

Q: What types of armor can Death Knights use?Ī: Death Knights primarily wear Plate Armor, but are capable of wearing all armor types.Ī: No, Death Knights were designed to tank without the use of a shield, similarly to Feral Druids. You earn a set of superior-quality gear as you finish the starting quest chains.ĭeath Knights are balanced on the same scale as all other classes, and the blizzard developers strive to keep Death Knights as equally strong as other classes as possible. An abundance of lore and deathknight-specific quests drive the class progression.ģ. You begin at level 55, giving you a head-start on leveling compared to other classes.Ģ. Q: Does "Hero Class" mean Death Knights will be more powerful than other classes?"Ī: No, what signifies the Death Knight as a "Hero Class" are 3 things:ġ. What this means is that as you complete specific quests, the world around you changes, and you are only able to interact with players who are in the same phase as you are.Ī: All races can currently become Death Knights, the lich king doesnt discriminate when picking his warriors.
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As of the 3.0.8 Patch, once you have a level 55+ character on -any server-, you will be able to create a new deathknight on -any server- as well.Ī: Death Knights begin at level 55, in an instanced version of Eastern Plaguelands - more specifically, you find yourself awakened in Acherus: The Ebon Hold, which is a necropolis floating above light's hope chapel, similar to Naxxramas.Īfter the cutscene, you follow a series of questlines both within Acherus, as well as in the plaguelands below these quests will eventually lead you up to level 58, at which point -after- having finished all of the start quest chains you will be able to leave the Ebon Hold and venture onward into outland.īlizzard has used a new "phasing" system in the deathknight starting zone for it's quests. A: Currently, once you have a level 55 or higher character of any class on your server, you can create a deathknight on your server which will start at level 55.
