WoW’s upcoming expansion, The War Within, is nearly here. It adds the Earthen as a playable Allied Race and a new underground continent, Khaz Algar, with four zones, eight dungeons, and one new raid at launch, alongside a few other features.
Blizzard shared The War Within‘s latest content roadmap to X (formerly Twitter) on July 15, so keep reading to find out all the details.
WoW The War Within patch roadmap
Pre-expansion update
WoW: The War Within pre-patch 11.0 drops on July 23 and adds the following:
- Warbands, a new feature that expands WoW’s account-wide progression to your other characters, even those on different factions.
- Skyriding, which expands Dragonflight’s Dragonriding system to over 400 other flying mounts.
- Cross-realm guilds, a much-requested system that does exactly what it says on the tin.
- The Radiant Echoes pre-patch event, where players have to fight the spirits of enemies from Azeroth’s past in one of three zones: Searing Gorge, Dustwallow Marsh, or Dragonblight.
Early access
By pre-ordering WoW: The War Within’s most expensive edition, you can play the expansion early, starting Aug. 22. It’s the first time Blizzard has let players purchase early access to a WoW expansion, and it’s a controversial change.
Global launch
WoW: The War Within launches fully on Aug. 26. It adds the following content:
- The Khaz’Algar continent with four zones and eight dungeons.
- A new campaign quest that sees you defending Azeroth from the shadows below.
- Hero Talents that let you further specialize your character after level 70.
- Delves—a new type of bitesize dungeon you can complete in 10 to 15 minutes.
- The Earthen as a playable Allied Race.
- A new PvP Battleground, Deephaul Ravine.
Season one
WoW: The War Within season one starts on Sept. 10 and commences the expansion’s first Mythic+ and PvP seasons. Here’s everything coming in The War Within season one:
- A new Mythic+ season, with four new and four returning dungeons.
- A new PvP season, with Rated Battleground Solo Queue.
- The Nerub’ar Palace raid, with eight bosses, available from Sept. 17.
- Class tier sets from the Nerub’ar Palace raid and Great Vault.
