World of Warcraft's fifth expansion pack, Warlords of Draenor, will send the player back in time and across dimensions to an alternative Draenor, before it was shattered into the Outland, which we last saw in The Burning Crusade. The Dark Portal returns, and with it comes a new level cap of 100, new character models, dungeons, raids, player housing, and more.

This guide will be updated weekly with new information as it comes in. Check back often!

Release Date Info

• WoW Insider's Best Guess: Summer / Fall 2014
• Ghostcrawler: "Feels like we are farther along for WoD than we were for MoP"
• February 2014 -- Is there already an internal alpha?
• February 2014 -- Warlords of Draenor beings making an appearance in the launcher and in the Blizzard store

BlizzCon 2013 Announcement Trailer




Gameplay Reviews and Interviews

• BlizzCon 2013 Gameplay Reviews
  • Olivia Grace
  • Matt Low
  • Sarah Pine
• Warlords of Draenor: 5 cool things you may have missed at BlizzCon 2013
• BlizzCon announcement

Game Systems

Items, heirlooms, bag space

• Gearing in WoD (November 2013)
• How heirlooms will work in WoD (November 2013)
• Huge changes coming to itemization (November 2013)
• Inventory improvements coming in WoD (November 2013)
• More information on the new toybox feature (January 2014)
• Larger bags coming pre-inventory improvements (January 2014)
• No primary stat gems (December 2013)

Garrisons

• Details on the art of Garrisons (February 2014)
• More Garrison tidbits (February 2014)
• Update on Garrisons from Cory Stockton (January 2014)

Leveling

• Character boost footage (February 2014)
• Free level 90 with pre-purchase, buy-a-90 confirmed for testing (January 2014)
• Instant level 90 with purchase of Warlords of Draenor

Mounts, movement, flying

• Flying mounts may not be allowed until patch 6.1 (November 2013)
• More on the flying delay (November 2013)

Pet Battles

• Breed battle pets in your garrison (November 2013)
• Pet Battle level cap to remain at 25 in WoD (January 2014)

PvP

• Diminishing return changes (January 2014)
• New world PvP zone (November 2013)
• PvP damage and potential Resilience removal (January 2014)
• PvP power's proposed redesign (January 2014)
• PvP rework brings back Skirmishes, adds Spectator Invites (February 2014)
• PvP toggle for PvE realms coming in WoD (January 2014)

Raiding, dungeons, scenarios, challenge modes, proving grounds

• Blizzard wants to offer regular new 5-man dungeons in WoD (January 2014)
• Flex, Group Finder, and Raid Finder's roles (January 2014)
• Group Finder will allow leaders to filter applicants (December 2013)
• Major raid changes coming in WoD (November 2013)
• Mythic Raiding: Why 20-mans? (November 2013)
• New challenge modes coming in WoD (February 2014)
• Proving Grounds will be required for Heroic Dungeon random queues (February 2014)
• Proving Grounds will be updated (February 2014)
• Raids will be non-linear whenever possible (February 2014)
• Siege of Orgrimmar updating to Warlords-mode raiding in 6.0 (January 2014)

Spells, stats, abilities, racials, item squsih

• Changes coming to casting on the move (February 2014)
• Clarification on the removal of dodge (February 2014)
• Item Squish Soloing: Yes (January 2014), Yes (January 2014), Yes (February 2014)
• No sweeping changes to racials (November 2013)
• Player crowd control removal (January 2014)
• Stamina alone to determine health in WoD (November 2013)

Transmogrification

• Diablo III transmog coming to WoW (November 2013)

WoD Class Details

Death Knight

• 5 Abilities death knights could lose in Warlords of Draenor (February 2014)
• Warlords of Draenor Q&A for death knights (November 2013)

Druid

• Coming soon!

Hunter

• 10 reasons to use your level 90 boost on a hunter (February 2014)
• BlizzCon 2013 recap for hunters (November 2013)
• Tweets reveal more information for hunters (December 2013)

Mage

• Coming soon!

Monk

• Coming soon!

Paladin

• BlizzCon 2013 recap for paladins and for tankadins (November 2013)

Priest

• Coming soon!

Rogue

• Coming soon!

Shaman

• Coming soon!

Warlock

• Coming soon!

Warrior

• A new look at level 100 warrior talents (February 2014)
• BlizzCon 2013 recap for warriors (November 2013)

Lore

• Exclusive first look at Christie Golden's new novel, War Crimes
• Warlords of Draenor and the absence of Aggra
• Warlords of Draenor: The Story So Far
• Know Your Lore: Draenei and deep time
• Know Your Lore: Draenor, as the Draenei saw it
• Know Your Lore: A guide to the Orc clans of Draenor
• Know Your Lore: The mysteries of Draenor
• Know Your Lore: The warlords of Draenor
• Metzen reveals Garrosh "sets things in motion" in Warlords of Draenor
• Who we will and won't see in Warlords of Draenor

Artwork & Music

• Character models and the impact on system requirements (February 2014)
• Draenei and Blood Elf now on the list of planned model updates (January 2014)
• New character models (November 2013)
  • Blood Elf Female
  • Blood Elf Male
  • Draenei Female
  • Draenei Male
  • Dwarf Female (February 2014)
  • Dwarf Male (November 2013)
  • Gnome Female (November 2013)
  • Gnome Male (November 2013)
  • Human Female (January 2014)
  • Human Male
  • Orc Female (February 2014)
  • Orc Male (November 2013)
  • Tauren Female
  • Tauren Male (November 2013)
  • Undead Female
  • Undead Male (November 2013)
• New skins and hairstyles planned (January 2014)
• New Talador screenshots #1 and #2 (February 2014)
• Preview the WoD soundtrack (December 2013)
• Shadowmoon Valley gameplay footage (February 2014)
• Visual clutter to be reduced (January 2014)

Casual Players

• 7 things casual players need to know about Warlords of Draenor (November 2013)

Opinions and Editorials

• Do not panic about character boost prices
• Do we need free character re-customization for the new models?
• How can Blizzard improve honor with Warlords of Draenor?
• Level 90 boosting is not the end of the World of Warcraft
• My Warlords of Draenor dreams
• My Warlords of Draenor wish list
• Should Blizzard revamp in-game voice chat to go with the group finder?
• Should weapons be more universal?
• Simplify point-based currencies in Warlords
• The case for catch-up dungeons
• The problem of raid clutter
• The return of hard heroic 5-mans?
• The wonders and perils of betas
• Warlords of Draenor PvP: Everything is awesome!
• What needs to happen to professions in Warlords of Draenor?
• Why I don't hate Warlords of Draenor's level 90 boost
• Why Warlords of Draenor needs a legendary chain
• Why Warlords of Draenor needs a pre-expansion event
• Will Warlords of Draenor be alt-friendly?
• World of Warcraft, complexity, and design vs. sprawl

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