TBC Classic
Estimated release dates for every Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary phase, now with details from the WoW Classic 2026 roadmap
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.
Things to do during the TBC Classic anniversary pre-patch to get ready to go through the Dark Portal
The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary pre-patch is now live and players have until February 5 when the expansion launches to ready themselves for Outland.
The Burning Crusade Classic expansion pre-patch launches on the WoW Classic anniversary realms tomorrow (after a long maintenance)
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.
The Burning Crusade Classic launches February 5 on Classic anniversary realms
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!
WoW Classic anniversary players can choose to transfer to Classic Era realms or continue to TBC Classic anniversary realms on January 13
The Burning Crusade Classic pre-patch is rolling out January 13, 2026 at 3pm pacific time, following 24 hours of maintenance scheduled to start on January 12 at 3pm pacific time.
What direction would you like to see Blizzard take with the many WoW Classic modes?
Back in 2019, Blizzard finally released the long requested original World of Warcraft experience as World of Warcraft Classic, with the long-term vision being vanilla content released in phases through level 60 and being done.
What we know about every phase of WoW Classic anniversary realms, plus our best guess at release dates
World of Warcraft Classic launched a set of new anniversary realms — or Classic Classic, if you like — with new PVP, PVE, and hardcore servers in celebration of the game's 20th anniversary.
Fresh WoW Classic realms are now live, and will lead into The Burning Crusade Classic so you can experience the game all over again
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.
What are you most excited to learn (or test) in the Burning Crusade Classic beta?
There's a solid chance we'll see the first build of Burning Crusade Classic's beta test go live this week, and that's gotten me thinking about what exactly people are going to want to test and learn from it all.
There will not be a gold cap on Classic characters who continue onto Burning Crusade Classic servers
We're in full swing with the BlizzConline news, and among those was the news that Burning Crusade will be coming to World of Warcraft Classic.
