Reminder to tame any classic pets still in the current Eversong Woods before Midnight rolls in

Discuss the upcoming Midnight expansion.
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Reminder to tame any classic pets still in the current Eversong Woods before Midnight rolls in

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I think it’s mainly the Classic red lynx skin which still only exists in Eversong Woods, and maybe the Dragonhawks there?
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Re: Reminder to tame any classic pets still in the current Eversong Woods before Midnight rolls in

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We've had no confirmation one way or the other, but I personally don't think they will be deleting the original Quel'Thalas entirely.

The blood elf heritage armor quest line is tied to those version of the zones, as well as countless achievements/item drops/etc. They have the technology to keep old versions of zones in the game now with phasing, and I don't think they're going to redo things like heritage armor any time soon. There's also new blood elf characters that have to keep a low level starting zone to quest through. A lot of messy details to try to remove or relocate, in my opinion.
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Re: Reminder to tame any classic pets still in the current Eversong Woods before Midnight rolls in

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It’s most likely going to be phased, you’re probably going to have to speak with zidormi to switch between the two timelines, the old, and new zones. In the old version which we have right now, there is still scourge presence and ghostlands which is fully scourged. The new version which comes next year will definitely have some void presence in some areas, some of silvermoon which is damaged in some areas, will probably be repaired, also the area that is the ghostlands now, has been restored and full of life again, and looks to have a similar color palette to hallowfall, a nice dark green with a pinch of teal
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Re: Reminder to tame any classic pets still in the current Eversong Woods before Midnight rolls in

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Vephriel wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 2:42 am We've had no confirmation one way or the other, but I personally don't think they will be deleting the original Quel'Thalas entirely.

The blood elf heritage armor quest line is tied to those version of the zones, as well as countless achievements/item drops/etc. They have the technology to keep old versions of zones in the game now with phasing, and I don't think they're going to redo things like heritage armor any time soon. There's also new blood elf characters that have to keep a low level starting zone to quest through. A lot of messy details to try to remove or relocate, in my opinion.
New players are being put through a new player experience in Midnight that focuses on introducing the current plot to new players rather than have them go through old zones. New players are also already encouraged to go through Exile’s Reach instead of the original leveling zones for the most part.
worgpower wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:06 am It’s most likely going to be phased, you’re probably going to have to speak with zidormi to switch between the two timelines, the old, and new zones. In the old version which we have right now, there is still scourge presence and ghostlands which is fully scourged. The new version which comes next year will definitely have some void presence in some areas, some of silvermoon which is damaged in some areas, will probably be repaired, also the area that is the ghostlands now, has been restored and full of life again, and looks to have a similar color palette to hallowfall, a nice dark green with a pinch of teal
Not phased as the current Quel’thalas (and Azure Myst zones) cannot be flown in or into due to not actually being part of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor maps proper, and were never updated to support flying even when Cata happened. The new Silvermoon zone in Midnight will actually be part of the main EK map allowing it to connect to the other new zones as well support full flights which cannot work if they use the old outdated and detached TBC map. It’s possible they will keep a portal that will allow you to go to the original map like how there are two Dalarans, but the new Quel’thalas is definitely not the same map as the current one.
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