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| Patchname = Rage of the Firelands
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| Image = [[Image:Patch_4.2.0_Wallpaper.jpg|265px|]]
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| Release = 2011-06-28
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| Version = 14333
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| toc = 40200
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| Highlights =
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| Related =
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| Prev = 4.1.0a
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| Current = 4.2.0
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==General==
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*Due to Burning Crusade status being granted to all accounts, level 60 characters who could previously queue for a random classic dungeon through the dungeon finder can now only queue for a random Burning Crusade dungeon instead.
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*Checking your mail, opening your map, or typing /read (but NOT typing the /map emote) now plays an animation of your character unfurling a map.
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*New [[hairstyles]] have been added in the barber shop for the following race/gender combinations:
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**Night Elf Female: Sassy Buns, Sassy Tails
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**Gnome Female: Punky
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**Gnome Male: The Curl, Blade's Edge, Fauxhawk
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**Dwarf Male: Triple Knots, Tousled, Combover
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**Dwarf Female: Wings, Sassy Buns
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**Draenei Female: Slicked
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**Blood Elf Male: Short (previously listed as "Slicked")
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**Blood Elf Female: Braided Tail
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**Tauren Female: High, Omega, Backswept
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**Troll Male: Balding Braids, Dragon's Crest, Falling Fauxhawk
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**Troll Female: Sticks & Stones, Backblown
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**Undead Male: Wedge
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**Orc Male and Orc Female had new hairstyles on the PTR that did not make it to the live patch.
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*[[Jin'do the Godbreaker]] now warns "Jin'do charges his weapon with the Shadows of Hakkar!" whenever casting Hakkar's Shadow.
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*Companion pets that cannot fly are dismissed when lifting off the ground on a flying mount (but not in flight forms) and return when you dismount.
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*Burning Crusade heroic dungeons no longer (indirectly) require certain reputation levels due to the removal of the keyring. The former attunement quest [[Quest:Hard to Kill]] for [[Magisters' Terrace]] still exists, but is no longer necessary to enter the dungeon on heroic difficulty.
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*The gate of [[Karazhan]] no longer requires [[The Master's Key]]. The [[Karazhan Quest Progression|former attunement questline]] to acquire the key still exists.
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*Feline companion pets have sitting and lying idle animations.
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*Avian companion pets have had their flapping speed reduced.
   
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==Achievements==
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[[Image:Great Dark Outer Space Planets.jpg|thumb|The Great Dark]]
  
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*Two new achievements for the [[Hallow's End]] holiday event have been added: [[Tricks and Treats of Northrend]] and [[Tricks and Treats of the Cataclysm]].
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[[Image:WorldMap-Cosmic.jpg|thumb|The "cosmic map" from ''World of Warcraft''.]]
  
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*New reputation achievement [[Time Flies When You're Having Fun]] for becoming exalted with your guild.
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*The [[Justly Rewarded]] achievement now retroactively recognizes previous quest reward amounts.
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*The Guild Achievement [[United Nations]] has been reset, and now lists which reputations need to be exalted in order to qualify. It also no longer requires all 55 reputations to be held by a single character. However, the achievement is now worth 0 guild achievement points.
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*Four masks have been added to [[A Mask for All Occasions]] a male and female mask for both Goblins and Worgens.
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*The Cooking Achivement {{achievementlong|faction=|A Bunch of Lunch (Alliance)}}/{{achievementlong|faction=|A Bunch of Lunch (Horde)}} were added.
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*The Fishing Achivement {{achievementlong|faction=Alliance|Gone Fishin' (Alliance)}}/{{achievementlong|faction=|Gone Fishin' (Horde)}} were added.
   
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==Classes==
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The term '''planet''' (sometimes referred to as '''world''') is a geographical category. Planets exist in the [[Great Dark Beyond]], which is apparently the term for what we would call "outer space".
 
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===General===
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*Permanent pets no longer despawn when mounting and riding on the ground, but despawn when the player takes flight. In addition, the last used hunter pet will always be shown on the login screen even if not at the master's side when the player logged out (possibly intended for at least warlocks as well, but not working).
   
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====Druid====
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Worlds contain [[continents]].
  
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*[[Prowl]] now once again begins its cooldown once the druid leaves Prowl. (Note: for rogues' Stealth, this is indeed in the patchnotes, but not for Prowl).
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*Balance druids can now move change the direction of their [[Eclipse]] meter when starting fresh (either from zoning in, or having recently died) up until they reach their first Eclipse state, at which point the eclipse meter will only move in a single direction. [[Starsurge]] will continue to select the most advantageous Eclipse, but will always prefer Solar over Lunar when starting from exactly 0 energy.
   
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==Note==
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====Hunter====
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*The initial cast of [[Misdirection]] now produces a healing sound.
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The term "world" generally refers to [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]] itself, other worlds are generally referred to by their names in context to Azeroth.
  
   
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== Known worlds ==
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====Priest====
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*[[Divine Aegis]] now uses the same spell effect as [[Power Word: Shield]].
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* [[Argus]], the homeworld of the [[eredar]] race of magic-wielders and their exiled brethren called the [[draenei]].
  
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*[[Chakra]] has a new icon.
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* [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]], the world where most of the action of the [[Warcraft universe]] is set.
  
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* [[K'aresh]], the original homeworld of the [[ethereal]]s before they evacuated to wander the [[Twisting Nether]].
  
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* [[Draenor]] ([[Outland]]) was the homeworld of the [[orc]]s, [[ogre]]s, and other species, and a sanctuary of the draenei. It was destroyed in a cataclysm. The remains of Draenor have become the extradimensional realm of Outland.{{cite|A&HC|19}}
  
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* [[Xoroth]], the homeworld of the [[dreadsteed]]s (and possibly the [[nathrezim]] and [[tothrezim]]).
  
   
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== Other ==
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====Warlock====
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*Soul Shards no longer disappear if [[Mass Resurrection]] is cast and accepted after the warlock has released.
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* Hara'samid Sector, [[Gezhe]] mentions this while speaking to a [[Consortium Nether Runner]].
  
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*[[Rain of Fire]] has a new spell effect.
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* Xarodi sector, [[Gezhe]] mentions this while speaking to a [[Consortium Nether Runner]].
  
   
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==Dungeons & Raids==
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== Unknown worlds ==
  
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* [[Throne of the Tides]]
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{{speculation}}
  
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** Medusa-lift is waiting group at bottom now.
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Some worlds exist in the Warcraft universe that have not yet been named. Most often we know of their existence because of creatures coming from those worlds.
  
   
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==Items==
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*'''Homeworld of:'''
  
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*Crafted gems now stack.
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**[[Worgen]]
  
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*[[Horde Balloon]] and [[Alliance Balloon]] companion pets have been added to the game. Speak with {{npc||Jaga}} in the [[Valley of Honor]], [[Orgrimmar]] or {{npc||Vin}} in [[Cathedral Square]], [[Stormwind]] to start the quest, {{quest|Blown Away}} to obtain them.
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**[[Nathrezim]] (Theorized to be [[Xoroth]].)
  
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*[[Winged Guardian]] now has a unique icon.
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**[[Tothrezim]] (Theorized to be [[Xoroth]].)
  
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*The MiniZep created by [[MiniZep Controller]] can no longer fly in areas where flight is restricted, such as battlegrounds and dungeons. It can still fly in areas that allow flight, even if the controlling player has not learned the appropriate flight skill for the area. MiniZeps that cannot fly can still jump.
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**[[Annihilan]]
  
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*New Vicious Gladiator Season 10 gear, i371, has been added as of the start date of arena season 10 on July 5th, 2011. The new gear has increased statistics to maintain the alignment between conquest purchases, Ruthless Gladiator i384, and honor purchases, the new Vicious Gladiator Season 10 i371.
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**[[Demonic hound]]s (A portal to the planet exists called [[Death's Door]].)
  
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**The undocumented change was questioned by many who spent honor and gold (for gems, enchants, and reforging) and would have saved for an additional week had they known of the changes. Blizzard has not yet determined if or how to compensate for this change.
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**[[Titan]]s and their [[moon dog]]s
  
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**[[Naaru]] (If they are not the remains of the [[Light]]s of creation.)
  
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**[[Death dog]]s
  
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**[[Voidwalker]]
  
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**[[The Codex of Blood]] and the [[summoners of Murmur]]
  
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**[[Murmur]]
  
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**[[Silithid]] (If not native to Azeroth.)
  
   
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==Professions==
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Countless other unnamed worlds have been visited by the [[titan]]s, the [[naaru]], and taken over or obliterated by the [[Burning Legion]].
  
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===Cooking===
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* The ability to make [[Sporeling Snack]]<nowiki></nowiki>s has been removed from the game, and [[Recipe: Sporeling Snack]] in a player's inventory has been changed into a [[Ruined Recipe]], a gray quality item. Existing Sporeling Snacks in an inventory have also become gray items with no use, and their flavor text have changed from "Pets love sporeling snacks!" to "Pets hate sporeling snacks!"
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* [[Kibler's Bits]] has been changed to just make your pet larger for 5 min, from previously increasing your pet's [[happiness]] (the happiness-system was removed in 4.1).
   
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===Jewelcrafting===
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The draenei passed dozens of worlds and mapped much of the cosmos after they left [[Argus]].
  
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* [[Fire Prism]] has been moved to the Consumables tab in the Jewelcrafting skill pane.
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===Mining===
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* The skill required to [[Mining|mine]] and [[Smelting|smelt]] ore has been reduced for most vanilla ores (i.e. [[tin]] through [[thorium]]).
   
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==World Environment==
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At least seven planets are set to feature in future patches and/or expansions for ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', courtesy of [[Outland]]'s [[Dimensional Gateway]]s.<ref>{{ref web |title = Chris Metzen & Micky Neilson Pocket Star Books Lore Q&A Video Interview |accessdate = 2009-02-17 |author = Medievaldragon |url = http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/chris_metzen_micky_neilson_pocket_star_books_lore_qa_video_interview/#comments |date = 2009-02-09}}</ref>
  
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* Portals to Orgrimmar and Stormwind have been added outside the [[Nordrassil Inn]] in [[Mount Hyjal]].
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* The red glow at the top of the castle towers in [[Stormwind City]] doesn't glow as much as it used to, and the wood texture of the castle tower has a newer look to it.
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** The mini-map in this area also has had some refinements, including orange for the castle towers.
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* A new pub, [[The Shady Lady]] has been added to Stormwind's [[Dwarven District]]. Because really, you can never have too many of those.
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** {{npc||Quincy Cutler}}, the owner and proprietor of the Shady Lady, now sells off-hand wine glasses that could previously only be found in [[Dalaran]]. And yet, somehow he could only afford to buy the top half of his outfit.
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* The alley itself of [[Cut-Throat Alley]] is no longer part of the Cut-Throat Alley subzone, which now only encompasses the empty two-story building within it.
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* Smaller flying [[mount]]s with legs (such as [[gryphon mounts|gryphons]], [[wyvern mounts|wyverns]] and [[hippogryph mounts|hippogryphs]]) can now swim, and have been given ground mount abilities where flying is prohibited, or when a player has not yet purchased the required flight training. Comes with appropriate movement animations for swimming and jumping. This does not include drake/dragon mounts.
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** [[Engineer]] [[Flying Machine Control|flying]] [[Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control|machines]], [[Tailor]] [[flying carpets]] and rockets can also swim.
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** Other legless mounts such as [[Mimiron's Head]], [[Nether ray mounts|nether rays]], and [[phoenix]] mounts cannot.
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* All the [[molten giant]]s (such as [[Molten Destroyer]]s, [[Molten Giant]]s (mob) and [[Golemagg the Incinerator]]) have had their model updated. The [[Core Hound|core hounds]] in the packs before [[Magmadar]] have grown much larger.
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* {{npc||Master Elemental Shaper Krixix}} no longer has death knight eyes.
   
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== Placement ==
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== User Interface ==
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* Added a Battle.net icon in the Social Pane.
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In the novel ''[[The Last Guardian]]'', the orcs are said to come from a planet ([[Draenor]]) on the far side of the [[Dark Beyond]]. The sky looked rusty due to the red sun there.{{Cite|LG|144}} However, there is also evidence that [[Azeroth]] and Draenor may be in the same star system, as Azeroth can be seen from the [[Illidari Training Grounds|courtyard]] of the [[Black Temple]]. It may be a portal or the like since Draenor may be completely in the Twisting Nether (which can be used to pass between points in the universe easily).{{fact}} In the ''[[World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Official Strategy Guide]]'', Azeroth is said to be the "closest habitable world" to Draenor.
  
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* Flight Points
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** The map's Flight Point icon has slightly changed to make them stand out a little better.
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** Missing Flight Point icons has been added in the game map to multiple locations including [[Azure Watch]], [[Blood Watch]], [[Exodar]], [[Booty Bay], [[Karnum's Glade]], [[Nethergarde Keep]], [[Flamestar Post]], [[Shattered Sun Staging Area]], [[Theramore Isle]], [[Menethil Harbor]], [[Zul'Aman]], and all [[Outland]] and [[Northrend]] zone.
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** Flight Point icons which were previously shown as neutral where there were individual flight masters for each faction (such as [[Cenarion Hold]] and [[Gadgetzan]]) has been changed to the faction-colored Flight Point icon.
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** Alliance/Neutral Flight Point icons have been slightly realigned in many locations including [[Blackfathom Camp]], [[Dolanaar]], [[Rut'theran Village]], [[Windshear Hold]] and [[Wildheart Point]].
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** Flight Plan icons not for your faction no longer display on the map.
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** A new flight point has been added at the [[Sanctuary of Malorne]].
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** Added Swim Point icons and Flight Point icon in [[Vashj'ir]].
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** Re-added Flight Point icon in [[Badlands]].
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* Stormwind's banner on the Elwynn Forest and Stormwind City maps has had a slight text cleanup.
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* The location of the Track Quest check-box on the map has moved slightly to the right.
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* There is a new sound effect for changing talent specialization.
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* The Blizzard raid frames now show an icon on a dead character who is being resurrected.
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* Added a map of Black Temple.
   
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== Travel between worlds ==
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== Bug Fixes ==
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* {{NPC||Venture Co. Lookout}}s and {{NPC||Mad Magglish}} no longer have death knight eyes.
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The only known means of traveling between worlds is through the use of magic, advanced technology, or through the Twisting Nether. These include:
  
   
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{{patches}}
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*[[Dimensional Gateway]]s, such as the [[Dark Portal]].
  
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[[Category:World of Warcraft patches|4.2.0 (undocumented changes)]]
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*[[Dimensional Ship]]s, such as [[Tempest Keep]].
  
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*[[Well of Eternity]] (and by extension, the [[Sunwell]]).
  
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*Other portals fueled by various forms of magic.
  
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See [[:Category:Transportation#Teleportation|Teleportation]].
  
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== See also ==
  
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* [[Location]]
  
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* [[Universe (april fools)]]
  
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{{Warcraft Universe}}
  
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[[it:Mondo]]
  
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==References==
  
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{{Reflist}}
  
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[[Category:Gameplay]]
  
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[[Category:Lore]]
  

Revision as of 04:40, 12 July 2011

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Release date 2011-06-28
Initial version 14333
Interface .toc 40200 (changes)
Patch chronology
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Patch 4.1.0a –
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General

  • Due to Burning Crusade status being granted to all accounts, level 60 characters who could previously queue for a random classic dungeon through the dungeon finder can now only queue for a random Burning Crusade dungeon instead.
  • Checking your mail, opening your map, or typing /read (but NOT typing the /map emote) now plays an animation of your character unfurling a map.
  • New hairstyles have been added in the barber shop for the following race/gender combinations:
    • Night Elf Female: Sassy Buns, Sassy Tails
    • Gnome Female: Punky
    • Gnome Male: The Curl, Blade's Edge, Fauxhawk
    • Dwarf Male: Triple Knots, Tousled, Combover
    • Dwarf Female: Wings, Sassy Buns
    • Draenei Female: Slicked
    • Blood Elf Male: Short (previously listed as "Slicked")
    • Blood Elf Female: Braided Tail
    • Tauren Female: High, Omega, Backswept
    • Troll Male: Balding Braids, Dragon's Crest, Falling Fauxhawk
    • Troll Female: Sticks & Stones, Backblown
    • Undead Male: Wedge
    • Orc Male and Orc Female had new hairstyles on the PTR that did not make it to the live patch.
  • Jin'do the Godbreaker now warns "Jin'do charges his weapon with the Shadows of Hakkar!" whenever casting Hakkar's Shadow.
  • Companion pets that cannot fly are dismissed when lifting off the ground on a flying mount (but not in flight forms) and return when you dismount.
  • Burning Crusade heroic dungeons no longer (indirectly) require certain reputation levels due to the removal of the keyring. The former attunement quest Quest:Hard to Kill for Magisters' Terrace still exists, but is no longer necessary to enter the dungeon on heroic difficulty.
  • The gate of Karazhan no longer requires Inv misc key 07 [The Master's Key]. The former attunement questline to acquire the key still exists.
  • Feline companion pets have sitting and lying idle animations.
  • Avian companion pets have had their flapping speed reduced.

Achievements

Classes

General

  • Permanent pets no longer despawn when mounting and riding on the ground, but despawn when the player takes flight. In addition, the last used hunter pet will always be shown on the login screen even if not at the master's side when the player logged out (possibly intended for at least warlocks as well, but not working).

Druid

  • Ability druid prowl [Prowl] now once again begins its cooldown once the druid leaves Prowl. (Note: for rogues' Stealth, this is indeed in the patchnotes, but not for Prowl).
  • Balance druids can now move change the direction of their Ability druid eclipseorange [Eclipse] meter when starting fresh (either from zoning in, or having recently died) up until they reach their first Eclipse state, at which point the eclipse meter will only move in a single direction. Spell arcane arcane03 [Starsurge] will continue to select the most advantageous Eclipse, but will always prefer Solar over Lunar when starting from exactly 0 energy.

Hunter

Priest

Warlock

Dungeons & Raids

Items

  • Crafted gems now stack.
  • Inv misc balloon 02 [Horde Balloon] and Inv misc balloon 04 [Alliance Balloon] companion pets have been added to the game. Speak with Jaga in the Valley of Honor, Orgrimmar or Vin in Cathedral Square, Stormwind to start the quest, Blown Away to obtain them.
  • Inv mount wingedlion [Winged Guardian] now has a unique icon.
  • The MiniZep created by Inv gizmo goblingtonkcontroller [MiniZep Controller] can no longer fly in areas where flight is restricted, such as battlegrounds and dungeons. It can still fly in areas that allow flight, even if the controlling player has not learned the appropriate flight skill for the area. MiniZeps that cannot fly can still jump.
  • New Vicious Gladiator Season 10 gear, i371, has been added as of the start date of arena season 10 on July 5th, 2011. The new gear has increased statistics to maintain the alignment between conquest purchases, Ruthless Gladiator i384, and honor purchases, the new Vicious Gladiator Season 10 i371.
    • The undocumented change was questioned by many who spent honor and gold (for gems, enchants, and reforging) and would have saved for an additional week had they known of the changes. Blizzard has not yet determined if or how to compensate for this change.

Professions

Cooking

  • The ability to make Inv misc food 87 sporelingsnack [Sporeling Snack]s has been removed from the game, and Inv scroll 03 [Recipe: Sporeling Snack] in a player's inventory has been changed into a Inv scroll 03 [Ruined Recipe], a gray quality item. Existing Sporeling Snacks in an inventory have also become gray items with no use, and their flavor text have changed from "Pets love sporeling snacks!" to "Pets hate sporeling snacks!"
  • Inv misc food 49 [Kibler's Bits] has been changed to just make your pet larger for 5 min, from previously increasing your pet's happiness (the happiness-system was removed in 4.1).

Jewelcrafting

  • Inv misc gem ruby 01 [Fire Prism] has been moved to the Consumables tab in the Jewelcrafting skill pane.

Mining

  • The skill required to mine and smelt ore has been reduced for most vanilla ores (i.e. tin through thorium).

World Environment

User Interface

  • Added a Battle.net icon in the Social Pane.
  • Flight Points
  • Stormwind's banner on the Elwynn Forest and Stormwind City maps has had a slight text cleanup.
  • The location of the Track Quest check-box on the map has moved slightly to the right.
  • There is a new sound effect for changing talent specialization.
  • The Blizzard raid frames now show an icon on a dead character who is being resurrected.
  • Added a map of Black Temple.

Bug Fixes

Table of patches
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Bc icon 2.x – The Burning Crusade
Wrath-Logo-Small 3.x – Wrath of the Lich King
Cataclysm 4.x – Cataclysm
Mists of Pandaria 5.x – Mists of Pandaria
Warlords of Draenor 6.x – Warlords of Draenor
Legion 7.x – Legion
Battle for Azeroth 8.x – Battle for Azeroth
Shadowlands 9.x – Shadowlands
Dragonflight 10.x – Dragonflight
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