Classic

• Dire Maul is coming to World of Warcraft Classic on October 15/16th.
• The Honor System and World Bosses are still coming with Phase 2.

Battle for Azeroth

• Patch 8.3 - Visions of N'Zoth is coming next.
• For the first time, we're going to see an Old God, unleashed in their full might and dark fury.
• Ny'alotha is the domain of the Old Gods and their minions.
• Ny'alotha is all around us, on the other side of a thin veil. N'Zoth is tearing that veil and bringing horrible nightmares and dark visions in which the forces of the Old God are in our world.
• Titan facilities across Azeroth are the key to containing, controlling, and understanding the power of N'Zoth.
• The minions of N'Zoth are assaulting the Titan facilities. We will have to venture through rifts into the world that N'Zoth's minions inhabit.
• New Feature - Assaults
• When active, a zone will be overcome with N'Zoth's forces. There will also be treasures and puzzles.
• The team took everything they learned from previous assault features and recent major zones.
• Uldum will come under regular assault by minions of N'Zoth.
• The Vale of Eternal Blossoms - Corrupted again, only when N'Zoth is assaulting it.
• New Feature - Horrific Visions
• 1-5 player content, centered around Orgrimmar and Stormwind, that show us an alternate reality of what might come to pass if we don't succeed.
• When you first enter a Horrific Vision, you aren't going to make it very far. Your mind will succumb to N'zoth's relentless assault.
• You'll begin to experience cosmetic and serious mechanic hindrances as your sanity is drained by being in the vision.
• You will retreat, taking with you the things that you've learned along the way.
• You'll be working with Wrathion to create a legendary cloak. Initially it will provide some shield against N'zoth's attacks.
• The cloaks will allow you to venture further into the visions, earning more rewards and unlocking more of the mystery behind his power.
• The cloak will also come in handy when you face off against N'zoth further down the road.
• You'll bring fragments out of the vision to allow Magni to research, giving you new tools for the battle.
• Titanic Research will help you in future visits to the Visions.
• Ever since the Mage Tower, the team has been looking for a solo progression experience that provides challenge.
• You can do this entirely solo or bring friends with you. The experience will scale from 1-5 players, regardless of your role.
• New Raid - Ny'alotha, The Waking City
• 12 boss raid that showcases the full splendor of the Black Empire.
• N'zoth is the final boss.
• New levels for the Heart of Azeroth, bringing passive benefits and a new essence slot.
• The new essence slot can be filled with new essences from Patch 8.3 content.
• Assaults on the Titan facilities could affect Titanforging, with a new system that is a little bit more twisted and corrupt.
• New Allied Races - Vulpera and Mechagnomes
• Vulpera requires completion of the Vol'dun quests and Exalted with the Voldunai.
• Mechagnomes require Exalted with Mechagon.
• New Heritage Armor - Goblin and Worgen
• Auction House Redesign - Faster and more performant, no single stacks.
• People can now purchase portions of a stack
• You can favorite items and create a shopping list for yourself.
• No need to undercut anymore, as auctions posted later (at the same price) are sold first.
• Heroic Darkshore Warfront
• New PvP season
• New Mythic Keystone Affix - Corrupted: Black Empire Obelisks that you can interact with. Pulls you into an alternate world, defeat the Lieutenant and return to reality wherever you are standing when he is defeated. This allows you to do some interesting skips. If you don't take care of the obelisks, the minions will come find you at the final boss of the dungeon.

As the war to safeguard Azeroth’s future escalates, two new playable Allied Races will be ready to take up arms with the Horde and the Alliance—vulpera and mechagnomes—in the next content update.

Vulpera
Vulpera are cunning nomadic scavengers capable of turning what they find into opportunities to thrive.


Clever and resourceful, the vulpera of Vol’dun have survived amidst the sands for generations. Eager to join the ranks of the Horde, their caravans have departed from the dunes in search of adventure.

The serpentine sethrak have taken to subjugating anyone they can as slaves, and the vulpera are an easy target for their machinations. If you’ve taken steps to liberate the vulpera from these overseers, they’ll join the Horde on the battlefield.

Available Classes: Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, and Warrior

Racial Traits:

Bag of Tricks: Use a trick on an enemy to damage them, or an ally to heal them.
Rummage Your Bag: Change the contents of your Bag of Tricks. Now where did you put that… ?
Make Camp: Set your camp location outdoors.
Return to Camp: Teleport back to your camp location.
Nose for Trouble: Take less damage from the first strike inflicted by an enemy.
Vulpera Survival Kit: Find extra goods when you loot humanoids.
Fire Resistance: Take less damage from fire.


Racial abilities, effects, and icons are subject to change.

TO UNLOCK THIS ALLIED RACE:

Reach Exalted with Vuldunai
Earn Achievement Secrets in the Sands
Complete the following Vol’dun storylines: “Unlikely Allies,” “The Warguard’s Fate,” “The Three Keepers,” “Atul’Aman,” “Dangers in the Desert,” “A City of Secrets,” and “Storming the Spire.”


When the next content update goes live, players who’ve completed the requirements will gain access to a quest chain to recruit the vulpera as an Allied Race. Once you complete the chain, you’ll receive the achievement Allied Races: Vulpera and can create a new vulpera on the character selection screen. You’ll also unlock a new mount—the Caravan Hyena—for your collection at character creation, which all of your Horde characters can ride.

NEW HERITAGE ARMOR
Leveling your new vulpera from 20 to 120 will earn a cosmetic Heritage Armor set that is unique to this new Allied Race.

Mechagnomes
Scrappy and resourceful, mechagnomes have improved their fleshy forms with top-notch prosthetics.


Though they once sought to mechanize themselves completely, the mechagnomes now seek a balance between flesh and steel. Emerging from years of isolation on Mechagon, they bring both ingenuity and aptitude to the Alliance.

They left Gnomeregan to construct a metal metropolis, Mechagon. However, their once wise and ambitious ruler King Mechagon now ruthlessly rules over them with an iron fist.

Work together with the Rustbolt Resistance to overthrow their tyrant so these mechanical mavericks will join the Alliance.

Available Classes: Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, and Warrior

Racial Traits:

Re-Arm: Automatically heal yourself when your health drops to a low life total.
Combat Analysis: Get stronger as you fight the same enemy.
Hyper Organic Light Originator: Summon decoys of yourself to distract foes.
Skeleton Pinkie: Open locked chests.
Mastercraft: Function as a personal set of crafting tools for professions.


Racial abilities, effects, and icons are subject to change.

TO UNLOCK THIS ALLIED RACE:

Reach Exalted with the Rustbolt Resistance
Earn Achievement The Mechagonian Threat
Complete the following Mechagon Island quests: “The Legend of Mechagon,” “A Quick Ear Hustle,” “This is Our Vault Now,” “Let’s Get It Started,” “You Must be This Height,” “Machinations for Mechagon,” “Only the Best Will Do,” “To Mechagon!,” “Prospectus Bay,” “We Come in Peace…and Profit,” “The Resistance Needs YOU!,” “Rescuing the Resistance,” “My Father’s Armies,” “We Can Fix It,” “Drill Rig Construction,” “Send My Father a Message,” “Welcome to the Resistance,” “Operation: Mechagon – The Mechorginator.”


When the next content update goes live, players who’ve completed the requirements will gain access to a quest chain to recruit the mechagnomes as an Allied Race. Once you complete the chain, you’ll receive the achievement Allied Races: Mechagnomes and can create a new mechagnome on the character selection screen. You’ll also unlock a new mount—the Mechagon Mechanostrider—for your collection at character creation, which all of your Alliance characters can ride.

NEW HERITAGE ARMOR
Leveling your new mechagnome from 20 to 120 will earn a cosmetic Heritage Armor set that is unique to this new Allied Race.