Zandalari unlock

[Neall-medivh (Neall)]

Indeed! According to WoWHead, You DO have to RAID to unlock the new Allied Races in 8.1.5. The War Campaign requires Alliance to kill Rastakhan to unlock Kul’Tirans and Horde to kill Jaina to unlock Zandalari. You can not unlock the races until 8.1.5 and we don’t know when that will drop. And, you should be able to complete the war campaign on LFR difficulty. Of course, that will timegate the release but it doesn’t matter until 8.1.5 drops. I imagine, because of that, 8.1.5 will not drop until after wing 3 of the LFR opens in 5 weeks - so that Kul’Tirans and Zandalari can be opened at the same time instead of Alliance able to unlock Kul’Tirans before Horde can unlock Zandalari.

Alliance War Campaign in Battle for Azeroth

Horde War Campaign in Battle for Azeroth

[Rhielle-sentinels (Rhielle)]

Indeed! You DO have to RAID to unlock the new Allied Races in 8.1.5

But…

It says we need the achievement, wich we just got today before accepting the quest wich sends us to the raid.

So now I’m confused.

[Warpstone-norgannon (Warpstone)]

My cynical thought is about the time that people who bought game time for the ,“free”, mount expires.

The boat was released on Sept 19 2018, that was the day first available. So March 19,2019 is 6 months

Some time after March 19 they should finally become available unless they go by the date they stopped selling them, then i have no idea when.

[Kneeshooter-amanthul (Kneeshooter)]

Well, if wowhead is correct, you do need to do the raid.

With Battle of Dazar’alor being released, the Tides of Vengeance War Campaign continues. You’ll be able to pick up the final section of the War Campaign which is separated into two parts, separated by a Raid Quest to defeat King Rastakhan (6th boss) / Lady Jaina Proudmoore (9th boss).

Completing this final part of the Tides of Vengeance War Campaign awards Tides of Vengeance. This achievement is required to unlock the Zandalari Troll and Kul Tiran Allied Races which will be released in the next major patch!

[Tialla-queldorei (Tialla)]

Yes, but the Achievement ends one quest prior to the one that sends you to the raid.

So do we need the achievement or do we need the raid? Which is it?

[Lashrael-goldrinn (Lashrael)]

@Kneeshooter-amanthul

Completing this final part of the Tides of Vengeance War Campaign awards Tides of Vengeance. This achievement is required to unlock the Zandalari Troll and Kul Tiran Allied Races which will be released in the next major patch!

The point is we already got this achievement today before getting the raid quest.

[Rhielle-sentinels (Rhielle)]

And people already have the achievement prior to the raid quest. Thus the confusion.

[Kneeshooter-amanthul (Kneeshooter)]

Ah, I haven’t logged on yet so wasnt aware of any achievements. In which case yes, that will be confusing. goes to log on and check…

[Neall-medivh (Neall)]

Ok! Blizzard gave us a clarification:

Does unlocking Zandalari trolls require the raid?

There will be no raiding required. Some people may have seen the requirements on the PTR and we do plan to talk about them more to help spread the word. As it currently stands, if you do the Zandalar quest arc (through the Blood Gate quest and Zul’s death), the War Campaign through the Tides of Vengeance achievement, and get Exalted with the Zandalari Empire, you will be able to do the questline to get access to the Zandalari Allied Race as soon as 8.1.5 goes live.