Players can upgrade Aspirant PvP gear in Shadowlands using Honor Points. With PvP testing opening up on the beta, we took a look at this system, the costs, and the upgrade UI.Sinister Aspirant armor starts off at ilvl 158 and can be upgraded six times to 190, the starting level of Sinful Gladiator Conquest gear, via Aggressor Zo'dash in Oribos. As you upgrade the armor, it changes from rare to epic quality.Continue reading »

You might have noticed a little more lore about the place, with character profiles like The Lore of Uther Lightbringer and zone story guides like The Story of Val'sharah - (Which happens to be a great way to brush up on some story that may or may not turn out to be important in Shadowlands, just saying.Continue reading »

The Shadowlands PvP forums are finally up and focused testing is underway. Players can test out PvP trinkets, get Honor Currency, and try out instanced PvP maps with a scaling aura to replicate end-game item level.Blizzard has also set up PvP class forums as well as a thread for Empyrean Domain arena testing.BlizzardWith today’s Shadowlands Beta update, PvP trinkets are now available from Purveyor Zo’kuul, located in The Enclave in Oribos.Continue reading »

Shadowlands is less than two months away! It's coming up fast and courtesy of Blizzard and Samsung we have a giveaway to occupy you in the meantime.This giveaway will require you to color an outline of our rocket logo! We'd encourage you to print it out, if you can, and color it using whatever you have lying around the house (crayons, markers, paint, highlighters, beet juice, etc.).Continue reading »

We've datamined a list of class abilities that have received GCD changes in Shadowlands Beta Build 35755. Many of these were already announced in Blizzard's GCD post earlier today but we found some new things, including Storm, Earth, and Fire removed from the GCD and Sweeping Strikes GCD reduced to 750 milliseconds.Edit: Blizzard has announced that Storm, Earth, and Fire, Coordinated Assault and have been removed from the GCD as well.Continue reading »

Blizzard has published a blue post on Protection Paladins in the latest Shadowlands build.Continue reading »

Blizzard has released a blue post on Shaman for the latest Shadowlands build, clarifying that the Maelstrom Weapon tooltip has errors. You should still have a 10 maximum stack of Maelstrom Weapon.Continue reading »

We previously covered the new weapon tokens which will drop in lieu of weapons from the Castle Nathria raid in Shadowlands, and we've now found the vendors who sell those weapons, located inside each Covenant Sanctum.Continue reading »

In Shadowlands Build 35755, we finally learn how to swap Covenants! When you go back to a Covenant that you previously abandoned, you'll need to complete quests and tasks in the objective zone to rejoin. This will likely take at least 2 days to rejoin a Covenant.Continue reading »

Taelia and Greymane discuss Bolvar Fordragon on the Shadowlands beta. Story spoilers.In the Death's Rising pre-patch questline, Genn lets it slip that Bolvar is still alive in front of Taelia. As Bolvar's fate was kept secret for many years, she was unaware that her father was alive. In the recent Shadowlands build, we have extended dialogue between Taelia and Greymane. She's unhappy the truth was hidden from her, not only by Greymane but also Anduin. Taelia:Continue reading »

Genn Greymane and Mathias Shaw discuss Alliance leadership in Shadowlands. Story spoilers.Anduin has been captured by Sylvanas, leading to Turalyon serving as the interim military leader for the Alliance. While Shaw tries to hint that Greymane could be suited to rule instead, Genn shoots him down quickly. Shaw: King Greymane, you shouldn't remain out in the open like this. You're too tempting a target.Greymane:Continue reading »

Some tuning to Covenant dungeon buffs have been added to some Shadowlands dungeons including Necrotic Wake, Plaguefall and Halls of Atonement.Find out more about all the Covenant dungeon buffs in our guide:Covenant Dungeon Buff GuideReminder that you only need one member of the Covenant to activate the bonuses.Necrolord - PlaguefallCongealed Contagion   Reduces allies damage received by 5%10% who are within 10 yards.Continue reading »

Based on datamining, it looks like recruits that complete Exile's Reach while part of the Recruit a Friend program will receive a 30 slot bag.We datamined the new bag Extra-Spacious Knapsack as well as the achievement Exile's Reach RAF Bag with the description "Complete the Exile's Reach introductory experience while a recruit of the Recruit-A-Friend program."This appears to be just for the recruit, not the veteran player participating in RAF.Continue reading »

These are the spell and class changes for Shadowlands Beta Build 35755.HighlightsSeveral cooldowns which were taken off the GCD have had their bonuses reduced to compensate.Many BFA Essences are obtained in new ways, as the old drop locations are no longer relevant.Druid Celestial Alignment now increases haste instead of critical strike, but no longer generates astral power. Incarnation: Chosen of Elune now increases critical strike instead of haste.Continue reading »

Conduits have been added to boss loot tables in the Shadowlands encounter journal for Build 35755. You can check them out in the tabs below!Continue reading »

The Volcanic Mythic+ Affix has been changed again, and it once again deals percent health damage. However, it now only does 20% of your max health (down from BFA's 40%) and doesn't scale but still includes the knock up effect.Continue reading »

In Shadowlands Build 35755, a change was noticed to the Night Elf's Night Warrior Eye Customization - The blue tint from the eyes is now gone, being now gray instead. It is currently unknown what this could mean, if this is a bug or intended.Continue reading »

New Druid glyphs have been added to Shadowlands in build 35755. These glyphs are meant to be added to your Travel Form and when you use Travel Form appropriate to the glyph, your Druid form will be random!As these glyphs recipes are marked as Kul Tiran/Zandalari Inscription, these will required Battle for Azeroth Inscription to learn, and thus will likely be obtainable and usable on the Shadowlands pre-patch!Technique: Glyph of the Aerial Chameleon:Continue reading »

Today's Shadowlands Beta build contains several class and spell changes, but also a number of Covenant ability adjustments. For convenience we've highlighted them below!Continue reading »

Blizzard has added more rewards to the Covenant renown system in Shadowlands, including transmog sets, stamina increases, and the ability to upgrade PvP gear further.New rewards include:Level 6 - CloakLevel 6, 16, 34 - 2% Stamina Increase, such as Deepening BondLevel 9 and 24 - Increase the maximum level of your PvP gear upgradesLevel 12 - Transmog SetLevel 16 down from 20 - Covenant Mount. New Necrolord mount: PH Tauralus (Green)New Venthyr mount:Continue reading »

These are the spell and class changes for Shadowlands Beta Build 35755.HighlightsSeveral cooldowns which were taken off the GCD have had their bonuses reduced to compensate.Many BFA Essences are obtained in new ways, as the old drop locations are no longer relevant.Druid Celestial Alignment now increases haste instead of critical strike, but no longer generates astral power. Incarnation: Chosen of Elune now increases critical strike instead of haste.Continue reading »

After increasing the amount of experience required when leveling from 51 to 60 in Shadowlands several weeks ago, Blizzard has slightly reduced the amount of required experience today.Continue reading »

A new Shadowlands beta build is here, and the first thing we have to see are new credits screens, along with a handy UI which allows you to see the credits from previous expansions as well.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35755 DataminingNew Expansion CreditsShadowlands Loading ScreensPreambleClass & Spell ChangesClass & Spell Changes The previous expansion credits also have new background images.Continue reading »

We have a new loading screen on the beta--the Shadowlands continent!Continue reading »

Another week, another Shadowlands Beta build! This is the preamble for Shadowlands Build 35755.NEW MarasmiusAn impossibly ancient mushroom-like denizen of Ardenweald, Marasmius is an integral part of the realm's ecosystem. Your willingness to help has softened whatever part of him most resembles a heart, and there's always plenty of work to be done.Continue reading »

Blizzard released a blue post talking about removing several burst cooldown spells off the Global Cooldown in Shadowlands!BlizzardHello everyone. In the next update to the Shadowlands Beta and PTR, we’ve taken a number of spells categorized as “burst cooldowns” off the global cooldown (GCD). Here are some more details on how we’ve come to this decision, as well as our intentions about this category of abilities.Continue reading »

The Engineering Battle Rez Item (Unstable Temporal Time Shifter) was used by many groups in Battle for Azeroth when they didn't have a class that could Battle Rez. However, it looks like the Engineering Battle Rez will be removed in Shadowlands, meaning you'll need to have a Death Knight, Druid or Warlock if you want to have access to a Brez.Engi Brez in ShadowlandsJust like the Raid Buff Scrolls, the Unstable Temporal Time Shifter has been level capped at 50 in Shadowlands.Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Frost DK on the Shadowlands Beta including discussion about 2-Handed Frost, Covenants, Legendaries and more!Death Knight Class ChangesDeath Knight LegendariesFrost DKs have finally gotten back their 2H weapons. A playstyle that was removed 4 years ago is now back with its old passive Might of the Frozen Wastes helping it bridge the gap between 2H and DW! Killing Machine now makes Obliterate deal frost damage, buffing it significantly.Continue reading »

Quartermasters in the Shadowlands pre-patch sell Argent Conscript gear that resemble unused Arathi Warfront armor appearances.Back at the start of Battle for Azeroth, we datamined three tints of Arathi Warfront armor, each with three levels of detail, for a total of nine variations. Most of these were used as Dread Gladiator or Arathi Warfront rewards, but a few tints were unused.Continue reading »

Blizzard is testing the Blood from Stone LFR Wing in Castle Nathria on September 4th.Castle Nathria Raid OverviewBlizzardOn Friday, September 4th we will be continuing our raid tests in Castle Nathria by opening the third wing of LFR, Blood from Stone, for the weekend.Friday, September 4thBlood from Stone - LFR Castle Nathria14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a test environment.Continue reading »

Blizzard has updated the text of the System Specifications for Shadowlands to clarify that minimum Storage requirements include 100GB available space on SSD or HDD.While it was assumed that the old specifications were simply an oversight, it's good to get clarification! It's also probably still worth investing in a good SSD as it improves your gaming experience across the board, and Blizzard does note in their blue post that WoW's performance may be impacted by an HDD.Continue reading »

Garrosh Weapons and WoD heirloom trinkets have their minimum required levels lowered to level 1 in Shadowlands. Both types of heirlooms, currently unobtainable, were powerful items players could equip midway through the leveling process. Now with Shadowlands changes, they can equip them right away at level 1.Thanks to Chris for emailing feedback about this topic!Back during Siege of Orgrimmar, Garrosh Hellscream had a chance to drop heirlooms for players.Continue reading »

Battle Shout, Intellect and Fortitude Scrolls will not be available in Shadowlands. This means that if you want 5% Intellect, 5% Attack Power or 5% Stamina, you'll need to bring a Mage, Warrior or Priest respectively to your party or raid. No more scrolls to make up for a missing class!Raid BuffsAs a reminder, the raid Buffs in Shadowlands have been nerfed to 5% each (down from 10%).Battle Shout:Continue reading »

In the Shadowlands pre-patch event, Death's Rising, two interesting items can be looted from certain Icecrown rares in the event: A 34-slot bag and a new version of the popular Haunted Memento!Accursed KeepsakeThe Accursed Keepsake has a small chance drop from every rare event boss in Icecrown. This item is an HD version of the old Scourge Invasion item Haunted Memento that invokes a Torghast Deadsoul ghost to follow you around!Continue reading »

For Wowhead Weekly #242, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Shadowlands updates like the release date, Afterlives: Bastion cinematic, and the Prince Arthas statue.Watch the show and interact with the Nethershards system on the stream chat to redeem prizes such as a Wowhead Rocket Plush, Wowhead Premium Subscriptions and Pins!Show NotesShadowlands Release Date and Global LaunchSeason 1 Starts November 10thWhat To Do in Pre-PatchAfterlives:Continue reading »

Blizzard released details for the new Heroes of the Storm event, Craft Wars - A mash-up of Warcraft and StarCraft! This event includes StarCraft themed skins for Arthas, Anduin and Gazlowe, and Warcraft themed skins for Artanis and Mei.You can read all details for the upcoming event, as well as the PTR Patch notes, on the official blog post.King of Blades ArthasCorrupted by the Zerg's insatiable bloodlust, Arthas turns battlefields to burial grounds as the King of Blades.Continue reading »

Sloot is hosting a Shadowlands Ret Paladin Roundtable on his Twitch channel with Mb, Bolas, and Rebdull.Our Wowhead Ret class writer Bolas is participating along with past writer Rebdull and Mb.Shadowlands Paladin ChangesCheck out all the Paladin Class changes here: Shadowlands Paladin Class ChangesShadowlands Paladin Legendary PowersShadowlands Paladin ConduitsState of Ret Paladin ArticleYou can check out our past State of Ret Paladin article:State of Ret PaladinNote:Continue reading »

Following the release of Afterlives: Bastion, Blizzard and members of the community have created wallpapers based on the stunning art. Let us know in the comments if you're using any scene from Afterlives as your own wallpaper!Afterlives: Bastion Cinematic AnalysisFirst up we have a series of mobile wallpapers from the Warcraft account:AndroidiOSNext we have a series of 4k desktop wallpapers from Redditor NostraDavid, created by editing screenshots from the cinematic.Continue reading »

We previously speculated that Teeming and Skittish were being replaced by the 3 new affixes in Shadowlands. Blizzard has now confirmed that Spiteful, Inspiring and Storming are officially replacing Teeming and Skittish in Season 1 of Shadowlands Mythic+.For more information on the 3 new affixes Inspiring, Spiteful and Storming, please click here.Storming, Inspiring and Spiteful Deep DiveHere's are the affixes for Shadowlands Season 1.Continue reading »

Shadowlands may be about new content, but changes to some older quests have appeared on the Shadowlands beta as well, including an interesting change to the dialogue between Garrosh and Sylvanas' encounter in Silverpine Forest during the quest The Warchief Cometh. Their conversation takes a sharp turn with Garrosh's response to a snarky comment from Sylvanas, and although it's been nearly 10 years since Cataclysm released, that dialogue has now been changed.Continue reading »

Allied Races are receiving some notable updates in the Shadowlands pre-patch, such as the removal of the Exalted requirement to unlock each race. Here is a look at the important changes coming to Allied Races in the pre-patch, including customization improvements.Shadowlands Pre-Patch GuideAllied Race Unlock Requirements ChangedAll Allied Races will be easier to unlock in the Shadowlands pre-patch.Continue reading »

In preparation for Shadowlands, we've improved our talent calculator to support covenant choices. Since picking a covenant is an important part of your character's power in Shadowlands, we wanted the talent calc to reflect this choice in addition to the usual talents.The talent calculator also shows you all of your class abilities as well as what level you earn each at. They are all staggered through the 1-60 experience, with some iconic abilities like Power Infusion saved for level 58.Continue reading »

The Shadowlands Collector's Edition will ship from retailers starting October 13th, ahead of the expansion launch on October 26th! If you missed out on purchasing one, they're back on sale via the Blizzard Gear Shop for $119.99 (price for US residents). Edit: they may have sold out again since posting this article!Shadowlands Collector's EditionBlizzard The Shadowlands Collector’s Edition is Shipping Early Good news!Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted the official schedule for Castle Nathria opening and Shadowlands Season 1.Season 1 of Shadowlands will begin on November 10th with Mythic Castle Nathria releasing on November 17th.Season 1 Shadowlands GuidesCastle Nathria, the Seasonal Prideful Affix, three New Mythic+ Affixes, the new PvP season, and the Weekly Great Vault will launch with Season 1.Continue reading »

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the next WoW expansion after Battle for Azeroth, will release on October 27th, 2020. Not sure what to do to prepare? Check out our Things To Do Before the Shadowlands Prepatch Guide and What is Coming in the Pre-Patch Guide.Shadowlands is still currently in beta testing, but you can learn more about the expansion with our detailed guides, including the following:Continue reading »

Watch the first animated short of Afterlives, featuring Uther, his memories of Arthas, and the lore of Bastion. Afterlives is a series of animated shorts, delving into the lore and major characters of each Shadowlands covenant, in a similar fashion to Warbringers from BFA and Harbingers from Legion.Continue reading »

Blizzard has released a series of Shadowlands artwork highlighting the new zones in the expansion, available for sale on the Blizzard Gear Shop. This artwork is presented in two formats: a framed 17" x 33" collage for $199 or a 6" x 14" Shadowlands Matted Art Pack for $129.99.All five of the zones will play an important role in the Shadowlands story. Players level through Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and Revendreth before choosing a covenant.Continue reading »

The new Mythic+ Affixes Storming, Inspiring and Spiteful are now available for testing on the Shadowlands Beta and we now know how they work! These new affixes work similar to the Tide Emissary from Beguiling, Thing from Beyond from Corruption and well.. any spiraling Tornadoes mechanic.Continue reading »

Previously split into Vanquisher, Conquerer and Protector, the class groupings for old Tier sets have been set aside for Castle Nathria as the raid's Weapon Tokens have been updated with new Class Groups. Find out if you're an Abominable, Mystic, Venerated or Zenith weapon class and what other classes you're paired with!Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced that BM hunters using Arcane Shot over Cobra Shot isn't intended and there will be a tuning pass in the future to fix this.Continue reading »

In the latest Shadowlands build, we have several intriguing voice over lines. We finally hear the voice of the Jailer and receive some more context behind Sylvanas and Helya meeting in Legion! (Story spoilers.Continue reading »

Previously split into Vanquisher, Conquerer and Protector, the class groupings for old Tier sets have been set aside for Castle Nathria as the raid's Weapon Tokens have been updated with new Class Groups. Find out if you're an Abominable, Mystic, Venerated or Zenith weapon class and what other classes you're paired with!WeaponsIn order to get your weapon(s) from Castle Nathria, you'll need to turn in one of these Weapon tokens at your Covenant Hall.Continue reading »

The new Mythic+ Affixes Storming, Inspiring and Spiteful are now available for testing on the Shadowlands Beta and we now know how they work! These new affixes work similar to the Tide Emissary from Beguiling, Thing from Beyond from Corruption and well.. any spiraling Tornadoes mechanic.Continue reading »

Blizzard is doubling Mortal Wounds effects against non-player enemies in Shadowlands so they have a larger impact in PvE content. These effects will remain the same against players in PvP.BlizzardTo increase the impact of “Mortal Wounds” and similar healing reduction effects in PvE situations, we're doubling the magnitude of these effects against non-player enemies. The value of these effects will remain the same against players.Continue reading »

In this post, we present the completed Leather armor set from the Castle Nathria raid, the first raid in the Shadowlands expansion.Continue reading »

New spell details have been added about the upcoming new affixes to be added to the Shadowlands affix rotation: Storming, Spiteful and Inspiring. Inspiring appears to be similar to Tide Emissaries, while Storming summons tornadoes that knock back and can stun.There's still some uncertainty about what how these affixes exactly work but there's enough to get a general idea of what players will have to deal with when these affixes are active.Continue reading »

This Shadowlands build contains a change to the Plaguefall Dungeon Covenant bonuses massively nerfing the Haste and Damage Reduction Buff that Necrolords can provide to their allies.Continue reading »

Shadowlands Beta Build 35679 class and spell changes which includes the return of Brewmaster Monk's magic Stagger and Speed Taunt has returned. Survival Hunters also have a hotfix removing an unintended -50% focus regeneration penalty.Continue reading »

Blizzard has made an update regarding Health Potions in Shadowlands - they will now have a 5 minute cooldown, but can be used multiple times per encounter. Healthstone will continue to be on a separate cooldown and once again restore 20% health, now on a 3 minute cooldown. Additionally, the Phial of Serenity is also on a separate cooldown, meaning Kyrian players can have three different healing consumables per encounter!Continue reading »

Shadowlands Beta Build 35679 class and spell changes which includes tuning changes to Warrior Covenant abilities, a large nerf to the Soulforged Embers Hunter Legendary and much much more!Caught in a Bat Romance   Finish the world quest "Secret Service" without losing your disguise.New criteria: "Secret Service" completed without losing disguise.Covenant Campaign   Complete theyour Covenant campaign.Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted upcoming changes for Monk in the Shadowlands Beta!Continue reading »

Shadowlands Beta Build 35679 Covenant changes which includes major tuning changes to Warrior Covenant abilities and smaller changes for Druids, Paladins, and Priests.Continue reading »

There is a massive artifact transmog revamp coming in the latest Shadowlands build. We learned a few weeks back that Blizzard was considering class-wide artifact transmog and now this system is implemented. Artifacts now have class-wide appearances by classifying each appearance under your respective weapon categories. By treating artifact appearances like normal weapons, this means there are no restrictions on duplicate appearances or restrictions on what hand they can be used in.Continue reading »

Blizzard has detailed upcoming changes to Warrior covenant abilities in the latest Shadowland beta build. Notable changes include reducing the damage of the Kyrian Spear of Bastion and instating a target cap similar to other abilities, Ancient Aftershock repeatedly knocks down targets, and Conqueror's Banner is now a more immediate cooldown - retaining it's ramping nature without the large delay before players can start benefiting from it.Continue reading »

More mounts have received sources and flavor text in Shadowlands beta build 35679 including mounts from the Ardenweald covenant and Queen's Conservatory mini-game.Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted a blue post detailing the return of Maelstrom for Elemental Shaman!Continue reading »

Today's Shadowlands Beta build contains a lot of class changes, including a few small changes to Soulbinds from each Covenant. Of particular note is the Night Fae Hunt-Captain Korayn's Wild Hunt Tactics now affects targets above 75% health, though the benefit is no longer increased when an ally dies. Dreamweaver's Somnambulist now also gives a lengthy movement speed bonus.Continue reading »

This Shadowlands build contains a change to the Plaguefall Dungeon Covenant bonuses massively nerfing the Haste and Damage Reduction Buff that Necrolords can provide to their allies.Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted some upcoming changes to Unholy Death Knights on the Shadowlands beta, including a new rank upgrade for Apocalypse.Continue reading »

On Shadowlands Build 35667, the new required levels to obtain the Heritage Armor sets for Allied Races has been revealed: in Shadowlands, newly created Allied Race characters will receive their Heritage Armor and achievements upon reaching level 50. As a reminder, the Exalted reputation requirement for unlocking Allied Races is removed in the pre-patch.Heritage of Highmountain   Earn level 11050 on a newly created Highmountain tauren character.Continue reading »

More Shadowlands legendary powers have received tuning in beta build 35679, including a big nerf to the Tar Trap Hunter legendary power.Death KnightLegendary Item Effects (1)Rage of the Frozen Champion   Obliterate has a 15% increased chance to trigger Rime and Howling Blast generates 341725s1 / 108 Runic Power while Rime is active.Inventory Type:Continue reading »

With today's build, Blizzard has released a preview of the new revamped Shadow Priest Mastery for Shadowlands. Currently, Mastery was the worst stat for Shadow Priests, with many scaling issues. This new version fits better with the new Shadow Priest redesign.Continue reading »

New models for Shadowlands Build 35667 include a repaired Helm of Domination and a few tints for a Devourer mount.Continue reading »

A new Shadowlands Beta Build has gone live. This is Build 35679's preamble which includes new and updated Loading Screen tips.Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced upcoming changes for Holy and Disc Priests on the Shadowlands Beta which includes an adapted version of Spirit Shell returning to the game.Continue reading »

Blizzard has also posted changes for Paladins in this Shadowlands Beta build which includes 2 new Retribution Paladin talents, an Ashen Hallow rework, Bestow Faith generating Holy Power and more!Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced more upcoming changes to Balance Druid on the Shadowlands Beta which includes the Shooting Stars talent becoming baseline, Starsurge's interaction with Eclipse changing and some other minor changes.Continue reading »

Shadowlands raid testing continues the weekend of August 28th with the second wing of Castle Nathria LFR.BlizzardOn Friday, August 28th we will be continuing our raid tests in Castle Nathria by opening the second wing of LFR, Revendreth’s Last Dance, for the weekend.Friday, August 28thRevendreth’s Last Dance - LFR Castle Nathria14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a test environment.Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced Afterlives, an original Shadowlands animated series. It will premiere at gamescom 2020 on August 27th.In this new animated series, we will delve into the four covenants of Shadowlands, learning more about important characters like Uther, Kael, and Draka.Continue reading »

Welcome to the latest installment of our Artist's Corner series! Here at Wowhead we love art - drawing, painting, sculpting, woodworking, metalworking, jewelry making, papercrafting, badge making, everything under the sun.In an effort to share what our wonderful community does, about once a month, we like to feature an artist and their craft.Continue reading »

One of the most popular critters datamined in all of Shadowlands has to be the Slime Cat, an adorable cat skeleton wrapped in a healthy dose of slime. One of the exploration achievements in Maldraxxus, Nine Afterlives, requires you to go around the zone petting specific Slime Cats scattered all around the zone!This achievement requires you to find and pet nine cats all around Maldraxxus. When you pet a cat, you will get a 5 minute debuff, Gross.Continue reading »

The Blanchy's Reins are one of the more visually striking mounts coming in Shadowlands, in appearance as well as in essence - Old Blanchy was a known horse for Alliance players, being the Furlbrow family horse all the way until the Cataclysm, when she was unceremoniously killed by thugs commanded by Vanessa VanCleef. In Shadowlands, Blanchy returns as the Sinrunner Blanchy mount, a translucent horse covered in red.Continue reading »

Preheat is hosting a Shadowlands Global Mage Talk on his Twitch channel which includes Mage Theorycrafters and raiders! The global mage talk will go over recent changes to the class including Rune of Power, discussion of each spec, Covenants for Mages and more!Our Wowhead Mage guide writers Malon and Preheat are participating along with Frosted, Kuni, Norrinir, Rinoa, Zulandia, Toegrinder, Dikembe, Azevara and Dorovon.You can check out our past State of Mage articles:Continue reading »

In this ultimate episode of the state of healers series, we'll explore Shadowlands Holy Paladin, the most changed healer to date. These devout and stalwart followers of the Light, wield their faith as a weapon to revitalize their comrades and wage a righteous war against all forms of evil. If called upon, these dogmatic lightbound soldiers will make the ultimate sacrifice laying down their own lives in service of the greater good. Previous Articles in the Series:Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted a new blog about ray tracing in Shadowlands! We previously reported on the new UI options and showcased some of the graphical changes it enables, but Blizzard's blog goes into a bit more detail with their implementation of additional light sources, shadow-casting lights, and more realistic shadows to help bring the World of Warcraft to life.Continue reading »

In recent builds, there have been changes to how secondary stats scale in Shadowlands Likely in an effort to fight against end-of-expansion scaling for some stats, these changes will make it harder for players to reach incredibly high secondary stats in Shadowlands in beyond. Thanks to the SimC Discord for discovering and helping study this data.Continue reading »

Shadowlands legendary armor has distinctive Maw-themed appearances, and they are now available to preview in our Dressing Room.At the start of the expansion, you will only be able to wear one piece of this armor set, obtained through legendary crafting. However, the full set may be available in a future patch and we've also datamined multiple colors of each set, so perhaps they could be obtainable as Torghast cosmetic rewards or even raid drops.Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced additional affix tuning coming in Shadowlands in addition to the previously reported Volcanic and Bursting Changes. These new changes affect Sanguine, Grievous and Explosive!Blizzard With the latest update to the Shadowlands Beta, we’re now testing:All eight Mythic Keystone DungeonsChanges to existing affixesThe new Seasonal Affix: Prideful “Players overflow with pride as they defeat non-boss enemies, eventually forming a Manifestation of Pride.Continue reading »

Season 1 of Shadowlands should have the Prideful Seasonal Affix for all keystones above Level 10 and we're going over how the Prideful affix works on the Shadowlands Beta. Currently, it's very similar to a single target Reaping affix, but when the mob is defeated, you get a damage, mana regen and movement speed buff for a full minute, making it a fantastic risk/reward affix that's a ton of fun!The Prideful Seasonal Affix:Continue reading »

Now that Mythic+ Dungeons are active on the Shadowlands Beta, we can confirm that the Covenant Dungeon Bonuses are active in Mythic+. With at least one member of your party of the required Covenant, you'll be able to activate bonuses to help your party complete the Mythic+ dungeon!Mythic+ Covenant Dungeon Bonus ExamplesWith Mythic+ dungeons enabled on the Shadowlands Beta, we tested some of the Covenant bonuses with Mythic+ active.Continue reading »

After months of anticipation, Ray Tracing Shadows is finally enabled on the World of Warcraft Shadowlands beta, providing enhanced shadows.In the images below, the enhanced option is on the left-hand side while the image on the right does not have RTX active.Some players have encountered difficulty accessing these settings, and Blizzard has provided some troubleshooting:BlizzardWoW’s ray tracing implementation uses DXR 1.1, not DXR 1.0.Continue reading »

In Shadowlands Build 35598, the Newcomer Guide System has been updated with new requirements for those wanting to guide new players.The Newcomer Guide system will serve as a way to help new players, with veteran players who choose to be part of the system being assigned special identification icons and access to a channel to answer questions to new players. Although the requirements can all be obtained, the system is currently not functional besides the "Become a Guide" window.Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted Shadowlands developer notes for August 19th, highlighting Ray Tracing options and a new testing realm for endgame content.Continue reading »

Blizzard is opening a special level 60 endgame content realm on the Shadowlands beta! This realm will allow you to test fully unlocked soulbinds, all legendaries, Mythic Keystone dungeons, changing covenants, and more.Blizzard Today, we’ve opened a realm in the Shadowlands Beta that is configured for endgame testing at Level 60: Torghast.On the Torghast realm, testers will be able to create a Level 60 character and test endgame content, such as:Continue reading »

One of the most interesting changes coming to crafting in Shadowlands is the addition of optional reagents, a system which allows players to customize their crafts with a number of guaranteed effects, such as determining secondary stats. In the latest Shadowlands Beta build, the Elethium Setting, a Blacksmithing reagent which guaranteed a socket on crafted items, appears to have been removed.Continue reading »

In Shadowlands Build 35598, new drops have been added to the Castle Nathria raid dungeon journal - Instead of weapons, Castle Nathria bosses will drop class tokens that can be exchanged for weapon tokens in your Covenant Sanctum! These drops are currently all assigned to the same four classes - Rogue, Death Knight, Mage and Druid, the same classes designated for the old Vanquisher tier tokens.Continue reading »

Profession updates for the latest Shadowlands build include Potion of Unhindered Passing, which makes you immune to stun and movement-impairing effects, as well as more Necrolord Covenant recipes to dress up your construct with a halo, cats, and more.Potion of Unhindered Passing - Updated Living Action PotionPotion of Unhindered Passing is a new potion crafted by Alchemists which makes you immune to stun and movement-impairing effects.Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted upcoming changes for Protection Warriors in Shadowlands, rearranging the talent tree, as well as buffing Thunder Clap and Revenge to help the spec's multitarget capabilities.Continue reading »

The previous controversial item Mirror of Envious Dreams, which allowed you to change your appearance to your class' Tier 3 look, received a 2-hour cooldown with today's build. This no longer allows players to just keep the tier 3 appearance indefinitely.Below are screenshots from Wowhead user Reidorr of this item in action:Continue reading »

In Shadowlands Build 35598, new drops have been added to the Castle Nathria raid dungeon journal - Instead of weapons, Castle Nathria bosses will drop class tokens that can be exchanged for weapon tokens in your Covenant Sanctum! These drops are currently all assigned to the same four classes - Rogue, Death Knight, Mage and Druid, the same classes designated for the old Vanquisher tier tokens.Continue reading »

In today's build, Blizzard has changed the Experience table, the table that determines the experience required to reach each level. Overall the biggest change was an increase in the experience required to level from level 50 (current 120) and the new level cap of 60. The experience required was increased by over 30% compared to the previous Shadowlands build.Besides that, the build also slightly reduced the experience between 20 and 40, while increased the experience required beyond 40.Continue reading »

Many Covenant abilities were tuned in the latest Shadowlands build, including a longer cooldown on the Paladin Night Fae Ability Blessing of the Seasons.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingMotion Sickness Accessibility ControlsReckful Added As Rogue Trainer in ShadowlandsWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

New assets coming with Shadowlands Build 35598 include an improved Shadowlands World Map and a new loading screen for Torghast, Tower of the Damned.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingMotion Sickness Accessibility ControlsReckful Added As Rogue Trainer in ShadowlandsWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

Today's Shadowlands Beta build contains a lot of class changes, including several adjustments to the Venthyr and Night Fae Soulbinds. Dreamweaver's Grove Invigoration is now a much more potent combat effect, and Nadjia's Exacting Preparation has a new tag implying it should affect Death Knight rune enchants.Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted upcoming changes for Feral Druids in Shadowlands, including a new upgrade to Shred.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingMotion Sickness Accessibility ControlsReckful Added As Rogue Trainer in ShadowlandsWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

A new build is currently being deployed on the Shadowlands PTR servers, and with then, new backgrounds have been found for the Shadowlands Encounter Journal page.These are always listed in the following order:Continue reading »

Class and spell changes for Shadowlands Build 35598 including a new passive for Frost Death Knights to separate the 1-Handed vs 2-Handed playstyles.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingMotion Sickness Accessibility ControlsReckful Added As Rogue Trainer in ShadowlandsWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

Many mounts have received sources in the latest Shadowlands build, such as rare spawns, adventures, and covenants.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingMotion Sickness Accessibility ControlsReckful Added As Rogue Trainer in ShadowlandsWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

Shadowlands Build 35598 is here and we're starting with the premable including Global Strings.MawTestThe MawDirectory: 2364Type: Scenario / Unknown- Arena of AscensionDirectory: 2288Type:Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted a preview of the Shadowlands update for the WoW Companion app which will release when Shadowlands goes live. You'll be able to manage your Shadowlands adventures (missions table), view your Callings quests (emissaries), as well leave some support for Legion and Battle for Azeroth's systems.BlizzardThe Horde and the Alliance face a new challenge within the Shadowlands, but even the most dedicated champions can’t be at their computer all of the time.Continue reading »

Legendary Recipes, called Memories of the Runecarver, will need to be collected in order to craft your Legendary and they have started to drop on the Shadowlands Beta. There are 200 Memories of the Runecarver being added, split among all the classes, and the community has been hard at work looking for the sources of these Legendary recipes! This post contains everything that is known about the Memory of the Runecarver drops so far.Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Unholy Death Knight in Shadowlands, talking about spell and talent changes, the new Runeforges, Legendary Powers, GCD Issues and more!State of Unholy in Shadowlands BetaThis article will display and discuss the changes that have hit the Unholy Death Knight so far in the Shadowlands beta. There's been a significant amount of individual changes, but the overall feel and gameplay remains similar to BFA Unholy.Continue reading »

Blizzard has confirmed that the Phenomenal Cosmic Power Achievement will not be obtainable when the Shadowlands pre-patch goes live, instead of Shadowlands launch as originally stated.This achievement requires you to collect all Rank 4 Azerite Essences.Continue reading »

A Covenant Bonus has been found in the Plaguefall dungeon, allowing Necrolord players to use their Fleshcraft ability on the corpses of slimes, granting powerful buffs for the party! Different slimes grant different buffs including a 25% Haste, a 25% Damage Reduction aura and a AoE damage proc. This may be the most powerful set of Covenant bonuses in a dungeon so far!Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Beast Mastery Hunters on the Shadowlands Beta, mainly focusing on PvE viability, Covenant abilities, Legendaries, Conduits, and concerns going forward.IntroductionOut of all three Hunter specs, Beast Mastery Hunters are perhaps in the best shape going into Shadowlands. Considering not much has changed, the majority of the spec works and flows rather smoothly. BM also has the most depth out of all three Hunter specs at the moment.Continue reading »

Castle Nathria will be the first raid in Shadowlands and FatbossTV has started releasing their raid boss previews of the dungeons after testing! The Council of Blood is a council style encounter where the bosses will heal and gain a new ability after one boss dies. However, every time a boss reaches 50% health, a dance intermission will take forcing the raid to dance... or die!Continue reading »

For Wowhead Weekly #241, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Shadowlands updates like the pre-patch Scourge event, different legendary ranks, and all the unique covenant dungeon perks.Watch the show and interact with the Nethershards system on the stream chat to redeem prizes such as a Wowhead Rocket Plush, Wowhead Premium Subscriptions and Pins!Continue reading »

NVIDIA's latest news update highlights Shadowlands Ray Tracing support. We've known this was coming for a while as the options have been present in Shadowlands settings but not enabled for months now. At the time of writing this post, the options are still not available to test but hopefully with the official update we'll see it soon!Continue reading »

There are four legendary power recipes which require reputation to purchase in Shadowlands. Previously, we documented recipes from PvP vendors, also added in the most recent beta build.From Lordmon's Interview, Legendaries will have unlocks similar to Essences, where you know exactly what you need to do to unlock that power for crafting legendaries. This seems to indicate that you will only be able to get the Legendary Recipes from one source, unlike Conduits which will have multiple sources.Continue reading »

A Covenant Bonus has been found in Halls of Atonement dungeon, allowing Venthyr players to control Loyal Stoneborn creatures! Loyal Stoneborn Trash can be found throughout Halls of Atonement and a Venthyr player can turn these trash mobs friendly, and causing them to fight alongside the party! This also gives a 10% damage reduction buff.Continue reading »

On the Shadowlands Beta, you can now craft Legendaries at multiple item levels. Base item from crafters have 4 Ranks that will determine the item level of the Legendary you craft and you'll need more Legendary Currency, Soul Ash, to craft higher level versions. This means that you can decide if you want a lower item level Legendary earlier, or wait a longer time to get a max item level Legendary!Continue reading »

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss the Shadowlands Pre-Patch event on the PTR and speculate on how close we might be to a Shadowlands release date.World of Warcraft Shadowlands Pre-Patch is here! Well, it's on the PTR anyway. Well, most of it is anyway.Continue reading »

A Covenant Bonus has been found in Spires of Ascension dungeon, allowing Kyrian players to pick up the Spear of Destiny! A Kyrian player throw the Spear of Destiny at a group of mobs, stunning them and making them take bonus damage for a period of time!Continue reading »

With the first round of raid testing now complete on the Shadowlands Beta, Preheat from Complexity Limit shares his thoughts on the first raid of Shadowlands, Castle Nathria.IntroductionCastle Nathria is the first raid scheduled for Shadowlands. For those unfamiliar, this is the seat of power for Sire Denathrius, the vampire edgelord ruler of the Venthyr. With the first round of testing complete, I think this is a good time to talk about the raid and share my thoughts.Continue reading »

A Night Fae Covenant Bonus has been found in De Other Side dungeon, allowing Night Fae players to activate a long AoE stun in certain locations! A Night Fae player can click on Haunted Urns inside the instance to activate a long AoE stun to all enemies in the area.Don't forget that one bonus has been found in each of the dungeons:Continue reading »

Feedback and Opinions on the current state of Retribution Paladin on the Shadowlands Beta, including discussion about the covenants, legendaries, concerns for the spec and more!About the AuthorHi I'm Bolas, I've played Ret since WotLK and am a former top 10 raider. You can find me in the Hammer of Wrath discord if you have any questions or are interested in more information about Retribution.Continue reading »

The Mirror of Envious Dreams is an item from Revendreth that transforms your character's armor into full Tier 3 from Naxxramas, or HD Tier 6 from Tomb of Sargeras. This item is notable for several reasons: it has no cooldown so you can keep your appearance indefinitely, plus Tier 3 is extremely rare, unobtainable save for the Black Market Auction House.The Mirror of Envious Dreams is looted from a chest at the base of a statue in Pridefall Hamlet in Revendreth, at 69.3 78.0.Continue reading »

After the discovery of the addition of the Druid of the Flame appearance for Night Elf druids to the barbershop last build, this week's build added the customization to every other Druid race, so every druid may now use the Druid of the Flame appearance as their Feral Form.Currently, the availability of this customization appears to be tied to unlocking the transmog appearance for Fandral's Flamescythe, the original source of the appearance back in Cataclysm.Continue reading »

A Necrolord Covenant Bonus has been found in the Theatre of Pain dungeon, allowing Necrolord players to provide their entire party with a buff! A Necrolord player can click on a Necrolord Banner inside the instance to buff nearby party members with 10% Versatility and Movement Speed!Don't forget that some of the Night Fae, Kyrian and Venthyr bonuses have been found in dungeons.Continue reading »

The Shadowlands Pre-Patch event is currently available for testing on the Public Test Realms, with new questlines being added every couple days (in an accelerated pace on the PTR). In this post, we went through the Week 2 questline, which serves as an introduction to the events of the patch and grants you more Death's Rising Dailies in Icecrown and a portal from Stormwind and Orgrimmar to the Argent Tournament Grounds!Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted their official preview of the Adventure system in Shadowlands, an expanded and refined version of the mission system from past expansions.BlizzardPrepare to put your tactical skills to the test. In the expansion’s new Adventures feature, you’ll send your allies into the Shadowlands to tackle unique challenges for your chosen Covenant.Continue reading »

The Pre-Patch event is currently available for testing on the Public Test Realms, with new questlines being added every week. In this post, we went through the Week 1 questline, which serves as an introduction to the events of the patch and grants you the new Death's Rising dailies in Icecrown!WARNING: SHADOWLANDS PRE-PATCH STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!Continue reading »

Another PvP vendor has been updated to sell Soulbind Conduits! Unlike Legendary Recipes, Blizzard has mentioned that most Conduits will have more than one source so if PvP is not your thing, there will hopefully be another way to obtain these Conduits.PvP Vendor Soulbind ConduitsUnlike Legendary Recipes, Blizzard has mentioned that most Conduits will have more than one source in the Collection Blue Post.Continue reading »

In Shadowlands Build 35522, the PvP vendors have been updated to include some Legendary Power Recipes. This is our first look at one of the sources of Legendary recipes and we've documented the Legendary Powers that are currently available from the PvP vendor. LegendariesIt seems that most of these Legendary Recipes will allow you craft a Legendary that tends to focus on utility rather than direct throughput.Continue reading »

With this week's PTR build all Legion Legendaries have been flagged as Legacy Items, meaning their special effects no longer work for any character, regardless of their level. This restriction was already present in BFA for characters above level 115, but it still left them usable for characters in lower levels, like alts or twinks. Thanks, Digidan for pointing the change to us.Continue reading »

Uther the Lightbringer was one of the characters announced to be part of the Shadowlands expansion during the announcement at BlizzCon 2019. In this post, we talk about details from his journey in Bastion that were recently discovered.For more information about the Kyrian Covenant, check our Covenant guides!Shadowlands Covenants OverviewKyrian Covenant OverviewWARNING: SHADOWLANDS STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!In the World Quest Things Remembered, we return to the Mnemonic Locus in Bastion.Continue reading »

The raid boss Elegon, celestial guardian raid boss of Mogu'shan Vaults from Mists of Pandaria, is now a Spirit Beats and can be tamed on the Shadowlands PTR. This reveal adds to the growing list of new pet families, species, ability updates, and stable improvements coming to the Hunter class in the impending expansion.Continue reading »

We have datamined many epic items that are part of the Shadowlands pre-patch event. These drop from special Undead rares in Icecrown, such as Noth the Plaguebringer, who are returning in the pre-patch. So far we have found bosses from Icecrown Citadel, Naxxramas, and Northrend dungeons!The Undead in the pre-patch now drop updated versions of gear from their original loot tables:Papa's Mint Condition Bag references Papa's New Bag from the Forge of Souls.Continue reading »

One of the most beloved pre-patch events there is, the Scourge Invasion is returning for the Shadowlands Pre-Patch! The event is currently available for testing on the PTR servers. You do NOT require Beta access to test the pre-patch!If you do not have a PTR account, you can create one by visiting the Games and Subscriptions page on your Battle.net account.Continue reading »

Blizzard has posted a lot of Arcane Mage changes for the latest Shadowlands build, related to concerns surrounding talents and GCD usage.Continue reading »

With the PTR updated to allow players to test the Shadowlands pre-patch event, Nathanos Blightcaller has been found. WARNING: SHADOWLANDS STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!Continue reading »

We previously highlighted that one of the Night Fae Soulbind Traits would give you the power to drop combat, just like the Night Elf racial Shadowmeld. However, in the latest Shadowlands Build, this trait has been removed from the Soulbind tree and replaced. Night Fae Shadowmeld RemovedThe Night Fae Shadowmeld Sylvari Mantle has been removed from the Soulbind tree, and replaced by Run Without Tiring.Continue reading »

The WoW PTR client has now been updated to version 9.0.1 which means that Shadowlands Pre-Patch testing should be starting very soon! Edit: Servers are now live allowing players to test the class changes and pre-patch event!As the pre-patch draws near, make sure to do your bucket list for Battle for Azeroth. Check out our What to do Before Shadowlands guide for more info!Continue reading »

We have datamined many epic items that appear to be part of the Shadowlands pre-patch event as they are themed after drops from Wrath dungeon and Icecrown bosses.For example:Papa's Mint Condition Bag references Papa's New Bag from the Forge of Souls.Miniscule Abomination in a Jar references Tiny Abomination in a Jar from Professor Putricide.Keleseth's Influencer references Keleseth's Seducer from the Blood Princes.Continue reading »

Shadowlands Build 35522 contains changes to the Soulbind trees including a new Emeni trait that allows Necrolords to channel Fleshcraft while moving. Bond of Friendship   Defeating an enemy reduces the cooldown on your steward's non-Phial services by 1 sec.Continue reading »

Several legendary powers have received tuning updates in Shadowlands build 35522. This is in addition to the three powers for Death Knights and Priests from this build.DruidLegendary Item Effects (1)Timeworn Dreamcatcher   Starsurge and Starfall reduce the cost of Starsurge and Starfall by 10% for 515% for 6 sec, stacking up to 2 times.Inventory Type:Continue reading »

In this post, we will cover the spell changes added with the first PTR build for Shadowlands.HighlightsMany Classes received scaling changes, you can check them all below.Marksmanship Hunter have received changes.New Mage talentsSome Elemental Shaman changes.Priest's Fae Blessings got reworkedNEW   Earn Envied friendship reputation with Ve'nari in The Maw.NEW   Kill 5 bonus objective bosses in The Maw.NEW   Obtain Sorrowbane from the Theater of Pain.Continue reading »

Build 35522 is being deployed in the Shadowlands Beta and PTR servers.Highlights in the preamble include:More Druid form customization is coming to the barbershop, including glyphs.There are several renown reward changes including a mount available at level 20.9.0 Ardenweald De Other Side - ScenarioDe Other Side (Ardenweald Campaign)Directory: 2439Type:Continue reading »

We have new icons and Encounter Journal assets for Shadowlands build 35522.Continue reading »

A new cosmic map was released on the new 9.0.1 PTR build, including Shadowlands!This is the current Cosmic Map for comparison.Continue reading »

The WoW PTR client has now been updated to version 9.0.1 which means that Shadowlands Pre-Patch testing should be starting very soon!Continue reading »

A Venthyr Covenant Bonus has been found in the Sanguine Depths dungeon, allowing Venthyr players to provide their entire party with a damage and healing buff! A Venthyr player can activate an Anima Cage for a short time and any enemies that die within the Anima Cage's range will grant a stack of the buff, which is a very interesting risk-reward tradeoff.Don't forget that some of the Night Fae and Kyrian bonuses have been found in dungeons.Continue reading »

A Kyrian bonus has been found in the Necrotic Wake dungeon, allowing Kyrian players to provide their party with a buff. This expels 20 Anima orbs to split amongst the party and if your party allows a single player to have them all, that player will have an 80% haste, movement speed, healing done and damage reduction bonus for a short period of time!Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Brewmaster Monk on the Shadowlands Beta including discussion about the Covenant abilities, Legendaries, new abilities and more!IntroductionHi, I’m Llarold! I’m the Brewmaster Monk and Protection Warrior guide writer for Wowhead. I‘ve been tanking since Vanilla, and I began playing all the tank classes and writing tank guides in MoP. This article was reviewed by members of the tank theorycrafting community.Continue reading »

A Kyrian bonus has been found in the Necrotic Wake dungeon, allowing Kyrian players to provide their party with a buff. This expels 20 Anima orbs to split amongst the party and if your party allows a single player to have them all, that player will have an 80% haste, movement speed, healing done and damage reduction bonus for a short period of time!Continue reading »

In the latest Shadowlands Beta build, a new addition was made to the Hall of Shapes in Oribos: Like in previous expansions, Engineers will also have access to an auction house in the main city in the Shadowlands via the Photonic Gearhaggle!For more information about Oribos, the main player hub in the Shadowlands, visit our Oribos guide.Continue reading »

For Wowhead Weekly #240, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Shadowlands beta updates like covenant-specific dungeon perks, all the new hunter tames, and the heirloom revamp.Watch the show and interact with the Nethershards system on the stream chat to redeem prizes such as a Wowhead Rocket Plush, Wowhead Premium Subscriptions and Pins!Continue reading »

One of the most iconic villains in the Warcraft universe and known for his machinations, Kel'Thuzad could be set up as one of the villains of Shadowlands alongside the Jailer. In this post, we go through his currently known participation in Shadowlands, as well as what his role in the future of the expansion could be.WARNING: SHADOWLANDS STORY SPOILERS AND SPECULATION AHEAD!Continue reading »

In the latest Shadowlands Beta build, the Night Fae Covenant bonuses have been added to the Mists of Tirna Scithe Dungeon, allowing Night Fae players to give unique benefits to their party. With at least one Night Fae member in your group, you'll be able to open a new route, activate checkpoints, and get a 10% stat buff for your party.Morgan Day recently announced that dungeons will have unique interactions with your Covenant choice in the Windows Central Interview.Continue reading »

Blizzard has fixed numerous LUA errors on the Shadowlands beta this weekend, which blocked players from testing many types of content. Thanks for the weekend fix!BlizzardIf you exit the WoW client and update it via the Battle.net App, it should prompt an update to build 35432 which looks to have cleared up most/all of these problems. Apologies for the delay!Continue reading »

As players reach max level in Shadowlands once more after the recent character wipe, new World Quests are discovered, and a Mary Poppins-themed World Quest can be found in Revendreth!The World Quest Parasol Peril can be found by the Grand Palisade overlooking Darkhaven in Revendreth. You need to wield a parasol and use it to float to the other side of the massive ravine.Continue reading »

In this Shadowlands Beta build, the UI for the previously announced Conduit collection system has been added. However, it's currently unknown exactly how to acquire Conduits on the Beta.New Conduit Collection UIAs previously announced, this Shadowlands Beta build contains the first look at the Conduit collection system and UI.Continue reading »

Earlier today, the final boss of Castle Nathria, Sire Denathrius, was tested on the Shadowlands beta today and we got to see his Boss Intro RP and his encounter room!Boss IntroWhen you zone into Sire Denathrius' area, he has some RP that will play before he becomes active.Sire Denathrius Encounter RoomThe Sire Denathrius encounter room takes place over 2 floors.Continue reading »

Hunters can tame Undead creatures in Shadowlands through acquiring the Simple Tome of Bone-Binding tome. While we don't know how to get this book, the flavor text strongly hints it is found in Maldraxxus. In addition, Undead Hunters learn how to tame these beasts by default!While the new Cloud Serpents tamed through a book all belong to one family, the Serpent Pet Family, the Undead beasts are scattered through multiple families. Some highlights include:Hound:Continue reading »

Many weapons with simplistic models were datamined on the Shadowlands Beta a couple builds ago. As these weapons had the name "Newplayer" in their model names, it was assumed that these would come from Exile's Reach, and in Build 35432, this has been confirmed to be true!Continue reading »

Blizzard has paid tribute to Reckful by adding him as a Rogue Trainer NPC in Shadowlands.Reckful was a pillar of the WoW community and inspired so many players. From his 3000 rating in PvP to trailblazing the way on Twitch for other World of Warcraft players, he was a role model for so many in our community.After his passing last month, thousands of players paid tribute by gathering in Stormwind Cathedral and Grommash Hold.Continue reading »

Sapphiron, the blue dragon of Northrend turned undead guardian of Naxxramas has been datamined in today's Shadowlands build. While there are currently very few details, the fact that the dragon is present at all is interesting in of itself - originally a servant of Malygos, Sapphiron was defeated by Arthas and raised as a mighty undead Frost Wyrm on his campaign into Northrend in the events of Warcraft III, from there Sapphiron was sent to Naxxramas, serving as the guardian of Kel'Thuzad.Continue reading »

In this Shadowlands build, the Weekly Great Vault has been updated with weekly new requirements for PvP and Mythic+, nerfing the requirements for Mythic+ objectives but increasing the requirements for PvP objectives.Thanks to Kib for letting us know about these changes!All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

In Shadowlands, player levels will be squished, with level 120 characters scaled down to level 50. In this post, we'll show what every player level will convert to after the Shadowlands squish, coming in the pre-patch.Shadowlands Leveling ChangesWhat Level Will You Be After the Shadowlands Level Squish?Continue reading »

Besides adding Courser, Camel, and Mammoth Hunter Pet families in the latest build, as well as books to tame Cloud Serpents and Undead pets, the latest Shadowlands build also added many old-world beasts like Giraffes, Hellhounds, Pigs, and Pythons to existing Hunter Pet families.Thanks to the Petopia community for noticing most of these additions!Shadowlands Hunter Tame DatabaseAll Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

Hunters have three new pet families in today's Shadowlands build: Coursers, Mammoths, and Camels. Here is a rundown of what types of beasts are in each new family, including Alpacas from the Camel family.Our early Hunter Species pages are up as well, with related abilities, appearances, and potential hunter tames from these families.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Continue reading »

Today's build adds new weapon enchant visuals that can be used as weapon transmog illusions by players. These appearances seem to be Covenant-themed, with two new visuals per Covenant.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Full List of Covenant Renown RewardsSoulbind Traits Locked Behind Covenant RenownSinrunner Blanchy - Quest or Secret Mount?Continue reading »

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Old Blanchy, the well-loved horse from vanilla WoW, may be returning as a mount in Shadowlands: Sinrunner Reins.Old Blanchy met her demise in Cataclysm; investigating the murder leads to the major Westfall plot culminating in the return of the Defias. It appears Old Blanchy has gone to the Shadowlands, although the title of the mount, Sinrunner Reins, implies Blanchy has gone to Revendeth which is a bit surprising! Does Blanchy have some sins to atone for?Continue reading »

Many new items were added in Shadowlands build 35432, including Battle Pets, new heirlooms as part of the leveling revamp, and recipes from covenant reputation. Here is a look at the most interesting additions.New Items from Shadowlands Build 35432All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Full List of Covenant Renown RewardsSoulbind Traits Locked Behind Covenant RenownSinrunner Blanchy - Quest or Secret Mount?Continue reading »

In this Shadowlands build, more information about the rewards from Renown have been revealed. Soulbind Traits are locked behind your Covenant's Renown, with the final trait in all your Soulbinds locked behind a high Renown level.Soulbind CalculatorAll Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingWhat Level Will You Be in Shadowlands?Full List of Covenant Renown RewardsSoulbind Traits Locked Behind Covenant RenownSinrunner Blanchy - Quest or Secret Mount?Continue reading »

In this Shadowlands build, the Weekly Great Vault has been updated with weekly new requirements for PvP and Mythic+, nerfing the requirements for Mythic+ objectives but increasing the requirements for PvP objectives.Thanks to Kib for letting us know about these changes!All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingEncounter Journal Updates:Continue reading »

Today's build added new Moonkin form customizations to Kul Tiran Moonkins. These customizations are four different tints available for their Moonkin Form. The tints have been in game since Kul Tiran Druids were datamined, but three were never used.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingEncounter Journal Updates:Continue reading »

Today's build added Druid Artifact Appearances to Barber Shops. Druids are now able to use all Legion Artifact Appearances they have unlocked as their forms, regardless of their specializations.A couple of notes from testing the forms:Unlocks for the Artifact customizations are account-wide, so once you unlock an appearance, all Druids in your account can use them.The point above include the Mage Tower appearances.Continue reading »

In this post, we highlight the Castle Nathria encounter journal for Shadowlands Build 35432, including our first look at raid loot tables.Raid testing will continue this week with our first look at Sire Denathrius and Mythic testing. This will also be the first round of raid testing after the character wipe.In an unthinkable act of treachery, forces from Maldraxxus, the realm charged with defending the Shadowlands, have invaded the Temple of Courage.Continue reading »

Blizzard released the Shadowlands Developer notes for Build 35432, including the previously announced character wipe and heirloom bonus adjustments not currently being available for testing.Continue reading »

New icons and assets for Shadowbuild Build 35432 include icons for the Ember Court and Jewelcrafting necks and Encounter Journal portraits.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35432 DataminingPreamble strings for Renown, Legendaries and ConduitsClass & Spell ChangesSoulbind Changes - Final Moments & Ultimate Form NerfedConduit Changes - New Hunter & Rogue BonusesLegendary Tuning - New Holy Paladin PowerRogue Runecarved Legendary PowersClass & Spell ChangesModelsIconsEncounter Journal PortraitsContinue reading »

Shadowlands build 35432 added many Druid soulbind conduits. This is our first look at conduits for Druids.Endurance ConduitsNEW   Barkskin's cooldown is reduced by 10%.NEW   For 4 sec after shifting into Bear Form, your health and armor are increased $340541%.NEW   For 4 sec after shifting into Bear Form, your health and armor are increased $340541%.NEW   Regrowth and Frenzied Regeneration healing is increased by 12% on yourself.Continue reading »

Shadowlands Build 35432 includes the final Holy Paladin Legendary Power and nerfs the popular DK Legendary Superstrain.Don't forget to check out the new Rogue Legendaries.Continue reading »

Today's build adds changes to a few conduits, plus many new Hunter and Rogue Soulbind Conduits.Continue reading »

Build 35432 is now available for the Shadowlands Beta including many new strings for Renown, Legendaries and Conduits.Continue reading »

Following the Bloomberg report that Blizzard employees created a spreadsheet to share salaries and document being underpaid in the video games industry, we now have a follow-up report from Bloomberg that Blizzard workers are creating a list of workplace demands to present to management, ranging from fair pay to increased sick time.Continue reading »

Blizzard announced tentative plans for changing heirlooms today, after last month's controversial announcement that heirlooms would no longer provide bonus experience. We asked speed leveling expert DesMephisto his thoughts on the changes, broken down into sections below covering each of the new bonuses.I honestly feel like heirlooms have been in a bad place for a very long time.Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions on the current state of Destruction Warlock on the Shadowlands Beta discussing Legendaries, talent changes, covenant abilities and more!About the AuthorThis guide is written and maintained by Loozy who plays a Warlock in the guild FatSharkYes on Kazzak EU. I began playing Warlock during Siege of Orgrimmar and have been raiding actively ever since.Continue reading »

Blizzard will continue with Castle Nathria Raid Testing on August 6th and 7th, including the first look at the end boss, Sire Denathrius, as well as initial Mythic encounter testing. As this will occur after the beta character wipe on August 5th, testers may not be level 60 with a covenant in time for testing.Continue reading »

Activision Blizzard just finished their second-quarter financial results conference call, announcing surpassed expectations with second quarter revenue growing 38% to $1.93 billion.Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced that all beta characters will be deleted tomorrow. With this change, all testers will need to begin anew and level up copied characters. All ways of skipping content (Flaskataurs) will also be removed.During Beta maintenance tomorrow morning (August 5), we intend to delete all test characters in the Shadowlands Beta.Continue reading »

One of the first characters that were announced to make a return in Shadowlands during BlizzCon 2019 was Uther the Lightbringer, who would be pledged to the Kyrian Covenant. In this post, we detail all the questlines that involve the Paladin in the expansion!For more information about the Kyrian Covenant, check our Covenant guides!Shadowlands Covenants OverviewKyrian Covenant OverviewWARNING: SHADOWLANDS STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!Continue reading »

Frustrated by wage disparities and poor compensation, Blizzard employees have started a spreadsheet documenting their underwhelming salaries and pay increases, as reported by Jason Schreier for Bloomberg News. One employee then created a spreadsheet and encouraged staff to share their compensation information. The anonymous document, reviewed by Bloomberg News, contains dozens of purported Blizzard salaries and pay bumps.Continue reading »

In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss Blizzard's latest updates on the Soulbind system, including indestructible conduits, as well as the new info on the Vault Weekly Chest.World of Warcraft Shadowlands had two big gameplay systems appear on the beta and in datamining this week... the Vault Weekly Chest "Choose your reward" system and Blizz announcing that CONDUITS would no longer be destructible... awesome news all around!Continue reading »

Since the Great Vault UI and Objectives were found on the Shadowlands Beta with the datamined strings, many players have speculated how the Item Levels will be awarded for the Mythic+ objectives. We've now found additional details directly from the Great Vault UI which indicates how the Mythic+ Item Level will be determined.DisclaimersThe Shadowlands Great Vault UI is subject to change at any point, as Blizzard hasn't officially announced how the system works.Continue reading »

Preach is hosting a Shadowlands dungeon roundtable on his Twitch stream with Naowh, Fem, Jdotb and Anda.Shadowlands Dungeon OverviewCurrently, there are only 4 Shadowlands dungeons available for Mythic+ difficulty, but all 8 dungeons are available on Normal mode.Continue reading »

Soul Ash, the currency to craft Shadowlands Legendaries, was added to Torghast in this Beta build and we've learned how the Currency drops in Torghast. We go over the Torghast core gameplay loop that you'll be looking to complete every week, detailing how much Soul Ash currently drops, allowing us to speculate how often you'll get a Legendary in Shadowlands!Continue reading »

Arms Warriors have had a tumultuous time, struggling to find an identity or forge a clear class fantasy, the spec has been subject to numerous sweeping design changes over the last several expansions. Below is our collected feedback and opinions on the current state of Arms Warriors on the Shadowlands Beta, mainly focusing on PvE viability, identity, and design intent.Continue reading »

In the last beta build, Blizzard has added a new customization option to Night Elf Males: Blindfold. Currently, there is only the option to have a simple linen blindfold or none, but this could be expanded in the future. This customization is available for all classes, not only Demon Hunters. This option probably comes from detaching the blindfold from one of the existing Night Elf Male faces and making it available for customization.Continue reading »

Castle Nathria raid testing continues today with the Heroic Huntsman Altimor and Council of Blood encounters.StreamsWe are highlighting some streams with different roles.TankDPSHealersHeroic Huntsman AltimorHunstman Altimor Dungeon JournalOverview: Alitmor commands the hunting gargon of Castle Nathira. Each hound possesses unique abilities and shares health with Altimor, when a gargon is defeated Altimor will release another.Tanks:Continue reading »

In one of the chapters of the Night Fae Covenant campaign, we interact with the daughter of the Night Warrior. We completed this chapter of the questline and detailed everything that happened in this post.For more information about the Night Fae covenant, check our Covenant guides!Shadowlands Covenants OverviewNight Fae Covenant OverviewWARNING: SHADOWLANDS STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!The Daughter of the Night Warrior questline chapter begins at 27:15.Editor's note:Continue reading »

A new Mythic Keystone Affix was added in the data for this build called Prideful. It's likely that this is the new Seasonal Affix and some spells have been found that may indicate how the affix works. From the speculated spell data, you'll be able to buff an add with your "Pride", then detonate it on a group of enemies for damage!This is a speculation post and anything can change before the affix goes live.Continue reading »

In the latest Shadowlands Beta build, an early implementation of the option leave and rejoin a Covenant has been added. As of this Beta build, all it requires for you to join a different covenant is going through a serious of confirmation windows, and to complete a quest to return to that Covenant.As with most things on Shadowlands Beta, this is the first implementation of the system we are seeing and very likely NOT FINAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.Continue reading »

In today's build, Blizzard added new items that resemble the functionality from WoD's Aviana's Feather and Legion's Emerald Winds/Rocfeather Skyhorn Kite combo. The items are Regurgitated Kyrian Wings and Hearty Dragon Plume, which, when used together, will likely allow the player to propel themselves up high and glide in a distance, serving as a method of flight long before you can actually fly in the Shadowlands. Thanks, Fobite for pointing it out.Regurgitated Kyrian Wings:Continue reading »

Blizzard released a blue post mentioning that character copies are now available in the Shadowlands Beta, with the exception of Demon Hunters and Death Knights.BlizzardCharacter copy is now available, however, there are issues copying Demon Hunters and Death Knights.Continue reading »

Carrying on from the previous Soulbind updates bluepost which informed us that there would be a persistent collection system for Conduits and that all Soulbinds will have three Potency slots, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas has confirmed via Twitter that Conduits will not change depending on your spec - you will still need to respec Soulbinds in order to change them and setup your preferred Soulbind "build" aimed at how you intend to play.Continue reading »

Our database is now updated for Shadowlands Build 35360 and here are some interesting item finds.Full Database UpdatesBattle PetsMany cute battle pet models were recently datamined!Continue reading »

We came across an interesting item in today's Shadowlands build strongly suggestive of a raid skip quest such as the one found in Ny'alotha and previous raids. Sludgefist's Head is an epic quality quest item with three versions citing Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties, which stacks to 4.Continue reading »

In this post, we are highlighting the new Encounter Journal for build 35360. This build will see testing for Huntsman Altimor, The Council of Blood, Stone Legion Generals, and Shriekwing starting Thursday.Continue reading »

Mistweaver Monks received a couple tuning changes for their Legendary Powers, applying a massive buff to Ancient Teachings of the Monastery and Soothing Focus.Ancient Teachings of the Monastery   Your Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick and Rising Sun Kick heal for 50%120% of the damage done to an injured ally within 20 yards.Inventory Type:Continue reading »

This Shadowlands build also contains 7 of the 8 generic Legendary Powers that are coming with the expansion including powers inspired by Sephuz's Secret, Norgannon's and more!NEW   Summon a spiritual familiar to your side. Your healing spells and abilities have a chance to send your familiar to a nearby ally, increasing their damage and healing by 0 for 20 sec. If no allies are present, your familiar will flock towards your nearest enemy, increasing your damage against them by 0.Continue reading »

All the Shadowlands Legendary Powers for Druids have been added in this build. A revamp of Emerald Dreamcatcher has been added for Balance Druids and more!The new Shadowlands Legendary Powers have been marked with NEW.  When Moonfire, Rake, Rip, or Rejuvenation are on a single target, their effects are increased 30%Inventory Type:Continue reading »

Blizzard has revealed the Shadowlands Mythic+ Season One rewards, the Sinfall Title and Sintouched Deathwalker mount.NEW   Complete all Shadowlands Season One dungeons at Mythic Level 10 or higher, within the time limit.Reward: Title Reward: The SinfulNEW   Complete all Shadowlands Season One dungeons at Mythic Level 15 or higher, within the time limit.Reward: Mount Reward:Continue reading »

We're kicking off datamining with an adorable Baby Steward model, resembling the creatures of Bastion.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35360 DataminingPreamble - New Seasonal Mythic+ AffixClass & Spell ChangesAll Soulbinds Will Have 3 Potency SlotsUpcoming Buffs to Nightfae SoulshapePersistent Conduit CollectionsModelsBaby Steward PetContinue reading »

Ion Hazzikostas has announced that all Soulbinds will have 3 Potency Slots in the future.Soulbind CalculatorCurrently, only 1 Soulbind tree per Covenant has 3 Potency slots. This created an issue if people wanted to have 3 Potency slots for one of their offspecs as you can only change your Conduits once a week.Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced some upcoming changes to the Night Fae Signature ability, Soulshape, which make the ability more powerful. For reference, Soulshape's Soulshape now almost goes as far as a Mage's Blink ability! While Door of Shadows goes farther, Soulshape is now an instant cast blink that can you use multiple times.BlizzardGreetings, friends of the Queen.In the next Beta build, we’ve made some changes to the Night Fae’s Signature Ability, Soulshape.Continue reading »

Blizzard has unveiled new details for the Shadowlands conduit system.Originally Blizzard planned on an inventory-based conduit system, but have since changed it to a persistent collection system.Earning a more powerful version of a Conduit you already have will simply upgrade that Conduit in your collection. This explains the datamined 15 Conduit ranks from recent builds.You will be able to change your Conduits once per week.Continue reading »

Blizzard has announced the second wave of raid testing for Shadowlands, which will take place on July 30th and 31st.In this wave, four heroic encounters will be tested: Huntsman Altimor, The Council of Blood, Stone Legion Generals, Shriekwing.Check out our guides on those encounters!Huntsman AltimorThe Council of BloodStone Legion GeneralsShriekwingBlizzardOn Thursday, July 30th and Friday, July 31st, we will be continuing our raid tests in Castle Nathria.Continue reading »

Last week, Shadowlands Beta Build 35256 contained many class, covenant, legendary and conduit updates. This build included new Legendary Powers for Druids and Monks, Soulbind Conduits for many new classes and much more! Check out the full build recap which includes the first round of Castle Nathria testing, the addition of spell variance and tons of cute models including Jelly Cat.Continue reading »

Shadowlands Alpha has officially closed, with the Beta now in full swing, and Blizzard has sent out an email thanking players for their testing, as well as releasing some personal and community infographic gameplay achievements.Blizzardyou've made the realms beyond safer—and a little more stable—by alpha-testing World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. We're grateful for your diligence and time, and we've prepared a record of your deeds.Continue reading »

For Wowhead Weekly #238, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Shadowlands beta updates and new SDCC merch.Watch the show and interact with the Nethershards system on the stream chat to redeem prizes such as a Wowhead Rocket Plush, Wowhead Premium Subscriptions and Pins!Continue reading »

Blizzard has shared some assorted minor changes coming to Druids in an upcoming Shadowlands beta build.BlizzardSome assorted minor changes in an upcoming build, just noting here:–Convoke the Spirits can be channeled while moving, in all forms.–Adaptive Swarm (damage swarm) will try to favor targets that have Moonfire or Rip active. It will not, however, merge/stack two swarms together if it can avoid it.Continue reading »

With all the recent developments surrounding Soulbinds on the Shadowlands beta, we've significantly revamped the Wowhead Soulbind Calculator with a new UI, working conduits, selectable traits, and even conduit ranks. Now you can create and share your personalized Soulbind and Conduit setups.Shadowlands Soulbind CalculatorThe UI has received a big overhual with new backgrounds, lit-up nodes, and options to swap between soulbinds in a particular covenant.Continue reading »

While this could be an accident, World of Warcraft Shadowlands has been rated for Xbox Series X in Brazil.One of the first things found when Shadowlands datamining began were strings relating to gamepad support, seemingly allowing players to assign keybinds to various console controllers.This fueled the speculation that WoW could be going to console, but Blizzard confirmed via the forums that their intent was to make WoW more accessible through gamepad support, not full console support.Continue reading »

Welcome to the latest installment of our Artist's Corner series! Here at Wowhead we love art - drawing, painting, sculpting, woodworking, metalworking, jewelry making, papercrafting, badge making, everything under the sun.In an effort to share what our wonderful community does, about once a month, we like to feature an artist and their craft.Continue reading »

Several days ago, Shadowlands Beta Build 9.0.1.35256 hit, with the first round of Castle Nathria testing, blue posts on the return of spell variance, and tons of cute models including Jelly Cat. We're recapping all of Wowhead's earlier Beta discoveries in one post so you can find things easily.Stay up-to-date on the latest Shadowlands info with our News Webhook and our master list of Shadowlands coverage.Shadowlands BetaReminder we're now officially in beta!Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions on the current state of all rogue specs on the Shadowlands Beta, discussing the changes, bugs and placeholders for Assassination, Outlaw and Subtlety.About the AuthorGreetings. I am Mystler, a Rogue theorycrafter who is also a developer on SimulationCraft, HeroDamage, and HeroRotation. You can find me on the Ravenholdt Discord Server, Twitter, or sometimes streaming on Twitch.I was the only Rogue TCer who has had access to the Alpha as we went into Beta.Continue reading »

During the Maldraxxus Leveling Storyline it has been revealed that Alexandros Mograine, the Ashbringer, was sent there in death. Many players, as well as Mograine himself, were confused as to why he was not in Bastion. During the Necrolord Covenant storyline, we take a visit to Bastion to correct wrongs done during the Bastion Leveling Storyline, and this ends up being touched upon.For more information on the Necrolord Covenant, check our Covenant guides!Continue reading »

One of the more popular World Quests in Legion were PvP World Quests, where you could focus on doing PvP objectives in free-for-all PvP areas. Although these quests were not available in Battle for Azeroth, they are making a return in Shadowlands with the Trials of Zo'Sorg!Zo'Sorg, the Master of Conflict, is one of the new PvP vendors being added in Shadowlands. However, if you wander the Shadowlands with War Mode on, you will be able to find new PvP World Quests, with Zo'Sorg in the area!Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions on the state of Vengeance Demon Hunter on the state of Shadowlands Beta discussing the ineffectual changes, rotation issues, covenant abilities and more!IntroductionEver since the introduction of the Demon Hunter class in Legion, Vengeance as a spec has always felt reliant on borrowed power from external systems rather than being complete in its design.Continue reading »

Tanks have recently noticed that most Taunts are not applying their taunt debuff and were wondering if it was bugged. Now, Blizzard has now confirmed that Taunts are indeed bugged on the Shadowlands Beta. Edit: Taunts are now fixed on the Shadowlands Beta.BlizzardWe’re aware of and working on a bug with taunts in the Shadowlands Beta.We’ll confirm again here as soon as it’s fixed.Taunts on the Shadowlands Beta were not applying their 3 second debuff (except for DH Taunt).Continue reading »

Today is the second day of Heroic Castle Nathria testing, continuing with the Sun King's Salvation and Sludgefist encounters.Make sure to check out our Castle Nathria preview:Castle Nathria PreviewStreamsWe are highlighting some streams with different roles.TankDPSHealersSun King's Salvation Encounter JournalSun King's Salvation Dungeon JournalSun King's SalvationOverview:Continue reading »

One of the many characters announced to make a return in Shadowlands, Kael'thas Sunstrider is a key part of the Venthyr Covenant storyline. With more chapters now available for testing on the Shadowlands Beta, we played through his questline!For more information about the Venthyr Covenant or Kael'thas' participation in the Castle Nathria raid, please check our guides!Venthyr Covenant OverviewSun King's Salvation - Castle Nathria Strategy Guide WARNING: SHADOWLANDS STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!Continue reading »

Feedback and opinions for the current state of Elemental Shaman in the Shadowlands Beta including the removal of Maelstrom, Covenant abilities, Legendaries and more!IntroductionAs we march closer to the release of Shadowlands, Elemental stands as a spec in flux. There have been no small number of changes to the spec so far, but the goals outlined by Blizzard in their original class updates blog seem just as far away as they were when the post was originally made in April.Continue reading »

The Mighty Caravan Brutosaur cannot be purchased for gold in the Shadowlands pre-patch, making the Feat of Strength Conspicuous Consumption unobtainable. The mount will instead be added to the Black Market Auction House.Earlier today, Blizzard published a list of rewards going away at Shadowlands launch and in the pre-patch, confirming the removal of the Brutosaur.Continue reading »

Today marks the beginning of Shadowlands raid testing with the first two heroic bosses being available. To celebrate, we will preview the environment of the new raid, Castle Nathria!Continue reading »

In the latest Shadowlands Beta build, a new World PvP Meta Achievement has been discovered, with two rewards attached to it: the Deathbringer Title and a Deathbringer's Flayedwind chimera mount.In the same style of the Battle for Azeroth Meta achievement Conqueror of Azeroth/Conqueror of Azeroth, the Deathbringer achievement requires you to complete many World PvP achievements in Shadowlands.Continue reading »

Today's build added the previously announced option to swap genders at the barbershop.Blizzard original statement on the matter:John HightA long time ago, we had the ability for players to go in - it was actually a paid service - and change their character. Much of that is now in the barber shop in the game, and as we were adding things up in Shadowlands, we realised, 'Gosh the only way you can change your gender in World of Warcraft is to go through this paid service.Continue reading »

Sylvanas' Shadowlands model has received a few tweaks in today's beta build, including redder eyes and lighter skin. Her model has received several tint changes throughout the course of the alpha, as it's difficult to find the right color balance on a character with grey skin wearing grey armor.Continue reading »

In Shadowlands Beta Build 35256, many new weapon models labeled "Newplayer" were datamined. These weapons have HD models but picture more simplistic weapon types. These are believed to come from the new starting zone coming in Shadowlands, Exile's Reach.For more information on Exile's Reach, check our overview!Continue reading »

In this post, we present various tints for a new 2H Sword model, named after the Maw. This naming convention has also been used for several spiky armor sets, which will be utilized for legendary item appearances at the start of Shadowlands and may possibly be collectible as full sets in a later patch. Keep in mind that it is not yet clear how we'll be able to collect this weapon model in Shadowlands, all we have so far is the appearance.Continue reading »

We have a number of cute new Shadowlands models including a jelly cat, bat pet, and tree pet.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35256 DataminingTorghast Maps & IconsUpdated Encounter JournalPet Battle Feedback - Content, Pets, Abilities, & BalancePreamble - Deathbringer TitleSpells will have 5% Variance in SLClass & Spell ChangesRuneforged Legendary Updates for Paladins, Priests, and WarlocksPvP Honorable Medallion Talent Slot Removed - Replaced by PvP TrinketsRuneforged Legendary Monk PowersSoulbind Changes - Instant Cast Door of Shadows RemovedDH, DK, Hunter, & Paladin ConduitsClass & Spell ChangesRuneforged Legendary Druid PowersModelsUpdated Shadowlands Sylvanas ModelNew Player Weapon Models from Exile's ReachMaw 2h Sword ModelsJelly Cat, Bat, and Tree PetsUnique Ardenweald Toad Mount Model and AnimationNew Spirit Healer & Bloodlouse ModelsBat PetJelly CatHorse BastionMaw InquisitorMaw NecromancerMaw ZombieSquirrel ArdenwealdToad ArdenwealdWinged Lion PetBat Pet RevendrethSwamp PetTree PetContinue reading »

This build adds new maps for Torghast and the Runecarver Chamber, plus many new icons, including new ones for items in the New Player Experience and Covenant Pets!All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35256 DataminingTorghast Maps & IconsUpdated Encounter JournalPet Battle Feedback - Content, Pets, Abilities, & BalancePreamble - Deathbringer TitleSpells will have 5% Variance in SLClass & Spell ChangesRuneforged Legendary Updates for Paladins, Priests, and WarlocksPvP Honorable Medallion Talent Slot Removed - Replaced by PvP TrinketsRuneforged Legendary Monk PowersSoulbind Changes - Instant Cast Door of Shadows RemovedDH, DK, Hunter, & Paladin ConduitsClass & Spell ChangesRuneforged Legendary Druid PowersModelsUpdated Shadowlands Sylvanas ModelNew Player Weapon Models from Exile's ReachMaw 2h Sword ModelsJelly Cat, Bat, and Tree PetsUnique Ardenweald Toad Mount Model and AnimationNew Spirit Healer & Bloodlouse ModelsMapsRunecarver Chamber IconsNew Player Experience ItemsCovenant PetsMaw EyeRenownSolenium (New Ore)Other itemsContinue reading »

This build also contains a couple changes to Demon Hunter, Paladin, Priest and Warlock Legendary Powers.Today's build revealed the Monk and Druid Legendaries!Continue reading »

One of the new models added in Shadowlands Beta Build 35256 is an Ardenweald-themed Toad Mount!Continue reading »

Blizzard has updated their PvP Medallion Trinkets in Shadowlands post to confirm that the first PvP talent slot, which offers the choice of anti-CC talents Adaptation, Gladiator's Medallion, or Relentless, will be removed is Shadowlands. It will not exist alongside new CC breaking PvP Trinkets, and players will only have three slots for the main Honor talents going forward.BlizzardYes.Continue reading »

Shadowlands Encounter Journal for Beta Build 35256.Continue reading »

New models in Shadowlands beta build 35256 include a Spirit Healer and Bloodlouse NPCs.All Shadowlands Datamining and NewsBuild 35256 DataminingTorghast Maps & IconsUpdated Encounter JournalPet Battle Feedback - Content, Pets, Abilities, & BalancePreamble - Deathbringer TitleSpells will have 5% Variance in SLClass & Spell ChangesRuneforged Legendary Updates for Paladins, Priests, and WarlocksPvP Honorable Medallion Talent Slot Removed - Replaced by PvP TrinketsRuneforged Legendary Monk PowersSoulbind Changes - Instant Cast Door of Shadows RemovedDH, DK, Hunter, & Paladin ConduitsClass & Spell ChangesRuneforged Legendary Druid PowersModelsUpdated Shadowlands Sylvanas ModelNew Player Weapon Models from Exile's ReachMaw 2h Sword ModelsJelly Cat, Bat, and Tree PetsUnique Ardenweald Toad Mount Model and AnimationNew Spirit Healer & Bloodlouse ModelsContinue reading »

Blizzard has posted a lengthy blue post about what's coming in Shadowlands for Pet Battles, including content available to test starting this build. These changes include the previously announced ability rebalance, which intends to change the pet battle meta from its BFA state.Continue reading »