Updated
Updated · Kotaku · Jul 1
Blizzard Makes WoW Autoloot Account-Wide After 22 Years in Curse of Ula’tek Patch
Updated
Updated · Kotaku · Jul 1

Blizzard Makes WoW Autoloot Account-Wide After 22 Years in Curse of Ula’tek Patch

3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 1

Summary

  • World of Warcraft’s next major patch, Curse of Ula’tek, will let players set autoloot account-wide, ending the need to re-enable it on every new character.
  • 22 years after WoW launched, the change targets a long-running quality-of-life irritation: players have had to manually toggle autoloot in settings for each character despite it being the preferred way to collect drops.
  • Less than a week from release, Curse of Ula’tek also brings the Coiled Isle zone, an eight-boss raid, world bosses, delves, quests and a new dungeon season.
  • The patch is themed around the Amani trolls and follows story threads introduced at the start of the Midnight expansion, making the autoloot fix part of a broader content update.

Insights

Can the new 'Delves' system solve World of Warcraft's solo-player problem?
After 22 years, are small quality-of-life fixes finally Blizzard's priority?
Does the new Amani troll storyline betray its dark, established lore?