Changes: Warcraft's Anniversary

Warcraft's Anniversary
	; World of Warcraft's 15th Anniversary logo
Duration	November 16 - December 7 (2023)
Highlights	Anniversary
Other events
Preceded by	Day of the Dead
Followed by	Pilgrim's Bounty (concurrent), Feast of Winter Veil

Revision as of 18:24, 1 November 2020

Warcraft's Anniversary (or WoW's Anniversary) is an event celebrated the 23rd of November that marks the creation of the franchise in 1994. Warcraft's 20th anniversary was in 2014 and the 25th anniversary was in 2019. Logging in during an anniversary rewards a special achievement and gives a unique, temporary buff to experience and reputation earned.

Events

Since the 13th anniversary, the event includes daily quests and the return of the Classic world bosses.

Available activities include:

[Crafted Cloak of War] (200 ) (2020)
Korrak's Revenge ( [Alterac Valley of Olde]) (2019)
[1-70 Daily] A Time to Reflect (all levels) (2017)
[30-70W] The Originals (level 30+) (2017)
- Lord Kazzak (Tainted Scar, Blasted Lands)
- Azuregos (Secret Lab, Azshara)
- Dragons of Nightmare
  1. Ysondre (Dream Bough, Feralas)
  2. Lethon (Seradane, Hinterlands)
  3. Emeriss (Twilight Grove, Duskwood)
  4. Taerar (Bough Shadow, Ashenvale)

Items

Historian Ma'di
	[Celebration Package] 15			[Exquisite Costume Set: "Edwin VanCleef"] 200
	[Crafted Cloak of War] 200			[Bronze-Tinted Sunglasses] 200
	[Inflatable Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker] 50			[Overtuned Corgi Goggles] 200
	[Corgi Pup] 200			[Tranquil Mechanical Yeti Costume] 50
	[Celebration Wand - Quilboar] 25			[Celebration Wand - Trogg] 25
	[Celebration Wand - Gnoll] 25			[Celebration Wand - Murloc] 25
	[Timeless Mechanical Dragonling] 200

[Anniversary Gift]

Previous additions

The [Obsidian Worldbreaker] mount is inspired by Deathwing.

Achievements

Notes and trivia

2005 : The first WoW anniversary didn't feature any in-game event, instead it was celebrated in the community website with a Community Timeline.^[1] This timeline featured game updates, subscribers milestones, and remarkable fan-made content (such as the infamous Leeroy Jenkins video). It is possible to visit an archived version of this website.
There are no achievements for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd anniversaries because the Achievement system only came out in 2008 with Wrath of the Lich King.
For the 3rd anniversary, Blizzard organized a sweepstake lottery.^[2]
For the 5th anniversary, Blizzard made an immense, digital photomosaic composed of thousands of fan pictures.^[3]
For the 10th anniversary, veteran World of Warcraft players received a miniature statue of the iconic Orc Statue.
For the 15th anniversary, a pin was available SDCC 2019 and BlizzCon 2019 and a limited-edition Collector's Edition was released on October 8, 2019.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is releasing on November 23/24, 2020. November 23, 2020 is WoW's 16th Anniversary and Warcraft's 26th Anniversary.

Gallery

World of Warcraft's 5th anniversary logo
Warcraft Anniversary.png

World of Warcraft's 10th anniversary logo
Warcraft's 25th anniversary logo
15th Anniversary Collector's Edition Pin
15th Anniversary server blades sold at the BlizzCon 2019 charity auction.

References

^ World of Warcraft: Our "First" One-Year Anniversary (archived).
^ World of Warcraft 3rd Year Anniversary Sweepstakes (archived).
^ 5 Year Anniversary: BattleCry

External links

[1] World of Warcraft: Our "First" One-Year Anniversary (archived).

[2] World of Warcraft 3rd Year Anniversary Sweepstakes (archived).

[3] 5 Year Anniversary: BattleCry

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-**[[Celebration Package]]
 ==Achievements==

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