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Isle of Giants Preview: New Hunter Tames, Vanity Items
The PTR Patch notes call the Isle of Giants mysterious, but we hopped on the PTR to discover what surprises it held! In addition to the mount and pet quest rewards
shared earlier
, it's the home to tamable Direhorns and Zandalari devilsaurs, which can also drop
Primal Egg
that can contain yet another mount--
Reins of the Black Primal Raptor
.
Direhorn and Devilsaur Tames
The
Isle of Giants
is populated by
s and
Devilsaur
s, which each have five new skins. Several adult and baby dinosaurs of each color spaws in a specific location, which we've marked on the map below--click to enlarge.
To learn how to tame a
, you'll need to pick up a
Ancient Tome of Dinomancy
, obtained from looting any of the humanoid mobs on the
Isle of Giants
, which are mostly found in the southeast. This will grant you
Ancient Zandalari Knowledge
.
So far their only special ability is
and the Hatchlings are slightly smaller than the regular Direhorns.
And yes, a Direhorn stampede is everything you dreamed it would be.
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5.2 PTR: Spirit Beasts, Item Upgrade Hiatus, Revised T15 Set Bonuses
There are three new spirit beasts on the PTR--spectral porcupines. These pets are similar to the Firelands tames in that they spawn neutrally, are visible to anyone, can easily one shot players if not kited properly, and are invulnerable to being tamed unless they're below 20% HP. Thanks to user
Ozlem
for the tip!
Degu is a red porcupine that patrols to the east of Crane Wing Refuge in
Krasarang Wilds
.
Gumi is a blue porcupine that is to the north-west of One Keg, in the mountains of
Kun-Lai Summit
.
Spectral Porcupette
is the perfect companion!
Hutia is a green porcupine that is at the bottom of the hill to the south of Chun-Tian Monastery, where the sprites are in
The Jade Forest
.
: The spirit beast blesses your allies, increasing the mastery of all party and raid members by 3000 within 100 yards. Lasts for 1 min.
Spirit Mend
: The Spirit Beast heals the current friendly target for (1371 + ((RAP * 0.35) * 0.5)) plus an additional (527 + ((RAP * 0.35) * 0.335)) over 10 sec.
Spirit Walk
: Puts your pet in stealth mode, but slows its movement speed by 50%. The first attack from stealth receives a 20% bonus to damage. La
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5.2 PTR: New Elite and and Collectible Battle Pets
Today's news is all about battle pets on the PTR: the Pet Journal has been updated with over a dozen new collectible pets for 5.2 (including the adorable
Snowy Panda
), and we also have information on the new elite battle pets!
Elite Battle Pets
Elite Battle Pets are a new type of rare pet challenge in 5.2, similar to
Pandaren Spirit Tamer
in 5.1. The catch is that you'll be fighting one elite pet, instead of a team.
So far we have found at least one elite pet per zone, and defeating the Elite Battle pets completes
Beasts of Fable
and rewards you with a
Red Panda
! You'll be able to easily tell an elite battle pet by their special yellow paw print above their heads and on the minimap. So far, their levels change when they respawn, but this was confirmed to be a
bug that will be fixed in an upcoming PTR build
.
We flew around the PTR and grabbed screenshots and abilities for all the elite pets, which are listed below. Click on the zone links to bring up a map with the pet's coordinates.
Greyhoof <Calf of Darkness>
, Wild Plains, Valley of the Four Winds. Beast:
Trample
, [petability=4
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5.2 Raid Preview: Council of Elders Video, News Round Up
For today's news round up, we've got our very first look at the new 5.2 raid zone,
Throne of Thunder
. We also have some more Blizzard clarifications on 5.2 features--the ilvl for Throne of Thunder LFR is 480, PvP Honor gear will be nerfed to 476 to encourage people to increase their ilvl through PvE, and while the Item Upgrade vendors are removed in 5.2, they're still most likely returning in 5.3, and already-upgraded items will keep their stats.
Council of Elders
Raid testing on the PTR started Friday, January 11th, for the Council of Elders, so Lore from
TankSpot
tested and made a great preview video of the encounter! Even if you're not a dedicated raider, this video is still pretty cool because it's our first look at the interior of the Throne of Thunder--and it looks pretty awesome.
Click the "Dungeon Journal" tab to see a list of all the abilities! (Note: spell values generally default to 10-player normal, you can view "Effect" on a spell page to see the values for all difficulties.)
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5.2 PTR: All Season 11 PvP Gear Available, Ghostcrawler on T15 Set Bonuses
Vendors selling all Season 11 Cataclysm PvP gear have been added to the PTR! This has been something hybrid players have been wanting in MoP for both PvP twinking and transmog reasons, since some items like
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Mooncloth Robe
were removed in MoP. Only straight DPS classes on live can finish their S11 sets.
PvP vendors and items tend to get shuffled around a lot each season, so here's a list of who is currently selling what on the PTR:
Kylo Kelwin
in the Dalaran sewers and
Capps Carlin
in Gadgetzan sell ilvl 352 S9 Vicious, ilvl 371 S10 Ruthless, and ilvl 390 S11 Cataclysmic armor sets and accessories.
Herwin Steampop
in the Dalaran sewers and
Tiny Tayger
in Gadgetzan sell
ilvl 359 S9 Vicious
,
ilvl 378 S10 Ruthless
, and
ilvl 384 S11 Cataclysmic
weapons.
Blazik Fireclaw
and
Vixton Pinchwhistle
now sell just S4 Brutal and S8 Wrathful items-on live servers,
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5.2 PTR: New Legendary and Isle of Giants Quests, Zandalari Rare Spawns
Today's PTR news is all about vanity items: rare Zandalari spawns were added to the PTR which have a chance to drop mounts, quests were added to the Isle of Giants allowing you to get mounts and pets, and we've also datamined some legendary and elite battle pet quests.
If you're looking for raid news, we'll have
video coverage of the January 11th testing
up when Lore from
Tankspot
gets to run it!
Vanity Quests
Isle of Giants
is a mysterious zone that we knew was home to the rare elite
Oondasta
, but now we know it has another purpose. It's the place you go to farm
Giant Dinosaur Bone
to get a unique mount and pet! 9999 bones seems a bit extreme, especially since the bones only stack to 500, so this could be changed in a future PTR build--the takeaway message here is that this area has grindy quests with cool rewards. As Alliance, I'm excited about that raptor mount!
More Giant Dinosaur Bones
: Turning in 10 bones rewards you with
Mote of Harmony
.
Many More Giant Dinosaur Bones
: Turning in 100 bones rewards you with
Spirit of Harmony
.
A Large Pile of Giant Dinosaur Bones
: Turning in 1
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5.2 PTR: Raid Testing Schedule - January 11
Patch 5.2 PTR Raid testing for
Throne of Thunder
begins tomorrow with
Horridon
and
Council of Elders
. WoW Insider has a visual walkthrough of how to
find the hidden entrance
.
We'll be posting videos by Lore from
Tankspot
, and in the meantime, you can read up on the fights in our
5.2 Dungeon Journal Preview
.
On Friday, January 11, we will be testing our first two raid encounters of the 5.2 test cycle.<br /><br />Each encounter should be available at approximately the listed times below for all Public Test Realms.<br /><br />Horridon - 10 Player Normal<br />10:30 PDT (13:30 EDT, 19:30 CEST)<br /><br />Council of Elders - 10 Player Normal<br />16:00 PDT (19:00 EDT, 01:00 CEST)<br /><br />As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a beta environment. We might have to change the time of a testing session or cancel it entirely, due to bugs, builds, server hardware is
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5.2 PTR: Thunder Isle Zone Preview
In this latest PTR build,
Isle of Thunder
is open for testing. It's an island with faction hubs and daily quests, similar to
Isle of Quel'Danas
, and we were able to take screenshots of all the new populated areas, mobs, and architecture!
Check out our
list of 5.2 daily quests
for the two new Thunder Isle factions!
There is a weekly quest,
The Crumbled Chamberlain
, that players can pick up from a broken Mogu artifact spawning anywhere around the zone. It rewards you with
Key to the Palace of Lei Shen
, and as you search the island, the key periodically whispers and taunts you.
There are also randomly-spawning treasure chests,
Trove of the Thunder King
, which can contain a
Shan'ze Ritual Stone
, used for summoning elites around the island.
Completing a day's worth of dailies for your faction rewards you with
Arcane Trove
or
Sunreaver Bounty
, which can contain funny items like
Regarding Prohibited Magics
.
Isle of Thunder
Dawnseeker's Promentory
: This is the daily hub for the new Horde faction in 5.2, the Sunreaver Onslaught, led by
Lor'themar Theron
. Many familiar faces from Dalaran are present such as
Uda the Beast
and
High Arcanist Savor
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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 - Build 16446 - Tier 15 Set Bonuses, New Pets, Items
It's time for the second 5.2 PTR build--the first was back in December! This build has all the Tier 15 set bonuses, 16 new mounts and pets, new reputation insignias, and more troll gear like
Loa-Binder Disc
! Be sure to check out our
Build 16446 video and screenshot post
on new models, abilities, and rebuilt Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
Check out the latest additions!
Vanity Pets
There are eight new pets datamined in this build. We've included their location and flavor text from the Pet Journal:
Mountain Panda
: reward from Beasts of Fable, the new elite battle pet quest. "Cousin to the Snowy Panda, Mountain Pandas reside in the lower regions of Kun-Lai Summit."
Snowy Panda
: reward from Beasts of Fable, the new elite battle pet quest. "The white fur of the Snowy Panda allows it to hide in the snowbanks of Kun-Lai Summit.
Son of Animus
: drop from Throne of Thunder. "Forged in the Throne of Thunder, these tiny creations are servants of the great Dark Animus."
Spectral Porcupette
: reward from the
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Patch 5.1 Hotfixes: January 9th
Daxxarri
General
Attack Power gained from Vengeance is now capped at the player's maximum health.
Quests
Commander Oxheart
in Townlong Steppes will now sell
Crystallized Dread
,
Crystallized Horror
,
Crystallized Terror
and
Eye of the Black Prince
for gold to players that have completed the appropriate quest lines.
Completing
Heart Of The Alliance
or
A Gathering Storm
will no longer sometimes cause players to be phased incorrectly.
Dungeons, Raids & Scenarios
Mogu'shan Vaults
Feng the Accursed
now correctly has a chance to drop
Fan of Fiery Winds
and
Feng's Ring of Dreams
in the 10 player Heroic mode version of the encounter.
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2013 WoW TCG Loot Giveaway
Contest is now closed--thank you for all the amazing entries! Winners will be posted on the Contest page soon.
There's a lot of things to celebrate this January for WoW players: Blizzard rang in the New Year by opening up the
5.2 PTR
, the
Lunar Festival
is starting soon, and there's a new
Swift Windsteed
mount up in the Blizzard Store.
Our friends at
WoWTCGLoot
are making this month even more awesome for Wowhead users by generously giving us a ton of loot codes to hand out! We've got one of the rarest items
ever
to give away as the Grand Prize,
Tyrael's Hilt
, as well as other WoW TCG mounts and pets.
Grand Prize (1)
: 1x
Tyrael's Hilt
.
First Place (5)
: 2x
Feldrake
and 3x
Magic Rooster Egg
.
Second Place (10)
: 5x
Foam Sword Rack
and 5x
D.I.S.C.O.
.
Third Place (10)
: 10x
Purple Puffer
.
Remember you only have until January 16th at 11:59PM PDT before the giveaway closes.
How to Win
All you ha
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News Round Up: Eye of the Black Prince Available from Vendors, Ghostcrawler Career Advice
Legendary Socket and Gems Purchasable from
Commander Oxheart
Eye of the Black Prince
, the reward for completing
Chapter II: Wrathion's War
/
Chapter II: Wrathion's War
, is now available for from
Commander Oxheart
. Previously, players were hesitant to use their
Eye of the Black Prince
if they couldn't get another in the future. Ghostcrawler confirmed earlier on Twitter that this was unintended:
Ghostcrawler
@Ghostcrawler Can you comment on whether or not the inability to reobtain the Eye of the Black Prince is intentional.
@XextorXI Not intentional.
The legendary gems,
Crystallized Dread
,
Crystallized Horror
,
Crystallized Terror
, are also available from
Commander Oxheart
, for . Players are reporting that
works on all of these legendary items, saving a significant amount of gold.
To learn more about Mists of Pandaria's legendary questline, check out
Wowhead's guide
, updated for Patch 5.1 with information on how to both obtain Sha-Touched gems and
Eye of the Black Prince
.
LFR Droprates in 5.2
Ghostcrawler also confirmed that the droprate on Tier 14 LFR
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5.2 PTR: New Heirlooms, Future Item Upgrades, Ghostcrawler Tweets
Ghostcrawler has been using Twitter instead of the forums for a while, and recently he's been addressing a lot of class balance issues, as well as talking about the PTR.
The biggest announcement he's recently made was that new gear in 5.2 won't have Item Upgrade options, such as Throne of Thunder raid gear. Instead, Item Upgrades may be options for patches that do not have new raid content.
Is Item Upgrade going to be available for 5.2 Gear (e.g. Tyrannical PVP and Throne of Thunder). Thoughts on how well it works?
ATM, we are planning on no upgrading during 5.2. Too early to evaluate how well it worked. I'm sure it will need tweaking. I would think having higher ilevel would help a lot in the new content and will compete for a time with newer gear.
still no answer if VP will be reset/downgraded like in the past on 5.2's release?
I don't believe we have answered that yet.
(View Source)
Hi. Is valor pts upgrade system implemented only for in-between tiers period or also for new tiers one like in 5.2. ? Thanks.
Our plan at this mome
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Swift Windsteed Now on Sale at Blizzard Store
After seeing teasers on
Blizzard's facebook and the 5.1 PTR
, Blizzard's latest Pet Store mount is now on sale!
Swift Windsteed
costs $25/20 Euros from the
Blizzard store
and is a flying mount all present and future characters on an account will receive in the mail. Personally, we love the unique model and cloud it floats on--each Blizzard Store mount is more detailed than the last.
<div class="detail"><p>Take the reins of one of Pandaria’s most majestic and rare beasts, the Swift Windsteed, and it is said that good fortune will follow. Dart across the heavens on a silver cloud as fast as your riding skill allows. Once purchased from the <a href="
http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100002357"
target="_blank">Blizzard Store</a>, the mount will be available to all present and future characters for a single Battle.net® account.</p>
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5.2 PTR: New Daily Quests
We've got the first batch of 5.2 daily quests to share with you and one thing is for certain--you'll be killing a lot of Trolls. The majority of datamined quests cover daily quests associated with two new factions, the Kirin-Tor Offensive and the Sunreaver Onslaught. Several of these quests are in a very early stage, between their jokey names or missing descriptions, but other offer details about the Loa, Zandalari lore developments, and the Mogu.
There's also some information on the areas in Isle of the Thunder King--the Bestiary of Jelek appears to be a center for Zandalari forces, while the Court of Bones is home to Mogu Sorcerers. And this patch's poop quest is found in Ihgaluk Crag, home to the Saurok.
We also found a weekly quest and raid quest tied to the upcoming 5.2 raid, Throne of Thunder:
Weekly Quest
:
The Crumbled Chamberlain
. You there! Assist me. In life I was the keeper of keys for his majesty, the Thunder King. For my dedication, I was condemned to this stone form, forever forced to watch over these keys. Someone has desecrated my glorious body and sent pieces of it across the island. The thought of spending an eternity without my
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5.2 PTR: Isle of Giants, Transmog Weapon Restrictions Changed
Today we have a video by Lore of the
Isle of Giants
, the mysterious island to the north of
Kun-Lai Summit
. This island is pretty abandoned for now, but has some lush jungle foliage and the world boss
Oondasta
, a huge dinosaur. You can read about
Oondasta
's abilties in our
Dungeon Journal preview
.
Transmog Weapon Restrictions Changed
Last month, Blizzard tweeted about possible transmog restrictions being lifted in 5.2:
Zarhym
Removing main-hand/off-hand Xmog restrictions maybe by 5.2. Also allowing Xmog of weaps w/ similar anims (2H axe/2H sword, etc).
Problem right now is fist weapons can be quite big, & Monk anims are detailed enough that these weapons cause bad art clipping.
I discussed w/ @Ghostcrawler & he's going to see if we can make polearm Xmog work for War/DK/Ret weapon types. Want to!
While transmogging Off Hand or Main Hand weapons to One Hand weapons wasn't possible on the PTR, we realized that over 600 Ma
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5.2 PTR: New Spell Effects
Several new and redesigned abilities got interesting spell effects on the PTR, so we took screenshots and Lore made a video of them! Here's the ones we thought were the most interesting:
Ring of Peace
, Level 60
Monk
New Talent: Forms a sanctuary around the target for 8 sec, causing all enemies to be silenced and disarmed within 8 yards.
, Level 30 Brewmaster and Windwalker
Monk
ability: Clears you of all root, stun and fear effects and reduces the duration of future such effects by 60% for 6 sec. Nimble Brew can be cast while stunned or feared.
Marked for Death
, Level 90
Rogue
New Talent (replaces Versatility): Mark the target, instantly generating 5 combo points on them. When the target dies, Marked for Death's cooldown is reset.
, Level 60
Rogue
New Talent: Immediately teleport to a targeted location, leaving a shadow of yourself behind. Upon activating the effect a second time, or after 10 sec, you will return to your shadow's location.
Shuriken Toss
, level 90
Rogue
Redesigned Talent: A ranged attack that deals 1246 Physical damage to an enemy target. If the enemy is farther than
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5.2 PTR Zone Preview: Isle of Giants, Isle of the Thunder King
The 5.2 PTR opened up today, and while it's still a work in progress, we have some visual previews of the new zones for you!
The
Isle of Giants
is a small tropical isle to the north of Kun-Lai Summit that features the new world boss,
Oondasta
, a troll dinosaur.
The
Isle of the Thunder King
is able to be explored in an incomplete scenario form.
Edit: as of 1/3, these scenarios have been locked, most likely to fix some bugs.
This is the location for the new 5.2 raid, new quest hubs featuring the Kirin Tor Offensive and Sunreaver Onslaught, a new world boss, a Lightning Forge used to craft weapons with distinctive or formerly-removed models, and a Shipyard, Main Courtyard, and Treasure Room.
Video:
Isle of Thunder
Lore from
Tankspot
explored the Scenario version of
Isle of Thunder
. In his walkthrough of the zone, he speculates on what each visually-unique area is used for, based on the 5.2 PTR Patch Notes.
Click the cut to see the screenshots for the Isle of the Thunder King and Isle of Giants!
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5.2 PTR Now Available to Play, PTR Patch Notes
The 5.2 PTR just opened up with level 90 premades available! We're really excited to be able to check out all the
cool things we datamined last month
and will be having more news up shortly! Right now it looks like at least two scenarios are open for each faction.
Check out our 5.2 PTR coverage so far:
5.2 PTR - Build 16408 - New Items, Spell Changes, Tier 15 Armor
New Troll Transmog Gear
Season 13 PvP Armor
Patch 5.2 Patch Note Preview
5.2 Raid and Scenario Preview
Click the cut to read the patch notes!
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