Patch 1 . 9 . 0 World of Warcraft Client Patch 1 . 9 . 0 . The Gates of Ahn ' Qiraj . The Gates of Ahn ' Qiraj will house two massive , unique dungeons - - the Ruins of Ahn ' Qiraj , a 20 - man raid dungeon , and the Temple of Ahn ' Qiraj , a 40 - man raid dungeon . As players delve deeper into the mysteries of Ahn ' Qiraj , they will discover revelations of the Silithid infestation and their shadowy masters , the Qiraji . Players will have to complete a world event of massive proportions before they can open the Gates of Ahn ' Qiraj on their realm . " During the public test of Ahn ' Qiraj , the world event to open the gates will be accelerated to allow testing of the dungeon content . " ( Yes , the actual release notes included this out - of - date comment . Verified ) Linked Auction Houses . Players will now be able to buy and sell goods with greater effectiveness using the Linked Auction House system . Auction Houses in Orgrimmar , Undercity , and Thunder Bluff will now share the same pool of Horde player - created auctions , and Alliance players will find the same to be true when visiting Ironforge , Stormwind City , and Darnassus Auction Houses . This system has been expanded to support the neutral Auction Houses as well . Tanaris , Everlook , and Booty Bay will all be linked for players of both factions to access . In addition , the " Looking for Group " and " Trade " channels have been unified among the corresponding cities , meaning , for example , that you can trade your goods or look for groups in Ironforge while in Stormwind . Multiple Battlegrounds Queues . Players will be able to enter multiple battleground queues . No longer must you make the hard decision of which queue to join - - when queued for all three , you can join the first one available or hold out for that particular battleground which you ' ve really got your heart set on . Should a queue open while you are already in a battleground , you may switch to the new battle or remain in the current on . Soul Shard Bags . Tailors now can make soul bags to hold soul shards . The smallest is a 20 - slot bag , the recipe for which can be purchased in Gadgetzan . The recipe for a 24 - slot bag can be found in Scholomance , and one for an even larger bag can be found in Molten Core . In the main UI , these soul bags will display how many shards they contain . So long as the soul bags have room , any soul shards a warlock creates will automatically go into the bag . The counter on the bag will max out at the number of bag slots even if you have more soul shards in your inventory . Raid Calendar System . The raid - lockout system has undergone a significant change . The new system will have all instances reset at a certain server time , regardless of when you were actually saved to the instance . The reset schedule is as follows : All resets will occur during off - hours , when the least amount of raids are active . Important Note for Mac OS X Users . The minimum supported Mac OS X revision for WoW will be changed in a post - 1 . 9 . 0 patch , from 10 . 3 . 5 to 10 . 3 . 9 . If you are running 10 . 3 . 5 - 10 . 3 . 8 and need to get the free update , you can use Software Update or you can click here for the direct download . This change will make it easier for us to release future updates to the game , for example to support upcoming Mac models based on Intel processors . Details . Racial Traits . Troll Racial Abilities . Troll Berserking Throwing Mastery Orc Racial Abilities . Blood Fury Hardiness Gnome Racial Abilities . Escape Artist Dwarven Racial Abilities . Stoneform