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World of Warcraft’s first update of 2024 is just around the corner, and although it’s technically labeled as a “minor” patch, it will add some game-changing new features to Blizzard’s MMORPG.
Blizzard has announced WoW’s next update, Seeds of Renewal, will arrive on January 16. Update 10.2.5 will bring Dragonflight’s excellent dragonriding flight system to all of Azeroth, something players have requested ever since they first got their hands on the new type of in-game flight during Dragonflight’s Alpha test. It will also allow players to run normal difficulty dungeons with NPC followers, letting newer players, or players new to particular classes or roles like healing or tanking, a way to brush up on their skills before jumping into groups with real players.
Both follower dungeons and the ability to dragonride everywhere are two major features that in years past would likely have come as part of a major content patch or a whole new expansion, not a minor .5 update. Yet those two features, as big as they are, aren’t even everything coming in Seeds of Renewal. New story quests that will see the Worgen reclaim the fallen kingdom of Gilneas are also coming as part of the update, as well as new character customization options for Trolls, Draenei, and Warlock demons. It will additionally see the return of one of Dragonflight’s new events, the Azerothian Archives.
