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This week's Alpha build comes with further tweaks to flying in Shadowlands.

First, Blizzard announced that Draenor & Legion Pathfinder achievements will no longer be required for flying in the new expansion, which is great news for anyone who didn't like leveling in the zones because they haven't earned those achievements prior.

Instead, you will need to purchase Draenor Pathfinder & Broken Isle Pathfinder directly from flying trainers for 250 Gold, similar to Cold Weather Flying Cold Weather Flying in Mists of Pandaria.

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Blizzard also removed Artisan Riding Artisan Riding, the 280% flying skill on Alpha, and currently, you can buy the following skills from flying trainers: 

Faction discounts apply up to 20% at Exalted.

You will get the first 60% Riding Skill free at Level 10.

You can find a rundown of the latest updates on our Flying in Shadowlands page.

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Latest Shadowlands News

Classes Leveling

All Covenant Class Abilities

Covenant Signature and Class Ability Upgrades

Shadowlands 9.0.1 Alpha Build 34081 Class Changes

Shadowlands 9.0.1 Alpha Build 34081 Covenant Ability Changes

All Shadowlands Class Changes

AOE Ability Changes in Shadowlands

Frost Mage Winter's Chill Changes: April 10th

Druid Class Changes Clarifications: April 13th

Druid/Shaman/Warrior Class Changes: April 16th

Hunter Stable Size Increased in Shadowlands

Class Buffs Nerfed in Shadowlands

Allied Races No Longer Require Grinding Reputation to Exalted

Draenor & Legion Pathfinder Removal

Death Knights and Demon Hunters Start at Level 8 in Shadowlands

Exile's Reach Starting Zone (Official Preview)

Leveling from 1-50 Took 7 Hours on Alpha

Flying Available at Level 25 in Shadowlands

Legion Legendaries Disabled in Shadowlands

Level Requirements for Unlocking Talents in Shadowlands

Quest Interface Improvements Coming in Shadowlands

Datamining Misc

Shadowlands 9.0.1 Build 33978

Shadowlands 9.0.1 Build 33978 Creature Models

Shadowlands 9.0.1 Build 33978 Mounts: Part 1

Shadowlands 9.0.1 Build 33978 Mounts: Part 2

Shadowlands 9.0.1 Build 33978 Mounts: Part 3

Bastion & Night Fae Covenant Armor Sets Preview

Potential Allied Races Coming in Shadowlands

Optional Crafting Reagents in Shadowlands

Runeforging Updates: New Death Knight Runes

Ardenweald Faun NPC Customization Options

Bastion Kyrian NPC Customization Options

Nathanos Blightcaller in Shadowlands (Spoilers)

Dying in the Shadowlands

Controller Support Coming in Shadowlands

Eye of the Jailer Mechanic in the Maw

Icecrown Skybox Updated for Shadowlands

Item Level Squish in Shadowlands

Unread Mail Indicator on Character Selection Screen

New Graphic Options in Shadowlands

New Character Creation Screen in Shadowlands

NPCs React to Your Presence in Shadowlands

Shadowlands World & Zone Maps

Development Updates PvP

Initial Shadowlands Developer Update

Shadowlands Development Update Notes: April 9th

Shadowlands Development Update Notes: April 16th

Torghast Changes: April 22nd

PvP Vendors Return in Shadowlands

 

 

 

Interviews Zone Previews

No War/Titanforging or Corrupted Items in Shadowlands: Ion Hazzikostas Interview

Lore Interview with Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser

Torghast Interview with Senior Quest Designer Paul Kubit

 

 

 

 

 

Bastion & Kyrian Covenant (Official Preview)

Revendreth & Ventyr Covenant (Official Preview)

Bastion Zone Screenshots

Revendreth Zone Screenshots

The Necrotic Wake Dungeon

Torghast, Tower of the Damned Official Preview

Torghast, Tower of the Damned Sample Run

Orgrimmar & Stormwind Changes in Shadowlands

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That's great that they're removing all the rep requirements from old content right after I finished grinding for months to get em all.

Really, it's fine. But if flying in Shadowlands areas is going to require new rep grinds I'm not resubbing.

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1 hour ago, dartbodman said:

That's great that they're removing all the rep requirements from old content right after I finished grinding for months to get em all.

Really, it's fine. But if flying in Shadowlands areas is going to require new rep grinds I'm not resubbing.

I hate to be the one to tell you this but Shadowland Pathfinder has already been confirmed, unless they change it before launch there will be a expansion long grind like before. And I feel your pain about them removing the requirements, I spent over 200k gold upgrading heirlooms to 120 two weeks before they announced the new level cap will be 60 which would have made the base level 60 versions the new max fml ?

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It makes sense honestly. Who is going to do older content for a ridicilous amounts of time just so their alts can fly there?
Leaving BFA out of this is reasonable too as all fresh newbies are going to level up there automatically.
Now i am not playing devil's advocate here - having to level through new zones on foot CAN be a huge pain in the *filtered* but atleast you check out the new scenery. And since in Shadowlands i am going with Revendreth - i am going check out ALL OF IT.

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3 hours ago, BlakeArmentrout said:

I hate to be the one to tell you this but Shadowland Pathfinder has already been confirmed, unless they change it before launch there will be a expansion long grind like before. And I feel your pain about them removing the requirements, I spent over 200k gold upgrading heirlooms to 120 two weeks before they announced the new level cap will be 60 which would have made the base level 60 versions the new max fml ?

Given the squish, the hierlooms thing is likely to have changed with it, so won't be wasted gold. 

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I prefer pathfinder over just buying for gold, but they could make it available right at the start of the expansion, for example pathfinder 1 in bfa could allow flying in zuldazar and boralus, then pathfinder 2 on mechangon and nazjatar. The rep "grind" doesn't take too much time as only revered required, ppl could explore the zones on foot as they want but still earn flying in reasonable time.

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5 hours ago, BlakeArmentrout said:

I hate to be the one to tell you this but Shadowland Pathfinder has already been confirmed, unless they change it before launch there will be a expansion long grind like before. And I feel your pain about them removing the requirements, I spent over 200k gold upgrading heirlooms to 120 two weeks before they announced the new level cap will be 60 which would have made the base level 60 versions the new max fml ?

That's the reason I stopped buying heirloom upgrades the moment i saw the new level cap ? Thanks for the reminder I'll ask a friend to check out hearlooms on alpha.

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Its great Pathfinder is being removed, it should have never been there to begin with. Flying should be part of the game. The way it was back in TBH and Wrath but updated of course. Like flying castles in the sky and stuff. Anyways though for the ppl that spent months grinding for Pathfinder in WOD and Legion I hope Blizz is at least kind enough to Honor those ppl in some way for the extra time and work spent grinding out Pathfinder during current content. A mount or cool transmog piece to those dedicated few would be just fine, I hope pathfinder is gone for good btw. good riddance. 

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15 hours ago, BlakeArmentrout said:

I hate to be the one to tell you this but Shadowland Pathfinder has already been confirmed, unless they change it before launch there will be a expansion long grind like before. And I feel your pain about them removing the requirements, I spent over 200k gold upgrading heirlooms to 120 two weeks before they announced the new level cap will be 60 which would have made the base level 60 versions the new max fml ?

I'm fine with a pathfinder requirement of visiting every area and finishing the main questline. I'm just sick of caring about reps for anything other than cosmetics and maybe some bonus crafting recipes. Especially if it's like BFA where you get like 75 rep for a world quest, even a rare one, and certain reps can only be raised with a couple of specific poorly designed minigames

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2 minutes ago, Highfather said:

Its great Pathfinder is being removed, it should have never been there to begin with. Flying should be part of the game. The way it was back in TBH and Wrath but updated of course. Like flying castles in the sky and stuff. Anyways though for the ppl that spent months grinding for Pathfinder in WOD and Legion I hope Blizz is at least kind enough to Honor those ppl in some way for the extra time and work spent grinding out Pathfinder during current content. A mount or cool transmog piece to those dedicated few would be just fine, I hope pathfinder is gone for good btw. good riddance. 

I would really love for it to be like TBC where flying is part of the progression, used to reach the end game daily quest areas, and even integrated into some of the quests... Burning yourself out on the worst repetitive parts of the game before you can unlock flying isn't fun.

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On 4/23/2020 at 11:24 AM, Lith said:

 

That's the reason I stopped buying heirloom upgrades the moment i saw the new level cap ? Thanks for the reminder I'll ask a friend to check out hearlooms on alpha.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned anything about them already tbh. But I am sticking with my theory that they will match the new squished levels and will need upgrading still, but max to 50 for now.

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On 4/23/2020 at 10:07 PM, dartbodman said:

I'm fine with a pathfinder requirement of visiting every area and finishing the main questline. I'm just sick of caring about reps for anything other than cosmetics and maybe some bonus crafting recipes. Especially if it's like BFA where you get like 75 rep for a world quest, even a rare one, and certain reps can only be raised with a couple of specific poorly designed minigames

Even by doing just emmissaries reaching you can reach the required revered reps really fast, i don't think it's a big deal. And you unlock it for the entire account. I'd pick this over spending a ton of gold on every alt. 

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