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World of Warcraft®: Deep Dive Panel Recap

Quote from: Blizzard

During the World of Warcraft®: Deep Dive panel at BlizzCon 2023, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas took viewers deeper into the features coming in the next chapter of World of Warcraft: The War Within™.

During the World of Warcraft: What’s Next panel, the philosophy to continue to utilize evergreen content to make World of Warcraft better with every new feature addition was discussed. With The War Within expansion, the intention is to continue to build on the foundations of Dragonflight and carrying those philosophies forward with replayability, depth, and player agency while considering all the varying playstyles found in the game.

Introducing Delves

Delves are quick adventures for one to five players as a solo experience, with friends, or even as a dungeon group. These adventures are integrated into the outdoor realm as a new endgame pillar alongside dungeons, raids, and PvP. Designed to provide variety, flexibility, and replayability,  there are 12 Delves available at launch that take place throughout Khaz Algar in a variety of environments.

Shaped by lessons learned from Torghast, Islands, and Scenarios, Delves intends to allow more player choice and variety.

Just the Facts:

  • 10–15-minute adventures
  • Players will unravel mysteries and seek out treasure throughout Khaz Algar
  • New Seasonal Rewards with a narrative tie-in and NPC companions

Season One will include the NPC companion, Brann Bronzebeard.  These companions will level up as they journey with you and can be customized to be a compliment to your character, whether you need them to do more damage or heal a bit for you.

Entering one of these adventures won’t involve any loading screens to transition into a Delve portal. As you solve the mysteries and puzzles within and defeat the boss at the end, you’ll make your way to a room overflowing with treasure offering currency, gold, chances at cosmetics, and more. If you have the right key, you may even be able to open any large Resplendent Chests that will show up from time to time. These keys can be earned in other Delves, outdoor gameplay, or in a weekly quest. These items will be balanced against dungeon and raid loot.

Delve Locations

Delves will be integrated into the various zones with a variety of environments, settings, and inhabitants.

Isle of Dorn Hallowfall The Ringing Deeps Azj-Kahet
Earthcrawl Mines Skittering Breach The Waterworks The Spiral Weave
Kriegval’s Rest Nightfall Sanctum The Dread Pit Rak-Rethan Abyss
Fungal Folly The Sinkhole Deepwalker Hold
  Mycomancer Cavern

Delves have several difficulty tiers, resulting in a variety of potential rewards.

The Great Vault

The Great Vault will add the new “World” category, removing PvP. For the first time, players who take part in outdoor world activities will be able to earn rewards from the Great Vault. Whether it’s from completing outdoor objectives or by doing Delves, players will be able to unlock rewards based on the level of difficulty completed. Rewards can potentially reach the level of Heroic raiding or close to Mythic 15 dungeon range.

Players who take part in PvP will no longer need to access the Guild Vault for rewards—which were often more random than players wanted. Instead, players will receive additional Conquest to be able to purchase the items they want most.

There will be a variety of cosmetics available in Delves such as fun new helms like a fungarian hat, kobold helm with candles, or even the terrifying new undersea creature, kobyss, helm.

Players who take part in Delves will also be able to unlock a new customizable flying mount.

Warbands

In summary, Warbands mean account-wide everything. As the years have progressed, World of Warcraft players have changed the way they play, leveling up multiple alternative characters has become the norm instead of focusing only on one character.  This is the result of the leveling experience becoming faster over time and playing alternate characters a regular expectation. Players who want to play additional characters currently run into additional challenges, however.

Warbands is an attempt to change the system and create a more alt-friendly experience and reset the foundation of World of Warcraft allowing for the accomplishments of individual players to be reflected across all of their characters on their Battle.net account. This new system will focus on adding convenience and flexibility but will not provide additional power to alts.

  • Warband Bank: Share Items between all of your characters on a single Battle.net account in one convenient bank.
  • Warbound Items: These are bonus personal loot items that drop at a slightly lower level that can be shared with alternate characters.

Additional Integrations

  • Transmogrification Collection: This system will expand to allow players on one character to add additional class specific items that they can’t equip to their transmog collection. This allows a player on a mage character to collect a warrior item and be able to add it to the transmog collection for use on your warrior character instead.
  • Warband Reputations: Many Reputations in The War Within will become available for all characters to access through integration with Warbands. As an example: unlocking a recipe on one character won’t be reliant on gaining the trust of a faction again on an alternate character.
  • Flight Paths: Once unlocked on one character, all characters in your Warband can access them.
  • Delves: Leveling up a companion NPC will be accessible to characters in your Warband.
  • Achievements: Instead of only specific achievements being account-wide, they are being updated so that they are all account-wide rewarding the individual player instead of the character for the accomplishment.
  • Login Screen: When you log in to the game, you’ll be able to see a selection of your characters on the login screen waiting for you to choose who you will go on your next adventure with.

Hero Talents

With Hero talents, you’ll be receiving 10 new talent points for each of the 10 levels you’ll earn while playing through The War Within. These new talent points will focus on offering the ability to explore a deeper class fantasy, provide additional flexibility to suit your play style, and offer progression and agency while not adding excessive complexities.

With four available specializations, development began with the druids. As an example, a Balance druid might choose between Keeper of the Grove or Elune’s Chosen. You’ll be able to swap between the same way as you change talents any other time during gameplay.

Adding Hero talents to the mix provides three talent trees to choose from: Class, Hero, and Specialization. With ten points available to apply to Hero talents, you’ll be able to access all of the available nodes on a given Hero tree. The choices will lie in which of the talents you want to take first as you level up.

Within the Hero tree there are additional choice nodes you’ll be able to select depending on the type of content you are undertaking.

The Keeper of the Grove tree is available to both Balance and Restoration druids. This selection focuses on summons and offers additional choice nodes.

Elune’s Chosen tree is available to Balance and Guardian druids.

This tree is all about Elune and calling down her power to smite foes and protect allies.

Hero Talent Trees

There are 39 Hero talent specializations available.

Death Knight

  • Rider of the Apocalypse
  • San’layn
  • Deahtbringer
 Hunter

  • Sentinel
  • Pack Leader
  • Dark Ranger
 Priest

  • Voidweaver
  • Oracle
  • Archon
 Warrior

  • Colossus
  • Slayer
  • Mountain Thane
Demon Hunter

  • Aldrachi Reaver
  • Fel-Scarred
 Mage

  • Sunfury
  • Frostfire
  • Spellslinger
 Rogue

  • Deathstalker
  • Trickster
  • Fatebound
  
Druid

  • Keeper of the Grove
  • Elune’s Chosen
  • Wildstalker
  • Druid of the Claw
 Monk

  • Master of Harmony
  • Shado-pan
  • Conduit of the Celestials
 Shaman

  • Stormbringer
  • Farseer
  • Totemic
  
Evoker

  • Chronowarden
  • Ruby Adept
  • Scalecommander
 Paladin

  • Lightsmith
  • Herald of the Sun
  • Templar
 Warlock

  • Soul Harvester
  • Hellcaller
  • Diabolist
  

Names of all Hero Talent trees subject to change.

Each class specialization will have access to two of the three Hero trees to choose from.

Other Features

Earthen Allied Race

Players will be able to play through The War Within campaign and the endgame questline to unlock access to  the Earthen Allied Race.  This new race is able to join either the Horde or the Alliance and will be available to play as the following classes: Death Knight, Hunter, Mage, Monk, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, and Warrior. Leveling this new Allied Race will also unlock the new Earthen Heritage Armor.

Dynamic Flight

Dragonriding is here to stay and will also be available for many flying mounts in all flyable areas even prior to the launch of The War Within. Players will also be able to toggle between dynamic flight or the flying style introduced originally in The Burning Crusade (TBC).

Dynamic Flight will be available from the start in Khaz Algar and players will be able to unlock the TBC style of flight at maximum level by exploring the zones of The War Within and completing the campaign.  Players will also be able to collect glyphs throughout Khaz Algar as they explore.  These glyphs will be shifting to an evergreen state in which players shouldn’t feel as if they need to go back to Dragonflight to gain any they missed before. Some abilities that players have collected from their adventures in the Dragon Isles may be restricted to the Dragon Isles, but base abilities like increased Vigor will become a part of how Dynamic Flight works and available to everyone as they level up.

New Battleground!

This new 10v10 capture-point map is set in the Ringing Deeps. This battleground is similar to Silvershard Mines, but with some additional twists. Players will fight for control of minecarts along with a central node, teams will want to control.

Interface Updates

As a part of the continuing refinement of the Interface, the Spellbook is getting some additional cleanup. It will provide a larger and cleaner layout, take advantage of modern display resolutions, and allow more pages to fit on one screen. It will serve as a one-stop-shop for your spells and talents within the same tab along with specialization information.

Aspects of the quest interface are also evolving allowing more filtering along with hide or show objectives in your quest log. Icons are also getting cleaned up.

While not large changes, development continues to work to streamline the User Interface to improve the default capabilities.

Cross-Realm Guilds

Players will be able to apply for a guild or recruit new players to their guild freely, regardless of the realm they are on. Mythic raiding will be available from the first day of the launch of The War Within. The Hall of Fame will still exist to commemorate the top guilds in each season and in each tier and save their accomplishments, but there’s no longer a need to tie it to unlocking the ability to do the content within the game.

This is another means toward removing social barriers that currently exist so that players can join with their friends wherever they are.

We look forward to sharing more about the future of The War Within as development continues.

Don’t forget to submit your questions for the Q&A next week!

World of Warcraft®: What’s Next Panel Recap

Quote from: Blizzard

During the World of Warcraft®: What’s Next panel at BlizzCon 2023, Cinematic Narrative Director Terran Gregory, Associate Design Director Maria Hamilton, and Associate Game Director Morgan Day dove into an overview of the world, story, and features coming in the next chapter of World of Warcraft—The War Within™.

Discover what lies in the depths of Azeroth and confront the shadows below. The War Within is the tenth expansion for World of Warcraft and the first chapter in the Worldsoul Saga™ taking players on a journey into the subterranean depths of Azeroth to reveal a new world full of mystery, wonder, and darkness.

Our Story Begins

In the cinematic reveal of the expansion, we witness Thrall and Anduin having a moment together after Anduin Wrynn has wandered alone for the last few years, lost in his own thoughts, and grappling with the experience he’s been through. Throughout this trailer and the features trailer, we learn two very important developments.

Thrall spoke of a vision calling out from the heart of the world…”like a voice from a dream,” this Radiant Song will compel our heroes to investigate its origins. While at the same time, a darkness has been gathering even as the heroes adventured on the Dragon Isles. In the War Within, the mysterious Harbinger that Iridikron spoke of will reveal themselves at last— Xal’atath has returned.

Freed long ago of the black blade that once bound her, she is now the Harbinger of a new era of the Void’s dark machinations. Her message is clear. The Black Empire has fallen. The Old Gods are dead and their ancient blood runs deep within the cracks of the world. We, the heroes of Azeroth destroyed them and the Harbinger watched all along. While the Black Empire has failed, Xal’atath seeks to set in motion the rise of a new dark legacy —one that knows our strengths and will seek to test them against a terrible power, the nerubians of Azj-Kahet.

Xal’atath has conscripted the nerubian queen, Ansurek, and offered her people a new future in which they would rise from their isolation and become a mighty kingdom once again. We will not find the nerubian soldiers of the Lich King here, but a mighty stronghold of nerubians as they once were—deadly survivors of the mythic wars that have played out again and again over thousands of years.

In return for their loyalty, Xal’atath has granted the nerubians the means of a dark evolution that will turn the nerubians into a new kind of ferocious and terrifying soldiers.

Our Heroes

Several of Azeroth’s greatest heroes will rise to the call of the Radiant Song, and many will be faced with their own unique challenges along the way.

  • Anduin Wrynn: Having survived his ordeal with Domination, he will grapple with his relationship with the Holy Light that he no longer feels worthy of.
  • Thrall: He is seeking a connection to the visions spreading across the world and working to find his new place within the Horde.
  • Magni Bronzebeard: Long the Speaker of Azeroth, he will confront the heavy weight of that responsibility once and for all.
  • Alleria Windrunner: Her journey will be central to the events and themes of the War Within. She, as a void hunter, must use all of her capabilities to hunt down Xal’atath while being torn between her own nature and the maddening call of the Void to which she is attuned. Along this adventure she will have a unique rivalry with Xal’atath whose twists and turns will come to define the nature of this new conflict.

This chapter is only the beginning of the saga.

Khaz Algar- Designated Sector AR-934

As we are called upon by dream-like visions rising from the heart of Azeroth, this summons will lead us to the subterranean continent of Khaz Algar, a place long forgotten. It’s only through recent exploration in Uldaman that we discovered a Watcher report concerning a contingent of Earthen that was dispatched to investigate a fissure in a sector.

Meet the Earthen

We’ve met Titan-forged Earthen before in Ulduar and other places, but this society of Earthen has been isolated within Khaz Algar for a long while and have developed their own manners and customs. Visually, they are a bit larger, and gem encrusted. Philosophically, they are guided by the edicts of the Titans with a set of codified orders, duties, and expectations that provide instructions for the core functions of their society. But, the Titans have been absent for eons and the Earthen are no longer united in their adherence to the edicts. They now exist as three separate groups that are estranged from one another.

  • Oathsworn – As their name suggests, these Earthen still uphold the Edicts. Their charge is guarding the Coreway, the Titan passageway that leads to the core of Azeroth. They are primarily city dwellers, living conveniently near the object of their responsibility.
  • Unbound – In contrast, these Earthen have abandoned the edicts. Their original responsibility was providing materials to keep the Titan installations supplied. They are primarily rural, living in and around the quarries, mines, and other places where natural resources can be acquired. They rarely interact with the city dwellers.
  • Machine Speakers – These Earthen have strayed from the Edicts in practice but now with respect to their overall obligation to repair the Titan works. They have had limited contact with surface dwellers. Their homes are built around the vast industrial projects under the surface.

No longer unified in working together to solve their problems, they are weakened. A much larger problem is in their dwindling numbers.

It is up to the heroes of Azeroth to aid the Earthen and find a way to unite them once more and replenish their numbers.

Earthen as a New Allied Race

Earthen will also be unlocked as a playable race, replenishing the culture’s dwindling numbers by either joining the Horde or the Alliance. Players will be able to choose either faction to begin their journey.

There are many customizations that will be coming for these Earthen including different gem encrustations, beards for all body types, skin colorizations, and more.

Meet The Arathi

Another interesting culture that players will encounter in the War Within is the Arathi. These descendants of the original Arathorian Empire have arrived relatively recently and through some mysterious circumstances find themselves trapped here within Khaz Algar.

As a people they are worshippers and wielders of Holy Fire. They are dedicated to bringing both hope and light to the darkness. They are a tough and resilient people with every member of the society being able combatants. Some are further blessed with Paladin-like abilities through their devotion to the Light.

They’ve established a home away from home in an enormous cavern bordered by an endless underground sea from which terrifying creatures emerge to rampage and create havoc.

An even greater threat presents itself from below as a constant swarm of nerubians, which have been held back, so far, from invading Arathi lands. The assault is unrelenting and the threat is dire.

Meet the Nerubians

We will explore the nerubian’s last kingdom deep within Khaz Algar. These ancient survivors of the Black Empire who rejected their former masters have developed their own culture here in the deep darkness. Xal’atath has made a bargain with the nerubian queen, Ansurek, who seeks a new future and a renewed glory for her people. The nerubians are extremely capable and devious adversaries who have been honing their skills with their constant assault of the Arathi. Through a dark alchemical process, Xal’atath has provided the knowledge to help evolve chosen nerubians into paragons of their race and enhancing their viciousness.

Queen Ansurek has embraced these modifications with enthusiasm and eagerly offered up her army to achieve the Harbinger’s schemes. But not all of the nerubians share this enthusiasm.

The society of nerubians offers up a citizenry in a variety of forms, some of which we’ve never seen before.

The Zones of Khaz Algar

The Isle of Dorn: This zone is at the surface of Khaz Algar and is home to the Earthen surface dwellers as well as a variety of other species. It is an untouched paradise of fertile soil, flowering plant life, and generous waterways. You can find the Earthen making Cinderbrew Mead here from a volatile substance manufactured from molten honey produced by enormous fiery bees. The hearts of the trees in the grove glow with lava-like fluid. You’ll also find a large walled city in which the Oathsworn live and serve the Edicts of the Titans.

The Ringing Deeps: Beneath the surface of the Isle of Dorn is the Ringing Deeps. This is where the Earthen engage in their work, in accordance with the Edicts. Large, complicated machines, lava-heated foundries and forges, and waterworks can be found in the industrial areas of this cavernous space. Maintaining the Titan mechanisms and keeping everything running is a passion for the Machine Speakers. There is natural beauty here as well which thrives in areas in which the natural light shines down from above and water flows to support the greenery, flowers, and creatures that you wouldn’t normally find in a cavern. With the decrease in the Machinery Speaker population, there has been an increase in kobold incursions.

Hallowfall: A vast hollow area in the earth, it is bordered by an endless underground sea. A giant crystal provides bright light to the Arathi who  have established docks, towers for light beacons, villages, farms and a priory. Their holy fire fueled airships allow them to reach high plateaus as well as battle the constant nerubian threats. The light from the crystal cycles randomly, taking the area from light to darkness and bringing with it new and dangerous creatures. From their capital of Mereldar, the Arathi work to keep hope alive and spread the Light while continuing their battle against the nerubians at their borders.

Azj-Kahet: In the deepest area of the descent is Azj-Kahet.

  • The City of Threads: The nerubian City of Threads has been built on the ruins of itself may times over and as areas decay and crumble new districts are built on top of the ruins. This has resulted in a city that climbs ever higher. The nerubians favored by the queen, or those who have some amount of wealth live in the highest locations and have the best views.
    • The Burrows: Home of the scavengers and forgotten.
    • Umbral Bazaar: Operates as a trading hub of fine silks, alchemical discoveries, and other exotic and hard to find goods.
    • The Skeins are the home of the lore-keepers and scholars who maintain the history of their people and research the myths and legends of Azeroth.
    • There are many other districts in the City of Threads as well but in order to explore them, you’ll need to utilize pheromones and possess considerable bravery.

Zone Flow

The use of light-filled cenotes in The Ringing Deeps, and a enormous crystal light source in Hallowfall help you experience distinctly different environments that don’t feel as though they are deep underground. The journey from the surface Isle of Dorn to the depths of Azj-Kahet is designed for a seamless descent toward the core of Azeroth. The zones have been layered and stacked upon one another and built for dynamic flight, allowing for exhilarating dives and soars within the cavernous spaces.

Dungeons

Similar to the launch of previous expansions, there will be 4 level-up dungeons and 4 maximum-level dungeons that can be found in each of the four new zones.

Level-Up Dungeons

  • The Rookery
  • The Stonevault
  • Priory of the Sacred Flame
  • City of Threads

Maximum Level

  • Cinderbrew Meadery
  • Darkflame Cleft
  • The Dawnbreaker
  • Old City

Nerub’ar Palace Raid Dungeon

The Nerub’ar Palace raid dungeon will be available with the start of  The War Within Season 1, offering eight boss encounters. Located in Azj-Kahet, it will result in the culmination of the story we see play out involving the machinations of the nerubian empire and Queen Ansurek’s collaboration with Xal’atath.

System Overview

In a continuation of philosophies that have been used in Dragonflight, we’ll be bringing three main pillars into The War Within.

  • Focus on evergreen additions and refurbishing rather than systems that phase out from expansion to expansion.
  • Provide Something for everyone, investing in World of Warcraft’s foundations to make it better.
  • Continued Focus on Respecting Player Time

Delves

Delves is a new feature that is integrated into the outdoor world experience. Players will join the Dragonscale Expedition in the search for lost treasure in Khaz Algar. This is an evergreen feature similar to World Quests but with a new type of content for players to engage who enjoy outdoor exploration.

Delves will provide seasonal content and rewards and will be integrated into the Great Vault.

There will be 12 Delves at the launch of the expansion and allow groups of one to five players. It is a role-agnostic experience that can be completed either solo or with friends.

As a part of the experience of Delves, players will be able to be accompanied by an NPC companion. Brann Bronzebeard will join players for Season 1 and have a customizable abilities that you can adjust to suit your playstyle or needs.

At the end of every Delve a massive Treasure Trove awaits you, but first you’ll need to clear the way so that Brann can open the door.

Warbands

Warbands are a new system we’re introducing that will be the representation of all of the characters on a player’s Battle.net account. It will be a platform that will share achievements and resources across all of those characters. We’ll share more in our World of Warcraft: Deep Dive panel, but to share just a teaser, we’ll be looking at updating transmogrification acquisition rules so that when you collect a new transmog, you won’t need to be on the class that could use it. You’ll be able to add it to your collection so that it’s there when you play that character.

Hero Talents

We’re also introducing new types of talents known as Hero talents. There will be three Hero talent trees for each class (excepting Druid with four and Demon Hunter with two) which will provide evergreen choices and additional customization.

Hero talents will introduce new, small, self-contained talent trees resulting in players having three types of talent points: Hero Talents, Class talents, and Specialization talents. This system unlocks at level 71 and with each level through level 80, players will receive one new talent point per level, resulting in a total of 10 available points to use as you wish. Players will be able to easily switch between talents similarly to existing Talent trees.

We look forward to sharing more as we move forward in development and hope you’ve enjoyed getting to learn a little more about The War Within.

Don’t forget to check out the World of Warcraft Deep Dive panel and submit your questions for the Q&A next week!

World of Warcraft®: The War Within™ Announced!

Quote from: Blizzard

World of Warcraft®: The War Within™ has just been announced!  Prepare to descend beneath the surface of Azeroth to explore subterranean worlds full of hidden wonders, earn the trust of the new Earthen allied race, and face an ancient evil lurking in the darkness.

The Worldsoul Saga™ Begins

The wings of a grand new adventure spread widely across the next three expansions!* Be a part of the epic story that celebrates the first 20 years of World of Warcraft and sets new foundations for Azeroth’s future.

Explore the Vast Depths of Azeroth

Journey deep beneath the surface through the four expansive zones of Khaz Algar, the home of the titan-forged Earthen. Start your adventure on the Isle of Dorn off the western shores of Pandaria and descend into The Ringing Deeps. Then marvel at the brilliant sights of Hallowfall before plunging into Azj-Kahet, the high capital of nerubian society.

Enjoy A Trove of Fresh Features

Earn the trust of the Earthen and unlock an all-new playable Allied Race. Explore Delves, new bite-sized world instances you can tackle alone or with up to four friends, plus an NPC companion. Grow in strength as you level to 80 and earn new skills with Hero Talent trees, share progress across your family of characters with the Warbands system, and take to the skies with Dynamic Flying, now available for hundreds of existing mounts!

Pre-Purchase World of Warcraft: The War Within

Choose your edition.

Base Edition

Includes the World of Warcraft: The War Within pre-purchase, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight***, an Enhanced Level 70 Character Boost with upgraded gear, reputation progress, and more, to prepare you for your adventures in the depths of the world. Also includes 500 Trader’s Tender to use in the Trading Post ††

Heroic Edition

Includes everything in the Base Edition. Plus, you’ll receive the Algarian Stormrider mount with Dynamic Flying and access to special racecourses, and the Stormrider’s Attire Transmog set. The mount has four color variants, with a slew of additional customization options available. The Transmog set can be upgraded to the Thundering Stormrider’s Attire upon completing the special racecourses available with the Algarian Stormrider. Also includes an additional 250 Trader’s Tender (750 in total) to use in the Trading Post††.

Epic Edition

Includes everything in the Heroic Edition. Plus, you’ll have guaranteed Beta Access and Early Access (3 days) to The War Within†. You’ll also receive 30 days of game time, Squally, the Storm Hatchling pet, Sandbox Storm Gryphon toy, and Deepdweller’s Earthen Hearthstone effect. Also includes an additional 250 Trader’s Tender (1000 in total) to use in the Trading Post††.

  Base Edition

 

 Heroic Edition Epic Edition
World of Warcraft: The War Within available at launch** X X X
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight*** X X X
Enhanced Level 70 Character Boost X X X
Trader’s Tender 500 750 1000
Algarian Stormrider mount with dynamic flying, dozens of customization options, and access to special racecourses   X X
Upgradable Stormrider’s Attire Transmog set   X X
Beta Access to The War Within†     X
3 Days Early Access to The War Within†     X
30 Days of Game Time     X

 
Squally, the Storm Hatchling pet     X

 
Sandbox Storm Gryphon toy     X
Deepdweller’s Earthen Hearthstone effect     X

Pre-Purchase today!

As with previous development cycles, players will also have the opportunity to sign up to participate in The War Within beta test at a future point in time. Stay tuned to the official World of Warcraft site to learn when beta sign-ups begin.

Become a part of a thrilling new story 20 years in the making.

*Future expansions not included in WoW®: The War Within™ purchase.
**Available on or before December 31, 2024.
***If you already have Dragonflight on your account, it will not be re-granted.
†Beta Access and Early Access dates subject to change.  Early Access duration is 3 days. Limited time only. Play time subject to possible outages and time zone differences. Certain endgame features, including Mythic dungeons and weekly quests, not available during Early Access. Click for more details.
††In-game items not available in WoW Classic games. Boost only usable on the WoW® game account on which it was purchased or redeemed.

  • Upgrading to the Heroic or Epic Edition will not re-grant in-game items previously unlocked on your account.
  • Requires World of Warcraft, Internet connection, and Battle.net® Account and desktop app.
  • Requires World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time.

Dragonflight Twitch Drops: Get the Dottie Pet and White Riding Camel Mount

Quote from: Blizzard

Dragonflight’s latest update, Guardians of the Dream, takes players into the Emerald Dream and introduces a variety of new content, including new public events, a new raid dungeon—Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope— and much more. Commemorate the occasion with new Twitch Drops! Watch any Dragonflight stream on Twitch.tv from November 7, 10:00 a.m. PST, until November 14, 10:00 a.m. PST to earn Dottie the baby alpaca pet,  and November 14, 10:00 a.m. PST until November 21, 10:00 a.m. PST to earn the White Riding Camel mount.

Eligibility

To participate, you must link your Twitch account by visiting https://account.battle.net/connections. If you have changed your password or made any changes to your Twitch or Battle.net account, you will have to relink your accounts. When you relink, there will be a 7-day cooldown before you can relink a new Twitch account. After you’ve claimed your rewards on Twitch, please make sure you’re logging into the Battle.net region you’d like to receive the drop(s) on, as the first region you log into will be where your items will be delivered. It can take up to 24 hours to receive your reward(s) in game after claiming. Read our Frequently Asked Questions section for more information.

How do I Earn Twitch Drops?

Watch at least four hours of WoW: Dragonflight content while these Twitch Drops are active on any channel to earn the Dottie the baby alpaca pet and the White Riding Camel mount during the following dates and times:

Dottie

 White Riding Camel
Start Time: November 7, 10:00 a.m. PST Start Time: November 14, 10:00 a.m. PST
End Time: November 14, 10:00 a.m. PST End Time: November 21, 10:00 a.m. PST

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How do I link my battle.net and Twitch accounts?
A. Sign into your Battle.net account at https://account.battle.net/connections and click the Connect link for Twitch, then follow the instructions to sign in and link your Twitch account to Battle.net.

Q. What devices can I use to earn and claim drops?
A. You can earn and claim drops using your PC/Mac web browser or on the Twitch app for Android or iOS. Twitch apps on game consoles, smart TVs, and other TV apps do not support drops.

Q. Do I need to watch the same channel the entire time to earn my drops?
A. You can earn progress towards a drop on any eligible channel in the World of Warcraft category on Twitch. You can, for example, watch half an hour on one channel and then switch to another channel without losing your progress. You cannot earn progress faster by watching more than one channel at a time.

Q. Will I receive my drop rewards in-game automatically?
A. To receive your rewards, you must claim the drop on the channel you’re watching or in the Drops Inventory menu on Twitch.

Q. Do Twitch Drop rewards expire?
A. Earned Twitch Drop rewards will expire seven (7) days after they’ve been claimed if a Battle.net account has not been linked.

Q. As a streamer, how do I get Twitch Drops on my channel?
A. All you need to do is ensure your Twitch and Battle.net accounts are linked and that you’ve opted into Drops (see Drops Streamer Home).

Q. What regions are eligible for these Twitch Drops?
A. Participating regions include North America, Latin America, Europe, The Middle East, Africa, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

November’s Trading Post is Out of this World

Quote from: Blizzard

New class armor sets and weapon sets are available for the Monk, Warlock, and Warrior in this month’s Trading Post offerings. This month’s signature item— Arsenal: Cosmic Weapons Cache—is out of this world.

Visit T&W** (Tawney and Wilder) just outside the Mage District in Stormwind or the Zen’shiri Trading Post next to Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar to check out all the latest items*** they have available.

Ride the Final Surge to the Finish

This month, new activities are available to help players catch up on their activity bar. These events will begin one week before the end of the month.

Here’s What’s in Stock for November

Class Armor Sets and Weapon Sets

Monk
Warlock
Warrior

This Month’s Bonus Reward

Arsenal: Cosmic Weapons Cache
M’thorus, Dagger of the Grand Design | Taesavir, Sword of the Grand Design | Voidsong, Stave of the Harbinger

Complete activities to fill the bar at the top of the Traveler’s Log found in the Adventure Guide (Shift-J)***, and you’ll receive this month’s bonus reward— Arsenal: Cosmic Weapons Cache. You’ll look sharp with these magical weapons.

Stay Tuned to World of Warcraft at BlizzCon 2023 November 3 – 4

Quote from: Blizzard

BlizzCon 2023 is almost here and we’ll be updating right here throughout the show with the latest World of Warcraft news and coverage from the event.

Schedule

Friday, November 3

1:30 p.m. PDT (20:30 GMT)—World of Warcraft: What’s Next
Members of the World of Warcraft development team discuss the latest content coming to Azeroth.

3:30 p.m. PDT (22:30 GMT)—WoW Classic: What’s Next
Members of the WoW Classic development team discuss the latest content coming to Azeroth.

Saturday, November 4

12:00 p.m. PDT (19:00 GMT)—World of Warcraft: Deep Dive
Delve Deeper into World of Warcraft with the development team.

Watch the opening ceremony live for free online, beginning at 11:00 a.m. PDT (18:00 GMT) on November 3. Keep an eye out for the complete schedule on BlizzCon.com and set your reminders to watch your favorite panels and content.

Ways to Watch

Catch BlizzCon 2023 live, Nov 3 and 4, on Blizzard’s YouTube channels, or on Twitch for free. If you miss the live show, you’ll be able to watch video-on-demand (VOD) replays on your own schedule.

Please note: to watch the show, you’ll need to be logged into your YouTube account (or your Google account if using a Chrome browser), due to the inclusion of some age-restricted content.

World of Warcraft Post BlizzCon Q&A

Submit your questions during BlizzCon beginning Friday, November 3 after the opening ceremony in-person at the Darkmoon Faire and on the official forums for a special post-BlizzCon Q&A. You’ll be able to ask your World of Warcraft and Classic World of Warcraft questions and we’ll answer as many as we can in the special BlizzCon edition WoWcast the following week.

Streamer Schedule

Watch your favorite streamers live from the show floor  during BlizzCon 2023 or live from the streamer’s channels. We’ll also have WoW Classic development team members joining streamers to talk about all things WoW Classic.  Check out our schedule below.

Friday, November 3

11:00 a.m. PDT – 1:00 p.m. PDT
(18:00 GMT – 20:00 GMT)

1:00 p.m. PDT – 3:00 p.m. PDT
(20:00 GMT – 22:00 GMT)

 3:00 p.m. PDT – 6:00 p.m. PDT
(22:00 GMT – 01:00 GMT 11/4)
SoulSoBreezy (NA) Esfand (NA) Sonii (NA)
Maximum (NA) Sarthe(NA) MrGMUK
Bajheera (NA) Fandy(NA) AlterTime(EU)
TaliesinUK Guzu (EU) WoWgrandma (NA)
Naguura(EU) DanWarr(EU) Jedith(NA)
RageDarling (UK) Josh Greenfield
(WoW Classic development team)		 DesiHeat(NA)
Anniefuchsia (EU) Tim Jones
(WoW Classic development team)		 SEO Sebom (KR)
Lapi (EU) Cole Andersen
(WoW Classic development team)		 Gwimagae (KR)
  Dara Diba
(WoW Classic  development team)		 PandaTV (ANZ)>
  Morgan Kirkpatrick
(WoW Classic development team)		  

We’ll add more streams as they join in the BlizzCon fun. Check back regularly for more!

Meet and Greet Your Favorite Streamers at BlizzCon

We’ll be hosting special meet and greet sessions Friday and Saturday at the convention in Hall B. Check our schedule below.

Friday, November 3

3:15 p.m. PDT – 4:00 p.m. PDT
(22:15 GMT – 23:00 GMT)		 5:15 p.m. PDT – 6:00 p.m. PDT
(00:15 GMT – 01:00 GMT 11/4)
Naguura Bajheera
Pikaboo Preach
Absterge Taliesin and Evitel
Imfiredup Fandy
Meeres Platinum
Maximum  

Saturday, November 4

1:30 p.m. PDT – 2:15 p.m. PDT
(20:30 GMT – 21:15 GMT)
Esfand
Sarthe
MrGM
Sonii
Bellular
Anniefuchsia

We’ll be updating this schedule with any new additions.

World of Warcraft Guild Clash

Get ready to mark your calendars and clear your schedules for the newest event at this year’s BlizzCon – the World of Warcraft Guild Clash! Guild Clash is an all-day, three-event tournament featuring four of the most formidable guilds from World of Warcraft. Prepare for an action-packed, adrenaline-fueled day filled with epic battles, camaraderie, and unforgettable moments. Guild Clash starts Saturday, November 4, 2023 starting when BlizzCon doors open at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Guild Clash will be available live from BlizzCon on the Warcraft Twitch & YouTube Channels, with the players also live streaming their own perspectives from Streaming Stations in the WoW hall at BlizzCon. Learn more about the event on our previously published article.

BlizzCon® 2023 returns November 3 and 4 and additional tickets are still available. Can’t attend? Don’t worry. You’ll be able to watch all the content from the Anaheim Arena free. To commemorate the return of BlizzCon, you can also purchase the BlizzCon Collection with a new set of digital goodies for World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games.