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To unlock flying in Patch 8.2, you must reach Revered with Rustbolt Resistance, and Waveblade Ankoan (Alliance) or The Unshackled (Horde). On top of that, you must earn Pathfinder, Part One, and explore Mechagon and Nazjatar.

Flying Requirements in Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.2

The criteria to unlock flying in Rise of Azshara (Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part Two Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part Two) are as follows:

On top of that, you'll receive the Wonderwing 2.0 Wonderwing 2.0 mechanical parrot mount. You can find more details about it here.

According to Game Director Ion Hazzikostas it's going to take a couple of weeks to unlock flying in Patch 8.2.

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You’ve fought on the shores of Kul Tiras, explored the far corners of Zandalar, and faced the enemy at every turn. You survived the Battle of Dazar’alor, and aided Magni Bronzebeard in his critical quest to save Azeroth from her grievous wound. Soon, your journey will take you into the depths of Nazjatar and the wonders of Mechagon, where even more dangers await—but you don’t have to face them all from ground level. Once you complete the account-wide achievement Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part 2, you’ll be able to take to the skies . . . and earn a brand-new mechanical mount in the process!

To earn your wings in Battle for Azeroth, you’ll need to:

  • Reach Revered with the following factions: The Rustbolt Resistance and either the Unshackled (Horde) or Waveblade Ankoan (Alliance)
  • Earn the achievement Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part 1 (progress is account-wide)
  • Explore Nazjatar: Ashen Strand, Azsh’ari Terrace, Coral Forest, Deepcoil Tunnels, Dragon’s Teeth Basin, The Drowned Market, Elun’alor Temple, The Empress’s Approach, Gate of the Queen, The Hanging Reef, Kal’methi, Shirakess Repository, Spears of Azshara, Zanj’ir Terrace, Zanj’ir Wash, Zin-Azshari
  • Explore Mechagon: Rustbolt, Sparkweaver Point, Junkwatt Depot, The Heaps, Scrapbone Den, Western Spray, The Outflow, The Fleeting Forest

Completing Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part 2 will allow you to fly in Kul Tiras and Zandalar, as well as the new zones of Nazjatar and Mechagon—plus the new Wonderwing 2.0 mechanical parrot mount.

The wild blue yonder awaits!

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Class mechanics are so bad they are nearly unplayable. Azerite is the biggest bust in the history of the game and it's taking them over a year to fix it? The upcoming raid is, at best, mediocre garbage and according to a lot of the raiding community, pure horse manure. 

But at least after a year of stomaching the utter mess that is BfA, we get to fly....a feature that was introduced into the game in Burning Crusade, TWELVE YEARS AGO! 

Thanks, Blizzard. Thanks, Ion. 

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16 minutes ago, Demonpuke said:

Class mechanics are so bad they are nearly unplayable. Azerite is the biggest bust in the history of the game and it's taking them over a year to fix it? The upcoming raid is, at best, mediocre garbage and according to a lot of the raiding community, pure horse manure. 

But at least after a year of stomaching the utter mess that is BfA, we get to fly....a feature that was introduced into the game in Burning Crusade, TWELVE YEARS AGO! 

Thanks, Blizzard. Thanks, Ion. 

Your opinion is your opinion, but would like to point out a few things

1) Azerite was not a great system, especially coming off the back of artifact weapons. Blizz has said they recognize that and have worked to fix it. Software development takes time - especially given that this is a core mechanic of the game. Also, BFA launched 9 months ago and they introduced a tactical fix with 8.1 and a replacement in 8.2

2) Flying being introduced later in an expansion via an achievement or quests has been the norm for the past decade, every since MOP. Getting flying through pathfinder has been the mechanic in both WOD and Legion. Blizz has again said they keep it this way so that players can experience the world before just flying over it. Hate this school of thought if you want, but its not something new to get fired up about.

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8 minutes ago, ThomasC said:

Your opinion is your opinion, but would like to point out a few things

1) Azerite was not a great system, especially coming off the back of artifact weapons. Blizz has said they recognize that and have worked to fix it. Software development takes time - especially given that this is a core mechanic of the game. Also, BFA launched 9 months ago and they introduced a tactical fix with 8.1 and a replacement in 8.2

2) Flying being introduced later in an expansion via an achievement or quests has been the norm for the past decade, every since MOP. Getting flying through pathfinder has been the mechanic in both WOD and Legion. Blizz has again said they keep it this way so that players can experience the world before just flying over it. Hate this school of thought if you want, but its not something new to get fired up about.

Blizzard was given mass feedback about the failure of Azerite all the way back when it was in beta. That is over a year ago, can you count boy or are you still trying to figure out your gender?  Also, the essences are not in-depth enough to have taken that long to get up and running. Imagine how much sooner we would have gotten it if they hadn't wasted time on Cos, which only very few people got to experience. Don't give me that tired old excuse that it was created by a single person; an entire raid does not make it in the game by a single person working on it. 

Blizzard's excuse for not giving us flying: "Because we want people to experience the world that we spent so much time creating." So, in their own words their excuse for limiting a feature that we got 12 years ago is purely narcissistic and selfish in nature. Sure, that's a legit reason, pride and narcissism. 

Go ahead and continue to fanboy support this mess. I for one will express my opinions and concerns, because I've played this game since vanilla and I am invested in it, and I would like to make Azeroth great again. 

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1 minute ago, Demonpuke said:

Blizzard was given mass feedback about the failure of Azerite all the way back when it was in beta. That is over a year ago, can you count boy or are you still trying to figure out your gender?  Also, the essences are not in-depth enough to have taken that long to get up and running. Imagine how much sooner we would have gotten it if they hadn't wasted time on Cos, which only very few people got to experience. Don't give me that tired old excuse that it was created by a single person; an entire raid does not make it in the game by a single person working on it. 

Blizzard's excuse for not giving us flying: "Because we want people to experience the world that we spent so much time creating." So, in their own words their excuse for limiting a feature that we got 12 years ago is purely narcissistic and selfish in nature. Sure, that's a legit reason, pride and narcissism. 

Go ahead and continue to fanboy support this mess. I for one will express my opinions and concerns, because I've played this game since vanilla and I am invested in it, and I would like to make Azeroth great again. 

lol - this is awesome

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36 minutes ago, ThomasC said:

lol - this is awesome

It is a rather spectacular meltdown session he's having.

In any case, this recruitment for flying is gonna be a cakewalk. Just need to spend time in the new zones and do some stuff, which folks should be doing anyway.

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I'm kinda sad that flying is coming. I really like the visuals of the scenery in BFA. I know I will still level alts on ground mounts no matter what. I understand that travel time to some is a big deal, but not this guy.

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37 minutes ago, Lampanelli said:

It is a rather spectacular meltdown session he's having.

In any case, this recruitment for flying is gonna be a cakewalk. Just need to spend time in the new zones and do some stuff, which folks should be doing anyway.

you should look through his comment history - its amazing. Hes either a 13 year old or a very very angry adult. i love it - but also should have know better than to even reply to his first comment, thats on me.

 

Regardless - i am super pumped for 8.2

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I can't wait for all the butthurt from the lazy people who haven't even started Pathfinder Part1 when we are all flying around. Happens every time. Big ruckus about how flying should come with max level, they should be able to buy it, etc, etc. These are also the same people who complain the loudest about lack of content. 

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4 hours ago, Demonpuke said:

Class mechanics are so bad they are nearly unplayable. Azerite is the biggest bust in the history of the game and it's taking them over a year to fix it? The upcoming raid is, at best, mediocre garbage and according to a lot of the raiding community, pure horse manure. 

But at least after a year of stomaching the utter mess that is BfA, we get to fly....a feature that was introduced into the game in Burning Crusade, TWELVE YEARS AGO! 

Thanks, Blizzard. Thanks, Ion. 

 

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some make it sound like its over,

over?

Nothing is over until we decide it is!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

hell no!

And it ain't over now.

'Cause when the goin' gets tough...

the tough get goin'!
Who's with me? Let's go! Come on!
Heeeeyyyy!
What the frack happened to the Delta I used to know?
Where's the spirit?
Where's the guts, huh?
This could be the greatest night of our lives...
but you're gonna let it be the worst.
"Oh, we're afraid to go with you, Bluto. We might get in trouble."
Well, just kiss my rear from now on!
Not me! I'm not gonna take this!
Wormer? He's a dead man!
Marmalard? Dead!
- Neidermeyer? - Dead.

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11 hours ago, Keller said:

I'm kinda sad that flying is coming. I really like the visuals of the scenery in BFA. I know I will still level alts on ground mounts no matter what. I understand that travel time to some is a big deal, but not this guy.

Well for me it's the other way round ?  I'm really glad we finally get to fly because for me, time travelled is mostly time wasted as soon as you've seen everything twice or three times already. If I want to explore a zone, I will do just that, and then the journey is indeed the destination. But most of the time I want to get stuff done and for that kind of content longer travel time is a nuisance.

But I'm fine with having to put some work into the ability to fly and I think it's fair to not get flying from the get go. And it's true - you can either grind it out asap or just take a more casual route and you will get it eventually.

I think though, you will be really lonely on the ground once the achievements start rolling in ?

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I think they should make separate achievement for zuldazar/Kultiras flying and the new zone in 8.2. we had 1 year to explore zuldazar on ground which is too long, however, we have couple of weeks to explore the new zone on foot which is not enough imo.

Imo, from a designer pov, the idea of azerite was good, but the execution was horrible. They could add more rings, and more slots on it, to make it more complicated and appealing. They should make it in a way that you get the satisfaction of being able to chose different paths of class specific talents.

I wish I could work @Blizzard one day! >.<

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God. flying. Why is it so time gated? I'm not even talking about earning it, I'm talking about making it completely impossible until blizz gives the okay. Ya'know, I have zero issue with earning it, that is totally fine! Reps, exploration, quests, it's all good man, but don't literally deny me flying because of the "ooh the scenery!" crapola excuse they try to serve us like a plate of dog poo and telling us it's chocolate cake. YEAH, DUDE. I SAW IT. IT'S PRETTY. NOW LET ME FARM WITH EFFICIENCY FFS!

 

Oh, and before I forget the tired old "MUH WORL PEEVEPEE!!!1!" arguments out there... PVP is literally the click of a button now. Simply disable flying when you turn on warmode. Problem solved, end of argument.

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14 hours ago, Lichiana said:

I can't wait for all the butthurt from the lazy people who haven't even started Pathfinder Part1 when we are all flying around. Happens every time. Big ruckus about how flying should come with max level, they should be able to buy it, etc, etc. These are also the same people who complain the loudest about lack of content. 

I actually arrived late (some weeks before 7.2) to Legion and it wasn't that bad. Sure it slows down the questing and gathering, but since the Pathfinder requirements basically say that "hey, go discover the expansions content, thx" I was okay with it - it didn't bothered me much that all the other people were flying and I just had ground mount, because I still had a lot of things left to discover. Actually since BfA zones are a lot flatter then the Broken Isles were it shouldn't be such a decisive factor in gameplay. People should turn off PvP mode if they haven't got a flying mount by mid-July, but that's all - they play the game in their own pace.

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It's probably going to take a min. of 2-3 weeks farming reputation in WoW to earn Pathfinder 2 if you play casually to 2-3+ hrs a day out of the week.  However I do like FFXIV approach to flying over WoW's where as you are given a specialized compass to locate Aether Currents of the zone you are in; collect them all and you can fly all over that map zone.  There are no Reputation grinds and it's there while you progress through the Main Quest Scenario of that zone.  Some Aether Currents can only be earned, of that zone, via small quests from the npc's you meet.

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Can anyone help me figure out why I can't unlock Flying in Kul Tiras and Zandalar? I have the Pathfinder one achievement and I just finished all the requirements listed for Pathfinder two, but I can't fly. I've contacted Blizz support but they sent me to wowhead and icy-veins. I've taken off add-ons and tried logging in and out, refresh, yada yada, ect. I just don't want all that time wasted to get flight. So if anyone has any ideas or advice, I would greatly appreciate it.

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