The World of Warcraft devs has announced some exciting news regarding the upcoming content for The War Within in Patch 11.1.5. Not only will Horrific Visions return with some much-needed quality-of-life improvements, but players will finally get their hands on an in-game cooldown manager, instead of having to rely solely on addons.
With that being said, let's take a look at what will come in Patch 11.1.5 for WoW The War Within.
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WoW Patch 11.1.5 Schedule
It seems that players will get content spanning across 3 months so here are the important highlights:
- April 22: Nightfall Scenario, Cooldown Manager, and Winds of Mysterious Fortune Buff
- May 20: Horrific Visions Revisited
- June 3: Dastardly Duos
Blizzard have been crushing it this expansion, as most of the content released so far has been loved by the community, along with the tuning, balancing and other gameplay aspects that are constantly being addressed by the developers.
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Week of April 22
Winds of Mysterious Fortune
Beginning on April 22, 2025, through May 20, 2025, players can take advantage of the Winds of Mysterious Fortune 20% experience buff to get up to speed with their new or alternate characters levels 10 through 79. This buff will also provide +200% major faction renown in Dragonflight zones and +100% select major faction renown in The War Within zones.
Dragonflight Factions Included:
- Dragonscale Expedition
- Maruuk Centaur
- Iskaara Tuskarr
- Valdrakken Accord
- Loamm Niffen
- Dream Wardens
- Sabellian
- Wrathion
- Cobalt Assembly
The War Within Factions Included:
- Council of Dornogal
- Hallowfall Arathi
- The Assembly of the Deeps
- The General
- The Vizier
- The Weaver
Unfortunately, Undermine factions are excluded from benefitting from this buff.
During this period, while in Dragonflight and The War Within Zones, players below level 80 will also have a chance to gain Mysterious Satchels while looting creatures or as a bonus reward from quests. These satchels contain a variety of fun and useful items that can grant temporary stat boosts or visual alterations. These satchels can sometimes also include bonus gear appropriate to your level and specialization and two hour 10% experience potions that stack with the 20% experience buff to a maximum of 30%.
Experience potions are a Warbound-bound item and can be consumed during the event or saved until after the event is over to be used on characters from level 10-79. Any stat potion effects or elemental potion effects will not work in Mythic+ Raids, or rated PvP content.
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Nightfall Scenario
Players have been itching for some more content in Hallowfall, and Blizzard is looking to deliver. The community is especially excited to get some nice Arathi set recolors.
Players will take up arms beside a new faction, Flame’s Radiance, to defend the Arathi against the Sureki forces following the defeat of Queen Ansurek. This faction consists of volunteer militia led veterans Thaed Pyremaker and Mylton Wyldbraun. As you rise through the ranks, you will earn up to ten levels of Renown and unlock new rewards.
Who doesn't want some new loot and goodies to collect, and given the amazing atmosphere the Hallowfall zone has, we can expect a lot of fun stuff to do.
Alongside the Flame’s Radiance, players will be split between task forces within the Nightfall public scenario to clear the battlefield and push back the Sureki. You’ll also be able to strike back against Sureki forces throughout Hallowfall and Azj-Kahet to continue to earn Renown and rewards with additional quests and activities available between the scenarios.
The Arathi are a very interestic race, and given how little we know so far, lore nerds will have a field day learning everything about the new faction.
Players can expect a variety of rewards for taking part in the scenario and quests including— new armor sets, a tabard that will update visually as you progress through the ranks of the Flame’s Radiance, weapons, a new color variation of the Delver’s Dirigible, and more. As your rank increases, you can also expect to earn buffs which will help you become stronger while in Hallowfall and Azj-Kahet.
New Cooldown Manager
Players can enable a new Cooldown Manager within their UI by opening the Game Menu (Escape), selecting Options, then opening Advanced Options.
- Enable Cooldown Manager: Toggle on to view important cooldowns and buffs in separate customizable HUD elements for the selected specialization.
Cooldown abilities will show up automatically in the center of our screen and include a visual countdown of when your ability is available to use again.
To customize the Cooldown Manager, open the Game Menu (Escape), select the Edit Mode to access the HUD Edit Mode, then select Advanced Options. You can select “Cooldown Manager” from the options then adjust the Utility Cooldown Options bar, Essential Cooldowns bar, Tracked Buffs bar, and Tracked Bars by clicking on them and adjusting their visual elements to your preference.
Finally, Blizzard has taken the necessary steps to improve Retail WoW, as the overreliance on addons has been a bit of a pain as players should be able to play the game without the need of external features.
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Week of May 20
Horrific Visions
Return to N’Zoth’s corrupted versions of Stormwind and Orgrimmar, complete objectives, and take on the challenges within. As you make your way through these encounters, you’ll need to maintain your sanity or ultimately fail.
You will be able to go it alone or create a party of allies to join you. Players who want to experience Horrific Visions alone or need an additional helping hand in their party will also be able to invite a Construct of Soridormi companion to join them. This follower will be able to Tank, DPS, or Heal and will not be affected by sanity.
It is a shame that players will be once again going through the faction capitals, but at least the PTR has shown some new twists and turns, making the experience feel fresh, despite the somewhat disappointing debut in the Battle for Azeroth expansion.
For players looking for a bigger challenge, you’ll be able to activate higher difficulties of play for additional gear up to Heroic difficulty items. Horrific Vision Masks are also returning including: Mask of Pain, Mask of Dark Imagination, Mask of the Long Night, Mask of the Burned Bridge, and Mask of the Daredevil. Three additional new masks, Mask of Vengeance, Mask of Multitudes, and the Mask of the Nemesis will also be available to discover and conquer!
Good to see that the devs have added more ways of obtaining gear, so if you get tired of grinding Mythic+, make sure to give this a try.
A new currency to collect becomes available to spend at the vendor for new and previous rewards—Displaced Corrupted Mementos. Players will be able to earn new and returning rewards in Horrific Visions such as mounts, toys, transmogs, weapon enchantments, and more.
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Week of June 3
Dastardly Duos
Later in the patch cycle, players will be able to experience a new six-week event providing a variety of cosmetics, toys, and even some dungeon items based on the bosses you encounter.
Vinnie Sweets, showrunner, and announcer, is promoting Dastardly Duos where players can step up to take on ‘animatronic’ versions of past bosses, gain powerups, and strive for higher and higher scores for bragging rights. You and your party will fight two (or more) bosses at a time to rack up your highest score.
This is also a very fun event that will span across six weeks, giving players the opportunity to fight 'animatronic' bosses of the past.
There will be three hubs for Dastardly Duos that players can visit. One in Stormwind, one in Orgrimmar, and one in Dornogal. While Vinnie Sweets is running the show, you’ll need to speak with Xyggie Marou to queue for the fight in the Dastardly Dome. A visit with Wodin, the Troll-Servant vendor, will also get you access over the weeks to some additional powerups or items that can help you in the fight.
In week one, there will be four bosses available to fight and each week thereafter additional bosses will be added up to a total of ten total bosses to face.
Earning specific achievements will also provide additional game effects from them within the Dastardly Duo.
Earn points for kills, damage done, and much more. Rack up a high score with your party for bragging rights and see how far you can go!
And that covers the most important tidbits of Patch 11.1.5 for World of Warcraft The War Within. You can check out the official announcement and community discussion, here.
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