Quick tips: time savers

Settings

• The first-login preset (Classic or Enhanced) only sets defaults; change any of it later under Options > System > Preset Live
• New Cooldown Manager is OFF by default: turn it on in Options > Gameplay Enhancement (all classes, racials, trinkets; consumables later) Beta
• Hunters: switch on the Auto Attack/Auto Shot setting and you swap between melee and Auto Shot without a macro Beta
• Hide your second name over your head: Options > Nameplates > My Secondary Name (chat still shows it) Live
• Set Options > System > Languages and Social > Preferred Online Language once: account-wide, 24 h cooldown to change Live
• The quest tracker now shows each quest's level requirement, and quest types show as text in the log, tracker and quest dialogue Beta
• New Party voice can run on Discord (Audio settings, the leader's choice applies); Group Finder posts can set a voice mode Beta

Grouping and XP

• You can only group, guild or raid with the same ruleset AND faction: lock in the guild's ruleset before launch Live
• Early Name Reservation runs 27 Oct to 3 Nov for Heroic Pack, Epic Pack or Collection buyers: up to 3 characters across all rulesets Live
• OCE bug (27 Oct): make any Roleplay or Roleplay-PvP character before your first Normal or PvP one, or those rulesets disappear for you; fix in progress Live
• A party member far above the mob's level means nobody in the party gets XP: no party power-levelling Beta
• Dungeon kills give about 20% more XP, but dungeon quests' bonus XP was halved Beta
• Group before you travel to meet up: forming or changing a party can move members to another world copy (the leader is no longer moved) Beta
• /who now matches subzones: someone in a subzone shows up when you search either the subzone or its zone Beta
• New Riding training gives you the mount; no separate mount to buy Live

Combat

• Wands and Auto Shot need 0.5 s standing still before they fire: stop early, not on the last step Beta
• Weapon swap macros work again: several swaps inside one GCD (2H to sword and board) Beta
• Drop the rank 1 mana trick: spells far below your level get less spell power and lower proc chances Beta

Camping

• New To get camp buffs, sit, use a chair, sleep, lie down or /kneel by the fire for 1 min Beta; crafting there counts too, so cook or craft while you wait Live
• All camp features share one 1 h cooldown and do not stack with the matching class buff (Fishing Bowl 8% stats = Kings): bring what your group lacks Live
• A Leatherworker's Camp Tent tops your rested XP up to 5% of a level Live
• An Engineer's Reagent Bot sells reagents right at camp Live

PvP ruleset (Horde)

• Every character you make on the PvP ruleset is Horde once you have one there: no Alliance bank alt Live
• Make planned alts early: Blizzard may briefly limit new characters for a faction on PvP rulesets to keep balance Live
• Camp somewhere quiet: on a PvP ruleset a campsite gets riskier once enemy players find it, and you sit still for 1 min to get the buffs Live
• Rogues: sapping a PvP-flagged enemy now flags you too Beta
• Hardcore (after launch) is a separate space, but a dead Hardcore character can transfer to PvP and, if Horde, play alongside us Live

Systems and racials

• New Legacy opens with Y. A new alt can spend your account's points straight away (Talented works from level 5, so perks are live before then) Beta
• Onyxia: the Drakefire Amulet only has to be in your bags. Horde chain starts with "Blood and Thunder" (Warlord Goretooth, Kargath) and runs through LBRS and UBRS: start early Live
• New A dungeon BoP green or blue gives its look to every eligible looter: never roll Need just for the appearance Live
• Windshaper Skyborne: cast Skysight at an elemental convergence before a long session; the 1 h Charged buff (+30% Skysight) survives death (26 Oct)
• Tauren: Plainsrunning builds while you keep moving and shrinks when you take damage or stop, so path around mobs on long runs (26 Oct)

Sources Return to Azeroth · Starter guide · Rulesets · Camping · Deep Dive · Raids · Legacy · Beta dev notes