The World of Warcraft: Dragonflight beta test begins today!

Over the course of the test, the WoW team will be inviting fans and community members to take part in the upcoming expansion and provide feedback.

There are number of things included in the beta, such as new systems, the complete leveling experience, zones, dungeons, and the new playable Dracthyr Evokers. Raid testing will follow later.

Dragonflight is heavily rumoured to come out in December, although nothing has been confirmed yet.

The official website reads: “Players selected to participate* will receive an email invitation directing them to download the game client directly from the Battle.net desktop app.

“As always, please be aware of phishing attempts—if you’re unsure whether your invitation is legitimate, please log in to your Battle.net account to verify that there is a Dragonflight beta license attached (under Your Game Accounts).”

How to get into the Dragonflight beta

If you want to take part, you first have to opt in to become a tester.

Players who have opted-in can be selected to be a tester, and invitations will go out regularly throughout the test. If you’ve been successful, your Battle.net account will already be flagged for access.

Once you have confirmation, make sure to do the following:

  • Ensure sure your graphics drivers are up to date.Run the Battle.net desktop app—it may need to update itself if you haven’t run it recently. If you don’t have the app installed, get started here.Once Battle.net is installed and updated, select World of Warcraft from the list of games.In the Game Version drop-down menu above the Play button, choose the Dragonflight Beta (listed under In Development) option, then click Install.Allow installation to complete, click Play and select any of the available Test Servers.Create a new test character or use the character copy to import your existing Shadowlands character.Enter the game and test the content.

What’s included in the Dragonflight beta?

There are number of things included in the beta, such as new systems, the complete leveling experience, zones, dungeons, and the new playable Dracthyr Evokers.

Raid testing will come at a later time. To read more about these and other changes, head over to the patch notes. To help keep you informed, we’ve rounded up our latest preview articles