World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the fourth expansion for Blizzard Entertainment's massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft. Released in September 2012, it introduced the continent of Pandaria, a lush and mysterious land inspired by Asian mythology and aesthetics, along with the Pandaren as a playable race — the first neutral race in WoW's history, allowing players to choose either the Alliance or Horde faction.\n\nThe expansion raised the level cap to 90 and introduced the Monk class, a versatile melee fighter capable of tanking, healing, or dealing damage. New systems included the Challenge Mode dungeon difficulty, Pet Battle System for collecting and battling companion pets, and the Scenarios cooperative gameplay mode for small groups.\n\nMists of Pandaria featured a story-driven campaign exploring themes of war, balance, and corruption, culminating in a conflict against the Sha — manifestations of negative emotion — and the warlord Garrosh Hellscream as the final raid boss. The expansion is regarded as one of WoW's more content-rich releases, offering extensive daily quests, five major raid tiers, and a robust valor point progression system.
