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Runelock Chest WQ Changes, Hotfixes: June 26, 2019

June 26, 2019, 12:00 pm
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Crossroads Cinematic, Essence VFX, Mike Morhaime Interviews

Runelock Chest WQ Changes
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’re adjusting the “Runelocked Chest” World Quests with a hotfix that changes the requirement from matching colors in a row to completing a specified total number of matches.

I’m not sure how long this is going to take to change, but we’ll have it noted for you in our hotfixes list.

Hotfixes: June 26, 2019
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Player versus Player
  • The total number of points required for a faction to win the Battle for Nazjatar War Mode event reduced to 3000 (was 10,000).

Quests and World Quests
  • Players will no longer need to relog to turn in the quest "Saving Corin".
  • Players can now turn in “Scouting the Pens” to Neri.

World

  • Players can no longer loiter at the teleport location for the Heart of Azeroth quest line in Highmountain.
  • Cursed items found in Nazjatar will now take longer to affect your character, and the detrimental effects have been reduced.
  • Fixed a bug where being mounted while interacting with Arcane Device would cause visual issues.
  • Prince Wiggletail is now easier to defeat.
  • Moved certain Chitterspine crabs in Bitterstone Cove that were out of line of sight behind the water wall.
  • Duration of Glimmershell Fluid reduced to 2 minutes (was 30 seconds).
  • Upon re-entering the zone, previously selected combat allies will once again join your side in Nazjatar.
  • Weeping Sanya now spawns upstairs so she no longer interferes with the puzzle World Quest in the same building.
  • Due to many harsh lessons learned from gravity, we are increasing the "Slow Fall" spell duration obtained from the top of Kal'methir Citadel from 15 seconds to 30.
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Hotfixes: June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019, 10:45 am
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Hotfixes: June 27, 2019
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Character
  • Players no longer see spell effects created by the spell Curse of the Tides: Dark Water if it cannot affect them.

Classes

  • Rogue
    • Blade Flurry again deals the correct percentage of damage from Between the Eyes critical strikes.
  • Warlock
    • Resolved an issue that allowed Felhunters to cast Spell Lock while under the effects of specific types of crowd-control spells (e.g. Dragon's Breath and Blind).
    • Fixed an issue that caused Imp pets to attempt casting Singe Magic on friendly targets beyond its 30-yard range.

Creatures and NPCs
  • Imperial Shapers now attack players who disrupt their channeled casts.
  • Iridescent Glimmershell’s Shining Iridescence ability no longer strikes players who face away from it.
  • Qalina, Spear of Ice’s Rejuvenating Waters ability now does less healing.

Dungeons and Raids
  • Battle of Dazar’alor
    • High Tinker Mekkatorque
      • World Enlarger again shrinks players in the first phase of the encounter.

Island Expeditions

  • Resolved an issue that prevented Island Expeditions from placing markers on map.

Items

  • Gems again appear in the Auction House’s gems tab.
  • Players can now obtain more than 15 Fragments of Zem'lan’s Lost Treasure Map.
  • Items created by Experimental Adventurer Augmentation no longer disappear.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented mount equipment from working in raids and Mythic Keystone dungeons.
  • Heart of Azeroth
    • Feral Druids can no longer cast Prowl during Vision of Perfection if they are not talented into Incarnation: King of the Jungle.

Player versus Player
  • Ashran now ends when enemy reinforcements are reduced to 0.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving the correct amount of or any Prismatic Manapearls after completing the Battle for Nazjatar.
  • Resolved an issue that caused Brawl: Arathi Basin Comp Stomp to incorrectly show up as the current brawl in the Suggested Content tab in the Adventure Guide.

Professions
  • Rank 2 recipes can no longer be looted before obtaining the corresponding Rank 1 recipe.

Quests
  • Players now receive quest credit for "A Tempered Blade" after slaying Bladesman Inowari.
  • Followers rescued during "Gather Friends" no longer engage in combat while invisible.
  • Players can again receive credit for completing “They Made Their Choice”.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause Shirakess Apprentices to evade during “Tempest-Speaker Shalan'ali”.
  • Players can again receive credit for “Storming the Battlefields” on Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Deepwind Gorge, and Isle of Conquest.
  • Alliance players can now complete the War Campaign quests "Lost in the Field" and "Reassembly Required”.
  • Players can no longer receive the Heroic Battle for Stromgarde quest prior to its launch at the start of Season 3.
  • Players can again complete “Adapt, Improve, Overcome!”
  • Players can now contribute to “Drill Rig Construction” while in a raid group.
  • Players who died during the end of the quest "Dominating the Indomitable" can loot the Petrified Ebony Scale.
  • The Waterlogged Toolbox item no longer prevents players from completing “Runelocked Chest”.
  • Area of effect abilities no longer interrupt players during “Runelocked Chest”.
  • Rustwing Scavengers and Rustwing Ravens should no longer become unkillable and keep the player in combat during “Aim High”.
  • Players can now complete “Collaborative Construction”.
  • Players no longer lose Abyssal Shards if they abandon “An Abyssal Opportunity”.
  • The Echo of Garrosh Hellscream will once again rise to challenge all who doubt the might of the True Horde during "Echo of Garrosh Hellscream".

World Quests
  • Chitterspine Meat no longer is lost upon leaving Brinestone Cove during “Hungry Hungry Hydras.” However, food regulation standards have given it a 24-hour limit to feed it to Scale Lord Theronar.
  • Fixed an issue where Scale Lord Theronar's mere presence could scare away the Cracklemaw Colossus, preventing completion of “Hungry Hungry Hydras”.
  • Queen Azshara is amused by adventurers' efforts facing her prized jellyfish during "Jumping Jellies" and has graciously cast a taming ward, making them easier to traverse.

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Sylverian Dreamer Mount - Reward for 6-Month Subscription

June 27, 2019, 10:46 am
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Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - June 28

June 28, 2019, 10:16 am
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Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - June 28
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Creatures and NPCs
  • Elites required for combat ally WANTED quests are now a more appropriate size.
  • Mirecrawlers and slugs that have attached themselves to walls and ceilings no longer evade when engaged in combat.
  • Chief Curglrrmgur can now be tapped by all players regardless of faction.
  • Fabious no longer cares about your threats, just lookin' good.
  • Players can again successfully rescue Murloco.

Items
  • Resources for Junkyard Tinkering in Mechagon can now be stored in Engineering bags and the reagent bank.
    • Heart of Azeroth
      • Fixed an issue that prevented the Blood of the Enemy (Essence) from being purchasable after earning the Battlefield Brawler achievement.

Player versus Player
  • Resolved an issue that could prevent Concentrated Flame (Essence) from being cast on enemy players in Arenas, Rated Battlegrounds, and free-for-all PvP areas.
  • Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • Havoc
      • Burning Soul’s absorption shield reduced to 25% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 50%).

  • Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • Twist Magic’s healing reduced to 25% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 50%).

  • Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • Pack Spirit’s healing reduced to 25% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 50%).
  • Developers' note: These can have a much higher uptime in PvP combat compared to the rest of the game resulting in a larger than intended amount of healing. As a result, we’re further reducing their effect in PvP. These changes were intended to be included in the Rise of Azshara content update notes and have been live since its release.

  • Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • Crashing Chaos (Azerite Trait) updated. It now additionally lowers the cooldown of Summon Infernal by 15 seconds, and its damage increase has been reduced by 33%.

Quests
  • Chitterspine Meat will no longer drop for players who have already completed "Hungry Hungry Hydras".
  • The Rolly Gupler now can be slain during “A Gulper Ate the Rolly”.
  • Players now receive credit for entering the spider tank during “Gnomercy!”
  • Players can again interact with the Prototype Arcane Engine during “Shadowed Halls and Dusty Cogs.”
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Sign of the Emissary from granting increased reputation gains with Rustbolt Resistance.

World Quests
  • "Summons from the Deep" bosses can now be tapped by all players who fight them.
  • "Runelocked Chest" objective difficulty has been adjusted.
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Secret Fish Discovered, Mike Morhaime Interviews, DLC #685

June 30, 2019, 1:44 pm
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Hearthstone - The new expansion Secrets of Uldum has been announced for August 6th!



Secret Fish Discovered
The Secret Finding Discord has found the fish required for the achievements Secret Fish of Mechagon and Secret Fish and Where to Find Them. Completing the Mechagon secret fish achievement rewards the player with Secret Fish Goggles, which in turn allows you to complete Secret Fish and Where to Find Them, rewarding you with the Hyper-Compressed Ocean

NamePointsReward
Secret Fish and Where to Find ThemUse the Secret Fish Goggles to collect all the secret fish.
 10
Item Reward: Hyper-Compressed Ocean
Secret Fish of MechagonCatch and deliver each of these fish of Mechagon to Angler Danielle.
 5
Item Reward: Secret Fish Goggles



The Hyper-Compressed Ocean toy conjures a sphere of water that you can fish for up to 15 minutes.





Mike Morhaime Interviews - Project Titan and Starcraft Ghost
Mike Morhaime, co-founder and former President of Blizzard Entertainment, has been discussing his time at Blizzard in a series of recent interviews. Most recently, he talked with VG247 about the canceled MMO project, code-named Titan.

  • Titan was canceled because Blizzard failed to control the scope of the project.
  • They looked at Titan as a sequel to World of Warcraft, a next-generation MMO.
  • Many of their senior developers were put on project Titan.
  • The game was very ambitious taking place in a universe focused on hystorical myth, with time travel mechanics.
  • Titan would have been a subscription-based MMO had it been released.
  • The engine for the game never reached the level of where it needed to be, and the developer staff said it wasn't working.
  • They asked the team to come up with one or two ideas they could focus on, it could be anything they wanted.
  • Overwatch was the result of the Titan team's brainstorming and became the focus of their team.

Mike Morhaime also discussed the cancellation of Starcraft Ghost, what would have been a 3rd person action game set in the Starcraft universe.

  • Blizzard felt Starcraft Ghost couldn't be successful because of limited resources.
  • During Starcraft Ghost development, World of Warcraft was exploding while Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 were in development.
  • The team had to make tough choices on where to place its talent, and there weren't enough resources to go around.
  • With Starcraft Ghost canceled, they could focus on injecting all their talent into other products.


Dark Legacy Comics #685
DLC #685 has been released!

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Blue Tweets - Phasing in Nazjatar, Changes to Rare Mobs in Nazjatar and Mechagon

July 1, 2019, 1:28 pm
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Hearthstone - Secrets of Uldum Expansion Releases August 6th
A new Hearthstone expansion is on the way!


Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Can you please do something about the phasing in Nazjatar? It's incredibly frustrating to join a group for the pvp event only to not be phased to it, no matter the relogs, teleports or other things done to try and force it.
Apologies for the frustrations. We’re actively investigating and working on solutions. Thank you for your patience and reports. (WarcraftDevs)
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Here are some other issues we're working on quickly:

(1/3) We’re increasing the health of all of the lowest-health rare spawns in both Nazjatar and Mechagon, to help more players get a chance to hit them before they die. They also scale in health faster as more players tap them. (WarcraftDevs)

(2/3) We’re making "Dangerous Creatures" only require 1 rare, and we’re fixing a bug where some rare spawns didn’t give quest credit. Combined with the above change, it should be a lot easier to complete. (WarcraftDevs)

(3/3) World Quest bosses in Nazjatar will no longer show up with a silver dragon portrait. After this hotfix, is should be easier to tell what’s a boss for a World Quest and what’s a true rare spawn. (WarcraftDevs)
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"Battle for Nazjatar" Changes Made

July 1, 2019, 8:50 pm
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Saviors of Uldum! New Hearthstone expansion releases on August 6th!

"Battle for Nazjatar" Changes Made
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’ve heard your feedback (and experienced it ourselves) – there can be lopsided faction representation during the “Battle for Nazjatar” event. We’ve seen cases where only one faction is represented.

To address this, we’ve now changed it via hotfix so the “Battle for Nazjatar” will only become active when Nazjatar has a good mix of both Horde and Alliance players in War Mode. When that is not the case, an alternative event will become active called “Azshara’s Elite Commanders.” This is also available to players who are not in War Mode, and it also awards Nazjatar Battle Commendations for slaying Elite commanders during the event.

We’re continuing to monitor and investigate reports of server lag during the event, and we’re acting on feedback about significantly imbalanced areas. We’ll let you know as we make further changes.

Thank you for your patience and continued feedback!
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Hotfixes: July 2, 2019

July 2, 2019, 11:53 am
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Hotfixes: July 2, 2019
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Brawler’s Guild
  • Stitches' Aura of Rot stacks again fall off when players leave the affected area.

Classes


Companions

  • Players now retain the buffs provided by Neri Sharpfin if they log out and back in during its duration.

Creatures and NPCs

  • Increased the health scaling and base health of all the lowest-health rare spawns in Nazjatar and Mechagon.
    • Developers’ note: With this change more players will have a chance to engage these rare spawns before they are eliminated.

  • Vengeful Highborne’s fear ability channel reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) and its duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds).
  • Flight Master Gizzik Kelpears now defends against hostile creatures.
  • Reduced the spawn chance for Enforcer KX-T57.
  • The Dopple Gang now spawns when players use the item Pressure Relief Valve.
  • Shirakess Overseer no longer spawns inside rocks.
  • Rolly Gulper is no longer immune to area-of-effect abilities.
  • Lord Hydraxis is now more powerful.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Terrance of Endless Spring

    • Tsulong now respawns after a soft reset of the instance being inactive for 30 minutes.

Items

  • Heart of Azeroth

    • Resolved an issue that caused Memory of Lucid Dreams (Essence) to break the user’s stealth when refunding resources.
    • Memory of Lucid Dreams’ (Essence) Major Power now correctly lasts the full duration for Fire Mages, Frost Mages, and Protection Paladins.
      • Developers’ note: The Minor Power on Memory of Lucid Dreams has a custom implementation for Fire Mages and how it interacts with Fire Blast charges. However, this wound up being too strong relative to other Essences’ Minor Powers. As such we’re reducing its proc rate by 33% for Fire Mages, which should keep this as a very strong option to use in the Minor Slot, but much closer to the potency of other Minor Powers.

    • Crucible of Flames’ (Essence) Minor Power no longer procs when casting abilities that apply crowd control to a target.
    • Fixed a bug preventing Purification Protocol's (Essence) Minor Power from correctly generating threat when damaging enemies.
    • The damage and healing granted from Omnipotence(Azerite Trait) now resets at the beginning of encounters and Arena matches.

  • Fixed a bug that caused the Highborne Compendium of Sundering’s proc chance to increase if an allied player also had the trinket equipped.
  • Prismatic Crystals[ now stack to 200.
  • Shaman can now activate Anti-Gravity Packs in Ghost Wolf form.
  • Benthic gear now displays the correct amount of Prismatic Manapearls needed for upgrades.
  • The Volatile Blaster now can be used by Druids in Cat or Bear form.
  • Harbinger’s Inscrutable Will now pacifies enemies struck by its projectile effect (was a silence).
  • Druids can use Anti-Gravity Packs in all shapeshift forms, except Travel Form. Flap those wings, Moonkin!

Player versus Player

  • The "Battle for Nazjatar" event is now active when there are similar numbers of players from both factions with War Mode activated in Nazjatar. When that is not the case, "Azshara's Elite Commanders"—a new event—becomes active and also rewards Battle for Nazjatar Commendations.
  • The "Battle for Nazjatar" no longer ends prematurely.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Horde players who participated in Battle for Nazjatar from receiving rewards if they died when it ended.
  • Kronus’ and Fangraal's health and damage have been increased in the Ashran Epic Battleground.
  • Resolved an issue that could cause players in Dalaran Sewers to be teleported to the center of the Arena.
  • Players now receive Nazjatar Battle Commendations from War Supply Chests earned in Nazjatar.
  • Shadow Sight Orbs now spawn within the Robodrome Arena.
  • The power coils have powered-up, and are now ready to zap shy arena players within the Robodrome starting area who linger too long.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Rogues to die when casting Death from Above while participating in a Black Rook Hold Arena match.

Quests

  • Players can again complete "Sliding with Style".
  • Enemy players can no longer kill the opposing faction’s NPCs necessary to complete "The Missing Crew".
  • Fixed an issue preventing players from turning in "They Made Their Choice".
  • Pet Battle quests now give credit towards "Rustbolt Rebellion".
  • Fixed an issue that caused the “Runelocked Chest” play area to clip into a nearby wall.
  • Fixed an issue causing players to become unable to complete the quest, "Saving Corin."
  • The user interface now always displays available quests for followers.
  • Players again receive credit toward “Bounty: Dangerous Creatures” for eliminating rare spawns.
  • The criteria for “Bounty: Dangerous Creatures” has been reduced to 1 rare spawn (was 3 rare spawns).
  • World Quest targets in Nazjatar no longer display a silver dragon portrait, but instead show up as quest bosses or elite quest bosses.

Toys


Warfronts

  • Addressed an issue that caused Wood and Iron resources looted from creatures to be less common.

World

  • Alliance players can no longer rest in the Horde Outpost Ekka's Hideaway.
  • Players who die in the Great Sea off the coast of Mechagon are no longer teleported to the Whitegrove Chapel graveyard.

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Murgle the Red Murloc Pet, Mechagon - July 2, BfA Dungeon Event

July 2, 2019, 12:37 pm
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Patch 8.2 Hotfixes: July 2, 2019

Get Murgle the Red Murloc Plush and Mug July 9!
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
The Queen of Tides has returned with Rise of Azshara, bringing a ton of new experiences to encounter—including many rare creatures—in Battle for Azeroth. One such creature is the elusive rare red baby murloc pet, Murgle. You can find Murgle in Nazjatar’s Bloodfin Village, but you’ll need to summon and defeat King Gakula first. Stirring up a little trouble with the village tadpoles is sure to draw him out.


Murgle in-game pet

Your characters aren’t the only ones who can adopt Murgle, though! You can bring this adorable little murloc home in both huggable plush and mug form. The Murgle Plush and the Red Murloc Mug can be yours as they’ll be available on the Blizzard Gear Store worldwide on July 9.


Murgle Mug and Plush

Those attending the Japan Expo in Paris July 4-7 will also be able to grab these tadpole-inspired treasures early. You’ll find them along with plenty of other Gear Store merchandise in the on-site Blizzard shop in hall 6 – Stand F716. (Full map)

Mechagon Guide - July 2nd, 2019
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Today's Constructions
  • Drill Rigs
  • Reclamation Rig

Notable Quests
  • Mechagon Isle
    • Bot Rampage (A) / Unsafe Work Conditions (H)
    • Bugs, Lots of 'Em!
    • Chopped Bots
    • More Power
    • More Recycling
    • Rico's Rescue
    • Rustbolt Requisitions: Deep Sea Satin
    • Toys For Destruction
      • Playtime's Over
  • Alternate Future
    • Adapt, Improve, Overcome!
      • The Final Act
    • Be Kind, Rewind

Notable Unique Rares


  • Boilburn (3)
  • Earthbreaker Gulroc (9)
  • Caustic Mechaslime (6)
  • Gemicide (14)
  • Gorged Gear-Cruncher (15)
  • Ol' Big Tusk (23)
  • Sparkqueen P'emp (30)
  • The Kleptoboss (33)



Artifact Knowledge Has Resumed
Artifact Knowledge is increasing once again this week!


Battle for Azeroth Dungeon Event
This week's bonus event is the Battle for Azeroth Dungeon Event.

  • All week long the final boss of each Battle for Azeroth Dungeon will drop an extra piece of loot.
  • Pick up the quest Emissary of War from either your Adventure Journal or in your faction hub. Completing this quest rewards Cache of Dazar'alor Treasures which contains a piece of item level 400 Battle for Dazar'alor loot and a large sum of Azerite power.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
The Battle for Azeroth Dungeons Bonus Event is underway!

This Week
All week, open Group Finder (default hotkey: I) to queue for any Battle for Azeroth dungeon on Normal or Heroic difficulty.

Alternatively, get a group of veteran dungeoneers together and travel to one of the Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficulty:

  • Atal’Dazar
  • Temple of Sethraliss
  • The Underrot
  • The MOTHERLODE!!
  • Freehold
  • Shrine of the Storm
  • Tol Dagor
  • Waycrest Manor

Look for the following all week long:
  • Chronicler Shoopa in Zuldazar or Chronicler Toopa in Boralus has a quest for you – Emissary of War. Or, if you forget to pick it up there, you can start it within the Adventure Journal.
    • Quest requirement: Complete 4 Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficultly.
    • Rewards: One loot box containing a piece of gear from Heroic difficulty Battle for Dazar'alor.
  • Passive bonus: The final boss in each dungeon drop additional loot on all difficulties (except Mythic Keystone difficulties.)

Every Week
The Bonus Events system consists of a rotating schedule of different activities, currently scheduled to run each week beginning on Tuesdays. Each Bonus Event grants a passive bonus to a particular game activity and offers a once-per-event quest with a noteworthy reward for accomplishing a related goal. The in-game calendar can serve as your one-stop reference for the event schedule. The Adventure Guide also offers a direct link to active Bonus Events, allowing you to easily accept any associated quests.

Murloc Trader Items


Island Expeditions for the Week of July 2nd, 2019
The Island Expeditions for the week are:

  • Molten Cay with Trolls
  • Snowblossom Village with Mogu
  • Un'gol Ruins with Quilboars


Call to Arms: Nazjatar
This week's Call to Arms is Call to Arms: Nazjatar or Call to Arms: Nazjatar. Head to Nazjatar with warmode enabled to kill 10 players of the opposing faction. This will reward you with conquest and 75 reputation for either 7th Legion or The Honorbound.
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WoW Classic Beta Update - Ending July 12

July 3, 2019, 9:01 am
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WoW Classic Beta Update - Ending July 12
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Thank you very much to everyone who’ve helped test the closed beta for WoW Classic. Over the last seven weeks, we have reviewed over 17000 bug reports from testers. These led to our verification of hundreds of new and unique bugs. Your efforts have directly contributed to making WoW Classic a better experience for everyone when it opens to the world on August 27.

We have now reached a stage where WoW Classic is in a good state for reconciling remaining issues, and we intend to shift our focus away from the closed beta, which will end on July 12.

Internally, we’re working through the aforementioned bug fixes, testing the high-level zones such as Eastern Plaguelands, and doing our raid testing. We’ll make sure Ragnaros and Onyxia are ready to go.

As for what’s next, the final stress test is now coming up on July 25-26 (we’ve changed this date since we first announced it). During that global test, we will roll out our multi-region hardware in preparation for the worldwide release of WoW Classic. In addition to getting many more testers to play through the initial leveling experiences, it will be a test of the fixes and tweaks that we’ve made and are making to the game.

We’re planning a small in-game event to end the closed beta on July 12. We’ll see you there, and we’ll post reminders for you just before the stress test, as well as reminders in August as we gather for name reservations and ultimately for the release of WoW Classic.

Thank you!
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Warcraft Film Auction, Blue Tweet, WoW Classic - Not a Bug and Oceanic Realms Update

July 3, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Warcraft Movie Prop Store Auction
From July 1st to July 12th, Prop Store is having an auction with original props, costumes, and suits of armor from the Warcraft film.




Blue Tweet
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Phasing around the center of Nazjatar has been removed. No more phantom rares/starfish. Sorry, thanks! (Muffinus)

Oceanic WoW Classic Realms
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We agree with the many WoW Classic enthusiasts in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia that it will be a very good thing for players in that part of the world to connect to realms that are hosted in that part of the world.

Planned it all along!

We will have Oceanic realms for WoW Classic, with game servers hosted in Australia, at launch on August 27, and we’ll let you know the names of the Oceanic realms before name reservations start on August 13. Thanks!

WoW Classic “Not A Bug” List Update
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
I’ve updated the original post in this thread with:

  • “Melee leeway” is working as intended.

After careful study and testing, we’ve found that for players with low latency, the state of melee leeway is how they would have experienced the game in 2006.

There are more people with low latency now than there were in 2006, so we expect for some it might feel different, but it is working as expected.

Mechagon Guide - July 3rd, 2019
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Today's Constructions
  • Charging Station
  • Reclamation Rig

Notable Quests
  • Mechagon Isle
    • A Direct Approach
    • Aim High
    • A Gulper Ate the Rolly
    • Redistribution of Power
    • Rustbolt Requisitions: Storm Silver Ore
    • Toys Like Us
    • Unprofitable Ventures
    • Waste Not
  • Alternate Future
    • Adapt, Improve, Overcome!
      • The Final Act
    • Be Kind, Rewind

Notable Unique Rares
  • No unique rares today other than the typical daily ones



Murloc Trader Items
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Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - July 3, 2019

July 3, 2019, 2:50 pm
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Creator Spotlight & Challenge Rift 106

Decks Assemble! is This Week's Tavern Brawl!

Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - July 3, 2019
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Achievements
  • Revealing treasure chests while scrying in Nazjatar should now reliably grant credit for Nothing to Scry About.

Creatures and NPCs
  • Prince Erazmin's best friend, Scrappy, is now better at traveling Rustbolt to encourage the resistance. He should no longer occasionally fall through the ground.
  • Unleashed Arcanofiend’s Proximal Chaos attacks are now a bit less chaotic.
  • In Nazjatar, there are now fewer slugs in rocks. Eww.

Items
  • Epic gems with a secondary stat now provide 50 of the secondary stat (was 60).
    • Developers’ note: The power increase of Epic gems over Rare gems is too large, putting players in situations where the right choice is to use a much lower iLvl item with a socket over a Titanforged upgrade. We’re making this change before Season 3 begins to limit the number of affected players.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some punchcards in the to be labeled "Titanforged" at a lower item level than intended. (No items were harmed in the making of this bugfix.)
  • Chain Ignitercoil is no longer sold by vendors in Mechagon.
  • Secret Fish can now be sold, and the sounds they make have been fixed. Don’t tell anyone.
  • Ionized Minnows can now be stored in the Reagent Bank, as well as Engineering and Fishing Bags.
  • The following now automatically use reagents stored in your reagent bank:
    • Crafting all Junkyard Tinkering blueprints.
    • Contributing to construction projects.
    • Using the Charging Station to charge Empty Energy Cells.
  • Heart of Azeroth
    • The Seething Rage buff from Blood of the Enemy (Essence) will now properly modify the critical damage dealt by any summoned units, such as those summoned by a Shaman or a Monk's Storm, Earth, and Fire.
    • Classes with pets that use energy will no longer cause their pets to gain an increased energy regeneration rate when using Memory of Lucid Dreams (Essence).

Missions and Followers
  • Fixed an issue where some players could receive the Zen'lan Lost Treasure Map mission a second time with no loot. The mission is now removed if it has already been completed.
  • Missions with the Deep Sea mechanic now have a base time of 24 hours and are properly countered by Naval Expert.

Player vs. Player
  • “Call to Arms: Nazjatar” can now properly be completed by slaying the opposing faction in Nazjatar.
  • Battle for Nazjatar
    • Additional improvements have been made to this event. It should now become active more often, while still ensuring that there are mix of Horde and Alliance players present.
    • Factions that control more capture points within the Battle for Nazjatar event will now yield more Victory Points. This works similarly to Arathi Basin or the Battle for Gilneas.

Quests
  • Reduced the amount of quest items needed to complete many Requisition quests and Bounty daily quests in Nazjatar.
  • "The Reclamation Rig" construction project will now more reliably give achievement credit to all players who contributed to its construction, even if further away when it is completed.
  • Players can now see Venture Co. Transport Balloons while "Taking The Air Out".
  • “The Doppel Gang” should now reliably give credit to all players who participate.
  • Avarius should now spawn as expected once all the Brinestone shards have been placed.
  • The Zoatroid Harvesters required for "Dirty Dozen" now path better, and are more tap friendly, with appropriate health.

Support
  • Fixed an issue preventing some players from submitting tickets in-game.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some tickets submitted in-game to incorrectly show as submitted via web.

World Quests
  • A recent change in diet has made the chitin on glimmershell crab shells more resistant to breaking during combat, resulting in Hefty Glimmershells of usable quality dropping more frequently when you’re in "A Steamy Situation".
  • The spell intended to recover your corpse during “Infestation of Madness” no longer incorrectly sends your corpse to Nazjatar.

World
  • Players should no longer experience phasing issues around the Tidestone in Nazjatar.
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Kua'fon Learns to Fly, Blue Posts, Mechagon - July 5th, 2019

July 5, 2019, 5:00 pm
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Kua'fon Learns to Fly
Horde characters who completed the steps to raise Kua'fon and completed How to Ptrain Your Pterrordax and earned Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part Two can do the quest Just Ptrust Me on This from Pa'ku at Pterror Rise to unlock the ability for Kua'fon to fly. This achievement is account wide and also allows Alliance characters to fly on the mount as well.




Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
World PvP Essence Rank 2
With a hotfix a few minutes ago, we’ve made it so that Fighting on Two Fronts no longer requires looting the Mechagon Fight Club chest.
The difficulty of this step as a requirement for upgrading Ripple in Space was out of line compared to other parts of the achievement.
We’ll note this in our next hotfixes update.

Mechagon Guide - July 5th, 2019
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Today's Constructions
  • All are active today

Notable Quests
  • Mechagon Isle
    • Certified Pre-Owned
    • Chopped Bots
    • Cogfrenzy's Construction Frenzy
    • Do Not Drink
    • More Recycling
    • The Other Place
    • Rustbolt Requisitions: Great Sea Catfish
  • Alternate Future
    • Note: It is likely that the Rusty Prince does NOT spawn when Chromie is in town and only by entering the alternate timeline via Personal Time Displacer. Be sure to farm Blueprint: Personal Time Displacer from mobs in the alternate future so that you can enter it on off days for extra reputation dailies and the rare.
    • Adapt, Improve, Overcome!
      • The Final Act

Notable Unique Rares


  • Boilburn (3)
  • Earthbreaker Gulroc (9)
  • Caustic Mechaslime (6)
  • Gemicide (14)
  • Gorged Gear-Cruncher (15)
  • Ol' Big Tusk (23)
  • Doppel Ganger (32)
  • The Kleptoboss (33)
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Darkmoon Faire, Mechagon Rares Guide, DLC #686

July 7, 2019, 8:24 pm
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Darkmoon Faire
The Darkmoon Faire is in town once again! Earn those prize tickets for your Darkmoon Dirigible!

Keep in mind the Darkmoon Top Hat buff and the WHEE! buff as you work on earning reputation with the Rise of Azshara factions and any Allied races you have yet to unlock!



Mechagon Rares Guide
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

  • Arachnoid Harvester
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (1)
    • Notable Drops - Rusty Mechanocrawler
  • Armored Vaultbot
  • Boilburn
  • Boggac Skullbash
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (4)
    • Notable Drops - none
  • Bonepicker
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (5)
    • Notable Drops - Bonebiter
  • Caustic Mechaslime
    • Spawn Conditions - Requires Drill Rigs as Daily Construction projects. Likely shares spawn cooldown with Gorged Gear-Cruncher and The Kleptoboss.
    • Location - (6) (Drill Rig DR-CC73)
    • Notable Drops - none
  • Crazed Trogg
  • Deepwater Maw
  • Earthbreaker Gulroc
    • Spawn Conditions - Requires Drill Rigs as Daily Construction projects.
    • Location - (9) (Drill Rig DR-TR35)
    • Notable Drops - Blueprint: Scrap Trap
  • Enforcer KX-T57
  • Foul Manifestation
    • Spawn Conditions - Click on the Circuit Breaker nearby when it is available and attach the wires to their respective pylons.
    • Location - (11)
    • Notable Drops - Blueprint: G99.99 Landshark
  • Fungarian Furor
    • Spawn Conditions - Only spawns when Mylune is in Rustbolt offering the quest Aid from Nordrassil. Mushrooms in his spawn area attack when clicked. Killing these spawns the rare.
    • Location - (12)
    • Notable Drops - Snowsoft Nibbler, Paint Vial: Overload Orange
  • Gear Checker Cogstar
  • Gemicide
    • Spawn Conditions - Requires Drill Rigs as Daily Construction projects.
    • Location - (14) (Drill Rig DR-JD99)
    • Notable Drops - none
  • Gorged Gear-Cruncher
    • Spawn Conditions - Requires Drill Rigs as Daily Construction projects. Likely shares spawn cooldown with Caustic Mechaslime and The Kleptoboss.
    • Location - (15) (Drill Rig DR-CC61)
    • Notable Drops - Blueprint: Mechano-Treat
  • Jawbreaker
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (16)
    • Notable Drops - none
  • Killsaw
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (17)
    • Notable Drops - Mechagonian Sawblades
  • Malfunctioning Beastbot
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn) Must craft Beastbot Powerpack to turn him hostile.
    • Location - (18)
    • Notable Drops - Lost Robogrip
  • Mechagonian Nullifier
  • Mecharantula
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (20)
    • Notable Drops - Arachnoid Skitterbot
  • Mr. Fixthis
  • OOX-Avenger/MG
  • Ol' Big Tusk
    • Spawn Conditions - Requires Drill Rigs as Daily Construction projects.
    • Location - (23) (Drill Rig DR-TR28)
    • Notable Drops - Vinyl: Depths of Ulduar
  • Oxidized Leachbeast
  • Paol Pondwader
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (25)
    • Notable Drops - none
  • Rumblerocks
  • Rustfeather
  • Scrapclaw
  • Seaspit
  • Sparkqueen P'Emp
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns when Razak Ironsides is in Rustbolt
    • Location - (30)
    • Notable Drops - none
  • Steel Singer Freza
  • The Doppel Gang
    • Spawn Conditions -Use 3 Pressure Relief Valve from the quest Cogfrenzy's Construction Frenzy on the pressure valves and activate them to spawn this rare.
    • Location - (32)
    • Notable Drops - none
  • The Kleptoboss
    • Spawn Conditions - Requires Drill Rigs as Daily Construction projects. Likely shares spawn cooldown with Caustic Mechaslime and Gorged Gear-Cruncher.
    • Location - (33) (Drill Rig DR-CC88)
    • Notable Drops - Spraybot 0D
  • The Rusty Prince
    • Spawn Conditions - Spawns in the alternate future of Mechagon, only on days Chromie is not in Mechagon. You must use Personal Time Displacer to get to the alternate future on days Chromie is not in town.
    • Location - (34)
    • Notable Drops - Judgment of Mechagon
  • The Scrap King
  • Uncle T'Rog
    • Spawn Conditions -Spawns Daily (Likely 30-60 Minute Respawn)
    • Location - (36)
    • Notable Drops - none




Dark Legacy Comics #686
DLC #686 has been released!

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Mechagon Guide - July 8th, 2019

July 8, 2019, 12:16 pm
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Mechagon Guide - July 8th, 2019
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Today's Constructions
  • Drill Rigs
  • Reclamation Rig

Notable Quests
  • Mechagon Isle
    • Bots Gone Wild - Cave by Rustfeather's Hill
    • Discs of Norgannon - Rustbolt Visitor Daily
    • Go for the Gold - Western Spray while on the quest Pirates, Sea Monsters, Robots.
    • More Power - Rustbolt Honored Daily
    • Pirates, Sea Monsters, Robots - Rustbolt
    • The Family Jewels - Western Spray while on the quest Pirates, Sea Monsters, Robots.
    • Rustbolt Requisitions: Frenzied Fangtooth - Flight Point
    • Bot Rampage (A) / Unsafe Work Conditions (H) - Flight Point
  • Alternate Future - Must use Personal Time Displacer
    • Adapt, Improve, Overcome! - Rustbolt
      • The Final Act - Given after completing previous quest
    • Be Kind, Rewind - Open the Armored Vaultbot in the alternate future after killing The Rusty Prince for the day.

Notable Unique Rares
These rares are only available during certain criteria! Be sure to look out for them today if you need them. For a complete guide on Mechagon rares, visit our Mechagon Rares Guide!


  • Boilburn (3)
  • Earthbreaker Gulroc (9)
  • Caustic Mechaslime (6)
  • Gemicide (14)
  • Gorged Gear-Cruncher (15)
  • Ol' Big Tusk (23)
  • Doppel Ganger (32)
  • The Kleptoboss (33)
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Battle for Azeroth Season 3, Azshara's Eternal Palace Raid, Mechagon Mega Dungeon

July 9, 2019, 5:40 am
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Battle for Azeroth Season 3 Live This Week
Season 3 begins today, bringing with it reward changes, Azshara's Eternal Palace raid, Operation: Mechagon mega dungeon, a new Mythic+ season/affix, and a new PvP season!

Content Difficulty and Rewards Changes
With a new raid opening, the item level of many rewards are going up!

  • New Maximum Item Level: The maximum possible item level will go up to 455.
  • Azshara's Eternal Palace: Gear from the new raid will range from LFR - 400, Normal - 415, Heroic - 430, Mythic - 445
  • World Quest Emissary Rewards: On the PTR, World Quest item rewards ranged from 380 to 400 for a geared character. Azerite Armor was item level 385 from world quests and 415 as the max from emissaries.
  • Dungeon Rewards and Difficulty: The item level of rewards from max-level Normal, Heroic, and Mythic dungeons will go up by 30. Baseline rewards will be 370 from Normal, 385 from Heroic, and 400 from non-Keystone Mythic. The new Mythic Only Dungeon Operation: Mechagon will have 415 baseline item level gear.
  • Mythic Keystone Dungeons: Mythic+ rewards will also go up by 30 item levels. As with Season 2, during the first week of Season 3 Mythic Keystone Dungeon rewards will most likely be capped at item level 415 (420 on the PTR). Mythic Keystones from your weekly chest today will likely go down by 4 levels instead of 1 when the transition occurs. The chest you open on the first week of season 3 will contain Season 2 rewards if you did a Mythic+ run on the last week of Season 2. (So, for example, if you did a Mythic 10 during the final week of Season 2, you will get a Season 2 item level 410 piece and 600 Residuum from your first Season 3 chest today.)
  • PvP: PvP Season 3 end-of-match rewards will also most likely be capped at 415 (420 on PTR) for the first week of the season. Rewards from rated PvP sources are 30 item levels higher than they were in Season 2, including Conquest rewards and the weekly chest.
  • Seals of Wartorn Fate: Seals of Wartorn Fate are not being reset and this same currency can be used for Azshara's Eternal Palace and Season 3 bonus rolls; the cap on how many can be held at once remains at 5.


New Raid - Azshara's Eternal Palace
Normal and Heroic Azshara's Eternal Palace opens this week, with Mythic and Raid Finder (item level 380 required) opening next week.









New Mega Dungeon - Operation: Mechagon
A new eight boss mega dungeon is coming with unique gear and rewards to earn. There is also a way to activate a hard mode of the dungeon which will likely give a unique challenge and reward similar to the Nightbane run in Legion Karazhan.


Notable Drops



Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Once you’re feeling properly upgraded, it’s time to begin your bid to shut down King Mechagon once and for all and free the mechagnomes from his tyranny. Get ready for Operation Mechagon!

Operation Mechagon


Prince Erazmin leads a group of unlikely allies on a desperate mission into the heart of Mechagon. In a race against time, they must overcome King Mechagon’s army of mechanized monstrosities and defeat the mad genius before his doomsday device purges all organic life from Azeroth.

Dungeon Bosses: 8

Difficulties: Mythic

Level: 120 for Alliance and Horde

King Gobbamak: Obsessed with hoarding dangerous technology found amongst the scrap, King Gobbamak sits upon a pile of doomsday weapons that he lacks the intelligence to operate or understand.

Gunker: After years of coalescing into a concentrated cesspool. Mechagon's toxic waste has gained malevolent sentience. With the sanitation systems disabled, Gunker is free to ooze across all of Azeroth.

Trixie & Naeno: Trixie and Naeno, two of Bondo’s top lieutenants, have a turbulent relationship. While Trixie prides herself on ruthless efficiency, Naeno is the embodiment of chaos while behind the wheel. The only thing they have in common is their penchant for senseless violence, which they enjoy dispensing on anyone foolish enough to wander into their territory.

HK-8 Aerial Oppression Unit: Predator of the skies, the HK-8 Aerial Oppression Unit soars over the yard executing its prime directive, disintegrating all trespassers. With impenetrable armor and a lethal host of weapons, it annihilates all who are caught in its shadow.

Tussle Tonks: Mechagon’s premier mechgineers test their mettle (and metal) by building customized combat robots. While these tonks typically battle each other for glory, they combine their efforts to repel foolhardy organic intruders who dare venture into Mechagon.

K.U.-J.O.: As the repository for the city’s refuse, the Under Junk is a prime target for gnomes from Bondo’s gang who intend to steal valuable mechanical components. While Trash Mistress Wendy Cogsworth ceaselessly sorts the city’s junk, her loyal guard dog, K.U.-J.0., keeps out unwelcome intruders—mechagnomes and adventurers alike.

Machinist's Garden: Beautiful and dangerous, Head Machinist Sparkflux's metallic gardens are designed for both recreation and retribution. With a flick of a switch, the idyllic scenery transforms into a death trap from which no interloper can escape.

King Mechagon: As maniacal as he is brilliant, King Mechagon despises all organic life. With his mechoriginator primed and ready, nothing stands in the way of his scheme to purge the curse of flesh from Azeroth and mechanize the entire world.

Get ready to face the danger within beginning July 9.

Dungeon Changes
Rewards and difficulty are being buffed with the start of Season 3.

  • The new seasonal affix is Beguiling!
    • Azshara's Emissaries are present throughout the dungeon.
      • These emissaries will be placed in different trash packs each week.
      • These emissaries do not die, but teleport away based on certain conditions.
      • As of now they are affected by affixes, but do not give bolstering to other mobs when defeated.
      • Removing them from the battle does progress the enemy forces bar.
    • Emissary of the Tides
    • Enchanted Emissary
      • Queen's Decree: Blowback - Grants nearby allies Queen's Decree: Blowback, reflecting 150% of damage dealt back at the target.
      • Queen's Decree: Blowback - Reflects 150% of damage dealt back at the target.
      • Attacks will knock the Enchanted Emissary back.
      • Will teleport when her energy bar is empty.
    • Void-Touched Emissary
      • Queen's Decree: Hide - Deals Shadow damage equal to 50% targets' health to enemies in line of sight within a 60 yard radius.
      • Queen's Decree: Hide - Increases Shadow damage dealt by 50%.
      • Can see through Stealth and Invisibility.
      • Will teleport when brought to 1 health.
  • The item level of rewards from max-level Normal, Heroic, and Mythic dungeons will go up by 30. Baseline rewards will be 370 from Normal, 385 from Heroic, and 400 from non-Keystone Mythic. The Operation: Mechagon mega dungeon has baseline 415 item level rewards.
  • Mythic + dungeon scaling is now 10% per level instead of 8%.
  • Mythic Keystones will go down by an additional 3 levels when the season transition occurs to account for the difficulty increase. So if you did an 11 the last week of season 2, expect a level 7 key instead of a 10 in your chest when the new season starts.
  • Mythic+ rewards will also go up by 30 item levels; however, during the first week of Season 3, rewards from end-of-run mythic+ chests will likely be capped at item level 415 (420 on PTR). The chest you open on the first week of season 3 will contain Season 2 rewards if you did a Mythic+ run on the last week of Season 2. (So, for example, if you did a Mythic 10 during the final week of Season 2, you will get a Season 2 item level 410 piece and 600 Residuum from your first Season 3 chest today.)
  • The weekly cache that becomes available in the second week of the season will not be affected by this cap. If a player does a Mythic 10 dungeon during this coming week, they will get a Mythic 10 reward from their cache the following week.


Titan Residuum


Battle for Azeroth PvP Season 3
PvP Season 3 will start today with all new rewards and gear to earn.

  • PvP Season 3 end-of-match rewards will also most likely be capped at 415 (420 on PTR) for the first week of the season. Rewards from rated PvP sources are 30 item levels higher than they were in Season 2, including Conquest rewards and the weekly chest.






Heroic Battle for Stromgarde Warfront
Season 3 introduces Heroic Warfronts.

  • Initially heroic is only available for Battle for Stromgarde.
  • Heroic Warfronts are tuned for item level 415.
  • A team of 10 to 20 will be needed to que for a Heroic Warfront.
  • Heroic Warfronts will be much different from normal warfronts.
  • Heroic Warfronts will focus on the strategic aspects found in RTS games. Examples of new challenges include special units sent at your base that needs to be defended, the enemy commander appearing on the field, or where to best put resources at the moment.
  • You can lose a Heroic Warfront.




Class Guides
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
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Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - July 9th, 2019, Punch Card Nerf, Season 3 Official Notes

July 9, 2019, 5:51 pm
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Battle for Azeroth Season 3, Azshara's Eternal Palace Raid, Mechagon Mega Dungeon

Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - July 9th, 2019
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Achievements
  • "Fighting on Two Fronts" no longer requires looting the Mechagon Fight Club chest.
    • Developers’ note: Especially as a requirement for Rank 2 of an Essence, this step was out of line in difficulty with the other parts of the achievement.

Creatures and NPCs
  • Foul Manifestation now reliably spawns in Mechagon.
  • Ignite Mana cast by the Baron Geddon Data Anomaly in Mechagon now lasts for 30 seconds (was 5 minutes).

Dungeons and Raids
  • Azshara’s Eternal Palace
    • Queen Azshara
      • Corrected an issue that could prevent Queen Azshara from properly transitioning to the final phase of the encounter.

Items
  • Pocket-Sized Computation Device
    • Fixed a bug where players could cast other spells while channeling the active ability on the Cyclotronic Blast Red Punchcard.
    • The power contribution of Red and Yellow Punchcards are now more comparable to one another.
    • Developers' note: Yellow Punchcards were too strong, and Red Punchcards were too weak. The overall effectiveness of a trinket with Red and Yellow Punchcards should be similar or better than previously.
  • Heart of Azeroth
    • Memory of Lucid Dreams (Essence) no longer removes stealth when activated while Stealth or Prowl are active.
    • Purification Protocol (Essence) can no longer kill a quest objective enemy with its Rank 2 Purifying Blast.
    • Essence effects no longer unintentionally break players out of stealth.
    • Worldvein Resonance’s Lifeblood Shards no longer break stealth.
    • Vitality Conduit no longer breaks stealth when health is transferred to or from a stealthed unit.
    • Vitality Conduit no longer cleanses crowd-control that breaks on damage such as Blind and Polymorph.
    • Gaining Focused Energy from Essence of the Focusing Iris’ Minor Power no longer breaks stealth.
    • The Azerite Spike generated from Condensed Life-Force’s Minor Power no longer breaks stealth when striking an enemy unit.
    • Purification Protocol no longer breaks stealth when it heals the caster.
    • Ripple in Space’s Minor Power no longer breaks stealth.
    • Gaining Reckless Force from The Unbound Force’s Minor Power no longer breaks stealth.
    • Gaining Vision of Perfection or being healed by the Vision of Perfection’s Minor Power no longer breaks stealth.
    • Using Potion of Focused Resolve should no longer break stealth.
    • The Personal Time Displacer now teleports players to the future as intended.

Player versus Player
  • Items
    • The following items have had their effects reduced in PvP combat:
      • Edict of the Faithless’ absorption effects reduced by 60%.
      • The maximum damage that can be transferred from Chain of Suffering reduced by 75%.
      • Bloodthirsty Urchin’s healing output has been reduced by 50%.
      • Ashvane’s Razor Coral’s effect only stacks to 20.
      • Dribbling Inkpod no longer stacks above 20 on player-controlled targets and deals 33% damage per stack.
      • Diamond Refracting Prism's effectiveness reduced by 50% (was 30%) for tank specializations, and 70% (was 60%) for non-tank specialization characters.
      • Mirror of Entwined Fate's effectiveness reduced by 30% for healer specializations, and 65% (was 50%) for non-healer specialization characters.
      • Ward of Envelopment's effectiveness in PvP is reduced by 30% for healer specializations, and 65% (was 50%) for non-healer specialization characters.
    • Heart of Azeroth
      • Undulating Tides’ absorption effect reduced by 75%.
  • Warsong Gulch
    • Individual player Flag Capture and Flag Returns are now properly displayed on the scoreboard.


Quests
  • The “Battle for Nazjatar” now properly resets each week.
  • For the Brawler's Guild quest "Flaunt It If You Got It", the Amberseed bun should now hit your target regardless of their War Mode status.
  • Wardruid Loti no longer yells at players not participating in “Underfoot”.

World Quests
  • Players can again complete "Word on the Streets".
  • “Spider Scorching” now appears on the World Map when it’s active.

Punch Card Nerf
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
I can confirm that the change to increase the output of Red and decrease the output of Yellow Punchcards is intended. We’ve got a hotfixes update coming in a few minutes that includes it.

The goal here is to better calibrate the power of Red and Yellow Punchcards to have greater synchronicity. While the numbers have changed, the overall output should be similar. Players wearing a Pocket-Sized Computation Device with Red and Yellow Punchcards of comparable item-levels should see either a similar output or increased output (from yesterday).

Rise of Azshara Season 3 Official Blizzard Notes
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Dungeon and Raid Updates
New Raid: Azshara’s Eternal Palace
Battle against Nazjatar’s worthiest champions, face down unfathomable monstrosities from the deep, and confront the legendary Queen Azshara herself in this sprawling 8-boss raid.

Azshara’s Eternal Palace Normal and Heroic difficulties are now live, while the first wing of Raid Finder—The Grand Reception—and Mythic will open next week on July 16.

Season 3 Begins
Season 3 brings a wave of new dungeon content, including the new Mythic-only difficulty dungeon Operation: Mechagon, a new seasonal affix, and higher item-level Azerite armor to acquire in exchange for Residuum.

New Dungeon: Operation: Mechagon
Level 120 players will unite with Prince Erazmin and the Rustbolt Resistance to help overthrow his deranged father and destroy his Mechoriginator doomsday device in this new Mythic-only 8-boss “mega-dungeon.” Great rewards await you in Mechagon, but bear in mind that gnome-crafted loot might have some surprising properties. . .

New Mythic Dungeon Affix: Beguiling
Queen Azshara’s agents have infiltrated dungeons to strike Azeroth’s champions when they least suspect it. Three different emissaries will bolster enemy ranks and prove to be deadly adversaries, making them priority targets that must be defeated. Visiting emissaries can change by week and can even disrupt patrolling units who stop to praise them.

  • Void-Touched Emissary: Upon engaging this enemy, the Void-Touched Emissary will cast an uninterruptible spell over several seconds that will let loose a powerful 60-yard area-of-effect bolt of energy. Smite this foe before it completes the ritual, or hide from it to survive.
  • Enchanted Emissary: This powerful foe uses your own might against you by enchanting its nearby allies with an aura that reflects a large percent of damage back at the attacker.
  • Emissary of the Tides: This enemy applies an aura to nearby nemeses that cleanses and makes them immune to crowd-control effects.

Mythic Keystone Dungeon Updates
  • Item levels of rewards from level 120 Normal, Heroic, and Mythic dungeons have been increased by 30. Baseline rewards are now item-level 370 from Normal, 385 from Heroic, and 400 from non-Keystone Mythic dungeons.
  • Mythic Keystone rewards have been increased by 30 item levels. During the first week of Season 3, rewards from end-of-run chests will be capped at item-level 415 for Mythic Keystone at +6 difficulty, and the weekly cache will be a Season 2 reward.

    • Beginning the second week of Season 3, the weekly cache will not be affected by the cap and will reward Season 3 items at the higher item levels. Completing a Mythic Keystone at +10 difficulty during the first week will then provide the new highest item level in the weekly cache when it’s available in week 2.
  • Enemy health and damage in Heroic dungeons increased by 25%.
  • Health and damage of enemies in non-Keystone Mythic dungeons increased by 30%; Normal dungeons are unchanged.

    • Mythic Keystones have been reduced by an additional 3 levels, to account for this difficulty increase.
  • The enemy health and damage bonuses in Mythic Keystone dungeons now increase by 10% per difficulty level (up from 8%).

Titan Residuum
  • Increased Titan Residuum rewards earned in the weekly chest and from scrapping eligible Azerite armor.
  • Spend your hard-earned Titan Residuum on new item-level 430 and 445 Azerite armor.

Essences Updates
  • Eight new Essences are now available to earn in Azshara’s Eternal Palace, Operation: Mechagon, PvP, and Mythic Keystone Dungeons.

Azshara’s Eternal Palace Essences
  • Defeat the new raid bosses in Azshara’s Eternal Palace to earn the following Essences: Azeroth’s Undying Gift (tank), Condensed Life Force (damage-dealer), and Vitality Conduit (healer).

Operation: Mechagon Essence
  • Vision of Perfection – Drops off the final boss, King Mechagon.

Player versus Player Essences
  • Conflict and Strife – Earn 500 Conquest to unlock this Essence in your next weekly PvP War Chest.

Mythic Keystone Dungeon Essences
  • Clear a Mythic Keystone dungeon at level 4 or greater to receive the following Essences: Essence of the Focusing Iris (damage-dealer), Anima of Life and Death (tank), and Life-Binder’s Invocation (healer).

Player versus Player Updates
Welcome to Season 3: Notorious
Season 3 brings a wave of new player-versus-player content. Participants can earn two new Vicious Basilisk mounts, and the highest-rated players will unlock new Notorious Gladiator mounts.

Reward Updates
  • Item levels of rewards earned from War Chests from all PvP tiers (Unranked, Combatant, Challenger, Rival, Duelist, and Gladiator) increased by 30.
  • Item levels of end-of-match rewards for all PvP tiers increased by 30.
  • During the first week of Season 3, end-of-match rewards will be capped at item-level 415. This will require Challenger rank to earn. Beginning in week 2, Challenger rank rewards will be item-level 420.

New Heroic Warfront
Battle for Stromgarde
An ancient enemy has drawn the Alliance and Horde to the high seas, but the Battle for Azeroth still escalates on land with a Heroic Battle for Stromgarde. In the expansion’s first Heroic Warfront, the enemy commander takes a more active role on the battlefield, and it’s up to your team to bury him in the dirt.

With an army at his back, the enemy commander will join the first wave of forces in an attempt to destroy your fledging base. Grouping up is key to surviving the onslaught—tactics and strategy will be required to turn the tides. To win, you’ll need to coordinate with your premade group of 10 to 20 players to outmaneuver the enemy. Those who can survive and drive back the enemy will be amply rewarded with an item-level 430 equipment piece once per Assault phase.

Interact with the War Table in Boralus or in the Port of Zuldazar with your raid group to join the fight. Note that the option to queue for Heroic Battle for Stromgarde will become available when the next time a certain faction commences an assault on Arathi Highlands in a given region. Regions that are already partway through a Battle of Stormgarde attack cycle will be able to access Heroic difficulty the next time Arathi Highlands comes under attack during Season 3.
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Azshara's Eternal Palace - Raid Finale Cinematic (Spoilers)

July 9, 2019, 5:54 pm
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Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - July 10th, Blue Posts

July 10, 2019, 6:51 pm
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Patch 8.2 Hotfixes - July 10th, 2019
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Battle Pets
  • Budding Algan and Brinestone Algan are no longer unique pets, and can now be collected in multiples or caged like other pets.

Creatures and NPCs
  • Seaspray Champions no longer chase players beyond their home turf.
  • Vyz’olgo the Mind-Taker’s Mind Drain now clears if the target enters an instance.

Dungeons and Raids
  • Azshara’s Eternal Palace
    • Blackwater Behemoth
      • Blackwater Behemoth no longer emerges from his cave until creatures leading up to him have been killed.
    • Operation: Mechagon
      • Fixed a bug during the HK-9 Aerial Oppression Unit encounter that caused only two Walkie Shockie X2s to spawn after an intermission instead of three.

Items
  • Heart of Azeroth
    • Vision of Perfection (Essence) now correctly reduces the cooldown of Discipline Priests’ Mindbender.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed weapons imbued with Enchant – Weapon: Naga Hide to proc from damaging abilities.
  • Tidalcores again drop from Mythic dungeons.
  • Ripple in Space (Essence) now displays its teleport visual marker to all players.
  • Sticky Seaweed is now more abundant in Nazjatar.
  • Fixed a bug where Abyssal, Charged, and A5C-3N-D3D Goggles crafted by Engineers had incorrect requirements to unlock some of their Azerite traits.
  • Tortollan Tank Dweller, Thin Air Flounder, and Well Lurker should be easier to collect now.

Player versus Player
  • Warsong Gulch
    • Individual player Flag Capture and Flag Returns are now properly displayed on the scoreboard.

Quests
  • Amethyst Spireshells and Mirecrawlers should be easier to knock off ceilings in Nazjatar.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the player to see a generic island instead of the dock area in “Worldvein Rumors”.
  • Hand of Neptulon no longer kills players during “The Lords of Water”.
  • The Soulbound quest items acquired during “Factory Refurbished” (Tempered Plating, Machined Gear Assembly, and Hardened Spring) have been removed. The non-Soulbound versions of these items now satisfy the quests involving these items.
  • Players should now transition seamlessly out of the cutscene that plays when throwing the Javelin of Suramar during "The Tide Turns" or "Changing Tides."
  • Abducted Vaultbots now reward their rescuers with Junkyard Tinkering consumables once a day during "Abduction Reduction".

World Quests
  • The number of Shirakess Grimoires required for the world quest "Overdue" has been reduced.
  • Hefty Glimmershells obtained during “A Steamy Situation” no longer disappear prematurely if the player leaves the quest area.
    • Hefty Glimmershells now disappear after 24 hours.
  • Abyssal Commander Sivara has unleashed a new wave of snapdragons into the streets of Nar'anan, resulting in more targets during "Time to Krill".
  • Chitterspine Crabs should no longer hide just outside of line of sight range during "Hungry Hungry Hydras".

Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
What happened to stealth?
Since 8.2 I have had so many stealth, prowling, and feign death fails I have lost track. Did these abilities get a serious reconfiguration or can I just blame this on the terrible bodyguard system that has been forced on us in Nazjatar?

Sometimes the bodyguard feigns death too, but more often than not they do not. My druid and rogue have also had their prowl, stealth, and vanish abilities completely thrown out the window during gameplay with one of these bodyguards around. Sometimes an enemy will find me from distances where it seems like I should have escaped their threat already anyhow.
This is something that we are actively working on. We hope to have a hotfix out soon that will help your follower vanish so keep an eye out for it. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)


[Bug] Berserker Stance
Modifiers to Critical Strike chance are reduced against enemies 3 levels higher than the player-character. We tested a variety of modifiers to Critical Strike, such as: Berserker Stance, the Cruelty talent, and critical strike chance on gear. They all behaved the same as they did in 1.12, so we’ve concluded that there’s no bug here. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

I’m not going to get too deep into the specific math on this one, but for the sake of clarity, I’ll say that this is not a per-aura modifier and it is separate than the 3% suppression that is baseline against +3 level creatures. There is a single modifier placed on total Critical Strike gained from auras that increase Crit chance such as those I listed in my last post. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
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Nazjatar Bodyguard Experience, Bodyguard Rank 20 Snapdragon Mount, Nazjatar Rares

July 11, 2019, 7:01 am
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Gaining Experience with Your Nazjatar Faction Bodyguards
By now you should have noticed that the main method of gaining experience with your chosen bodyguard for the day requires doing three daily quests (marked with blue exclamation points) that grant 100 experience each. However, there are a few other item drops found around Nazjatar that should help speed this process up a bit. Those of you wanting to finish Undersea Usurper for Snapback Scuttler should pay attention because one of the requirements is Aqua Team Murder Force / Aqua Team Murder Force, which requires you to get all 3 of your bodyguards to rank 30!
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion



Reaching Rank 20 with a Bodyguard
Upon reaching rank 20 with your Neri Sharpfin (H) or Hunter Akana (A) bodyguard, you will be given the quest Good Girl (H) or Wild Tame (A) which gives you the Snapdragon Kelpstalker (H) or Deepcoral Snapdragon (A) mount! Unlocking one of these mounts will also unlock the equivalent for the opposite faction to use.

Thanks to forum user Ryken for clarifying the other bodyguard rewards!





Nazjatar Rares Guide
Here you will find an alphabetical list of all rares in Nazjatar, notable loot, and how to spawn them. Note that their location on the map is indicated by their number on this list. For information on the rares of Mechagon, check our our guide here!
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion


1. Alga the Eyeless
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 1) (South of Azsh'ari Terrace, Western Path of Coral Forest)
  • Notable Drops - Blind Eye (Turn in to Gloomseeker Yarga in an underwater cave in the Hanging Reef for a bag of gold and sometimes a random Nazjatar item.

2. Allseer Oma'kil
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 2) (Kal'methir on Map)
  • Notable Drops - Scrying Stone

3. Anemonar
  • Spawn Conditions - Dormant. You need to fly way up into the sky to find a Colassal Sky Ray, kite it all the way to the rare without the ray reseting, and kill it on top of the rare to activate it.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 3) (Middle of Coral Forest, red area of map south of Kal'methir)
  • Notable Drops - Ancient Reefwalker Bark (weekly turn in for bodyguard experience/rep)

4. Avarius
  • Spawn Conditions - Use Brinestone Pickaxe to collect shards and use them at the summoning area when it is active.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 4) (Northwest of Map, west of Gate of the Queen)
  • Notable Drops - Brinestone Algan

5. Banescale the Packfather
  • Spawn Conditions - Has a chance to spawn after killing Siltstalker the Packmother
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 5) (Just southwest of the Drowned Market on map)
  • Notable Drops - Scrying Stone

6. Blindlight
  • Spawn Conditions - On a Timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 6) (South Spears of Azshara, inside a cave, entrance just to the east of map indicator)
  • Notable Drops - Necrofin Tadpole

7. Carnivorous Lasher
  • Spawn Conditions - Use Germinating Seed to grow the lasher, then click and feed it (extra action button) about 10 nearby Bloated Seaflies to activate this rare.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 7) (Northern Coral Forest, southwest of Azsh'ari Terrace on map)
  • Notable Drops - Coral Lashling

8. Caverndark Terror
  • Spawn Conditions - On a Timer, inside cave
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 8) (In a cave in the North part of the map northwest of Gate of the Queen)
  • Notable Drops - Caverndark Nightmare

9. Chasm-Haunter
  • Spawn Conditions - On a Timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 9) (Southern tip of Tide's Fall, In a cave through the waterfall)
  • Notable Drops - Eel Filet

10. Deepglider
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 10) (Western Coral Forest path, red area of map)
  • Notable Drops - Fathom Ray Wing

11. Elder Unu
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 11) (North Kal'methir in a building)
  • Notable Drops - Scrying Stone

12. Elderspawn Nalaada
  • Spawn Conditions - On a Timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 12) (Eastern side of southern area, south of Newhome)
  • Notable Drops - Spawn of Nalaada

13. Iridescent Glimmershell
  • Spawn Conditions - On a Timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 13) (East of Mezzamere)
  • Notable Drops - Pearlescent Glimmershell

14. Kelpwillow
  • Spawn Conditions - Dormant. Use a Prismatic Crystal on a Muck Slug and have it follow you to activate the rare.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 14) (Eastern side of southern area, south of Newhome)
  • Notable Drops - Ancient Reefwalker Bark (weekly turn in for bodyguard experience/rep)

15. King Gakula
  • Spawn Conditions - Shoo Tadpoles in the area until spawn
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 15) (West on map, above Ashen Strand)
  • Notable Drops - Murgle

16. Oronu
  • Spawn Conditions - Dormant. Obtain the Drowned Hatchling and summon it in front of the rare to activate it.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 16) (East on map, above Zin-Azshari)
  • Notable Drops - Ancient Reefwalker Bark (weekly turn in for bodyguard experience/rep)

17. Prince Typhonus
  • Spawn Conditions - On a Timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 17) (Very southern tip above Tide's Fall)
  • Notable Drops - Seafury

18. Prince Vortran
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 18) (Just North of Tide's Fall)
  • Notable Drops - Stormwrath

19. Scale Matriarch Gratinax
  • Spawn Conditions - Shares a spawn timer with other 2 scale matriarchs.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 19) (East Ashen Strand)
  • Notable Drops - Scalebrood Hydra

20. Scale Matriarch Vynara
  • Spawn Conditions - Shares a spawn timer with other 2 scale matriarchs.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 20) (Northwestern Ashen Strand)
  • Notable Drops - Scalebrood Hydra

21. Scale Matriarch Zodia
  • Spawn Conditions - Shares a spawn timer with other 2 scale matriarchs.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 21) (Southwestern Ashen Strand)
  • Notable Drops - Scalebrood Hydra

22. Shassera
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 22) (North part of map in a cave)
  • Notable Drops - Shadescale

23. Siltstalker the Packmother
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer, small chance to spawn Banescale the Packfather rare nearby after defeated.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 23) (Southeast part of the map, south of Drowned Market on map)
  • Notable Drops - Snapdragon Scent Gland

24. Tidelord Aquatus
  • Spawn Conditions - Kill Azsh'ari Invoker's surrounding the pool. Most of the time a water elemental will spawn in the pool, but sometimes it is this rare.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 24) (Pool Northeast of Azsh'ari Terrace on map)
  • Notable Drops - Waterlogged Toolbox

25. Tidelord Dispersius
  • Spawn Conditions - Kill Azsh'ari Invoker's surrounding the pool. Most of the time a water elemental will spawn in the pool, but sometimes it is this rare.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 25) (Pool north of Azsh'ari Terrace on map)
  • Notable Drops -Waterlogged Toolbox

26. Tidemistress Leth'sindra
  • Spawn Conditions - In the area you will find purple Undisturbed Specimen eggs. Click these until she spawns.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 26) (Northeast of Azsh'ari Terrace by hatchery)
  • Notable Drops - Shirakess Warning Sign

27. Urduu
  • Spawn Conditions - Dormant. Kite and kill a Staghorn Reefwalker on top of this rare to activate him
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 27) (East of map, North of Ashen Strand)
  • Notable Drops - Ancient Reefwalker Bark (weekly turn in for bodyguard experience/rep)

28. Voice in the Deeps
  • Spawn Conditions - Behind some rocks. There should be a purple lobster tail just south of the rare's location. Click it to receive Molted Shell and slide into the rocks to activate the rare.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 28) (East Kal'methir)
  • Notable Drops - Scrying Stone

29. Vor'koth
  • Spawn Conditions - Use Chum on eel infested water while it's active and kill eels to get more Chum to eventually spawn this rare.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 29) (South of Gate of the Queen on map)
  • Notable Drops - Skittering Eel


Rares with Multiple Spawn Points

30. Amethyst Spireshell
  • Spawn Conditions - Basically anywhere
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 30) (Critter size. just keep an eye out, it's on a lot of walls and ceilings)
  • Notable Drops - Amethyst Softshell

31. Daggertooth Terror
  • Spawn Conditions - Basically spawns in any source of water in Nazjatar
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 31) (Various pools around the map. Basically anywhere you see a body of water)
  • Notable Drops - Daggertooth Frenzy

32. Garnetscale
  • Spawn Conditions - Can spawn in multiple places in Ashen Strand ponds.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 32) (Water around Ashen Strand)
  • Notable Drops - Razorshell

33. Mirecrawler
  • Spawn Conditions - Basically anywhere
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 33) (Critter size. just keep an eye out, it's on a lot of walls and ceilings)
  • Notable Drops - Wriggler

34. Needlespine
  • Spawn Conditions - On a timer
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 34) (Caves and pools of water south and west of Gate of the Queen)
  • Notable Drops - Chitterspine Needler

35. Rockweed Shambler
  • Spawn Conditions - Killing Algans in the zone has a chance to spawn this rare in the location of the kill.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 35) (Spawns near when the Algan is killed)
  • Notable Drops - Budding Algan

36. Sandcastle
  • Spawn Conditions - Spawned instead of a Glimmering Chests while using a Scrying Stone
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 36) (Anywhere you spawn a Glimmering chest with Scrying Stone)
  • Notable Drops - Sandkeep

37. Sandclaw Stoneshell
  • Spawn Conditions - Can spawn in many different places on the west side of the map
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 37) (Mainly in locations south and east of Kal'methir)
  • Notable Drops - Glittering Diamondshell, Giant Crab Leg

38. Shiz'narasz the Consumer
  • Spawn Conditions - This can spawn in many different areas of the Chitterspine Caverns
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 38) (Southeast of Gate of the Queen on the map)
  • Notable Drops - Voltscale Shield

39. Soundless
  • Spawn Conditions - 2-8 hour spawn timer with multiple spawn points on top of the coral in the Coral Forest.
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 39) (Coral Forest, red area of map)
  • Notable Drops - Silent Glider, Fathom Ray Wing

40. Toxigore the Alpha
  • Spawn Conditions - Can spawn in multiple places near Nar'anan
  • Location - (Map Indicator - 40) (South of Kal'methir on the map)
  • Notable Drops - Alpha Fin
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