World of Warcraft Dev Tracker

The Wrath of the Lich King Classic beta test has begun! Over the course of the test, we’ll be inviting opt-in beta testers and more to check out the upcoming Classic expansion and give us feedback.  

Players selected to participate in the beta test will receive an email invitation directing them to download the beta client directly from the Battle.net desktop app. As always, please be aware of phishing attempts—if you’re unsure whether your invitation is legitimate, please log in to your Battle.net account to verify that there is a Wrath of the Lich King Classic beta license attached (under Your Game Accounts...

Wrath of the Lich King Classic provides new opportunities to make a few changes that will improve the gameplay experience in the next chapter of Classic WoW. In this Developer Update, the World of Warcraft Classic Team takes you through some of those changes and what they can mean for the future of Wrath Classic.

#SomeChanges

When World of Warcraft Classic first launched, it followed a very strict design pillar: #NoChanges. At Blizzard, we faithfully recreated World of Warcraft as it existed in 2006, with as few changes as possible, while still making it able to run in the more modern environment of 2019. But World of Warcraft didn’t stop in 2006. It continued to evolve and change over the years. So, we re-released the Burning Crusade expansion last year in 2021, and plans are underway to re-release the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.

However,...

World of Warcraft®: Dragonflight is now available for pre-purchase in-game and through the Blizzard Shop!

As long-dormant forces begin to stir in their sacred homeland, the dragons of Azeroth—at times both allies and adversaries of the mortal races—call on the heroes of the Alliance and Horde to help reckon with the looming threats and ancient mysteries on the verge of awakening.

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Take Wing to a New Beginning

Welcome the summer with great WoW® deals on special items up to 50% off now through July 4! Read on to discover what’s on sale.

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• Base Edition: $19.99 (Reg. $39.99) 
• Heroic Edition: $29.99 (Reg. $59.99) 
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Join millions of players and get the complete Shadowlands experience to enjoy a timeless adventure into the realms of the afterlife and across Azeroth. With a single subscription, you can access World of Warcraft®, World of Warcraft®: Burning Crusade Classic™, and World of Warcraft Classic! 

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It’s time for Azeroth’s hottest season of the year, the Midsummer Fire Festival!

Shadowlands

When: June 21–July 5
Where: Major Horde and Alliance Cities
Currency: Burning Blossom

"A time of merriment and celebration, dedicated to the hottest season of the year."

• Activities
• Achievements
• ...

The festivities have begun as the citizens of Azeroth and Outland celebrate the hottest of seasons by playing with fire!

When: June 21–July 5
Where: Located Capital Cities

Midsummer Fire Festival

Across Azeroth and Outland, brilliant bonfires have been lit to rekindle peoples’ spirits and ward off ancient evils. Each year, new guardians are chosen to watch over the sacred flames and ensure that they are never extinguished.

Called "Flame Keepers" or "Flame Wardens," these chosen few request the aid of brave adventurers to traverse the land and journey into the dark recesses of Azeroth's dungeons. It is rumored that any heroes who are willing to brave the terrors placed before them will be rewarded for their efforts through the power of the flames.

Activities

In this week's news roundup, the World of Warcraft®: Dragonflight Druid and Death Knight talent previews are available, "Fresh Start" realms coming for Wrath of the Lich King Classic™, player-submitted screenshots, and more!

Dragonflight News and Development

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Talent Preview

Dragonflight contains major updates to World of Warcraft classes, centering on the re-introduction of talent trees. In case you missed our preview, we take a first look at the prototype trees for the Druid and Death Knight classes. These and all the other trees still have a lot of work to be done, but we want to share what we can to start collecting detailed feedback at this early stage, so be sure to share your thoughts with us. [...

Gather your staunchest allies and head into the Firelands raid dungeon to take on the elemental lord Ragnaros and his cohorts—and take on six dungeons from Deathwing’s era— during Cataclysm Timewalking.

The Firelands is the molten domain forged by the titans to house Ragnaros and his wayward minions. Following Deathwing’s emergence into Azeroth, Ragnaros and his servants surged onto the slopes of Mount Hyjal before being driven back by the sacred mountain’s valiant defenders. Now Ragnaros is rallying his loyalists to defend the Firelands from Azeroth’s champions.

When: The ...

Steel yourself for Battleground combat!

Seven Days on the Battlegrounds

All this week, heading to the Battlegrounds will net you some extra Honor along with bonus loot for completing this week’s quest. To enter the fray, open Group Finder (hotkey: "I") and then select the Player vs. Player tab. Next choose Quick Match, select Random Battlegrounds or Random Epic Battlegrounds, and hit the Join Battle button—you’ll be matched up with other players and sent to one of these 12 battlegrounds:

• Alterac Valley
• Arathi Basin
• Ashran
• Battle for Gilneas
• Battle for Wintergrasp
• Deepwind Gorge
• Eye of the Storm
• Isle of Conquest
• Seething Shore
• Silvershard Mines
• Temple of Kotmogu
• Twin Peaks
• Warsong Gulch

Weekly Quest

Before you get started, speak to Caretaker Kah-Toll in Oribos who has a que...

Slip into summer during the Thousand Boat Bash taking place in Thousand Needles from June 6-8!

Call of the Scarab
[January 21-23]

To commemorate the first ringing of the Scarab Gong on January 23, 2006, players will be able to relive a portion of the Ahn’Qiraj gate opening by collecting items for turn-in. The winning faction will then be able to claim bragging rights and have their faction flag hang over the gates until the next Call of the Scarab micro-holiday event.

Hatching of the Hippogryphs
[February 23]

Those wh...

Dragonflight contains major updates to World of Warcraft classes, centering on the re-introduction of talent trees. In this preview, we take a first look at the prototype trees for the Druid and Death Knight classes. These and all the other trees still have a lot of work to be done, but we want to share what we can to start collecting detailed feedback at this early stage.

Some of our biggest goals in a class and talent revamp are to increase player agency over your character’s progression and build, provide meaningful rewards while leveling, and reinforce your character’s connection to both their class and their spec. In addition, we felt we had to retain many features of modern World of Warcraft sp...

In this week’s news roundup, the World of Warcraft®: Shadowlands 9.2.5 update is live and brings many new features, including Cross-faction instances, new blood elf and dark iron dwarf questlines, and several improvements to player and reporting that includes a new Social Contract.

Shadowlands News and Development

Log in Now—the Shadowlands 9.2.5 Content Update Is Live

The Shadowlands content update 9.2.5 is now live with a variety of features and experiences such as cross-faction instances, new questlines for blood elf and Dark Iron dwarf characters, a new PvP arena, and more!

Learn more abo...

The Shadowlands content update 9.2.5 has arrived with a variety of features and experiences such as cross-faction play, new questlines for blood elf and Dark Iron dwarf characters, a new PvP arena, and more!

Party with Players from the Opposing Faction!

Cross-faction gameplay is included with the 9.2.5 content update, giving players more grouping options and allowing them to play with their friends from the opposing faction. Read our news post for more...

Faction Change Bundles

Make the leap to the other side with 30% off one or three Faction Changes, and until June 7, get two additional Faction Changes for the price of six. The Faction Change item will now allow the purchase of multiple Faction Changes at one time or save some for future use.

Changing your faction also includes a free race change for your class, so you’ll fit in with your new friends when you join them on their adventures all over Azeroth.

Available Faction Change pack options:

• 1 for $21.00 (Regularly $30.00)
• 3 for $42.00 (Regularly $65.00)
• 6 8 for $95.00

To learn more about the Faction Change service and any restrictions, visit our ...

The Shadowlands 9.2.5 content update arrives on May 31 and comes with a variety of features and experiences such as cross-faction play, new questlines for Blood Elf and Dark Iron Dwarf characters, a new PvP arena, and more! 

Table of Contents

As a part of our ongoing efforts to foster a fun, fair, and safe game environment for our community, we’re implementing some improvements to the system with the 9.2.5 update. We know how important it is for our players to be a part of a safe and supportive community, and we want to help foster that by providing you with tools and information you can use to help promote and create it alongside us.

Just the Start

Creating a positive experience in World of Warcraft is important to the entire team. As a part of helping drive that focus, we’ve pulled together a multi-disciplinary team to look at varying aspects of what we can do to help make things better. The 9.1.5 content update allowed us to provide additional updates to our reporting system that enable more visibility to player reporting by sending thank you messages to players who reported others for violating our code of conduct. Additionally, most players who are close to being actioned within...

The top eight Arena World Championship (AWC) teams from EU and NA compete in a four-week long, round-robin style circuit for one of four invitations per region to the AWC Grand Finals! Catch the action beginning May 28, only on YouTube!

What/Where/When to Watch the AWC Circuit

• Broadcast Dates: 
  • May 28 - 29
  • June 4 - 5
  • June 11 - 12
  • June 18 - 19
• Broadcast Start Time:  EU Matches 10:00 AM PT / 7:00 PM CEST, followed by NA Matches
• Format: 
  • Round Robin over four weeks
  • Top 4 teams in each region qualify to AWC Grand Finals & Cross-Region Tournament
• Language Streams on YouTube:
  • ...

In this Week's news roundup, players can now join the Shattered Sun Offensive in Sunwell Plateau, and for those who may have missed them, we linked several World of Warcraft®: Dragonflight dev interviews to catch up on.

Continue reading for more details and links to the latest news and announcements.

Shadowlands News and Development

Shadowlands Development Update Posts on the Forums (English Only)

• Scariizard talks about Season 4 rewards acquisition and the effectiveness of raid gearing overall. Check out ...

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Burning Crusade Classic and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Hotfixes

May 17, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Sepulcher of the First Ones
  • Hall of Fame
    • The Horde Hall of Fame is now full and is no longer eligible to be earned.
  • Anduin Wrynn
    • [With realm restarts] Blasphemy duration increased to 12 seconds in all difficulties.
    • [With realm restarts] Lost Soul duration i...

The winner of this weekend’s Last Stand Tournament, beginning May 22 on YouTube, will secure the final invite to the Mythic Dungeon International Season 3 Global Finals!

What/Where/When to Watch The Last Stand Tournament

• Broadcast Dates: Friday, May 20 - Sunday, May 22, 2022
• Broadcast Time: 10:00 AM PT
• Format: Teams of 5 must complete all six dungeons within 15 hours spread across all three broadcast days. Fastest time in each dungeon will be added up, with the fastest...