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In its first official post of 2024, Blizzard revealed thatWorld of WarcraftPatch 10.2.5, Seeds of Renewal, will go live on January 16. The update will arrive just over two months after the arrival of Patch 10.2, the final major patch forWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflight,but Seeds of Renewal will bring additional story content and customization options.
The news of Seeds of Renewal’s release arrived one day afterWorld of Warcraftsneakily added a vendor in Valdrakkennamed Ms. Xiulan. At the time of writing, this Pandaren NPC acts as a “gold sink” for players with excessive amounts of currency to spend until the end of August. All the vendor’s rewards are golden-colored cosmetics, such as the GIlded Regal Scarab mount. However, the addition was met with dubious reactions fromWorld of Warcraftplayers, with some pointing out that similar bronze-colored rewards, including a Regal Scarab mount, are available at the January Trading Post for Trader’s Tender. Whether Blizzard makes adjustments to Ms. Xiulan’s wares or not remains to be seen.
Later in January, the first major part ofWorld of Warcraft’s 2024 roadmapwill be released.According to Blizzard, the Seeds of Renewal content update will go live on Tuesday, January 16, following maintenance. This update will allow players to experience theDragonflightepilogue quests, explore the new Night Elf city of Bel’ameth, and witness the Worgen retake their fallen kingdom of Gilneas after over a decade. The kingdom was ransacked followingCataclysmand a siege from the Forsaken, but the Gilneans were able to escape to Kalimdor thanks to timely assistance from the Night Elves. In addition to those quests,WoWplayers will be able to take flight on their dragonriding mounts outside the Dragon Isles, as the ability to do so will be added to older continents.
World of Warcraft: Seeds of Renewal Release Date
It remains to be seen if these features will continue to be updated with eachWoWexpansion. Nevertheless, between the Seeds of Renewal content update andthe ongoing Prime Gaming collaboration, the month of January is already shaping up to be a busy one inWorld of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
