Maldraxxus in general could be described in three words: Juicy. Slimy. Silly. Lets unroll it one by one. Juicy. Even at their preview in Bastion quest and Necrotic Wake dungeon Ive noticed this, but in Maldraxxus it hits you right in the face with its meaty fist! The undead in media (and Warcraft too) are & Continue reading Shadowlands: Maldraxxus Review

You can collect different appearances for the Night Fae Covenant ability Soulshape, and the sources for three more options have been discovered today - Raptor, Shrieker Soul, and Wyvern. There are many other Soulshape options available and we've compiled them all in a dedicated guide to these appearances!Night Fae Soulshape Source GuideNight Fae Covenant GuideHere are the details on the Soulshapes discovered today:Raptor Soul drops from Mueh'zala in De Other Side dungeon.Continue reading »

Blizzard has pushed many quest fixes in the November 24th Shadowlands hotfixes! In addition, the items needed for the Eternal Traveler Transmog set now drop in Shadowlands content and Legion content scaling is fixed.Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect.Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced that they've removed the group phasing change in Shadowlands Zones, and joining a group will now phase you to the party leader except when you're in the max-level version of the Maw.For details on the phasing change click here. This seems to indicate that the change was intended but they're loosening the restrictions to only include the Max-level Maw.Continue reading »

Blizzard has clarified that you will unlock Threads of Fate alt leveling account-wide after completing Chapter 1 of your covenant's campaign.The Threads of Fate is a new leveling system added in the Shadowlands expansion. Inspired on the Adventure Mode of Diablo III, Threads of Fate grants a different leveling experience for alts in Shadowlands.Continue reading »

With the Shadowlands release, many new mounts are added to the game, and in this post, we have three mounts that are incredibly easy to get: Arboreal Gulper, Shimmermist Runner and Wildseed Cradle! All these mounts can be found in Ardenweald and require little effort. For more information on Shadowlands mounts, check our Shadowlands Mount guide!Shadowlands Mount GuideArboreal GulperThe Arboreal Gulper drops from the Ardenweald rare Humon'gozz, and is currently a guaranteed drop.Continue reading »

The Shadowlands cinematic featuring Ysera is not playing for characters in-game. If you missed this while questing, check out the cinematic in our post, which should play at the end of the Ardenweald story.Ardenweald ZoneStory and Quests of ArdenwealdStory of YseraThroughout the Ardenweald storyline, we try to protect the pod of Ysera, one of the last fallen souls to be judged by the Arbiter and sent to Ardenweald before the machine of death was broken.Continue reading »

Now that Shadowlands has been live for over a day, many players have been wondering what activities they'll need to complete weekly and daily in the Shadowlands! We've compiled a list of weekly and daily things to do for Week 1 of Shadowlands, in order to make sure you don't miss anything!Week 1 Special Activities - Complete These First!Step 1: Level Up and Choose a CovenantThe first thing to do in the first week of Shadowlands is to level up to 60 and choose a Covenant!Continue reading »

The Kyrian signature ability is Summon Steward, which summons a Steward to serve as your assistant, and you get to choose which Steward you want as your assistant while leveling in Bastion, in the quest Your Personal Assistant.However, if you have seen the other Stewards available and you want to change your Steward for any reason, you are able to do so! In Hero's Rest, you can talk to Sika and select a different Steward companion in the quest Your Next Best Friend.Continue reading »

Blizzard is maintaining a list of known issues for Shadowlands as well as possible solutions, including the bug where players do not join a covenant after selecting one.Continue reading »

Blizzard temporarily despawned the new PvP vendors on November 23rd, but they have returned on November 24th!PvP Vendor RewardsTo solve an issue with the new Shadowlands PvP vendors, we need to despawn them temporarily.The vendors will return with the next realm restarts.vendors back just nowConfirmed!Continue reading »

Orc and Draenei characters have extra unique dialogue options on an early Bastion quest in Shadowlands.**Warning: Spoilers from the Bastion storyline ahead**Bastion Zone GuideStory and Quests of BastionAs you step out of the Introduction Questline to Shadowlands and enter Bastion, one of the first quests you encounter involves introducing yourself to Greeter Mnemis. She will take you for a dead soul, and struggle to understand if you explain you're not dead.Continue reading »

Blizzard has changed the way phasing works in the Shadowlands, forcing players to return to a Sanctuary before the game will update their phase to join a party member. Pugging World Quests using the LFG Group Finder to pug is now much much harder, as you'll have to head to a Sanctuary before you can join the correct phase of your party!What was Phasing Used for?Continue reading »

Another familiar face has been found in the Shadowlands, the spirit of Warbrave Oro in the Aspirant's Crucible within Bastion. Legion veterans may remember the Highmountain Tribe Warbrave for his role in the drogbar quest chain, as well as his untimely death at the hands of Dargrul wielding the Hammer of Khaz'goroth.Continue reading »

Today's maintenance on US realms has unlocked new features for Shadowlands. Players that have reached max level already may now participate in Mythic Dungeons, continue the quests with Ve'nari to unlock Torghast and obtain Soul Ash, plus complete their weekly Renown Quests.European players may expect the same to happen during after their normal weekly reset.Continue reading »

Sometimes NPCs calling our players "champion" feels a bit generic, so it's neat to see that Darion Mograine on Shadowlands quests will specifically call Death Knights Deathlord instead!Canonically, the Death Knight player has served as the Deathlord since Legion Artifact quests, receiving a mark of favor from the Lich King upon obtaining the weapon.Continue reading »

Pilgrim's Bounty runs November 23rd through November 30th! Learn all about the achievements, pets, and holiday transmog in our Pilgrim's Bounty Guide.This holiday is live on EU and US realms.Event OverviewThere doesn't seem to be anything really new in 2020 (please let us know in the comments if you find anything updated!) but the holiday is great for grinding reputation and learning cooking recipes.Continue reading »

My first zone is complete now, and Im taking a break for dinner, grocery and writing this post Alors, the list of endeavors: exploration, first dungeon by quest, major storyline and 3/5 side questlines: But lets take a step back and talk about the intro. It reminded me both of Legion and Draenor. The & Continue reading Shadowlands: Intro & Bastion Review

The Simple Tome of Bone-Binding has been found, seemingly a random mob drop in the second Shadowlands zone, Maldraxxus! This tome allows Hunters to tame undead beasts and it's very fitting that it comes from the undead afterlife of war and strife in Shadowlands. The tome is BoP, so it can't be traded or sold on the Auction House, but not every Hunter needs one - Undead Hunters now gain the ability to tame undead beasts by default.Continue reading »

Some players who hit level 60 were unable to choose a Covenant earlier today -- making them unable to progress in the Covenant story or unlock many Shadowlands features. It now appears that this has been hotfixed and players who were affected by this bug can join a Covenant.Thanks to Cistoran for letting us know about this.Continue reading »

We finally get some answers as to Sylvanas' motivations in the new Shadowlands cinematic No More Lies, which plays after the initial round of max-level Torghast quests. Here, Sylvanas explains to Anduin her reasons for joining the Jailer's ranks.When we last saw Anduin, he heroically called down the Light to help us escape the Maw, but he remained behind entrapped in the custody of the Jailer.Continue reading »

Shadowlands cinematic discoveries continue, as now we highlight the closing cinematic from Revendreth questing, capping off the Shadowlands quest experience and directly leading into choosing a covenant.Revendreth Zone GuideStory and Quests of RevendrethAt this point in the Revendreth story, Sire Denathrius has been exposed as a traitor in league with the Jailer, hoarding anima not to ensure the well-being of Revendreth, but instead to funnel directly into the Maw.Continue reading »

Ion Hazzikostas has commented that the bottleneck in Ardenweald for the First on the Agenda quest to kill Mothbane will be over soon, as they have a fix in progress but provides a temporary solution. The First on the Agenda is one of the first Campaign quests in Ardenweald, where you need to kill Mothbane. However, he doesn't spawn if people are AoE'ing on his spawn point.Continue reading »

We're barely three hours into Shadowlands, and while some players have been battling the disconnect boss, Monkeylool of EU-Al'akir is already 60! As spotted by Method's twitter, we confirmed the achievement on Blizzard's armory and his guildmates that helped him level quickly are streaming a celebratory dance.Continue reading »

World of Warcraft is 16 years old today! This also marks the 26th anniversary of the entire Warcraft franchise, as Warcraft: Orcs & Humans released on November 23rd, 1994. While this would usually coincide with an in-game event, this year's Anniversary event was moved so that it would not conflict with the release of Shadowlands, and it ended yesterday.Continue reading »