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What's coming in WoW Dragonflight Season 4?
Season 4 is going to conclude the Dragonflight expansion. We won't get much new story-related content but we'll still get lots of things to keep us excited for several more months until the next major update drops! In this detailed blog post we'll tell you all you need to know about new features of the upcoming season!
As you can see, the key levels at which tiers of affixes are added are now different. They used to be +2, +7, and +14, but now are +2, +5, and +10. The reason for that is the dungeon level squish that we explained in a section above.
Take a closer look at the new Armoredon mount (KSM reward):
As you can see even Raid Finder items beat those from Amirdrassil Mythic. That means that there's a great opportunity to power up with the help of this gear even if you've achieved a lot during the previous content cycle!
The new vicious mounts are some sort of... uh, cat raptors? Druids have had these creatures for their new travel form. Now you can ride them:
When does it come out?
Season 4 is to be released on April 23. Blizzard announced that in their X account on April 2.
Dungeon levels & difficulties will change
One of the most important and confusing feature of the season is the dungeon system's names change. Don't worry, we'll make it completely clear to you.
So what does the current system of dungeon difficulties look like? It goes like this from easiest to hardest:
- Normal
- Heroic
- Mythic Plus 0
- Timed Mythic Plus (+2, +3, and so on till infinity)
The good news it that this framework will remain the same. Blizzard won't remove any of those difficulties. But they will change what each of them means. The only exception is the Normal difficulty. It'll remain best fit for players who are leveling up and who've just hit the max level. But what about others?
Take a look at this comparison chart first:
Now let's discuss it in more detail.
Blizzard have said that Heroic dungeons seem redundant in their current state. So they decided to turn them into what current Mythic+ 0 is: a somewhat challenging mode for fresh high-level characters. You'll be able to get a group for it via a group finder
Mythic Plus 0's difficulty will drastically grow to match that of the current Mythic+ 8 or even Mythic+ 10 for some instances. The good news is that so will the quality of its rewards. Also, there won't be a timer for it.
Timed Mythic Plus' difficulty will also shift. What's currently Mythic+ 20 will be Mythic+ 10 in Season 4. That is, Mythic+ 10 will become much more challenging but it will yield powerful rewards just like M+20 did previously.
Basically, Blizzard have got rid of in-between difficulties that didn't make much difference. Each level of the new system is more meaningful, hence it feels more of an achievement to get access to eat, let alone complete it.
The short handy name for this change is "dungeon level squish". So if you see that term anywhere, hopefully you won't be confused with it now. Also, it's worth noting that this squished system is expected to stay in the next expansion The War Within.
More Mythic Plus dungeon updates
We've already told you in detail about the biggest change in the dungeon system but there are still some new things worth discussing. Just like any other new season, DF Season 4 brings new dungeon lineup, affixes, and rewards. Let's take a closer look at them.
New lineup
Surprisingly, the new dungeon lineup consists only of Dragonflight dungeons. We're not sure what that is and whether it's supposed to mean that something is wrong with adding legacy dungeons to the lineup but it is what it is. It's too early to draw any conclusions regarding that – the first season of The War Within will give us a better understanding of the dev's current approach.Anyway, the new lineup has the original 8 Dragonflight dungeons:
| # | Dungeon | Location | Last Bosse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeth'ar Academy | Thaldraszus | Echo of Doragosa |
| 2 | Azure Vault | Azure Span | Umbrelskul |
| 3 | Brackenhide Hollow | Ohn'ahran Plains | Decatriarch Wratheye |
| 4 | Halls of Infusion | Thaldraszus | Primal Tsunami |
| 5 | Neltharus | Waking Shores | Warlord Sargha |
| 6 | Nokhud Offensive | Ohn'ahran Plains | Balakar Khan |
| 7 | Ruby Life Pools | Waking Shores | Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein |
| 8 | Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr | Badlands (Eastern Kingdoms) | Chrono-Lord Deios |
New affixes
Here's the full list of upcoming affixes:| Key Level | Affix | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| +2 | Fortified | +20% HP for non-boss monsters; +30% Damage for non-boss monsters |
| +2 | Tyrannical | +30% HP for bosses; +15% Damage for bosses & their minions |
| +5 | Afflicted | Afflicted Souls randomly spawn during combat "and seek help of players" |
| +5 | Entangling | Tangling vines randomly appear during combat & snare players |
| +5 | Incorporeal | Incorporeal beings randomly appear during combat & weaken players |
| +5 | Storming | Damaging whirlwinds randomly appear during combat and damage players |
| +5 | Volcanic | Gouts of flame randomly appear beneath feet of players during combat dealing damage & knocking players into the air |
| +10 | Bolstering | +20% damage to nearby non-boss monsters upon death of one of them (stacking) |
| +10 | Bursting | Defeated non-boss monsters explode upon death inflicting a damage-on-time effect for 4 sec (stacking) |
| +10 | Raging | Non-boss monsters become immune to crowd control at 30% HP |
| +10 | Sanguine | Defeated non-boss monsters leave pools that heal other monsters & damage players |
| +10 | Spiteful | Defeated non-boss monsters spawn small monsters who chase a random player |
New rewards
A new season is not complete without new rewards! Let's see what bold dungeon crawlers can show off with this time:| Reward | Achievement | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Infinite Armoredon (ground mount) | Dragonflight Keystone Master: Season Four | Reach 2000 M+ rating during the season |
| the Draconic (title) | Dragonflight Keystone Conqueror: Season Four | Reach 1500 M+ rating during the season |
| Portals to dungeons | 10 different Keystone Hero achievements (1 for each dungeon from the season's lineup) | Beat a particular dungeon at M+10 within the time limit |
And again, due to the dungeon level squish, Keystone Hero achievements are now earned for beating M+10, not M+20 as it used to be.
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Raid updates
Quite expectedly, we're not getting a new raid this season. What we get instead is new challenges in the old ones. All the 3 Dragonflight raids return in the new Awakened form. Each week one of those 3 raids gets this mode and you can run it for better rewards! Mind, however, that better rewards always come with tougher foes and Awakened raids won't be an exception!
Now let's see what item level you can expect to drop from that new flavour of the familiar raids:
| Raid | Raid Finder | Normal | Heroic | Mythic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Awakened raids | 480 – 489 | 493 – 502 | 506 – 515 | 519 – 528 |
| Amirdrassil (regular) | 441 – 457 | 454 – 470 | 467 – 483 | 480 – 496 |
| Aberrus (regular) | 402 – 418 | 415 – 431 | 428 –444 | 441 – 457 |
| Vault of the Incarnates (regular) | 376 – 385 | 389 – 398 | 402 – 411 | 415 – 424 |
Also, there's a little reward for you if you've completed all the 3 raids in the Awakened mode: Voyaging Wildering! It's a colorful fox-dragon.... or something like that! Take a look, it's had to explain:
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PvP updates
Another PvP season arrives too. And frankly, things are pretty stable with PvP: each season offers more or less the same set of content. Rewards, however, do change and here are some new ones this season:
| Reward | What it is | How to get |
|---|---|---|
| Vicious Dreamtalon Mount | Ground mount | Win games while at 1000+ rating until you've filled the achievement progress bar (Draconic Combatant) |
| Draconic Gladiator Drake & Draconic Gladiator | Flying mount & Title | Finish the season within top 0.1% of the 3v3 ladder with at least 150 games won (Draconic Gladiator: Dragonflight Season 4) |
| Draconic Legend | Title | Finish the season within top 0.1% of the solo shuffle ladder with at least 50 games won (Draconic Legend: Dragonflight Season 4) |
And below you can take a better look at the new gladiator mount:
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Those were the main new features of the fourth season! This is more of a fun season for us all to relax and enjoy ourselves before the next expansion The War Within comes out! So let's do just that!
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