wow Everything Coming in the Death's Rising Shadowlands Pre-Patch Event on Nov 10

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It's finally (almost) here! The pre-expansion event arrives tomorrow/Wednesday and marks Shadowlands arriving in under 2 weeks! The event itself has several components, from multi-week quest lines, to the Scourge invasion event, rares, dailies and more, so we're taking a look at everything you can do over the next two weeks. The event should go live after maintenance, with regional resets (at the moment scheduled for Tuesday 9 AM PDT for US and Wednesday at 9 AM CET for the EU, with the possibility of it coming earlier, at 4 AM CET after the maintenance).

We'll start of with the quest and storyline content, which finally directly addresses the aftermath of Sylvanas shattering the Helm of Domination and blowing up the roof of Icecrown. We won't be going into spoilers for the quests themselves, but if you want a more detailed look at everything that happens, head on over here.

Note: Not everything below will be added in this first week.

 Cinematic

We get to finally see this cinematic in-game, at the beginning of the quest line:

Death Rising: 2-week quest line, broken into 2 segments

• You will auto-receive the first quest upon logging in.
• Horde and Alliance have different but very similar quests.
• There are 7 quests available in the first week.
• The second week continues the story quests, as we move to the Argent Tournament Grounds.
• 10 quests for the second week.

Daily Quests

• There are many daily quests throughout the event.
• You will receive 1 at the start of the event, then more after finishing the week 1 quest line.
• Some require completion of the main Death Rising quest line in week 2.
• Acquired in capitals and in Icecrown.
• 9 dailies in total.

Icecrown Rares

• 20 rare mobs, including many we've already seen in Naxxramas and WotLK in general, including Patchwerk, Noth, Putricide, the Black Knight and more.
• Marked on the map as a purple skull.
• They also drop some epic quality gear like Keleseth's Influencer, item level 100.
• Also, Bronjahm, an Elite in Icecrown that you can find at 71,38 drops the 34 slot Papa's Mint Condition Bag but will most likely only be available next week.

Buffs and Debuffs

• Icecrown will sometimes get some weather, as the Chilling Winds debuff applies to players.
• There are bonfires at the Argent Tournament grounds that counteract the debuff, and also give you a 5% damage buff: Lingering Warmth.

Scourge Invasion

• A similar event to the Naxxramas and WotLK ones will also be happening, as Zombies infect players and turn them into more Zombies.
• You can become a Zombie by interacting with infectious critters or plagued crates.
• You gain new attacks and can infect others:
  •  Mangle! - Melee that adds a 5% damage taken debuff.
  • Retch! - Creates green goo on the floor that slows enemies.
  • Beckoning Groan - Calls 4 NPC zombies to help you if nearby.
  • Lurch! - 100% speed increase for you and nearby zombies.
  • Zombie Explosion! - Explode and deal damage around you. You die.
• The event has been significantly toned down and is opt-in, as you need to flag yourself for PvP to take part, so it shouldn't be too disruptive.
• New players from Exile's Reach gain a buff that protects them.
• You can remove the disease at an Argent Healer in capital cities and other settlements.

This is what it looked like on the PTR, but it's been toned down.
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World Boss

• We finally get to kill Nathanos over at his original Vanilla home.

  

Rewards

• Catch-up gear item level 100, 34 slot bag, Putrid Geist battle pet, Anti-Doom Broom toy and Accursed Keepsake.
• Check out the full post for more details.

For more details, check out our pre-patch event guide!