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The Death Knight is a hero class, which means it won't be initially available for character creation for new players. According to current information, players will need to have a character of at least level 55 to be able to make a Death Knight. It had been thought that the DK would be unlocked by a level 80 quest chain, but Nethaera recently posted that this is currently not planned, since it would cause people to rush to the level cap just to roll a DK. 11/04/08