Wailing Caverns
From the BlizzCon preview buildThe Classic dungeon in the Barrens, and the one with the find of the beta so far: the re-itemized Fang set turns a druid's Cat Form into a serpent. Its upper bosses sit above the beta level cap.
Where this comes from
This dungeon is open in the beta and people are running it. What follows comes from the beta client and from reports by those who were inside - not from a Blizzard announcement. Anything several sources report the same way independently is in; where they disagree, the disagreement sits under the open questions instead of a decision we are in no position to make. A build can change all of it tomorrow.
Lord Pythas
Drops the chest piece - the set is why people come back
Reported, not confirmed
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The full set turns a druid's Cat Form into a serpent
Wearing all five pieces of Embrace of the Viper changes the appearance of Cat Form to a large serpent. It is a look, not a new form and not a specialisation - the abilities stay the same. A beta player found it; the set tooltip says nothing about it.
Source: Beta reports plus reactions from Blizzard developers on social media - not an announcement -
Two Blizzard developers have commented on it
Associate Production Director Clayton Stone reacted to the discovery in a way that reads as confirmation that it is intended. Senior Game Designer Aidan "Zirene" Moon added that every druid race gets a differently coloured serpent, and that Prowl makes it lower itself and slither along the ground. Neither is a published announcement.
Source: Beta reports plus reactions from Blizzard developers on social media - not an announcement -
The five-piece bonus is called Dream Venom
The tooltip in the current beta gives melee attacks a chance to stun the target for one second. Bonuses sit at two, three, four and five pieces; the old Classic bonuses for nature damage and staff skill are replaced.
Source: Beta client and beta reports, build 1.60.1.69913 - reported the same way by several sources
Open questions
- Whether wearing the set as transmog is enough, or whether the five real pieces have to be equipped
- Whether the appearance survives taking the armour off
- Drop rates in Forever - nothing is reported
Loot
- Armor of the Fang Chest, leather Reported the same way repeatedly One of the five pieces of Embrace of the Viper. The set is re-itemized in Forever; the old Classic bonuses are gone.
Where this comes from matters: which boss drops what is not in the client. The table for it (CollectableSourceEncounter) is empty and loot is handed out server-side. The assignment below therefore comes from players who ran the dungeon and reported what dropped - several sites carry the same figures, which argues against coincidence but does not prove they are independent of each other. The item itself is read from the client. Where it says the values differ, sources give different figures; take the name, not the number.