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22 Mar

Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Plunderstorm

  • Discussion Forums
    • The new game mode arrived. Head over to our new discussion forum to chat about all things Plunderstorm.
  • Step-By-Step Guide
    • We posted a quick and ...
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Presented by Blizzard Entertainment’s Early Careers and World of Warcraft development teams, the thirteenth annual World of Warcraft Student Art Contest has drawn to a close. After some fervent debate and impassioned deliberation, our judges sifted through the many remarkable entries and identified the winning entries.

Check out the winners and runners-up below for each of the four categories.


Environment Art Category

Winner

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"Glade of Ysera"
Joshua Tyer
Laguna College of Art and Design

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21 Mar

The World of Warcraft team is proud to present the Plunderstorm® Creator Royale, a new tournament that will take place in Plunderstorm Duos. Prepare for pirates, prizes, and the mayhem of 60 of your favorite content creators competing head-to-head. This special event will unfold live on Twitch and YouTube on March 30, starting at 10:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm GMT.

All participants will be str...

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19 Mar

Get swept away in the Plunderstorm1— a fun, new, limited-time, pirate-themed event of prodigious proportions lasting the next several weeks. Scour the map and try to be the last pirate standing while dashing across the Arathi Highlands to find abilities, upgrades, and loot to plunder just to survive!



Set Sail for the Plunderstorm

Plunge into a challenging battle that earns excellent rewards for World of Warcraft® Modern and Classic progression realms. All you have to do is s...

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Ready yourselves for pirates, magic, and mayhem when you plunge into Plunderstorm—a fun, new, pirate-themed event of prodigious proportions!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PLUNDERSTORM CLASSES
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS ...
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18 Mar

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Content update 10.2.6 arrives March 19.


The 10.2.6 Content Update Arrives March 19

Mark your calendar for March 19 when the 10.2.6 content update goes live with a bold, new, limited-time event. You won't want to miss out on the fun. It's important to note that Dragonflight season 4 will go live several weeks after the release of the 10.2.6 content update. For heroes working toward the ...

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15 Mar

Your World of Warcraft® account is precious! Unfortunately, scoundrels and thieves out there will try to take it from you and cause significant damage to the progress you've made with your characters.

What happens with stolen accounts?

Thieves use stolen accounts for a variety of disruptive in-game behaviors, such as:

  • Fueling gold-selling operations by stripping characters of valuable equipment and materials
  • Performing botting activities, making it more difficult for legitimate players to acquire resources.
  • Spamming players with advertisements for unauthorized services.

These disruptive behaviors harm everyone, not just the person whose account was taken. We are committed to combatting bots, gold selling and buying, and spamming while ensuring stolen accounts are returned to their owners.

You can help in this fight!

Taking simple precautions can protect your account from being u...

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The War Within expansion introduces Hero Talents as a new update to World of Warcraft classes. They are an evergreen form of character progression for each class specialization that introduces new powers and class fantasies. Feedback is critical to us as a part of creating an impactful and fun addition to the game, so we are sharing our goals for Hero Talents with the community to get first impressions of them and learn how well we’re meeting those goals.

In this article, we take a closer look at the philosophies around Hero Talents for twelve more trees: Rider of the Apocalypse and Deathbringer Death Knights, Aldrachi Reaver Demon Hunter, Druid of the Claw Druid, Flameshaper Evoker, Pack Leader Hunter, Spellslinger Mage, Shado-Pan and Conduit of the Celestials Monks, Farseer Shaman, Hellcaller Warlock, and Slayer Warrior.

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Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Dragonflight
  • Hearthstone’s 10th Anniversary Event
    • Updates have been made to this event, including an extension to March 22, and bosses now spawn more often.
  • 10.2.6 Content Update
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Mark your calendar for March 19 when the 10.2.6 content update goes live with a bold, new, limited-time event. You won't want to miss out on the fun. It's important to note that Dragonflight season 4 will go live several weeks after the release of the 10.2.6 content update. For heroes working toward the Amirdrassil Feats of Strength, you'll need to obtain ...

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14 Mar

[Updated 3/14] The event duration has been extended and will now end on Friday, March 22.

The tables are set, the tavern is bustling, and the musicians are playing your favorite tune. Join the party as Hearthstone celebrates 10 years of card-filled fun and adventure with a variety of events in Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. By logging in to Hearthstone, you can also earn the Fiery Hearthsteed mount in World of Warcraft.


Get the Fiery Hearthsteed

Players can try their hand at Hearthstone between March 11 and May 14 to earn the Fiery Hearthsteed mount* in World of Warcraft. Getting your hands on this unique flying mount is simple . ...

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12 Mar

Dragonflight Season 4 brings with it a variety of changes, including new adjustments to dungeons, their progression, and rewards.


In the Player Feedback Loop

As a part of ongoing development in Dragonflight, the development team identified three issues to address based on community feedback regarding the dungeon system as it is:

  • Heroic dungeons are barely distinct from Normal dungeons at maximum level, and that distinction mostly only matters during a few days after players first reach max level.
  • "Mythic 0" dungeons rapidly lose relevance a few weeks into an expansion, once the M+ season starts, with occasional exceptions for the weekly event quest.
  • The only truly endgame dungeon mode (M+) currently revolves around a timer. This means that other than new mega-dungeons, there isn't really a place for endgame players who enjoy a more methodical dungeon pac...
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11 Mar

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Join the party this week as Hearthstone celebrates their 10-year anniversary!


World of Warcraft Joins Hearthstone’s 10-Year Anniversary Festivities

Join in Hearthstone’s 10-year anniversary celebration beginning March 11. Players can log into Hearthstone to collect a new Fiery Hearthsteed mount in World of Warcraft for free!*

Players can also seek out special “Hearthstone” matches in capital cities from March 11 to March 18. Stick around long enough and you’ll face a special encounter where you can defeat iconic minions to add to your deck and earn other fun new Hearthstone-themed rewards! Lea...

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08 Mar

Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Dragonflight
  • Hotfixes
    • Several issues in Dragonflight Season 3 dungeons have been addressed.
Season of Discovery
  • Discoverer's Delight Experience Buff
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07 Mar

Cataclysm Classic is now in closed beta. It's not too late to reignite the fire and help usher in a new Azeroth when you sign up to join the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic™ beta before it hits the servers in 2024.

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From the fires of destruction, a new Azeroth arises. Following Deathwing the Destroyer's cataclysmic entrance, which left a festering wound across Azeroth, heroes are called once again to experience a dramatically reforged Azeroth and defend it from utter devastation.

Players can tackle this milestone expansion again with new ...

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05 Mar

Join the path of discovery in Season of Discovery. Players now get the benefit of the Discoverer’s Delight experience buff*, which increases experience gains by 100% for all players through level 39! It’s a great time to join Season of Discovery Phase 2, whether you’re just joining in the fun, or creating and leveling a whole new character.

Players can also visit any innkeeper in the capital cities to turn the experience buff off or on.

*Experience buff not available in other WoW Classic titles or modern World of Warcraft.

Chart a course across the Dragon Isles for this week’s Bonus Event – World Quests.

This Week

All week, open your map (default hotkey-"m") and select any of the Dragon Isles regions to view the World Quests available to you. To find out more about each World quest, simply hover your mouse over a World Quest on the map to see what tasks are needed to complete it, the rewards you'll receive, and the time remaining that the quest is available to you.

Look for the following all week long:

  • Kazra in Valdrakken has a quest for you—The World Awaits. You can also start the quest from within the Adventure Guide (Shift-J).
    • Quest requirement: Complete 10 World Quests in the Dragon Isles
    • Reward: Get 2500 reputation with one of the Major Factions: Dragonscale Expedition, Iskaara Tuskarr, Maruuk Centaur, Valdrakken Accord, Loamm NIffen, or the Dream Wardens
  • Passive buff: +50% to Reputation ga...
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04 Mar

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Join in the Season of Discovery with an increased experience buff and tune in this weekend to the MDI Global Finals. 


Tune in for the Mythic Dungeon International Global Finals

Don’t miss out on the action as the grand finals reveal who of the remaining teams will rise to the top to claim victory. Tune in this weekend, March 8-10 beginning at 10:00 am PDT (19:00 CET) on Twitch.tv/Warcraft or ...

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03 Mar

Step right up and prepare to be amazed!

The Darkmoon Faire celebrates the wondrous, exotic, and mysterious from around Azeroth! This mist-shrouded island is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma, accessible for one week only at the beginning of each month.

Come closer for a tantalizing glimpse of what Faire founder, Silas Darkmoon, brings for all to see! 

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01 Mar

Beware the deep shadows, for the dreadlords are the masters of dark sorcery, preferring to manipulate and undermine their enemies from the darkest places. The Unseen are cruel and cunning schemers, adept in illusion and disguise. Now, you can clothe yourself in their raiment when you acquire two color variants in one pack.

Dress for the Shadows Now


The Dreadlord's Regalia Pack* includes:

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