Blizzard has made available the latest content update and software patch release for World of Warcraft today. The new patch brings the client version up to 1.11.0 and has several significant changes. Leading the new content is a new 40-man raid available from the Plaguelands, called Naxxramas, which promises to be one of the most challenging raids to date. In addition, there are a number of functionality tweaks and updates, including new key ring functionality, an adjustment to some of the material item stacks, and a re-categorization of consumables in the game. Flight paths have been updated in the new release, with new flight paths at Ratchet and Marshall’s Refuge, and there are a number of new paths between endpoints throughout the game. In conjunction with the new raid content in the Plaguelands, the Light’s Hope Chapel has been upgraded to a full quest hub- with an inn, new vendors, and a bunch of new quests. Other raid and dungeon instances have been tweaked as well. There are also a number of changes to various classes, with the biggest changes being made to the Shaman and Mage classes, but most classes should see some alteration of their talents in the upgrade.

For those who prefer to download the patch, rather than use Blizzard’s downloader utility, there are a number of mirrors, including 3dgamers and FilePlanet:

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