The War Within patch 11.0.7 takes us to Siren Isle (which reminds us an awful lot of the Forbidden Reach)

WoW patch 11.0.7 launches on December 17, giving us the chance to explore the mysterious Siren Isle. The new zone strikes me as a mash-up of Island Expeditions (it’s an island with regular invasions of Vrykul, Naga, and pirates to fight off) and the Forbidden Reach (with secrets to find, caves to explore, and even a new ring to unlock and bedazzle with gems). The Kul Tirans used to mine Azerite here during the Fourth War, but the island has been abandoned, and now a huge golden crystal in the center of the isle seems to sing.

Looking at this thing, I can practically hear Magni shouting at me about healing Azeroth’s wounds. (What is happening with that sword, anyway?) So it’s no surprise that everyone’s interested in this crystal, and you’ll be working with the Earthen, Arathi, and Goblins to explore, excavate, and uncover the island’s secrets. Everyone is here for their own reasons, and as usual, you’re stuck in the middle, collecting quest rewards.

But there’s more to patch 11.0.7 than a new island. Here are the features of the next patch that we know about so far:

• New zone: Siren Isle, which looks to be hopping with events. Expect to spend time tracking down secrets, hunting rares, fighting off invasions (with a little help from your Goblin friends), and more. There will be no flying on the Siren Isle on launch.
• New The War Within story quests, with an epilogue to 11.0 content that goes into the fate (and future) of the Kirin Tor as well as a prologue for patch 11.1 in which we’ll “uncover a familiar face in the darkness.” Time to make a list of the characters we haven’t seen in a while and ponder which are most likely to reappear.
• New Ring: Cyrce’s Circlet, which seems a great deal like the Onyx Annulet from the Forbidden Reach. The Circlet will have three different types of sockets, and we’ll collect gems on the island to fill these specialized sockets. (It’s been a whole expansion since we’ve had to do that!) The ring seems to play part of the story, and may be required to interact with certain things on the Siren Isle.
• New collectibles, including Thrayir, Eyes of the Siren, a storm crow mount which has been skulking away in game files since Siege of Orgrimmar. We already have a rundown on how to get the new mounts, including Thrayir.
• New currency: Flame Blessed Iron. It’s something new so I felt I had to mention it even though no one is ever happy to have a new currency to collect.
• New customizations: Kul Tirans and Humans will get an Arathi-style pointed ear customization option.
• Plunderstorm returns in early 2025 with new and returning transmog looks to collect.
• Turbulent Timeways return with non-stop Timewalking events which offer Heroic-level weekly rewards, plus a Timely Buzzbee Skyriding mount. I have no idea what this mount looks like, but I already know I want it.
• New Battle for Azeroth meta achievement which rewards Jani’s Trashpile mount. Yes, you read that right.

But now that we know a little about the next patch, the obvious question is what’s next after this? During the preview video there’s art that may be of Kezan on someone’s monitor, which many suspected was another clue that we were heading to the Undermine with a Goblin-themed patch. Now we know for sure: WoW patch 11.1: Undermine(d) will send us to Undermine where we’ll be caught up in the politics of the Goblin clans — but we’ll have to wait until early next year to play.

Originally published October 30, 2024; updated December 16, 2024.