Blizzard have anounced the date that the World of Warcraft Anniversary update will go live on October 22, 2024, after the weekly maintenance. The event arrives alongside The War Within Patch 11.0.5 which also brings the usual suite of balance changes and lets Dracthyr characters use different classes.
Celebrating WoW‘s 20th Anniversary, which lands on November 23, 2024, the event includes a new raid based on the Classic Blackrock Depths Dungeon. Several other Classic dungeons that were updated or revamped during the Cataclysm expansion will also be available in their original forms via the Timewalking feature. These dungeons will include the Deadmines and several wings of Stratholme and Dire Maul. There will also be several returning World Bosses to slay, a whole event ground with activities, and an array of mounts and cosmetic items to earn as well.
The the update will go live after the completion of weekly regional maintenance on the week of October 22, 2024. Do note that different regions have their maintenance begin at different times, for example the North American region has it at 11 am EST/8 am PST on a Tuesday, while for EU servers it occurs at 4 am UTC/5 am BST.
You can take a look at what else is coming in the event here, or check the official announcement via Twitter below:
The World of Warcraft 2024 Anniversary event will go live alongside update 11.0.5 on October 22, 2024, after the weekly maintenance period. World of Warcraft and its latest expansion The War Within are immediately available on PC and Mac.
Published: Oct 8, 2024 06:30 pm