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WoW's 10th Anniversary (November 21 - January 6)
WoW's 10th Anniversary
runs from
November 21st to January 6th
. It features a special level 100 version of
Molten Core
,
Tarren Mill vs Southshore
, and several mounts, pets, and titles to collect!
This guide covers clearing
Molten Core
, the rules behind
Tarren Mill vs Southshore
, and how to get all the special 10th anniversary pets, mounts, cosmetic items, and titles including the
Molten Corgi
.
Garrison Timers Mobile App: Track Your Garrison Missions and Work Orders
Today the Wowhead team is proud to present our latest Garrison feature--a
mobile app tracking your Garrison Missions and Work Orders
! Always remember to return to your Garrison with Wowhead’s
Garrison Timers
mobile app.
Our Garrison timer app provides a fast and easy way to be notified when your Garrison Missions and Work Orders are complete.
Missions
— Enter in your current missions, and be alerted when you have to return to your Garrison to start a new one. In addition, you can specify the Epic Mount ability, which reduces mission time by 50%.
Work Orders
— Enter in the number of Work Orders you’ve queued up per building to be notified when all orders are complete.
Get the Garrison Timers mobile app
for Android on Google Play
or the
iOS on the App Store
.
Finally, make sure you enter our
Garrison Giveaway for an X-51 Nether Rocket Mount
!
Highmaul Preview, Changes to Dungeon Loot, Warlords Tumblr
Blizzard has been doing a ton of creative promotion for Warlords—we’ve had a gigantic Gorehowl
smashing a plaza in Shanghai
and a
taxi in NYC
, as well as
Gazlowe's Realty
, a fake real estate site for Garrisons.
The latest addition is
http://justwarlordthings.tumblr.com/
, a tumblr with funny observations on Warlords and a pastel page.
Upcoming Dungeon Changes and Hotfixes
Blizzard posted several big upcoming changes to dungeons tonight:
Warlords dungeon loot is reverting to Need before Greed instead of personal loot. Queueing with a premade group still allows you to enable the personal loot option.
50 Garrison Resources are awarded for completing your first random Warlords Heroic Dungeon of the day.
There is a hotfix preventing people from queueing in PvP areas to avoid scaling gear up to boost ilvl requirements. However, this incorrectly affected Stormshield and Warspear, so a fix is being looked at.
Guide to Getting the ilvl Requirements for Heroic Dungeons (610) and Molten Core/Highmaul LFR (615)
This guide covers how to hit your ilvl 610 requirement for Heroic Dungeons and the ilvl 615 requirement for Molten Core. It focuses mostly on gear in the ilvl 610-630 range that you can easily get close to the launch of Warlords of Draenor, such as rare spawns, questing, Normal Dungeons, and
Apexis Crystal
gear.
Gear that you can get a little bit later or with more effort, such as Challenge Mode items, fully upgraded crafted gear, Normal Highmaul loot, or loot from ilvl follower missions will not be covered in great detail. For those sources and more, check out our general
Warlords Gearing Guide
.
The other requirement for Heroic Dungeons is
Proving Grounds Silver
. Our
Warlords Proving Grounds Silver guide
covers descriptions of all waves and basic strategies for Tank, Healer, and DPS Silver.
Also, check out our strategies to all dungeons, so you’re prepared when you finally get the item level to queue up!
Auchindoun Dungeon Strategy Guide
Bloodmaul Slag Mines Dungeon Strategy Guide
Everbloom Dungeon Strategy Guide
Grimrail Depot Dungeon Strategy Guide
Iron Docks Dungeon Strategy Guide
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds Dungeon Strategy Guide
Skyreach Dungeon Strategy Guide
Upper Blackrock Spire Dungeon Strategy Guide
Garrison Invasions, Free Game Time for Launch, Draenor's Secret Power, Nov 18th Hotfixes
Free Game Time
Blizzard is giving all subscribers with active accounts as of November 14th five free days of game time to make up for launch difficulties.
Blizzard
WoW Community:
I know how much everyone was looking forward to this expansion, and once you were able to get in and start having fun, all the comments I've seen indicate that this is one of our best yet. But the quality of the content does not excuse the subpar launch experience we delivered, and I apologize for that.
The first two days of the expansion were not a great experience, with many of you facing high queues or significant gameplay problems. We worked around the clock to tackle the demand issues and technical challenges, and fortunately things started looking better on Saturday. While millions of you were able to get in and play over the weekend, with many already reaching level 100, others still ran into very lengthy queues, particularly on the highest-population realms.
To help address this, we’ve expanded the new instancing tech we used to improve queues on Saturday and we’re continuing the process of applying that to raise the capacity of all realms again. This will result in approximately double the prelaunch capacity on each realm, which should greatly reduce queue times for most realms if not eliminate queues altogether.
In recognition of the difficulties so many of you ran into when trying to play over the first few days, we're adding five days’ worth of extra time to every subscription in the Americas, Oceania, and Europe that was active as of Friday, November 14. Things are already in a much better place than they were going into the weekend, so I hope you’ll now be able to focus on having a ton of fun with this expansion.
I also hope you'll accept my apology and keep your faith in us. The support voiced by many of you as we worked through the challenges was immensely appreciated. We're extremely grateful to be part of such a passionate community. We love World of Warcraft, and we're very proud of this expansion, so stumbling out of the gates like this was very disappointing for all of us.
On behalf of the World of Warcraft development team, as well as everyone at Blizzard, thank you all again for your patience and understanding.
See you in Draenor.
Sincerely,
J. Allen Brack
Executive Producer, World of Warcraft
Profession Changes
Several professions had their recipe reagents hotfixed recently without documentation in hotfixes.
We have updated the
Jewelcrafting
,
Blacksmithing
, and
Engineering
guides with this information as well as the database.
Garrison Tools, Guides, and Databases on Wowhead - Comment to Win a X-51 Nether-Rocket!
Garrison Guides, Tools, and Databases
Wowhead has a vast series of resources to help you learn about Garrisons in Warlords of Draenor--one of the most hyped
and
complex features in the expansion--and it just got easier to find everything. Since we have so many ways to help users with Garrisons, we're excited to launch the
Garrison Hub page
and a Garrison-themed giveaway for an
X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME
and
X-51 Nether-Rocket
!
The
Garrison Hub
page can be reached at Database > Garrisons, at the top of every
Garrison guide
, or via
http://www.wowhead.com/garrisons
. It provides quick links and basic summaries to all of Wowhead's Garrison coverage so you can navigate directly to the part of the site that will help you the most.
We're proud to be at the forefront for Garrison coverage and tools--we launched the Garrison Calculator in early alpha and followed that up with weekly guides and database updates for the entire beta.
Here's a taste of what you'll find--we know everyone processes information differently, so we have something for everyone's learning style! From short beginner resources to in-depth features on each type of building, we've got it
on the hub page
. (If you think of something you'd like that we don't have already, let us know--we refine and improve our guides constantly and your feedback is welcome!)
Our
Garrison Calculator
--we're particularly proud of this tool, as we launched it during the Warlords alpha before anyone could play the game and it was a massive hit. It's received numerous updates during the beta to reflect new information players need to see at a glance.
Our Garrison databases for
buildings
,
followers
,
abilities
, and
missions
--perfect for finding information on a specific topic, narrowing search results with filters, or looking up amazing user comments and screenshots! These database pages have unique custom touches in the style of our
transmog set
and
battle pet pages
that we think you'll really enjoy--such as the
Mission Calculator
embedded on all missions pages.
Tooltips
for
buildings
,
followers
,
abilities
and
missions
. Get Wowhead tooltips
here
for your blog.
Basic guides
--get a brief rundown of
what garrisons are
, how they
interact with professions
, and how to
start a Garrison
.
Detailed guides
--we have a
Garrison Overview
and guides to popular content such as
followers
,
missions
,
work orders
, and
outposts
.
Guides to each building
if you want an in-depth look at a specific one, as well as guides to buildings grouped by plot type if you don't know what to build.
Guides sorting buildings by popular things to do in game
--read the overview for many topics or learn in more detail what buildings are good for
raiding
,
mounts
and
pets
.
Click here to browse all of Wowhead's Garrison guides, tools, and data!
Comment to Win a
X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME
To thank the community for all of your support at WoD's launch, we're holding a Garrison-themed giveaway!
Just leave a comment with a link to your favorite resource on the
Garrison Hub Page
and you have a chance to win a $250
X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME
and
X-51 Nether-Rocket
(both mounts for one code!) or one of five
Purple Puffer
. This giveaway closes on Friday, November 21st, at 3 pm EST.
Gorehowl in Shanghai, Hotfixes for 11/17, Clarifications on Garrison Followers
Gorehowl in Shanghai
Last week,
Gorehowl was in Times Square
and today it's off to Shanghai!
Click here
to see more pictures by
JiangWing
.
Launch Issues, Warcraft DDoS Attack, US/EU Maintenance, Hotfixes for 11/13, Friday Update Arcade
It's been quite the wild launch ride, with Blizzard coping with a large scale DDoS attack, several waves of hotfixes for quest bottlenecks, and unscheduled EU maintenance. We've been frequently updating this blog throughout the day with Blizzard's latest posts on the server instability.
Warlords of Draenor Launch Guide
Warlords of Draenor Launch Guide
Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, launched on November 13th. The Wowhead team has compiled a list of our most useful guides and content to help you build your garrison, pick your gear, play your class, and more! Our database is completely updated for Warlords of Draenor data as well.
Also huge thanks to our beta testers! We gave away five thousand beta keys and have received many wonderful comments and screenshots to help everyone navigate Draenor.
Warlords Midnight Signing Event, New Wowhead Guides for Proving Grounds, Garrisons, and Quests
New Expansion Guides on Wowhead
We've added several more expansion guides to our
Guides
section! The Proving Grounds guide was updated by our class guide writers and Serrinne wrote the other three!
Stay tuned for our Warlords overview coming soon that recaps all of the guides and content we have published during the beta:
Warlords of Draenor Legendary Ring Guide
: Learn how to get your epic ilvl 640 ring and upgrade it to ilvl 680.
Guide to Proving Grounds Silver
: Completing Proving Grounds Silver is a requirement for solo-queueing for dungeons, so we put together guides for Tank, Healing, and DPS waves.
Starting a Garrison
: This guide walks you through the initial quests you will have to do in Shadowmoon Valley and Frostfire Ridge to get set up with a basic Garrison.
Questing in Tanaan Jungle
: Learn how to get through the starting zone quickly with a summary of the quests and at what points you receive gear and unlocked abilities if you are a boosted character. (Spoiler alert)
Warlords of Draenor Smashed Taxi in Times Square
The Iron Horde has come to Times Square before Warlords of Draenor--they are unimpressed with the taxi service and smashed an iconic yellow cab with Gorehowl.
As Perculia lives very close by, she hopped out to take some pics of this awesome Warlords promo! There are tons of cool details, such as the Warcraft license plate, 11.13.14 as the cab number, Warlords caution tape, Iron Horde logo on the front, smashed advertisement, and "Flat Fare to Draenor" instead of the usual "Flat Fare to JFK."
For more details on Warlords of Draenor, check out
http://www.wowhead.com/warlords
, and be sure to catch up with our BlizzCon 2014 coverage
here
.
Wowhead Weekly - BlizzCon 2014 Edition!
BlizzCon 2014 may have ended yesterday, but we've got a special edition of Wowhead Weekly and a recap of all of Wowhead's coverage for you!
Wowhead Site Manager Perculia and Olivia recap all the BlizzCon excitement from the WoW Arena Championship Casting Desk!
Topics include:
The
Thursday night Wowhead party
at the Anabella. Thanks to everyone who attended and watched the stream at home!
Wowhead’s BlizzCon 2014 live coverage, which can all be found at
http://www.wowhead.com/blizzcon
.
The launch of
OWking.com
, featuring a Heroes and Abilities database for Overwatch.
Our
BlizzCon site giveaway
—comment to win on any
BlizzCon 2014 Coverage
for TCG Loot prizes including a
Corrupted Hippogryph
and
Soul-Trader Beacon
. Thanks to our awesome sponsor
WoWTCGLoot
for the prizes!
Watch this post later in the day for interviews with Senior Game Designer Jeremy Feasel and Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi.
BlizzCon 2014 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2014 post is entering you to win prizes like
Carved Ogre Idol
.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
BlizzCon Live Raid and Highmaul Preview
Live Raid and Highmaul Preview
BlizzCon 2014 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2014 post is entering you to win prizes like
Carved Ogre Idol
.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Live Raid Recap
The live raid took place, not in Siege of Orgrimmar as many were expecting, but in the new Ogre raid, Highmaul. The world's top guild,
Method
, represented the Horde side, and the world's top Alliance guild,
Midwinter
, took them on facing a series of bosses from Highmaul. Method were the defending champions, following a victory against Midwinter in the 2013 Siege of Orgrimmar race.
The race itself saw these top guilds take on the four main bosses,
Imperator Mar'gok
,
Kargath Bladefist
,
Ko'ragh
, and
Twin Ogron
. The race itself was relatively uneventful, as these seasoned guilds dealt with the bosses with ease, although Ko'ragh caused some tension as Method lost a tank to his
Caustic Energy
. Thanks to the new Battle Res system, they were able to pick the tank, played by GM Sco, straight back up, but were down a DPS for some time until they had another res available. Midwinter started off ahead for the first boss, but their tank Sloot revealed that, while trying to sneak past trash with Shroud of Concealment, they accidentally aggroed more mobs, resulting in a slower trash clear than they would have liked.
New Site Launch: OWking.com for your Overwatch needs!
New Overwatch Site: Owking.com
We're very proud to launch
Owking.com
, a site dedicated to Blizzard’s newest game, Overwatch.
Every year at BlizzCon we whip up a tool for the coolest demo and this year is no exception! On
owking.com
you’ll find all the BlizzCon 2014 information pertaining to each
hero
and their
abilities
in our handy database format!
To stay up to date with
owking.com
site developments and new features, follow us on
Twitter at @owkingcom
.
To learn more about Overwatch, check out our
in-depth panel coverage from BlizzCon 2014
and show your excitement by buying new
Overwatch Blizzard store merch
!
Click here to check out Owking.com!
New Overwatch and BlizzCon 2014 Loot Added to Online Merchandise Sale
With the start of BlizzCon 2014 today, Blizzard unveiled over 30 new items on
http://gear.blizzard.com/
for Virtual Ticket holders to purchase!
Some of these new products included Overwatch swag—men’s shirts were even sold out on the convention floor earlier today! If you want to learn more about Overwatch, check out our
BlizzCon 2014 panel coverage
.
The new products included:
Overwatch
statues, and t-shirts with the game logo, Tracer, Reaper, Widowmaker, and Winston.
Robes
: Female Draenei (with horns!), Bloodfang, and Malefic.
Plushies
: Mur’ghoul Murloc, Dead Treasure Goblin, Frostwolf Pup
Toys
: Funko Pop figurines, Diablo Chess Set, Murloc Solar Bobble Buddy
BlizzCon 2014 Contest
Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2014 post is entering you to win prizes like
Carved Ogre Idol
.
Read more here
--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.
Warlords of Draenor Early Gearing Guide
This guide provides an overview of how to gear up in Warlords of Draenor! While some ways take longer or require more effort than others, we’ve described all the ways you could reasonably get gear in the first month or so.
We’ve also covered how you can modify/enhance your stats (gems, enchants, consumables) and a table sorting gear by slot and item level.
Warlords Questing (505-610)
As you quest and level up in Warlords of Draenor, you will inevitably get rid of your Siege of Orgrimmar gear. Here are some factors to keep in mind besides the item level:
Trinkets from Siege of Orgrimmar have reduced effectiveness at level 91 and higher, such as
Assurance of Consequence
.
All specs have an “attunement” spell that boosts a specific secondary stat by 5%. Several specs have stat boosts for new stats that are not plentiful on Siege of Orgrimmar gear, such as Holy Priests with
. Consider picking up quest items with this stat.
While quest gear does not come with sockets or set bonuses, it has a small chance to be 10 or 20 item levels higher than the quest log displays.
Warlords of Draenor Dungeon Strategy Guides
Our new series of dungeon guides, written by Wowhead Class Guide writer
Dayani
, outlines strategies and important role-based responsibilities for all dungeon bosses in each Warlords of Draenor instance, as well as some tips on particularly threatening trash mobs.
With strategies, maps, screenshots of important abilities and more, they're designed to get you through the new Normal and Heroic dungeons without a hitch!
Auchindoun Dungeon Strategy Guide
Bloodmaul Slag Mines Dungeon Strategy Guide
Everbloom Dungeon Strategy Guide
Grimrail Depot Dungeon Strategy Guide
Iron Docks Dungeon Strategy Guide
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds Dungeon Strategy Guide
Skyreach Dungeon Strategy Guide
Upper Blackrock Spire Dungeon Strategy Guide
These guides supplement our
Dungeons Database
which includes the Dungeon Journal, complete loot tables, comments, and screenshots.
Dayani mains a
Restoration Shaman
with <Something Wicked> of Whisperwind-US, and has a soft spot for Burning Crusade Heroic Dungeons, where she first learned to play a healer. Outside of WoW, you can find her here:
Twitter:
@healiocentric
Blog:
healiocentric ... a blog that revolves around healing
Feel free to ask questions or provide alternate strategies here or via Twitter, and check her blog for additional guides.
We're very excited to have these guides on Wowhead, as there's a need for strategy beyond what the Dungeon Journal provides, and hope you enjoy them!
Warlords of Draenor Guides to Rare Spawns and Treasures, November 3rd Hotfixes, End of Beta Event
This series of Warlords of Draenor guides takes a look at the rare spawns, treasures, and exploration puzzles in each Warlords of Draenor zone!
Rares, Treasures, and Temples in Shadowmoon Valley
Rares, Treasures, and Shamanstones in Frostfire Ridge
Rares, Treasures, and Garrison Outpost Caches in Gorgrond
Rares and Treasures in Talador
Rares, Treasures, and Jumping Puzzles in Spires of Arak
Rares, Treasures, and Gliders in Nagrand
They highlight the notable loot in the zone, provides screenshots and 3D models of interesting items, list rares needed for achievements, and link to Wowhead's rare spawn and treasure maps.
Draenor takes many concepts of the
Timeless Isle
and improves upon them. There are dozens of personal treasure chests and most rare spawns are now personal to the player and appear normal after being looted.
In addition, there's six rare spawns that drops a mount--which is automatically received by every player that participates in the kill!
Guide to the Darkmoon Faire in Warlords of Draenor
The
is in town one week out of every month with heirlooms, spooky toys, battle pets, and transmog gear to acquire!
Highlights include:
Purchasable replica vanilla WoW dungeon armor for transmogrification.
Mounts and pets to purchase.
Quests for mini-games as well as professions: this will grant
Darkmoon Prize Ticket
which can be used to purchase vanity items and transmogrification gear.
A carousel that grants experience and reputation gains when you ride it!
A minigame that rewards fiery wings.
World bosses that drop battle pets!
Warlords of Draenor Updates
Many Faire updates were added in Patch 6.0.2! Here’s what you can look forward to:
The
Blazing Wings
toy is a reward for completing
Brood of Alysrazor
.
Chester
sells interesting new vanity wares including
Last Deck of Nemelex Xobeh
, the toy
Haunting Memento
, and finery like
Noblewoman's Finery
.
Darkmoon Ticket Fanny Pack
contains numerous prize tickets.
The Darkmoon Faire is now your only source for the level 85 upgraded heirlooms, as well as shields and offhands!
Christoph VonFeasel
is a new pet tamer who has the rare pet
Syd the Squid
.
Ring of Broken Promises
is a blood elf disguise toy.
In Warlords of Draenor, there is a new set of Darkmoon Faire trinkets that start at ilvl 640 and can be upgraded to ilvl 665. This is obtainable after Warlords hits on November 13th, not during the prepatch.
Several old Darkmoon Faire items are now classified as toys:
Flimsy Yellow Balloon
,
Darkmoon Whistle
,
Moonfang's Paw
,
Moonfang Shroud
.
Do keep in mind that for the 6.0.2 prepatch, some content may be inaccessible--creating Warlords epic trinkets, fighting level 100 mobs. Moonfang and the Darkmoon Rabbit are now level 100. Completing
Brood of Alysrazor
may be difficult as well due to lack of phasing.
Day of the Dead (November 1st - 3rd) Guide for 2014
Day of the Dead
runs from November 1st-3rd to close out Hallow's End. We've whipped up a small guide so you can know the quests and achievement for the event; make sure you don't skip out if you're an achievement hunter, as it boasts one achievement that you can only get for a few days!
New to 2014 are costumes like
"Night Demon" Contender's Costume
and related achievements such as
Calavera
!
2014 Additions
In 2014, a new achievement series has been added for battling other contenders while in fancy disguises.
Achievement series:
To The Afterlife
: Defeat a contender while wearing a contender's outfit purchased during Day of the Dead.
Vientos!
: Defeat 20 contenders while wearing a contender's outfit purchased during Day of the Dead.
Calavera
: Defeat 50 contenders while wearing a contender's outfit purchased during Day of the Dead.
This achievement series does not need to be completed during
Day of the Dead
, but you can only purchase the contender outfits during
Day of the Dead
. These outfits are then able to be used throughout the entire year.
The costumes are:
"Purple Phantom" Contender's Costume
,
"Night Demon" Contender's Costume
,
"Snowy Owl" Contender's Costume
,
"Santo's Sun" Contender's Costume
,
"Blooming Rose" Contender's Costume
. They can be purchased from
Chapman
for each. The costume buff lasts for 10 minutes and is removable, and you can reapply the buff every minute.
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