Battle for Lordaeron
Horde burns down Teldrassil
Alliance attacks Lordaeron
All out war sets up for Horde controlled Kalimdor and Alliance controlled Eastern Kingdom
No external threat, so war against each other becomes focus
Kul Tiras: Alliance Continent
Ancient human kingdom
Powerful nautical empire
Rules by four houses
3 main regions
Tiragarde Sound
Capital of Kul Tiras
Led by Katherine Proudmoore, Jaina’s mother
Monster hunters
Trouble with pirates
Playable demo for area on show floor
Stormsong Valley
Ruled by House Stormstrong
Provide ships to Kul Tiras
Dark forces invading
and quillboars!
Zandalar: Horde Continent
Ancient Troll Empire
Powerful naval force
Continent in turmoil
Zuldazar
Capital of the Zandalari
Ruled by King Rastakhan
Investigate an uprising
Stop blood troll invaders
Nazmir
Nazmir - Before Catacylsm it was a lush forest. After, it became a festering swampland.
Blood Trolls thrive here.
We enlist the aid of the Loa - Gods to the trolls.
Frog mount!
Ancient Titan facility, contains the key to destroying all life on Azeroth.
Nazmir is playable today!
Vol’dun
Vol’dun - Foreboding desert, used to be a vibrant jungle.
Old God minions attacked the jungle, left a desert in their wake.
Criminals are exiled to the desert.
Vulpera - Fox people race
Face off against the
Main Heroes
Thrall
Sylvanas Windrunner
Anduin Wrynn
Jaina Proudmoore
Explore story of Vol’jin
Where is Thrall? What is his place in all of this?
Zone Flow
6 zones spanning 2 continents
Level up in your faction’s zones
The rest of the world opens up at 120
Epic “War Campaign” arc woven throughout
World Quests and Emissaries at 120
Allied Races
The lines of battle have been drawn
Bring a new ally into your faction through custom quest content
Void elves, Lightforged Draenei, Dark Iron Dwarves for Alliance
Nightborne, Highmountain Tauren, Zandalari Trolls for Horde
Quest chains unlock new races, you can’t just buy the expansion and use them.
New racials for the allied races
Begin at level 20.
You can race change or boost your Allied Race character
Level to 110 as an allied race to unlock Heritage Armor to show off your achievement
6 Allies races at launch, more planned
Heritage Armor transmog works for all armor types
Leveling Improvements
Expanding zone scaling to all zones
Zones have level ranges with caps
Flexible expansion order
Burning Crusade is 60 - 80
Northrend scales from 60 - 80
Applies to dungeons as well
Beginning in 7.3.5!
Heart of Azeroth
Heart of Azeroth: Artifact Quality Medallion, A gift from Azeroth herself to the world’s protectors
Artifact weapons are getting a proper send off
No huge trait tree, serves as a power source
Azerite levels up the amulet, empowering armor
Access tiers in a hierarchy of abilities on expanding rings
Some of the progression in the artifact system was great, some wasn’t as great.
The team is looking to improve on the progression found in the Artifact weapon system.
Each piece of armor in 3 different slots will offer an option for customization.
Island Expeditions
Explore uncharted isle across the Great Sea
Horde and Alliance skirmishing over resources
3-player cooperative gameplay, role agnostic
When you set out to an island, you don’t know what you are going to find, even if you have visited that island before.
Complete varied and dynamic objectives
When you set out to an island, you don’t know what you are going to find, even if you have visited that island before.
You might have some peaceful Trolls on your first visit, but find that an ancient curse has wiped out the population, raising undead that have taken over the island.
One of the most replayable experiences ever offered in World of Warcraft.
These NPCs aren’t like any NPCs you have ever seen before. They will behave strategically and with tactics, not scripted like a boss encounter.
Race against advanced AI opponents
PVP mode also available!
Warfronts
Large scale conflict on the homefront
Fantasy anchored in Warcraft 3, RTS roots
20 player cooperative faction raid vs NPC armies
Build structures, research upgrades, lead troops into battle
PVP Updates
New arenas in Tiragarde and Zuldazar
New Battleground: Seething Shore
Horde and Alliance descend upon Silithus
Fight over Azerite bubbling to the surface
Dynamic control point gameplay
Battleground coming in 7.3.5
New PvP brawls coming
World PVP
World PvP ruleset hasn’t really changed since 2005.
There are two main audiences: Players on PvP servers because that is where they ended up that don’t really want to be there. There are also players that love world PvP and want more of it.
The PvP vs PvE server division is going away, replaced by an individual toggle. You can choose if you want to opt in to PvP or not when you are in town. Players that feel trapped on PvP servers have a way out. This opens up the game to changing and improving the world PvP ruleset.
New content like bounty hunting or assassination quests will become an option.
There will be bonuses to experience, reputation and other things when you are questing with PvP mode enabled to offset the inefficiency.
Building a foundation to make World PvP great again.
Dungeons
10 Dungeons at launch
Each faction has separate level-up dungeons
All dungeons available to both sides at 120
Group finder improvements to make finding mythic+ groups easier.
Atal’Dazar - Located in Zuldazar. Golden tomb of Zandalari Kings. Undead dinosaurs.
Freehold
Located in Tiragarde Sound
Sprawling cliffside outlaw hideaway
Other Dungeons
Tol Dagor
Waycrest Manor
Shrine of the Storm
Siege of Boralus
Temple of Sethraliss
The Underrot
Kings’ Rest
Kezan
Raid
Uldir, Halls of Control
8 bosses
Titan quarantine facility
Face off against the source of Zandalar’s corruption
Emerald Nightmare of the expansion
Before Battle for Azeroth is over, we will be facing against Azshara
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