Season of Discovery Phase 1: Everything You Need to Know

hello and welcome to Warcraft Tavern I'm luxa and this is everything you need to know about phase one of season of Discovery there are currently four content phases planned for season of Discovery each phase will have a new level cap and new challenges in the form of revamped vanilla content the level cap for Phase 1 will be 25 for Phase 2 it will be 40 phase 3 will be 50 and phase four will bring us to 60 which is the max level in vanilla wow we may eventually see additional phases featuring molten core and other classic grads for phase one a level cap of 25 means that many classes will be missing key abilities such as Divine shield for paladins and chain heel for shamans it also means that many talents will not be accessible in talent trees we'll only have 16 Talent points to spend at level 25 and Capstone talents require 30 that means no moon con form for balance Druids and no Shadow form for shadow priests skills will also be capped at skill level 225 or expert level that includes weapon skills professions and lockpicking for Rogues this will limit the kinds of items you can gather and craft to make up for some of the abilities we'll be missing new abilities are being added through Rune Engravings Rune Engravings are abilities that can be applied to your gear like enchants in phase one we'll have Rune Engravings available for the chest hands and leg slots with more Rune slots to be added in future phases each slot will have between three and five possible runes that can be applied runes can be applied anytime you're out of combat and are not restricted to any particular role or specialization the abilities being added by runes will expand the roles that are available to play including a brand new build never before seen in World of Warcraft a mage healer Rogue Shaman and warlock tanks will also be fully viable for the first time several builds that were previously weak Beacon vanilla wow will get a big Boost from runes including Paladin tanks melee hunters and pretty much all jured specs efforts are being made in season of Discovery to equalize the different factions and races so you can play what you want without sacrificing key abilities through the new Rune Engravings horde will gain access to Blessing of Kings through hunters and Alliance will get wind Fury totem through Druids in addition priests will be able to access all priest racial abilities fear Wards for everyone there are also plans to compensate for racial differences in weapon skills through New Gear items getting around at level 25 will be a matter of running around on foot since mounts won't be accessible until Level 40 the exception is a special amount you'll be able to earn through Ashen Vil PVP which can only be used in that zone Mages won't be able to make portals for other players until Level 40 although they will be able to teleport report themselves warlocks will be able to summon people although doing so requires farming Soul shards and having two other characters to click on the portal since you'll be hoofing it all across Azeroth in this phase with no mounts and no portals class abilities that help you get around faster will be at a premium the Shaman's ghostwolf and Rogue Sprint will no doubt see a lot of use even abilities like slowfall can be useful for getting across the map more efficiently as well as getting around managing your inventory will also be a bit harder the biggest bag available will have 12 slots and it requires mageweave cloth which is going to be tough to get since it mainly drops from enemies above level 40 most players will probably be stuck with small silk packs for Phase One tradable backpacks will be in the game but they also only drop from higher level mobs so don't expect to see too many of those since you won't be able to level past 25 you'll be spending a lot of time in lower level zones completing quests farming materials and hunting for Rune Engravings you will be able to enter higher level zones but there isn't much reason to go there and you'll probably have a bad time if you try nevertheless we're sure that we'll see some clever strategies for acquiring higher level items and materials from those areas here's a look at all the zones you'll be able to find quests in at level 25 some zones will be harder to reach or have very few Quests for you depending on your faction for example red Ridge Mountains is considered contested but only Alliance characters will find quests there exploring these zones will be necessary in order to make discoveries discoveries are the core feature of this season and are the method by which you will unlock your class's Rune Engravings with no PTR or beta for this season we won't know where any of these discoveries can be found until after launch that should make for a fun launch experience with players exploring every nook and cranny and sharing what they find all of the dungeons that are available at this level are located in single faction zones which could make it tricky to get to some of them I hope you like Shadow fan ke because you'll probably be running it a lot there are a few dungeons that you'll technically be able to enter at this level but they will only have a few usable items in them and fighting your way through them will be extremely difficult keep in mind how ever you can bring up to 10 players into dungeons in vanilla wow meaning stones in vanilla wow could not be used to summon other players but summoning Stones were added in season of Mastery so it's possible they will be present in season of Discovery as well each phase of season of Discovery will have new content in the form of level up raids you may have noticed the black fathom deeps dungeon was missing from that last list that's because it's been revamped as the first raid for season of Discovery this will be a 10-player level 25 raid with seven bosses and all new Loop two PVP Battlegrounds are available at level 25 warsong Gulch and a wrathy basin there will also be some brand new PVP content in the form of a Zone wide event in ashenvale players will be able to earn honor through this event as well as reputation with their warong Gulch faction which will allow them to access some of the best level 25 gear in the game this event will also unlock the only Mount that is available in Phase 1 which will increase your movement speed by 50% and will only be usable in the Ashen Ville Zone Beyond phase one blizzard has hinted at some of the content they have planned for future phases at BlizzCon they teased a few more revamped vanilla dungeons that could become raids they will also be adding New World PVP events in each phase dual Talent specialization has also been mentioned as a possibility for the future that's it for our phase one overview be sure to set your Hearthstone to Warcraft Tavern for all of your World of Warcraft news and guides we have several resources available for season of Discovery including class guides and profession guides as well as a season of Discovery Talent calculator thanks for tuning in season of Discovery launches November 30th we'll see you in Azeroth

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Length: 8min 15sec (495 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 28 2023