World of Warcraft 21st Anniversary Event Guide: Dates, Rewards, and Activities

The 21st Anniversary celebration takes place outside the Caverns of Time in Tanaris. Players can participate in many activities to earn Timewarped Badges and redeem them for various rewards.

The event starts on November 16 and ends on December 7, 2025.

Here is a rundown of what is new this year.

• Bronze Celebration Tokens have been removed. You need to spend Timewarped Badges to obtain all rewards tied to the event.
• This year, you can buy the Khaz Algar Enthusiast title from Notary Grably for 100 Timewarped Badges.
• You can buy a new Loyal Watchman's Set from Traeya. All the items will cost you a total of 230 badges.
• The item level of loot from Blackrock Depths has been updated, but it appears only the Raid Finder version is currently available. Raid Finder drops 668-678 loot. Blizzard has also updated Normal difficulty to drop 681-691 loot, and Heroic to drop 694-704 loot, but players have no way to enter Normal/Heroic versions of the raid now.
• World boss loot has also been updated with Season 3 item levels.

Players receive an automatic 10% Experience and Reputation buff during the Anniversary Event and must complete the repeatable Celebrate Good Fun! quest from Yllana every day to add another 10% to the total.

The anniversary event buff stacks with other XP and Reputation buffs, and you can enjoy a 65% XP buff during the event!

• +20% XP and Reputation from the Anniversary Event.
• +25% XP buff from the Five Warband Mentors: The War Within achievement.
• +10% XP and Gold from War Mode.
• +10% from the Draught of Ten Lands potion. This works for characters level 49 and lower.

During Darkmoon Faire, the XP goes up by another 10%.

You need to be at least level 10 to receive the Another Timely Invitation intro quest. However, without the War Within expansion you will not be able to participate in many of the event's activities, like the Blackrock Depths raid.

Here is a quick rundown of what you can look forward to during the 21st Anniversary Celebration:

• Collect and spend Timewarped Badges to acquire exclusive items for your collection.
• Delve into the revamped Blackrock Depths raid.
• Obtain updated versions of the iconic Tier 2 transmog sets.
• Earn a new mount from the event's meta-achievement, Blizzard Employee Service Award cosmetics, and more.
• Participate in activities like Mount Mania or Fashion Frenzy at the Caverns of Time.
• Embark on a time-bending adventure with Chromie and the Codex of Chromie.
• Discover new secrets and solve them with Guest Relations.
• Put an end to Party-Crashing World Bosses, including the Sha of Anger and Archavon the Stonewatcher.
• Relive epic PvP battles during Korrak's Revenge in Alterac Valley.
• Defeat world bosses known as The Originals for unobtainable transmog!

Multiple currencies are available during the event. The following section lists them all, including their purpose.

• Timewarped Badges — Earned from anniversary activities. Can be redeemed for various rewards.
• Timewarped Relic Coffer Keys — Earned from the Blackrock Depths raid in all difficulties. Can be exchanged for Blackrock Depths loot at the Bronze Celebration hub in Tanaris. Max of 120 keys.
• Mark of Honor — Exchanged for legacy weapons and armor at PvP vendors.
• Ancient Mana — Concentrated magic from the ancient leylines beneath Suramar.
• Polished Pet Charms — Redeemable at battle pet masters.

The Blackrock Depths anniversary raid houses eight bosses and is available in three difficulties (Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic). Loot Timewarped Relic Coffer Keys and exchange them for loot at one of the vendors!

Updated Tier 2 Set ensembles are available for purchase from Traeya.

To learn more about the sets, please, visit our dedicated guide linked below.

Coldflame Tempest is a blue phoenix mount you can get by completing the anniversary event's meta-achievement called A Cool Twenty Years. We go over all the achievement requirements on a separate page.

Here are the three main activities you can participate in the main event area:

• Mount Mania — An NPC will show off mounts periodically, and your goal is to summon the same mount. The player with the most replicated mount summons wins.
• Story Time — Listen to the stories of Lorewalker Cho.
• Fashion Frenzy — This event works just like Trial of Style. You must dress your character based on a theme, and players vote for their favorite outfit.

Players can also pick up props and transform into notable lore characters like Jaina Proudmoore and gain access to some of their legendary quotes!

Codex of Chromie is a new scenario that you can queue up through the Group Finder. Help Chromie gets things right!

Sha of Anger and Archavon have infiltrated Tanaris and offer all items from their standard loot table at an increased item level, including the Reins of the Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent and Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth.

For more insight, see the separate guide available below.

Korrak's Revenge is a throwback Battleground inspired by the earliest day of Alterac Valley.

You can queue up for it by pressing "H" and selecting Korrak's Revenge to start the Classic version of Alterac Valley.

Izaik Kadarov offers the Soldier of Time weekly quest that we recommend to pick up before queueing up for Korrak's Revenge. In order to complete the quest, you must earn 500 Honor in Korrak's Revenge to get 200 Timewarped Badges, Glorious Contender's Strongbox, and 5 Mark of Honor.

The meta-achievement of the Battleground is Alterac Valley of Olde and you will earn it by collecting 200 Timewarped Badges from quests and participating in Alterac Valley Classic.

The goal is to focus on collecting tokens from enemy corpses to summon mighty reinforcements and help your team claim victory.

You will receive the faction-themed mounts from a bonus objective that pops up when you are inside the battleground. If you did not receive your mount, but completed the objective, we advise you to log out of the game and log back in to see if you received your reward.

Alliance players will get the Stormpike Battle Ram mount.

Horde players can unlock Frostwolf Snarler.

Players level 15 and above can take on Lord Kazzak, Azuregos, and one of the four Dragons of Nightmare (Emeriss, Lethon, Taerar, and Ysondre) each day for loot and 100 Timewarped Badges. The quest can be picked up at Izaik Kadarov.

• Lord Kazzak spawns within the Tainted Scar in the Blasted Lands. This year, he drops a new pet named Lil'Kaz's Hilt.
• You can find Azuregos in southeastern Azshara.
• Emeriss, Lethon, Taerar, and Ysondre, also known as the four Dragons of Nightmare, have a chance to spawn in one of following locations: Duskwood (Twilight Grove), Hinterlands (Seradane), Feralas (Dream Bough), and Ashenvale (Bough Shadow).

The world bosses drop items that have been removed from the game. You will find a complete list of loot in our news post.