It’s an easy maintenance week for many WoW players, as The War Within and WoW Classic both have a quick one-hour maintenance scheduled. But with the Mists of Pandaria Classic pre-patch rolling out, Cataclysm Classic servers are in for an all-day downtime.
The War Within and WoW Classic realms came online a few minutes earlier than scheduled, and Classic progression servers came online right on time with the Mists of Pandaria pre-patch. So who’s headed to the Wandering Isle with me to get ready for the full expansion launch?
Here’s the maintenance schedule for Tuesday, July 1:
- The War Within: Offline from 7am – 9am pacific (10am – 12pm eastern)
- Cataclysm Classic: Offline from 7am – 3pm pacific (10am – 6pm eastern)
- WoW Classic (including Classic Era, Season of Discovery, Anniversary, and Hardcore realms): Offline from 7am – 9am pacific (10am – 12pm eastern)
There’s a lot for players to do now that the realms come back online. With July just begun, The War Within has a lot of new collectibles to grab: a new Trading Post, the Greedy Emissary event’s tier 2 recolors, and the Collector’s Bounty buff significantly boosting drop rates of mounts and transmog from legacy raids. It has never been a better time to be a transmog hoarder … er, I mean transmog hunter.
And, of course, now that Cataclysm Classic has become Mists Classic, players can roll Monks and Pandaren characters. Modern WoW players even get a reward for finishing the Pandaren starting zone: the Shaohao’s Sage Serpent mount. While Pandaria remains locked until Mists of Pandaria Classic launches on July 21, quite a bit of new content is available starting today.
For players who need something to do during downtime — or don’t want to jump straight into WoW on patch day — the Steam Summer Sale continues through July 10 so you could always pick up a new game to check out during this maintenance. (Of course, we have some game suggestions.)
All servers are now back online, so I’ll see you in Azeroth!