World of Warcraft Dev Tracker

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. Are you ready to get hard-core? Classic Hardcore realms go live August 24 at 3:00 p.m. PDT!

News and Events This Week

• August 21
  • (Reminder) Time is Running Out- Adopt Sunny and Flurky to Support BlueCheck Ukraine
• August 22
  • (Event)  PvP Brawl: Arathi Blizzard
  • (Event) Battleground Bonus Event
  • (Event) Classic Era Patch 1.14.4 Goes Live
• August 23
  • (Article) Dawn of the Infinite Heroic Difficulty Coming in Fury Incarnate
  • (Reminder) Get the Prime Gaming Silver Pig Pet by August 24
• August 24
  • (Event) Classic Hardcore Realms Live
  • (Promotion) New Pro...

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

• Fury Incarnate PTR Update: This week, the latest Fury Incarnate 10.1.7 PTR development notes were posted, which included some changes to the Druid class and updates to the Ping System.

WoW Classic Hardcore

• WoWCast Developer Chat: Tune in for developer insights into a whole ...

A new public event, Dreamsurges, will be available with the World of Warcraft Fury Incarnate update on September 5. The growth of a new World Tree is causing the energies of the Emerald Dream to manifest throughout the Dragon Isles. Defeat the chaos brought about by the Druids of the Flame for rewards.

Everything Starts with a Dream

Each week one of the four original zones in the Dragon Isles—The Waking Shores, Ohn’ahran Plains, Thaldraszus, and The Azure Span—will be affected by a Dreamsurge. Every 30 minutes, a major Waking Dream portal will open in the affected zone as a group event. While active, that zone will be granted ...

Honor your legacy with two new Heritage Armor sets—one for undead and one for night elves—with the release of the Fury Incarnate content update. Players will also have new skin colors for undead characters, and night elf characters will have new facial markings and body tattoos to choose from.

Forsaken Heritage Armor and New Skin Customizations

Players level 50 and above can begin their journey toward acquiring the new Forsaken Champion Heritage Armor by speaking to Lilian Voss in the Ruins of Lordaeron and beginning the quest “Unliving Summons.” On completion, you’ll receive the Forsaken Champion’s Attire (ensemble) which includes two chest pieces, cloak, waist, feet, wrist, head, hands, legs, shoulder, and a new tabard.

Everyone loves t-shirts—especially when they're free! Seek out vendors located throughout Azeroth to get yours during this micro-holiday.

Complete certain activities during Free T-Shirt Day to earn some extra Travel Points. More details are in the August Trading Post article.

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. Players who are in a different...

Catch the latest episode of WoWCast with World of Warcraft Lead Software Engineer Ana Resendez, Associate Production Director Clayton Stone, and host Bethany Stout as they give us a behind-the-scenes peek into World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore.

Prepare to face mortality when World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore arrives.

No rezzes, no regrets!

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. Get ready for high-flying action when you mount up and rediscover the skies of Kalimdor with a new dragonriding racing event arriving in Azeroth on August 15!

News and Events This Week

• August 15
  • (Event) Burning Crusade Timewalking
  • (Event)  PvP Brawl: Deep Six
  • (Event) Prep Your Dragons and Mount Up for the Kalimdor Cup
  • (Video) Developer Update
• August 16
  • (Event) Free T-Shirt Day
  • (Article) Honor Your Legacy with New Forsaken and Night Elf Heritage Armor
• August 17
  • (Article) Unite and Face the Onslaught of the Dreamsurge
  • (Article) Unravel the Secrets of Azeroth
• ...

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

• Fury Incarnate PTR Update: This week, the latest Fury Incarnate 10.1.7 PTR development notes were posted, which included new Night Elf customizations and some updates to the upcoming Ping System.

WoW ...

Classic Hardcore realms are an exciting way to challenge yourself and your class knowledge. Can you make it to level 60 without dying? And if so, how much further can you go?

It Ain't Over 'Til it's Over

Not every hero will reach the finish line on their first attempt—or maybe even their second. For those who have fallen along the way, there’s a choice to be made on how to handle their newfound permanent death status.

Linger On

If you have unfinished business in the Hardcore realm, you may continue to exist in the game world as a ghost. This will allow you to communicate with your in-ga...