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Dragonflight Patch 10.1: Embers of Neltharion Releases on May 2nd!

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Blizzard have announced the patch 10.1 release date! The first major content patch for Dragonflight arrives on May 2nd for US and May 3rd for EU servers, with the raid and Season 2 coming the week after that.

Blizzard Logo10.1 Release, This Week in WoW (Source)

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Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte.

Mark Your Calendars: Embers of Neltharion Goes Live May 2!

Join your allies for the continuing adventure through the Dragon Isles with our next content update. You’ll explore an all-new zone, meet new allies, discover hidden treasures, and more.

  • New Zone: Zaralek Caverns – Gather your courage as you venture into this mysterious underground cavern.
  • Cross-Faction Guilds: Players who have been enjoying Cross-Faction Instances now can join the same guild as their opposite-faction friends and benefit from conveniences like shared chat and guild repairs.
  • Fyrrak Assaults: Fyrakk’s forces are gathering resources at Suffusion Camps located in the Azure Span and Ohn’ahran Plains. It’s up to the heroes of Azeroth to disrupt their efforts to lure Fyrakk and his disciples out.
  • Meet New Allies: As the heroes of Azeroth pursue enemies into the dangers of Zaralek Cavern, they are aided by the local inhabitants found under the Dragon Isles — the molefolk known as “Niffen” and the Drogbar.
  • And more…

Dragonflight Season 2

Dragonflight Season 2 begins the week of May 9. Players will be able to gather their allies and breach Neltharion’s secret laboratory in Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulty.

The new season also brings a new PvP Ladder and gear, seasonal affixes, and new dungeons to the Mythic+ rotation: Brackhide Hollow, Halls of Infusion, Uldaman, Legacy of Tyr, Neltharus, Freehold (Battle for Azeroth), The Underrot (Battle for Azeroth), Vortex Pinnacle (Cataclysm), and Neltharion’s Lair (Legion).

Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid

Breach Neltharion’s secret laboratory hidden within Zaralek Cavern. It is here that he created the dracthyr and ultimately succumbed to the whispers of the Old Gods and their corruption.

Raid Release Schedule Week of May 9:

  • Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties become available

More details to follow on the Raid Finder schedule.

Join the PTR to explore the latest content in testing and read the current Dragonflight Embers of Neltharion PTR Development Notes on the test forums.  We’ll have more coverage of the new content update as we lead up to launch.


News and Events This Week

  • April 2-8
    • The Darkmoon Faire Returns
  • April 4
    • Turbulent Timeways: Mists of Pandaria Timewalking
    • Weekly Bonus Event: Arena Skirmish
    • PvP Brawl: Shado-Pan Showdown
    • WoW Spring Deals
  • April 5
    • March of the Tadpoles Micro-Holiday
  • April 7
    • Blues News

Stay tuned here to the official World of Warcraft news site as we journey through the week together.

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10 minutes ago, TheCake said:

Do we know if we will be able to fly in the new zone?

Dragonriding yes, flying I doubt it.

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is there a reason for it to take another whole month?

not hating or anything just curios. i would imagine everyone that is into raiding/m+ is already done with it and the island as fun as it is i cant see giving joy for another month.

but it could of course be that thats the time they need to wrap it up and stuff

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1 minute ago, Starseed said:

is there a reason for it to take another whole month?

not hating or anything just curios. i would imagine everyone that is into raiding/m+ is already done with it and the island as fun as it is i cant see giving joy for another month.

but it could of course be that thats the time they need to wrap it up and stuff

One reason could be easter holydays!

But I believe that they need more time for some fine tunning.

Anyway, these are great news, people were expecting this by the end of may or even june.

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5 minutes ago, Nicolae said:

One reason could be easter holydays!

But I believe that they need more time for some fine tunning.

Anyway, these are great news, people were expecting this by the end of may or even june.

true true i had expected it to be later too

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On 4/3/2023 at 7:32 PM, Starym said:

Dragonriding yes, flying I doubt it.

Thank you! I ment Dragonriding 😄 🐻

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On 4/3/2023 at 7:48 PM, Starseed said:

is there a reason for it to take another whole month?

not hating or anything just curios. i would imagine everyone that is into raiding/m+ is already done with it and the island as fun as it is i cant see giving joy for another month.

but it could of course be that thats the time they need to wrap it up and stuff

At the very least they need more time with the raid, as all the testing hasn't even finished. Considering the state the Vault was in during the race I'm very happy they're taking more time for it 😄

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17 minutes ago, Starym said:

At the very least they need more time with the raid, as all the testing hasn't even finished. Considering the state the Vault was in during the race I'm very happy they're taking more time for it 😄

yeah okey but i be super honest with you i dont really care about the new raid.

sure i will do it in lfr to see it cause they always make these things cool and for story reasons but corona hit my guild pretty hard last year and now raiding is no more 

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