As we have already known for some time, the deployment of WoW Classic content will be over an extended period divided into 6 phases.
On Monday, April 8, Blizzard revealed more details about what content would be deployed in which phase, particularly regarding PvP — given it was one of the most recurring requests from the community.
The developers do not currently know when each of these phases will take place, but they will happen sooner or later in the order listed below:
Phase 1: WoW Classic Launch
August 26 2019
- Molten Core
- Onyxia's Lair
- Maraudon
- World PvP enabled but no ranking or reward system — killing a player will therefore award nothing until the next content deployment phase
Phase 2
November 13 2019
- Dire Maul
- Azuregos
- Kazzak
- Honor system, including dishonourable kills
- PvP ranking system, including rewards based on player rank
Phase 3
Unknown
- Blackwing Lair
- Darkmoon Faire
- Darkmoon deck drops begin
- Alterac Valley (in its Patch 1.12 state)
- Warsong Gulch
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Phase 4
Unknown
- Zul’Gurub
- Green Dragons (Emeriss, Lethon, Taerar and Ysondre)
- Arathi Basin
Phase 5
Unknown
- Ahn’Qiraj War Effort begins
- Ahn’Qiraj raids open when the war effort dictates
- Dungeon loot reconfiguration: Tier 0.5 Dungeon gear, Relics, drop rates and location changes
- The potential addition of PvP vendors that were available in a later version of Vanilla, including those with Spell Penetration items
Phase 6
Unknown
- Naxxramas
- Scourge Invasion
- World PvP objectives in Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands
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