The Tropical Wave Pack had been added to the Blizzard Store, featuring two beachside ensembles and a Kickin' Kezan Waveshredder mount for $15 USD!

Tropical Wave Pack on the Blizzard Store

Ensemble: Black Tropical Swimwear

Ensemble: Black Tropical Beachwear

Kickin' Kezan Waveshredder

As previously datamined all the way back in Patch 10.2.7!

Blizzard has announced a new 6-month subscription that includes a mount and pet! By having a 6-month subscription, you get the Herald of Sa'bak Mount (Retail) and Sa'bak's Blessing Pet (Classic Progression).

In the background of the teaser art for the Midnight reveal at Gamescom 2025, players can get a sneak peek at an HD Silvermoon City!

While the main promo image from the official site announcement focuses on the intimidating void beings in the foreground, a variant of the image was released on social media sites with a slightly different background, showcasing a few extra details.

The World of Warcraft: Midnight opening cinematic and expansion overview will be revealed at Gamescom 2025!

In the latest Patch 11.2 build, many recolors of old world weapons can be found from Phase Diving!

Learn more about Phase Diving in our 11.2 guide:

Phase Diving Guide

The Dastardly Duos Event is ending tomorrow, making today your last chance to round up any remaining rewards or achievements from the event before they're gone.

A nice quality of life change revealed in this week's Patch 11.2 PTR Development Notes is that Valorstones will no longer reset at the start of a new season, so start stockpiling now!

Blizzard has announced Patch 11.2 PTR development notes for today which includes more Class Tuning.

Hello testers! The Ghosts of K’aresh PTR has been updated with the following:

CLASSES

DEATH KNIGHT

Hero Talents

Rider of the Apocalypse

The damage of Mograine’s Death and Decay has been increased by 50%.

Unholy

Blizzard has announced that the Bank will be updated in Patch 11.2 with a more traditional tab system while removing Void Storage and the Reagent Bank.

In Ghosts of K’aresh, your character’s bank is updated and now uses the same configurations as the Warband bank.

Character banks now comprise tabs with per-tab settings available.

Each tab includes 98 slots of storage.

This week's Patch 11.2 PTR build includes several class spell and tier set changes, with major tuning for Hunters, Mages, Rogues, and Warriors! Note that some of the changes may include adjustments merged in from last week's build.

Class ToolsBloodTalentsFrostTalentsUnholyTalents

Specialization (1)

Watch a WoW stream on Twitch for 4 hours before August 11th and earn a new transmog!

Watch any World of Warcraft stream on Twitch.tv from July 14 at 10:00 am PDT until August 11 at 10:00 am PDT to claim the Adorned Half Shell transmog.

Patch 11.2 launches with another chapter in the Delver's Journey, with a new story involving the return of Nexus-Princess Ky'veza from Nerub'ar Palace and a very scantily clad Brann Bronzebeard!

The Situation at Brann-d

Time-Lost Weapons of lore significance were previously datamined on the Patch 11.1.7 PTR, and with this week's Warlords of Draenor Timewalking event, two of them are making their debut to players - Nerzhul's Staff and Garad's Axe!

With the latest 11.2 PTR Build, there is a new campsite screen that players can receive from completing the campaign storylines in K'aresh!

Big news this week in WoW, as Blizzard released a new audio novella, previewed features coming to housing neighborhoods, the Mysterious Fortune returns to buff goblin cartels, and The War Within Season 3 arrives on August 5th! In Classic news, Phase 5 is now live on Anniversary realms, and Mists of Pandaria Classic is about to begin!

WoW Housing: It's Only Neighborly

Welcome home, Adventurers!

Maximize your loot with Collector's Bounty Helper, a new in-game addon that turns your chaotic mount farm into a simple and organized to-do list!

Though we previously showcased another way to easily track Collector's Bounty mounts on Completionism.net, and promptly crashed the site due to the huge influx of traffic, the add-on gives players a different option with a few additional features.

The War Within Season 3 Tier Set bonuses and models have been revealed. Our Monk Guide Writers breakdown each of their two tier set bonuses, offering insight into the Hero Talent-specific implementation, relative strength, and theorize which you're likely to use in Patch 11.2.

War Within Season 3 Tier Sets for All Specs & Hero Talents

Despite being heralded as a powerful new Artifact in Patch 11.2, the Reshii Wraps' tank effect has felt more than a little lackluster. Sinzhu, one of our tank class writers, discusses why tanks struggle to find significant value in the new Artifact cloak.

Blizzard has released another set of Patch 11.2 Development Notes annotating Rogue and Warlock buffs which hit alongside Spellslinger tier buffs from last night's hotfixes on the PTR.

The following class changes have been added to the Ghosts of K’aresh PTR:

CLASSES

ROGUE

Hero Talents

Deathstalker

Subtlety

Blizzard has announced more information about Neighborhoods for Player Housing!

Player Housing Overview Player Housing Decor Items
Interior Housing Customization Guide Exterior Housing Customization Neighborhoods Guide

Welcome home, Adventurers!

Blizzard has pushed a new set of tuning hotfixes to the Patch 11.2 PTR servers. These include substantial Warlock buffs and changes to the Spellslinger Mage tier set for Season 3.

Class ToolsAfflictionTalentsDemonologyTalentsDestructionTalents

Specialization (1)

Effect #2 Effect #15 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 3873%
Affected Spells:

Effect #15 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 3873%
Affected Spells:

Talents (4)

Queen Ansurek from the Nerub-ar Palace raid was defeated entirely solo by Durendil on Normal difficulty. This accomplishment makes Nerub-ar Palace the first raid to be fully cleared solo during the next season.

You can check out the full video of the solo fight below:

Today, we are looking at the dungeon data for the week of July 1st during The War Within Season 2. For this analysis, we will use data provided by Raider.IO statistics for The War Within Season 2.

Raider.IO TWW Season 2 Dungeon Statistics

Though already confirmed that there will be no cloak drops to compete with the Reshii Wraps in The War Within Season 3, players will still be able to discover new cosmetics to cover their backside!

Clearly arcane related, the shape is also oddly reminiscent of the Eye of the Kirin Tor, which may suggest common origins.

Blizzard has released a new teaser trailer for Patch 11.2: Ghosts of K'aresh featuring the forces of Azeroth as they begin their fight against Dimensius, the All-Devouring.

Patch 11.2 Overview: Ghosts of K'aresh

Ghosts of K'aresh Teaser Trailer

Today, we are looking at the DPS balance on Liberation of Undermine during the week of July 1st on The War Within Season 2. For this analysis, we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Raid statistics for The War Within Season 2.

Mythic Liberation of Undermine Statistics Page

As part of the Patch 11.2 release date announcement, Blizzard has released on Instagram a new Key Art featuring Dimensius, the All-Devouring, facing off against Alleria on the shattered remnants of K'aresh.

Turbulent Timeways III continues with Week 4's Warlords of Draenor Timewalking with some new rewards!

Warlords of Draenor Timewalking Guide

Warlord's of Draenor Timewalking Event
Venture into six of Warlords of Draenor's dungeons for updated rewards in this week’s Bonus Event.

While the Event is Active:

Archivist Frithrun in Dornogal has a quest or you can start it within the Dungeon Journal.

Quest Requirement: Complete 5 Timewalking dungeons.

Often brought only for their raid debuff Mystic Touch, Brewmaster Monks are finally receiving substantial changes in Patch 11.2: Ghosts of K'aresh.

Our Brewmaster Monk Writer, Sinzhu, discusses the suite of changes including the talent tree shakeup, improvements to their core celestial Niuzao (Angry Dave), and potential concerns as to whether the rework goes far enough.

In the latest Patch 11.2 build, the Season 3 Mythic+ achievements have been added, awarding "The Unbound" titles for high level Mythic+ rating.

Patch 11.2 Overview: Ghosts of K'areshThe War Within Season 3 Overview

This week's Patch 11.2 PTR build includes several class spell and tier set changes, nerfing Warriors, buffing Mystic Touch, and introducing a new mastery for Unholy Death Knights!

Class ToolsBloodTalentsFrostTalentsUnholyTalents

Specialization (1)

Effect #5 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 1021%
Affected Spells:
(and 86 more.)

Monks can rest assured that Blizzard has their back as they've just received a substantial buff to their raid buff Mystic Touch.

Blizzard is buffing Mystic Touch from 5% to a whopping 8% damage increase with Patch 11.2.

Patch 11.2 Development Notes
MONK

Blizzard has posted development notes for July 8th which includes major tuning for classes and Season 3 Tier Set bonuses.

Patch 11.2 Overview: Ghosts of K'aresh

Blizzard has announced Tazavesh and Halls of Atonement dungeon updates for Season 3!

The War Within Season 3 dungeon testing continues on PTR today. The test period starts on Wednesday July 8th at 5PM PST (20:00 EDT, 2:00 CEST) and ends Tuesday July 16th at 10:00 PST (13:00 EDT, 20:00 CEST). Please note that the test period may be adjusted in the event of technical difficulties.

Twenty weeks after the launch of Liberation of Undermine, players can finally complete the Gallagio Loyalty Rewards Club renown track, unlocking the title, Path of the Full House teleport to the raid, and Flarendo the Furious mount!

Don't dream its over.

As with many content updates in the War Within, Beast Mastery is receiving additional changes in Patch 11.2: Ghost of K'aresh. Our Beast Mastery Writer, Tarlo, discusses the mini rework including the updated Mastery, Dire Beast rework, and Dark Ranger Hero Talent overhaul.

Blizzard has released a new three-part video series titled The Doom of K'aresh, detailing the thrilling and tragic tale behind the fall of K'aresh, shattered home world of the ethereal and brokers. Spanning nearly 2 hours of content narrated by Locus-Walker voice actor Ray Porter, the story sets up the second major patch of World of Warcraft: The War Within.

With limited changes since Dragonflight, Frost DKs are receiving a substantial set of changes Patch 11.2: Ghosts of K'aresh. Our Frost Death Knight Writer, Khazak, discusses the rework coming in Patch 11.2 including the new Breath of Sindragosa, talent overhaul, utility concerns, and potential issues.