Word of Warcraft

4.0.6 Fishing

2011-01-10T12:24:00.000+01:00

Patch 4.0.6 is now on Public Test Realms. It adds:

A new fishing cursor (illustrated).

Cooking recipe for Scalding Murglesnout – a non-buff food, which is currently cooked from 3 Sharptooth. Recipe requires cooking skill 500, and is sold for 3 Chef’s Awards.

4.0.6 PTR Patch Notes Updated - New Meta Gems!

2011-01-10T12:23:00.000+01:00

4.0.6 PTR Patch Notes Updated - New Meta Gems!: "Malgayne pointed it out earlier, but I wanted to draw more attention to the fact that, last night, Blizzard updated their Patch 4.0.6 PTR Patch Notes!

Notable changes include:

All guild banners now reward bonus reputation in addition to honor and experience.
Archaeology fragments now have a hard cap of 200 per race. Players will not be able to collect additional fragments until they complete artifacts to take them down below 200 fragments. Players with more than 200 fragments will not lose additional fragments in 4.0.6, but in a future patch we may remove any fragments above 200.
Meta gems with the Chaotic and Relentless prefixes now have a requirement of 3 red gems.
New meta gems have been added: Agile Shadowspirit Diamond (Agility/3% critical damage), Reverberating Shadowspirit Diamond (Strength/3% critical damage), and Burning Shadowspirit Diamond (Intellect/3% critical damage). These new recipes are unbound and can drop from any Cataclysm creature. The new meta gems have a requirement of 3 red gems equipped.
Quest turn-in NPCs have been added to Baradin Base Camp and Hellscream's Reach in Tol Barad Peninsula for the Tol Barad bonus quests. This will allow players to turn in these quests if the original quest givers in Tol Barad are not available.
Kill credit for the Tol Barad bonus quest bosses will now be granted to players who have helped attack them, even if they are not in the same group. These bosses include Problim, Archmage Galus, Warden Silva, and Svarnos.

We have updated our version of the Patch Notes, and you can check out the full list of additions after the break!

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By Miyari on 01/07/2011 at 8:35 AM"

TankSpot's Guide to Atramedes in Blackwing Descent

2010-12-21T09:45:00.000+01:00

TankSpot's Guide to Atramedes in Blackwing Descent: "The crew at TankSpot have posted their guide to Atramedes, in Blackwing Descent!

As usual, the full transcript is after the break!

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By Malgayne on 12/20/2010 at 4:29 PM"

Feast of Winter Veil 2010 Guide

2010-12-16T09:34:00.000+01:00

Feast of Winter Veil 2010 Guide: "

The Feast of Winter Veil is the typical year end winter seasonal holiday with snow, gnomes in holiday gear, presents, cookies, and other seasonal themes in the wonderful world of warcraft. Unlike other holidays, there isn’t a huge focus on loot or character advancement. Instead the focus is on merriment, fun and just having a good time with your friends and guildies.

The following are the activities available during the holiday:

Type: Holiday Event

Date: December 15th – January 2nd

Location: Most Major Cities

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TankSpot's Guide to The Conclave of Wind (10 man)

2010-12-16T09:32:00.000+01:00

TankSpot's Guide to The Conclave of Wind (10 man): "TankSpot has posted their guide to the 10-man version of the Conclave of Wind encounter in Throne of the Four Winds!

Remember, you can always watch these videos directly on the NPC pages by clicking the video thumbnail on the right. And naturally, the full transcript is after the break!

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By Malgayne on 12/15/2010 at 1:26 PM"

Blizzard Launching "War Games": PvP Practice Matches

2010-12-14T08:32:00.000+01:00

Blizzard Launching "War Games": PvP Practice Matches: "Blizzard is implementing a War Game system—a system broadly similar to the old Arena skirmish system.

Basically, with a simple text command, you can now start a "War Game" against another group in a battleground, or another arena team, the matches don't actually count for achievements or currency rewards, and you can only initiate them against other people on your realm—but it's a great way to test out new players in PvP, or hold grudge matches against old enemies.

The new system opens up with Arena Season 9!

The full blue post is after the break, complete with a Q&A.

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By Malgayne on 12/13/2010 at 1:01 PM"

Cataclysm Reputations Guide - Vendors, Rewards and More!

2010-12-13T10:56:00.000+01:00

Cataclysm Reputations Guide - Vendors, Rewards and More!: "With many players already reaching max level in the new expansion, we thought you guys might want a review of all of the amazing Cataclysm reputation rewards available! In Cataclysm, you can raise reputation with most factions simply by questing in their respective zones, and then finishing off with daily quests or simply running level 85 dungeons with the appropriate tabard. That's why we've put together a full guide, complete with reward tables and prices, for all of the new Cataclysm factions!

It's important to notice that, once again, shoulder and helm enchants are available as faction reputation rewards.

Shoulder Enchants
Require Therazane reputation.
Available at Honored reputation:

Available at Exalted reputation:

Helm Enchants
Available at Revered reputation with their respective factions.

Arcanum of Hyjal - 60 Intellect, 35 critical strike rating
Arcanum of the Earthen Ring - 90 Stamina, 35 dodge rating
Arcanum of the Ramkahen - 60 Agility, 35 haste rating
Arcanum of the Dragonmaw / Arcanum of the Wildhammer - 60 Strength, 35 mastery rating

Read on for our full, detailed look at all of the new Cataclysm factions, including ways to earn reputation and all of their glorious rewards!

Don't forget, you can easily track your characters' quest and reputation progression with our Completion Tracker using the Wowhead Client!

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By Miyari on 12/10/2010 at 8:05 PM"

TankSpot's Guide to Blackrock Caverns

2010-12-13T10:55:00.000+01:00

TankSpot's Guide to Blackrock Caverns: "TankSpot is still going, with a new guide to Blackrock Caverns!

LIke yesterday, we've already posted the video on the zone page, and the boss pages.

The transcript of the guide is after the break, if you prefer to read while you listen. :)

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By Miyari on 12/10/2010 at 12:54 PM"

Low-Level Guides

2010-12-10T10:23:00.001+01:00

Low-Level Guides: "

I'm back! And I'm going to make guides! Lots of guides! (Or at least some, but lets not worry about that.)

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Grim Batol Instance Guide

2010-12-10T10:23:00.000+01:00

Grim Batol Instance Guide: "

Grim Batol is a mountain fortress located in the eastern Wetlands. It has great walls and spires that reach toward a steel-gray sky, but the stronghold’s bulk is underground. Founded by Wildhammer dwarves and later captured by orcs, a flight of red dragons now command Grim Batol. The dragons guard a secret power within the fortress and let no one near.

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Blackrock Caverns Instance Guide

2010-12-10T10:22:00.000+01:00

Blackrock Caverns Instance Guide: "

Blackrock Caverns is the first of two new wings in Blackrock Spire introduced in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. It is designed as a 5-man instance for players level 80 to 81. It is a series of tunnels created by Deathwing from the Twilight Highlands to Blackrock Mountain. Here the twisted Twilight's Hammer clan is transporting their supplies back and forth from the highlands and practicing the mysterious dark arts that transform the zealots into dragonspawn. The forces here are led by the Ascendant Lord Obsidius.

Players will need to be level 80 and find the entrance to Blackrock Caverns in order to use the Dungeon Finder for the instance. The entrance is just off of the main ring in Blackrock Mountain on the non-jumping path to Blackrock Spire. Head to the eastern side of the ring to see the summoning stone for Blackrock Spire and follow the path. As it turns north there is a blockade blocking the way. Look right to see the instance line.

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WoW-Pro Leveling Addon - How the launch went

2010-12-10T10:19:00.000+01:00

WoW-Pro Leveling Addon - How the launch went: "
The Cataclysm launch went very well. I dinged 84 last night with my character, and I did that while:

Editing mistakes I saw in the leveling addon files
Sleeping and eating (granted, I don't sleep much) normally!
Only took the morning off on tuesday, which means I almost did normal work hours since the release and still managed to hit level 84 last night around midnight in Uldum while taking notes and updating the leveling guides as I went.

This just shows how good our leveling addon is! It allows for such fast leveling, without ever having any downtime being stuck on a quest. I'll hit level 85 tonight easily, while taking notes to update the Twilight Highlands guide ;)

And it keeps getting better, as our team of guide writers and testers go through our guides several times, we spot mistakes or things that could be optimized, and we improve them!

Cataclysm is out since only 3 days, and we already got tons of updates, which will be implemented in the next Addon Update (coming soon!).

Meanwhile, if you can't wait and want the latest versions, I've uploaded the new Uldum file, which I just re-optimized myself. It should be near perfect now:

Download: WoW-Pro Leveling Addon - Updated Uldum File

And of course, our Uldum Leveling Guide gets you the following zone achievements:

About addon leveling speed: I honestly don't think there can be a faster way to level up. I was level 82 in about 7 hours of /play after the launch, and that's with:

A very poorly equipped character which I hadn't played since he hit level 80 back then in WotLK!
All the overcrowding and fighting over the same NPCs with other players. I even lost 20 minutes on a certain quest in Mount Hyjal, it was hell.
I was taking notes as I went! Wasting time alt-tabbing between the game and my notepad.

So just imagine the kind of leveling speed you can get without all those hinderances ;)

All in all, I'm extremely happy and impressed with the our Leveling Addon, and I can't wait to do a speed run with a new character once it's all finished.

I'll post my results of course once I'm there, so stay tuned (list of our feeds, twitter, facebook, newsletter, etc) for more leveling guides and addon updates!

Archaeology 1-525 Powerleveling Guide

2010-12-09T08:40:00.000+01:00

Archaeology 1-525 Powerleveling Guide: "

Leveling Archaeology to 525 is very straight forward but brace yourself as it will take time and plenty of patience. So let's get started... here is a simple guide on how to powerlevel your Archaeology from 1 to 525 which will be updated as the game progresses.

Levels 1-100

To start off, head to your faction's Archaeology trainer in either Stormwind or Orgrimmar (there's also one in Dalaran). You will need to be at least level 20 to get started. Now you've gained two abilities, Survey and Archaeology. For the first 100 levels we'll only use Survey and avoid Archaeology. Let's start by heading to our first digsite. To find one, open up your map and look for shovel icons.

Once you arrive at a digsite, use your Survey ability and your character will survey the site and determine the location and distance the artifact is away from your current location. The scope will point in the direction of the artifact and the color of the light will tell you if it's very close (green), near by (yellow) or far away (red).

The moment you find and receive the artifact you will gain one level. You can survey each digsite 3 times and you will always have 4 digsites available per continent. Continue surveying until level 100. Try to avoid completing artifacts until you've reached level 100 since you will no longer be able to level up by surveying after level 100.

Levels 100-525

Once you're level 100, you're done leveling by finding artifacts (although you'll need finding artifacts). Now you should complete your artifacts by solving them. You can do this by using your Archaeology ability and selecting 'Solve' where you have enough artifacts to do so. This will give you 5 levels per completed artifact as well as a novelty item, often worth a few silver or gold to a vendor. As you reach higher levels and solve better artifacts there are novelty items, Bind on Equip and even Bind on Account items available from Archaeology.

Guild Achievements No Longer Reward Guild XP

2010-12-09T08:39:00.000+01:00

Guild Achievements No Longer Reward Guild XP: "Nethaera posted on the official forums a little while ago to let us know that guild achievements no longer reward guild experience.

This is a pretty significant nerf, since guild experience is capped on a daily basis—and up until recently, guild achievements were able to reward experience bonuses above and beyond the daily cap.

It looks like the result of this was that guilds were leveling a lot faster than Blizzard intended. See the the full post after the break.

Remember: if you have any questions about the Guild Advancement system, you can find our complete guide here!

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By Malgayne on 12/07/2010 at 4:42 PM"

Cataclysm Launch Event Gallery

2010-12-09T08:38:00.000+01:00

Cataclysm Launch Event Gallery: "So I'm home from the Cataclysm Launch Event!

it was a great time last night, lots of people there. One person said there were over 9000—but I realized later that may have been a joke. I even saw a lot of people who I had seen two years ago at the Wrath release event—I even ran into John Finch, the guy who was first in line last year. He said he'd arrived 48 hours before, and was still only 20th in line.

Once again, I want to thank Blizzard for NOT being the kind of company who tries to create buzz by not having enough copies of the game at launch. I wasn't there until about 7pm, and I still got a Collector's Edition. :)

This whole process has been kind of nostalgic for me, because for those of you who've been with us for a while, you may know that our discussion and picture gallery of the original Wrath launch event two years ago was actually our very first set of blog posts. So with that in mind, I leave you now as I left you then, with the most important part of the whole process:

I've got my copy. Where's yours?

Check after the break for photos from the event!

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By Malgayne on 12/07/2010 at 2:15 PM"

WoW Cataclysm Expansion Unboxing

2010-12-06T19:04:00.001+01:00

WoW Cataclysm Expansion Unboxing: "

Finally got my copy of WoW Cataclysm expansion box set... woot! Here some pics to share with all of you.

Here's looking forward to a brand new world tomorrow and sleepless nights for months to come.. lol!

A special THANKS to the peeps over at OffGamers.com for a speedy delivery and impeccable service. /bow & /respect

Cataclysm Fishing

2010-12-06T19:04:00.000+01:00

Cataclysm Fishing: "

Highlights:

Train Illustrious Angler up to 525 fishing skill. Realm firsts available at launch.

Catch and cook Cataclysm fish from new zones (officially). Also fish for Volatile Water and Fire, and Alchemists’ Albino Cavefish.

Complete guild pool-fishing achievements to gain the recipe for the new feast, Seafood Magnifique Feast.

Gain a Lure Master Tackle Box, the first fishing bag.

For a brief guide scan the Cataclysm FAQ. For more details, see the Cataclysm section. We’re still searching for some of “the fun stuff“, so if you catch anything new, please let us know.

Cataclysm Expansion Launches Tonight

2010-12-06T19:03:00.000+01:00

Cataclysm Expansion Launches Tonight: "It's finally here.

After two BlizzCons worth of waiting, The Cataclysm officially begins—tonight!

Once again, we've got all the information you need in order to take on Deathwing and his minions. This post will be your home base for all our Cataclysm content—just start here and follow the links below!

Latest Additions | Talent Calculator

Check out the BFF Report's special on leveling past 80! Part 1 | Part 2

Also, don't forget our video guide to How to Find Cataclysm Dungeon Entrances!

Cataclysm Changes (December 7th)

By Malgayne on 12/06/2010 at 9:50 AM"

Cataclysm Preview: New Profession Info

2010-12-06T12:53:00.000+01:00

Cataclysm Preview: New Profession Info: "Cataclysm is tomorrow (or today really), and one of the (many) things that will become available when the clock strikes midnight is the new professions?

Not only will everyone have access to the new profession, Archaeology, they'll also be able to level the existing professions up to 525 skill—for a rank of Illustrious Grand Master!

We have (of course) written up a preview of all the professions, archaeology included, below. Like many of these posts, this content has been posted in our Cataclysm Guide for a while now, but this seemed like a good time to make sure you guys had quick and easy access to all the info. So check it after the break!

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By Malgayne on 12/06/2010 at 4:08 AM"

WoW-Pro Addon Update - v2.0.6

2010-12-06T09:55:00.000+01:00

WoW-Pro Addon Update - v2.0.6: "

Current Version: 2.0.6

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News Roundup: City Tabard Reputation Clarified, Low Level Glyphs + Videos!

2010-12-06T09:53:00.000+01:00

News Roundup: City Tabard Reputation Clarified, Low Level Glyphs + Videos!: "More news!

We've gathered a couple of interesting blue posts—specifically, a clarification on how you gain reputation from the new city tabards, and thoughts on how glyphs are used by low levels. On top of this, we've posted a couple of awesome videos, including someone playing WoW on their mobile phone, and a hand-crafted one-take video of "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel, set in Stormwind!

Join us after the break!

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By Miyari on 12/03/2010 at 7:52 PM"

Farming Savage Leather & Target Mobs

2010-12-03T09:41:00.000+01:00

Farming Savage Leather & Target Mobs: "

Savage Leather and Deepsea Scales, which are both very widely used mats for crafting Cataclysm's Leatherworking items. Well in Wetlands / Menethil Harbour, near the docks is several sharks named Harbor Shredfin of level 22 range which you can skin and apparently they have semi decent droprate while skinning for Savage Leather and Deepsea Scales.

Another even better spot if you bring along a skinner friend is in Eastern Plaguelands killing and skinning Landlocked Grouper. I went and tested out this spot with a friend, we noticed this spot has a forced spawn between the 2 sides of the bridge. So there is ALWAYS mobs to kill almost instantaneously.

As mentioned, this spot actually works a lot faster then the Menethil Harbour spot IF you have a skinner friend doing the other side of the bridge. You will Always have a mob in range to kill and few others to skin. Infact we were having problems managing to actually skin all the mobs we killed.

Other notable mobs that can be skinned for Savage Leather are:

Wetlands [Skinning Skill required: 105 - 115]

Harbor Shredfin

Ocean Shredfin

Thousand Needles [Skinning Skill required: 200 - 215]

Remora Scrounger

Barbed Gassgill

Cataclysm: New Dungeons & Raids Preview

2010-12-03T09:40:00.001+01:00

Cataclysm: New Dungeons & Raids Preview: "We recently previewed the upcoming Cataclysm zones, where we showed off the awesome new zones players will be able to experience in less than a week. We've not only got awesome zones such as Uldum, Kezan and Vashj'ir to look forward to, but many of these new zones feature new dungeons and raids as well! Cataclysm will ship with eight new dungeons, two upgraded Heroic versions of classic dungeons, and four new raids (with more being released in later patches). These dungeons will (of course) feature both normal and heroic versions, with raid encounters offering unlockable encounter-specific difficulty toggling. These raids will support the Flexible Lock System (detailed here, as well as in our Cataclysm Guide), allowing players to adjust raid sizing as necessary.

We've already seen quite a bit of new dungeon loot courtesy of the Cataclysm Beta, and there are many new items which can be purchased from vendors (including Tier 11 pieces!) using the new Justice Points and Valor Points currencies. Thankfully, Blizzard gave us a peek at how many points we can plan on earning in these upcoming dungeons and raids!

Dungeons
Cataclysm Heroic dungeon boss - Justice Points
Cataclysm Daily Normal dungeon - Justice Points
Cataclysm Daily Heroic dungeon - Valor Points

Raids
Cataclysm 10-player raid boss - Valor Points
Cataclysm 25-player raid boss - Valor Points

Check out previews of all of the upcoming dungeons and raids in Cataclysm (with screenshots, videos and more!) after the break!

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By Miyari on 12/02/2010 at 2:35 PM"

Cataclysm: New Dungeon Preview

2010-12-03T09:40:00.000+01:00

Cataclysm: New Dungeon Preview: "We recently previewed the upcoming Cataclysm zones, where we showed off the awesome new zones players will be able to experience in less than a week. We've not only got awesome zones such as Uldum, Kezan and Vashj'ir to look forward to, but many of these new zones feature new dungeons and raids as well! Cataclysm will ship with eight new dungeons, two upgraded Heroic versions of classic dungeons, and four new raids (with more being released in later patches). These dungeons will (of course) feature both normal and heroic versions, with raid encounters offering unlockable encounter-specific difficulty toggling. These raids will support the Flexible Lock System (detailed here, as well as in our Cataclysm Guide), allowing players to adjust raid sizing as necessary.

We've already seen quite a bit of new dungeon loot courtesy of the Cataclysm Beta, and there are many new items which can be purchased from vendors (including Tier 11 pieces!) using the new Justice Points and Valor Points currencies. Thankfully, Blizzard gave us a peek at how many points we can plan on earning in these upcoming dungeons and raids!

Dungeons
Cataclysm Heroic dungeon boss - Justice Points
Cataclysm Daily Normal dungeon - Justice Points
Cataclysm Daily Heroic dungeon - Valor Points

Raids
Cataclysm 10-player raid boss - Valor Points
Cataclysm 25-player raid boss - Valor Points

Check out previews of all of the upcoming dungeons and raids in Cataclysm (with screenshots, videos and more!) after the break!

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By Miyari on 12/02/2010 at 2:35 PM"

Pull Mobs Up to 150 Yards Away Exploit

2010-12-01T09:45:00.000+01:00

Pull Mobs Up to 150 Yards Away Exploit: "

This is a very useful and new exploit whereby you can pull mobs or bosses from 10 yards to a massive 150 yards away. What is need is the quest item [Enohar's Explosive Arrow] provided for the newly created quest (sadly Alliance only) Curtail the Darktail from Enohar Thunderbrew in Blasted Lands can be used on any target, off the GCD.

- Has a .5 second cast time, so it cannot be used during other casts, but it can be used while moving. Has a minimum range of 15 yards, and maximum of 150.

- Provides no threat, or damage. Does not tag mobs.

- Places you and the target in combat.

- Does not require line of sight.

- Will flag you for pvp if using against a pvp target.

Some useful uses I have found after some testing:

- Pull anything from farther than the range of your skills. Does not tag the mob, however - you must still use a typical attack that will tag the mob for loot/credit. As it does not require line of site, I have pulled mobs and bosses from around corners in various dungeons.

- Keep players in combat, so they cannot stealth or use mounts.

- Kite mobs without damaging them.