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Shadowmoon Valley Rare Locations Guide

In Warlords of Draenor there are many rares in each zone, a lot of them are to kill while leveling to diversify the leveling experience. It’s a combined and improved version of leveling and the timeless isle. To help you keep track of them all we’ve compiled a list of all the rares we’ve been able to find. Remember WoD is still in beta, anything can change. If we missed any feel free to leave a comment with the location and name of the rare mob or event. Click on the map for a full size version.

Number Rare Name Image Comments
1 Gorum  photo SMVRare1_zpscafba041.jpg
2 Amaukwa  photo SMVRare2_zps78a7953b.jpg He flies around in the sky so you might not find him right away.
3 Ku’targ the Voidseer  photo SMVRare3_zps1ec3cbd5.jpg
4 Killmaw  photo SMVRare4_zps98820e61.jpg
5 Podling Leafmender  photo SMVRare5_zpsc5a45ba0.jpg
6 Mad “King” Sporeon  photo SMVRare6_zps3c12da39.jpg
7 Rai’vosh  photo SMVRare7_zps51720ed2.jpg
8 Ba’ruun  photo SMVRare8_zps4138462c.jpg
9 Crystal Event  photo SMVRare9_zps265a6549.jpg Should result in acquiring follower Artificer Romuul
10 Dark Emanation  photo SMVRare10_zps719bd2c9.jpg
11 Rockhoof  photo SMVRare11_zpsffb15863.jpg
12 Darktalon  photo SMVRare12_zps2a20fd1f.jpg
13 Behameye  photo SMVRare13_zpsc84425bc.jpg
14 Motherom’ra  photo SMVRare14_zps56a90b1f.jpg Unknown how to activate the fight
15 Yggdrel  photo SMVRare15_zpsa5a0f81e.jpg
16 Venomshade  photo SMVRare16_zpsab666086.jpg
17 Insha’tar  photo SMVRare17_zps78007113.jpg
18 Silverleaf Ancients Event  photo SMVRare18_zpsca7ef126.jpg
19 Faebright  photo SMVRare19_zpsef314943.jpg
20 Velos  photo SMVRare20_zps22e87c4d.jpg
21 Brambleking Fili  photo SMVRare21_zpseeb20739.jpg Level 100
22 Master Sergeant Milgra  photo SMVRare22_zpsd3a2a451.jpg Level 100
23 Shinri  photo SMVRare23_zpsd2f6d0f2.jpg
24 Hypnocroak  photo SMVRare24_zpsb6af9d81.jpg All praise the hynocroak!

Garrison Building Perk Changes

garrisons pic
This morning’s patch has brought some changes to some of the building perks for the garrisons. Here’s an overview of the changes:

Building Removed Effect Added Effect
Barracks Level 2 Increases follower cap by 10 Increases follower cap by 5
Mage Tower Specific portals per level Each level allows you to choose a portal to 1 ogre gateway
Bunker Level 3 Gives one extra raid bonus roll per week You get one of the 3 bonus roll coins per week for free
Trading Post Level 2 Gives you access to the auction house in your garrison
Gladiator’s Sanctum (Sparring Arena) Level 1 Allows the collection of broken bones from enemy players (used for Conqueror’s Tribute)
Gladiator’s Sanctum (Sparring Arena) Level 2 Gives access to Nemesis quest series for defeating enemy players of specific races
Gladiator’s Sanctum (Sparring Arena) Level 3 Grants access to the Battle Royale arena event

These changes make the Gladiator’s sanctum interesting to pvp players while the bunker will no longer be mandatory for progression focused raiders.

WoD Beta: Toybox First Look

Toybox
A new beta build went up this morning and it allowed EU players to copy their characters! Which of course meant it was time to take a look at the toybox! A slight lack of sleep went into the making of this video!

Save the Date! You’re Invited to a Warlords World Premiere, New Animated Mini-Series: Lords of War

The release date and cinematic for Warlords of Draenor will be announced next week!

Quote from: Blizzard
Save the Date! You’re Invited to a Warlords World Premiere

A storm of iron is headed Azeroth’s way—be among the first to witness its fury at the world premiere of the Warlords of Draenor cinematic! Join Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime, Chris Metzen, and World of Warcraft designers Ion Hazzikostas and Brian Holinka for the grand unveiling, streamed live from the Ace Theatre in Los Angeles. But that’s not all—we’ll also host a live interview with the WoW developers, announce the Warlords of Draenor launch date, and debut the first episode of a new animated lore mini-series: Lords of War. You won’t want to miss it!

When: Thursday, August 14 at 9:30 a.m. PDT (18:30 CEST)
Where: Join us on WorldofWarcraft.com to watch the live stream, or attend** the event live at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, located at 929 South Broadway in Los Angeles. (Doors open at 8:30 a.m.)

Live Attendee Bonus: Anyone who joins us live and in person in L.A. will also receive a beta key for Warlords of Draenor.*       

*Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to get there early! Beta keys will be given out to everyone who comes down for the live event.

**Please note: World of Warcraft is rated T for Teen; some content on display at the event may not be suitable for children ages of 12 or younger. Anyone 12 years of age or under must be accompanied by an adult.

So not only will we get the release date and the WoD cinematic, we will also get a new mini series about the warlords! Something like the burdens of shaohao seems extremely likely.

As far as speculating about the release date goes, the announcement now could indicate an october or even late september release. However given the current state of the beta a late november or december release date seems more likely. It’s really fingers crossed on this one to just hope it’s the former rather than the latter, we are approaching the 1 year anniversary for Siege of Orgrimmar and everyone could use a change of scenery! At the same time patch 6.0 isn’t even on the PTR yet and last time anything was said about 6.0, it was said it would go to the live servers 4 to 6 weeks before the release of WoD. Which would give the early option a really really tight release schedule.

The Alliance Chopper Is Riding into Azeroth!

The alliance chopper will be implemented ingame, however it will cost you gold to get it! How much is currently unknown.

Quote from: Blizzard

Due to popular demand (and a few shady back-alley deals in Stormwind’s Old Town), the Alliance bike built for Azeroth Choppers will be rumbling its way to a vendor in Azeroth sometime after the launch of Warlords of Draenor. This mount will cost a pretty hefty sum of gold, however, so you might want to start saving up now if you want to ride around in style on this masterful machine. As a reminder, once the winning Horde Chopper is added to the game, it will be available for free to players who log in between now and September 30, 2014.

WoWChoppers_WoW_Lightbox_CK_500x313.jpg

Remember, only characters of the associated faction will be able to ride each bike, so buyer beware!