We're almost three months into exploring Patch 11.1, and one title in particular is still eluding collectors and secret finders alike - could Employee of the Month be the most difficult title we've seen yet?

What is Employee of the Month?

In an interview with Lead VFX Artist Jay Hwang and an unnamed Senior Game Designer, French gaming and esports news site Breakflip reveals a few more details about player housing, from technical limits put on players, to visiting each others homes, and the potential features allowing players to police their own neighborhood communities.

In an interview with PC Gamer, World of Warcraft Senior Game Director Ion Hazzikostas responded to criticisms of the bug riddled and time-gated Patch 11.1.5 launch, saying "It's not the experience our players are expecting or deserve."

PC Gamer Interview with Ion Hazzikostas

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for today which includes some class bug fixes.

May 16, 2025

Classes

Paladin

Retribution

An issue with Radiant Glory and Avenging Wrath interaction has been resolved.

Hunter

Marksmanship

Fixed an issue where dying while channeling Rapid Fire could keep Hunters in combat upon resurrecting.

Dungeons

Priory of the Sacred Flame

Expanding on their initial first look, Taliesin & Evitel interviewed Principal Game Designer Jesse Kurlancheek and Game Producer Rachel Bussone, discussing interactive book libraries, loading screens, in-house music, neighborhoods and more for the new system coming in the Midnight expansion.

Player Housing OverviewPlayer Housing Interior CustomizationPlayer Housing Decor Items

This week in WoW, the Turbo Boost Event has officially launched, Content Creators were given first looks at MIdnight's Player Housing, and it's the last week of the Winds of Mysterious Fortune event.

Turbo Boost Event GuidePlayer Housing First Looks

Rev up Your Adventures with Turbo Boost—Now Live!

SoulSoBreezy tried out an alpha build of Player Housing during the 30th Anniversary event in Boston. He shares his experiences and first impressions on the system, including customizations and decorations!

Player Housing OverviewPlayer Housing Interior CustomizationPlayer Housing Decor Items

Today, we are looking at the dungeon data for the week of May 6th during The War Within Season 2. For this analysis, we will use data provided by Raider.IO statistics for The War Within Season 2.

Raider.IO TWW Season 2 Dungeon Statistics

Dratnos tried out an alpha build of Player Housing during the 30th Anniversary event in Boston. He shared his experience with the system and insights on how customization and interior decoration will work, as well as their options.

Video Highlights

Houses are double-instanced: Inside your house is one instance, outside is another instance, shared with your persistent neighborhood.

In a newly released video, Preach revealed that he was recently able to playtest Player Housing - and that it's even better than it was expected to be!

Taliesin & Evitel previewed a first look at the upcoming Player Housing feature in Midnight with Principal Designer & Housing Lead Jesse Kurlancheek!

Player Housing OverviewPlayer Housing Interior CustomizationPlayer Housing Decor Items

You should watch the full video for context, but our summary of the major points is below.

What's It Like?

The biggest most important best feature WoW has ever had bigger than raids and Mythic+.

Dratnos and Preach interviewed Design Leads on Housing Toby Ragaini and Jay Hwang on the upcoming Player Housing feature in Midnight!

Player Housing OverviewPlayer Housing Interior CustomizationPlayer Housing Decor Items

Dratnos and Preach interviewed the following developers:

Toby Ragaini - Lead Designer on WoW and Design Lead on Housing: Neighborhoods

Content Creators were given a first look at Midnight's player housing and here's a compilation of their reviews and hands on experiences!

Did we miss a review? Let us know in the comments below or message us on Discord.

Player Housing OverviewPlayer Housing Interior CustomizationPlayer Housing Decor Items

Dratnos

Preach

Taliesin & Evitel

SoulSoBreezy

Gamespot

Battle for Azeroth Timewalking is coming in Patch 11.1.7, and some of the new rewards purchasable with Timewarped Badge are 4 civilian sets for both Kul Tirans and Zandalari! The Kul Tiran sets are based on the sailors and smugglers of Boralus, and the Zandalari sets are based on merchants in Dazar'alor.

The 2 Kul Tiran civilian sets cost 0 Timewarped Badge each.

The 2 Zandalari civilian sets cost 0 Timewarped Badge each.

Today, we are looking at the DPS balance on Liberation of Undermine during the week of May 6th on The War Within Season 2. For this analysis, we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Raid statistics for The War Within Season 2.

Mythic Liberation of Undermine Statistics Page

One of many buffs from the Turbo Boost is a significant increase in Delve rewards, granting more Brann experience and Delver's Journey progress, as well as buffing the Hidden Troves revealed by Delver's Bounty maps!

Players can guarantee a Delver's Bounty once per week using the Wave Scrambler 2000!

With Turbo Boost starting, you can increase your crafted items' item level to 681 using the new Gilded Augmentation Matrix. Let's see how to obtain Augmentation Matrices and how to use them when crafting items.

We're looking at the completion rates for Week 10 of The War Within Season 2 dungeons. For this analysis, data was provided by Raider.IO statistics for The War Within Season 2.

Raider.io TWW Season 2 Dungeon Statistics

The Classic Timewalking weekly event is now available with the May 13th weekly reset! Complete dungeons for a Normal (636 ilvl) Cache of Undermine Treasures and check out all the new items from this recent Timewalking addition.

Classic Timewalking Guide

Classic Timewalking Event
Venture into six Classic dungeons for updated rewards in this week’s Bonus Event.

While the Event is Active:

One feature coming in Patch 11.1.7 is the Rise of the Red Dawn questline. In this post, we've documented the rewards you can obtain from this questline, and a complete playthrough of it.

WARNING: Patch 11.1.7 Spoilers in this post!

Rise of the Red Dawn Rewards
Players who complete this questline receive a few rewards:

While datamined in early Patch 11.1.7 PTR builds, it appears the new Legion Meta Achievement has been removed in the latest PTR build suggesting it might be delayed for a future patch.

Legion Meta Achievement PreviewLegion Remix Officially Announced

Blizzard has released updated development notes for the Patch 11.1.7 PTR which includes testing for the upcoming Greedy Emissary event.

Patch 11.1.7: Legacy of Arathor Overview

Here are this week’s updates to the Legacy of Arathor 11.1.7 PTR:

With the Turbo Boost now live, unlocking discounted account-wide upgrades with the Gilded of the Undermine achievement is easier to earn than ever before, though players may be surprised to see some items not receiving a discount.

With the launch of the Turbo Boost Event, players can now exchange as many Undermine Crests as they want from the upgrade vendor in Dornogol without having to worry about Crest caps.

Turbo Boost Event Guide

Blizzard has made some adjustments to Warrior's Wrecking Throw and Shattering Throw in PvP reducing their effectiveness against shields.

With an intended adjustment made during maintenance today,

Player versus Player
Warrior

Wrecking Throw’s damage increase to shields is now 75% less effective in PvP combat (was 30% less effective).

With this week's weekly maintenance, Blizzard has confirmed that the 3% Feral Druid buff from last week's class tuning is now live.

If you're looking to make the most of your Puzzling Cartel Chip in the War Within Season 2, then we've compiled the best purchase recommendations for each specialization, direct from our Class Guide Writers.

Puzzling Cartel Chips (Dinars) GuideTurbo Boost Event Guide

This week, players can spice up their consumables and gain increased combat power inside the Liberation of Undermine by unlocking Incontinental Hot Sauce upon reaching Rank 12 on the Gallagio Loyalty Rewards Club renown track!

With Turbo Boost starting today, Blizzard has hotfixed in the new title. To earn it, you must complete every +10s as each different role to earn the The Enterprising Dungeon Master achievement.

The Turbo Boost event is now live on NA servers, and you can pick up the Puzzling Cartel Chip quest by the bank building in Dornogal!

The Puzzling Cartel Chips system is now live and we've confirmed that the Puzzling Cartel Chip requirements for Myth track gear are not account wide.

Puzzling Cartel Chips Overview Guide

With the Puzzling Cartel Chip system now live, one of the questions that players had was about the requirements to purchase Myth track gear.

The Turbo Boost Event is now live introducing Puzzling Cartel Chips, Crafted Gear Boosts, and more!