WoW Classic Season of Discovery Survival Guide (What's new in WoW Classic's Season of Discovery?) (2024)

Last updated on Jun 12, 2024 at 02:00by Sellin1 comment

The following guide covers everything about the new Season of Discovery seasonalrealm launching for Classic World of Warcraft.

The WoW Classic Season of Discovery will be the second seasonal patch for WoWClassic, introducing an entirely new content timeline combined with a fresh start foreveryone playing. Below is a short list of the major changes made for the Season of Discovery.

• Brand new Instanced and World content including the redesigned Blackfathom Deeps 10-player raidand the Battle for Ashenvale World PvP event.
• Rune Engravings: Unique item enchantment that can be affixed to your Gloves, Chest, PantsBelts, Cloak, Rings, Helmets, Bracers, and Boots that will completely redefine the way you play many of your favorite Classesand Specializations.
• There is no longer a debuff limit on enemies.
• Meeting Stones at dungeons are now Summoning Stones, just as they are on alllater versions of WoW.

• Two new Rune Engraving Slots; Helmet and Bracers.
• New profession recipes to discover for many of Classics end game reputations like the Argent Dawn, Thorium Brotherhood,Hydraxian Waterlords, and Timbermaw Hold.
• New 20 player version of the classic raid, Molten Core.
• New rewards for the Blood Moon event in Stranglethorn Vale forlevel 60 characters.
• Reworked world bosses Azuregos and Doom Lord Kazzak to be instanced content, scaling from 20 to 40 players.
• 150% increased experience gained from level 1-50.
• 50% increased experience gained from level 50-60.
• Nightmare Incursions reworked to be daily quest hubs.
• Up to rank 10 PvP rewards now available.
• Utility Runes that grant class agnostic benefits like bonuses to Weapon Skills, Hit Rating or even theability to swap Class specific Racial abilities.
• Reworked Dungeon rewards for Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire, Scholomance,Dire Maul, and Stratholme.

• Two new Rune Engraving Slots; Helmet and Bracers.
• New profession recipes to discover.
• New 20 player raid, The Temple of Atal'Hakkar.
• New rewards for the Blood Moon event in Stranglethorn Vale forlevel 50 characters.
• 50% increased experience gained from level 40-49.
• New PvE content, Nightmare Incursions. Teleport into the Emerald Nightmareand defeat corrupted members of Emerald Nightmare, offering a new alternativeway to level from 25-50 and a new Reputation that will offer unique rewardsfor both those leveling and those at max level.
• Brand New PvP ranking reward sets for level 50 characters.
• Dual-Spec added so your character may have two specializations they can switch between at a moments notice.
• Reworked Dungeon rewards for Blackrock Depths, Maraudon, Uldaman,and Zul'Farrak.

There is not yet a date for phase 4 of Season of Discovery but it is currently playable on the PTR in a limitedcapacity.

There are massive class changes in Season of Discovery largely thanks to theRune Engraving system which is the major feature of this season.

Rune Engravings are augments you are able to place on your Gloves, Chest, Pants, Belts,Bracers, Helmets, Cloaks, Rings and Boots that will allow you access to new abilities, make current abilities stronger or justcomplete rework the way an ability functions. Rune Engravings are specific to item slots,certain engravings can only go on your Gloves, others on your Pants or Chest, while thisdoes somewhat limit customization it allows for a much easier to balance experience. Someof the most notable added Rune Engravings are Metamorphosis for Warlocks allowing themthe ability to tank with their new found Demon form. Regeneration for Mages allowing themto apply a buff to their allies transferring damage dealt from the Mage to be convertedinto healing for anyone currently with the buff. And last but certainly not leastJust a Flesh Wound for Rogues which will enable them also to be able to tank due tothe added critical damage avoidance and massive increase in threat generation. Theseexamples merely scratch the surface of what is going to be a completely new way to playClassic World of Warcraft so make sure to checkout our guides below on how to best utilizerunes for every class and specialization.

As mentioned above, the meta is expected to shift significantly in raidsfor the Season of Discovery. If you want to read more about the new raid meta andhow classes are performing, check out our tier lists linked below.