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World of Warcraft Classic Anniversary realms have officially become The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary realms with the successful rollout of the TBC Classic pre-patch on January 13, 2026, and players have already  begun preparations to traverse the Dark Portal on February 5, 2026 when the expansion launches.

WoW Classic anniversary realms can now look forward to the The Burning Crusade Classic pre-patch officially launching on January 13, 2026 at 3 pm pacific time.

World of Warcraft Classic anniversary realms will take the first step to becoming The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary realms when the TBC Classic pre-patch rolls out on January 13, 2026 and players will have about 3 weeks to prepare themselves before the actual TBC Classic expansion to launches on February 5, 2026!

During the Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct event, Blizzard announced World of Warcraft Classic will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the game by launching fresh PVE, PVP, and Hardcore realms on Thursday November 21 at 2pm pacific time — all realms are now live.

The Burning Crusade Classic launches on Anniversary realms this week, which means acquiring new equipment, and as Uncle Ben once said, "with new gear comes new enchants." But just what enchants are available in Burning Crusade Classic — and what should you load up with before you head into dungeons and raids?

Gems were a new addition to WoW in the original Burning Crusade, and when TBC launches on the Anniversary realms this week, The Burning Crusade Classic players can learn Jewelcrafting to cut gems for their gear.

Like WoW Classic, Burning Crusade Classic starts at a late patch (2.4.3) but game content will roll out over the course of five phases, as well as a prepatch interval I'm terming "phase zero." It mimics the original game release to an extent, but there will be some items whose availability will be unlocked as well over the course of the phases, which we've noted below.

Back when Burning Crusade Classic rolled out, Blizzard allowed characters to either stay on a pure "Classic Era" server that stopped at level 60, or to progress to a Burning Crusade Classic server to play the new content.

The PTR for The Burning Crusade Classic has been out since December.

All of the content in Burning Crusade Classic is spread out across five content Phases, and we're finally ready to head to Phase 2, as Overlords of Outland launches on September 15.