Players leaping into World of Warcraft: The War Within right now will likely notice that festivities are afoot – with WoW’s 20th Anniversary In-Game Celebrations now officially live!
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There is a ton of stuff to do, celebrating the absurdly long history of the world’s most prolific MMO – but the dot points are:
- NEW CLASSIC RAID: Blackrock Depths
- This classic era dungeon has been refashioned into a 10-15 player, 8-boss raid available in LFR, Normal and Heroic difficulties.
- NEW TIMEWALKING: Classic Dungeons
- Classic dungeons will be offered in the LFD group finder and will officially enter the Timewalking rotation beyond the anniversary event.
- Deadmines (original classic version)
- Dire Maul (east and west wings)
- Stratholme (living and undead wings)
- Classic dungeons will be offered in the LFD group finder and will officially enter the Timewalking rotation beyond the anniversary event.
- NEW WORLD BOSSES
- Additional raid bosses are making a return with updated rewards in addition to previous anniversary raid bosses:
- Sha of Anger (from Mists of Pandaria)
- Archavon the Stonewatcher (from Wrath of the Lich King)
- Additional raid bosses are making a return with updated rewards in addition to previous anniversary raid bosses:
- LEGENDARY REWARDS
- New mounts, pets, and classic transmog sets will be available to earn using a new currency, Bronze Celebration Tokens.
- Additionally, updated modern versions of the Tier 2 armor sets will be purchasable with Bronze Celebration Tokens, available for all classes with new ones created for classes that were not available in the classic Tier 2 era!
Especially relevant to that last point, the updated Tier Sets are probably the coolest reward to chase up, considering they are souped up and sexy versions of armor sets from the past – with the inclusion of some unique ones for the newcomer classes:
- Death Knight: Pale Rider’s Eternal Armor
- Demon Hunter: Netherwalker’s Eternal Armor
- Druid: Stormrage Raiment
- Evoker: Earth-Warder’s Eternal Armor
- Hunter: Dragonstalker Armor
- Mage: Netherwind Regalia
- Monk: Eternal Battlegear of the August Acolyte
- Paladin: Judgement Armor
- Priest: Vestments of Transcendance
- Rogue: Bloodfang Armor
- Shaman: Then Ten Storms
- Warlock: Nemesis Raiment
- Warrior: Battlegear of Wrath
For people hungry to make the most of their reward hunting, the folks over at WoWhead have put together an immensely helpful guide to assist you, take a look here:
The event will be live for a few weeks, so you have quite a bit of time to get involved – but make sure you don’t miss out on your reward of choice!
Are you jumping into the celebration festivities today? How have you found it so far? Tell us all about it in the comments or on social media.
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