News and Guides for WotLK Classic

Season of Discovery Hotfixes: February 26th Today’s batch of phase 2 hotfixes brings more STV PvP event improvements, item changes, and some class tweaks as well!

For today’s retail hotfixes, focused on Follower Dungeons, you can head over here. WoW Classic WoW Classic Today at 02:39 by Starym

(Updated) Upcoming Season of Discovery Phase 2 Class Tuning: February 27th Blizzard have another big class tuning pass coming with next week’s reset, this time focusing on Druids, Shamans, Rogues, Paladins and just a little bit of Hunter. We also got some Gnomeregan changes in as well. WoW Classic WoW Classic 2 comments Feb 23, 2024 at 22:27 by Staff

WoW Hardcore Self-Found Mode Begins February 29th Hardcore Self-Found Mode will launch on February 29 and here comes the official preview of the new mode. WoW Classic WoW Classic 2 comments Feb 22, 2024 at 18:25 by Staff

Dragonflight 10.2.5 and Season of Discovery Hotfixes, February 21st We’re doing a hotfix combo today, as the Dragonflight part is pretty small and SoD has plenty of changes! Retail only brings two fixes, one for Rogues and one for Waycrest, while SoD has plenty of class changes, as well as quest XP buffs, PvP event improvements and more. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 22, 2024 at 01:26 by Starym

Gnomeregan Trinket Sends Player to Forbidden Zones in SoD Phase 2 A trinket from Gnomeregan has ported a player to somewhere they shouldn’t be in Season of Discovery Phase 2. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 21, 2024 at 11:18 by Stan

Season of Discovery Hotfixes: February 20th The class tuning has arrived and we have even more changes than initially announced, as well as buffs for Gnomeregan Salvage! WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 21, 2024 at 01:55 by Starym

Blizzard Acknowledges Gnomeregan Raid Lockout Bug Blizzard has acknowledged a bug related to the Gnomeregan raid lockout not resetting as it should after the weekly maintenance in Season of Discovery Phase 2. They’re looking into the problem and will share more details shortly. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 20, 2024 at 17:46 by Staff

Blizzard on AoE Threat in SoD Phase 2 Blizzard has commented on AoE threat in Season of Discovery Phase 2 and explained their aim for a balance where classes can reliably manage 2-3 mobs with difficulties increasing beyond that. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 18, 2024 at 10:01 by Staff

Season of Discovery and Classic Era Hotfixes: February 16th There’s a lot of class changes in today’s SoD Phase 2 hotfixes, as well as plenty of improvements to the STV Blood Moon PvP event and even a little something for Classic Era! There were also improvements for the PvP event related to performance, as Josh Greenfield aka Aggrend commented: WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 17, 2024 at 02:40 by Starym

Additional Tuning Coming to Priests in Season of Discovery Blizzard have added more tuning for next week’s SoD Phase 2 class tuning, as DPS Priests get a look, with Shadow Word Death getting nerfed pretty hard, and two other spells get buffed. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 17, 2024 at 01:02 by Staff

Gnomeregan SoD DPS and Healer Rankings: Week 1 It’s time to take a look at what’s happening in the Season of Discovery Phase 2 raid! We’re checking out the DPS and healer Warcraft Logs rankings in Gnomeregan for this past week, so let’s dive in. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 16, 2024 at 20:07 by Staff

SoD Subjugate Demon Nerf Due to 5-Minute Control of Metamorphosis Warlocks Blizzard have commented on a recent Subjugate Demon PvP nerf, explaining that it was in response to a previous (and hilarious) issue where players would be able to Subjugate Warlocks in Metamorphosis mode for 5 whole minutes! WoW Classic WoW Classic 1 comment Feb 15, 2024 at 23:14 by Staff

Here comes more class tuning for SoD Phase 2, as next week’s reset brings changes for Druids, Shamans and Mages, with the Paladin changes already live now. WoW Classic WoW Classic 2 comments Feb 15, 2024 at 19:50 by Staff

Season of Discovery Hotfixes: February 14th We have more SoD Phase 2 hotfixes incoming! We have more class changes, this time around for 5 of them, as well as Gnomeregan boss adjustments, and more!

You can also find today’s retail patch 10.2.5 hotfixes here. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 15, 2024 at 01:56 by Starym

Shadowfang Keep Teleport Available in Wrath Classic Blizzard is adding teleports to Shadowfang Keep for both Horde and Alliance in Wrath Classic, for the Love is in the Air event. The NPCs are the ones in faction capitals for the event. WotLK Classic WotLK Classic 5 comments Feb 13, 2024 at 06:09 by Staff

Season of Discovery Hotfixes: February 12th Here come the exact details of the announced SoD Phase 2 changes. We have class changes for Druids, Paladins and Shamans, improvements to the STV Blood Moon PvP event, and plenty more!
You can also check out today’s 10.2.5 hotfixes here. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 13, 2024 at 03:21 by Starym

Upcoming Season of Discovery Phase 2 Adjustments: February 12th Blizzard have detailed some adjustments coming to SoD Phase 2, as Aggrend explains the changes to quest mobs, the STV PvP event, class tuning (including Starsurge) and more. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 12, 2024 at 22:34 by Staff

Lost and Found: Previously Unobtainable Mount Now Drops in Gnomeregan in SoD Phase 2 Fluorescent Green Mechanostrider that has been given to a player back in Vanilla by a Game Master by accident has been found in Season of Discovery! WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 12, 2024 at 13:33 by Stan

Non-Spoiler Riddle Rune Locations for Season of Discovery Phase 2 If you don’t quite feel like running around Azeroth looking for the SoD Phase 2 runes, but also don’t really want to just have their locations and the way to unlock them handed to you on a silver plate, we have just the thing for you! In an awesome addition to the mystery that is Season of Discovery, Methuzahla over at Preach Gaming has a list of all the so far discovered runes – but they’re all hidden with riddles! WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 10, 2024 at 07:01 by Starym

A Fix for Graveyard Camping in Season of Discovery Phase 2 There’s a fix coming that’s aiming to improve the Blood Moon PvP experience in Season of Disovery Phase 2. Blizzard will be adding a buff to recently killed players which will prevent them from giving stacks of Bloof of the Blood Loa. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 10, 2024 at 01:08 by Staff

Season of Discovery Phase 2 Guides Season of Discovery Phase 2 just started and we’d like to take the time to highlight some of our guides for the latest phase of Classic. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 09, 2024 at 13:09 by Staff

World First Gnomeregan Clear in SoD Phase 2 NOTA is the first guild worldwide to clear Gnomeregan in the Season of Discovery Phase 2, doing so just over 12 hours after the phase launched. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 09, 2024 at 10:24 by Stan

Season of Discovery Phase 2 Is Now Live! Phase 2 has arrived! It is now live on all servers and Blizzard have an extended preview below, including a look at some more runes! WoW Classic WoW Classic 2 comments Feb 08, 2024 at 21:08 by Staff

Season of Discovery XP Buff Is Live Now! We got a little bonus with today’s Season of Discovery maintenance! Teased by Senior Test Analyst Morgan K, players saw a Discoverer’s Delight 50% experience buff after logging in today on NA servers. WoW Classic WoW Classic 2 comments Feb 06, 2024 at 18:05 by Staff

WoW Classic Era Maintenance Notes: February 6th Blizzard ran into some issues during today’s Classic Era maintenance. Here are the maintenance notes covering the details. WoW Classic WoW Classic Feb 06, 2024 at 17:16 by Staff

Blizzard Teases Cozy Sleeping Bag for SoD Phase 2 Blizzard has teased a new item coming in Season of Discovery Phase 2 called Cozy Sleeping Bag, which offers a bonus to XP gains and can stack up to 3 times. WoW Classic WoW Classic 1 comment Feb 03, 2024 at 19:46 by Staff

Timeline of Blizzard Presidents With Johanna Faires recently taking on the role of the new President at Blizzard, let’s delve into the history of Blizzard Presidents from 1991 up to the present. Blizzard Blizzard 3 comments Feb 02, 2024 at 15:34 by Stan

New World Buff Coming in Season of Discovery Phase 2 A new world buff awaits in Season of Discovery Phase 2. WoW Classic WoW Classic 1 comment Jan 31, 2024 at 19:13 by Stan

A List of All Runes Coming in Season of Discovery Phase 2 We’ve datamined all the new runes coming in Season of Discovery Phase 2. If you’d like to discover them yourself, please refrain from reading this post. WoW Classic WoW Classic 2 comments Jan 30, 2024 at 21:51 by Staff

Blizzard Bans GDKP Runs in Season of Discovery Starting February 8 Blizzard will no longer support GDKP in Season of Discovery Phase 2. The change aims to preserve guild structures and combat illicit activities like gold trading and botting. The decision (described as experimental) invites player feedback for future evaluation. WoW Classic WoW Classic 1 comment Jan 30, 2024 at 17:58 by Staff

Warlock Leveling Guide From 1 to 80 for WotLK Classic

In this article, we will help you with leveling in Wrath Classic as a Warlock . Warlocks excel in different areas depending on the spec they choose, with Demonology Warlock thriving in AoE farming groups, while Affliction Warlock excels in solo leveling.

This page contains all of our leveling guides for Warlocks , with links to each specialization’s guide.

Leveling in Wrath of the Lich King

While it is important to understand your class and specialization while leveling, it can be massively helpful to have a general understanding of how leveling works in Wrath, as well as any tips that you can use to speed up the process. Our General Leveling guide covers all of this and more and you can read through it below.

Wrath of the Lich King Warlock Leveling Talents and Specializations

Warlocks have three talent trees to choose from, Affliction, Demonology and Destruction. All three specs are very strong for leveling and each play very different than thier counterparts.

Affliction is the strongest of the three when it comes to leveling. With multiple sources of self healing, a plethora of damage-over-time abilities that are all amplified by the Affliction talents, giving you the ability to simply run around and DoT up everything in site, then sit back and watch it rot away. The new re-work on Siphon Life allows you to heal for 40% of all Corruption damage dealt, meaning you will almost never need to take a break to eat. For this, and many other reasons, Affliction is one of, if not the, fastest leveling spec in the game.

Demonology is the pet spec for Warlocks. The talent focus on significantly buffing you and your Demons. Once you get to level 50, you get to use the all powerful Summon Felguard , who will carry you the rest of the way to 80. One of the biggest changes to Demonology Warlocks is the new and infamous Metamorphosis , which turns the player into a Demon, while also giving you all new abilites to go along with it. All in all, Demonology is widely known as one of the most fun, safe and unique specs in the game and is cozy for leveling and, by far, the best spec for Dungeon leveling.

Destruction is the master of fire damage and crit hits. While this spec doesn’t have as powerful DoT’s as Affliction, or as strong Demons and survivabilty as Demonology, it can make your enemies disappear faster than they can appear. Where Affliction focuses on pulling as many mobs are possible, Destruction focuses on simply nuking one target and then moving onto the next one. You will find yourself having to sit and drink for Mana much more often than the other specs, however don’t let that deter you as Destruction is a very fun spec and is even more powerful if dungeon leveling.

Fastest Leveling Specialization for Warlocks in WotLK Classic

Affliction is by far the fastest leveling spec for Warlocks. Not many classes in the entire game can keep up with the speed of Affliction. The ability to run around and DoT everything, while those same DoTs heal you is incomparable and very overpowered.

If you are focuses on largely doing dungeons while leveling, then Demonology is the best spec. Your powerful Summon Felguard and Metamorphosis combined offer an insane amount of damage. Enemies inside dungeons typically die way too fast for Affliction DoT’s to get any sort of value, making Demonology the objective choice for dungeon leveling.

General Leveling Tips for Warlocks

There are a number of small tips you should pay attention to when leveling as a Warlock to make the leveling process much smoother. Some will vary on which specialization you are.

• Make sure you pick up your Glyphs. They are extremely helpful no matter the specialization. Affliction has one that makes your Corruption tick faster ( Glyph of Quick Decay ) and another that makes you gain even more healing from Siphon Life ( Glyph of Siphon Life ) which means you’re healing an extreme amount more. Demonology has a Glyph that makes you stay in Metamorphosis longer ( Glyph of Metamorphosis ) and another that makes your Summon Felguard attack much faster ( Glyph of Felguard ). It’s 100% worth spending the gold to pick up a couple Glyphs.
• If Demonology, simply pull everything around you with Corruption , then use your Metamorphosis and Immolation Aura to burst all the enemies down. It’s important not to use Metamorphosis and then run around to pull the mobs. This will drastically speed up your leveling.
• If Affliction, simply run around and pull everything with Corruption and Curse of Agony , then Hellfire them all down when they get into Range.
• If you’re pulling one enemy at a time, you’re playing inefficiently. Make sure to pull as much as you can, but do so safely.
• Always be careful not to pull too many mobs. It’s very easy to feel powerful and pull too much.
• Don’t forget to go back to your Warlock Trainers to learn your new Spells. This is important, as you can can get extrememly powerful upgrades on your DoT’s and utility spells that can save your life.
• Make sure to keep Fel Armor on you full time while leveling. This gives you insane self healing as well as makes you do a bunch more damage.
• Don’t forget Howl of Terror . It’s an AoE fear on a short cast time, or an instant cast if you’re Affliction, and it’s super helpful when you DoT everything around you, then Howl them and they’ll be dead before they come back to you.
• Try not to ever be at full health. I know that can sound confusing, but as a Warlock you have Life Tap , which will convert your HP to Mana on top of already high self sustain. Just Life Tap when you get high HP and you’ll find yourself having more resources in the long run.
• Always keep a few Soul Shards on you, but there is no need to have the maximum of 32. You need Soul Shards to summon your pet and to create Healthstones and Soulstones. Other than that, you don’t need to keep a ton of Shards on you. It frees up bag space, allowing you to carry more items to sell and make more money.
• Keep a Soulstone on you at all times! This can easily resurrect you, just in case you mess up and die. While we are very powerful, it is still easy to die by pulling too much. Especially if you are just learning the class.
• Keep a Spellstone on your weapon at all times. This gives you 1% Haste, which makes you cast faster as well as your Corruption tick faster if you have the Glyph of Quick Decay , which you should have.
• First Aid Kit is always helpful, given that Warlocks often lack HP due to the constant use of Life Tap .
• Do not forget to grab new grimoires for your demons.

Professions for Leveling as a Warlock

First Aid Kit should always be taken if you can bare the time to sit and level it up. The extra healing from it can help tremendously. While you can take Engineering and Tailoring for the ultimate leveling speed increase, due to Lightweave Embroidery and the Engineering enchants, such as Nitro Boosts , it is only worth if you have the gold to spend on it.

Consumables for Leveling as a Warlock

Consumables are extrememly helpful for leveling as a Warlock. Not only can Health Potions come in clutch and save your life, but Flask of Pure Death until level 75, then pick up some Flask of the Frost Wyrm . These DRASTICALLY boost your spell damage, which is very big for Warlocks since you use so many DoT’s that all gain value out of the massive boost in spell power.

Changelog

• 26 Jun. 2023: Overview re-done and updated
• 26 Sep. 2022: Page added.