Today, November 13th, is the Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct, and so far, Blizzard has given players a roadmap through the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026 outlining their plans for Classic WoW and World of Warcraft: The War Within
Blizzard has announced the next raid and a new dungeon for Season 2 of The War Within - Undermined. Blizzard also hinted at player housing being added in the next expansion, World of Warcraft: Midnight, as well as the Midnight release date.
The New City of Undermine
In patch 11.1.0 of The War Within, players will be able to venture into the underground goblin city of Undermine. This new season of The War Within will follow the conflicts between 4 Cartels in Undermine - The Steamwheedle Cartel, the Blackwater Raiders, the Bilgewater Cartel, and the Venture Company.
Similar to the separate Nerubian factions in Azj-Kahet, players will be able to align themselves individually with one of the goblin Cartels. Earning renown with the separate Cartels will reward players with unique cosmetics and a new vehicle.
The D.R.I.V.E. ground mount is Season 2's version of the Delver's Dirigible. The D.R.I.V.E ground mount will be completely customizable and will likely have unique skins as rewards for completing difficult events or maxing out renown with a certain Cartel.
The D.R.I.V.E. mount also introduces the ability to drift and accelerate in a ground-only mount.
Blizzard also announced a new dungeon called Operation: Flood Gate that will be part of the Season 2 Mythic+ Dungeon Pool.
In Season 2, there will also be 2 brand new Delves for players to experience, as well as new curios for Brann Bronzebeard.
There will also be a new PvP arena map inspired by the city of Undermine.
New Raid - Liberation of Undermine
In today's Warcraft Direct, Blizzard also debuted the next raid tier after Nerub'ar Palace. The next raid is called the Liberation of Undermine, where players will take to the streets of Undermine to free the city.
The only raid boss that's been announced so far is the final boss, former Horder leader Gallywix. Is he being influenced by Xal'atath, or are there other evil forces at work underground?
Based on the road map, it looks like Season 2 of The War Within will be releasing in late Winter 2025, around late January or February.
Players Housing in World of Warcraft: Midnight?
Although no official announcement has been made, Blizzard teased World of Warcraft players with the trailer below hinting at unique player housing in the next expansion - World of Warcraft: Midnight.
In their 2025-2026 road map, Blizzard revealed that World of Warcraft: Midnight will be releasing out next Summer - August 2025.
This release date coincides with Blizzard's plan to release the Worldsoul Saga in 3 years. but that means The War Within will have only 2 raids and 2 Mythic+ seasons before the next game comes out, and it will likely be the same for Midnight.
With these games costing even more than Dragonflight, do you think players are getting their money's worth?
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