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Returning Player Guides - If You Quit During Mists of Pandaria
With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again, but, as we know, WoW is a game with constant change over the years, being pretty difficult for a player that quit the game long ago to return.
The fifth guide is being released tonight, with a focus on what changed since Mists of Pandaria, WoW's fourth expansion that brought the pandamonium to azeroth!
Mists of Pandaria Timewalking Preview
Mists of Pandaria Timewalking is a new bonus event coming in 7.1.5. There will be six dungeons and a number of new items to purchase for
Timewarped Badge
including
Yu'lei, Daughter of Jade
. Check out our preview for all the details and a walk down memory lane!
Legendary Questline and Heirloom Vendors Removed Soon, Blizzcon Pet Grommloc, Facial Recustomization
Blizzcon Pet Revealed!
The Warcraft Twitter has just shared what looks like this year's BlizzCon pet! It appears to be a Murloc version of Grom Hellscream. His name is Grommloc and an
icon with that same name
was added in a recent beta build.
We have found several placeholder pages in the database using the Grommloc icon:
Grommloc
, summoned by
Grommloc
: This pet has the abilities
Vicious Slice
,
Clobber
,
Dominance
,
Smash
,
Whirlwind
,
Takedown
Mrgrgrgrgrll!
: Howl with murloc fury, causing nearby critters to run in fear.
There are also several sounds called "PET_Grommloc" in our sounds database--
click to view the list
.
Legendary Cloak Quest Removed In WoD, can't be started in 6.0
Blizzard has posted this morning revealing that the legendary cloak quest, and the cloak that comes with it, will become unobtainable in patch 6.0.2 - when Warlords launches for real on November 13th, not the pre-patch. Once the pre-patch hits, it can't be started.
For a complete list of things to do before 6.0, check out
Wowhead's Guide to Removed Mounts, Pets, Transmog Gear, Titles, Achievements and More
!
This is an unusual step--one of the few times a legendary has been removed from the game. So, get your legendary cloak now, if you still can! The good news is that the Black Prince Buff - which also increases the drop rate of the RNG items you need - is being extended until 6.0 launches. What's more, 6.0 will remove the Test of Valor requirement, shortening the time it takes to get a cloak. Is there enough time if you start right now?
Reward Systems Designer Russ Petersen has clarified that the Ordos cloak requirement will be removed at some point, and what will happen if you're on Test of Valor when the patch appears, and Community Manager Bashiok asserts that there's no chance to finish it if you haven't started already:
For more information on how to get your Legendary cloak, check out
Wowhead's Legendary Cloak Guide
and the
Legendary Cloak Overview
!
We've also datamined the Khadgar rings, as hinted at in the post below -
check them out here
!
<p>As your journey takes you from Pandaria to Draenor, we wanted to extend one last opportunity to obtain your Legendary Cloak—and share some important updates related to this iconic item. </p>
<h1 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Times, serif; color: rgb(243, 230, 208);">Legendary Cloak Changes: Once More unto the Breach</h1>
<p>As a part of the transition from Mists of Pandaria to Warlords of Draenor, we’ll be making some changes to the Legendary Cloak quest line and ultimately closing it out as players head into the new expansion. Once the quest is fully closed, the item will no longer be attainable, and the cloak will become a symbol of the great deeds you’ve accomplished in Mists of Pandaria.</p>
Preparing for 6.0: Guide to Removed Mounts, Pets, Transmog Gear, Titles, Achievements
Patch 6.0 is the pre-patch for Warlords of Draenor and it has many notable changes such as the
item squish
and
toy box
. This guide focuses on the mounts, pets, titles, and other items that you want to collect before 6.0 hits since they're going away!
The Warlords of Draenor prepatch is coming on
October 14th
. Also check out our guide to
what's coming in 6.0
!
Gaze of the Black Prince: Legendary Questline Limited-Duration Buff Going Live 6/17
Gaze of the Black Prince
is going live for a limited period of time--between Tuesday, June 17 at 9:00 a.m. PDT, and Monday, June 30 at 9:00 a.m. PDT. This buff greatly aids players looking to finish the legendary questline with increased droprates on quest items and a 100% reputation boost to
The Black Prince
.
We've put together a quick guide below on how to maximize
Gaze of the Black Prince
--for a more detailed look at the legendary questline, check out
Wowhead's Guide to the Mists of Pandaria Legendary Questline
or stria's
Legendary Cloak Questline Overview
.
Increased Droprate on Legendary Quest Items
These are the items that have increased droprates with
Gaze of the Black Prince
:
Sigil of Power
, 10 total
: Drops from 36 bosses--all Tier 14 bosses (4 in
Terrace of Endless Spring
, 6 in
Heart of Fear
, 6 in
Mogu'shan Vaults
), all Tier 15 bosses (12 in
Throne of Thunder
), and first two wings of
Siege of Orgrimmar
(8 total in Vale of Eternal Sorrows, Gates of Retribution). Objective of
The Strength of One's Foes
. Must be completed before you get your legendary gem.
Sigil of Wisdom
, 10 total
: Drops from 36 bosses--all Tier 14 bosses (4 in
Terrace of Endless Spring
, 6 in
Heart of Fear
, 6 in
Mogu'shan Vaults
), all Tier 15 bosses (12 in
Throne of Thunder
), and first two wings of
Siege of Orgrimmar
(8 total in Vale of Eternal Sorrows, Gates of Retribution). Objective of
The Strength of One's Foes
. Must be completed before you get your legendary gem.
Secrets of the Empire
, 20 total
: Drops from 20 bosses--all wings of
Throne of Thunder
(12 bosses) and first two wings of
Siege of Orgrimmar
(8 total in Vale of Eternal Sorrows, Gates of Retribution). Objective of
Secrets of the First Empire
. Must be completed before you get your legendary meta-gem.
Titan Runestone
, 12 total
: Drops from 14 bosses--the last two wings of
Throne of Thunder
(6 total in Halls of Flesh-Shaping, Pinnacle of Storms) and first two wings of
Siege of Orgrimmar
(8 total in Vale of Eternal Sorrows, Gates of Retribution). Objective of
Echoes of the Titans
. Must be completed before you get
Chapter III: Two Princes
.
Ra-den
also drops these items, but as he's a heroic-only boss requiring everything else cleared in
Throne of Thunder
, we've left him out of totals as he's relatively inaccessible.
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New Player Guide: Mists of Pandaria Content Overview
Today we're taking another look at WoW through the eyes of a boosted 90. Earlier in the week, we published
a guide to essentials for boosted 90s
including gearing tips, raid details, professions, and currency overviews.
This guide presents an overview of other new types of content added in Mists of Pandaria, in case you've been away from the game a bit or want a break from the gear grind.
Before we dive into the guide, be sure to check out our
1-60 Leveling Guide
if you want to boost a character but would like them to hit 60 first for the profession boost as well! Also check out our
guide to Boosted 90 Essentials
to read up on raiding, professions, and the legendary questline.
Click the cut to get started!
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Boosted 90s Essentials Guide: Gearing Up, Currencies, Legendary Questline, and More
This guide is for boosted 90 players--it covers basics like how to gear up quickly, fast ways to get Valor Points, profession perks, and raid information. We also cover some more advanced things you can try out, like Proving Grounds and Challenge Modes.
If you want to boost your character to 60 first for a profession boost, check out our
Leveling from 1-60 Guide
which covers questing zones and dungeons.
Level 90 boosts are now available for
$60 on Battle.net
.
Click the cut to read the guide!
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PvP Season 15 Announced for Mists of Pandaria
PvP Designer Brian Holinka tweeted that
MoP is getting an additional arena season
, which has led to some speculation on Warlords of Draenor's launch date.
At the
BlizzCon fansite panel
, it was stated that no Patch 5.5 was planned, so if you don't love PvP, you could be in for a long stretch of no new content in Mists of Pandaria. This is a striking change from the very fast patches at the start of MoP and more in line with the long pre-expansion wait during Dragon Soul.
However, Blizzard could have some surprises in store like a mini-raid like Ruby Sanctum or quality-of-life patch like
Patch 5.4.2
with cross-realm mail and Flex raids.
Right now, we're several months into Season 14 and past PvP seasons have all
been over 20 weeks long
. Assuming Season 14 and Season 15 are on the short side, which is very optimistic, that
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Siege of Orgrimmar: LFR Underhold Open 10/8, New Bosses and Loot
The third wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
LFR, "The Underhold," opened October 8th on US servers. This overview covers The Underhold's LFR loot, Dungeon Journal, loot satchels, and vanity items.
For LFR, you will need ilvl 496 to queue up and the bosses drop ilvl 528 loot. If you're stuck on how to get there, check out our
gearing guide
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
previews:
Flex Underhold
,
Gates of Retribution LFR
and
Vale of Eternal Sorrows LFR/Gates of Retribution Flex
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their new Flex Rankings and many character tools, as well as WoW Insider's 5-second guide to Und
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 3rd
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes went live tonight.
Heroic raiders will be pleased to know
Garrosh Hellscream
on 25-player difficulty will now drop 2
Kor'kron Juggernaut
instead of one. Several other
Siege of Orgrimmar
bosses got changes as well.
PvP on-use trinket effects should no longer incorrectly scale down while in a Battleground, Rated Battleground, or Arena.
Players can now win the Celestial Tournament and complete
The Celestial Tournament
while in a raid group.
Weekly treasure chests on
Timeless Isle
(the chests needed for
Where There's Pirates, There's Booty
and
Extreme Treasure Hunter
) no longer have bugs that sometimes make them non-interactable.
Click the cut for the full hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 2nd
We've had a break from Patch 5.4 hotfixes for a few days, so today there's a ton! Don't forget, we also got a pretty huge
Hearthstone closed beta note
update today as well.
Many
Timeless Isle
vanity items that were BoP yet tradeable to players in on rare spawn kills are no longer tradeable. This includes the coveted
Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent
and useful
Burden of Eternity
.
A new round of class changes went out, including nerfs to Brewmasters who now deal 5.6% less damage with all attacks (-15% in total) and a 15% nerf to
Agony
.
General Nazgrim
got a lot of tweaks on Raid Finder difficulty to be a bit easier.
No more mood lighting in your instance:
Rain Stone
,
Blizzard Stone
,
Ashen Stone
, and
Sunset Stone
are no longer able to be used while in a raid instance.
Click the cut for the latest hotfixes!
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Official Blizzard Trailer -- Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar
Blizzard
Heroes of the Horde and the Alliance have tested their mettle against the might of the sha, the Thunder King, and one another, but an even darker storm brews within the heart of the Horde Warchief, Garrosh Hellscream. His thirst for power has unleashed a calamity that will have unforeseen consequences neither side could have prepared for—and his betrayal of the Horde as Azeroth has known it will soon be complete.
Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar is nearly here, and we’re pleased to present you with the official trailer! Strap in, because this is going to be a bumpy ride.
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Mists of Pandaria Legendary Cape Guide: Updated for 5.4
We've updated our guide to Mists of Pandaria's legendary questline with details on the cape rewards coming in Patch 5.4 and catch-up mechanisms!
Overview
All level 90 players in a raid can work on the legendary questline at the same time. it's been purposely designed to cut down on loot drama and the feeling that one person in your raid ends up overpowered.
This legendary series spans the expansion, with more elaborate rewards each tier.
The reward for
Chapter I: Trial of the Black Prince
, added in 5.0, is a
+500 stat gem
that can be placed into a special
Sha-Touched weapon
, of which there are versions on LFR, Normal, and Heroic difficulty. These gems only work in Sha-Touched weapons.
The reward for
Chapter II: Wrathion's War
, added in 5.1, is an additional prismatic socket,
Eye of the Black Prince
. This socket works on both
Sha-Touched
and 5.2 raid/crafted weapons, but not [url=
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Live WoW Developer Q&A Transcript
Blizzard's Live WoW Developer Q&A took place on Thursday, April 25th, 5:30 pm PDT. Designers Dave Kosak, Ion Hazzikostas, Brian Holinka, Cory Stockton, and Greg Street answered player questions--since they covered a ton of questions over the course of an hour, we've organized all of their answers below by topic!
You can also visit
Blizzard's site
to view a full chronological transcript of the Q&A.
Q&A Highlights
Some epic battle pets are coming in 5.4.
The new Barrens content in 5.3 will not be CRZ, and will not affect low-level questing.
Think the Alliance was shortchanged on lore? Dave Kosak has some thoughts on that.
Plans are in the works for some server population issues.
Based on player feedback, the PvP Pet Battle system may continue to expand after 5.3.
While the 5.4 raid will include Orgrimmar, it won't just be recycled zones--plans will see some new stuff.
PvP questions included players asking about PvPers making gold and additional PvP rewards. They also asked about 5.3 changes, such as ilvl 496 item scaling for PvP and removing resilience from PvP gear.
Watcher evaluates the success of
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Live WoW Developer Q&A Thursday, April 25, World of Tanks Giveaway
Live WoW Developer Q&A
Blizzard will be hosting a live WoW developer Q&A at 5:30 pm PDT, Thursday April 25th! They haven't done something like this in a while--the last developer one was in
October 2011
right after BlizzCon.
This will be a moderated chat on CoverItLive with designers Dave Kosak, Ion Hazzikostas, Brian Holinka, Cory Stockton, and Greg Street present.
Good people of Azeroth, lend me your eyes!
We’ll be hosting a live World of Warcraft developer Q&A open to the community on Thursday, April 25 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. PDT. Designers Dave Kosak, Ion Hazzikostas, Brian Holinka, Cory Stockton, and Greg Street will be available to field your questions about Mists of Pandaria gameplay and design, patch 5.2 and beyond. This will be a moderated chat on the Cover it Live platform hosted on the front page of our official site. Community managers Bashiok, Crithto, Daxxarri, Rygarius, and I will be there to filter your submissions for the developers.
We receive thousands of questions each time we host these events, so please be patient with us and bear in m
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Battle Pet Tamer Guide: Locations, Quests, and Rewards
Battle Pet Tamers are a great way to level up pets and get battle pet rewards, but they're sometimes hard to track down since they're scattered all over the place. 5.1 also added the
Safari Hat
for completing
Taming the World
, which boosts battle pet experience gained by 10%.
This guide covers the locations of all the battle pet tamers, as well as the tamer quests and rewards. We've also included maps and screenshots to the pet tamers, and if you'd like to see the exact stats and breeds of their pets, you can easily find them on the
trainer pet pages
, now flagged as Untameable!
If you want to take an in-depth look how to defeat the pet tamers, check out
Battle Pet Dailies - A guide to all the dailies involving Pet Battles
by user
ishirra
, who covers the trainer's pet types, their abilities, and suitable families to counter the trainer teams with. If you want to see a quick list of what dailies are available for each faction, check
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Gear Guide: Twinking with Pandaria Gear
We've talked a lot about rare spawns and their fun vanity loot in Mists of Pandaria, but there's another reason why you want their loot as well--they drop high ilvl gear with low level requirements. This gear is perfect for making a
very powerful 85 twink
, as well as boosting your alts through Pandaria if you found questing tough before--
Spear of Xuen
, anyone? There's even some MoP gear level 80s can equip!
In addition to dominating battlegrounds, soloing old content is pretty fun--especially if you're wearing gear some level 90s wear, but don't have to worry about your combat ratings decaying as you level up.
In addition to rare spawn drops, many of these items are BoEs, so you can see the average realm buyout price on our Quick Facts, which is powered by
The Undermine Journal
. Clicking on the link will take you to a page with more detailed auction information!
Click the cut to get started!
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Exploration Guide: The Relic Hunter
We had a lot of fun on beta tracking down these hidden objects with cool weapons and recipes for
Is Another Man's Treasure
, so we finally turned all of our observations into a guide!
In this guide, you'll find:
Zone maps with pins for all objects, that take you to their page when clicked on.
Screenshots of all items/objects.
Models of the BoA weapon rewards.
Coordinates for all items, that open a new map when clicked on.
Achievement Series
For this achievement series, you'll track down items hidden around Pandaria. These items can only be found once per character, and finding multiples of the same item will not increase your total across alts. There are 28 items total.
Lost and Found
: Find one of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
Finders Keepers
: Find 5 of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
One Man's Trash...
: Find 10 of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
Is Another Man's Treasure
: Find 20 of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
Completing this last achievement will reward the title The R
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Wowhead's Patch 5.1 Guide
Patch 5.1 is live today and we've got you covered on all the changes! While there's no new raids or dungeons this patch, there's plenty of things to keep players busy. There's a completely new way to increase the ilvl of your gear, new factions to grind reputation with for gear and mounts, dozens of new pets to collect, and solo PvE challenges with the Brawler's Guild. And if you've been curious to get back to the conflict between the Alliance and the Horde, new questlines and scenarios will cover these factions clashing on the shores of Pandaria.
We've got summaries of all the new content below, as well as links to blue posts and Wowhead's comprehensive PTR coverage.
Patch Notes and Overview
Two new factions
offer new gear rewards and mounts while developing the Alliance and Horde conflict in Krasarang Wilds.
Players can
permanently increase the ilvl of their gear
through currency. Wowhead has developed several tools to display these stat increases for you.
The Brawler's Guild lets
players fight challenging solo bosses
for vanity rewards and achievements.
Five new scenar
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Patch 5.0.5 Hotfixes: October 26th - November 1st
General
Weapons sold by
Ambersmith Zikk
can no longer be disenchanted for
Ethereal Shard
s.
Classes
Hunter
Stampede
Pets summoned into the Arena, Rated Battlegrounds, and Wargames will now do the correct amount of damage.
Monk
Friendly players activating
Monk
s will no longer break
Mana Tea
channeling.
Shaman
Shaman
Searing Totem
s will no longer break on Heroic
Elegon
due to the line of sight restrictions while the energy vortex is active.
Quests
The quest
In Battle's Shadow
now only requires the appropriate faction to take and no longer requires a quest prerequisite.
Dungeons & Raids
Updated the Dungeon Finder matchmaking system to properly identify
Monk
classes and their available roles.
Heart of Fear
Garalon
now mends his injured legs more frequently in Normal mode.
Garalon
will now take longer before he casts
Massive Crush
.
Players will now be able to zone back to
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