World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

Mark your calendars for the release of the next content update for Dragonflight—Dark Heart— on May 7, and for the World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria event on May 16 at 10:00 am PDT globally!

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PROLOGUE TO THE WAR WITHIN


The Dark Heart content update ushers in the final chapter of the Dragonflight expansion setting the stage for the story in the upcoming expansion, The War Within.

Khadgar has summoned you to Dalaran to help him investigate a mysterious figure called the Harbinger who possesses a powerful relic called the Dark Heart. The Archmage has also asked Alleria Windrunner to join you in order to give her unique perspective.

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DRAENEI AND TROLL HERITAGE ARMOR


Draenei

Players level 50 and above can seek out the Magically-Sealed Parcel in Stormwind to begin the quest An Artificer's Appeal. This will allow them to complete the heritage questline and receive the Embrace of Lost Embaari and Endurance of Temple Telhamat ensembles, each of which includes shoulders, back, chest, wrist, hands, waist, legs, feet, and two helmets.

Troll

Players level 50 and above can seek out Zi’guma in Orgrimmar who will offer the quest, “Return to the Echo Isles.” This will allow them to complete the heritage questline and receive the Covenant of the Darkspear and Loyalty of the Darkspear ensembles, each of which includes shoulders, back, chest, wrist, hands, waist, legs, feet, and a mask. Additionally, Darkspear troll players will receive two additional head-slot cosmetic items tied to the storyline.

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WOW REMIX: MISTS OF PANDARIA EVENT


Get into the mix of things when the World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria event goes live on May 16! This time-limited event allows players to re-experience the entirety of the Mists of Pandaria expansion at an accelerated rate from level 10-70. All loot has been completely overhauled and has powerful new effects allowing players to shape their experience, power up, and power on. [LEARN MORE]

Features include:

• Accelerated Leveling and Content allowing you to take on nearly every quest, scenario, dungeon and raid.
• Create a new WoW Remix character starting at level 10 to adventure through the event up to level 70.
• A mountain of loot: Get powerful items from everywhere— quests, chests, creatures, bosses.
• Customizable items allowing you to power up as far as you can go to take on tougher content.
• Convert unwanted items into Bronze which can be used to upgrade items or purchase cosmetics.
• Keep what you collect: Take your collection of transmogs, mounts, and pets with you into The War Within.

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CHARACTERS

• Added six new hair colors for Kul Tiran.

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CLASSES

• HUNTER
  
  • The hunter pet stable has been updated:
    
    • The pet preview window is now larger.
    • More information about the pet is displayed, including a list of abilities.
    • Pets can be favorited and added to a separate group at the top of the stable list.
    • The stable list is now searchable and sortable by name, specialization, abilities, and more.
    • Pets can now be renamed directly from the stable without certificate items.
    • Pets can now be released directly from the stable without needing to be summoned.
    • For the Beast Mastery specialization, the pet that is summoned by the Animal Companion talent now has a dedicated slot next to the Active pet list. The tooltip has been updated to reflect this change.

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ITEMS

• Increased the drop rate of Oozing Necroray Egg obtained from Tribute of the Ambitious and Tribute of the Duty-Bound.

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QUESTS

• All Dragonflight quests that previously became available with Renown levels are now available to all max-level player-characters, regardless of Renown.
• BE YOURSELF CELEBRATION
  
  • After learning from Chromie and Kalecgos about the Visage Day celebrations of Azeroth's past, Emberthal feels pressured to choose her own visage form. However, she remains uncertain of the path she should take. Speak with Chromie in Valdrakken to learn more.
• SINS OF THE SISTER
  
  • A night elf has arrived at Bel’ameth to bury the family she lost at Teldrassil. But when her deceased sister is revealed to be a traitor, will the night elves show her sister forgiveness or demand accountability for her sins? Level 70 players can speak with Malfurion Stormrage at the Terrace of the Moon in Bel'ameth to accept the quest An Uncommon Request and start this questline.

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USER INTERFACE AND ACCESSIBILITY

• Several changes have been made to improve the experience of finding groups in Premade Group Finder:
  
  • A filter button has been added that lets you filter results for:
    
    • Specific dungeons
    • Your role available
    • None of your class already in group
    • Tank and/or healer already in group
    • Minimum Mythic+ Rating of the leader
    • Difficulty
  • The role icons on each listing now show class colors, so you can see the current group makeup at a glance.
  • The listing tooltip now shows the leader’s info in a more readable format: their Mythic+ Rating, their highest key for the listed dungeon, and their highest key for all dungeons.
  • The listing tooltip now shows info for all members of the group, including their specialization and Mythic+ Rating.
  • The listing tooltip now shows the dungeon/raid name and difficulty.
  • A helptip tutorial has been added to teach players that they can search a key range for precise results (for example, 6-10 or 7-7).
  • Groups that no longer fit your filter criteria are marked with a red background (for example, if you selected “Damage role available” and a listed group filled up on damage dealers).
  • Groups you are hard declined from are automatically marked in red and sorted to the bottom.
  • In the leader applicants pane, the applicant tooltip now shows the applicant’s info in a more readable format: their Mythic+ Rating, their highest key for the listed dungeon, and their highest key for all dungeons.
  • Advanced filters will now only appear for max level characters.
  • Filter options will now save between sessions.
  • Language filters will no longer appear for characters on North American realms.
  • Declined applications will now save between refreshes.
• Recipes can now be tracked from the Crafting Orders window.
• An option has been added to the Auction House filters to show only current expansion items.
• The location of Dragonriding Races can now be toggled in the Map filter.
• You can now create or find a group participating in a Scenario by clicking the Group Finder icon on the Scenario objective.
• The number of helptip tutorials that appear when logging in on a new character has been reduced.
• Mount tooltips now show the category the mount belongs in: Ground, Aquatic, Flying, or Dragonriding.
• When previewing an ensemble or arsenal, the Dressing Room will now show a list of items included in the bundle. Each item can be viewed independently by clicking its name in the list.
• Solo Shuffle scoreboards will now show the results of the match (Victory, Draw, or Defeat) in the title.
• TRADING POST
  
  • Mount categories (Ground, Aquatic, Flying, or Dragonriding) will now be shown in the Trading Post details panel.
  • Level requirements for using a mount will now be shown in the Trading Post details panel.
  • Combat and Mount Special animations can now be toggled in the Trading Post.

Mark your calendars for the release of the next content update for Dragonflight—Dark Heart— on May 7!

Dive into the final chapter of Dragonflight as it sets the stage for the upcoming expansion—The War Within™, sojourn into new questlines, Heritage Armor sets for Draenei and Trolls, six new hair colors for Kul Tiran Humans, access to all Dragonflight quests regardless of Renown for maximum-level characters, and more.

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Dragonflight: Dark Heart


Khadgar has summoned you to Dalaran to help him investigate a mysterious figure called the Harbinger, who possesses a powerful relic—the Dark Heart. The Archmage has also asked Alleria Windrunner to join you to give her unique perspective.

Xal’atath, Harbinger of the Void, reemerges from the shadows as the final chapter of Dragonflight sets the stage for the story in the upcoming expansion, The War Within.

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Draenei And Troll Heritage Armor

Draenei and Troll characters can embark on new questlines to lay claim to their heritage armors.


The Mysterious Draenei

Players level 50 and above can seek out the Magically-Sealed Parcel in Stormwind to begin the quest An Artificer's Appeal. This will allow them to complete the heritage questline and receive the Embrace of Lost Embaari and Endurance of Temple Telhamat ensembles, including shoulders, back, chest, wrist, hands, waist, legs, feet, and two helms.

The Proud Trolls

Players level 50 and above can seek out Zi'guma in Orgrimmar, who will offer the quest Return to the Echo Isles. This will allow them to complete the heritage questline and receive the Covenant of the Darkspear ensemble, which includes the following items: Darkspear Rush'kah mask, shoulder, back, chest, wrist, hands, waist, legs, and feet.

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Uncover the mysteries lurking in the shadows, explore new questlines, and discover adventure in the Dark Heart. And don't forget to mark your calendars:

WoW Remix: Mists of Panderia Event

The World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria event launches on May 16 at 10:00 am PDT globally! Dig through more details in our WoW Remix article.

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We’ll see you in the Dragon Isles, Azeroth, and wherever your journey takes you!

Dungeons and Raids

• Aberrus (Awakened)
  
  • Fixed an issue that caused Thadrion to continually cast Unstable Essence after the encounter had concluded.
• Nokhud Offensive
  
  • Addressed a Primalist Thunderbeast issue where Thunderstrike’s target is not correctly reflected in the unit frame.

Items

• Amber Skitterfly should now appear in the Mount Collection for players who purchased it from the Trading Post.
• Legendary items can now be upgraded as intended on the Awakened track.
• Fixed a bug preventing legendary item upgrades from receiving appropriate stone/crest discounts.

Quests

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the world quest “Zaqali Elders” to fail to start.

Cataclysm Classic

• Archaeology digsites that appear in Uldum, Twilight Highlands, and Hyjal once players hit 450 Archaeology should no longer appear until the zones are accessible on official Expansion Launch.
• Paladin
  
  • Fixed an issue with Seals of Command where Seal of Righteousness could trigger too many procs when it hits multiple targets.

Season of Discovery

• Hunter
  
  • Raptor Fury now increases the damage done of Raptor strike and Mongoose Bite by 10% per stack (was 15%).
  • The Beast Mastery rune now increases pet damage by 10% (was 20%).
• Shaman
  
  • The Burn rune now also grants a significant bonus to spell power when Flametongue Weapon is imbued on your weapon.
  • Rolling Thunder now has a 50% chance to trigger (was 30%).
  • Fixed a bug causing overload procs to not add a charge to Lightning Shield when the Shaman has the Rolling Thunder rune active.
• Warlock
  
  • Invocation now also applies to Unstable Affliction.
  • Invocation damage can now deal critical strikes if the Warlock also has the Pandemic rune active.