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Transmogrification Guides: Troll Armor (Updated for 5.4)
Patch 5.2 introduced
numerous greens
that bring back a ton of old troll designs, made inaccessible when the original versions of
Zul'Gurub
and
Zul'Aman
were removed. We immediately thought what great transmog additions they would be for players!
The new version of
Zul'Aman
had some recolored weapons and armor, but they didn't match the original items. Plus, player favorites like
Ancient Amani Longbow
never made it into the new version of the instance.
Zul'Gurub
was more extreme--the 5-piece sets from vanilla, often with surprisingly good itemization compared to Tier 1, were never put back in. While they aren't as eye-catching as the
Zul'Aman
armor, they hold sentimental value for a lot of players. Some distinctive weapons like
Fang of the Faceless
never made it back in either.
The majority of this lookalike gear was added in Patch 5.2 as zone drops from
Isle of Thunder
, but later patches have added a few pieces to fill in incomplete sets.
Check out the complete updated series of Transmogrification Guides:
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5.2 PTR: Season 13 PvP Armor
Last week we posted many 3D models of
Tier 15 PvE armor coming in Patch 5.2
: this week we have most Season 13 PvP sets to share! Since most model names are called "Alliance" or "Horde," it looks like Blizzard may be implementing faction-themed PvP gear. While the Tier 9 PvE sets had different models for the Alliance and Horde, this hasn't been done for PvP since vanilla, before arena seasons were introduced.
Several sets have four color variations, so perhaps the lower ilvl PvP gear will look the same across factions, and the unique Alliance and Horde colors will be reserved for the Elite gear, similar to how
Reins of the Vicious War Steed
and
Horn of the Vicious War Wolf
are unique faction rewards for battleground dedication.
Shoulders have now been added to some PvP sets! Enjoy.
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Horde
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Patch 5.1: New Rare Tames
Over 100 low-level rares were also added in the most recent patch--many have distinctive colors that make them unique Hunter tames. In addition, Arcane Wyrms are now tamable serpents, and several received recolors for more variation.
If you're not a Hunter, these new rares don't drop any fancy loot, but they do give a significant amount of experience for killing them. The list is fun just to browse as well because many have clever names, like
Gib the Banana-Hoarder
, a monkey with a fez.
We've broken down the rares by continent and level, including zone details and 3D models, as well as by pet family. Tames with unique colors/models are marked in italics.
Click on the cut to see all the new 5.1 rare tames!
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Feast of Winter Veil Presents Now Available
It's December 25th, so don't forget to open your
Winter Veil Gift
and loot your both of your 2012 gifts,
The Pigskin
and
Special Edition Foot Ball
! These are only available from December 25th-January 2nd, and award
They're Both Footballs?
. Opening any present today will also give you
He Knows If You've Been Naughty
!
And if you're looking for more Winter Veil news, check out our other holiday posts! The Blizzard Community team is a bit quiet this week, but we've got guides written up the rest of the week for you.
Wowhead's Holiday Wallpaper--the Sha of Merriment
Wowhead's Feast of Winter Veil Guide
Happy Holidays from Blizzard
Winter Veil Gifts
Here's the full list of possible gifts:
Festive Gift
Wand of Holiday Cheer
Gently Shaken Gift
Winter Veil Roast
or
Winter Veil Eggnog
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Happy Holidays from Wowhead
The holiday season is upon us, which means it's not only time for our
Winter Veil guide
and
holiday giveaway
, but also more Noxy art! Every year Noxy creates a new holiday wallpaper for Wowhead, and this year she's managed to even bring holiday cheer to the
Sha of Fear
.
2012 was a busy year for Wowhead with Mists of Pandaria launching, and we're really excited about the new features we have planned for 2013. We couldn't have done any of this without your loyal support of our database and other features, and the entire staff extends a heartfelt thank-you to everyone for visiting and being part of the Wowhead tradition.
Without further ado, enjoy Wowhead's 2012 Holiday Wallpaper--the Sha of Merriment!
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News Round Up: Recent Hotfixes, Happy Holidays from Blizzard
IIn addition to all the
5.2 PTR excitement this weekend
, Blizzard snuck in some live hotfixes as well, with some assorted bug fixes to
Stackable Stag
and class abilities.
Wowhead staff was also sent the lovely holiday card from the Blizzard Community team (click to enlarge). The Warcraft CMs have
really
gotten into the spirit of the holidays, with a lighthearted holiday greetings post featuring incriminating photos in RL versions of
Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater
. They've even dared players to photoshop the pictures in absurd ways!
Click the cut for the hotfixes and community holiday wishes!
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Patch 5.2 PTR Patch Note Preview
Hot on the heels of the
new datamined 5.2 patch this evening
, featuring Tier 15 armor models, new boss descriptions, and hundreds of items, comes Blizzard's official Patch 5.2 Patch Note Preview.
Patch Highlights
Three new factions: Kirin-Tor Offensive led by Jaina Proudmoore and the Sunreaver Onslaught led by Lor'themar Theron. Players can choose to do PvE or PvP quests with these factions. A third faction, the Shado-Pan Assault, has impressive Valor rewards and reputation can only be earned in raids.
Two new world bosses: Nalak, the Storm Lord and Oondasta.
The new raid is the Throne of Thunder, which has 13 bosses, and 4 different segments on Raid Finder.
All world bosses are now Tap to Faction. This new system offers every eligible player of the same faction that engages a boss the chance to earn loot.
The legendary questline continues in 5.2, with the reward being some special helm-related perk.
Elite Battle Pets have been added to the game world--they will spawn alone against an entire team.
New tameable species for Hunters:
Dire Horn
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Patch 5.2: Thunder Isle Teaser from Blizzard, PTR in January
Blizzard woke us up in the middle of the night to share this sweet teaser pic of Thunder Isle, the new raid dungeon in 5.2. From this picture, we can also learn that the 5.2 PTR is hitting soon, right on the heels of the holidays. Blizzard really seems to be sticking to their promise of delivering new content patches quickly.
Here's their official statement:
Happy Holidays from the World of Warcraft team! Here’s a small present to tide you over until the new year.
We can't tell
too
much about the raid theme from this picture, besides that it has really awesome Pandaren-themed architecture with some Mogu statues in the courtyard--what do you think the new raid theme could be? Several devs have hinted that they were inspired by Ulduar.
We've seen the Thunder King alluded to in a few places already, such as in Golden Lotus quests like
Battle Axe of the Thunder King
, legendary quests like
The Thunder King
, and archaeology (
Collector: Edicts of the Thunder King
). Known as Emperor Lei Shen, the Thunder King was a powerful mogu leader who defeated all of his rivals with the aid of a mysterious relic, and was resurrected by
Prophet Khar'zul
at the Isle of Reckoning in Mi
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Exploration Guide: Riches of Pandaria
A new achievement was added in Patch 5.1,
Riches of Pandaria
, for finding many junk items hidden like
Ancient Pandaren Tea Pot
. There are 18 total and many vendor for and grant several hundred thousand experience if found while leveling. Based on excellent user comments such as
Lilikoi's
and our own experiences finding treasures, we've made a guide to this new achievement series.
There are four achievements in this series. If you found several items before 5.1, you will get credit for them.
Treasure of Pandaria
: Find a Treasure of Pandaria.
Fortune of Pandaria
: Find 5 Treasures of Pandaria.
Bounty of Pandaria
: Find 10 Treasures of Pandaria.
Riches of Pandaria
: Find all of the Treasures of Pandaria.
The guide below lists all the hidden objects you encounter, the items inside that vendor for gold, the hidden "Flag" quest that triggers when you find the object, coordinates that open a new map window, and an image of the treasure. Each tab also contains a zone map with pins that take you to the object's page when clicked on. Objects needed for the ac
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News Round Up: Heroic Mode Boss Changes, Justice Points in 5.2
Today's news round up covers some heroic boss nerfs, as well a a few 5.2 teasers--pet battles will have a chance to give you
Lesser Charm of Good Fortune
, and if you're capped on Valor Points, doing additional content that usually rewards Valor Points will give you Justice Points. (Keep in mind nothing is set in stone at all, these 5.2 ideas may change.) In addition, a lot of Warriors weren't happy about the
nerf from last week, so Blizzard explained their reasoning in great detail.
Also be sure to check out our
Turtle Beach Holiday Giveaway
and our
Feast of Winter Veil Guide
!
Heroic Mode Boss Changes
Two Heroic mode encounters in the Heart of Fear and the Terrace of Endless Spring are changing with the Raid reset this week:
Grand Empress Shek'zeer
The damage dealt by
Corrupted Dissonance Field
,
Sonic Discharge
, and
Cry of Terror
has been reduced by approximately 10% in the Heroic mode version of this encounter.
Protectors of the Endless
The da
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Feast of Winter Veil (December 15 - January 2) Guide
Feast of Winter Veil
is hitting servers early Saturday morning so get prepared to drink some
Winter Veil Egg Nog
, sit by your
Cozy Fire
, and open your
Stolen Present
--wait, what? Is that a new type of present we've found in the database? There's a new holiday gift waiting for you under this year's tree, and your
Father Winter's Helper
has stopped sulking and is ready for some pet battles, so this is one holiday you don't want to miss!
Changes in 2012
The biggest 2012 addition is that all the existing vanity pets are now battle pets with unique sets of abilities:
Winter's Little Helper
Winter Reindeer
Tiny Snowman
Lumpy
Father Winter's Helper
The 2012 special gift in your faction's capital city is Azeroth's version of a football or soccer ball:
The Pigskin
and
Special Edition Foot Ball
. A special achievement has been added:
They're Both Footballs?
.
Miniature Winter Veil Tree
is now an ilvl 480, level 90 weapon with the following stats: 450 Agi, 677 Stam, 301 Hit, 301 Haste.
Penney Copperpinch
and
Wulmort Jinglepocket
now sell 2011's gift,
Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater
, for players who wanted to get
A-Caroling We Will Go
.
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News Round Up: Pet Battle Experience Updates, 12/13 Hotfixes
We'll be putting up our
Feast of Winter Veil
guide later today, but there's also been some blue posts we want to share with you! Most importantly, pet battlers will be happy to learn that it will be easier to power level low-level pets due to an upcoming hotfix in which level 25 pets don't leech experience.
Also posted this afternoon: several hotfixes pertaining to battle pets,
Grand Empress Shek'zeer
's heroic loot table, and
.
We’ve been receiving a few inquiries over Twitter and through email regarding
Farmer Nishi
, so we thought we’d share our thoughts on Pet Battle experience gains with you.
We will soon be applying a hotfix that causes level-25 pets to no longer “steal” experience from your lower-level pets. Previously, if you had a level-3 and level-25 pet grouped together for a battle, the XP earned would be shared between the two at the end. This resulted in some players doing what they could to kill off their level-25 pet so the level-3 pet would get all of the experience. You no longer need to worry about this as the level-3 pet will now receive 100% of the XP that’s earned, so long as it has participated in at least one round
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World of Warcraft Customer Support Q&A
Blizzard held a Customer Support Q & A at 5pm PST, with representatives from the SC2, Diablo, and Warcraft teams answering your questions! They discussed the popular Item Restoration feature added recently and shared crazy stories like upset Diablo fans showing up at the office to protest Hardcore character deaths. And of course, they answered questions about what it's like to deal with difficult players screaming over Twitter.
Specific to Warcraft, they address the RP personas and names favored by GMs, botting and /afks in Battlegrounds, the Report feature, policy creation, and potentially updating the in-game interface for for CS requests.
Click the cut to read the transcript!
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Mists of Pandaria Legendary Quest Guide: Updated for 5.1
Mists of Pandaria has a unique legendary questline: it spans content patches and any class and spec can work on it. Multiple people in your raid can work on it at the same time, and it can even be completed in LFR. We've updated our guide to reflect the new 5.1 questline and weapon models.
New Weapon Models
Jin'ya, Orb of the Waterspeaker
and
Spiritsever
have spookier models in 5.1 to live up to their 'Sha-Touched' category. Also in 5.1,
Jin'ya, Orb of the Waterspeaker
or
Kri'tak, Imperial Scepter of the Swarm
will transform your Shadowfiend into a Sha-fiend.
Click on the images to view them in our 3D Flash Modelviewer.
Jin'ya, Orb of the Waterspeaker
Spiritsever
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After
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Patch 5.1 Hotfixes - December 11th
Classes
Mage
When
modified by
Charred Glyph
is used to detonate a
, the resulting
now deals 50% less damage.
Warrior
now only stacks 1 time versus other players (was 3 times).
Quests
Bad Blood
,
Bloodlines
,
The Korune
,
Ancient Guardians
, and
The Source of Korune Power
will no longer sometimes place players into the wrong phase.
PvP
The Battle Fatigue healing reduction debuff has been increased to 30% (was 15%).
Creatures
The Mogu enemies in the Ruins of Ogudei now drop correctly drop loot when slain.
Dungeons, Raids & Scenarios
Creatures in the
Molten Core
,
Blackwing Lair
, and
Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
raid dungeons now deal damage according to their intended pre-Mists of Pandaria melee damage values.
Bug Fixes
Several abilities that should break on damage will now correctly have a chance to br
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News Round Up: 5.1 Angler's Tabard, Mistweavers in 5.2
In today's news, Blizzard dropped more hints about 5.2--this time, concerning Mistweavers. There's also a few posts on the creative side of the community--one highlights an interview with Michael Whelan, the artist responsible for the iconic image of Deathwing, over at
WoW Insider
, and the other covers the annual Blizzard Holiday Spotlight, featuring your most artistic cards and tastiest treats inspired by Azeroth. Speaking of Winter's Veil, Blizzard is also running a sale on most of their products if you are looking for the perfect stocking stuffer!
And it wouldn't be a news round up with at least one mention of LFR. Draztal explains why the decision was made to remove the status message upon zoning in.
New
Anglers Tabard
Adding to our list of
undocumented model changes
, the
Anglers Tabard
received a facelift in 5.1! It's no longer a duplicate of
Theramore Tabard
.
In addition, the
Bone-Inlaid Fan
now
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Patch 5.1 Hotfixes: December 10th
Blizzard just posted some hotfixes tonight--here's the highlights:
The
Cinder Kitten
had its health buffed slightly.
Critical Mass
and
Fire Blast
were slightly buffed.
The PvP On Use trinkets had their revisions from today's news post go into effect.
Newly created
Sapphire Cub
s will now always be of Uncommon quality.
It is no longer possible to dispel or Spell Steal Xuen's Crackling Jade Lightning.
Fixed an issue that allowed players below level 85 to see and loot certain Treasures of Pandaria.
Elemental
Shaman
s will now always be properly eligible for loot after defeating the Raid Finder version of
Tsulong
.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes!
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News Round Up: Developer Q & As, Fast Patch 5.1.0A Notes
Today we have a list of all the other recent fansite interviews with Blizzard Lead Developers. They cover a variety of topics including Mists endgame, dailies, pet battles, and the Brawler's Guild, and include transcripts, podcasts, and video interviews--so there's bound to be some topic and format that suits your tastes!
In addition, there are some "Fast Patch" notes for 5.1.0A that mainly cover some bug fixes for pet battles and Macs.
We also want to highlight
OpenRaid's
recent redesign
, which has a brand-new layout as well as a news section, event roster pages, enhanced friends lists, and user profiles with tooltips.
OpenRaid makes finding a group for any raid or dungeon easy, whether you want to run an old raid for achievements or need a group for Challenge Modes. To learn more about OpenRaid, listen to the
Hearthcast Interview
and check out their
tutorial
.
World of Warcraft Fast Patch 5.1.0A Notes
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Patch 5.1: Brawler's Guild Guide
This guide provides an overview of Brawler’s Guild in Warlords of Draenor—rewards, achievements, bosses, and more. To learn more about strategies for each boss, check out the
Brawler's Guild Rank 1 - 8 Strategy Guide
.
The Brawler's Guild is designed to provide players with solo challenges that test their DPS and situational awareness. Players fight various well-loved bosses with quirky abilities to gain ranks in the Guild, earning titles and vanity items as prizes. While gaining an invitation to participate in the Guild is exclusive, any player can gather around the Brawl areas and watch their friends learn the new bosses.
This guide covers how to obtain an invitation, the guild locations, vendors, all the bosses and their abilities, how to complete the achievements, vanity items, and fun touches like tribute NPCs to
Fight Club
.
Warlords of Draenor Changes
Brawler's Guild took a temporary hiatus when the 6.0 prepatch hit and it returned in Warlords of Draenor with some updates:
Bosses are retuned to Level 100.
Brawler's Guild
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Patch 5.1: Vanity Items and Undocumented Changes
Patch 5.1 has some big content additions to be sure--new factions, tons of battle pets, the Brawler's Guild--but there's many new vanity items hidden around Pandaria. Check out the items, transmogrification additions, and disguises we found, including
Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King
which was datamined in Cataclysm but only found its way now to the BMAH.
We also have a few undocumented changes based on a thread
Wowhead users
had compiled. Of particular note:
Seeds of Fear
requires less
Dread Amber Shards
and
Wild Onyx Serpent
drops
Serpent's Cache
which contains profession materials.
Items
Stackable Stag
: ,
Sally Fizzlefury
People really missed how Druids with
Charred Glyph
could stack on top of each other in 5.0.4, so there's now an item that replicates the tower of stags!
You can buy an unlimited amount of
Stackable Stag
, but they're on a shared one-minute cooldown.
Each summoned stag lasts for two minutes, so you can start up a tower with two
Stackable Stag
in your inventory, and have friends help out.
If you summon a stag too soon after one has despawned, the stack will glitch and the
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