Jade Forest not available in v8.0

[Disidaus]

[Location, Faction, Race]

Jade Forest, any faction, any race.

[Name, Type]

Zone: Jade Forest

[Problem Description]

Jade Forest is not accessible. When you ride, walk, fly, teleport or take a flightpath there, it teleports you to your Hearthstone location and displays the message in chat in yellow:

"This area is not available in this version yet. It will be unlocked in a future update."

[How it should work]

You should be able to enter this area. This works fine in v6.1.2!

 

[Don_Roth]

Hello, as has already been explained several times, this is normal in version 8.0. This release is a very large and comprehensive update, and certain MOP zones are intentionally locked because they don’t yet meet our quality standards and will be improved. This is expected behavior. That is not a Bug.

 

[Disidaus]

Hello - thanks for your reply! Huh, wait, what? This version was released knowing the actual MoP content is not playable? Where was this explained several times? I guess I must have missed it. Seems to me this is rather important information to clearly share, so people can make an informed descision to install this version or not. If I had known this upfront, I wouldn't have taken the time and effort of getting it on my test environment. I would have just waited for the next update.

 

[Don_Roth]

Hello - thanks for your reply! Huh, wait, what? This version was released knowing the actual MoP content is not playable? Where was this explained several times? I guess I must have missed it. Seems to me this is rather important information to clearly share, so people can make an informed descision to install this version or not. If I had known this upfront, I wouldn't have taken the time and effort of getting it on my test environment. I would have just waited for the next update.

I might be misremembering, but I’m pretty sure people on Discord weren’t exactly thrilled about this either—though it was definitely communicated. In version 8.0, almost all low-level zones—including every single quest—were completely overhauled. To maintain that same standard for the 85–90 level range, this feature was disabled in Pandaria.

 

[peculiar.shove]

Hello - thanks for your reply! Huh, wait, what? This version was released knowing the actual MoP content is not playable? Where was this explained several times? I guess I must have missed it. Seems to me this is rather important information to clearly share, so people can make an informed descision to install this version or not. If I had known this upfront, I wouldn't have taken the time and effort of getting it on my test environment. I would have just waited for the next update.

Yea I missed that too, I only thought they'd release the improved Panda zones later and we play the old until that.

 

[ExO]

[Location, Faction, Race]

Jade Forest, any faction, any race.

[Name, Type]

Zone: Jade Forest

[Problem Description]

Jade Forest is not accessible. When you ride, walk, fly, teleport or take a flightpath there, it teleports you to your Hearthstone location and displays the message in chat in yellow:

"This area is not available in this version yet. It will be unlocked in a future update."

[How it should work]

You should be able to enter this area. This works fine in v6.1.2!

Jade Forest & Valley of the Four Winds are disabled because we are working on fully refactoring these. They were not up to our wanted standard (quality wise) and we don't want to leave them half-broken, so they're being deployed in v8.1 (won't take too long)
Those are the only two zones.

 

[ChenPaw]

What about the other zones in the MOP expansion like Krasarang Wilds, Kun-Lai Summit , Townlong Steppes etc. Will these be getting re-worked later down the line, or is it just those first two zones Jade forest and valley of four winds like you mentioned. Thank you for the work guys, already noticing the quest improvements in the beginner panda zones!

 

[darkonio]

What about the other zones in the MOP expansion like Krasarang Wilds, Kun-Lai Summit , Townlong Steppes etc. Will these be getting re-worked later down the line, or is it just those first two zones Jade forest and valley of four winds like you mentioned. Thank you for the work guys, already noticing the quest improvements in the beginner panda zones!

Absolutely! The plan is to eventually rework all the zones across Pandaria, including Krasarang Wilds, Kun-Lai Summit, Townlong Steppes, and the others.

We're taking things step by step because we want to do this properly rather than rushing through everything. Our goal isn't just to make the quests work, but to deliver a complete, polished, and enjoyable Pandaria experience that feels as close to the original as possible.

The Jade Forest and Valley of the Four Winds are just the beginning. There's still a lot of work ahead, but trust me, it'll be worth it!

And thank you for the kind words! It's always great to hear that players are already noticing the improvements. That's exactly what keeps us motivated!