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US Realm Connections for August 13th US Realm Connections for August 13th This week's realm connections have been detailed and will go into effect during a special and very extended maintenance period, as we'll see 9 low pop realms get joined with 16 others. Check out the details below. World of Warcraft WoW Today at 00:33 by Starym
List of Preserved Contaminants on Sale Through August 14th List of Preserved Contaminants on Sale Through August 14th The Corruption Effects Vendor resets in about 19 hours as of writing this post, bringing with it a new batch of Preserved Contaminants that can be purchased for Echoes of Ny'alotha. The upcoming rotation includes Rank 3 Twisted Appendage and Expedient. World of Warcraft WoW Yesterday at 19:45 by Stan
Sinrunner Reins Mount in Shadowlands Sinrunner Reins Mount in Shadowlands Sinrunner Reins is a new and probably secret mount that you can obtain in Shadowlands. World of Warcraft WoW 1 comment Yesterday at 19:07 by Stan
Herald of the Titans Achievement in Shadowlands Herald of the Titans Achievement in Shadowlands Some rumors were circulating about the removal of Herald of the Titans in Shadowlands after the level squish. Luckily, we're able to confirm the achievement is there, but the requirements were squished down too. World of Warcraft WoW Yesterday at 17:18 by Stan
Season 21 Bonus Buff: Double Bounties, Extended Future PTRs Season 21 Bonus Buff: Double Bounties, Extended Future PTRs Some good news today, as the promised extra buff has arrived to Season 21 and we're getting double Horadric Caches! Each time you complete a bounty you'll be getting 2 chests, both affected by the difficulty you're playing at. This will not affect the Challenge Rift cache. The event starts in under an hour, at 8PM CEST, 11AM PDT.

We also found out that future PTR test cycles will be longer, with an extra week of actual PTR testing when a new season comes. Diablo III D3 Yesterday at 17:06 by Starym
Night Fae Soulbind Niya Provides Players with Shadowmeld in Shadowlands Night Fae Soulbind Niya Provides Players with "Shadowmeld" in Shadowlands Niya, one of the Soulbinds available to members of the Night Fae Covenant, comes with an interesting Soulbind trait that mimics the Shadowmeld Night Elf racial. World of Warcraft WoW 2 comments Yesterday at 15:38 by Stan
Rockbiter and Windfury Weapon at the Same Time (or Flametongue or Frostbrand) Rockbiter and Windfury Weapon at the Same Time (or Flametongue or Frostbrand) We have a useful little discovery for enhancement Shamans in Classic, as you can combine the effect of Rockbiter Weapon with either Windfury Weapon , Flametongue Weapon or Frostbrand Weapon, so they're active at the same time! Spell batching makes this possible and it's not a universally useful technique, as it will spend a whole lot of mana, but there are plenty of situations where it might come in handy, from Vael, PvP or just the final burn phase of any boss fight if you have the mana to spare. Obviously Windfury is the best bet, as you can get all 3 of its swings with the extra 653 attack power from Rockbiter, packing quite a bigger punch.

Here's the quick video and text explanation, and thanks to GideonAI for the heads up! WoW Classic WoW Classic 2 comments Yesterday at 14:28 by Starym
First Season 21 Barbarian GR 150 Clear (Rank 1) First Season 21 Barbarian GR 150 Clear (Rank 1) After the recent Demon Hunter 150 clears, it's time for the second class to break that barrier in Season 21, as we now have a Barbarian max rift clear! Redditor Nexrate has done it, and done it twice it seems, as his first 150 clear was lost to some bugs on the leaderboards, but the second one remained.The build is a modified Rend Wrath of the Wastes, with Zei's instead of Stricken, using the seasonal power to clear everything up, with the big challenge being getting that snowball at the end (and aiming it properly) to finish off the boss in time, with the Coundiut before the boss spawned helping out a bit as well. Diablo III D3 Yesterday at 13:45 by Starym
Detailed Outland Topographic Map by Sturmbart Detailed Outland Topographic Map by Sturmbart It's time for more cartography as we move off-world! Sturmbart is continuing his efforts to map out all of WoW, and after recently having finished the whole of Azeroth, it's time to move on to other planets! He's starting with the present time/main universe version of Draenor, aka TBC's Outland and we get a new color palette to get that space vibe going as well. The city sizes are a bit more interpretative this time, for example while Shattrah is big, it doesn't seem to have that many inhabitants in the game, as Sturmbart comments. World of Warcraft WoW Yesterday at 13:11 by Starym
The Jailers Size Compared to a Dwarf The Jailer's Size Compared to a Dwarf Reddit user JaeDeeEm has hung out with the Jailer on the Beta, and here is a size comparison of their Dwarf and the NPC to give you an illustration about how huge the main villain of Shadowlands truly is. World of Warcraft WoW 2 comments Yesterday at 08:37 by Stan
Awesome WoW Class Series Trailer by IKedit Awesome WoW Class Series Trailer by IKedit It's the weekend of the machinimas it seems, as another big hitter has entered the ring. Ivan Kuzkin aka IKedit is continuing his class series and we get an explosive trailer for it! Our good friend the warrior with the awesome armor makes a comeback from the recent esports 2020 mix, and is joined by a lot of other classes, with hunters, shamans and paladins getting some damn cool shots as well. World of Warcraft WoW 2 comments Aug 09, 2020 at 12:51 by Starym
Starting Zone Heroes: Goraks Guide to Classic Starting Zone Heroes: Gorak's Guide to Classic Gorak's back with another of his Classic "guides", as the brave Orc has managed to clear the starting zone and found life outside it can be... different! In a pretty accurate description of what it's like to leave the Valley of Trials and assume the rest of the game will follow suit, and is honestly one of the things I miss most about retail. The machinima itself also reminds me of the old-school Vanilla videos in its simplicitiy and really captures that vibe well.

The series has been going for 2 years now and is a pretty good watch so definitely check out some more of the 16 episodes made so far! WoW Classic WoW Classic 1 comment Aug 08, 2020 at 20:20 by Starym
Black Temple Trailer By Hurricane Black Temple Trailer By Hurricane Hurricane has released the full Black Temple 2020 trailer today. World of Warcraft WoW 2 comments Aug 08, 2020 at 19:06 by Stan
List of Corruption Effects on Sale Through August 11th List of Corruption Effects on Sale Through August 11th The Corruption Effects Vendor has reset, bringing us a new batch of Preserved Contaminants that can be purchased from MOTHER for Echoes of Ny'alotha. The latest rotation includes Rank 3 Echoing Void and Surging Vitality. World of Warcraft WoW Aug 08, 2020 at 17:17 by Stan
One-Shotting 20 Players With Chaos Bolt One-Shotting 20 Players With Chaos Bolt Rextroy is back with a new video, where he one-shots 20 players with a single Chaos Bolt thanks to the Void Ritual Corruption Effect.  World of Warcraft WoW 5 comments Aug 08, 2020 at 17:05 by Stan
World First Mechagon Junkyard +31 Cleared By Team BFC Yeluo World First Mechagon Junkyard +31 Cleared By Team BFC Yeluo We have another World First with Team BFC Yeluo clearing Mechagon Junkyard +31 with almost 4 minutes left on the timer! Congratulations! World of Warcraft WoW Aug 08, 2020 at 10:20 by Stan
WoW Classic Phase 5 Hotfixes: August 7th WoW Classic Phase 5 Hotfixes: August 7th Today's hotfixes address a commonly mentioned discrepancy between Vanilla and Classic, as some AQ20 were turned un-tradeable in Classic. Blizzard have now fixed this for the Qiraji Hilt, Drape and Ring quest items, by making them non-stackable. WoW Classic WoW Classic Aug 08, 2020 at 01:37 by Starym
A Roguelike Challenge: 1 Life Naked MC and Gear Up Along the Way A Roguelike Challenge: 1 Life Naked MC and Gear Up Along the Way As the end of expansion lull is upon us, we should always remember there are many, MANY things to do in WoW that aren't just current content, and we have a really cool challenge/concept by Deededee everyone should take a look at! He's taken playing old raids to a whole new and fun level. The idea is quite simple and very roguelike: you start out naked in Molten Core and just gear up along the way. The catch is you stop if you die (although that part can be skipped if you're not a hardcore type of person) and tally all the drops you got, trying to get further and get some better stuff along the way.

This will certainly make transmog runs more fun, if you can stomach doing a few raids you don't need stuff from, but it really seems worth it. World of Warcraft WoW 4 comments Aug 07, 2020 at 15:39 by Starym
Diablo 2 4K60 Upscaled Gameplay: 4 Acts Sorceress Diablo 2 4K60 Upscaled Gameplay: 4 Acts Sorceress The remaster-bait continues, as we have another 4K 60 FPS upscaled Diablo 2 video, but this time much more extensive, as the first one was only the first 15 minutes of the game. We see the sorceress go through all 4 of the base game's acts (and poke around vendors in act 5, just to get us teased). It's looking damn good and, as many community members have mentioned, this is pretty much what they'd want out of a remaster, just more modern graphics with maybe a touch of quality of life improvements, like the stash sizes. Blizzard Blizzard Aug 07, 2020 at 14:59 by Starym
Renown Rewards in Shadowlands Renown Rewards in Shadowlands Renown increases the amount of trust your character has earned within the Covenant. You can increase your Renown level by completing the Covenant Campaign, returning Anima to the Sanctum, and by rescuing souls from the Maw. This article explains in more detail the rewards you unlock upon reaching various Renown levels with the Covenants. World of Warcraft WoW 5 comments Aug 07, 2020 at 13:10 by Stan
Bolvar Arrives in Oribos Cutscene in Shadowlands Bolvar Arrives in Oribos Cutscene in Shadowlands We're looking at a WIP (work-in-progress) cutscene of Bolvar arriving in Oribos. World of Warcraft WoW 1 comment Aug 07, 2020 at 11:28 by Stan
Azerite Powers and Essences Disabled in Shadowlands Zones Azerite Powers and Essences Disabled in Shadowlands Zones Azerite Powers and Essences will stop working as soon as you enter Shadowlands. World of Warcraft WoW Aug 06, 2020 at 22:50 by Stan
Shadowlands Beta 9.0.1 Build 35432: Class Changes Shadowlands Beta 9.0.1 Build 35432: Class Changes In the latest round of Shadowlands class changes, Blizzard capped Death and Decay's Scourge Strike to hit five targets, and Shadow Priests received some significant changes, including new talents. World of Warcraft WoW 2 comments Aug 06, 2020 at 22:02 by Stan
Black Character Selection Screen on the Shadowlands Beta Black Character Selection Screen on the Shadowlands Beta The character selection screen is currently a bit buggy on the Beta, and Blizzard is aware of the bug and suggests waiting instead of closing and reopening the game. World of Warcraft WoW Aug 06, 2020 at 20:44 by Stan
Motion Sickness Accessibility Options in Shadowlands Motion Sickness Accessibility Options in Shadowlands Blizzard added global strings in the latest Shadowlands build for new Accessibility options to prevent motion sickness. World of Warcraft WoW 3 comments Aug 06, 2020 at 18:15 by Stan
Spreadsheet of Target Caps in Shadowlands By Limit Spreadsheet of Target Caps in Shadowlands By Limit As you probably know, many AoE abilities will be capped to only attack up to a certain number of enemies in Shadowlands, and so Max, the GM of Limit, created a spreadsheet, where he keeps track of all the capped and uncapped abilities. World of Warcraft WoW 6 comments Aug 06, 2020 at 15:34 by Stan
All Rogue Legendary Powers in Shadowlands All Rogue Legendary Powers in Shadowlands Rogues received the rest of their Legendary powers on the Beta this week. Missing from the previous week were Subtlety and Outlaw powers. World of Warcraft WoW Aug 06, 2020 at 10:46 by Stan
Blizzard Retiring Old Experience Potions in Shadowlands Blizzard Retiring Old Experience Potions in Shadowlands Blizzard will be retiring potions that increase your Experience gains in Shadowlands except for the BfA potion, so it's important to get rid of them or use them before the new expansion hits. World of Warcraft WoW Aug 06, 2020 at 10:26 by Stan
Blizzard Adds Reckful as Rogue Trainer to the Stormwind Cathedral in Shadowlands Blizzard Adds Reckful as Rogue Trainer to the Stormwind Cathedral in Shadowlands Following the tragic passing of Reckful, Blizzard added a Rogue Trainer named after him to the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind, where thousands of players paid tribute to the player. World of Warcraft WoW 1 comment Aug 06, 2020 at 08:00 by Stan
Wands Can Be Transmogrified Into Other Weapon Types in Shadowlands Wands Can Be Transmogrified Into Other Weapon Types in Shadowlands Reddit user leothar noticed on the Beta that you transmogrify wands into other one-hand weapon types as of the latest Beta Build 35432. World of Warcraft WoW 3 comments Aug 06, 2020 at 07:19 by Stan
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