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How to Obtain Spark of Awakening in Dragonflight Season 4

Find out how to obtain the new Spark of Awakening in Season 4. 1 comment Today at 12:55 by Stan

Crush Season 4 Mythic+ with Quazii Plater

We'd like to introduce you to a game-changing nameplate addon for Season 4 that's essential for excelling in Mythic+ dungeons. Today at 11:09 by Stan

Black Temple Timewalking Cache Gear Cannot Be Catalyzed

Players are currently unable to catalyze gear from the Black Temple Timewalking cache into class set piece. 1 comment Today at 10:26 by Stan

How to Upgrade Fyralath and Naszuro in Dragonflight Season 4

Here's how you can upgrade your legendary weapons in Dragonflight Season 4 next week! Today at 07:59 by Stan

Black Temple Timewalking Chest Has a Chance to Contain Ashes of Alar!

Cache of Timewarped Treasures obtained from Black Temple Timewalking quest this week has a chance to contain Ashes of Al'ar! Today at 07:39 by Stan

Tamas Dragonflight Helper WeakAura Updated for Season 4

Tama's Dragonflight Helper is a Weakaura that displays a weekly to-do list in the game and it's been updated for Dragonflight Season 4! 1 comment Today at 05:34 by Staff

Grim Batol Boss Model Updated in the War Within

Cataclysm's Grim Batol has been added to the Mythic+ Dungeon rotation in The War Within Season 1, and one boss received a brand new model recently on the Alpha. 2 comments Today at 05:24 by Staff

Timewalking Cache Hotfix, Items Sent Out to Affected Players

Blizzard have announced that the item level issues with Timewalking Caches have been fixed and that affected players have received main with the replacement Cache. 2 comments Today at 04:29 by Staff

Splintered Spark of Awakening Clarifications

Blizzard have clarified why players are able to get a full Spark of Awakening through the two available Splinters in the first week of Dragonflight Season 4, and it seems it's only for this week and only due to catch-up rules being enabled! Today at 04:24 by Staff

Easier to Obtain Tusks of Mannoroth Cosmetic Coming in MoP Remix

It seems there may be an easier way to obtain the Tusks of Mannoroth appearance during the Mists of Pandaria Remix event! Today at 04:12 by Staff

Currency Conversions in Cataclysm Classic

Blizzard have detailed the specifics of the currency conversion calculations coming with the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch next week. From emblems and badges converted into either gold or Justice Points to Arena points and other PvP currencies, we get all the numbers and caps that are coming into effect soon. Today at 02:28 by Staff

Embrace Two New Races in Cataclysm Classic

Blizzard have detailed the Worgen and Goblin races coming with Cataclysm Classic, from their available classes to their respective starting zones, racials, mounts and more. Today at 02:23 by Staff

Blizzard is retiring the WoW Companion app with the release of the War Within pre-patch. 2 comments Yesterday at 17:51 by Staff

Collectors Dilemma: High Shipping Costs a Dealbreaker for European Players

If you plan on buying the physical War Within Collector's Edition and live in Europe, you're going to have a bad time! 7 comments Yesterday at 11:30 by Staff

We're looking at the Dwarf Mech Mounts coming in the War Within expansion. Yesterday at 08:20 by Staff

All Variants of Customizable Delve Mount in the War Within (Video)

We've already talked about and taken a first look at the Delve-specific mount coming in the War Within, but now it's time to check out all of its customization options! Yesterday at 05:07 by Staff

Dragonflight 10.2.6 and SoD Hotfixes, April 23rd

We have a Crest switch fix and weekly maximum increase, as well as a quest fix in retail, the big class tuning pass for Season of Discovery, and more in today's hotfixes. Apr 23, 2024 at 23:37 by Starym

Maximum Characters Per Account Number Increased in Patch 10.2.7

Blizzard announced they will be increasing the maximum number of characters per account in the Dark Heart patch! 1 comment Apr 23, 2024 at 23:26 by Staff

Additional Hunter Tuning in Season of Discovery: April 23rd

Hunters got some newly added tuning today, as Blizzard detail additional changes added to the already quite significant class tuning! Apr 23, 2024 at 20:54 by Staff

Weekly Crest Maximum Increase in Season 4

Blizzard have announced that Season 4 will see an increased number of maximum Crests acquired each week, and also have the increased cap system for players that don't reach the maximum each week. Apr 23, 2024 at 20:46 by Staff

Dragonflight Season 4 is upon us and here's a handy visual gearing guide by Reddit user gandalin1306 to help you get started! 4 comments Apr 23, 2024 at 19:28 by Staff

Select Services Up to 30% Off Through May 7th

Save up to 33% on select game services! Enjoy discounted prices on Character Transfers, Faction Changes, Race Changes, and Name Changes now through May 7. Apr 23, 2024 at 18:58 by Staff

This weekend, a global damage reduction aura will be tested in PvP combat in Season of Discovery to balance the increased burst damage observed the latest phase. Apr 23, 2024 at 18:46 by Staff

Comprehensive To-Do List for Dragonflight Season 4 Week 1

Dragonflight Season 4 starts today, check out our updated to-do list to find out what's new! 2 comments Apr 23, 2024 at 13:53 by Stan

Warglaives of Azzinoth Appearance Available This Week to Demon Hunters

Here's a reminder for all Demon Hunters! Since it's Burning Crusade Timewalking you can earn Arsenal: The Warglaives of Azzinoth from Illidan if you earned the weapons the regular way! Apr 23, 2024 at 13:45 by Stan

How to Easily Reach Revered with the Netherwing this Week

It's super easy to go from Hated to Revered with the Netherwing faction during the Burning Crusade Timewalking event, and the reputation buff helps you unlock six awesome mounts fast! Apr 23, 2024 at 13:38 by Stan

Dragonflight Season 4 Has Partially Started

Season 4 has partially started on NA servers, as players are noticing elements of the new season popping up. This is actually planned and was announced by Blizzard, as you can see below, but players were not expecting this much to change before the reset. 2 comments Apr 23, 2024 at 06:11 by Staff

War Within Map Size Comparison to Dragonflight and Other Zones

We have four new zones coming in the War Within, but just how large are they, all told? We have a few community members showing their relative sizes off, comparing to various other expansion landmasses, which we'll be taking a look at today. 1 comment Apr 23, 2024 at 04:00 by Staff

Periodic Free Realm Transfers Coming to Season of Discovery

Blizzard have announced that there will be realm transfers coming from PvP to PvE realms over the next few weeks. These free transfers will be open for a short time and on multiple occasions. Blizzard also explain why these are opening now and also talk about faction balance, which is the reason the transfers will work in these short bursts on numerous occasions. 1 comment Apr 23, 2024 at 01:27 by Staff

Blizzard have offered some feedback on player comments on the Priest Hero talents on the War Within Alpha, as our own guide writer, Publik, pointed out some issues with Voidreaver. Apr 22, 2024 at 21:55 by Staff

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barbarian builds, druid builds, necromancer builds, rogue builds, sorcerer builds, and various guides for Diablo 4;
build guides for tank, bruiser, melee assassin, ranged assassin, healer, and support build guides for Heroes of the Storm written by Derenash, Elitesparkle, and Outofmilk;
class guides for WoW Classic, as well as guides for dungeons and professions.

CHANGELOG

19 Dec. 2024: Black Mage Black Mage Guide
- Updated for Patch 6.55.
28 Nov. 2024: Necromancer Wraithlord Army Endgame Build
- Guide added.
23 Apr. 2024: Algeth'ar Academy Guide
- Guide updated for Season 4.
23 Apr. 2024: Brackenhide Hollow Guide
- Guide updated for Season 4.
23 Apr. 2024: Druid Runes
- Updated for Mangle and Lacerate rune location swaps.

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