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By on 2014/09/22 at 3:18 PM Pacific,custom

Warlords Legendary Questline Video
Our friends at have put together a video on how to complete , the first part of Warlords of Draenor legnedary questline. To read more about the rewards and questline, .

6.0.2 Download Coming Soon
The 6.0.2 Download onto live servers began in the background today,.., and was removed after a short time, thanks to concerns about the size of the download. However, Community Manager Zarhym reported that the download will begin again, with more details on the new file system.

As some of you may have noticed the background downloader for patch 6.0.2 began today. After discovering issues with the size of the download,?, however, we have deactivated it for the time being. We'll let you know once when we're ready to start the 6.0.2 background downloader again, as well as provide you with some additional details on how it works and what you can expect when downloading the 6.0.2 patch in advance of its release on live realms.

Garrison Database Updates
Our Garrison and databases have received some updates!

By on 2014/09/21 at 1:40 PM Pacific

This week's Garrison Guide covers Missions and Work Orders--two types of Garrison "quests",custom bob; which provide rewards.


This is the latest in our series of Garrison guides and tools:

By on 2014/09/20 at 5:00 PM Pacific

Wowhead Weekly Episode 11
Wowhead weekly is a World of Warcraft podcast with Wowhead Site Manager Perculia and Olivia, where they discuss all things Warlords of Draenor, Wowhead, and more!

This week and are giving away 100 Warlords of Draenor Beta Keys on Twitter! You just need to follow them and , so they can DM you, and tweet them the Wowhead link for their favorite mount,,, with the hashtags #percbetagiveaway and #oliviabetagiveaway respectively! They'll draw the winners on Thursday September 25.

This week they're talking about:


And answering two twitter questions! This week it's these two,custom bo,W.O.W. forum DSLReports, ISP Information!

Silver Letomi to perform at Wowhead's BlizzCon Party
Wowhead is really excited to welcome WoW Parody Artist to the stage at this year's Wowhead BlizzCon Party!

Silver is well known in the WoW Community for recording witty WoW and other gaming parodies in her dulcet tones--you can find her work on her , and follow her on and !

Silver will be performing two short sets of her most beloved WoW parodies for us at our party at the Anabella Hotel, in Anaheim, from 7pm on Thursday November 6th.

By on 2014/09/20 at 11:46 AM Pacific

Celebrated by both the Horde and the Alliance, the Brewfest is a time to enjoy the fermented fruits of the harvest: pretzels, cheese,., and booze! The competing breweries Thunderbrew, Barleybrew, and the Ogres, all come together outside of all the major cities in a bid to outdo each other with their special ales, meads,custom made, and beers. Brave adventurers are invited to sit back, take a pull, and sample the finest wares these brewers have to offer!

Our this week requires you to complete a Brewfest achievement too!

During Brewfest, players can acquire the title and collect fun mounts like ! Like 2012 and 2013, there are epics available:



In addition, there are two MoP items from vendors: , .

There is also a special experience buff: . and will give speeches by their camps at 6:15 AM and PM server time, and then buff everyone nearby with this 2 hour buff which persists through death.

New to 2013, the can contain ilvl 470 weapons: or . and are additional vendors that sell brews, including ones with fun effects like , and parts of are decorated for the holiday.

There are no new additions for 2014, but we have datamined several beta additions which will hopefully be present in 2015! , , , and .

Brewfest, based on Oktoberfest, runs from September 20 through October 6.

By on 2014/09/19 at 3:45 PM Pacific

Experience the Warlords of Draenor beta firsthand with our beta key giveaway! Each week, enter to win a Warlords of Draenor beta key by completing in-game achievements, which we'll track here on Wowhead. We'll keep things interesting by picking new achievements each week--this week we're all about Brewfest!

The fine folks at Blizzard Entertainment have graciously given us an even larger batch of Warlords of Draenor beta keys to give away and we want you to join in on the fun.

We're picking this round of beta key winners on September 26th!

By on 2014/09/19 at 11:27 AM Pacific

Blizzard has posted a blog today with spoiler videos for all the cinematics in Warlords of Draenor. While releasing them is definitely an unusual step, it certainly makes for interesting viewing.

Spoiler Warning: If you don't want spoilers for Warlords of Draenor content, don't watch the videos below!

Lords of War Part 4: Kilrogg
Lords of War Part 4 features Kilrogg Deadeye, Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow Clan, named for his missing left eye. Watch the latest instalment below!

By on 2014/09/18 at 6:18 PM Pacific

Tier Gear Can Have Augmentations
In Warlords of Draenor, can have the chance to be Pristine (higher item level), come with an extra socket, or have an additional tertiary stat. Players formerly assumed that these perks would only be on non-tier gear.

Players noticed that Flaskataur on the beta was selling Tier 17 gear with many perks, and reached out for clarification:

Heroic Dungeon gear can also drop Warforged variations:

New to item changes and augmentations in Warlords of Draenor?

New Beta Build
We've got Spell Changes and more for the latest Warlords build!



Build Highlights
Quite a small build today, not a surprise given there was one yesterday, but one cool addition is an achievement for completing the Legendary cloak questline, which awards a title! As the in Warlords of Draenor, this seems a fitting addition.

By on 2014/09/18 at 2:16 PM Pacific

In the latest Warlords of Draenor beta build, all . We thought it would be a fitting time to preview the rewards you get from Warlords of Draenor Challenge Modes!

The new challenge modes in Warlords of Draenor are: , , , , , , , . You can read about all boss abilities on the Warlords database pages, including Challenge Mode spell changes.

Interested in Mists of Pandaria Challenge Modes? The rewards are going away in a few weeks, .

Rewards


There are additional Feats of Strength for holding the realm-best time for a Warlords of Draenor challenge mode. When you currently hold that time, you are granted a special title:


There are for completing Challenge Modes which reward . You can pick these up from or in your faction's capital city.

Gold Transmog Weapons
Click on the image to view them in our 3D modelviewer--some of them have amazing animations!

One Hand: , , , , , ,

Two Hand: , , , , ,

Ranged: ,

Off-Hand: , ,

By on 2014/09/17 at 9:50 PM Pacific

Warlords of Draenor Legendary Questline
The latest Warlords of Draenor build added many legendary quests and clarified the initial rewards! For completing a non-heroic dungeon, you get an ilvl 640 ring like . For continuing on with the questline, which now involves heroic dungeons and solo gameplay, you get an ilvl 680 ring like .



This questline will continue in the future with collecting and , which so far only have weekly tracking quests in the data like and .

Future achievements include and .

There are two higher tiers of rings also datamined like : and .


Warlords of Draenor Dungeon Loot TablesThe Warlords of Draenor Dungeon Journal has been completely updated with loot!

Many bosses drop gear with the same name and appearance, only differentiated by their item level:



Loot tables are also up for the world bosses.

By on 2014/09/17 at 9:25 PM Pacific

A new beta build is here! Our have been updated with the latest info from this build, as well as our .



Beta Updates


Build Highlights


Many items were added to the in this build. .

Warlords Items:


New holiday items:


Sounds:
Click here to see all the new music



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