Cataclysm Classic Phase 4 is live, with Dragon Soul to follow on February 20

After a short delay from its initial January 2025 release, Cataclysm Classic Phase 4 is now live and later this week on Thursday, February 20 at 3PM pacific time, the Dragon Soul raid will launch worldwide. The rest of Cataclysm Classic Phase 4 is full of interconnected content that narratively wraps up the Cataclysm story and gives players more activities to complete.

Let’s take a look at everything coming in Phase 4.

What is in Cataclysm Classic Phase 4?

• February 18 — 3 level 85 Heroic 5-player dungeons
  • End Time
  • Well of Eternity
  • Hour of Twilight
• February 20 — Dragon Soul raid
  • Normal Difficulty: 10 and 25 player
  • Heroic Difficulty: 10 and 25 player
• Legendary Fangs of the Father dagger set for Rogues
  • Golad, Twilight of the Aspects
  • Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages
• February 25 — Alizabal, new Tol Barad boss and PVP Season 11

Three new level 85 heroic 5-player dungeons will be available for players to experience, with each one setting the stage for the phase finale: the End Time, which shows players what will happen if Deathwing isn’t stopped, the Well of Eternity, which sends players far into the past to retrieve the Dragon Soul artifact and finally, the Hour of Twilight, which tasks you with escorting Thrall to Wyrmrest Temple to face Deathwing. There will also be a new Elemental Rune Dungeon type, Protocol Twilight, available that includes all Cataclysm Classic dungeons except Zul’Aman and Zul’Gurub.

Dragon Soul raid narratively picks up here and will have 8 bosses, including a final showdown with Deathwing, with 10 and 25 player options for Normal and Heroic difficulties. Rogues will be able to start a questline to acquire the Legendary Fangs of the Father dagger set which includes Golad, Twilight of the Aspects and Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages. To get started, you need pick up the Proving Your Worth quest from Lord Devrestrasz at Wyrmrest Temple while inside the Dragon Soul raid.

On February 25, PVP Season 11 begins with the arrival of a new Tol Barad boss, Alizabel, as both 10-player and 25-player experiences.

Phase 4 marks the end of Cataclysm Classic’s life cycle and, according to the 2025 roadmap, it will be around longer than the usual Classic phase as it take us directly into the Mists of Pandaria Classic pre-patch and launch cycle later this summer.

Originally published on July 3, 2024. Updated on February 18, 2025.