Soon, players of WoW will have to say “bye bye” to their artifact weapons. We reveal how the farewell from the weapons takes place.
The major feature of the current expansion of World of Warcraft, Legion, is the artifact weapons. These powerful items are not only the strongest that Azeroth has to offer in the context of the story, but they have accompanied heroes for over a year. Some of them, like Xal’atath (Shadow Priest) or Aluneth (Arcane Mage), even have their own personalities. All of them are much more than just lifeless instruments of murder.
But soon it will be time to say goodbye to the artifact weapons in WoW. The weapons are not a feature of the next WoW expansion Battle for Azeroth, because there, “ordinary” weapons will drop from the bosses in the game again.
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Spoiler Alert: If you don’t want to know why we are losing our artifact weapons, you can avoid this now.
Magni calls the heroes to him
But how exactly does this tough break happen? How do players lose their artifact weapon?
The PTR of Patch 7.3.5 gives initial answers. Data miners have read out a new quest line within the game that takes place in Silithus.
As a brief reminder: In Silithus lies Sargeras’ blade, which has drilled deep into the crust of Azeroth.
At the behest of Magni Bronzebeard, players rush to this sword and are asked to take up the corruption of Sargeras’ sword with their own artifact weapons.
According to Magni, the sword has begun to poison Azeroth’s lifeblood and only the shared use of the artifact weapons of all the great heroes (i.e., all character classes) can absorb this corruption. However, this will also corrupt the artifact weapons themselves, making them ultimately useless.
At the end of this quest line, there is an in-game sequence titled “7.3.5 [AWR] Artifact Weapon Retirement.” In English: Artifact Weapons Retirement.
It is to be expected that players will still keep their artifact weapon as an item, and the quest line will merely provide the story explanation for why these weapons are no longer available.
However, it is still unknown when exactly this quest line will be activated. Most players suspect that this will not occur with Patch 7.3.5, but rather at the earliest with the big Pre-Patch 8.0, even if the data has already been found now.
Do you think it’s good that the artifact weapons are disappearing? Are you glad when these things are finally gone? Or would you rather keep them?
