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Patch 7.3.5 Hotfixes for February 2nd include a fix for Nightborne Female hairstyles, boosted characters unable to pick up more artifact questlines, and Gordon MacKellar despawning too quickly.
We're just about a month into 2018 and looking to gather some information as to what games you play and why you play them. We've put together a quick 24 question survey which, in total, should take about ten minutes to complete. Upon completing the survey, you'll be entered to win one of several WoW-themed prizes for a total of $1000 in prizes.
Beast Mastery, Affliction, and Fire are getting some class tuning changes for February 6th.
With playable Battle for Azeroth alpha comes a huge amount of datamined broadcast text. Piecing this text together, we can learn what NPCs say during important storylines and get a sense of the upcoming quest plots including the Vulpera race, Jaina's story, Zandalar and Kul Tiras zone stories and more!
The previously datamined mount celebrating the Lunar Year of the Dog, Shu-zen, the Divine Sentinel is now available in the US and EU Battle.Net shops! The mount costs โฌ25 on EU stores and $25 on US stores.
In Battle for Azeroth, we will lose our Artifacts and our legendary items. However, through playing the Battle for Azeroth Alpha and datamining, we can see that a handful of effects once present on legendary items or artifact traits are now talents or baked into other abilities. In this article, we show the current state of this ability inheritance.
New World of Warcraft Legion Events for the week of February 13 includes Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking, Ulduar Timewalking, new Mythic+ Affixes and new World Bosses.
Blizzard has shared thoughts on Hunter Pet Specialization changes in Battle for Azeroth.
Blizzard has changed experience gains through a hotfix earlier today. The experience awarded for queueing Normal dungeons has been increased, while the experience gains while grouping with a higher level player have been reduced.
Blizzard has announced changes to the MVP Forum program for World of Warcraft, including an application-based recruitment system.
Wowhead Weekly #149 is now live on Twitch! Catch up on the last week in Battle for Azeroth datamining as well as Ulduar Timewalking with Perculia and AnnieFuchsia.
The Mythic Dungeon Invitational Season 2 was announced yesterday with the Proving Grounds starting very soon and we wanted to highlight a Blood DK Mythic+ Guide, a very unique Eye of Azshara skip, a possible new Mythic+ affix in Battle for Azeroth, and new records in Mythic+ that occurred over the last Fortified week.
With the MDI Proving Grounds opening on February 27th, Raider.io has launched their Mythic Dungeon Invitational 2018 Page.
Welcome to the start of a new series on Wowhead! This series will span the Battle for Azeroth Alpha and will cover multiple topics including but not limited to the state of a class, questing, dungeon, raids and Mythic+. This series will focus on a specific topic every week and for this first week, we've decided to start with the Druid specs!
The Battle.net Launcher recently updated with WoW-specific icons for your profile.
Wowhead Weekly #150 is now live on Twitch, covering the last week in Battle for Azeroth datamining with Perculia and AnnieFuchsia.
Mythic+ Highlights: World First +28 Keystone, Nightfall's Affliction Warlock Guide, Video Highlights
In this week's Mythic+ Highlights, the world first +28 keystone was achieved in Lower Karazhan, we've launched an Affliction Warlock Mythic+ Guide and some video highlights.
Ever since BlizzCon 2017 we've known about the upcoming Item level and Stat squish in Battle for Azeroth. It's been a while since Blizzcon, and the information found there has since been changed. In this article, we will look at how item levels and stat scaling will change between Legion and Battle for Azeroth. Note: This is all Alpha Testing information and subject to change at any moment.
Welcome back to the second installment of the Battle for Azeroth Community Opinions series. This series will span the Battle for Azeroth Alpha and will cover multiple topics including but not limited to the state of a class, questing, dungeons, raids and Mythic+. We will focus on a specific topic every week and for this second week, we've decided to delve into the Warrior specs!
New Events in WoW for February 27: Legion Dungeon Event, Mythic Dungeon Invitational Proving Grounds
New World of Warcraft Legion Events for the week of February 27 includes the Legion Dungeon Event, the start of the Mythic Dungeon Invitational Proving Grounds, new Mythic+ Affixes and new World Bosses.
Wowhead Weekly #151 covers the last week in Battle for Azeroth datamining with Perculia and AnnieFuchsia, including the Mag'har Orc Allied Race and Zandalari Troll Druid Forms.
Welcome back to the Battle for Azeroth Community Opinions series. This series will span the Battle for Azeroth Alpha and will cover multiple topics including but not limited to the state of a class, questing, dungeons, raids and Mythic+. We will focus on a specific topic every week and for this week, we've decided to delve into the Warlock specs!
Wowhead Weekly #152 is now live on Twitch! We're covering all the latest Allied Race news in Battle for Azeroth datamining like Zandalari Feral form, Dark Iron totems, and Mag'har Orc customization, as well as live events like the Trial of Style.
We're proud to announce the second video in our partnership with [url=https://www.method.gg/]Method[/url] on Mythic+ content. They will be working with Wowhead on this Mythic+ video series, a set of Mythic+ class guides and interviews with Jdotb!
The Vulpera are a new race in Battle for Azeroth and while nothing has been confirmed about Allied Races, they continue to get interesting customization options and special animations. In this article we're highlighting their fur markings and interesting animations like SleepUp discovered by the Vulpera Hype Caravan Discord.
Welcome back to the Battle for Azeroth Community Opinions series. This series will span the Battle for Azeroth Alpha and will cover multiple topics including but not limited to the state of a class, questing, dungeons, raids and Mythic+. We will focus on a specific topic every week and for this week, we've decided to delve into the Paladin specs!
Preview of the Kul Tiran Druid Bear Form.
Wowhead Weekly #153 is now live on Wowhead's Twitch, discussing the latest Battle for Azeroth Q&A and Kul Tiran Allied Race reveal.
Kotaku has just released a preview article about World of Warcraft: Chronicle, Volume III. In their preview, they reveal that volume 3 will be the final of the series, plus share eight pages, including some new exclusive ones!
In this new article series, we're highlighting notable guides written by Wowhead users. First up is a series of faction-themed transmog guides by Keldesh.
Welcome back to the Battle for Azeroth Community Opinions series. This series will span the Battle for Azeroth Alpha and will cover multiple topics including but not limited to the state of a class, questing, dungeons, raids and Mythic+. We will focus on a specific topic every week and for this week, we've decided to delve into the Shaman specs!
With maintenance in each region, Mythic difficulty Antorus, the Burning Throne is now available for cross realm groups.
Wowhead Weekly #154 is now live on Twitch, featuring special guest Nobbel87! We will be covering Battle for Azeroth lore, the latest Alpha datamining and story updates, and World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3.
With more Battle for Azeroth builds happening every week, the feeling that Legion is coming to an end starts to slowly, but steadily, grow. With the end of every expansion, however, there are parts and pieces of content that go away forever, content that sometimes you wanted to complete but ended up forgetting about it or even starting too late to complete it in time. To help you with that, we prepared a guide with suggestions of what to do in WoW while you wait for Battle for Azeroth to come out!
With World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3 released today, we're highlighting interesting lore additions. We've learned through reading that most dungeon and raid defeats are canonically associated with either the Alliance or Horde now. For example, the Alliance are credited with original Naxxramas, while the Horde clear Blackwing Lair.
The latest Battle for Azeroth build adds new achievements including Feats of Strength for being among the top 100 guilds per faction to defeat Mythic G'huun.
The second stage of the Mythic Dungeon Invitational has now begun and teams have a week to achieve the fastest runs across three different preset Keystones. We took an inside look at the MDI tournament realm to find out what gear, trinkets and relics players have access to! Highlights for some of yesterday's runs are included in this post.
Wowhead Weekly #155 is now live on Twitch with Perculia and AnnieFuchsia. Show topics include Chronicle Volume 3, the new Plate Warfronts Armor, and golden eye customization options for the Blood Elves.
To celebrate StarCraft's 20th Anniversary, there's a special Feat of Strength in Warcraft! Earn the Salute to StarCraft Feat of Strength between March 31st and April 6th by using the /salute emote on StarCraft-themed pets: Zergling, Grunty, Mini Thor, Baneling, or Zeradar. Edit: now available on US realms.
The Starting Zone podcast got to interview Gary Platner, Principal Exterior Level Designer in WoW, for their 249th episode. In this episode, they talk to Gary Platner about his work on World of Warcraft, from his earlier work as Lead Environmental Artist to his current job as Principle Exterior Level Designer.
We've found some interesting updates in the latest Battle for Azeroth build! Following the golden eyes for Blood Elves there are now numerous tattoo options for humans, which can be previewed in the Dressing Room. In addition, Allied Race updates continue with special Pepe costumes to match Heritage Armor sets.
Early this year, Blizzard announced updates to their North America MVP program, the idea was to modernize the program, to follow the many changes that happened in the WoW community ever since the program was conceived. Today, Ornyx announced the new MVPs out of the ones that send in their applications!
Class and ability changes from Battle for Azeroth Alpha Build 26237.
Battle for Azeroth Alpha Build 26237 adds proper names for all the Cooking Recipes and updates the Tailoring reagents.
Today's build opened the final leveling zone in Battle for Azeroth: Vol'dun! Vol'dun is a desolate desert at the northwest side of Zandalar. The whole zone resembles an ancient, lost city complex that got devoured by the desert over the millennia. The zone includes many factions already seen before, like the Tortollan and the Sethrak, plus new ones, like the very anticipated Vulpera!
The World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Collector's Edition rewards have been revealed. Acquire a special Alliance/Horde novella, faction coin collectible, and more. The best part is that if you've purchased the Digital Deluxe edition and wish to now purchase the physical collector's edition, you will be refunded in Battle.net balance.
We were invited to attend a special Battle for Azeroth media event earlier this week at Blizzard HQ. At this event, we learned many new things about the expansion such as the timeframe for Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag'har Orc Allied Races. We even got a sneak preview at a Horde cinematic featuring Talanji, Rezan, and Zul.
Many systems are receiving updates and quality of life improvements in Battle for Azeroth, with a couple of them happening to PvP systems. We have learned more about those changes at the PAX Press Summit, where we also learned about Battle for Azeroth's release date! Most of the announced changes are part of the list of changes asked ever since the original systems were implemented, a signal that Blizzard is listening to player's feedback!
Wowhead Weekly #156 is now live on Twitch, covering the Battle for Azeroth info dump, including the release date, Media Day, new cinematic, and islands info!
With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again, but, as we know, WoW is a game with constant change over the years, being pretty difficult for a player that quit the game long ago to return. With that in mind, we are releasing, over the course of the next several weeks, a new series of articles aimed at those players, in order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth fighting together against the Burning Legion.
Wowhead Weekly #158 is now live on Twitch, recapping the latest Battle for Azeroth, BlizzCon, and PAX East news!
Welcome to another bit of WoW History! Every week, we look down at important events that happened in WoW (or Blizzard!) for that week. One of the major Legion secret mounts was found, Hearthstone made its mobile debut, Ulduar has been released with Patch 3.1, and we see some Burning Crusade enemies with the Bestiary!
Hearthstoneโs latest expansion โ The Witchwood โ just got released! Wowhead's sister site is top decks! they have lots of useful things and wrote this article to help you out! The new, spooky set marks the start of a new Standard year โ Year of the Raven. It means that all of the expansions released in 2016 (including the iconic Whispers of the Old Gods that featured the first portraits of NโZoth and YโShaarj) will only be playable in the Wild format.
The thirty-fifth edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-Up, discussing the Remote Auction House, Battle for Azeroth Prep, Goblin Impacts & 110 Boost Tips
Recent Battle for Azeroth Alpha builds have altered how guilds receive prestigious Feats of Strength for kills. In Battle for Azeroth, instead of receiving a Feat of Strength for the Realm First Kill, players in the top 100 guilds per faction will receive a special Feat of Strength and title. In light of those changes, using data graciously provided by Raider.io, we will analyze how would those changes impact rewards for the current tier and the possible motivation behind them.
Over the years, Blizzard has slowly introduced their Battle.net Voice Chat system in their games. Battle for Azeroth seems to be the expansion that will bring that technology to World of Warcraft!
With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again, but, as we know, WoW is a game with constant change over the years, being pretty difficult for a player that quit the game long ago to return. With that in mind, we are releasing, over the course of the next several weeks, a new series of articles aimed at those players, in order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth finally defeating the Burning Legion.
Ever curious about the food you eat in World of Warcraft? Come watch Lulaboo cook recipes from the Official World of Warcraft Cookbook!
Class changes and new Azerite Powers are up for build 26476. Arcane Torrent and Every Man For Himself have been nerfed. Monks have also received several new talents.
Battle for Azeroth Build 26476 Broadcast Text - Bolvar's Family, Teldrassil, Jaina in Thros, Vol'jin
Broadcast text is here for Build 26476! We have more news on Bolvar's family, dialogue related to the Burning of Teldrassil, Vol'jin, Garona, and Lilian Voss. We also have dialogue related to the Dark Iron Dwarf and Jaina in the Blighted Lands scenarios. Story spoilers.
The thirty-sixth edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-Up, discussing the Remote Auction House, Battle for Azeroth Prep, Goblin Impacts & 110 Boost Tips
With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again, but, as we know, WoW is a game with constant change over the years, being pretty difficult for a player that quit the game long ago to return. With that in mind, we are releasing, over the course of the next several weeks, a new series of articles aimed at those players, in order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth finally defeating the Burning Legion.
The Battle for Azeroth alpha has moved into beta, following today's early morning build. This included a character wipe for existing characters.
While all bosses from Emerald Nightmare had been previously solo'd by different players on different classes, the hunter Shoot accomplished the feat of defeating all bosses in the zone with the same character! In order to celebrate his feat, we've invited Shoot for an interview to talk about the effort put into soloing all bosses in [zone=8026] and soloing in general.
Wowhead Weekly #158 is now live on Twitch, recapping the latest Battle for Azeroth news! We have a ton to cover this show including the Battle for Azeroth beta, lots of BFA story updates, hippo mounts, and Mag'har Orc Racials!
With Battle for Azeroth moving from alpha to beta, Blizzard has increased the frequency of their forum responses. Earlier today we posted about Pet Battle and Class Updates, and in this post we'll be highlighting the recent PvP posts. We also have some details on the Arena Championship Summer Season!
Welcome to another bit of WoW History! We look at events from WoW's past. Nostalrius statement, Rise of the Zandalari, Battle.net Restore, C'Thun/Ragnaros.
Hearthstone's Newest PvE game mode, Monster Hunt, was released yesterday! Monster Hunt is similar to the Dungeon Run mode from the last expansion and is completely free! Wowhead's sister site Hearthstone Top Decks has lots of useful information about Monster Hunt and wrote this article to help you out!
Blizzard has just updated their Hotfixes Blog with new PvP template-focused hotfixes, adjusting the power from Blood Death Knights, Feral Druids, Monks, Destruction Warlocks and Protection Warriors. Tank specs aforementioned received some survivability nerfs, while DPS specs received slightly damage reductions.
With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again, but, as we know, WoW is a game with constant change over the years, being pretty difficult for a player that quit the game long ago to return. With that in mind, we are releasing, over the course of the next several weeks, a new series of articles aimed at those players, in order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth finally defeating the Burning Legion.
As Battle for Azeroth Beta testing progresses, more questions get answered by the day. Blizzard clarified one of the most frequent questions about the new PvP System changes, in regards to what would happen with Legion Prestige Levels coming Battle for Azeroth, and provided replies to Mistweaver Monk and Protection Warrior feedback threads on the official forums.
Wowhead Weekly #159 is now live on Twitch, recapping the latest Battle for Azeroth news! We have a ton to cover this show including lots of broadcast text, Kul Tiran Travel Form. and a possible 8.1 raid.
One of the defining features of the artifact weapons Aluneth, Xal'atath, and Skull of the Man'ari is their personality-filled whispers to the player. While we retire our artifacts in Battle for Azeroth, Reddit user Sergrand discovered on the beta that you can continue to hear these whispers if you transmog to the weapon appearance.
Welcome to the seventh edition of the user guide spotlight series! There are over 1500 user-submitted guides on Wowhead to date, but have you considered writing one of your own? There are so many ways to convey the information for a guide to the greater population of Wowhead, though readers will agree that they appreciate a clear and comprehensive guide!
With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again, but, as we know, WoW is a game with constant change over the years, being pretty difficult for a player that quit the game long ago to return. With that in mind, we are releasing, over the course of the next several weeks, a new series of articles aimed at those players, in order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth finally defeating the Burning Legion.
Time for the new Battle for Azeroth beta build, 26567. Keep checking back for updates.
Wowhead Weekly #160 with Perculia and AnnieFuchsia is now live on Twitch! We're recapping the latest Battle for Azeroth Beta news, including the Mag'har Orc Recruitment Scenario, the Crazy Cat Lady in Boralus, War Mode updates, and more.
With the World First +29 Mythic Dungeon timed clear happening earlier this week, Wowhead has partnered with Raider.IO and WarcraftLogs to put a bounty on the World First +30 Mythic Dungeon timed clear!
Would you like to own a piece of World of Warcraft history? Now you can get your hands on one of the props from the Warcraft movie! Prop Store, a company specializing in auctioning off movie props, is throwing a grand auction with over 600 Warcraft Movie Props between 05/14/2018 9:00 AM PDT - 05/25/2018 11:59 PM PDT.
With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again, but, as we know, WoW is a game with constant change over the years, being pretty difficult for a player that quit the game long ago to return. With that in mind, we are releasing, over the course of the next several weeks, a new series of articles aimed at those players, in order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth finally defeating the Burning Legion.
This week we've decided to take a break from the Battle for Azeroth Beta to talk to the community about the recent Mythic Dungeon Invitational! We reached out to the NA and EU MDI teams who participated in the Mythic Dungeon Invitational Regional Stage to give their thoughts and opinions on the recent event.
We're continuing our Build 26624 coverage with class changes and azerite trait updates.
Battle for Azeroth 26624 adds many achievements, including rewards for collecting lots of Mounts, Pets, and Toys.
Many new battle pets have been added and new mounts have been found in this build including a Corrupted Jade Serpent, Spectral Phoenix and more!
With the latest Battle for Azeroth Beta Build hitting the test servers, we were able to see that a couple of spell animations were added along with it. The animations added were for the Warlock spells Call Dreadstalkers, Demonbolt and Summon Demonic Tyrant. Below you can check the preview of these animations.
Activision has just unveiled more details about the upcoming title of the Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops 4. Among the details, one that is worth highlighting is that the PC version will be exclusively on the Battle.Net platform. Activision has done the same previously with Destiny 2, late last year.
Wowhead Weekly #161 is now live on Twitch! Annie and Perc are discussing the latest beta build, including new achievements, mounts, Kul Tiran Druid aquatic form, and zone updates.
BlizzPlanet noticed that the follower missions present in Beta have a greater focus on telling the story of what is happening back in Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, instead of Zuldazar and Kul Tiras, serving as a way to tell the player about other conflicts that are happening while they focus their attention on the two new continents. Warning: Spoilers Ahead.
The Horde War Campaign continues on the Battle for Azeroth Beta with more quests which are unlocked by reaching certain levels of reputation with the Honorbound faction. Today we're previewing The Marshal's Grave step, the third part of the Horde War Campaign. Warning: Spoilers!
Original Zul'Gurub recipes lost to the world-shattering events of the Cataclysm, seem to be returning in Battle for Azeroth. Recent Beta builds have added three new NPCs at the Zuldazar docks: Rin'wosho the Trader, Maywiki, and Exzhal. All three NPCs were present at the Yojamba Isle, by the coast of Stranglethorn Vale and are now at the Zuldazar Docks, in the Yojamba Exchange.
Wowhead Weekly #162 is now live on Twitch! Annie and Perc are discussing the latest Battle for Azeroth updates including Pathfinder clarifications and the Naz'jatar Blood Serpent mount.
With the latest Battle for Azeroth Beta Build hitting the test servers, we were able to see that a couple of spell animations were added along with it. The animations added were for the Warlock spells Hand of Gul'dan, Implosion, Summon Infernal and Bilescourge Bombers. Below you can check the preview of these animations.
Wowhead Weekly #163 is now live on Twitch! Annie and Perc are discussing the latest Battle for Azeroth updates including the new comic about Magni and the finales of the Alliance and Horde War Campaigns.
We've got another large post on Fury Warrior talent changes coming in Battle for Azeroth.
It's time for our weekly Beta build!
In-game Community Assets were initially previewed during BlizzCon 2017, and there was even a sneak peek at a very incomplete version of the feature during Battle for Azeroth alpha. As of Build 26734, the Guild/Community UI has gone through a revamp! Although it still has incomplete features, most of it is available for testing on Battle for Azeroth Beta.
Every few months Wowhead runs surveys regarding market research here and this time we're looking to get some insight about our users PC Gaming Hardware. Additionally, we have a second survey dedicated to getting your thoughts on Wowhead-themed merchandise! In the past we've had brief T-Shirt campaigns but nothing continuous. We've long had a desire here to open up a shop with our own custom made products, from T-Shirts and Hoodies, to Pins and Plushies but it's a laborious endeavor and we want to know what you think we should, or shouldn't, pursue.
New World of Warcraft Legion Events for the week of June 5 includes the Legion Dungeon, new Mythic+ Affixes and new World Bosses.
If you're looking for a challenge in World of Warcraft, soloing content originally intended as group content this expansion may be for you! Every time we feature soloing feats on the site, it draws a ton of interest and discussion, so in this article we're highlighting some new guides by Hunter soloist Durendil, as well as an interview, in case you want to get into soloing yourself.
We're happy to present a new guide for max-level WoW players - How to Use WoWAnalyzer by Faide! WoWAnalyzer is a website that takes combat logs that have been uploaded to Warcraft Logs and scans them to analyze your play and provide feedback and metrics about your performance.
Blizzard has addressed Arms Warrior Rage economy issues, including changes to rage generation, Skullsplitter, Anger Management, and some talents.
Since Class Halls will not be present in Battle for Azeroth, the Mythic Keystone Chest has been changed to become faction specific and it's been decorated to look the part! Unfortunately the M+ chests can be a bit of a run depending on where you set your Hearthstone, so you may have to get some exercise to pick up your Weekly reward.
A new Interface Icon has appeared on the Zuldazar map for Horde players which tracks the progress of Contributions towards the Battle for Stromgarde Warfront. The Warfront contribution system is similar to the Broken Shore buildings from Legion, with players being able to see the progress of their faction's contributions at any location on the map.
Blizzard has responded to feedback on PvP in Battle for Azeroth. Epic Battlegrounds will have better rewards than regular Battlegrounds, creatures in Alterac Valley will scale with character power to remain difficult throughout an expansion, and players will get weekly War Mode quests to kill members of the opposite faction in a specific zone.
Blizzard has announced upcoming changes to Retribution Paladins on the Battle for Azeroth beta. Blade of Wrath's functionality is becoming baseline in the new Art of War Ability. The proc chance of Divine Purpose has been reduced, but it now increases the damage and healing of that free ability by 20%.
Earlier in Battle for Azeroth's test cycle, we prepared an article highlighting effects from Artifacts and Legendaries that were incorporated by specializations. Many builds have passed ever since and, due to the popularity of the topic, we've decided to upgrade the post to its own full-fledged article!
Starting last week, Blizzard added the full Warfronts feature on the Battle for Azeroth Beta. Control of Arathi Highlands will flip between the factions and one faction's players will be allowed to access the Warfronts feature right before Arathi Highlands flips control. Having control of Arathi allows access to bonus quests and a unique World Boss!
The PTR has been updated for Patch 8.0, the pre-expansion patch for Battle for Azeroth.
With Mythic+ now available on the Battle for Azeroth Beta, players have started to notice some changes to the feature in the upcoming expansion. The largest change prevents players from swapping gear pieces, including trinkets and Azerite Armor while inside a Mythic+ dungeon. Edit: Blizzard has confirmed no gear swaps are intended.
Wowhead Weekly #164 is now live on Twitch! Annie and Perc are going over the latest news, including the 8.0 pre-patch, Night Elf Armor, Q&A Summary, and Before the Storm.
Earlier in Battle for Azeroth's test cycle, we prepared an article highlighting effects from Artifacts and Legendaries that were incorporated by specializations. Many builds have passed ever since and, due to the popularity of the topic, we've decided to upgrade the post to its own full-fledged article! Updated to build 26812.
Since it's introduction in Mists of Pandaria, the Bonus Roll system has remained through each expansion and raid with minimal changes other than cost and name. However, in Battle for Azeroth players will only be able to purchase TWO coins per week and the base cost of each coin has doubled from Legion.
[db=bfa]When the Dark Iron Dwarf racials were first announced, the Mole Machine racial was not implemented. As of build 26871, the Mole Machine has been implemented! The Mole Machine has a 30-minute cooldown, and can be used while outdoors as a portal to Stormwind or Ironforge.
With the latest Battle for Azeroth Beta Build hitting the test servers, we were able to see that a couple of spell animations were added along with it.
Continuing the Warlock spell animation revamp, Build 26871 added new summon animations for Warlock summons! Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard summons now have the demon spawn from a portal from the Twisting Nether!
Earlier in Battle for Azeroth's test cycle, we prepared an article highlighting effects from Artifacts and Legendaries that were incorporated by specializations. Many builds have passed ever since and, due to the popularity of the topic, we've decided to upgrade the post to its own full-fledged article! Edit: Updated to build 26871.
Due to popular demand in the previous expansions, throughout Battle for Azeroth testing cycle, we have been maintaining a page showing the complete spell changes that happened from the current version of Legion to the latest Battle for Azeroth Beta build. This major list is curated manually and usually updated a few hours or day after a build happens.
Currently, there is a 25% discount on all character services on both the Blizzard Shop, and the In-Game Shop: Faction Change, Race Change, Appearance Change, Name Change and Character Transfer.
Blizzard has just announced that there will be a free weekend for World of Warcraft, from xxx to xxx. To help new and returning players, we have compiled our best resources to help you start playing WoW in 2018! Below we have a compilation of guides that tackle all things to start playing WoW in 2018 and prepare for the upcoming expansion, Battle for Azeroth.
Blizzard has released a new blog about upcoming changes to the Rating and Rewards systems for PvP in Battle for Azeroth. The expansion will come with precise brackets for each rating band, a PvP Weekly Reward similar to the Weekly Mythic+ Challenger's Chest and changes to how players obtain the Vicious mounts.
The Secret Finding Discord Community continues to be hard at work on locating any secrets that might be scattered on the Battle for Azeroth beta. Muffinus, the developer responsible for the recent secrets that brought the community together through Legion, released a couple ominous tweets regarding more secrets being hidden on beta.
Another secret has since been found on beta: The Gem of Acquiescence!
Blizzard had just announced that the WoW mobile app will be discontinued come July 11th. This retirement happens roughly three months after the removal of the remote Auction House feature from the app. With the retirement, the WoW Legion Companion app will be the official World of Warcraft mobile app, receiving updates and new features in the future, including Battle for Azeroth support.
Hey everyone, and welcome to another bit of WoW History! Every week, we look down at important events that happened in WoW (or Blizzard!) for that week. Hellfire Citadel and the original Naxxramas is released, we see the first signs of Argus appearing in the Azeroth skyline, and we see a preview for the Crusader's Coliseum!
Artifact Power is no longer useful once players complete the new quest line released earlier today. As such, Blizzard has hotfixed AP tokens to have a vendor price. Your average AP token now vendors for 25 gold!
Overview of class changes for Battle for Azeroth build 26936.
This week Forbes ran a two-part interview on Battle for Azeroth with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, covering communities, M+ design including the decision to disable gear swapping, RNG in gearing, and what to do before BFA. He also revealed that the Battle for Lordaeron scenario will be available before the launch of BFA, to those who pre-purchase the expansion.
With yesterday's Artifact changes, many different activities in World of Warcraft suddenly became easier like the Mage Tower Challenge and many raid bosses. A very good indicator of that is the number of new guilds finishing Mythic: Argus the Unmaker and achieving Cutting Edge: Argus the Unmaker. With data gracefully provided by Raider.io we can see the steep increase in the number of new guilds defeating Argus
Our latest Q&A with Method Jdotb is now live which includes his thoughts on the Mythic Dungeon Invitational LAN Finals, the LFG system and Raider.IO's scoring system.
With our Artifact weapons unstable with power, their power seems to be increasing as time passes. Earlier today players noted that the instability had further increased their powers, with Concordance of the Legionfall now reaching rank 76. This likely indicates that the instability will further increase our Artifact's power until the pre-patch release, when the power will overload and turn our weapons into stat sticks.
In Battle for Azeroth, the Prestige system is being removed and new Honor Levels will be added. Honor Levels will be account-wide and all Honor earned on any character in Legion will be converted to the new system. However, prestige 20+ Rewards that are not earned in Legion will require a massively increased amount of Honor in Battle for Azeroth.
Due to popular demand in the previous expansions, throughout Battle for Azeroth testing cycle, we have been maintaining a page showing the complete spell changes that happened from the current version of Legion to the latest Battle for Azeroth Beta build. This major list is curated manually and usually updated a few hours or day after a build happens. Updated to Build 26970.
The World First Mythic Keystone +30 Dungeon has been completed in time. Kimchigodx, Luxitha, Eddielock, Philwestside and Sebxd have completed a +30 Lower Karazhan with under a second left on the timer and claimed the World First bounty from Raider.IO, Wowhead and WarcraftLogs.
One of the Dark Iron Dwarf racials, Mole unleashes a Mole Machine that players can use to traverse to locations around the world. On its implementation in Build 26871, the Mole Machine could only take you to Stormwind or Ironforge, but now the Mole Machine also has an option to the Dark Iron Dwarf starting zone, Shadowforge City!
We're back after a short absence with Wowhead Weekly 165! In this episode, Annie and Perc recap the major news of the last few weeks, including Artifact instability, the Battle for Azeroth login screen, and potential pre-patch dates. For this episode we are joined by AutomaticJak.
Another short Battle for Azeroth build is on the way.
For the 15th edition of the weekend guide feature, we're looking at "Preparing for Mage Tower Challenges on Fresh 110 Characters" by Pelinel.
The Mole Machine racial has been one of the most interesting aspects of the upcoming Dark Iron Dwarf Allied Race. It has been discovered that, along with the mole machine transporting you to Stormwind, Ironforge and their starting area in Shadowforge City, there are many locations around Azeroth (and other worlds!) with Mole Machines that you can add to your racial destinations!
New World of Warcraft Legion Events for the week of July 10 marks [b]5 weeks[/b] until Battle for Azeroth's launch and includes the MoP Timewalking Event, Temple of Hotmogu Brawl, new Mythic+ Affixes and new World Bosses.
For Wowhead Weekly 166, Annie and Perc recap the major changes coming in the Battle for Azeroth Pre-Patch.
In the BFA pre-patch, you will be able to buy specific legendaries from vendors, instead of tokens which grant a random Legion Legendary.
In the Battle for Azeroth pre-expansion patch, the method of loot distribution in both in current and old raids are being updated. In current raids, Master Loot will be removed forcing players to use Personal Loot and, for limited items like the untradeable Mythic Argus mount, this change may bring up complications.
Comprehensive guide to World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth Pre-Expansion Patch 8.0. Learn about the large number of features and updates including Upright Orcs, Profession Changes, Class Changes and the upcoming Battle of Teldrassil questline.
Edit - EU realms are now up and our database is updated to 8.0.1 as well!
Wowhead is proud to launch our new Battle for Azeroth Leveling Class Guides! With Battle for Azeroth on the horizon, many players could possibly be looking to change their mains and bring a breath of fresh air to their WoW experience. The leveling guides are another effort from us at Wowhead to keep on providing the best guides for all kinds of WoW players.
For Wowhead Weekly 167, Annie and Perc highlight all the important pre-patch announcements and clarifications!
Hotfixes for July 19th include a fix to Alani, changed Juggernaut Battlegear set bonus, and many fixes to old dungeon and raid bosses.
UPDATE: Blizzard added a Hotfix where, if you already completed Death to Agogridon, you can talk to Karnum Marshweaver at the Cenarion Wildlands in Desolace to receive the reputation boost! The Gelkis/Magram Clan Centaur reputations long eluded players for being unable to reach Exalted. In Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1, you can hit Exalted with both centaur clans in one fell swoop!
Blizzard has posted another set of hotfixes for Patch 8.0. These include fixes to dungeon and raids that dealt excessive damage due to the stat squish, adjusted PvP scaling to reduce the difference of power between 110 players with different item levels, and increased the max gold transfer per character to 1 million gold.
Blizzard has updated the policy on PvP disqualifications. Players that have been disqualified from end-of-season PvP rewards will be unable to queue for rated PvP matches for the rest of that season.