Admittedly, there has been a ton of updates that regularly come in regarding the changes for World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King beta realms. You've probably seen some of them being mentioned by the players, though a good majority of them are inconspicuous tweaks to game mechanics that are very difficult to spot.

Thankfully, Wryxian visited the WotLK beta forums recently to add the beta realm's latest updates to the game's current patch notes. We've already reported some of them, such as the new vanity pet mechanics or the new calendar, though there are several more you may not have seen before.

We have posted the changes specific to the game's UI and quests here. The bulk of the changes concerning each of the job classes are available at the WotLK beta site via the source link below.

Quests

• Alliance characters on the “Check in With Bizie” quest in Borean Tundra can now ask Kara Thricestar for a flying machine ride out to Bizie Wrenchshanker.
• The “Escape from Winterfin Retreat” quest is now named “Escape from the Winterfin Caverns”. The escort is shorter and no longer requires a pre-requisite quest to get a key.
• There is now a new murloc questgiver named Glrglrglr within the Winterfin Caverns. This questgiver needs you to ge the key to his cage so that he can be set free. This is not an escort quest.
• Fewer cannonballs are now required for the Alliance quest “Danger! Explosives!”.
• Petrov’s Cluster Bombs no longer cause caster procs during the Alliance quest “Break the Blockade”.
• The Alliance quest, “Break the Blockade” no longer caps out at revered Valiance Expedition faction.
• During the Alliance quest “Hah…You’re Not So Big Now!”, Crafty’s Ultra-Advanced Proto-Typical Shortening Blaster no longer has a chance to transform the character into a magnataur. Instead it has a chance to transform the character into the likeness of Crafty Wobblesprocket.
• In Dragonblight, the “Ley Line” questline was reworked so that players are led into and must first complete the quests at the Ruby Dragonshrine before they will be given an audience with Queen Alexstrasza.
• The quest character Kor’ghan (Finding the Antidote) was moved to just outside the Cleft of Shadow’s poison vendor.
  

User Interface

• New Calendar feature: Players will be able to access the new Calendar feature by clicking on the new icon located in the top right corner of their mini map. The calendar will track in game events, allow raid scheduling, and more.
• New Vanity Pet and Mount changes: Players will now be able to access their non-combat pets and mounts by clicking on the pets tab in the Character Info panel. These pets and mounts will be now learnable much like spells or abilities. Once a vanity pet or mount is learned, the icon will disappear from within a player’s inventory and reappear in the appropriate tab under the pet tab under Character Info. Say goodbye to your vanity pets and mounts taking up bag and bank slots!
• Error messages should play less frequently
• Tradeskills can now be linked by shift-clicking the tradeskill icon
• Quests can be shared with party members at any distance
• Quests can be shared with party members by linking the quest into party chat
• Quests can be shared in raids but not battlegrounds
• A 5 minute timer will appear over the player’s unit frame showing the countdown until your PvP flag is cleared

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