How to Unlock Earthen in WoW: Complete 2024 Guide
Updated on November 3, 2024
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Unlocking the Earthen as an Allied Race in World of Warcraft’s The War Within expansion allows players to experience Azeroth as one of its most ancient and rocky races. Newly freed from their Titan-forged restrictions, the Earthen bring their stone-bound strength, unique abilities, and endless curiosity to both the Alliance and Horde. This guide provides all the details on unlocking the Earthen, including rewards, racial abilities, lore, and tips for making the most of this neutral Allied Race.
Earthen Allied Race Guide
The Earthen are the first neutral Allied Race in World of Warcraft, allowing players from both the Alliance and Horde to join forces with these stone-bound, Titan-forged dwarves. Known for their strength, the Earthen are driven by their newfound freedom and a deep desire to explore Azeroth.
Unlocking the Earthen
To start unlocking the Earthen, you’ll need a level 80 character on your account, either Alliance or Horde. This level ensures you’re prepared for the challenges of The War Within expansion’s campaign and the Earthen-specific questlines.
Completing The War Within Campaign
The primary requirement for unlocking the Earthen is completing The War Within campaign. This journey goes through the history and culture of the Earthen, in particular their release from Titan control and their decision to join Azeroth’s heroes.
Achievement: To unlock the Earthen, you’ll need to complete the Allied Races: Earthen achievement. This requires finishing all four chapters of The War Within campaign at max level, culminating with the quest Return to Dornogal.
Completing Additional Quest Chains
Alongside the campaign, you’ll need to complete several Earthen-specific quest chains, each marked by a unique Earthen icon in the quest log:
Mourning Rise: Complete quests in the Isle of Dorn, starting with Before I Depart and concluding with The Weight of Duty.
Broken Tools: Finish a series of quests from Machinist Kittrin in the Ringing Deeps, beginning with Discarded and Broken and ending with Reforged Purpose.
Merrix and Steelvein: Complete a storyline in Dornogal, beginning with How Scandalous! and finishing with Bad Business.
After completing these requirements, you’ll earn the Allied Races: Earthen achievement, unlocking the Earthen as a playable race.
Rewards for Unlocking Earthen
Mount
Upon unlocking the Earthen, you’ll receive the Reins of the Slatestone Ramolith. This resilient stone ram mount symbolizes the Earthen’s connection to Azeroth’s minerals and durability. Like other Allied Race mounts, it is available for use by all characters on your account.
Heritage Armor
Creating your first Earthen character grants you the Earthen Tabard. If you level an Earthen character to 50 without boosts, you’ll also earn the Heritage of the Earthen achievement, unlocking the Earthen Heritage Armor. This transmog set reflects their Titan-forged origins and is available in four color variations. It can be applied to any Cloth, Leather, Mail, or Plate armor on an Earthen character but is exclusive to the race.
Earthen Racial Abilities
Earthen racial abilities reflect their stone-like resilience and newfound strength from Azerite, offering unique advantages in both combat and gathering:
Azerite Surge: Unleashes Azerite energy in a cone, dealing Fire damage. As the ability is empowered, it gains additional effects:
Tier I: Deals Fire damage.
Tier II: Heals allies hit by the effect.
Tier III: Deals extra Fire damage to the highest-health enemy hit.
Quiet Contemplation: Restores health and mana over 20 seconds while seated. This ability substitutes food, which Earthen cannot consume.
Hyper Productive: Increases Finesse by 2%, boosting the chance to gather additional materials while gathering resources.
Ingest Minerals: Earthen characters are always considered Well Fed. Activating this ability consumes a Khaz Algar gem, customizing the Well Fed bonus:
Amber: Increases Stamina.
Emerald: Boosts Haste.
Onyx: Adds Mastery.
Ruby: Enhances Critical Strike.
Sapphire: Improves Versatility.
Titan-Wrought Frame: Increases base armor from equipped items by 10%.
Wide-Eyed Wonder: Earthen gain an additional 200% experience from discovering new locations, making exploration highly rewarding.
Class Options
Earthen characters can choose from several classes, each aligning (in some way) with their strength and connection to the elements. Here are the available classes:
Hunter: Melee or Ranged Mail DPS, with a starting Proto Ram pet.
Mage: Ranged Cloth DPS.
Monk: Tank, Healer, or Melee Leather DPS.
Paladin: Healer, Tank, or Melee Plate DPS.
Priest: Healer or Ranged Cloth DPS.
Rogue: Melee Leather DPS.
Shaman: Healer or Melee/Ranged Mail DPS.
Warlock: Ranged Cloth DPS.
Warrior: Tank or Melee Plate DPS.
Lore of the Earthen
The Earthen were one of the Titans’ first creations, forged from stone to shape and stabilize Azeroth. Unlike other dwarves, the Earthen have retained their original rocky form and deep connection to the earth. Originally bound by the Titans’ directives, the Earthen have recently gained autonomy, sparking a newfound curiosity for the world outside their elemental domains.
With The War Within, the Earthen take their first steps toward exploring Azeroth freely, unbound by their Titan origins. Their mastery over Azerite and elemental forces makes them a unique and valued ally to both factions. Their heritage links them to Deepholm, the elemental plane of earth, and Ulduar, the ancient Titan facility where they were created. Now, the Earthen seek alliances with the Horde and Alliance, joining their ranks to protect the world they helped shape.
Final Tips for Unlocking and Playing as an Earthen
Complete the Required Quests: Finish The War Within campaign and complete the additional Earthen-specific quest chains to unlock the race.
Utilize Azerite Surge Effectively: This versatile racial ability offers both offensive and healing effects, so empower it based on your situation for maximum benefit.
Optimize Gathering Professions: Hyper Productive provides a bonus to Finesse, ideal for Earthen characters pursuing gathering professions.
Explore for Experience: With Wide-Eyed Wonder, the Earthen gain substantial experience from discovering new locations, making exploration an efficient leveling method.
Customize Well Fed Bonuses: Experiment with Ingest Minerals to tailor your Well Fed bonus to specific encounters or your character’s role.
Unlocking the Earthen Allied Race brings the strength and resilience of one of Azeroth’s most ancient races to life.
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