World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (shortened DF) is the ninth and current expansion for World of Warcraft set primarily in the eponymous region of the Dragon Isles. The expansion was officially revealed on April 19th, 2022, and was released on November 28th of that year.

It serves as something of a soft reset, being the first expansion since that does not directly continue from the ending of the previous expansion, taking place 3 years after the ending of Shadowlands.

''The dragonflights of Azeroth have returned, called upon to defend their ancestral home, the Dragon Isles. Surging with elemental magic and the life energies of Azeroth, the Isles are awakening once more, and it's up to you to explore their primordial wonder and discover long-forgotten secrets.''

• New level cap: 70
• New playable race-class combo Dracthyr Evoker
• Dragonriding
• Talent System Revamp
• Improved Professions
• Updated UI

• The Dragon Isles
• The Waking Shores
• Ohn'ahran Plains
• The Azure Span
• Thaldraszus
• The Forbidden Reach - dracthyr starting zone & outdoor max-level zone
• Zaralek Cavern (10.1)
• The Emerald Dream (10.2)

• Algeth'ar Academy
• The Azure Vault
• Brackenhide Hollow
• Dawn of the Infinite (10.1)
• Halls of Infusion
• Neltharus - fight to reclaim the stronghold of the black dragonflight
• The Nokhud Offensive
• Ruby Life Pools - life pools of the red dragonflight, where their sacred oath to the titans was put forth
• Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr - Revamped from its Classic state, with previously unknown chambers

• Vault of the Incarnates - Venture into the ancient prison of the Primal Incarnates before their malevolent power can be unleashed against the Dragon Aspects.
• Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible - Venture into Neltharion's secret lab, uncover great secrets and defeat Scalecommander Sarkareth. (10.1)
• Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope (10.2)

• The Major Factions in Dragonflight are an iteration on previous reputation-based gameplay with outdoor progression. Participating in content throughout the Dragon Isles grants reputation toward these Major Factions: Dragonscale Expedition, Maruuk Centaur, Iskaara Tuskarr, Valdrakken Accord, and Loamm Niffen. Each Major Faction's progression is different, with content fitting a variety of playstyles. Earning reputation unlocks renown ranks, and importantly unlike Covenants, major factions are not exclusive and players can be a member of all four factions at once. The ranks unlock questlines and cosmetics.
• Timewalking Campaigns will allow leveling to 60 with new players still going to Battle for Azeroth content and Shadowlands content being added as an option for alts.
• Converting Solo Shuffle PvP Brawl into a Rated Solo Queue Battlegrounds system.
• Barbershop services no longer cost any currency.
• Trading Post and Traveler's Log with new cosmetic items and activities introduced every month, introduced with patch 10.0.5.
• Transmog opened to and quality items, with patch 10.0.5.

• Rogue, Mage and Priest became available to all playable races with patch 10.0.2, with the exception of the dracthyr.
• Warlock became available to all playable races with patch 10.1.5, with the exception of the Dracthyr.

• Azurathel
• Cindrethresh
• Chrono-Lord Deios
• Emberthal
• Eternus
• Kurog Grimtotem
• Maruuk
• Morchie
• Primal Incarnates
• Fyrakk
• Iridikron
• Raszageth
• Vyranoth
• Sarkareth
• Teera
• Tyr
• Viridia
• Watcher Koranos

• World of Warcraft: Dragonflight digital license
• Drakks pet (pre-purchase only, no longer obtainable after the expansion releases)

• Everything in the Base Edition, plus:
• Dragonflight-Level Character Boost (Level 60)
• Tangled Dreamweaver mount
• Murkastrasza pet

• Everything in the Heroic Edition, plus:
• Timewalker's Hearthstone toy
• Diadem of the Spell-Keeper head transmog
• Wings of Awakening back transmog ensemble, in five color variants representing each primary dragonflight
• 30 days of Game time

• Everything in the Epic Edition, plus:
• The Art of Dragonflight
• Alexstrasza Mouse Pad
• Dragonflight Five-Pin Collector's Set

Novels Animated shorts

• World of Warcraft: The Dragonflight Codex

• Legacies

• Short stories
• The Vow Eternal

• Dragonflight has been described as an exploration-themed expansion, with comparisons drawn to Mists of Pandaria.
• Dragonflight will have a "big bad" as an antagonist, but who/what this is will not be known initially. This is also similar to Mists of Pandaria, where Garrosh was a "surprise" final antagonist, empowered by Lei Shen's treasures and Y'Shaarj's remains.
• When designing Dragonflight, the developers wanted "to tell a story rooted in adventure and optimism." That effects from previous games would be seen, but in a positive way.
• Dragonflight is the first expansion since Wrath of the Lich King to not have a tie in novel to serve as a prequel for the expansion.
• Wrath of the Lich King eventually got Arthas: Rise of the Lich King as a prequel, though after the release of the expansion. Dawn of the Aspects retroactively serves as a prequel to the main plot threads in Dragonflight.
• Dragonflight is the first expansion to feature a time skip, with Shadowlands starting in Year 35 after the opening of the Dark Portal, lasting for two years, and Dragonflight starting in Year 40.

• Dragonflight beta timeline - An ongoing charting of the major developments, stumbles and unfortunate bugs of the Dragonflight beta