A List of Things to Do Before Dragonflight (2024)

A few rewards will no longer be obtainable (or more difficult to get)in the Dragonflight expansion. The following guide provides a listof things going away with Dragonflight's pre-patch and the expansion, tellingyou what to focus on before it is too late.

The following section covers rewards that will be removed whenthe Dragonflight pre-patch launches, presumably onOctober 25, 2022.

The Dragonflight pre-patch will be live for at least 4 weeks beforethe expansion launches, which is something to keep in mind if you startworking on some of the achievements late.

Winds of Wisdom has returned on October 4 and will be removedwith the Dragonflight pre-patch, presumably on October 25. It increasesExperience gains by 50%. If you plan on leveling a new character in preparationfor Dragonflight, now is the ideal time to do so.

Some of the rewards going away when Dragonflight releases on November 28are Mythic+ Rewards for Season 4, Back from the Beyond and the Veilstrider title, the Jigglesworth, Sr.mount from Fated Raids, the Heroic The Jailer mount, and more.

Restoration Deathwalker was supposed to go away on October 25,but Blizzard announced it will still be obtainable in the Dragonflight pre-patch.To acquire the mount, you must reach 2,000Mythic+ Rating beforeShadowlands Mythic+ Season 4 ends.

Dungeon teleports to Grimrail Depot, Iron Docks, Operation: Mechagon, Returnto Karazhan, and Tazavesh are also going away with the launch of Dragonflight.

If you would like to get them, you must time each of the above-named dungeonsat Mythic +20 or higher.

• Keystone Hero: Grimrail Depot — Complete Grimrail Depot atMythic Level 20 or higher, within the time limit to receive Path of the Dark Rail.
• Keystone Hero: Iron Docks — Complete Iron Docks at Mythic Level20 or higher, within the time limit, to receive Path of the Iron Prow.
• Keystone Hero: Operation: Mechagon — Complete Operation: Mechagon- Junkyard and Operation: Mechagon - Workshop at Mythic Level 20 or higher,within the time limit, to receive Path of the Scrappy Prince.
• Keystone Hero: Return to Karazhan — Complete Return to Karazhan:Lower and Return to Karazhan: Upper at Mythic Level 20 or higher, within thetime limit, to receive Path of the Fallen Guardian.
• Keystone Hero: Tazavesh, the Veiled Market — Complete Tazavesh:The Streets of Wonder and Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit at Mythic Level 20 orhigher, within the time limit, to get Path of the Streetwise Merchant.

Back from the Beyond, along with the Veilstrider title,will be removed once Dragonflight launches. You still have ample time toget the achievement; most requirements can be completed solo or through thein-game Raid Finder.

The Fates of the Shadowlands Raids achievement, which rewards the slimecat mount Jigglesworth, Sr. will no longer be obtainable. This alsoaffects the Heroic ( Heroic: Fates of the Shadowlands Raids) counterpart andthe Hero of Fate title as well as the Mythic version of the achievement( Mythic: Fates of the Shadowlands Raids) and Shadowlands raidteleports ( Path of the Sire/ Path of the Tormented Soul/ Path of the First Ones).

You must complete all 3 Fated Raids in Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 4and earn Fate of Nathria, Fate of Domination, and Fate of the Sepulcher to receive Jigglesworth, Sr..

All 3 Shadowlands raids will be permanently Fated starting in theDragonflight pre-patch.

The Jailer drops a quest item called Almanac's Echo onHeroic difficulty and above that starts a quest and rewards Fractal Cypher of the Carcinized Zerethsteed. Assemble a group of at least10 players to defeat the final boss in the Sepulcher of the First Onesraid located in Zereth Mortis to get the mount before it ispermanently removed from the game.

The Rygelon achievements that require your raid to kill the bossunder the Herald of the Cosmos buff, will no longer be attainable inDragonflight. However, We Are All Made of Stars (Heroic) and We Are All Made of Stars (Mythic) do not currently reward anything on liveservers.

You must win 50 3v3 games at Elite rank to earnthe Eternal Gladiator's Soul Eater mount and the Eternal Gladiatortitle.

The Eternal Flux weapon illusion and Season 4 Elite PvP Armor setare unlocked at 2,100 rating.

Completing the Death Knight intro questline in Wrath Classicrewards the Frostbrood Proto-Wyrm mount on live servers. The promotionwill end with the release of the Dragonflight expansion onNovember 28, 2022. We have a detailed guide on how to obtain the mounthere.

Some rewards will be harder to get when Dragonflight releases.The change primarily affects Mythic mounts and their guaranteed drop rate beingreduced to 1%. Therefore, you will want to kill the bosses on Mythic difficultyin the pre-patch.

When Dragonflight's pre-patch releases, Sylvanas Windrunnerand The Jailer will still drop 2 Mythic mounts instead of just one.However, the guaranteed drop chance will be significantly reduced whenthe Dragonflight expansion launches and the number of droppedmounts will be reduced to one again.

The mount dropped by Sylvanas Windrunner on Mythic difficultyis called Vengeance's Reins.

Mythic Jailer drops the Fractal Cypher of the Zereth Overseer.