The important heirlooms in World of Warcraft are being changed. We will tell you what new bonuses they will grant in the future.
Heirlooms in World of Warcraft are quite sought after. However, with the new expansion Shadowlands, they are losing an important part of their functionality. However, Blizzard has announced a replacement and revealed what bonuses the heirlooms will grant in the future – and it’s quite a few!
What are heirlooms? Heirlooms are quite expensive items in World of Warcraft that players can unlock for their account. They are primarily used for secondary characters (twinks) after purchase. The gear levels up with the character and is therefore nearly optimal at any level. Therefore, players do not have to worry about looking for other equipment while leveling.
At the same time, these heirlooms offer significant bonuses to the experience points gained. Depending on the item, there is an additional 5% or 10% XP, which stacks.
Bonuses like on set pieces while leveling
What is changing? The XP bonus from the heirlooms will disappear in Shadowlands. Instead, the heirlooms will have set bonuses, similar to those from classic tier sets. Depending on how many items you wear as heirlooms, the more set bonuses are active at the same time. Currently, the following are planned:
- 2 items: The recovery bonus will be consumed 30% slower.
- 3 items: Regeneration outside of combat is increased in the open world, normal dungeons, and battlegrounds.
- 4 items: Reaching a new level triggers a burst of knowledge that deals Holy damage to all nearby enemies and increases the primary attribute (Intellect, Strength, Agility) by 40% for 2 minutes. Killing additional enemies extends the duration by up to another 2 minutes.
- 6 items: The recovery bonus will be consumed an additional 30% slower.
The recovery bonus is granted to characters when they log out in an inn or a capital city. It builds up slowly and colors the XP bar blue. As long as the rest bonus exists, killing mobs and opening chests and treasures grants double the amount of experience points.
Why is this being changed? With Shadowlands, the leveling phase is being significantly revised. Not only are the required levels reduced from 120 to 50 (and then 60), but the necessary XP is drastically reduced as well. Therefore, according to the developers, an XP bonus on heirlooms is no longer necessary, as the leveling phase will be faster than it is now.
How are players reacting? At least on wowhead, most players seem to find these changes quite acceptable. These are cool set bonuses that provide benefits while leveling. Especially the increased rest/recovery bonus is basically just another form of additional XP.
However, there are also voices that find heirlooms now useless. They bought the items to level much faster and spent many tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins on them. Not everyone is pleased that these items are now being changed.
What do you think of the new bonuses? Are they an adequate replacement? Or would you rather have “your gold back”?
