Renown

The War Within brought WoW players back to Undermine in patch 11.1, appropriately called Undermine(d).

Raid skips which let you bypass earlier bosses to fight (and farm) the later bosses have been a regular feature since Warlords of Draenor and in some cases have even been added retroactively such as in the Siege of Orgrimmar raid.

The Liberation of Undermine raid arriving with The War Within patch 11.1 is testing out a brand new feature: Raid Renown.

Rumors are mini-quests in World of Warcraft: The War Within exclusive to the Azj-Kahet zone.

Fashion is the true World of Warcraft endgame and in The War Within there are plenty of vendors throughout Khaz Algar who will sell you different cosmetic items to expand your wardrobe and transmog collections.

Each of the Renown quartermasters in The War Within offers you a variety of useful items at all Renown levels but at certain ranks, each faction will sell you high-level gear for different armor slots as well as other useful recipes and craftables to help you as you level up.

Spreading the Light is an open world event that becomes available in Hallowfall after completing the World of Warcraft: The War Within main story campaign.

There are four new Renown factions in The War Within that players will become familiar with when the expansion begins on August 26 -- the Council of Dornogal, Assembly of the Deeps, Hallowfall Arathi, and the Severed Threads.

Warbands may be the biggest change coming in The War Within expansion later this year: it's a new account progression system that fundamentally changes how your characters and account function.

Plunderstorm, Dragonflight patch 10.2.6's 60-player battle royale event, is now live with a new rewards to earn from an event-specific Renown track.