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5.2 PTR - Build 16486 - New Archaeology Race, Legendary Meta Gems, 3D Models, Items
The PTR just went down for maintenance, and in the meantime, there is a new patch build! There's a new archaeology race, legendary meta gems, 3D models of cute frog battle pets, and several new mounts!
Check out all the latest additions!
New 3D Models
Patch Highlights
Crown of Heaven
is the reward for completing the legendary chain in 5.2--a special legendary meta gem. It has outdated tooltip text right now, but we found some legendary gems that could go
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Exploration Guide: The Relic Hunter
We had a lot of fun on beta tracking down these hidden objects with cool weapons and recipes for
Is Another Man's Treasure
, so we finally turned all of our observations into a guide!
In this guide, you'll find:
Zone maps with pins for all objects, that take you to their page when clicked on.
Screenshots of all items/objects.
Models of the BoA weapon rewards.
Coordinates for all items, that open a new map when clicked on.
Achievement Series
For this achievement series, you'll track down items hidden around Pandaria. These items can only be found once per character, and finding multiples of the same item will not increase your total across alts. There are 28 items total.
Lost and Found
: Find one of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
Finders Keepers
: Find 5 of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
One Man's Trash...
: Find 10 of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
Is Another Man's Treasure
: Find 20 of the lost treasures hidden throughout Pandaria.
Completing this last achievement will reward the title The R
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5.2 PTR: Audio Spoilers and Transcript, Throne of Thunder Weapons
A new build is hitting the 5.2 PTR tonight, and we datamined
Shaman Tier 15 models, Lightning Forge weapons, new vanity pets, and more
. We found so many weapon models for
Throne of Thunder
that Fewyn made a video of them! Several of these have great animations--the daggers have blinking eyeballs and wiggling handles, while the offhands sprout wings.
We also found a ton 5.2 audio spoilers covering Jaina, Anduin, Lor'themar, and more--over 40 minutes worth of dialogue. We've provided a rough transcript, breaking it down by character. Jaina and Lor'themar are both going after the Thunder King, Anduin and Wrathion are discussing politics during the legendary questline, the Shado-Pan launches an assault, and new developments are unearthed about the Titans and the Mogu.
Audio Spoilers
Anduin
It's a Pandaren board game. The object is for both players to win.
To what end? What are you two working towards? Using a Mogu weapon forge whose powers you barely understand.
Champion, I
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5.2 PTR - Build 16467 - Shaman Tier 15, Lightning Forge Weapons, New Items
A new PTR build was just datamined, which makes sense in light of all
Tier 15 set bonus and class changes
Ghostcrawler has been posting about. This build has the Shaman Tier 15 models, a ton of weapon models for the Throne of Thunder raid, some new Lightning Forge weapons for Blacksmiths, new vanity pets, and more!
Check out all the latest additions!
Shaman Tier 15 and Pets
We also found models called "Cookbot Pet" (
Pierre
) and "Python Pet."
[model npc=47887 img=
http://wow.zamimg.com/uploads/blog/images/3
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5.2 PTR: New 3D Models, Ability Effects, Rebuilt Capital Cities
Our Patch 5.2 coverage continues with a look at some new 3D Models, new abilities, and changes to Stormwind and Orgrimmar on the PTR. Lore and I were up late on the PTR making videos and taking screenshots of all the new things we could find. Be sure to check out our
other Build 16446 PTR post
covering new Tier 15 set bonuses, new items, and spell changes!
New and Revised Abilities
We've got a look at
for Resto druids,
Storm, Earth, and Fire
for Monks, and more!
got an overhaul for Resto Druids. When you cast it, it's a small Wild Mushroom, but as you heal with
Rejuvenation
, overheals will charge up the mushrooms to make them heal for more. The tooltip says it will cap at 100%, but as of right now on the PTR, they don't.
Storm, Earth, and Fire
: The Monk splits, summoning an elemental monks to attack the target. The Monk can split into up to 2 elemental monks at a time. Whenever the Monk deals
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5.2 PTR: Season 13 PvP Armor
Last week we posted many 3D models of
Tier 15 PvE armor coming in Patch 5.2
: this week we have most Season 13 PvP sets to share! Since most model names are called "Alliance" or "Horde," it looks like Blizzard may be implementing faction-themed PvP gear. While the Tier 9 PvE sets had different models for the Alliance and Horde, this hasn't been done for PvP since vanilla, before arena seasons were introduced.
Several sets have four color variations, so perhaps the lower ilvl PvP gear will look the same across factions, and the unique Alliance and Horde colors will be reserved for the Elite gear, similar to how
Reins of the Vicious War Steed
and
Horn of the Vicious War Wolf
are unique faction rewards for battleground dedication.
Shoulders have now been added to some PvP sets! Enjoy.
Alliance
Horde
N/A
[model itemset=1
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Patch 5.1: New Rare Tames
Over 100 low-level rares were also added in the most recent patch--many have distinctive colors that make them unique Hunter tames. In addition, Arcane Wyrms are now tamable serpents, and several received recolors for more variation.
If you're not a Hunter, these new rares don't drop any fancy loot, but they do give a significant amount of experience for killing them. The list is fun just to browse as well because many have clever names, like
Gib the Banana-Hoarder
, a monkey with a fez.
We've broken down the rares by continent and level, including zone details and 3D models, as well as by pet family. Tames with unique colors/models are marked in italics.
Click on the cut to see all the new 5.1 rare tames!
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Raid Preview: Terrace of Endless Spring
A small PTR patch hit servers early this morning, and while we thought at first that the Darkmoon Faire trinkets were nerfed, it turns out that they are
unchanged
(confirmed by
Daxxarri
)--the mechanisms behind displaying the procs were simply changed to help with scaling mechanics in 5.1. (It's a bit complicated, but most trinkets default display a base ilvl 463 proc you'd get in a Challenge Mode, and are then scaled accordingly on tooltips for higher ilvl items. Full details in
my comment
.)
Daxxarri
No! Bad! Stop pointing to data-mined content as fact. The change that got picked up was actually an adjustment to Darkmoon Card trinkets for Challenge Mode stat scaling.
The other notable addition was
A Test of Valor
, requiring players working on the legendary chain to earn 6000 Valor Points. We've got the full list of spell changes underneath the cut.
Raid Preview:
Terrace of Endless Spring
[scre
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Raid Preview: Heart of Fear
Heart of Fear
opens
October 30th
on US servers on Normal mode.
Terrace of Endless Spring
was planned to open on October 30th, but it was
changed on Friday
to open in two weeks, on
November 12th
. We've got the loot tables and dungeon journal below for each boss, as well as 3D models of all the weapons. Most notably, players can now loot 'Sha-Touched' weapons from
Heart of Fear
, special weapons that can be socketed with legendary gems. This instance also drops some
Tier 14 tokens
.
You can check out Method's livestreams of Heart of Fear
here
, and check out their
YouTube channel
where they'll be uploading all of their kill videos.
Heart of Fear
is located in central
Dread Wastes
, on the right side of the large sinister tree growing in the Sha-touched trench.
There are six bosses in
Heart of Fear
:
Imperial Vizier Zor'lok
Blade Lord Ta'yak
Garalon
Wind Lord Mel'jarak
Amber-Shaper Un'sok
[
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Mists of Pandaria: Tier 14 Preview
With
Heart of Fear
open soon, we wanted to do a preview of all the tier gear players can now acquire outside of
Sha of Anger
, including the LFR and Heroic versions.
LFR: ilvl 483
Normal: ilvl 496
Heroic: ilvl 509
Bosses in
Heart of Fear
drop the following tier tokens:
Wind Lord Mel'jarak
: Gloves
Amber-Shaper Un'sok
: Legs
Grand Empress Shek'zeer
: Chest
Click on the images to view them in our 3D Modelviewer!
Cloth Armor
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Mantle of the Burning Scroll
Robes of the Burning Scroll
Leggings of the Burning Scroll
Hood of the Burning Scroll
Gloves of the Burning Scroll
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5.1 PTR: New Wild Pets, 3D Models, Level 90 Premades
The latest PTR build has a bunch of new wild pets in the pet journal, as well as the pets for
Raiding with Leashes
which we
datamined yesterday
. We've got models of some of these pets, as well as the new 5.1 mounts and Darkmoon vanity hats.
Our friends at
<Method>
are also streaming their
live heroic clear
of Mogu'shan Vaults today starting at 19:00 CET--watch the world first guild farm this instance!
3D Models
Swift Windsteed
, the new
Fluxfire Feline
wild pet,
Grand Armored Wyvern
,
Grand Armored Gryphon
.
Darkmoon Hats:
[model item=119173
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Season 12 PvP Preview
Season 12, the latest PvP season, starts on
October 2nd
. There are new Honor and Conquest quartermasters selling ilvl 464-483 gear. This gear is pretty good for increasing your ilvl and starting dungeons--unlike past expansions, the PvP stats do not cut into the PvE itemization.
There are two new PvP stats in Mists: PvP Power and PvP Resilience. PvP Power increases the damage you do to other players as well as the healing you do to other players in PvP situations. PvP Resilience continues to be a defense stat. These two stats will only work in PvP situations, helping to ensure that PvE gear will remain weaker. Yon can filter by these stats now in our database.
New Vendors:
Honor Quartermasters, selling ilvl 458 gear:
Lok'nor Bloodfist
,
Hayden Christophen
. Dreadful weapons were datamined with unique models but are not in-game currently.
Conquest Quartermasters, selling ilvl 483 gear and ilvl 470 weapons:
Doris Chiltonius
,
Lucan Malory
. Weapons require 0
earned to purchase.
Glorious Conquest Quartermasters, selling reskinned ilvl 483 gear that requires a 2200 RBG/Arena rating:
Acon Deathwielder
,
Ethan Natice
.
Initiall
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Mists of Pandaria: Starting Your Legendary
To view an updated version of this guide for Patch 5.1, please click
here.
There's a new legendary quest series in Mists of Pandaria and anyone that's 90 can begin working on it. Multiple people in your raid can work on it at the same time, and it can even be completed in LFR. We'll show you what you need to get started this week.
A few things set this apart from past legendaries:
All players in a raid can work on the legendary questline at the same time.
Legendaries are for everyone. Players complete quests for legendary gems, which are then socketed into Sha-Touched weapons from raids. There are nine weapons classified as Sha-Touched, covering all possible specs.
With this system, guild are only limited by the number of Sha-Touched weapons they see each week.
Legendary gems can be placed into weapons from LFR. Quest items can also be looted in LFR.
This legendary series will span the expansion, with more elaborate rewards each tier.
The reward for this first tier is an epic weapon with a legendary gem, not an actual legendary weapon.
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Mists of Pandaria Launch Guide
Mists of Pandaria, the fourth World of Warcraft expansion,
went live on September 25th
. We've rounded up our daily beta previews and created a guide to
everything
that's new--from Tier Armor to neon Pandaren hair streaks.
Our database is completely updated for Mists of Pandaria as well and we added several features earlier today, most notably an
interactive world map
and a
visual database for battle pets
.
Read more about all the new features
here
.
General Changes
Some quality-of-life changes and clarifications relevant to Mists' launch:
You will
not need to log out at midnight PST
to play Mists. You will get a quest at midnight directing you to quest in the new zones, and will be able to create Pandaren on the character selection screen.
Quest rewards in Mists are
dynamic
. This means th
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Mists of Pandaria: Challenge Modes
For the current Challenge Mode guide as of Patch 5.1,
click here
!
When
asked on Reddit
what their most exciting feature was for Mists of Pandaria, Blizzard responded with
Challenge Modes
. This feature has a lot of cool things in store: rewards include mounts and vanity armor, it's content you can't outgear, and it's a great way for skilled players on a limited schedule to access challenging content.
Challenge Mode Overview
Challenge Modes are timed heroic instance runs, done in low ilvl gear. Any gear worn above ilvl 463 will be scaled down. This ensures that running these instances will be challenging even in later tiers--you can't outgear it. In addition, the pulls will be more complex than on Heroic mode.
All nine Mists of Pandaria dungeons will come with Challenge Modes.
Durability will not be affected by running Challenge Modes, since you won't be getting items
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Mists of Pandaria Rare Spawns: Lost and Found Preview
We covered the
rare spawns of Pandaria
a few weeks ago, and thought it was cool how they dropped a bunch of unique vanity items like
Mr. Smite's Brass Compass
. We thought Blizzard really outdid themselves by returning to some of the detailed insanity of vanilla with quirky rare spawns.
Well, there's more.
For the
Lost and Found
Exploration achievement series, you'll loot rare items that are just
lying around
Pandaria--pulling them out of trees, opening boxes, exploring caves. It's like hunting for a rare spawns' loot, except the NPC step has been cut out! As for what you'll find:
BoA rare weapons--some with unique models for transmog.
Fun recipes including
Four Senses Brew
that gives the illusion that your character is wearing a red
Cursed Vision of Sargeras
(casters rejoice!)
Vendor trash like
Ancient Pandaren Woodcutter
with joking flavor text.
Useful profession perks like
Ancient Pandaren Fishing Lure
.
BoP rares, usually looted from a chest.
Items are still being added--there were several in the most recent patch--so right now not every object listed
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Mists of Pandaria: Warrior Class Preview
Today's Mists of Pandaria class feature covers
Warrior
s. We have previews of all the new armor sets as well as screenshots of vanity glyphs and a list of ability changes! New abilities include
, and level 90 talents are
Avatar
,
, and
Storm Bolt
.
Also, if you like reading up on class changes,
Ghostcrawler joined twitter yesterday
. So far, nothing new, but his feed is quickly turning into another Beta Class Analysis thread with clarifications on achievements and abilities.
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
[model itemset=9,11
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Mists of Pandaria: Raid Weapon Models Preview
We're finishing up our Mists of Pandaria weapon previews with a look at 3D models from raids. In addition to the Sha-Touched weapons we previewed recently, all other weapons from LFR, Normal, and Heroic difficulty have unique colors and intricate models. There's also an unexpected bonus--we found that some Tier 9 raid models made their way to Pandaria, even some that are unobtainable since the removal of attempt-based Tribute Chests.
For past model previews, check out our weapons posts on
PvP
,
Questing and Dungeons
, and
Crafting
.
Tier 14 Raid Weapons
Raid Finder
Normal
Heroic
[model item=116927 slot=13 img=
http://wow.zamimg
.
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Mists of Pandaria: Shaman Class Preview
With Mists of Pandaria a month a way, we'll be previewing each class: their armor sets, changed abilities, cool spell graphics, and new talents. Today we'll take a look at
Shaman
. Most notably, there's been many changes to totems, level 90 talents are
,
Primal Elementalist
,
Elemental Blast
, and the new level 87 ability is
Ascendance
.
Armor Sets
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
Battlegear:
Firebird's Cuirass
Firebird's Grips
Firebird's Helmet
Firebird's Legguards
Firebird's Spaulders
Vestments:
Firebird's Faceguard
Firebird's Handwraps
Firebird's Legwraps
[item=866
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Mists of Pandaria: Quest and Dungeon Weapons Preview
We're continuing our visual previews of Mists of Pandaria weapons today with a look at 3D models of quest and dungeon weapons! Check out our PvP post for a look at all the
PvP weapon models
and click on the images to view them in our Flash 3D Modelviewer.
Models are still being assigned to beta weapons and some color variations may not make it to live, but you can use the View 3D option on all
Mists of Pandaria weapon pages
to see what a particular weapon looks like in the latest beta build. Right now, there aren't any parallels between weapon stats and model colors, like there are with some armor sets.
Quest and Dungeon Weapons
Dagger
[model item=116965 slot=13 img=
http://wow.zamimg.com/upl
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7
8
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