Players have discovered how streamers in WoW Dragonflight have repeatedly killed certain enemies and obtained powerful loot – stronger than what is normally available from most activities. The trick has spread, but it wasn’t intended to be this way. Blizzard has since fixed the issue.
What kind of items are these? Rare enemies (“Rare Mobs”) have been dropping rare loot in WoW for a long time. In the new expansion Dragonflight, certain rare and elite enemies drop loot so powerful that even mythic dungeons become unnecessary.
Some enemies in the open world drop loot with an item level between 372 and 382. For comparison: mythic dungeons, which are one of the best sources of loot at level 70, are capped at 372 – and much harder to master.
One downside: the loot is random and may not necessarily fit your character. However, the sheer quantity of drops certainly held something worthwhile. A trick has spread on Twitch, allowing streamers and players to farm these powerful items en masse (via reddit).
How did players farm them? The mobs in certain areas seemed to have a flaw. They reappeared just moments after being killed, right back in the same spot.
There also appeared to be no limit on the loot. It was likely intended that players could only receive loot from the enemies once a day. Instead, they dropped powerful gear every time.
In our live ticker, we are covering the release of Dragonflight, where you can find all the current problems and solutions. Right from the release evening, there were server issues and more – we were live on the scene:
Blizzard blocks loot from Rare Mobs – Must fix the problem
With a hotfix, Blizzard temporarily blocked the loot from the respective enemies for several hours. Neither reputation nor other loot was available during this time. It should now be possible to receive corresponding rewards again – presumably, as intended, once a day.
What exactly will happen to players who exploited the bug is unclear. In the forum and on reddit, the community discusses whether a warning is really sufficient, or if those using an exploit should be punished more harshly.
Among those who used the ‘trick’ is Asmongold – the largest WoW streamer on Twitch. He recently returned to his main channel to showcase Dragonflight:
WoW: Asmongold had a panic attack before returning to Twitch – But a friend gifted him $20,000
