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Nagrand Flythrough Video, Ashran Faction Hub Improvements, Blizzard's Zone Preview: Spires of Arak

Check out our Patch 18689 Post, with the Alliance Chopper price, and a new Cow pet! Our Weekly Beta Key Giveaway has returned, too, with another set of achievements to complete!Nagrand Flythrough VideoWowhead Youtube ChannelsubscribeAshran Faction Hub Improvements

The Auction House, Mess Hall, and Barracks were populated now with tons of NPCs and furniture.

The Alliance have a Draenei tent and Night Elf moonwell added--all the factions feel represented now! There is also a Dwarven Bunker and Gnomish engineering works.

Fate-Twister Seress offers the following weekly quests to get your raid bonus currency, Seal of Tempered Fate. He offers four, but you can only pick up three:
Sealing Fate: Garrison Resources

Sealing Fate: Gold

Sealing Fate: Apexis Crystals

Sealing Fate: Honor

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Posted 2014/08/07 at 12:04 PM by oliviadgrace

WoD Build 18689: Alliance Chopper, Cow Battle Pet, City Guard Transmog, Challenge Mode Weapon Models

Warlords of Draenor Beta: Build 18702Warlords of Draenor Beta: Build 1868918663Check out the latest database additions, including items!Challenge Mode WeaponsWoD Weapon Transmog GuideElemental CrescentSunbladeSoul EaterClaws of CreationBloodmaw GargoyleEquusShifting FelbladeFlamegrinderGreatsword of the InfernoArcana Shard SpireGreatstaff of Infinite KnowledgeDimension-Ripper's StaffCloudsong GlaiveLiving LongbowCrystal-Shot LongrifleTesseract TimepieceFurnace of the Great MachineFace of the GuardianAzeroth ChoppersChampion's TreadbladeNew Battle PetsFrostwolf PupPygmy Cow

Posted 2014/08/07 at 3:30 AM by oliviadgrace

WoW's 10 Year Anniversary Celebrations, Beta Wipe Tonight

Tonight's Beta Build Will Wipe Characters

Blizzard

This evening we’ll be releasing a new build for the Warlords of Draenor beta, and due to the nature of the build as well as our intent to continue testing early leveling content, we’ll be wiping all beta characters.

In addition, due to the changes in this build, we’ll be archiving many of the existing beta forums, and launching a new forum structure to collect new feedback. This will allow us to focus on pertinent feedback for this new build onward.

We appreciate your patience and continued assistance in helping us test the Warlords of Draenor expansion!

WoW's 10 Year Anniversary has Huge Celebrations Coming!Core Hound MountMolten Corgi Pet

Posted 2014/08/06 at 12:06 PM by oliviadgrace

Hearthstone

Heroic Military Quarter Launch Guide

Shaman challengeWarlock challengeour general Curse of Naxxramas guideSite Updatesfilter for decks based on what you can createfilter deck by how much dust it will take to finishMilitary Wing Launch GuideDecks to Defeat Instructor RazuviousDecks to Defeat Heroic Instructor RazuviousHis Deck

RewardsDecks to Defeat Gothik the HarvesterDecks to Defeat Heroic Gothik the HarvesterHis Deck

RewardsDecks to Defeat the Four HorsemenDecks to Defeat the Heroic Four HorsemenHis Deck

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Posted 2014/08/05 at 11:17 PM by Ashelia

WoW Drops to 6.8m Subs, Blizzard's Nagrand Zone Preview, Heart of the Valorous Returns, Blue Tweets

WoW Drops to 6.8 Million Subscribersinvestor call for Quarter 2 2014Blizzard previews NagrandNagrand zone pagescreenshots of all Draenor zoneshttps://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/ys/YSG5WW8SNS7E1407181965427.jpg"><imghttps://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/1a/1AK0MNMWMPE81407181885029.jpg"

Posted 2014/08/05 at 12:02 PM by oliviadgrace

Hearthstone

The Angry Chicken #40: Plagued

The Angry ChickenPlague QuarterNormalHeroicClass Challengehis effect on the metaGarrett's full Plague Quarter review

Posted 2014/08/05 at 11:48 AM by Jerek

WoD Build 18663: Ashran Updates, S16 and Character Select Screen Gear Models, Enchant Transmog

Wowhead's Weekly Beta Key Giveaway Has Returned!

New Darkmoon Faire Games, Pet Tamers, Vanity Loot

Warlords Cinematic and Launch Date Announced on August 14th

Check out the latest database additions, including items!3D ModelsBuild HighlightsEnchanter's Illusion - ButterfliesEnchanter's Illusion - HiddenEnchanter's Illusion - PoisonedEnchanter's Illusion - LifestealingEnchanter's Illusion - AgilityEnchanter's Illusion - UnholyEnchanter's Illusion - StrikingEnchanter's Illusion - SpellsurgeEnchanter's Illusion - Power TorrentEnchanter's Illusion - PoisonedEnchanter's Illusion - MongooseEnchanter's Illusion - LandslideEnchanter's Illusion - HiddenEnchanter's Illusion - Fiery WeaponEnchanter's Illusion - ExecutionerEnchanter's Illusion - Elemental ForceEnchanter's Illusion - CrusaderEnchanter's Illusion - ButterfliesEnchanter's Illusion - BerserkingEnchanter's Illusion - BattlemasterPoisonousHiddenMark of the Frostwolf (Poisonous)Mark of the Frostwolf (Hidden)Warlords of Draenor Enchanting Guide

Posted 2014/08/04 at 9:32 PM by perculia

Wowhead's Warlords of Draenor Beta Key Giveaway: Darkmoon Faire

We're picking this round of beta key winners on August 11th!

Posted 2014/08/04 at 5:31 PM by perculia

Hearthstone

The Plague is Here…and its Name is Loatheb

Posted 2014/08/04 at 4:24 PM by williedills

WoD Beta: New Darkmoon Faire Games, Vanity Loot, Pet Tamer, and More

Blazing Wings ChallengeFirebird's ChallengeWings of Flame

Flying High

Ringmaster

Brood of Alysrazor

Brood of AlysrazorBlazing WingsAlysrazor

Posted 2014/08/04 at 2:02 PM by perculia

Warlords Cinematic and Launch Date Coming August 14

We're giving away some Warlords of Draenor beta keys if you sub to our YouTube channel and leave a comment on the latest Wowhead Weekly with your favorite topic.

Posted 2014/08/04 at 11:06 AM by Wowhead

Warlords of Draenor Beta: Screenshots and Video of New Spell Effects for All Classes

Warlords of Draenor Class Changes GuidesWe're also giving away some Warlords of Draenor beta keys if you sub to our YouTube channel and leave a comment on the latest Wowhead Weekly with your favorite topic.

Posted 2014/08/03 at 12:30 PM by perculia

Wowhead Weekly Episode 4, YouTube Beta Giveaway, PvP Transmog Gear, Warrior Stances, Bashiok's Drop

Go over to Wowhead Weekly Episode 4 on YouTube

Subscribe to our YouTube channel,

Leave a comment with your favorite topic from the show, and your Wowhead username so we can contact you if you win!

PvP Transmog Gear Added on Beta

Posted 2014/08/02 at 4:03 PM by oliviadgrace

Warlords of Draenor Official Beta Patch Notes for August 1

Rune of Cinderglacier has been removed.

The goal is that Two-Handed Frost Death Knights favor their physical damage, slicing through their enemies with heavy Obliterates, whereas Dual-Wielders favor blasting their foes with frost damage, but both overlap considerably to maintain a cohesive specialization.

Frost Strike’s damage has been increased by 100%, but its Runic Power cost has been increased by 5 (up to 25 Runic Power in Frost Presence, and 40 Runic Power in other Presences).

Might of the Frozen Wastes now increases the damage of Obliterate by 50% (up from 40%) while wielding a two-handed weapon, and increases the damage of Frost Strike by 50% (up from 35%) while dual-wielding.

Razorice now deals 4% additional weapon damage (up from 2%), and increases Frost damage by 4% per stack (up from 3%).

Obliterate's damage has been increased by 30%.

Level-60 rune regeneration talents can now be triggered by all Runic Power spenders. ~~the following abilities at a rate proportional to their Runic Power costs: Breath of Sindragosa, Conversion, Dark Simulacrum, Mind Freeze (glyphed), Outbreak (glyphed), and Raise Ally (unglyphed)~~.

Blood Tap now generates one charge for every 15 Runic Power spent.

Runic Empowerment now has a 1.5% chance to trigger per Runic Power spent.

Runic Corruption now has a 1.5% chance to trigger per Runic Power spent.

Hunter Hook Wasp pet family is now Rylak, still exotic.

Increased Haste buff: Rylak ~~Hook Wasp~~, Hyena, Sporebat, Wasp

Increased Stamina buff: Bear, Goat, Rylak ~~Hook Wasp~~, Silithid

Rylak ~~Hook Wasp~~ - Updraft ~~Flutter~~: Slows the fall speed of both itself and the hunter for 30 seconds

Uplift now follows standard area-of-effect capping rules, diminishing in effectiveness beyond 6 targets.

Evil is a Point of View ~~Blinding Light~~ has been removed and replaced with Blinding Light.

Burst of Speed now costs 20 Energy (up from 15 Energy).

Tremor Totem is no longer usable while under the effects of Fear, Charm, or Sleep, but its duration has been increased to 10 seconds (up from 6 seconds).

Earthquake’s damage has been increased by 33%.

Mocking Banner is now available only to Protection Warriors.

~~Hamstring now requires Battle Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Intervene now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Mass Spell Reflection now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Mocking Banner now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Rallying Cry now requires Defensive Stance.~~

Revenge now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.

~~Safeguard now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Shield Slam now requires Defensive stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Spell Reflection now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Sweeping Strikes now requires Battle Stance.~~

Taunt now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.

~~Thunder Clap now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Vigilance now requires Defensive Stance or Gladiator Stance.~~

~~Whirlwind now requires Battle Stance.~~

~~Wild Strike now requires Battle Stance.~~

Battle Stance for Arms Warriors now generates 115% ~~67%~~ more Rage from auto-attacks and Critical Strikes now generate double Rage.

Arms Warriors now generate Rage from taking auto-attack damage. Each 1% of health taken as damage will generate 1 Rage, up to 5 Rage per hit.

Rend causes bleed damage over 18 seconds, and a final burst of bleed damage when the effect expires. Costs 5 Rage.

Posted 2014/08/01 at 4:36 PM by oliviadgrace

Hearthstone

News Roundup: August's Card Back, Deck Tech, Blue Tweets, Plague Quarter Purchasing Issues

We're celebrating Curse of Naxxramas with a giveaway! Click here to read how to win an iPad mini, Hearthstone pillows, and $20 Battle.net gift cards.

We've also got a detailed guide to the Plague Quarter including heroic strategies!
August Card BackCard Backs GalleryHearthstone Deck Tech

Posted 2014/08/01 at 12:12 PM by perculia

Alliance Chopper Appears, Blizzard Clarifies Several Warlords Misconceptions

We've got several giveaways going on: Wowhead's 100k Twitter Giveaway of Beta Keys, Gift Cards, TCG Pets and a TCG Mount, and our Curse of Naxxramas giveaway for iPads, Hearthstone Pillows and more!The Alliance Chopper Appears!

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.

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

Blizzard Dismisses Several Warlords of Draenor Misconceptions

Lore

This thread is getting a lot of attention, which is unfortunate, as it's chock full of misinformation. Let me clarify what I can:

-Black Temple and Frostwolf keep no longer hub cities, just quest locations you visit once.

Posted 2014/08/01 at 12:10 PM by oliviadgrace

Wowhead Twitter Giveaway, Artcraft, Updated Blood Elf Model Delayed After WoD Launch

Wowhead Twitter Giveaways to Celebrate 100,000 Followers!Wowhead's TwitterWoWTCGLootRocket ChickenX-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREMEWe're going to be giving away:

25 Warlords of Draenor Beta Keys

15 $20 Battle Net Gift Cards - codes which give you $20 to spend as you like on the Battle Net Store

Two Rocket Chicken battle pets, courtesy of WoWTCGLoot

An X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME mount, courtesy of WoWTCGLoot

How do you enter?

Make sure you're following Wowhead on Twitter. We'll be using Twitter's Direct Messages to send out the rewards, and if you're not following Wowhead, you can't receive them. If you don't have a Twitter account, it's easy to sign up!

Keep an eye on Wowhead's Twitter timeline and on this post for the giveaway details.

You'll need to tweet out a Wowhead link and a hashtag to Wowhead. Make sure your tweet has both!

When will you draw it?Giveaway #1 - 25 Warlords of Draenor Beta Keys!@Wowhead

To win a WoD beta key, tweet us the link to your favorite Wowhead guide and the hashtag #wh100kguide pic.twitter.com/lJtaruQkJ7

— Wowhead (@Wowhead) July 30, 2014Giveaway #2 - 15 $20 Battle Net Gift Cards@Wowhead

To win a $20 http://t.co/mmeAkFyGco gift card, tweet us the Wowhead link to your favorite item and the hashtag #wh100kitem

— Wowhead (@Wowhead) July 30, 2014Giveaway #3 - Two Rocket Chicken battle pets@Wowhead

To win a Rocket Chicken pet, tweet us the Wowhead link to your favorite Battle pet and the hashtag #wh100kpet pic.twitter.com/NuDenUaC54

— Wowhead (@Wowhead) July 30, 2014Giveaway #4 - An X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME mount@Wowhead

Finally, to win an X-51 Rocket mount, tweet us the Wowhead link to your favorite mount and the hashtag #wh100kmount pic.twitter.com/ykoVYzgi5d

— Wowhead (@Wowhead) July 30, 2014

Posted 2014/07/30 at 1:41 PM by perculia

The Curse of Naxxramas iPad Giveaway

the launch of Hearthstone's Curse of NaxxramasWe have two iPad minis, two Hearthstone pillows, and thirty-seven $20 Battle.net cards to win along with thirty-seven Warlords of Draenor beta keysSocial Media GiveawayLockerdome

2x Grand Prizes: An iPad mini, a Hearthstone pillow, a $20 Battle.net card, and a Warlords of Draenor beta key

25x Runners Up: A $20 Battle.net card and a Warlords of Draeneor beta key

Hearthhead iPad Mini Giveaway (Not US Only) in HearthHead on LockerDomeComment to Win Additionten $20 Battle.net cardsten Warlords of Draenor beta keysTell us your favorite Naxxramas boss in this post in order to be entered to win!Rules & Disclaimer

The giveaway ends at 11:59AM PDT on 08/04/2014.

Participants may have up to six entries. Participants may only win one prize.

This giveaway is open to participants from any location where giveaways are allowed--yes, we'll do international shipping!

Click here to read further.

Posted 2014/07/30 at 12:57 AM by Ashelia

Hearthstone

Alexstrasza Disabled for Loatheb and Hearthhead's Heroic Plague Wing Launch Guide

Hunter challengeMage challengeour general Curse of Naxxramas guideWe also have a huge giveaway going on to celebrate Curse of Naxxramas! Click here to read how to win an iPad mini, Hearthstone pillows, and $20 Battle.net gift cards. Disabled on on his stream earlier todayPlague Wing Launch GuideDecks to Defeat Noth the PlaguebringerDecks to Defeat Heroic Noth the PlaguebringerHis Deck

RewardsDecks to Defeat Heigan the UncleanDecks to Defeat Heroic Heigan the UncleanHis Deck

RewardsYou essentially want to be able to maximize the value of the deathrattle from that summons by having as many creatures on the board as possible and keeping them alive for as long as possible.Decks to Defeat LoathebDecks to Defeat Heroic LoathebHis Deck

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Posted 2014/07/29 at 9:23 PM by Ashelia

Warlords of Draenor Patch notes for July 29

Our weekly beta key giveaway is delayed due to Blizzard's Armory issues. In the meantime, we're holding a beta key giveaway on Twitter on Perculia and Olivia's accounts which runs until 7/31. Click here for more details.Patch Notes for July 29current buildcurrent dataminingWe've also updated our Warlords of Draenor Class Guides with the latest information, check out all the changes coming to each class!

Dream of Cenarius, Balance: The talent has been redesigned for Balance Druids and now causes Moonfire and Sunfire casts with Lunar or Solar Peak to also heal a random injured ally. Casting Healing Touch no longer increases the damage bonus of the Druid’s next Eclipse. Eclipse now causes the Druid’s next Healing Touch to become instant cast and reset the cooldown on Starsurge.

The Brain Freeze effect now increases Frostfire Bolt's damage by 25%, and can now stack up to 2 times. It also no longer triggers from the Bomb Talents, and instead has a 10% chance to trigger from Frostbolt casts. Each Multistrike of Frostbolt increases that cast's chance by an additional 25% ~~45%~~. (Total of 60% ~~100%~~ on double-Multistrikes).

Surge of Darkness (Shadow) now has a maximum of 3 charges (up from 2) and can now also trigger its effect from Devouring Plague, but its chance to trigger has been reduced to 10% (down from 20%) to compensate.

Insanity has been changed to cause consuming Shadow Orbs to transform Mind Flay into Insanity for 2 seconds per Shadow Orb consumed.

Twist of Fate now only triggers from healing for Discipline and Holy Priests, and only triggers from damage for Shadow Priests.

Tremor Totem is no longer usable while under the effects of Fear, Charm, or Sleep.

Chain Lightning was also improved significantly to offset the fact that Elemental Overload was a massive buff to it, but Molten Earth is not. Chain Lightning’s damage has been increased by 50%.

Elemental Blast now also grants increased Spirit for Restoration Shaman, in addition to the random secondary stat. Spirit amount granted is equal to double the random secondary stat amount.

Riptide’s healing has been adjusted to put significantly more of it into the initial heal. The initial heal amount has been increased by 70%, while the periodic healing amount has been reduced by 20%.

Thunder Clap now costs 10 15 Rage, and also reduces the movement speed of nearby enemies by 50% for 6 sec

Wild Strike now requires Battle Stance.

Battle Stance for Arms Warriors now generates 67% ~~140%~~ more Rage from auto-attacks and Critical Strikes now generate double Rage.

Colossus Smash now costs 20 30 Rage, deals 225% increased damage, and no longer increases the damage of Slam.

Execute for Arms Warriors now costs 10 Rage, and consumes up to 30 40 additional Rage to deal additional damage.

Mortal Strike now costs 20 30 Rage (instead of generating 10 Rage).

Piercing Howl is now available to all Fury Warriors as a baseline ability.

Arms: Slam: Slam an opponent, causing 100% weapon damage. Each consecutive use of Slam increases the damage dealt by 50% and Rage cost by 100%. Requires Battle Stance.

the Beta patch notes are preliminary and not finalNote: Not all the content listed may be available for immediate testing or may only be available during a limited testing window during the Beta.

Posted 2014/07/29 at 6:09 PM by oliviadgrace

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