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It is time to get back to work after such a long holidays and since we have talked about Patch 3.0.8, we should take a close look at the changes especially towards Enchantment.

While most of us expect minor changes, the truth is there are rather a handful of changes and mind you, those changes aren’t minor at all. In fact these changes are really important and you will get to save some gold when you are preparing these enchantments. 

For example:

Enchant Chest: Powerful Stats - 15 Infinite Dust/4 Abyss Crystal -> 4 Dream Shard/4 Abyss Crystal

For full list you can visit MMO Champion. 

Otherwise you can also learn more about Enchanting which is written by Boubouille from MMO Champion. 

Meanwhile, there has been some news about restarting of realm - Argent Dawn at 5.00am PST today (5 Jan). It is to deal with an issue about missing quest NPC. So, for those who are in that realm, be sure to get the right timing.

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This time we will take a look at the flight paths in Zul’Drak. Zul’Drak is a giant troll city so be sure you can handle one when you are in the area.

Zul’Drak is the home of  Drakkari ice trolls and their Frost King Malakk. The capital is Gundrak. You can find old troll ruins scattered around Zul’Drak. The Drakkari have recently gone mad after they sacrificed their loa animal gods in an attempt to fight off the Scourge. The Argent Dawn has returned to play a role in Zul’Drak.

It is now a city of troll out of civilisation. 

Now there are only 4 paths that are neutral so both Horde and Alliance can use. This is also known as the Argent Crusade-aligned area. 

The paths are:

1. Light’s Breach is where you typically start in ZD. 
2. Ebon Breach is the starting point.
3. Argent Stand is one of the two major hubs in the zone.
4. Maaka (60,57) provides flights from Zim’Torga.
5. Rafae is at the small camp near Gundrak (71,23), providing easy access.

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The most recent patch note is known as Patch 3.0.3 and soon there will be Patch 3.0.8. 

Get ready to embrace the whole new Patch 3.0.8 for your Wrath of The Lich King to ensure that you get these features:

• Players may now create death knights on any realm once they reach level 55.
• Bonus Armor: The mechanics for items with bonus armor on them has changed (any cloth, leather, mail, or plate items with extra armor, or any other items with any armor). Bonus armor beyond the base armor of an item will no longer be multiplied by any talents or by the bonuses of Bear Form, Dire Bear Form, or Frost Presence.
• Racial restrictions on mounts have now been lifted. Night elves on mechanostrider? Tauren on raptor? You’re not seeing things.
• Tapping: All player spells which cause a creature to become aggressive to you will now also immediately cause the creature to be tapped.
• A new mailbox is now available at the Crows Tavern in the Dalaran Sewers.
• We have added over 60 new graveyards to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.
• The run speed in spirit form has been increased by 50%. Night Elves in Wisp form will now move at 75% speed.

These are the general features available for the new patch note. However, there are many more detailed features and to get a full understanding of what other features you can get especially regarding Death Knight, be sure to check out this page.

You can get the latest patch note here (when it is ready).

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This time, we are going to take a look at the flight path for Storm Peaks. Storm Peaks is one of the cities in Northrend and there are 4 neutral flight path, 1 Alliance path and 2 Horde path.

Storm Peaks as we know is an interesting place with many titan stuff and history of dwarfes. The Storm Peaks are a mountain range in the northeast of Northrend. This is where the battle between Aegwynn (Guardian of Tirisfal) and Sargeras (the lord of the Burning Legion) happened. 

Now, let us take a look at the flight paths available.

Neutral flight paths:

1. K3 (41,83), run by the goblins, is the entry point to Storm Peaks.

2. Dun Niffelem (63,61) is a heavily phased Frost Giant town.

3. Bouldercrag Refuge (31,36).

4. There’s also a small cluster of NPCs up near the Ulduar instances, including a flight master (45,28), a repairer, and a reagent vendor.

Alliance flight path:

* Frosthold (30,74) is the hub for some essential questing and it is a dwarf heavy town. 

Horde flight paths:

1. Grom’arsh Crash Site is situated in the north center of Storm Peaks.

2. Camp Tunka’lo, filled with those nifty Taunka, is in eastern Storm Peaks. You can catch a flight out of it at 66,51.

Good luck finding all the flight paths, whichever that you need and keep an eye for more info on flight paths for other zones. 

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Northrend, as we know is the latest addition in Wotlk and there are new areas to explore and dungeons to run. Each dungeon is unique and is open for characters with specific levels so be sure to check out the levels before you enter or else you will be wasted.

Take a quick peak of all the dungeons available in Northrend:

Utgarde Keep in Howling Fjord: L69-72

The Nexus in Borean Tundra: L70-72

Azjol-Nerub in Dragonblight: L70-74

Ahn’kahet in Dragonblight: L73-76

Drak’Tharon Keep in Grizzly Hills: L74-77

The Violet Hold in Dalaran: L75-77

Gundrak in Zul’drak: L76-79

Halls of Stone in Storm Peaks: L77-79

The Oculus in Borean Tundra: L77-80

Halls of Lightning in Storm Peaks: L78-80

Utgarde Pinnacle in Howling Fjord: L78-80

Caverns of Time - Stratholme: L78-80

This is what you will have to face throughout the leveling up to level 80.

There have been questions about Northrend all the time and here are a few popular ones:

1. What Raid instances are available in Northrend?

There is Naxxramas in Dragonblight, Vault of Archavon in Wintergrasp, The Obsidian Sanctum in Dragonblight and The Nexus: The Eye of Eternity in Borean Tundra.

2. Where can I find a map of Northrend?

You can find it here.

3. When do I get to use my flying mount in Northrend?

When you have reached level 77. You can get a cold weather flying ability for 1000Gold.

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“The Nexus - Wotlk Dungeon”

Take a look at The Nexus. This is probably something that you haven’t seen if you are moving forward to Wrath of The Lich King.

The Nexus is the other dungeon in the beginning. You can expect this to be more difficult than Utgarde Keep. It is best to run this dungeon if you are level 71 and above. There are many bosses in this dungeon and you can get them done in anyway you want as long as they are all done. Then, you can move on to the final boss.

You have to be prepared to spend more time here than in Utgarde Keep. This is because to even get to the Coldarra (besides Warlock or Meeting Stone summons) is to run a series of quests at the Amber Ledge, directly across from the strait splitting the Coldarra from the mainland.

When you are done with this, you’ll be flown over to the Transitus Shield in Coldarra. There are many questing to be done and when you have completed the various chains available to you, all of them lead to a quest for The Nexus.

There are four quests in the end:

1. Have They No Shame?
2. Postponing the Inevitable
3. Prisoner of War
4. Quickening

Watch out as you are in The Nexus, you never know what will happen.

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Back to The Feast of Winter Veil Achievement. 

This is the continuation for The Feast of Winter Veil Achievements. We will take a look at With a Little Helper from My Friends Achievement.

It is similar to the G.N.E.R.D. Rage but this is something different.

To complete this achievement, you will have to carry a specific candy. This candy is to be eaten after death in a battleground.

You will earn 50 honourable kills if the buff was active. However, this is slightly complicated than the other achievements.

You will find a machine just outside Orgrimmar and Ironforge when doing this task that has the power to turn you into a gnome.

Therefore you will have to earn the 50 honourable kills for this disguise.

If the specification is not changing, then you will have to figure out a way to earn as much honourable kills without having to die. 

Can you complete it?

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The definition of WOW Hunter: Hunter class performs pulling, threat redirection, crowd control, and primarily ranged damage. Hunters have pets that add to their DPS and help manage aggro. They can also track, tame and train animals and beasts found in the wild. Hunters consider their weapons and pets to be their only true friends. (source: Wowwiki)

Training pets before Wotlk release can be a headache. With pet training points to wonder about, pet loyalty to sort out and pet leveling to constantly be updated, there is no wonder being a Hunter can be a painful experience for some (unless if you enjoy it).

However, when Wotlk is released, all those painful experience is gone and replaced with these wonderful features:

• Three Pet “Types” - Pets are being divided into three distinct “types.” Cunning, Ferocity, and Tenacity.

• 31 Pet “Families” - Pets are further to be divided into 31 family groupings that determine the 1 “Special” skill that they will use.  Some of the special skills are simply incredible.  For example, Rhinos get a skill called Stampede that knocks all enemies within 10 yards back 15 yards

• Pet Talent Trees - Many awesome tricks in the talent trees and you’re just going to have to browse through them for yourself.

• All pets get a Speed increase skill - this is perhaps the best news of all, no longer having to stuck with the slow speed of your pet (if your pet is extremely slow).

Finally, all the tiring features are gone into the thin air and these new features are really here on time for better, not for worse.

Whether you want to be a Wotlk Hunter or not when creating your first character, it is all depends on what you want to gain and how you want to play your game.

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Good news for all Warcraft fans (or prospective Warcraft players). Wrath of The Lich King is available in a 10-day free trial now.

You can get the free trial from World of Warcraft.

Conditions:

1. Full versions of World of Warcraft

2. The Burning Crusade

3. Character of at least level 55 (to create a death knight) or level 68 (to explore Northrend)

This is the time you get to experience the expansion for free so what are you waiting for?

Sign up now at World of Warcraft. 

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Inscription is a new profession in Wrath of The Lich King (also known as Wotlk Inscription). What is so special about this profession:

1. Inscribers create Glyphs which are enhancements to an individual’s spells or abilities. 

2. Inscribers also able to make Vellum for enchanters to put their enchants on.

There are two kinds of Glyph:

1. Major - effective in combat

2. Minor - convenient or cosmetic improvements

There are different Glyph slots available for Individuals at different levels:

• Level 1-14: None.
• Level 15-29: 1 Major, 1 Minor.
• Level 30-49: 2 Major, 1 Minor.
• Level 50-69: 2 Major, 2 Minor.
• Level 70-79: 2 Major, 3 Minor.
• Level 80: 3 Major, 3 Minor.

The main material for Inscription is herb. You will get a skill known as Milling when you do Inscription, which will enable you to produce pigments from herbs. Pigments are important for creating Inks and Inks are to be used in producing Glyphs.

Leveling Inscription is best to be combined with Herbalism. This is because at some point, inscription recipe needs some kind of Ink. 

Inscription is probably the easiest profession to level although there are certain difficult parts. 

To begin your inscription journey:

• Begin by becoming an Apprentice Inscriber.
• At Inscription level 50 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Journeyman Inscriber which allows you to level your Inscription skill up to 150.
• At Inscription level 125 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Expert Inscriber which allows you to level your Inscription skill up to 225.
• At Inscription level 200 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Artisan Inscriber which allows you to level your Inscription skill up to 300.
• At Inscription level 275 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Master Inscriber which allows you to level your Inscription skill up to 375.
• At Inscription level 350 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Grand Master Inscriber which allows you to level your Inscription skill up to 450.

This shall guide you through your Inscription profession throughout your journey. Have fun with the new profession and Good Luck!

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