World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

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***World of Warcraft: Dragonflight*** (shortened DF) is the upcoming ninth expansion for *World of Warcraft* set primarily in the eponymous region of the Dragon Isles. The expansion was officially revealed on 19 April 2022.

## Story

"The dragonflights of Azeroth have returned, called upon to defend their ancestral home, the Dragon Isles. Surging with elemental magic and the life energies of Azeroth, the Isles are awakening once more, and it's up to you to explore their primordial wonder and discover long-forgotten secrets."

## Features

* New level cap: 70
* New playable race-class combo Dracthyr Evoker
* Dragonriding
* Talent System Revamp
* Improved Professions
* Updated UI

### Zones

* The Dragon Isles
	+ The Waking Shores
	+ Ohn'ahran Plains
	+ The Azure Span
	+ Thaldraszus
	+ Forbidden Reach - Dracthyr starting zone

### Instances

#### Dungeons

Eight new dungeons. The currently known dungeons for the expansion are:

* Neltharus - fight to reclaim the stronghold of the black dragonflight
* Uldaman - Revamped from its *Classic* state, with previously unknown chambers
* The Life Pools - life pools of the red dragonflight, where their sacred oath to the titans was put forth

#### Raids

* Venture into the ancient prison of the Primal Incarnates before their malevolent power can be unleashed against the Dragon Aspects.

### Systems and rewards

* Renown system previously used for Covenants applied to the four main reputations for this expansion with a number of reputation levels to unlock questlines and cosmetics with the important difference to Covenants being not having to pick one. Two of those four factions are Valdrakken Accord and Dragonscale Expedition.
* Timewalking Campaigns will allow leveling to 60 with new players still going to *Battle for Azeroth* content and *Shadowlands* content being added as an option for alts.
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* Converting Solo Shuffle PvP Brawl into a Rated Solo Queue Battlegrounds system.

### Race and class changes

* Rogue, Mage and Priest are now available to all playable races, with the exception of the Dracthyr.

## Prominent figures

### New figures

* File:IconSmall Centaur Male.gif Maru Con'tira
* File:IconSmall Vanir Male.gif Watcher Koranos

### Returning figures

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## Creatures

### New

* Djaradin
* File:IconSmall Dracthyr.gifFile:IconSmall Dracthyr Male.gifFile:IconSmall Dracthyr Female.gif Dracthyr
* Duck
* Lava mammoth
* Veloci-drake
* Wyvern-drake

### Returning

* Centaur
* Dragon
	+ Drake
	+ Dragonspawn
	+ Drakonid
	+ Proto-dragon
* Furbolg
* Gnoll
* Gorloc
* Mammoth
* Titanic watcher
* Tuskarr

## Notes

* *Dragonflight* has been described as an exploration-themed expansion, with comparisons drawn to *Mists of Pandaria*.
* *Dragonflight* will have a "big bad" as an antagonist, but who/what this is will not be known initially. This is also similar to *Mists of Pandaria*, where Garrosh was a "surprise" final antagonist, empowered by Lei Shen's treasures and Y'Shaarj's remains.

## Gallery

* Dragonflight key art.jpg

Key art
* Dragonflight site - Dracthyr.png

Dracthyr
* Elemental proto-dragon leaders.jpg

Primalists concept art
* Earth elemental golem concept.jpg

Earth elemental golem concept art
* New gnoll models.jpg

New gnoll models
* New dragon model Dragonflight.jpg

New dragon model
* New tauren model Dragonflight.jpg

A draconic tauren
* Dragonflight primalist tier concept.jpg

Dragonflight primalist tier concept art
* Talents Dragonflight site.jpg

Revamped talent system
* Talents choice node Dragonflight.jpg

Revamped talent system choice node
* Talents Loadouts Dragonflight.jpg

Revamped talents showing the loadout system
* Profession Dragonflight site.jpg

Improved Professions
* Ui Dragonflight site.jpg

Updated UI

## References

 1. ↑ https://dragonflight.blizzard.com/
2. ↑ https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/dragonflight-m-season-1-and-loot/1224391/9
3. ↑ World of Warcraft Interview: Blizzard Game Designers Talk Worldbuilding, Set Design, and New Horizons in Dragonflight
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Interview Exclusive Dragonflight : Ion Hazzikostas nous parle de l'avenir de WoW (French). JudgeHype (2022-04-19).
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Elliot Gardner 2022-04-22. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight brings updates we’ve waited 18 years for. TechRadar.
7. ↑ Eric Law 2022-04-22. What World of Warcraft Developers Learned from Shadowlands to Create Dragonflight. Gamerant. Retrieved on 2022-04-24.
8. ↑ Neryssa 2022-04-19. Dragonflight Interview with JudgeHype - Pre-Patch Event, Dracthyr Questline, Mythic+ Rotation. Wowhead. Retrieved on 2022-05-08.

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