WoW: The War Within’s Next Update Is A Huge Surprise, In More Ways Than One

World of Warcraft: The Conflict Inside’s subsequent content material replace has been detailed, and along with introducing an entire new zone to discover (one thing normally reserved for main raid tier patches), it would add a mount first teased over a decade in the past.

Replace 11.0.7 will convey gamers to the Siren Isle, the place an expedition is underway to analyze a mysterious sign and uncover what occurred to the Kul Tiran forces that when occupied the island. The replace will introduce two new questlines that can proceed The Conflict Inside’s story, one coping with the aftermath of the destruction of Dalaran and the mages of the Kirin Tor, and one other that can function a prologue to the sport’s 11.1 replace, with Blizzard teasing the return of a «acquainted face.»

The Siren Isle in some ways seems to imitate Dragonflight’s 10.0.7 update, which equally launched a brand new endgame zone (in that case, a repurposed model of the Dracthyr beginning zone). Identical to the Forbidden Attain, gamers will have the ability to snag a strong ring as a part of the Siren Isle questline that may be outfitted with particular gems granting distinctive powers. Blizzard mentioned the ring will give gamers «an edge» on the Siren Isle and nonetheless be «pretty» robust going into the sport’s subsequent season.

Maybe most shocking is that come patch 11.0.7, gamers will lastly have the ability to earn a Stormcrow mount that was initially teased as being earnable within the recreation’s 2014 Warlords of Draenor growth (and was really datamined even earlier) however was by no means added to the sport correct. Thrayir, Eyes of the Siren, because the Stormcrow mount is now formally named, may even be joined by different earnable mounts and transmog appearances Blizzard mentioned had been unused from earlier years. In a preview video detailing the replace, Blizzard mentioned it was excited to get the previous, unused content material «into the gamers’ arms» and that «they’ve seen them within the recordsdata lengthy sufficient.»

Different additions coming in patch 11.0.7 embrace new Arathi elf-ear customization choices for human and Kul Tiran characters, and even the return of Plunderstorm, WoW’s take on a battle royale that first debuted earlier this 12 months. Blizzard mentioned the mode will return in early 2025 for a restricted time.

Blizzard has not given a precise launch date for when WoW’s Siren Isles replace, however it will likely be playable for testing on the sport’s public check realm servers October 31. Within the meantime, gamers can take a look at the sport’s at present stay twentieth anniversary replace, the place gamers can earn up to date variations of a few of WoW’s most iconic armor sets alongside loads of different distinctive rewards.

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