Game systems September 23-28, coverage September 28, 12:00 UTC
Elves can speak across factions in Darnassian
Choose the shared racial language in normal chat. Reports cover opposite-faction Skyborne and Night Elves.
Description
Players demonstrated cross-faction speech in . Alliance Skyborne, Horde Skyborne and Night Elves share it. The normal chat language menu lets them select it instead of their faction language. Wowhead covered the find on September 28. A separate report appeared on September 27.
Effect
Use it to discuss turns at an object, warn an opposing player or roleplay. A shared language alone does not enable cross-faction parties, trading or shared quests.
How to reproduce it
- Find an opposing character who also knows : a Skyborne or Night Elf.
- Open the chat language menu and choose . Write in normal /say chat.
- Ask for a reply in the same language. The method does not translate speech for someone who lacks it.
- Switch back to your faction language afterwards so other allies can understand you.
Video
Video linked by the original poster. URL, title and author verified. It is not an official feature commitment.
What players report
- Odin_69
Specified the action: switch chat to Darnassian, and linked more video examples.
Read discussion ↗ - Shiny_Mewtwo
Had not known chat languages could be switched. The setting is in the language menu.
Read discussion ↗ - PM-ME-TRAVELER-NUDES
Explained that Skyborne share the Night Elf language. Other racial languages are not made mutually readable.
Read discussion ↗ - Birchsprout
Questioned whether cross-faction speech is intended. The thread has no developer confirmation.
Read discussion ↗ - MuenCheese
Suggested learning languages through books. This is a request, not a verified learning method.
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