With the Darkmoon Faire in town, players are discussing how World Buffs will work in WoW Forever. Infamously, World Buffs were a soft requirement for raiding in previous iterations of WoW Classic. To the delight of many, Blizzard recently revealed that World Buffs will no longer be used in raids. Now, primarily used out in the open world, these special buffs will finally live up to their name!
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To make them even easier to acquire on the leveling journey, WoW Forever Principal Game Designer Johnny Cash revealed that there are now even more ways for players to acquire these buffs.
| Glad to see the world buffs start to roll out! I love the original RP in SW/Org/Crossroads, so I fixed up the Heralds of Thrall to show up to buff people in not just the Crossroads but the Razor Hill guard tower as well. I also added new Stormwind Criers that ride into Goldshire, Lakeridge, and Sentinel Hill to do the same for the Alliance. They come in from the right road, but spawn not too far away so it doesn’t take an eternity. Everything is an opportunity to tie it to the world. The world is the main character. We’re all just adventurers in it. That’s really important to us and to me. |
In addition to Orgrimmar and the Crossroads, players in Razor Hill will now also receive the 
Warchief’s Blessing whenever a player turns in the 
Head of Rend Blackhand.
Might of Stormwind
But Horde players aren’t the only ones having all the fun! Alliance players have confirmed that their version of this World Buff is also in the game. Originally introduced in Season of Discovery, the 
Might of Stormwind gives Alliance players the same benefit from handing in their End of the Dark Horde quest.
Similar to the Horde, Alliance can now also receive this buff while leveling near Goldshire in Elwynn Forest, Lakeridge in Redridge Mountains, or Sentinel Hill in Westfall. While World Buffs will no longer be usable in raids, it’s great that Blizzard made them even more available to players who are leveling out in the open world.
