Warlords of Draenor Available for Pre-Order

Deluxe edition offers instant access to level 90 with a pet and mount.

The World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor expansion is now available for pre-order through the official site, in standard ($50) or Digital Deluxe ($70) versions. Pre-purchasing gives players the level boost, while the Deluxe Edition also nets you a dread raven mount and dread hatchling pet. The Digital Deluxe edition also comes with Grommash Hellscream and Blackhand StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm portraits and a Warsong pennant for your Diablo III characters.

Blizzard explained that its initiall plan was to provide the boost once players installed the expansion, but later decided to provide it earlier so players could get familiarized with the new skills, and experience the current end game content which leads to the story of Draenor.

There are also separate boosts for players who have multiple builds or characters on different servers. After the price of $60 was leaked, lead encounter designer Ion Hazzikostas said that the company didn't want to "devalue the accomplishment of leveling."