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Timewalking is back! Here’s what you need to know about Timewalking dungeons of Wrath of the Lich King
Timewalking is back this week, and it’s time to dive into one of five Wrath of the Lich King dungeons. As usual, you can complete five Timewalking dungeons to earn a Cache of Ny’alothan…
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All the mats you’ll want to hoard before the gates of Ahn’Qiraj open, and what to expect when they do
In Vanilla WoW, patch 1.9 brought the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj event to us on January 3, 2006. Two raid zones were added in this patch: the 20-player Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj and the 40-player Temple…
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The 9 best spells returning to Azeroth in WoW Classic
The WoW Classic beta is here! In some ways, it feels like WoW Archivist is becoming unnecessary. Soon we will all be living in a world where WoW Classic is fully playable, and in…
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Mists, Warlords, and Legion — what was the greatest era of modern WoW?
In the first half of this retrospective of all the eras of WoW, Wrath of the Lich King came out ahead as the early frontrunner. But was it actually WoW’s greatest era, or was…
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Classic, Burning Crusade, Wrath, and Cataclysm — what was the greatest era of WoW?
Let’s be honest: There’s been a lot of negativity about Blizzard and about WoW these past six months. We don’t need to recap it all. Mainly it comes down to this: Battle for Azeroth…
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WoW Archivist: A Classic story about cross-faction communication (or lack thereof)
One of the longstanding and controversial principles of WoW has been the inability to talk to the other faction. There have been a few exceptions over the years, but for the most part, the…
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WoW Archivist: 10 tips to survive the Classic demo
BlizzCon is so close now! With it, attendees and Virtual Ticket holders will have (limited) access to the World of Warcraft Classic demo. It’ll take place from levels 15-19 in the iconic zones of…
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WoW Archivist: The best bugs and oversights in WoW’s long history
Last week after the first reset of Battle for Azeroth, some players found a very helpful gift waiting for them. If you completed a Mythic Keystone during Legion‘s final week, you had an item…
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WoW Archivist: The first pre-expansion events
Battle for Azeroth launches in less than a month, and the pre-patch event has officially begun! These preview events have always been part of WoW, starting with the very first expansion, to help transition…
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WoW Archivist: Life in Classic’s patch 1.12
In a recent Dev Watercooler feature, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft Classic realms will run with a specific patch. Most players consider patch 1.12 to be the definitive state of Classic, so Blizzard’s…
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