Overview
The War Within is the tenth expansion and opens the Worldsoul Saga. Both were announced at BlizzCon on 3 November 2023, together with the two expansions that follow, Midnight and The Last Titan. Early Access began on 22 August 2024 and the full launch came on 26 August 2024.
The story goes deep below the surface of Azeroth, into hidden underground worlds and down to the nerubian empire, where the Harbinger of the Void is raising an army of spider-like forces against the world.
Main features
| Feature | What it does |
|---|---|
| Level cap 80 | Raised from 70. |
| Earthen | A titan-forged allied race of living stone, unlocked after their quests and the leveling campaign. |
| Hero talents | Every specialization picks one of two self-contained hero talent trees. |
| Warbands | Account-wide progress for all characters on a Battle.net account, whatever their faction: a shared Warband Bank, Renown, achievements and collections. |
| Skyriding | The dynamic flying from Dragonflight now works on hundreds of Mounts, Riding and Skyriding. |
| Delves | A new endgame pillar: world instances for one player or up to five with friends, joined by an NPC companion, with bosses and epic loot. |
Cross-realm Guilds and Communities also arrived with this expansion, and Lorewalking was added in a later patch.
Khaz Algar
The continent of Khaz Algar has four launch zones: the Isle of Dorn with the hub city of Dornogal, the Ringing Deeps, Hallowfall and Azj-Kahet. Later patches added Siren Isle (11.0.7), Undermine (11.1.0) and K'aresh (11.2.0). The developers made the zones smaller than in Dragonflight but packed them with more detail.
Dungeons, raids and Delves
| Type | Instances |
|---|---|
| Leveling dungeons | The Rookery, The Stonevault, Priory of the Sacred Flame, Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Max-level dungeons | Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, The Dawnbreaker, City of Threads; Operation: Floodgate (11.1.0), Eco-Dome Al'dani (11.2.0) |
| Raids (all with Story Mode) | Nerub-ar Palace; Liberation of Undermine (11.1.0); Manaforge Omega (11.2.0) |
| Battleground | Deephaul Ravine |
The source lists 18 Delves by the end of the expansion, among them Fungal Folly, Kriegval's Rest, The Waterworks, Nightfall Sanctum and Zekvir's Lair, with more added in 11.1.0 and 11.2.0. See Delves, Dungeons and Instances and Raids for how each mode works today.
The Worldsoul Saga
Blizzard built The War Within at the same time as Midnight and The Last Titan, and said it planned to release expansions and content faster than before. Family is one of its themes, seen in the Bronzebeard clan and in the journey of Alleria Windrunner. The story continued in Midnight in March 2026.
Sources
Game pictures: © Blizzard Entertainment · worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com
