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The Gods of Zul'Aman · since 22 October 2026
Zul'Aman opens. Earlier raids start dropping Badges of Justice, Black Temple and Mount Hyjal no longer need attunement, and heroic keys need only Honored.
Blizzard hasn't announced what follows The Burning Crusade on the Anniversary realms.
Dungeons & Raids
Zul'Aman opens on Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary realms on October 22 at 3:00 p.m. PDT. The same update makes every earlier raid boss drop Badges of Justice, removes the Black Temple and Mount Hyjal attunements, lowers Heroic keys to Honored and moves Heroic dungeons to their final, easier tuning.
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Dungeons & Raids
Zul'Aman opens on Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary realms on October 22 at 3:00 p.m. PDT. The same update makes every earlier raid boss drop Badges of Justice, removes the Black Temple and Mount Hyjal attunements, lowers Heroic keys to Honored and moves Heroic dungeons to their final, easier tuning.
PvP
Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary is on its third Arena season. Along the way Blizzard raised the Honor earned in battlegrounds, started showing each team's MMR after Arena matches and moved older Arena gear to Honor vendors at lower prices. Here is where PvP stands and how to gear up now.
Dungeons & Raids
Phase 3 of Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary went live on August 27, 2026. Illidan waits in the Black Temple and Archimonde at Mount Hyjal, both behind attunements until Zul'Aman opens on October 22; the Netherwing faction offers drake mounts, epic gems arrive, and Arena Season 3 began on September 1.
Read article: TBC Anniversary Phase 3: Black Temple, Mount Hyjal, Netherwing and Arena Season 3
PatchesPatch 2.5.6
In July 2026, Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary moved from patch 2.5.5 to 2.5.6, which brought raid frames from modern World of Warcraft and changed the nameplates. Blizzard first published chat commands for the settings players missed, then added them to the options menu on July 17.
Read article: TBC Anniversary Patch 2.5.6: New Raid Frames and Nameplates, and How to Customize Them
Dungeons & Raids
Phase 2 of Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary, Overlords of Outland, went live on May 14, 2026. It opened Serpentshrine Cavern and The Eye with their Tier 5 tokens, started Arena Season 2, released the Druid's Swift Flight Form quest and added two daily-quest factions.
Read article: TBC Anniversary Phase 2: Serpentshrine Cavern, The Eye and Arena Season 2
Dungeons & Raids
The Anniversary realms entered The Burning Crusade in two steps: the pre-patch on January 13, 2026, with Blood Elves, Draenei and a boosted Honor rate, and the expansion itself on February 5. Characters can reach level 70 in Outland, flying mounts and Jewelcrafting arrived, and the first raids and Arena season followed within two weeks.
Read article: TBC Anniversary Launch: Level 70, Blood Elves, Draenei and the First Outland Raids
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