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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 22nd
New Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted tonight! Garrosh got some LFR nerfs and you need less guild members in Flex Mode to be considered a guild group now. The mage set bonus
Item - Mage T15 4P Bonus
also got a big nerf for
and now increases effects by 5%, down from 20%.
If you're interested in checking out the latest LFR wing open today, take a look at our
LFR Downfall Guide
. We've also got a
BlizzCon In A Box
giveaway going on which contains Virtual Ticket passes and some exclusive BlizzCon Store merchandise!
Click the cut to read the hotfixes!
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Siege of Orgrimmar: LFR Downfall Open 10/22, New Bosses and Loot
The fourth wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
LFR, "Downfall," opened October 22th on US servers. This overview covers LFR's loot, vanity items, Dungeon Journal, and more!
For LFR, you will need ilvl 496 to queue up and the bosses drop ilvl 528 loot. Check out our
gearing guide
if you need to boost your gear a few points! If you're interested in special Garrosh weapons or achievements, you'll need to queue up for
Flex or higher
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
LFR previews:
LFR Underhold
,
LFR Gates of Retribution
,
Vale of Eternal Sorrows
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their rankings a
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: October 21
Druid
Talents
The Dream of Cenarius effect is now removed when the
Druid
switches talents.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
The number of
Look Within
orbs spawned by
Norushen
in Flexible difficulty will now round up instead of down, so that the ratio of orbs to players is never worse than on Normal difficulty.
Galakras
The portal leading back to the Vault of Y'Shaarj can no longer be used while in combat.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Arenas
The Crowd Chose You has been removed and replaced with a debuff called
Dampening
.
For Arena matches that last more than 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive
Dampening
.
Dampening
is a stacking debuff applied to all players in
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Hallow's End 2013 Guide (October 18 - November 1)
It's that time of the year again--ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks unite!
Hallow's End
hits Azeroth today.
Hallow's End is one of my favorite holidays in World of Warcraft. Running from from
October 18 - November 1
, the holiday invites players to gather candy, wands, food, masks, and even vanity pets from inn keepers all over the in-game world. It's also great for alts that need reputation and experience between special quests and buffs!
Event Changes
This holiday is relatively unchanged from 2012. We did add a ton of maps in 2013 though for all the Candy Bucket locations!
Much like the Brewfest items had been, all Hallow's End rings (plus the helmet and sword) have been upgraded to ilevel 470 in Mists of Pandaria.
The Horseman's Horrific Hood
The Horseman's Sinister Slicer
Wicked Witch's Signet
Band of the Petrified Pumpkin
Seal of Ghoulish Glee
The Horseman's Ring
There's one new achievement in MoP:
Tricks and Treats of Pandaria
, which is an achievement fo
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BlizzCon 2013 Map and Schedule Now Live
The BlizzCon 2013 panel and event schedule is now live! Here's the Warcraft panel schedule below:
Friday:
World of Warcraft--What's Next: 12:30pm
World of Warcraft--The Adventure Continues: 2:30pm
Art of World of Warcraft: 3:45 pm
Saturday:
World of Warcraft Live Raid: 10am
The Evolving Sound of Warcraft: 10am
World of Warcraft Raids, Gameplay, Questing, and More: 11:30am
Warcraft Movie Presentation: 1pm
World of Warcraft Q + A About Almost Everything: 2:30pm
We've also put the full panel schedule under the cut.
<p>BlizzCon 2013 is just over three weeks away! Whether you're joining us at the Anaheim Convention Center in person or viewing from home with the <a href="
http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/live-stream/">BlizzCon
® Virtual Ticket</a>, we’ve got a lot of fun and festivities lined up for you.</p>
<p>To help you form a plan of attack, we’ve just posted a schedule of the panels, eSports tournaments, and other events happening at BlizzCon on <a href="
http://us.bat
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Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard's new MOBA
Blizzard just announced that Heroes of the Storm is the name of their upcoming MOBA--it replaces "Blizzard All-Stars" as the title. Check out Blizzard's cute video below that was just released:
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New Hearthhead Site Achievements and Arena Log, Beta Patch Notes
Since Hearthhead's launch last week, we've added a bunch of new features we're excited to share with you! A small beta patch is also going live today, which includes a change to and a bugfix where renaming a deck prevented players from editing the deck.
Also a quick reminder that we've got two contests going on this week for Hearthstone beta keys--we're giving
1500 keys away here on Wowhead and Hearthhead
and another
100 keys on Hearthhead's Facebook
.
Introducing Hearthhead Achievements
We've added numerous site achievements for using popular Hearthhead tools, just like we have for Wowhead tools! Now you can earn copper, silver, and gold achievements on Hearthhead whether you're writing guides or using the Arena Practice tool. Site achievements increase your user reputation and can unlock more
site privileges
.
Check out the full list here
!
New Site Features
Since Hearthhead's launch last week, we've adde
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: October 16th
Classes
Mage
Class Armor
Resolved an issue that could cause the Tier-16 2-piece set bonus
Frozen Thoughts
to be consumed without effect.
Priest
Holy
Mastery: Echo of Light
's healing has been increased by 4%.
Warlock
Talents
Archimonde's Darkness' effect should now be correctly removed when the
Warlock
switches talents or glyphs.
Quests
Timeless Treasures
: Weekly treasure chests on the
Timeless Isle
can now grant credit towards completing this quest.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Galakras
Reduced the health of ranking officials and foot soldiers in Phase 1 of the encounter on 10-player Normal difficulty.
Kor'kron Dark Shaman
Ashen Wall
,
Toxic Storm
,
Toxic Mist
,
Foul Stream
, and
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News Roundup: Talk Azeroth, New Recruit-A-Friend Soon, Blizzard Sales
News Roundup
For those of you interested in Recruit-a-Friend, the RAF program is being temporarily shut down to prepare for the new program coming very soon. If you liked the current
Heart of the Nightwing
mount though, don't worry--it will be available with the new and improved program. On Friday, we datamined a
new achievement and mount for RAF
,
Emerald Hippogryph
and
Friends In Places Even Higher Than That
, so there may be a variety of rewards to choose from!
In light of the new RAF program being launched, it makes sense Blizzard announced yesterday that Cataclysm is now included in the Battle Chest for only $19.99--this change makes it easier and cheaper for new players to catch up to their friends. For seasoned players, there's also a 33% off sale on
Winged Guardian
this week!
Talk Azeroth
We've got another episode of Talk Azeroth up with Olivia! This time, Olivia gets into the acronyms with a re-recorded (after the last one failed) version of Talk Azeroth 16. She's talking about the controversial match-ending debuff, The Crowd Chose You, and the upcoming changes to it, as well as touching on the Diminishing Returns system, answering your questions a
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Siege of Orgrimmar: Flex Downfall Open 10/15, New Bosses and Loot
The fourth wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
Flex, "Downfall," opened October 15th on US servers. This overview covers Downfall's Flex loot, Garrosh Heirlooms, vanity items, titles, Dungeon Journal, and more!
Flex mode does not require players to have a certain item level to zone in, but it does require you to queue with a premade group. You can have anywhere between 10 and 25 players. If you want to bulk up your gear in preparation, check out our
gearing guide
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
Flex previews:
Flex Underhold
,
Flex Gates of Retribution
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their new Flex Rankings and many character tools, as well as
Healiocentric
for detailed strategies.
The next wing open is LFR "Downfall" on October 22nd.
Click the
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Patch 5.4: Mists of Pandaria Reputation Guides and Shaohao Guide
Patch 5.4 had many reputation changes, as well as the daunting
Emperor Shaohao
reputation to grind, so we've updated all of our popular Mists of Pandaria reputation guides! With the long weekend, it's the perfect time to finish up some rep grinds for mounts or other fun vanity items.
Of particular note:
Valor Points
gear now costs
Justice Points
, existing ilvl 458 gear is now 75% cheaper, and no gear purchasable with a currency requires reputation. You can still buy these items from quartermasters, but you don't need any reputation to do so.
Commander Lo Ping
sells all the ilvl 458 Justice Point gear, and
Commander Oxheart
sells all the ilvl 489 Justice Point gear--a little confusing since he's the Valor quartermaster.
Our
Emperor Shaohao
guide now explains the pros and cons to each rep farming area, lists all the mobs that grant reputation, and includes details on the unique vanity items for
Going To Need A Bigger Bag
that they drop.
Our
Golden Lotus
guide lists the handful of quests that haven't been removed, describes new cooking recipes in the zone, new locations for rare elites, and other changes in the Vale.
All the guides linked below
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Patch 5.4.1 PTR: Build 17481 - New RAF Mount
The PTR updated tonight with a small build for Patch 5.4.1. This includes some class changes and details on the new RAF mount,
Emerald Hippogryph
for
Friends In Places Even Higher Than That
!
Check out the latest additons!
As discussed in the
recent Patch 5.4 dev roundtable
, the RAF promotion reward may be a redeemable token for past RAF mounts which includes a new mount for players that have all the old options.
We also have some new battle pet data:
Murkalot's Flail
and
Alterac Brandy
are new items that summon battle pets, and Murkalot, the
BlizzCon Virtual Ticket Reward
now has the achievement
Murkalot
.
A model for the St. Bernard pet was datamined back in August, but we're reposting it now that we have the pet it's for:
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BlizzCon Online Sale Open Oct 11 - Nov 9, Merchandise Revealed
The BlizzCon online sale started today with tons of unique items! Here's a preview of some of the exclusive merchandise you can buy online if you're an attendee or Virtual Ticket holder!
To access the store, log in to your account and click on the special
online sale
banner. The con tickets are long sold out but you can still sign up to purchase a
virtual pass
for $39.99.
Besides the expected shirts, posters, and books, the following awesome merchandise is on sale:
Plushies: Lil'Chen Plush Pandaren ($25), Transforming Zergling/Baneling ($35), and Lil' Murk-Eye ($18).
Towels with Alliance and Horde logos ($25 each).
Robes in the style of the popular
Avatar Regalia
and
Judgement Armor
($99).
Alliance and Horde studded leather wristcuffs ($25 each).
Epic Purple Lanyard ($10).
Papercraft figurines of Thrall, Raynor, and Diablo ($10 each).
Mega Bloks StarCraft II Battlecruiser ($99 special sale).
Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figurine. ($30 speci
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News Roundup: Patch 5.4 Hotfixes, BlizzCon Merchandise on Sale 10/11
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted last night, as well as a change to the arena tiebreaker spell
The Crowd Chose You!!!
. It will be replaced with
Dampening
where if a match should last for 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive a stacking debuff that reduces healing done by 1% every 10 seconds.
Yesterday's hotfixes had a few raid tweaks, as well as fixes for outdoor bosses. The Ordon Sanctuary gate will no longer close when
Ordos
is in combat, which is great for players farming Shaohao reputation who got locked out when running back from the graveyard. The number of wolves that can be summoned by
Moonfang
's
Call the Pack
ability now has a limit as well.
The BlizzCon online sale also starts tomorrow for attendees and Virtual Ticket holders at
October 11 at 10 a.m. PT
. We won't know what the store items are until tomorrow, but so far the teaser image looks great!
Click the cut to read more about recent hotfixes and the virtual sale!
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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 7th and PvP Discussion
In addition to
launching Hearthhead yesterday
, there were hotfixes and tweaks as usual. Vanity collectors will be happy to know that
Moonfang
should now always drop something when defeated. There were also some PvP topics addressed by Lore, such as the controversial
The Crowd Chose You!!!
buff and RBG rating loopholes.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes and PvP discussion!
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Welcome Hearthhead to the Wowhead Family!
The
Hearthstone
beta has been so popular that we've decided to expand our Hearthstone database and tools! Please welcome
Hearthhead
to the Wowhead family.
Over on
Hearthhead
, you'll find our card database and popular deckbuilder, as well as the following new features:
Arena Practice
: Test your arena-drafting skills with our arena tool that simulates the card-picking process! Track your mana curve, selected cards, and discarded cards as you're building your deck, then view your finished deck in our deckbuilder. Select from one of three randomized classes just like in-game drafting, or choose a particular class that's giving you trouble.
Deck Guides
: Tell us more about your favorite decks! It's as simple as hitting the new
Save as Deck Guide
button on the
Deckbuilder
. This generates a Guide View that automatically that organizes your
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Blizzard Video: Patch 5.4 Developer Round Table
We've had WoW developer roundtables before, but this patch Blizzard is trying something new with a video! Morgan Webb sits down with Production Director J. Allen Brack, Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas, and Game Director Tom Chilton to talk about Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar and beyond. They touch upon the success of Flex raiding, the upcoming RAF promotion, and the innovative aspects of the
Timeless Isle
.
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Darkmoon Faire: Updated Guide and Moonfang Loot
The
is back in town this week and there's a new boss to kill for vanity loot--
Moonfang
!
Moonfang
can be summoned by first killing
Moonfang Snarler
and then a bunch of elite
Moonfang Dreadhowl
. Like the
Timeless Isle
rares, Moonfang is a shared tag.
Players can loot
Moonfang's Pelt
from
Moonfang
which starts
Den Mother's Demise
. This rewards 10x
Darkmoon Prize Ticket
, bringing the total number of tickets you can get per faire up to 155 per character.
Moonfang drops a variety of vanity loot:
Shimmering Moonstone
: Temporary mount that can be used during the Faire and disappears afterwards. Mount is a white wolf with glowing moon.
Moon Moon
: Summons the
Moon Moon
Beast battle pet with the following abilities:
Moon Fang
,
Howl
,
Moon Tears
,
Bite
,
Crouch
,
Moon Dance
.
Moon Moon
will do a special dance if you /dance with him!
Moonfang's Paw
: Disguise yourself as Moonfang for 10 minutes.
Moonfang Shroud
: Transform your helm.
To learn more about the Darkmoon Faire, check out our updated guide to the Dark
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Hearthstone Interview with Eric Dodds and Jason Chayes
Along with Hearthstone's
significant beta patch
and card wipe this past week, we interviewed Lead Designer Eric Dodds and Production Director Jason Chayes today! We touched on some of their favorite changes in the beta, the success of , possible features in the future like alternate Warcraft hero options or co-op mode, how successful players are who haven't spent money on packs, and the fate of
Hearthsteed
.
If you're curious about this week's beta patch, check out the
closed beta patch notes
and browse our
updated database
!
What's your favorite change in this week's patch? Any particular hero or card you think players will really enjoy a lot more after the changes?
Jason Chayes
: One of the changes that we're pretty excited about on the team was getting in some new music during the matchmaking as you're waiting to get a match in Play mode. For players who have played Warcraft 2 in the past, it's a reference back to
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