World of Warcraft is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a large in-game occasion: one that may enable gamers to get new, modernized variations of the sport’s iconic Tier 2 armor units.
Whereas WoW anniversary occasions up to now have run for a couple of weeks in November, the twentieth anniversary occasion is the star of the sport’s 11.0.5 replace and can run for over two months. That is excellent news, as a result of the occasion is chock-full of latest actions and rewards that look to have fun 30 years of Warcraft as a franchise and 20 years of Blizzard’s MMORPG.
The most important prize gamers will need to hunt down are the up to date Tier 2 armor units. Initially discovered within the vanilla model of WoW, the units for every of the sport’s unique 9 courses are nonetheless a few of the most iconic armor units within the sport: the gold customary by which all of its subsequent tier units are measured. Blizzard is giving every of them a visible improve for the anniversary occasion to look extra in-line with the sport’s trendy visuals. For courses that did not exist again when Tier 2 was initially available–Demise Knights, Monks, Demon Hunters, and Evokers–Blizzard is introducing all-new units impressed by WoW’s early days.
As for what new actions will probably be out there in the course of the occasion, Blizzard is wanting again to a few of WoW’s most iconic dungeons and raids for inspiration. Blackrock Depths is coming again as a raid, for starters, and Blizzard is seeking to seize the spirit of the sport’s iconic Gates of Ahn’Qiraj occasion with new outside actions in Silithus. The anniversary replace can even see a handful of unique WoW dungeons get the Timewalking remedy, permitting gamers to enterprise into iconic dungeons just like the Deadmines, Zul’farrak, Dire Maul, and Stratholme to earn up to date rewards. For PvP enjoyers, the Korrak’s Revenge brawl is coming again as soon as extra as effectively.
Collaborating within the new actions, in addition to Season 1 content material (which is able to nonetheless be in full swing by the point the anniversary replace arrives) will earn gamers a brand new foreign money. That foreign money can be utilized to purchase the aforementioned Tier 2 armor units in addition to new mounts, pets, and different cosmetics, together with a set modeled off Blizzard’s real-life service rewards granted to longtime Blizzard staff. A fairgrounds of types for the occasion will probably be arrange outdoors the sport’s Caverns of Time location, the place gamers can get pleasure from different festivities like dressing up as iconic WoW characters, listening to tales from WoW’s previous as informed by Lorewalker Cho, or a brand new Mount Mania minigame the place gamers will be capable to exhibit their mount assortment.
Outdoors of the occasion itself, patch 11.0.5 will enable Dracythr gamers, till now restricted to being the Dracthyr-exclusive Evoker class, the choice of being some, however not all, of the sport’s different courses. Dracthyr will be capable to play as Rogue, Warlock, Hunter, Priest, Mage, and Warrior come the replace. Shamans can even see an replace to their Ascended varieties that channel the varied parts that Shamans wield in battle.
Blizzard hasn’t introduced a launch date for WoW’s 11.0.5 patch simply but, however stated it will likely be out there for testing on the sport’s public take a look at realm quickly. Earlier anniversary occasions have occurred in November, so anticipate the replace to reach someplace round that point. In the meantime, WoW’s newest enlargement, The Warfare Inside, simply launched. In GameSpot’s WoW: The Warfare Inside evaluation, we known as the MMO’s tenth enlargement one in every of its greatest. WoW: The Warfare Inside Season 1, which introduces the enlargement’s first raid and kicks off its Mythic+ dungeon and PvP seasons, begins September 10.