World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic Releases Rage of the Firelands Patch Notes

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic Releases Rage of the Firelands Patch Notes

Key Takeaways

  • World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic new content update, Rage of the Firelands, brings the Firelands raid, Protocol Inferno Dungeons, and High-Resolution Textures.
  • The Firelands raid opens on November 7 with two modes offering gear rewards, while the new Elemental Rune Dungeons add a challenging mode with new currency.
  • A new High-Resolution Textures graphics option lets players enhance the visuals of most game textures.

As a seasoned World of Warcraft player with countless hours spent in Azeroth, I must say this latest update from Blizzard Entertainment is nothing short of spectacular! The new Protocol Inferno dungeons and their associated Fissure Stone Fragments are intriguing additions that bring fresh challenges and rewards. Being able to purchase Tier 11 gear, trinkets, and even mounts with these fragments is a welcome change, and the extra Fissure Stones from final bosses in completed dungeons is a nice touch for dedicated players.


The upcoming update for “World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic,” titled “Rage of the Firelands,” has been unveiled by its developers. Currently, players can experience this patch, which is second to last in the game, as it’s already live. Notably, the Firelands raid will become accessible starting November 7.

Ever since its start on May 20, “World of Warcraft” has been rapidly progressing through “Cataclysm Classic”. Originally, they intended to roll out the last patch of this expansion seven months after Deathwing’s return in “Classic”, but recently, “World of Warcraft” announced that this update would be postponed for a brief period.

Currently, the penultimate content update for the retro expansion of “World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic” has been released, introducing a series of announcements, adjustments, and quality-of-life improvements. One of the standout additions is the Protocol Inferno Elemental Rune Dungeon, an optional, high-difficulty setting for most “WoW: Cataclysm Classic” Heroic dungeons. When all group members activate this mode, monsters within the instance will be granted a powerful buff called Fury of the Firelord; however, bosses will drop additional Fissure Stone Fragments, a new currency that can be exchanged for Tier 11 gear, trinkets, and mounts. The Protocol Inferno Dungeons also feature a selection of new achievements that can only be earned while the challenge mode is active.

In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic, starting November 7, both the 10-player and 25-player versions of the Firelands raid become accessible, offering Normal and Heroic modes respectively. During these battles against Ragnaros and his minions, Druids, Mages, Priests, Shamans, and Warlocks can initiate a questline to acquire Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest – a potent Legendary staff that comes with an attached unique flying mount. Players in Cataclysm Classic should be able to secure this weapon more swiftly compared to the original release of the expansion.

In a fresh update for the “Classic” version, there’s a new graphics option called High-Resolution Textures. This feature boosts the quality of textures in the game without altering the original character models from World of Warcraft Classic. Players can enable this optional setting by choosing ‘Get HD Textures’ on the character selection screen, and they can disable it later through the Options menu post installation.

Twilight Hour seems set to arrive on Cataclysm Classic between February and March, leaving us wondering what’s next for these retro servers. Meanwhile, World of Warcraft enthusiasts have stumbled upon some mounts tainted by the Sha, possibly hinting at a potential Mists of Pandaria Classic. If an expansion announcement is forthcoming, it might be made during the first-ever Warcraft Direct scheduled for November 13.

WoW: Cataclysm Classic Rage of the Firelands Patch Notes

New Raid: Firelands

The Firelands raid will be accessible starting on November 7th at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. This raid can be tackled by groups of either 10 or 25 players, featuring a total of 7 challenging bosses. It offers two levels of difficulty – Normal and Heroic – with rewards for gear items level 378 and 391 respectively.

  • Developers’ notes: Firelands is an iconic raid, but it went through several rounds of changes by the end of original Cataclysm, which significantly impacted its challenge. We have done a top-to-bottom pass and reverted many of these adjustments, to restore the “feel” of the original state of the raid and allow it to live up to its iconic status. Still, we will monitor player performance and progression in the raid and, if needed, may make additional adjustments if necessary.

PvP Season 10 Has Begun

Join a fresh Player versus Player (PvP) tournament! Assemble your squad to tackle the Rated Arena and Rated Battleground matches, and collect Conquest points that can be used for acquiring stronger and superior PvP equipment.

Elemental Rune Dungeons: Protocol Inferno

In simpler terms, Elemental Rune Dungeons are an additional game feature that can be triggered in many Cataclysm Classic heroic dungeons by using the Mysterious Elemental Device located at each dungeon entrance and choosing “Activate Protocol Inferno”. This option isn’t accessible in Zul’Aman or Zul’Gurub.

  • Upon activating Protocol Inferno, a floating element will appear and all 5 players in the group will need to channel it.
  • Elemental Rune Protocol Inferno dungeons can also be queued for by using the automated Group Finder tool, and require a minimum item level of 346 to queue for.
  • Activating Protocol Inferno will grant creatures in the dungeon the “Fury of the Firelord” buff, increasing their health and damage.
  • Each boss in Protocol Inferno dungeons will drop 2x of a new currency, Fissure Stone Fragments, per player. If players have defeated all of the other bosses in the dungeon, the final boss of each dungeon will drop an extra 3 Fissure Stone Fragments.
  • This currency can be used to purchase many items, such as tokens for Tier 11 gear, trinkets, and mounts, from the new NPC, Kyanite Stonetender, in Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
  • The Protocol Inferno difficulty also brings with it new Achievements to earn.
  • Currency updates:
  • Fissure Stones will now be able to purchase Valor at a conversion rate of 1:10.
  • Fissure Stones will now cap at 160, allowing players to bank up to a week’s worth of Valor, if desired.

New Baradin Hold Boss: Occu’thar

Starting from November 12, another boss named Occu’thar will become accessible in Baradin Hold with the weekly content refresh for every region.

Occu’thar has the chance to drop iLvl 378 and 384 gear.

Just like Argaloth, players have the option to engage in both the 10-member and 25-member iterations of Occu’thar, with distinct lockout systems. This means that they can attempt both versions within the same week.

High-Resolution Textures

In the Firelands update, gamers are given the chance to activate High-Detailed Textures as a setting, which significantly improves the quality of various textures within the game. This results in a refreshed, vibrant environment that maintains its original charm.

  • To enable High-Resolution Textures, select the “Get HD Textures” button on the character select screen. That will send you to the Battle.net App, and open the installation window with a new “High-Resolution Assets” checkbox.
  • To disable High-Resolution Textures, open the Options Menu, select “Graphics” and set “High Definition Textures” to “Disabled”.

Elemental Bonds Questline

The journey starts at Nordrassil Summit within Mount Hyjal, where completing it rewards a non-upgradable item of level 365 for the player.

Legendary Item: Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest

Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest is a Legendary Item with an item level of 397 that can be obtained by completing a series of quests. The journey begins by either defeating the Molten Lord in the Firelands Raid or by clearing all the bosses from the previous raid tier. This opportunity is open to Druids, Mages, Priests, Shamans, and Warlocks.

  • Developers’ notes: To account for Cataclysm Classic’s increased content cadence, we have sped up the average rate of acquisition of this Legendary Item. Players will be able to craft their first, and subsequent, Dragonwraths faster than in the original Cataclysm.

Bosses

  • Hexlord Malacrass will no longer cast Leap of Faith if there’s a priest in the group.

Guilds

  • Guild Events and Guild Finder have been added to the Guilds UI.

Transmogrification Outfit System

  • The option to save preselected transmog configurations has been added to the Transmogrify Window.

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2024-10-31 23:25