Earthen Allied Race Unlock Requirements in The War Within - Post-Level 80 Campaign

In an interview with LeystTV, Lead Quest Designer Dani Merrithew and Associate Art Director Tina Wang discuss designing the zones, cultures, characters, and unique environments of The War Within!

We've datamined a few more backpacks in this week's alpha build for The War Within! Similar to the Haversacks discovered last week, these new backpacks also appear Delve related, featuring excavation tools and unique light sources.

Players love to customize their characters — whether that be through transmog, fun transformation toys, consumables, or even stealing someone else's look with Reflecting Prism. The War Within will take that even further with a fun new consumable focused on transforming your race on demand: Glamour Scrolls! These Glamour Scrolls can be created relatively easily by Enchanters, requiring only Skill 40 and a small amount of Leyline Residue and Storm Dust. The only catch is the length of time you can stay transformed: the quality of the scroll determines where you fall within the range of 20 to 60 minutes. Your faction doesn't seem to matter — as of now, there are no restrictions on the items for Alliance or Horde, so you may be able to choose any race you'd like! At this time, we've datamined Glamour Scrolls for almost every race. The current exception is Dracthyr: so far, we haven't found any indication of being able to take on a draconic form.

This week's update for The War Within Alpha features a number of additional Earthen allied race customizations, including separate gem customization options for each shoulder, arms, legs, hands, belt, and more! Check out all of the new options in our updated Dressing Room!

We've datamined a handful of new Earthen tools and ornate jeweled weapon models in this week's update for The War Within Alpha! While the tools appear to be fairly basic farm and mining implements, the weapons are similar in style to many of the Earthen weapon and armor models found in last week's build.

In The War Within, Engineers will be able to craft Potion Bombs, powerful external potion buffs that augment small groups of players within range. These Potion Bombs currently come in three different types: DPS, Movement Speed, and Healing. Using a Potion Bomb is simple — use it as you would any other consumable, choose your target area, and buff your allies while damaging enemies caught in the radius. While Engineers are the only ones able to produce these new support consumables, anyone — even non-Engineers — can use them to help their group. Blizzard described these new consumables in their recent Alpha Notes for The War Within:

During the Blizzard Content Creator Summit, developers Sean McCann and Michael Bybee revealed some insight on World of Warcraft's The War Within expansion, giving more clarity on Delves, new mechanics, and features, as well as a little bit of information on Early Access. 

Collectors rejoice, completing a quest in The War Within now awards all appearance rewards, regardless of weapon or armor type! Earn plate cosmetics on your Monk or leather on your Priest, just from finishing the same quest. What's more, there's also a new dropdown menu that allows players to swap between classes in the appearance tab — helping players see what transmog they might/not have without changing characters! Note this is sorted by class rather than armor type, so exclusive cosmetics like the elusive Kor'kron Dark Shaman Armor won't show for Hunter.

Warning: Spoilers for World of Warcraft: The War Within below.

Blizzard held a Content Creator Summit and we participated in a group interview where a couple of kindly devs addressed questions from Content Creators. The devs for this interview were:

A new Allied Race means new dances! We previewed the new Male Earthen Allied Race dance on social media but felt it was worth a full article of its own. Behold the dance moves of our new Earthen brethren coming in The War Within! Earthen Customization PreviewEarthen Info — Racials, Heritage Armor, Pally Mount

We've datamined some new mounts in today's War Within alpha build--Nerubian Beetles and Treasure Basilisks! For even more TWW mounts, check out last week's model datamining, including Wild Unicorns and Fireflies! War Within Alpha Mount Models