World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch revamps customization and leveling - Polygon

The World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch is (mostly) here, and it brings with it some of the most meaningful changes in any pre-expansion patch.

1, Blizzard delayed the highly anticipated Shadowlands expansion for World of Warcraft.

While we don’t know when we’ll be playing Shadowlands this year, the pre-patch is the first step for Blizzard transitioning World of Warcraft from the dismal Battle for Azeroth expansion to — what players hope — is a fresh start with Shadowlands.

This pre-patch also rebuilds some important structures in World of Warcraft, like level, leveling, and character customization.

The Shadowlands pre-patch comes with World of Warcraft’s first level squish?

Once players hit level 10, they’ll speak to Chromie, who will set them on a journey through a single expansion — like the Mists of Pandaria leveling experience, or Warlords of Draenor.

As of this writing, you can download the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch to your Battle.net client.

Here are Blizzard’s complete patch notes for the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch.

Exile’s Reach is an all-new starting experience that will take you on an excursion that will introduce you to the fundamentals of playing World of Warcraft and the important mechanics for your chosen class.

If you’re new to World of Warcraft and have never created or leveled a character, you will automatically begin your journey into Azeroth with the starting experience.

Upon reaching level 10, new players will continue their journey through Battle for Azeroth and into Shadowlands.

Players who have already experienced Battle for Azeroth and reached level 50 on at least one character can now choose to level any subsequent characters in a different expansion using Timewalking Campaigns.

After creating your character and beginning your journey into World of Warcraft for the first time, you will enter the Newcomer Chat channel where you can chat with other new players and experienced players on the same faction who will be your guides as you level through the new starting zone – Exile’s Reach.

o If you’re a veteran player and are interested in guiding new players as they experience World of Warcraft for the first time, head over to Stormwind Embassy or Orgrimmar Embassy and speak to the guide recruiter once you’ve met the following criteria: