World of Warcraft Reveals Lorewalking Rewards, Details

Summary

The Lorewalking feature in World of Warcraft Patch 11.1.7 includes Xal'atath, Ethereal, and Lich King storylines with unique rewards.
Players start Lorewalking with Lorewalker Cho, choosing from three stories and experiencing both existing and original quests.
Lorewalking stories offer repeatable quests for gold and XP, along with unique toys like the Royal Visage and K'aresh Memory Crystal.

World of Warcraft just revealed more details about Lorewalking, including how one starts the feature, some of its special UI elements, and the rewards players get for completing each storyline. This new questing feature arrives in World of Warcraft as one of the headlining features of Patch 11.1.7, Legacy of Arathor.

Recently, Blizzard locked down June 17 as the release date for World of Warcraft Patch 11.1.7. The final content update of The War Within Season 2, this patch introduces tons of content, including a campaign chapter set in the Arathi Highlands, the Single-Button Assistant and Assisted Highlight features, and Lorewalking, a new curated storytelling experience.

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Now, World of Warcraft has given fans a closer look at the Lorewalking feature. The journey begins at Lorewalker Cho, whose locations in Stormwind, Orgrimmar, and Dornogal are marked with a new map icon shaped like a book. Players then choose one of the three launch stories – Xal'atath, Ethereals, and the Lich King – after which they begin a unique, curated questing experience in World of Warcraft, including both existing and original quests and scenarios. Lorewalking also has two special UI elements: an Ask a Question button that lets fans learn more details on key elements of the story from Cho, and a stop button, so players can pause their adventure and do other content without losing progress unless they start a different Lorewalking story.

WoW Patch 11.1.7 Lorewalking Storylines and Rewards

Xal’atath – Echo of Xal’atath, Blade of the Black Empire: Call upon your memory of Xal’atath. Her voice will occasionally echo with glee when you kill a foe.
Ethereals – K’aresh Memory Crystal: Take on the appearance of a K’areshi.
The Lich King – Royal Visage: Remember the tale of Arthas Menethil. You take on his visage. “Prince… or King?”

Each story can be repeated multiple times to earn additional gold and experience, but fans unlock special toys the first time they finish each one. The Ethereal questline grants the K’aresh Memory Crystal, while the Lich King story grants the Royal Visage, both of which temporarily transform the character into an Ethereal and Arthas respectively. Experiencing Xal’atath’s story in World of Warcraft unlocks the Echo of Xal’atath, Blade of the Black Empire, which grants a buff that allows characters of any class to experience the periodic commentary the Harbinger offers to Priests who use or transmog the Legion artifact.

Evidence suggests WoW is already working on more Lorewalking stories. Dialogue from a fourth Lorewalking questline in World of Warcraft focused on the Blood Elves was datamined from the Public Test Realm – a story that would be an appropriate prelude to the Midnight expansion in Quel’thalas. While there hasn’t been any official confirmation that more stories will be coming, Blizzard seems to be excited about this new questing framework, so hopefully, the Blood Elf questline is only the first of many players will see in future updates.

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