Summary
With 2024 now underway, Blizzard sneakily added a vendor inWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflightthat will offer some goods to players who have excessive amounts of gold to spend.World of Warcraftplayers can purchase a Golden Regal Scarab mount and some cosmetic weapons and armor from a new vendor in Valdrakken for a limited time.
The addition of this new vendor came in the lead-up to Patch 10.2.5, Seeds of Renewal, which is slated to release later in January. While the patch is considered a “minor update” toWorld of Warcraft,Seeds of Renewal will see the Worgen retake Gilneas, the epilogue to theDragonflightexpansion, and some other stories will serve as a way to bridge the gap betweenDragonflightand the upcoming expansion,The War Within. While no definitive release date for Seeds of Renewal was given at the time of writing, that has not stopped Blizzard from surprising players with some new content in the meantime.
However, the wares of this new vendor inWorld of Warcraftmay be out of the reach of some players. For the price of 1.2 million gold, players can purchase the Golden Regal Scarab from Ms. Xiulan, the assistant to Black Market Auction House leader Madame Goya, in Valdrakken. By taking the stairs underneath the main hub of the city, players will find a small cave in which Madame Goya and Ms. Xiulan conduct their business in the Dragon Isles. However, players will need totake part inWorld of Warcraft’s competitive economyto save up gold before Ms. Xiulan closes shop at the end of August 2024. After that, all of her wares will be available periodically at the Black Market Auction House.
Ms. Xiulan’s Wares in World of Warcraft (Available Until July 15, 2025)
Among the other pricier wares Ms. Xiulan sells are the Whispering Temple Blades, which are a cosmetic set of one-handed swords that look like an upscaled version of Quel’serrar, a weapon fromWorld of Warcraft’s Classic era. In total, players would need to spend a staggering 2.1 million gold to purchase one of each of Ms. Xiulan’s items. But, players on social media met this new “gold sink” vendor with dubious reactions. SomeWoWplayers pointed out that some of the golden-colored cosmetic items such as the Scarab Bulwark and Witchhunter’s Carbine can be found in bronze tints atthe January 2024 Trading Postfor Trader’s Tenders instead.
Though the new vendor may not hit the mark,a busy 2024 inWorld of Warcraftawaits players across all versions of the game. Only time will tell if Blizzard will make changes to Ms. Xiulan’s items via player feedback.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
