World of Warcraft: The War Within gets its expansion pre-patch, alongside a ton of bugs

World of Warcraft: The War Within’s pre-expansion patch brings new gameplay features and quests buried under bugs

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

What you need to know

What you need to know

The long wait forWorld of Warcraft’s tenth expansion, World of Warcraft: The War Within, is nearly over as it will be launching next month on August 26, 2024. However, players will be able to get a taste of its new content early, asWorld of Warcraft: The War Within’s pre-expansion patchhas recently gone live today.

The War Within Pre-Expansion Update rolls out later today! ⚔️ Warbands🪽 Skyriding📜 Cross-Realm Guilds pic.twitter.com/cRmceGBmLpJuly 23, 2024

This patch brings with it a slew of new gameplay features including the much-anticipated Warbands feature that will make achivement progression and cosmetic item collection between all characters on a player’s account much easier, the Skyriding feature that will enable players to use the Dragonriding system from World of Warcraft: Dragonflight with a majority of the game’s flying mounts, and a ton of balance adjustments for every class.

In addition, this patch includes a new questline called Visions of Azeroth for those who have reach Lv.70 and completed Dragonflight’s final storyline, and a limited time called Radiant Echoes that will run from July 30, 2024 to August 26, 2024. This event will have players fight classic WoW bosses to obtain lucrative gear and cosmetic rewards to prepare them for the expansion.

Unfortunately, this momentous occasion is somewhat soured due to a huge, unexpected pile of bugs that have snuck into the MMORPG within this patch. These bugs range from preventing class abilities working properly, displaying the UI incorrectly, messing up the Warbands feature, and more.

The full list of known bugs discovered byBlizzard Entertainment on their official websiteare as follows:

Load the full bug report ↴

Classes

Classes

Some specializations may encounter issues when loading a previously saved Talent loadout. This can be resolved with a character relog.

Dungeons

Quests

User Interface

Warbands

In addition,Blizzard has stated that it has temporarily disabled the Warbands Warbankto fix a critical issue they have discovered with it and will bring it back up as as soon as possible.

The first chapter of the ‘World Soul’ saga draws ever closer

•Best Xbox/PC headsets•Best Windows laptops•Best laptops w/ num pads•Best Xbox storage•Best sim racing PCs•Best ROG Ally accessories•Best gaming laptops

Its sad to see so many technical hiccups creep their way into this patch in an attempt  to ruin everyone’s excitement for World of Warcraft: The War Within’s new gameplay features. Thankfully, Blizzard is aware of these issues and its tech team is working around the clock to get them fixed as soon as possible, so everyone can get back to enjoying one of itsbest PC gameswithout technical difficulties.

World of Warcraft: The War Withinis set to launch on August 26, 2024, on PC. If you pre-order the Epic Edition, you will be able to experience thisupcoming PC titlemuch sooner via Early Access on August 22, 2024.

Get the Windows Central Newsletter

All the latest news, reviews, and guides for Windows and Xbox diehards.

In the meantime, check out ourWorld of Warcraft: The War Within previewto see why we’re excited about this expansion and ourWorld of Warcraft: Mists of Pandara Remix featureto see why it’s the perfect jumping on point for new players to join Blizzard’s iconic MMORPG.

World of Warcraft: The War Within

Travel deep into the heart of Azeroth to follow a foreboding vision in World of Warcraft’s next major expansion — World of Warcraft: The War Within.

Pre-order at:Battle.net

Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran of 30-plus years, primarily covering PC and Xbox games here on Windows Central. Gaming since the 8-bit era, Alexander’s expertise revolves around gaming guides and news, with a particular focus on Japanese titles from the likes of Elden Ring to Final Fantasy. Alexander is always on deck to help our readers conquer the industry’s most difficult games — when he can pry himself away from Monster Hunter that is!