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Forget the typical anniversary world event. This anniversary deserves a huge party and a new raid!

It’s been nearly 20 years since we first booted up World of Warcraft (WoW) and made our first residents in Azeroth. That’s a pretty insane achievement for an massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), and one that still has us paying a monthly subscription fee. Let’s see what they have in store for us during the 20th anniversary celebration.

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WoW 20th anniversary release date

The 20th anniversary event will arrive in patch 11.0.5, which is scheduled to launch on Oct. 22.

Blackrock Depths returns as a Season 1 raid

One of the most iconic dungeons from Vanilla WoW is back. Blackrock Depths returns in the 20th anniversary as a normal and heroic raid. Here are some details:

Classic Timewalking

Players can experience some of vanilla WoW’s most famous dungeons through Classic Timewalking. This will encompass both wings of Dire Maul, both sections of Stratholme, Zul’Farrak, and The Deadmines. A vendor for Classic Timewalking will offer similar rewards to those of other timewalking vendors.

Moreover, the existing timewalking vendors are receiving updates to offer new items for sale.

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Revisting the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj opening

For those of that were around in the days of Vanilla WoW, we all remember the opening of the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj. It’s often regarded as one of the most iconic eras in the history of WoW. The opening of the gates required the entire server to work together through farming, grinding, and one of the most grueling quest chains ever. The reward for completing this and ringing the gong led to the “Scarab Lord” title and the rarest mount in the game — the often-revered Black Qiraji Battle Tank.For the 20th anniversary, Chromie uses her codex to let players revisit this time period in a scenario setting.

Scenario information:

Caverns of Time mini-games and festivities

For the 20th anniversary, Blizzard will be moving the festival grounds outside of the Caverns of Time entrance and adding tons more events and games.

Tier 2 returns!

The iconic Tier 2 sets have been brought back and modernized with updated models and textures. Now, we know some classes weren’t around then, so they also added in new tier models for these classes.

This is such a huge event with even more rewards not listed here to obtain. So remember to mark your calendars as you won’t want to miss this year’s big celebration!

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Blackrock Depths raid (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Stratholme dungeon (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Chromie in Silithus (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

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Caverns of Time festival grounds (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

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