Is Amirdrassil the Final Dragonflight Raid? A Look into the Future of WoW in 2024
wowhead.comWith Patch 10.2 launching in a couple of days and Season 3 right after, many players are already thinking about what comes after it. Is the Emerald Dream the end of Dragonflight? When will the next content patch come out? When is the next expansion?
Final Tier Signs
This subject is gaining traction with the WoW community for two distinct reasons.
Ahead of the Curve Reward
The first piece of evidence was datamined a couple of weeks ago, which is a cosmetic reward from defeating the final raid boss on heroic mode. Whereas in the past this reward took shape as a mount, this time around it seems that it will be a Dragonriding manuscript, Renewed Proto-Drake: Embodiment of Shadowflame. This item is a reward from a questline that is received the first time you defeat Fyrakk on Heroic or Mythic difficulty.
While not confirmed by Blizzard, it is likely that this manuscript won't be obtainable once the next expansion launches.
Augment Rune
The second piece that cemented the theory is the addition of the permanent augment rune from the Patch 10.2 reputation. Once you reach Renown 18 with the new Dream Wardens faction, you are able to purchase Dreambound Augment Rune for the hefty sum of .
Ever since the first version of augment runes in Warlords of Draenor, the final tier of each expansion features a non-consumable version of the rune.
With those two elements, it is clear how one can assume Patch 10.2 and Season 3 will be the final raids of Dragonflight, but… does that mean the end of the expansion?
What Comes Next
Early in our datamining coverage of Patch 10.2, we found an extra Gladiator mount model. Every Tier or Season in Dragonflight so far has been themed around one of the major flights, Red, Black, and now
