wow The War Within Pre-Patch Event: Everything We Know So Far

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We're looking at everything we currently know about the War Within pre-patch event and the rewards you can get!

When Will the War Within Pre-Patch Event Start?

We expect the War Within pre-patch to go live and last for 1 month before the War Within expansion launches.

Trading Post Activities

Datamined Trading Post activities have revealed some interesting information about the War Within pre-patch event.

• The event is called Radiant Echoes.
• The currency we'll be collecting is called Residual Memories.
• The main goal of the event is to defeat Radiant Memories across Azeroth and three villains -- Remembered Onyxia, Remembered Lich King, and Remembered Firelord (Ragnaros).

Achievements

We've also found some achievements tied to the Radiant Echoes on Khaz Algar that probably are not tied to the pre-patch event, but they will most likely share the same mechanic as mobs used during the pre-patch event. As you can see, there is an Echochaser title reward from Echos of Danger.

Spells

The following spells in the game are tied to Radiant Echoes:

• Radiant Chord - Release the Radiant Chord at a Radiant Echo allowing you to experience Azeroth's memories..
  • Able to perceive and interact with Radiant Echoes, experiencing Azeroth's memories.
• Memory of Cheated Death - The next time you would die within a Radiant Echo, you don't..
• Memory of Cheated Death - The next time you die within a Radiant Echo, you won't. Lasts for 5 min and is removed when triggered.

War Within Pre-Patch Event Rewards

Remembrancer Amuul in Dalaran is selling all the rewards tied to the pre-patch event. The rewards include gear, pets, bags, and a craftabler Heirloom ring.

Warbound Gear

Item Level 493 (1/8) BoA Champion gear can be purchased for Radiant Memories. The gear carries the "Dalaran's Defender" prefix and you can find a full list of available items over on WoWDB.

Trinkets

In addition to gear, you can also buy the following trinkets from the vendor:

• Faded Ebony Scale
• Shriveled Ancient Tentacle
• Weathered Northrend Crest

Bags

Two bags can be purchased during the pre-patch event:

• Recruit's Reagent Bag (Warbound 30-slot reagent bag);
• Defender's Hefty Satchel (Warbound 32-slot regular bag).

Battle Pets

3 Battle Pets can be purchased from Amuul. These cost 25 Residual Memories each.

• Remembered Riverpaw
• Remembered Spawn
• Remembered Construct

Heirloom Ring

Players must combine three essences (Essence of the Eastern Kingdoms, Essence of Northrend, Essence of Kalimdor) with Lifeless Stone Ring to create a new Heirloom Ring called Band of Radiant Echoes.

Lifeless Stone Ring can be purchased from the pre-patch event gear vendor in Dalaran.

Each essences requires combining 20 memories (e.g. Memory of Kalimdor) that most likely drop from mobs during the event. These are Warbound and shared across all characters on your account. 

That's all we currently have about the War Within pre-patch event. All items tied to it have been added in the initial Patch 11.0 build, but the event itself is not available for testing on the Internal Alpha.