World of Warcraft: Eternally gamers might have searched its beta with a fine-toothed comb, however Blizzard mentioned there are nonetheless loads of secrets and techniques ready to be discovered come launch and past.
In a brand new WoW: Eternally Podcast devoted to the tip of the beta, Blizzard made clear it is preserving lots of the recreation’s surprises near its chest. Senior recreation designer Josh Greenfield mentioned Blizzard had disabled some objects and secrets and techniques for the beta. He gave an instance of a brand new torch merchandise that was initially turned off for the beta’s first week, however later enabled to check out Eternally’s new lighting and fog tech. He mentioned gamers can anticipate extra of these forms of surprises.
“There’s undoubtedly some secrets and techniques and stuff that we had turned off,” Greenfield mentioned when requested about nonetheless to be found secrets and techniques within the degree 1-30 zones. “There’s going to be issues to find that we did not floor, suffice to say that.”
Eternally’s beta had a most degree of 30, which means there’s nonetheless an enormous chunk of the sport, together with new zones, quests, dungeons, and raids, gamers have not totally explored but. When requested about objects like a newly found sword within the beta that would probably allow new playstyles, like a melee-focused “Battle Mage”, Greenfield opted to not elaborate additional.
“It is laborious to speak about secret stuff,” Greenfield mentioned. “It is secret, proper? We wish individuals to seek out it. There’s some actually, actually, actually cool, and actually, actually, actually well-buried stuff on the market that is most likely going to take individuals a very long time to seek out. If we tip our hats to it an excessive amount of, it is simply going to take the enjoyable away.”Â
In contrast to in previous WoW releases, a lot of the objects on Eternally’s beta have been hidden from dataminers utilizing a brand new system that hides an merchandise’s identify and stats till it is found by the group. At first of the beta, over 12,500 objects have been saved hidden. Because of this, gamers do not know what objects drop from dungeon bosses or what a few of the greatest quest rewards are. The sport remains to be a thriller, one thing Greenfield mentioned is cool to expertise “organically” for individuals who know WoW Basic just like the again of their hand.
Blizzard did give some extra concrete teases in the direction of the tip of the podcast. Lead encounter designer Michael Nuthals mentioned Blizzard is already laying the groundwork for Eternally’s future, and as such gamers might discover examples of locations that might be future dungeons already within the recreation.
“There is likely to be some houses, some manors, on the market that folk have discovered that is likely to be one thing attention-grabbing sooner or later,” Nuthals mentioned, seemingly referencing the brand new Manor Mistmantle within the recreation’s Duskwood zone. “You might need seen some occasion portals hiding in some inconspicuous spots. There are some issues coming sooner or later and we’re actually excited to share these as we get there.”
A roadmap launched throughout BlizzCon 2026 exhibits Blizzard is planning to launch new dungeons and raids for Eternally subsequent yr.
WoW: Eternally launches November 4. In different Eternally information, Blizzard introduced a brand new server ruleset that may make PvP gamers blissful. As for the place Eternally will take gamers sooner or later, Blizzard mentioned in an interview with GameSpot that whereas the workforce is dedicated to staying on Azeroth, it is open to exploring locations gamers might have already seen earlier than in different WoW expansions. In the meantime, a leaked survey revealed 11 new courses that would probably come to Blizzard’s old-school MMO.