing the formula for the first keystone each week in Patch 9.0.5 due to overwhelming feedback. In Patch 9.0.5, if you time a Mythic+ dungeon, you will receive a Keystone of that same level the next week making alt keys much easier again!

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Valor Points Costs to Upgrade Mythic+ Gear in Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5

With Patch 9.0.5 releasing on the next Weekly Reset, many players are excited to use the new Valor Points system to upgrade their gear. The Red Rogue has done a lot of testing on the Patch 9.0.5 PTR and reached out to us with the Valor Point costs to upgrade your gear in the next Patch!

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Fan Designs DoomCraft, a Warcraft/Doom Design Mashup

Fan designs DoomCraft, a Warcraft/Doom design mashup

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Art Blast: Anduin Wrynn by Senior Surfacing Artist Wey Wong

Senior Surfacing Artist Wey Wong has posted some of his work featuring Anduin in cinematics to Artstation.

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Corrupted Gear Found While Leveling in the Stockades Dungeon

Redditor Argoniek shared a picture of a corrupted piece of gear purportedly found while leveling in the Stockades dungeon. Although it contained no corruption stat or bonus, making it a purely cosmetic find, it seems the Old Gods may be trying to whisper once again!

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Covenant Callings Give Valor Points in Patch 9.0.5 - Save Your Callings Starting Today

In Patch 9.0.5, Covenant Callings will reward players with Valor Points when you turn in the quest! If you want to get a head start for your Valor Point acquisition, make sure to save your Covenant Callings starting today!

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Wowhead's Artist's Corner and Giveaway - Junkie Slasher

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

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Darkmoon Faire in Town March 2021 - 10% Reputation Boost, 5 Shadowlands Profession Skill Points

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for a week for March 2021, great for reputation gains and leveling professions.

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Valor Tooltip Updated on Patch 9.0.5 PTR - No Longer Mentions 1,500 Valor Points Inventory Cap

The 1,500 Inventory Cap for Valor Points has been a controversial topic in the community. However, a hotfix was recently applied to Valor Points on the PTR changing the tooltip to look similar to Conquest and removing any mention of the 1,500 Inventory Cap. Could the 1,500 Valor Inventory Cap be removed?

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Chinese Addon Manager Adds Paywalls and Download Speed Caps - No Alternatives Support Localization

With little to no language localization for third party addon managers, Chinese players are having trouble finding and downloading addons after the commonly used manager 桃乐豆 instituted premium features - limiting download speeds and UI sharing by a pay wall.

Castle Nathria and Mythic+ Dungeon Trinket Buffs on Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR

Some Castle Nathria and Mythic+ Dungeon trinkets have been buffed on the Patch 9.0.5 PTR!

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Best Covenants for All Classes in Raid and Mythic+ for Patch 9.0.5 - Shadowlands Best Covenant Guide Updated

Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 will be hitting the live servers on March 9th (NA) / March 10th (EU)! This patch contains tuning changes and even some reworks to Covenant abilities, so we've updated our Best Covenant Guide to help you decide if you should swap Covenants with the Patch.

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How Bad Can Botting Get in Burning Crusade Classic?

Botting has been a major issue in any MMO, and here we take a look at how botting could affect Burning Crusade Classic. What will these bots be farming in Burning Crusade? Will this issue persist? Does it get worse?

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Wowhead Weekly #262 - Patch 9.0.5 Is This Week

For Wowhead Weekly #261, Annie and Perc discuss Patch 9.0.5, which releases later this week.

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Valor Tooltip Updated on Patch 9.0.5 PTR - 1500 Valor Cap Removed

The 1,500 Inventory Cap for Valor Points has been a controversial topic in the community. However, a hotfix was recently applied to Valor Points on the PTR changing the tooltip to look similar to Conquest and removing any mention of the 1,500 Inventory Cap. Blizzard has confirmed that the change is intended!

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List of Potency Conduits Available in Castle Nathria in Patch 9.0.5 - Conduit Drop Guide Now Updated

In Patch 9.0.5, Castle Nathria will be dropping some Potency Conduits up to the maximum of Item Level 226. Want to know what Potency Conduits drop for your class? We've compiled a list of the available Potency Conduits that will be available in Castle Nathria and what boss they drop from!

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Update to 9.0.5 Patch Notes for March 8th - Exploiter Nerf in PvP, 2v2 Rating Change

Blizzard has posted an update to the 9.0.5 Patch Notes with some of the latest changes that occurred on the PTR which includes Mythic Council of Blood Nerfs, a change to 2v2 ratings, a nerf to Exploiter in PvP and more!

Update to 9.0.5 Patch Notes for March 8th - Class Classes, Exploiter Nerf, 2v2 Rating Change

Blizzard has posted an update to the 9.0.5 Patch Notes with some of the latest changes that occurred on the PTR which includes class changes, a change to 2v2 ratings, a nerf to Exploiter in PvP and more!

Upcoming Dungeon and Raid Tuning - Mythic Council of Blood, Theater of Pain Necrolord Bonus

Blizzard has updated the 9.0.5 Patch Notes with some dungeon and raid changes which includes a nerf to Mythic Council of Blood, a buff to the Theater of Pain Necrolord bonus and cross-realm Mythic Castle Nathria!

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Best Legendaries for All Classes in Raid and Mythic+ for Patch 9.0.5 - Shadowlands Best Legendary Guide Updated

Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 will be hitting the live servers on March 9th (NA) / March 10th (EU)! This patch contains tuning changes and even some reworks to Legendary powers, so we've updated our Best Legendary Guide to help you decide how to spend your Soul Ash with the Patch.

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Unbridled Darkness Torghast Event Now Live

The Unbridled Darkness Event is now live in Torghast. During this event, you can activate Unbridled Darkness for short periods of time, turning everything except your UI completely pitch black. While active, you'll gain a 75% damage increase, but you'll need to be really careful not to walk off a ledge.

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Class Guides Updated for 9.0.5 - Covenant Tuning, Best Valor Pieces, Legendary Tuning

With Patch 9.0.5 arriving this week for all regions, it is the perfect time to highlight the updates to our Class Guides for the new patch! Our Class Writers have been working tirelessly to bring you the best information for all specializations and have added all information you need to be prepared for the new Patch.

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All Known Class Changes in Shadowlands 9.0.5

Learn about all known class changes in Patch 9.0.5, including spells, abilities, Covenant powers, conduits, and legendary, Torghast, and PvP powers!

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Official Blizzard Patch Notes for Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5

Check out the complete updated Patch notes for Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5, going live March 9 (NA) / March 10 (EU).

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Wandering Ancient Mount Delivery Delay - Not Available Right At Patch 9.0.5 Launch

Blizzard has announced that the Wandering Ancient mount delivery will be slightly delayed. Eligible accounts will receive this mount in the next few days, but not right at 9.0.5 launch today.

Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 Survival Guide - NA Servers Now Live!

Survival guide for Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5, describing what to do on Patch Day! This Patch includes upgradeable Mythic+ gear with Valor Points, Covenant tuning and reworks, Legendary tuning and more.

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Wandering Ancient Mount and Daisy the Sloth Battle Pet Models

With Patch 9.0.5 live, we're now able to datamine the models for the Wandering Ancient mount and Daisy the Sloth battle pet.

Mission Table Experience Missions Massively Buffed in 9.0.5

With realms up, players have noticed that Adventure Table experience missions have been buffed significantly when compared to their 9.0.2 versions.

No Anima Required for Renown 39 Covenant Mounts

With Renown 39 obtainable this week, players will receive a new mount reward. However, unlike past Covenant rewards, these mounts are free and cost no Anima! You will gain the mounts the moment you complete Renown 39.

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Rhinestone Sunglasses Not Yet Transmoggable in Patch 9.0.5

Despite the official patch notes stating that the Rhinestone Glasses would be transmoggable in Patch 9.0.5, we've received reports that the cosmetic item has not been added to transmog collections.

Bound Shadehound Mount - Craftable Maw Mount in Patch 9.0.5

The Bound Shadehound is a new mount added in Patch 9.0.5. The third mount that works in the Maw, this mount requires a few hours of grinding and traveling around The Maw to get!

Oranomonos the Everbranching - Ardenweald World Boss Available This Week

Shadowlands introduces four new World Bosses, one available in each of the main Shadowlands Zones. This week, Oranomonos the Everbranching is available to be defeated in Ardenweald!

Valor Drops in Mythic+ Dungeons - 135 Valor Points for Every Keystone Level

How much Valor do you get from Mythic+ dungeons? On live servers, it looks like Mythic+ dungeons are awarding 135 Valor per dungeon completion, no matter what key level you complete.

Soul Ash Not Being Awarded from the Upper Reaches or Mort’regar in Torghast

Since Patch 9.0.5 went live, several players on the Blizzard Support forums have reported that neither the Upper Reaches or Mort’regar are awarding Soul Ash in Torghast.

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Become the Champion of the Covenant and Unlock Covenant-Specific Titles this Week at Renown 40

This week players who have kept up with their covenants will be able to earn renown level 40, unlocking the Champion of the Covenant achievement and covenant-specific titles: Baron, Winter's Envoy, Countess, and Hand of the Archon.

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The Location of the Valor Point Upgrade Vendor in Oribos

Where do you upgrade your Mythic+ gear with Valor Points? You'll have to head to the Valor Upgrade Vendor, which is located in Oribos!

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Wandering Ancient Unique Mountspecial Animations Including Festive Pepe

The Wandering Ancient mount has a number of fun mountspecial animations, including one with Festive Pepe.

Soul Ash Not Being Awarded from Torghast - Hotfix Now Live

After Patch 9.0.5 went live, some players found themselves not receiving Soul Ash after clearing the Upper Reaches or Mort’regar in Torghast. Blizzard has now pushed a hotfix to ensure it is awarded and players who did not receive any may rerun the activity to get their currency.

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Male Blood Elf Face Changes in 9.0.5 Result in Perpetual Smirk on All Faces

Male Blood Elves appear to have gained a perpetual smirk after Patch 9.0.5 went live, with bones removed from the face models resulting in a wider chin and all face options using the same smile.

Weekly Souls Quest Gives 250 Anima When Capped on Souls

In Patch 9.0.5, when you're capped on Souls for your Covenant, the quest will add Anima as a reward. However, the 9.0.5 Patch Notes mentioned that this would gives you 500 Anima, but on live servers, this is only giving players 250 Anima.

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Weekly Souls Quest Gives 250 Anima When Capped on Souls - Now Hotfixed to 500

In Patch 9.0.5, when you're capped on Souls for your Covenant, the quest will add Anima as a reward. However, the 9.0.5 Patch Notes mentioned that this would gives you 500 Anima, but on live servers, this is only giving players 250 Anima. Edit: this has been hotfix to award 500 Anima.

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Hotfixes: March 9, 2021

Fixed an issue that prevented Spinning Crane Kick's damage from being increased by the correct amount of recent targets struck by Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick, and Rising Sun Kick.

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Second Sinfall Surface Flyer Added to Venthyr Covenant Sanctum

A second Sinfall Surface Flyer has been added to the Venthyr covenant sanctum in Revendreth, allowing players quick access back to the surface from either floor of Sinfall.

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Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 Undocumented Changes - More Mailboxes, More Companion XP

Undocumented changes in Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5.

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Keystone Master Requirement to Upgrade Gear with Valor Points is Account-Wide

We've now confirmed that the Keystone Master and other achievement requirements to upgrade gear with Valor Points are account-wide! As long as you have earned the achievements on your account, you'll be able to upgrade an alt's gear with Valor Points.

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Purchase 5 Marks of Honor for 2000 Honor in Oribos

In Patch 9.0.5, you can purchase 5 Marks of Honor for 2000 Honor in Oribos.

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Lip Sync App Used with WoW Characters: Fantastic Results!

There is a lip sync app that many have used with World of Warcraft characters for some really super silly fun results.

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March 10th Hotfixes

Fixed an issue where guns and crossbows from Mythic dungeons were the incorrect item level.