On November 1, 2019 , during BlizzCon 2019 , the Shadowlands expansion for World of Warcraft was unveiled. Among the new features, the option to personalize the breeds was without doubt one of the most acclaimed. Although entirely cosmetic and bringing nothing concrete to the game, this will allow players to have a much wider panel in the personalization of their character and this regardless of their race, including for classic races ( Human , Blood Elf , Dwarf ...).
But what can personalizations of other races look like? This is what we will focus on in this entirely speculative article based on fan arts by artists from the World of Warcraft community.
Story: What we know for the moment
Unfortunately we only had access to a small number of these customizations, but as a reminder we had an overview of the Trolls, the Wildhammer Dwarfs and even the possibility of changing the skin color of the Humans , among others ...
More recently, Patch 8.3: Visions of N'Zoth introduced the first wave of character customizations. Although very minor, it allowed players (and still allows today) to change the glow of the eyes of the Blood Elves , Night Elves and Death Knights .
What we can expect
At the WoW: What's Next conference at BlizzCon 2019, developers announced that a wide range of options will be available for all races, including over 30 new options for Blood Elves! What might that look like? A few artists in the community have their own ideas, and we'd like you to check them out along with our speculation!
Humans
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
New beards |
No |
New hairstyles |
Yes |
New skin tones |
Yes |
Tattoos |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Dwarfs
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
New beards |
No |
New hairstyles |
Yes |
New skin tones |
Yes |
Tattoos |
Yes |
New hairstyles |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Night Elf
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
New brands |
No |
New skin tones |
No |
New beards |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Gnome
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Mechanical prostheses |
No |
New beards |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Draenei
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Tattoos |
No |
Possibility to add a rune on the head |
No |
Tail customization (Length, ornamental objects ...) |
Yes |
New hairstyles |
Yes |
Possibility to be an Érédar (Red skin) |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Worgen
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Posture change (stand straight) |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
Fang size |
No |
New colors of fur |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Orc
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
New hairstyles |
No |
New beards |
No |
New skin tones |
No |
Tattoos |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Undead
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Posture change (stand straight) |
No |
A Lightforged version |
No |
New hairstyles |
Yes |
New lights for the eyes |
No |
Ability to hide bones |
Yes |
New skin tones |
Yes |
Choice of body size |
No |
Troll
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Posture change (stand straight) |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
New beards |
No |
Tattoos dedicated to certain tribes |
Yes |
New skin tones |
Yes |
Choice of body size |
No |
Tauren
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Ornaments for horns |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
New beards |
No |
Tattoos dedicated to certain tribes |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Blood elf
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Posture change (less bulging torso for male EDS) |
No |
New eyes |
Yes |
New skin tones (San'layn?) |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
New beards |
No |
Tattoos |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Goblin
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Mechanical prostheses |
No |
New beards |
No |
New skin tones (same blue for the Gloubelins?) |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
Pandaren
Personalization |
Confirmed by Blizzard or not ? |
---|---|
Tail customization (Length, ornamental objects ...) and availability for males |
No |
New beards |
No |
New colors of fur (tabby, for example) |
No |
New hairstyles |
No |
Choice of body size |
No |
After more than a month of rolling out successive builds, a seventh build of the World of Warcraft Alpha: Shadowlands has appeared on the Battle.net launcher.