The last season of World of Warcraft Shadowlands is approaching – and it’s doing some things differently. We reveal what you need to know.
With Season 4 of WoW: Shadowlands, Blizzard is launching a test balloon. There are dungeons from many different expansions, and all raids from Shadowlands gain relevance. However, many questions from players remain unanswered. What about new legendary items? Do you have to farm Torghast again? What happens to the valor points?
Blizzard has answered these questions in a lengthy forum post. We clarify the most important points for you, so you’ll be well-prepared for the start of Season 4 on August 3.
No new legendaries in Season 4
First things first: In Season 4, you don’t have to re-upgrade your legendary items. The maximum for legendary items remains at an item level of 291 in Season 4. If you already have these and don’t plan to try out other legendaries this season, you don’t have to worry about it.
If you are returning to WoW with the start of Season 4 and have trouble crafting legendary items, remember that we have a guide to legendary crafting, and you can now send cosmic flux to twinks.
A tedious grind for legendary resources is therefore not necessary if you just want to continue playing existing characters.
Media at level 278 – available to everyone
There’s no need to worry about the media (“Conduits”) either. The maximum level of the media remains at 278.
Better yet, all characters can obtain an item for cosmic flux from their covenant vendor at the start of Season 4 that sets all media immediately to the maximum level of 278. In Season 3, you still had to complete certain achievements for that, but that’s no longer necessary.
For those who want to increase their media traditionally, they can do so. In the “Fated” raids, the media will drop at level 278, except for LFR. In LFR, the media level is 265.
Items from old dungeons remain powerful
In Season 4, there are a total of 8 different dungeons for the “Mythic+” content, but only 2 of them are from Shadowlands. The other 6 dungeons come from previous expansions.
This also means that there are items with quite unusual stats that were normal in previous expansions. For example, in Warlords of Draenor, there are rings that grant primary stats (Intellect, Agility, Strength), or the infamous rings from Mechagon, which could be combined to achieve special effects.
All these items will be available again in Season 4. The only exception is Azerite armor, which will not drop in the corresponding dungeons – after all, the Azerite system is disabled.
What else do you need to know?
Blizzard has answered a variety of questions in the thread. If you really want all the details, you should study the post in the official WoW forum. Here are some of the remaining relevant facts:
- Valor points will be reset at the start of the season
- Cosmic flux will not be reset
- The legendary bow Rae’shalara from Sylvanas has a higher drop chance
- Many trinkets from Shadowlands will be revised and adjusted so that they compete better with the trinkets from the current dungeons
- Mythic raids are available from week 1, even in cross-realm raiding
- The creation catalyst continues to work and does not lose charges
- Service medals of commendation will disappear and will be converted to 1,000 gold each
- Socketing items from Season 3 are no longer usable and can be sold for 6,000 gold.
Are you already looking forward to Season 4? Or do you only have eyes for the next expansion Dragonflight?
