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Stable branch 10 patches Build target 10.2.7

Dragonflight patch history

10.0.0 — 10.2.7

A ten-patch expansion with a faster release cadence than anything before it, and one change that touched every core assumption about movement: dragonriding.

Patches tracked
10
Major releases
4
First
10.0.0
Last
10.2.7
Build target
10.2.7

Patch timeline

First to last · summarized for operators
  1. 10.0.0
    15 Nov 2022

    Dragonflight

    Major release
    • Dragonriding replaces standard flight with a momentum and vigor system.
    • Talent trees return as two full trees per character, class and specialization.
    • Professions are rebuilt with specialization trees, crafting orders, and quality tiers.
    • The expansion launches on 28 November with Vault of the Incarnates.
    What this means for a buildDragonriding needs its own movement handler and its own speed validation. Old anticheat thresholds reject it outright.
  2. 10.0.5
    24 Jan 2023

    Content update

    • Adds the Trading Post and a new dungeon rotation for the season.
    • Adds Primal Storms events across the Dragon Isles.
    What this means for a buildTrading Post progress is a monthly account-scoped counter that must roll over on schedule.
  3. 10.0.7
    21 Mar 2023

    Content update

    • Forbidden Reach opens for all players with a solo-friendly scenario.
    • Human and orc heritage armour questlines are added.
    What this means for a buildSmall delta.
  4. 10.1.0
    2 May 2023

    Embers of Neltharion

    Major release
    • Zaralek Cavern opens as an underground zone beneath the Dragon Isles.
    • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible arrives as the second raid tier.
    • Adds the Dragonriding glyph expansion and a new mythic dungeon rotation.
    What this means for a buildAn underground zone with its own flight ceiling. Vmap accuracy matters more here than in open zones.
  5. 10.1.5
    11 Jul 2023

    Fractures in Time

    • Adds the Time Rifts event and the Dawn of the Infinite mega-dungeon.
    • Whelp customisation and the Azerothian Archives groundwork arrive.
    What this means for a buildMega-dungeons are two-wing instances with a shared lockout. A distinct lockout case.
  6. 10.1.7
    5 Sep 2023

    Fury Incarnate

    • Adds the Dreamsurge event and further heritage armour questlines.
    • Class tuning ahead of the final tier.
    What this means for a buildSmall delta.
  7. 10.2.0
    7 Nov 2023

    Guardians of the Dream

    Fan favorite
    • The Emerald Dream opens as a zone with a shared community progression bar.
    • Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope closes the expansion's story across nine encounters.
    • Adds a new dragonriding zone-wide event and the Superbloom.
    What this means for a buildThe community progression bar is realm-wide shared state with periodic resets — the same pattern as the old isle events.
  8. 10.2.5
    16 Jan 2024

    Seeds of Renewal

    • Adds the Azerothian Archives event and follower dungeons for solo play.
    • Warband groundwork and quality-of-life changes.
    What this means for a buildFollower dungeons need scripted NPC party members — full combat AI, not escort AI.
  9. 10.2.6
    19 Mar 2024

    Plunderstorm

    • A standalone limited-time mode with its own separate ruleset and progression.
    • Runs parallel to the main game rather than inside it.
    What this means for a buildAn entirely separate game mode. No core implements this, and skipping it costs nothing.
  10. 10.2.7
    7 May 2024

    Dark Heart

    Build targetMajor release
    • Bridges the story into the following expansion with a short questline.
    • Adds heritage armour sets and a PvP event return.
    • Final build of the expansion.
    What this means for a build10.2.7 is the standard build target for the branch.

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