World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s first major content patch is just under a month away, as Blizzard has revealed players will be able to dive into patch 10.1, Embers of Neltharion starting on May 2. In addition to new content, the update will also add the ability, for the first time in nearly two decades, to join and create cross-faction guilds.
The update will introduce a massive new underground zone, the Zaralek Caverns, which players can organically travel to via several underground tunnels located throughout the Dragon Isles. A new faction players can earn renown with, the mole-like niffen, call the caverns home, and a new open-world activity, Fyrrak Assaults, will see players battling against the forces of the Primalists once more. The update will also introduce additional dragonriding glyphs for players to collect, new types of world quests, the continuation of the expansion’s main storylines, and the aforementioned and highly-anticipated arrival of cross-faction guilds.
The pain Deathwing inflicted was only the beginning.
Patch 10.1: Embers of Neltharion arrives May 2.
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On the endgame side of things, update 10.1 will also lead into the start of Dragonflight Season 2, which Blizzard confirmed will kick off the week of May 9. That’s when the Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties of the new Abberus, the Shadowed Crucible raid will be released. The raid, set in Neltharion’s secret laboratory, looks to include plenty of throwbacks and references to older, Black Dragonflight-themed encounters, including vanilla’s Blackwing Lair and Cataclysm’s Blackwing Descent. The week of May 9 will also see the start of the new Mythic+ dungeon rotation (complete with new seasonal affixes) and a reset of the seasonal PvP ladders.
