Blizzard may have just inadvertently revealed a new feature coming in World of Warcraft’s new The War Within expansion: the ability for Dracthyr to be classes other than Evoker.
In the most-recent episode of the WoWCast, Blizzard shared an image of the game’s new account-wide Warbands login screen, showing four characters around a campfire. One of the characters in question is a Dracthyr, the humanoid dragon race added as part of the Dragonflight expansion. The Dracthyr are currently only able to be one class, the Evoker, which channels the magical powers of the various dragonflights to deal damage and support allies.
The Dracthyr shown in the WoWCast image, however, is definitely not an Evoker. Rather than using the caster weapons Evokers typically wield, this Dracthyr is wielding two giant axes. That has led players to believe the image actually shows a Dracthyr Warrior, seemingly confirming that the race will have its Evoker-only class restrictions lifted for The War Within’s launch or sometime shortly after. Blizzard had previously hinted the Dracthyr would eventually be able to play as different classes, but that the feature would not be included for The War Within’s release.
Funnily enough, this isn’t the first Warband image Blizzard has shown depicting a non-Evoker Dracthyr. During BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard shared a Warbands interface mockup that featured a Dracthyr wearing leather armor instead of the mail armor worn by Evokers. Blizzard at the time called the inclusion of the leather-wearing Dracthyr an oversight.
As the feature hasn’t been officially announced, it’s unknown what classes will be available to Dracthyr. Whereas class and race restrictions were once the norm, Blizzard has in the past few years made it so most races are now able to be most classes, though there are still a few exceptions.
The War Within will officially add one new playable race, the Earthen, but many fans believe another, still-unannounced playable race will also be added over the course of the expansion. Other new features coming as part of WoW’s 10th expansion includes a new form of endgame content that can be done solo and Hero Talent trees for each class. WoW: The War Within releases on August 26, or three days early on August 23 for those who purchase the game’s digital epic or physical 20th anniversary collector’s edition.
