World of Warcraft is removing requirements for flying in several old zones in an upcoming Dragonflight patch. With this change, players will be able to fly in nearly every zone in World of Warcraft without any extra steps.

The Pathfinder achievements in World of Warcraft are time-consuming feats that require players to fully explore zones, defeat many rare spawns, and farm multiple reputations. When the achievement was first introduced in Warlords of Draenor, its completion was required to unlock flying in an expansion’s zones. However, in later patches, World of Warcraft removed the Pathfinder achievement requirement for flying in Warlords of Draenor and Legion zones.

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Now, it seems World of Warcraft is doing the same for Battle for Azeroth. According to the recently-released notes for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7, flying in Zandalar, Kul Tiras, Nazjatar, and Mechagon will no longer require the Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder achievement. Characters with the appropriate riding skill can freely fly in these zones once the patch arrives on March 21.

With this change, World of Warcraft players will be able to fly in almost every area without any extra steps. Flying in Shadowlands zones and in Zereth Mortis isn't unlocked automatically, but the requirements are simple, especially when compared to the Pathfinder achievements. As of this patch, the only zones World of Warcraft players can’t fly are old zones like Azuremyst Isle and Eversong Woods, and the Dragon Isles in Dragonflight, where players navigate using Dragonriding instead of traditional flying.

Many players are relieved to see the Pathfinder achievements retired for the time being. While using them to prevent players from flying through new zones makes sense when the content is new, Battle for Azeroth has been out for almost five years. The zones are hardly contemporary, and gating flying behind a time-consuming achievement did little but deter players from revisiting the excellent zones from the expansion.

Of course, some players who already unlocked the Pathfinder achievements are frustrated that the requirement is being removed. These players spent a lot of time earning these achievements, so now letting all players fly in these zones makes some of them feel cheated. Luckily, Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder still awards the unique Wonderwing 2.0 mechanical parrot mount, so the hard work of these players still pays off in other ways. Hopefully, World of Warcraft’s future expansions will remove the Pathfinder achievement as a requirement for flying entirely–especially if it decides to carry the popular Dragonriding feature from Dragonflight outside the Dragon Isles.

World of Warcraft is available now for PC.

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