Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition Now Live
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Prepare to tread once again through the Dark Portal and into the fel-scarred realm of Outland!




New Features and Adventures Await

Your journey continues with a level increase to level 70, an increased level cadence, and a slew of other features:
  • The Exiled World of Outland
  • Playable Races: Blood Elves and Draenei
  • January 13: Level 58 Character Boost Standalone Purchase Available
  • February 17: PvP Arena Season 1 Begins (With Each Region's Weekly Reset)
  • February 19: Three Challenging Raids: Karazhan, Gruul's Lair, and Magtheridon's Lair Unlock
  • Take to the Skies on Flying Mounts
  • A New Profession: Jewelcrafting
  • Guild Bank



The Exiled World of Outland


Unite against the Burning Legion! Champions level 60 or higher, join fellow heroes and rally together to confront the formidable forces of the Burning Legion. Adventure across the shattered skies and torn lands of Outland, an exiled world fraught with peril and mystery, as you strive to protect Azeroth from destruction.



Playable Races: Blood Elves and Draenei


Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition introduces two new playable races to World of Warcraft. Get ready to harness new powers as Draenei and Blood Elves and explore an Azeroth untouched by the world-breaking Cataclysm during the Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition Pre-Patch Update, before you prepare to enter the Dark Portal and cross over into Outland.

The Blood Elves and Draenei enrich the game's lore and offer players unique racial abilities and new areas to explore.

Blood Elf

Devastated by the Burning Legion's past invasion, these vengeful outsiders offer their aid to Azeroth's factions off-world in Outland. Survivors of the Burning Legion's devastating invasion during the Third War, the powerful Blood Elves seek revenge on the demonic invaders who slaughtered their people and corrupted their beloved font of power, the Sunwell.


Blood Elves can take up the fight as Mages, Hunters, Rogues, Priests, Warlocks, and a class previously exclusive to the Alliance, Paladins.

Draenei

Exiled from their home world and pursued across the cosmos by the Burning Legion, these gifted renegades arrived on Azeroth to join the Alliance and end their Fel-touched enemies once and for all.


Draenei can take up the fight as Warriors, Paladins, Priests, Mages, Hunters, and a class new to the Alliance, the Shaman. Draenei characters also get an edge on the new Jewelcrafting profession with Gem Cutting. This passive increases their Jewelcrafting skill so they can make rings and neck pieces, along with gems that can be socketed into gear to make it more powerful.



January 13: Level 58 Character Boost (Anniversary) Standalone Available

There comes a time in every hero’s journey when they need a helping hand—kick off your adventure through the Dark Portal and jump straight to the fight against the Burning Legion with a Level 58 Character Boost (Anniversary).

The Level 58 Character Boost (Anniversary) available in the Outland Epic Pack, will be available as a standalone purchase on January 13. Instantly boost your characters to level 58, so they’re prepared to join the fight in WoW®: Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition, and for the adventures in Outland!

Blood Elf and Draenei characters can also use the Level 58 Character Boost (Anniversary) in the rally against the Burning Legion.

The Level 58 Character Boost (Anniversary) is only available for use on WoW® Classic Anniversary realm characters and on the WoW® game account for which it was purchased or redeemed as a gift.



February 19: Three Challenging Raids Unlock

Dive into the three challenging Raids unlocking at 3:00 pm PST on February 19.

Karazhan

The decrepit tower of Karazhan once housed one of the greatest powers Azeroth has ever known: the sorcerer Medivh. Since his death, a terrible curse has pervaded the tower and the surrounding lands. The spirits of nobles from nearby Darkshire reportedly walk its halls, suffering a fate worse than death for their curiosity.

More dangerous spirits wait within Medivh's study, for it was there that he summoned demonic entities to do his bidding. However, the brave and foolish are still relentlessly drawn to Karazhan, tempted by rumors of unspeakable secrets and powerful treasures.

Gruul's Lair


Gruul the Dragonkiller is worshipped as a deity by the ogres of Blade's Edge Mountains. His powerful sons ravage both the spires of their home and the plains of Nagrand. Gruul's unparalleled strength and experience in battle would pose a serious threat if he ever chose to attack Horde or Alliance forces in Outland.

Magtheridon's Lair


Magtheridon, former lord of Outland, has been imprisoned in the citadel by Illidan Stormrage and now looks to reclaim Outland as his own. Gather fellow defenders to bring him down, once and for all.



February 17: PvP Arena Season 1 Begins

Are you ready to rumble? Burning Crusade PvP Arena Season 1 requires the finest combatants in all of Outland to converge and compete in three arenas—Ring of Trials in Nagrand, the Circle of Blood in Blade’s Edge Mountains, and the Ruins of Lordaeron above Undercity.

PvP Season 1 begins on February 17 with each region’s weekly content reset.

Up for grabs are gear, mounts, title rewards, and most importantly—immortal glory. Step into the arena, champion, and test your mettle.

There will not be a ranking system associated with the honor system, so you won’t need to worry about keeping a rank or standing. Players still interested in ranking up by battling others can participate in the Arena system.



Take to the Skies on Flying Mounts

Players can now hop into the saddle of a flying mount, granting access to the most remote and dangerous regions of Outland. This new mode of transportation opens previously unreachable areas, so get out there and explore the heights and lows of Azeroth.



A New Profession: Jewelcrafting

Craft rings, amulets, trinkets, healing statues, and gems to augment your gear. To learn Jewelcrafting, look for the Master Jewelcrafting trainers in Hellfire Peninsula. Heroes of the Horde can learn it from Kalaen at Thrallmar, and champions of the Alliance can learn it from Tatiana at Honor Hold.



Guild Bank

Unlike Burning Crusade Classic, the Anniversary Edition will deliver you and your Guild a place to store all your items and gold to be shared among guildmates, right out the gate.

The Guild Bank is found inside the bank and accessible by clicking on the vault near the bankers. There are eight purchasable tabs with 98 item slots each; unlike regular banks, bags are not needed for these slots. The price for the first tab is 100 gold, and increases for each successive tab.


Players with the appropriate permissions can store items and money for use by the rest of the guild, with the guild master giving different permissions to each tab as needed.



Anniversary Realm to Classic Era Realm Transfers

For those Classic Anniversary players who do not want their characters to continue to WoW: Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition, we will open up free character transfers from Anniversary Realms to Classic Era realms for a limited time starting November 25. This choice to move Classic Anniversary characters to Classic Era realms will last until January 12, 2026.

After January 12, 2026, the transfer option will no longer be available, and you will not be able to transfer your Classic Anniversary characters to Classic Era realms. Any characters remaining on Classic Anniversary realms will continue to Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary.



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Heroes who choose to cross the Dark Portal—it is up to you to fight for this shattered world to rid it of evil... or watch its demonic denizens consume everything held dear.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition Now Live started by Lumy View original post
Comments 18 Comments
  1. Big Thanks's Avatar
    The level 58 boost shows already available in the shop for me, for 60 bucks...bug? I dont get it.
    edit: Oh im dumb it says "January" not February my B
  1. prwraith's Avatar
    Ok this image is solid: https://media.mmo-champion.com/image...ryLaunch01.jpg
  1. tankelele's Avatar
    its SO fun to play 20yo TBC for a 3rd time guys lets gooo!!!!!
  1. Zardas's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by tankelele View Post
    its SO fun to play 20yo TBC for a 3rd time guys lets gooo!!!!!
    That's the sign of a good game, indeed.
  1. Kel_Sceptic's Avatar
    How the mighty have fallen with this crappy, angry birds mobile quality cinematics... pathetic.

    More pathetic is that I felt for the nostalgia part and bought the Outland Epic Edition
  1. Kilpi's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kel_Sceptic View Post
    How the mighty have fallen with this crappy, angry birds mobile quality cinematics... pathetic.

    More pathetic is that I felt for the nostalgia part and bought the Outland Epic Edition
    Eh? All of the Classic cinematics have been great. Visually and otherwise.
  1. Beet's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by tankelele View Post
    its SO fun to play 20yo TBC for a 3rd time guys lets gooo!!!!!
    Yeah? Why is this so weird to you guys? I never hear this with single player games. No one is like gross you're playing Final Fantasy 7 AGAIN? How fun /s

    Vanilla, TBC, and WoTLK are the three that Blizz could release forever fresh and people will happily play them. As someone above said, that's the mark of a good game. You're never going to see people clamoring for a re release of Battle for Azeroth for example, lol.
  1. BasilTheRat's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Beet View Post
    Yeah? Why is this so weird to you guys? I never hear this with single player games. No one is like gross you're playing Final Fantasy 7 AGAIN? How fun /s

    Vanilla, TBC, and WoTLK are the three that Blizz could release forever fresh and people will happily play them. As someone above said, that's the mark of a good game. You're never going to see people clamoring for a re release of Battle for Azeroth for example, lol.
    Thank you for this comment, it summarizes the topic.
  1. Leadfoot352's Avatar
    I'm just sitting here waiting for WoD classic. It was a solid xpac, just not enough content and too much time. It's perfect for a classic retrofit. Run it for a year or so and call it a day. I'd take it for just a few months even, as long as I can play my beloved Gladiator Warrior one more time.
  1. GratsDing45's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Beet View Post
    Yeah? Why is this so weird to you guys? I never hear this with single player games. No one is like gross you're playing Final Fantasy 7 AGAIN? How fun /s

    Vanilla, TBC, and WoTLK are the three that Blizz could release forever fresh and people will happily play them. As someone above said, that's the mark of a good game. You're never going to see people clamoring for a re release of Battle for Azeroth for example, lol.
    THANK YOU!!! I’ve always said this too… I’ll never understand why people have to make that stupid statement. People made the same stupid argument when they first announced classic. Why would any one replay Ocarina of Time?

    Not only is it ridiculous to think you can’t replay a game multiple times because it’s an MMO, it’s also ridiculous to assume every has played TBC when it was originally released.

    They really think they have a gotcha
  1. GUZ's Avatar
    How many times are they going to rerelease this trash
  1. Osmeric's Avatar
    Interesting that they're describing the raids as "challenging". Is this positioning Classic to be where you go for challenging raid content?
  1. tankelele's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Beet View Post
    Yeah? Why is this so weird to you guys? I never hear this with single player games. No one is like gross you're playing Final Fantasy 7 AGAIN? How fun /s

    Vanilla, TBC, and WoTLK are the three that Blizz could release forever fresh and people will happily play them. As someone above said, that's the mark of a good game. You're never going to see people clamoring for a re release of Battle for Azeroth for example, lol.
    Bfa is actually one of the best xpac pvpwise
    not too complicated yet very balanced and fun

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leadfoot352 View Post
    I'm just sitting here waiting for WoD classic. It was a solid xpac, just not enough content and too much time. It's perfect for a classic retrofit. Run it for a year or so and call it a day. I'd take it for just a few months even, as long as I can play my beloved Gladiator Warrior one more time.
    wod is worst xpac pvpwise hands down. even heavily outdated tbc/wotlk is prob better than wod
    no surprise u got ur first (it seems) glad in that xpac and want it back - only clueless people and/or supa casuals loved it
    even Pshero got his first (if not last, i dont folow him) r1 in wod thats how bad it was.
  1. Dezolacer's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by prwraith View Post
    Wei Wang the OG of warcraft art. Highly recommend looking up his portfolio.
  1. Daedius's Avatar
    Do they just copy/paste from an official post from way back when?

    Why the "NEW!" text?
  1. Leadfoot352's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by tankelele View Post
    wod is worst xpac pvpwise hands down. even heavily outdated tbc/wotlk is prob better than wod
    no surprise u got ur first (it seems) glad in that xpac and want it back - only clueless people and/or supa casuals loved it
    even Pshero got his first (if not last, i dont folow him) r1 in wod thats how bad it was.
    Man, good job actively insulting me while also proving that you don't know your history friend.

    In WoD, warriors had an ability, called Gladiator Stance, that allowed protection warriors to DPS, in a sub spec frequently called Gladiator Warrior. This has absolutely nothing to do with the PVP rank of Gladiator.

    Consider educating yourself before you attempt to insult someone again going forward. Hope you have a nice day!
  1. Azadina's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Daedius View Post
    Do they just copy/paste from an official post from way back when?

    Why the "NEW!" text?
    I'm thinking they've just had AI write it.
    Take to the Skies on Flying Mounts

    Players can now hop into the saddle of a flying mount, granting access to the most remote and dangerous regions of Outland. This new mode of transportation opens previously unreachable areas, so get out there and explore the heights and lows of Azeroth.
    Blood Elf

    Devastated by the Burning Legion's past invasion, these vengeful outsiders offer their aid to Azeroth's factions off-world in Outland. Survivors of the Burning Legion's devastating invasion during the Third War, the powerful Blood Elves seek revenge on the demonic invaders who slaughtered their people and corrupted their beloved font of power, the Sunwell.
    Thanks chatGPT, but not quite how the Blood Elf faction works. What was the invasion again? Didn't repeat it quite enough times for me to catch.
  1. Melorandor's Avatar
    I wished we had static Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King servers at the very least. Not every expansion(WoD,BfA,Shadowlands) deserves a Classic rerelease.

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