WoW Classic Guides and News

After the recent re-emergence of the one day a year that's officially allowed to be funny and the official Blizzard patch notes that came with it, we wanted to go back and check out older editions of this now tradition. It turns out Blizzard actually has an archive for their April Fools posts, which is good news, but they also stopped updating it in 2015, which is bad news. 1 comment Yesterday at 06:07 by Starym

Long Queues on Select Realms Will Be Addressed Soon

Some WoW Classic realms are experiencing long queue times these days and Blizzard revealed they've been working on bringing some relief from the queues to these realms in the near future. 1 comment Yesterday at 03:12 by Stan

Now, this isn't actually related to April Fools (and we'll be doing a roundup of all the crazy stuff related to that at the end of the day), but it seemed appropriate to get into the humorous mood of the day. Everyone will have probably seen this one at some point, as it's a very old one, but it's still one of the best memes/copypasta that's every been in WarCraft, and we have it reforged to boot! This latest version adds quite a bit to the classic, and itself has been around a while, but I'd dare say it's the best version of the joke so far.

Full disclosure: I've been looking for a reason to post this one for months now. Thanks April Fools! 4 comments Apr 01, 2020 at 18:52 by Starym

Onyxia has been recently defeated in WoW Classic by a raid group comprised of Druids only. Mar 31, 2020 at 16:15 by Stan

Blizzard Sending Out Classic Burning Crusade Character Creation Surveys

Blizzard has started sending out surveys about Classic Burning Crusade character creation to players, similar to how they handled the Shadowlands level squish surveys back in June 2019 with the goal to find out how the transition from Classic to Burning Crusade would be handled. 15 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 21:47 by Stan

Diablo Community Manager Nevalistis Leaves Blizzard

Diablo Community Manager Nevalistis is leaving Blizzard to pursue something new. 2 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 17:14 by Stan

Queues Are Back on Some WoW Classic Servers

Queue times return to some WoW Classic realms with a high population amid the coronavirus lockdown and character transfers. Firemaw (EU) players report 3-4 hour queue times on a Sunday, urging Blizzard to lock the realm and a similar situation is occurring on Incendius (US). 3 comments Mar 25, 2020 at 12:25 by Stan

Blizzard Provides Staff with Care Packages During Lockdown

Blizzard gave its staff care packages with essentials such as soap, paper towels, and toilet paper amid the coronavirus lockdown. 2 comments Mar 24, 2020 at 14:33 by Stan

Best Starter Builds for Path of Exile: Delirium

As you many of you likely already know, the latest Path of Exile league went live yesterday, alongside the release of Diablo 3's Season 20. We've put together a list of the best starters from our sister site, PoE Vault! 5 comments Mar 15, 2020 at 08:15 by Blainie

Blizzard Implementing Work from Home Policy Due to Coronavirus

Blizzard are joining several other gaming companies in instituting a work from home policy due to the dangers of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, after the President of the United States issued a national emergency related to the outbreak in the US. 8 comments Mar 14, 2020 at 00:32 by Starym

Battleground Holiday Delayed on Oceanic Realms

The first Battleground Holiday has been delayed in Oceania due to a bug. Blizzard is currently working on a fix that may require Classic realm restarts. Mar 12, 2020 at 18:00 by Stan

Blizzard today announced they suspended numerous WoW Classic players that were found to be using anti-AFK cheats or bots that automated movement, mainly in Alterac Valley. 6 comments Mar 11, 2020 at 00:34 by Stan

Blizzard has just posted patch notes for the latest WoW Classic update which includes Arathi Basin, two new factions, Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza, Battleground Holidays, and various bug fixes. Mar 10, 2020 at 14:21 by Stan

Arathi Basin, Defilers and League of Arathor Guides

With Arathi Basin arriving tomorrow to WoW Classic, we have prepared guides for the battleground itself, as well as the two accompanying reputations. Check out all the details of Classic's third BG, its layout and optimal class compositions, as well as the specific roles the individual classes can (optimally) play in a fight, several popular strategies and more in our core AB guide. Mar 10, 2020 at 05:55 by Starym

Battleground Holiday Dates and Battegroup Realm Adjustments

Arathi Basin isn't the only thing coming this week, as the Battleground Holidays kick off on this Friday and we got the schedules for each BG as well. There's some small changes coming to realms as well, as the US ones will be split into two battlegroups based on their timezone, so that the holidays arrive at the correct time for each of them, as they unlock at 12:01 AM realm time. Mar 10, 2020 at 00:44 by Starym

Arathi Basin Battleground Unlocks March 11th in WoW Classic

The Arathi Basin Battleground will unlock on Wednesday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m. PDT in WoW Classic. Battleground Holidays will be kicking off as well next week, allowing players to earn additional Honor and Reputation while playing a specific Battleground. Mar 05, 2020 at 18:16 by Stan

WoW Classic Content Unlock Schedule: Arathi Basin, Battleground Holidays, ZulGurub and More

As the Classic PTR has arrived we also got word on the timings of the upcoming content unlock dates as well, featuring Arathi Basin and the Battleground Holidays system first, on March 10th, followed by Zul'Gurub and the Dragons of Nightmare in April. Feb 28, 2020 at 01:12 by Starym

Blizzard has posted an introduction to WoW Classic for new players. Highlights include picking a realm, differences between realm types, available races, classes, and more. Don't forget to check out our class and leveling guides if you're new to the game! 6 comments Feb 27, 2020 at 18:15 by Stan

WoW Token Coming to WoW Classic in China

It seems that the WoW Token is coming to WoW Classic in China soon, allowing players to exchange gold for 30 days of game time. We are not sure if other regions will follow at this time. Feb 27, 2020 at 13:49 by Stan

Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer Resets to Stay as They Are for Now

This is a pretty weird and very specific one: a lot of people have been resetting the Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer buff you get from killing Onyxia or Nefarian and getting to reuse the heads again. This is being done by a Priest of the opposing faction mind controlling the npc mid-event and then the players who started the event killing him. In case you weren't aware, the heads from the bosses only drop for the first kill and there's a possibility of a shortage on servers, so this technique is very useful. 2 comments Feb 26, 2020 at 21:07 by Starym

WoW Classic Not a Bug List Update: February 19th

Blizzard has updated the Classic "Not a Bug" List with a new entry related to Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker that has become available after Blackwing Lair opened, and it turns out the weapon quest line can be completed and the weapon equipped by any class that can wield Swords. 2 comments Feb 19, 2020 at 19:03 by Stan

Blizzard has changed the UnitHealth and UnitHealthMax API functions in WoW Classic to return health values for NPCs instead of percentages, meaning you will see how much health a creature has by default without using any addons. 4 comments Feb 18, 2020 at 17:37 by Stan

Diablo Animated Series to Be Rendered in Anime Style

A while ago, we reported that Blizzard registered a trademark that hinted at an animated Diablo series. Today, we finally got more details via Gamespot. 19 comments Feb 17, 2020 at 18:26 by Stan

Warsong Gulch Exit Portals to Be Removed

There's a major change coming to WSG it seems, as the exit portals are about to be completely removed, due to players using them in "unfair ways". You'll have to /AFK to actually exit the battleground from now on: 5 comments Feb 13, 2020 at 18:14 by Starym

Blackwing Lair Cleared in Under an Hour, World First Videos

Update: We now have Blizzard's official post on the subject, and it seems Calamity and Progress got their kills at exactly the same time, literally in the same second, as Progress presumably got there a few milliseconds earlier, and with Apes being 8 seconds late! 10 comments Feb 13, 2020 at 00:15 by Starym

Blackwing Lair Raid in WoW Classic (Official Preview)

Blackwing Lair is available in WoW Classic starting todayand players can finally complete their Tier 2 Sets. Here is the offical preview of the eight-boss instance. Feb 12, 2020 at 21:33 by Stan

WoW Classic Phase 3 Guides: Blackwing Lair & Darkmoon Faire

The second portion of Phase 3 content will be enabled in WoW Classic today and comes with Blackwing Lair, the eight-player raid, where players can obtain Tier 2 Sets, and Darkmoon Faire. 5 comments Feb 12, 2020 at 13:52 by Stan

Darkmoon Faire Dissapearance Bug Resolved

Update: The faire is back in WoW Classic!
It seems the Darkmoon workers have had enough and took the whole thing with them, as a bug has appeared that made the faire disappear. Apparently something happened during maintenance and Blizzard are working on it: 6 comments Feb 11, 2020 at 18:53 by Starym

We have a really tiny batch for Classic today, ahead of tomorrow's big Phase 3 part 2 addition, with Battleground scoreboards getting tweaked. 1 comment Feb 11, 2020 at 18:49 by Starym

Worlds Fastest Molten Core Clear by Dreamstate

Dreamstate of Gehennas (EU) managed to clear Molten Core in 22 minutes and 21 seconds which is currently the fastest clear of the 40-player raid ahead of the upcoming Phase 3 content rollout. Congratulations! 3 comments Feb 10, 2020 at 20:26 by Stan

CHANGELOG

29 Mar. 2020: Ahn'Qiraj War Effort
- Guide added.
29 Mar. 2020: Scepter Guide
- Guide added.
23 Mar. 2020: Cooking Guide
- Added mention of Phase 4-specific food.
23 Mar. 2020: Fishing Guide
- Updated guide for Phase 4 and release of the Fishing Extravaganza.
23 Mar. 2020: ST Fishing Extravaganza
- Guide added.
23 Mar. 2020: Uldaman Quests Guide
- Updated quest list to include Agmond's Fate, corrected Indurium/Indurium Ore error.
20 Mar. 2020: Warrior DPS Enchants and Consumables
- Added Lesser Arcanum of Constitution as a head / leg enchant option.
20 Mar. 2020: Warrior Tank Enchants and Consumables
- Added Lesser Arcanum of Constitution as a head / leg enchant option.

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