The latest Dragonflight 10.1 PTR build brought some very interesting datamining with it, as it seems we’ll be getting a Diablo 4 launch event in WoW, “Welcome to Sanctuary”! As spotted by MMO-Champion, there are several things coming with the event, from a battle pet to an XP and reputation buff, and even treasure goblins!
That’s right, the very non-Azerothian goblins will be returning, after their initial appearance during Diablo’s 20th anniversary event, and it’s looking like some of them might be dropping the Baa’lial Soulstone, which teaches you the Baa’lial battle pet! There will also be a feat of strength related to getting the pet, Little Lord of Lies.
This is what they looked like in the Diablo 20th anniversary event.
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The event itself, Welcome to Sanctuary, has a tooltip reading:
“Strange winds blow in from another world. Sightings of odd, bag-holding creatures spot the land, and heroes are filled with renewed vigor. Treasure Goblins can be spotted from TBD to TBD. The Winds of Sanctuary blow in from TBD to TBD.”
The Winds of Sanctuary is the new 50% XP buff that’s arriving with the event, which also grants an 8% reputation bonus (except with the new 10.1 Loamm Niffin faction).
There also might be some other loot to find, with new items added to the recent 10.1 PTR build like Wirt’s Leg, Treasure Nabbin’ Bag and Horadric Haversack.
This sounds like a great event, and knowing WoW players the XP buff will be very welcome as they always are. The timing on it is unclear, however we do know patch 10.1 releases on May 2nd and Diablo 4 releases on June 6th (with a 3 day Early Access period for pre-orders). The event will either launch as Diablo itself does or, more likely, a week or two before that.
