Blizzard has announced {that a} coming replace to World of Warcraft: Classic re-introducing the fiery Cataclysm growth will land on May 20.
Officially, Classic will warmth up a bit of earlier than that on April 30 with the pre-patch occasion. Cataclysm’s pre-patch again within the day was one doozy of a change, too. It launched playable Worgen and Goblins, set the dragon Deathwing unfastened on Azeroth, and as a result of of Deathwing’s escapades, reworked all the panorama of Azeroth’s most important continents.
The full growth on May 20 will embrace seven new (to Classic) zones, 9 new dungeons, three new raid dungeons, the Archeology occupation. VFlying might be launched to Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Additionally, with the transformation of the principle continents’ landscapes, quite a few new quests might be introduces, whereas outdated ones will disappear ceaselessly. Various patches will comprise additional updates, with Rise of the Zandalari dropping in July, Rage of the Firelands in October, and Hour of Twilight releasing in January of 2025.
But primarily, Cataclysm includes a fairly drastic change to what the present map of Azeroth seems to be like: the Barrens splits in half, Thousand Needles goes underwater, and a piece of Darkshore’s shoreline is washed away. Also, Deathwing is flying round and can randomly set total zones on fireplace. Cool!
WoW Classic marches on
All of this displays the adjustments to World of Warcraft initially launched when Cataclysm was first launched again in 2010, with only a few exceptions. When Classic was first launched, Blizzard’s objective was to offer gamers a chance to expertise World of Warcraft because it was when it first launched, fairly than being compelled to flock to player-run servers.
Experience your favourite Cataclysm moments quicker than ever earlier than!
📜 Pre-Patch – April 30
🌋 Launch – May 20
🌴 Rise of the Zandalari – July 2024
🔥 Rage of the Firelands – October 2024
🌙 Hour of Twilight – January 2025Stand within the fireplace: https://t.co/ERuEh0ItOr pic.twitter.com/eYfkAtq47E
— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) April 9, 2024
But with Cataclysm, the world of Azeroth begins to extra carefully resemble what the sport seems to be like now — minus a number of expansion-specific zones. The authentic World of Warcraft, because it was previous to all expansions, continues to be accessible as a Classic possibility, and Blizzard has launched a quantity of particular guidelines servers to spice it up corresponding to Hard Mode and Season of Discovery.
World of Warcraft: Classic is out there to anybody with a World of Warcraft subscription. Currently, Classic’s most important servers are within the remaining days of the Wrath of the Lich King growth, with all raids and dungeons from that point accessible, together with Icecrown Citadel.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a narrative tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
