Question about allied race Death Knights

Rezuvias-blackrock · January 4, 2020, 12:40am

Does anyone know what level the death knights will start at in 8.3 and weather or not they will be eligible for heritage armor?

Plex-suramar · January 4, 2020, 12:44am

I didn’t even think about that. Hope you get an answer!

Sosho-wyrmrest-accord · January 4, 2020, 12:45am

I’ve been searching for an answer, too. Seems we have to wait until someone on the PTR hits that range on an AR DK?

Rezuvias-blackrock · January 4, 2020, 12:45am

You cant make them on the ptr

Sosho-wyrmrest-accord · January 4, 2020, 12:45am

Yes, I’m fully aware. We’ll have to wait until we can.

Rezuvias-blackrock · January 4, 2020, 12:46am

its 11 days till the patch hits live i honestly don’t think its going to be a thing

Moritz-anvilmar · January 4, 2020, 12:46am

I think we will have to probably find out on patch day.
Not sure why they’re keeping it so guarded.

Sosho-wyrmrest-accord · January 4, 2020, 12:47am

Well, we’ll see in about… oh, 15 days then. That’s around when folks will be getting their max level Vulpera and Mechagnomes.

Alamara-goldrinn · January 4, 2020, 12:47am

My answer on another thread:

Deathknights and Heritage armor

There’s a lot of confusion around here, so let me clarify:

as per current PTR build, allied race DKs start at level 55

allied race DKs have their own starting area that works like the allied race hubs. No quests, you are greeted by NPCs and sent to Stormwind/Orgrimmar. Standard race DKs still start in the old Scarket Enclave area.

with the level squish in SL, DKs will start at level 1 and allied races will start at 10. That will only be implemented in 9.0, not 8.3.

No one is sure if DKs can earn heritage armor. However, considering that every condition that negates the armor has a string warning in the datafiles and there’s no string warning for DKs, I think they’ll be able to earn heritage armor.

Warning: Since there’s no official confirmation for the points above, details can still change before 8.3 goes live.

Just a small correction: allied race DKs start at 58, not 55 as I stated above.

Rezuvias-blackrock · January 4, 2020, 12:48am

Thank you thats good info

Moritz-anvilmar · January 4, 2020, 1:00am

how did you get this info?
Last I checked you couldn’t make them at all on PTR?

Alamara-goldrinn · January 4, 2020, 1:17am

You can’t, but if you select a normal race and then the DK class, then change to Pandaren or an allied race, the class selection is kept and you can customize your Pandaren/allied DK. You can’t finish the process and make the character, but you can skim over the options.

I know their starting level because of the center top option of the screen, where you select between a “New Character (Level X)” or “Trial (Level 120)”.

For Pandaren/Allied DKs, the “New” option lists Level 58. Normal DKs list 55. Common classes list Level 1, and so on.

Moritz-anvilmar · January 4, 2020, 1:21am

yeah but how do you know about their starting area and what quests are there?

Alamara-goldrinn · January 4, 2020, 1:21am

Blizzard explained that during Blizzcon. It was in some of the many interviews.

Moritz-anvilmar · January 4, 2020, 1:22am

I thought that was for Shadowlands though.
Can’t say for certain if they made it or not since they’re being weird about not having it in the PTR.

Alamara-goldrinn · January 4, 2020, 1:25am

No, they said that allied race and pandaren Death Knights would have their own starting area, which would function like an allied race hub. Normal death knights would still start in the Scarlet Enclave.

The fact that the new DKs start at level 58, while the older ones start at 55, also indicate the extra levels are compensation for no introduction questline.

WoWhead also datamined voice files from the Lich King and Mograine, which indicate a quick introduction rather than a questline.