wow Encrypted Mount Achievement May Be Pointing to 11.0 Expansion

[Starym 3,726]

 

We may have gotten a big hint at what the next WoW expansion could be. Redditor Wiraneusz came across some achievements that include cross-promotion items for Warcraft Rumble, but also possibly the next expansion's Heroic edition mount!

The "Heroic Edition: Algarian Stormrider" achievement is the big one from the list below, as it matches up with previous Heroic edition achievement names and is found int he same "promotions" section as the others. Wowhead's dataminers also confirmed the existence of these achievements, or at leas their names, as they are still encrypted.

There are also the three "Storm Rider" medals, possibly related to new Dragonriding-type races in the new expansion.

So what does this mean, what exactly is an Alarian Stormrider? Well, one of the commenters on the reddit thread pointed out a potential connection with dwarves/the earthen. Jump9575 remembered a new piece of Titan Watcher text from the Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr dungeon added in Dragonflight. The text talks about the earthen and their transformation via the Curse of Flesh, and specifically mentions "Khaz Algar" as one of the locations a sub-species of earthen (which also showed signs of the Curse of Flesh) went to. You can check out the full text here.

Considering the above and the "Stormrider" part the header image takes on a whole new meaning now. So, will we be seeing some (possibly Wildhammer-related) earthen/dwarves in Khaz Algar in 11.0? Or does the Algarian Stormrider have nothing to do with the place mentioned in Uldaman? How about a gryphon mount for the Heroic edition?

Here's the original reddit post:

We also very recently speculated about the Naga Terrarium back item and its relation to 11.0, so could both these things come together in a naga/dwarf expansion?

[Arcling 822]

So like Elemental/Titan theme? Although we've got quite a lot of it in this expansion, so it would have been too similar. Interesting.

Can't say I'm excited for Rumble rewards in game. These things should be kept separate outside of some promotions, but here it looks like there is a series of them.

Edited September 29 by Arcling

[Dejo93 942]

Since we're having Titan theme for the expansion, really hope we have playable Mogu or maybe even Naga for the expansion. New races are always a big draw (except for Dracthyr lol)

[Grumar 166]

8 hours ago, Dejo93 said:

Since we're having Titan theme for the expansion, really hope we have playable Mogu or maybe even Naga for the expansion. New races are always a big draw (except for Dracthyr lol)

I just hope we get a real race and not some allied race bs, I want a 2 new zones for each race to level in, a capital, the works, i'm sick of blizzard being lazy

[Arcling 822]

38 minutes ago, Grumar said:

I just hope we get a real race and not some allied race bs, I want a 2 new zones for each race to level in, a capital, the works, i'm sick of blizzard being lazy

Would've been nice to have a proper new race that is not locked into one class. And actual racial capital! We haven't seen these since Burning Crusade. I think Naga are very unlikely (and what reason they would have to join if Azshara is still alive?), it must be a two-legged race. Mogu could work, but they have same problem as Ogres and Vrykul, they would have to be super tiny compared to regular mobs, probably the size of Kul Tirans.

Edited September 30 by Arcling

[cathbadwowdk 1]

i think the new expension have somthing 2 do with pirats