On July 21, three Classic Hardcore realms in North America were impacted by a malicious DDoS attack, resulting in the deaths of some player-characters. Today, we’ve restored the dead player-characters who were lost during the DDoS timeframe and remained on their Hardcore realm. Restorations are no…

As we mentioned, we internally monitored and confirmed a recent incident in which a World of Warcraft group gained an unfair advantage by abuse of access to development-only spells on a live realm. Our tools confirmed what was also surfaced in community discussions, and we have investigated the inci…

Hello, We’ll be conducting some additional raid testing tomorrow: Friday, July 24 Sszorak (Mythic) – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST) The Twin Fangs (Mythic) – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Thanks to all who’ve reported this, I can say we’ve fixed this internally and it’ll be live in the 3.2.0 PTR

[BCC Anniversary Edition: Black Temple Arrives August 27] Illidan Stormrage has claimed the Black Temple as his fortress and is amassing an army of fel warriors in his pursuit of power. Prepare to infiltrate the Black Temple and face the Betrayer in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary on August 27! …

Also in the article in case you missed it- The BlizzCon Ultimate Collection is included in the purchase of a BlizzCon Pass, so if you’re attending the show, you’re getting it all.

You don’t need to buy the bundle to watch BlizzCon as this isn’t a Virtual Ticket bundle. From the article- Don’t forget to watch the BlizzCon 2026 livestream free for everyone!

Hello, the following changes have been made on PTR. Kings’ Rest General Spawning has been adjusted in the following areas: Animated Guardians at the start of the dungeon have been moved further from the entrance Removed Ghastly Brute in the hallway after Mchimba the Embalmer Two Royal Berserker…

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Thank you to those who flagged this. We are reviewing and will take action as appropriate. A fair and competitive playing field is essential to our games, and we won’t tolerate cheating.

July 21, 2026 Decor Duel The last 30 seconds of a Decor Duel match no longer auto-reveals remaining hiders. The rate of energy increase for seekers is slowed by 20%. Hiders no longer attract flies. Illusionary Coins rewards increased by 100%. Player versus Player Demon Hunter Developers’ note…

The Curse of Ula’tek PTR has been updated with the following changes: VAULTS OF ATAL’UTEK The item that starts the quest “Corrosive Gifts: Corrosive Power” will now only drop after players complete the quest “Vaults of Atal’Utek: The Altar of Corrosion.” As a result, the quest-starting item is no …

Greetings! Midnight Season 2 dungeon testing continues on Tuesday, July 21st. The following dungeons are available for testing during this period: Altar of Fangs Murder Row Den of Nalorakk Voidscar Arena The Blinding Vale Temple of Sethraliss Kings’ Rest Ruby Life Pools D…

Thanks for this extra info. We are reviewing! -OWMatt

We’ve identified and developed a fix for an issue that could cause a realm to crash, so in this region, we’re scheduling a quick realm maintenance for all Classic Era realms starting in about 20 minutes. As always, players should see server messages in-game soon. Following today’s weekly maintenanc…

Server Hotfix 1 - July 21, 2026 - 3.1.1 Bug Fixes Added Superior Lair Keys to the final repeatable Glints of Hope cache. Increased chance to receive a mythic item from the Mythic Tribute of armaments in the Undercity. Torment X = greatly increased Torment XII = guaranteed