WoW's next patch drops in just under 2 weeks: game-wide dragonriding, follower dungeons, and worgens coming home
World of Warcraft's been on a bit of a roll with its patch cadence this past year. As Heather Newman pointed out earlier this week, Blizzard's seemingly turned a corner with the game—though whether it keeps that momentum going into 2024 and The War Within is another thing entirely.
While Shadowlands saw a horrific 218 days between its release and its first major patch, Dragonflight's been on-tempo the entire time—promising things and then… actually delivering on them. The future is now. It looks like the updates will proceed as morale improves, as announced on World of Warcraft's official Twitter account.
Seeds of Renewal will be dropping January 16. Granted, we've known about this stuff for a while thanks to handy roadmaps—I've even discussed some of it, like how the upcoming follower dungeons feature is the first step to fixing the game's atrocious new player dungeon experience. Still, here's a point-by-point explanation of what's coming.
That's just the major stuff. We're also getting Troll and Draenei customisations, visual updates to abilities from Shadowlands, access to the Night Elf's new home Bel'ameth (whose pseudo-neutral status has been ruffling feathers) and some new skins for demons.
While it won't be launching with Seasons of Renewal, there's still that mystery pirate flag draped over the roadmap. It'll be interesting to see if my swashbuckling dreams will come true—or if they'll sink to the bottom of Mike Ybarra's locker. While I have plenty of issues with the game (especially its new and returning player experience, which still aren't great) the future is looking bright against all odds. Shadowlands was merely a setback.
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