Blizzard just celebrated the 30th anniversary of Warcraft, its blockbuster RTS franchise by releasing Warcraft 1 and 2 remastered, but the good news doesn't stop there. Plenty of updates are coming to all Blizzard games set in the fantasy world, and we now have concrete roadmaps for both WoW Classic and The War Within.
World of Warcraft Classic 2025 Roadmap
WoW Classic is a relatively recent addition to the franchise, retaining the core aspects and charm of the original game. That doesn't mean it's not going to get updated, as its roadmap reveals. Blizzard is releasing the WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition on November 21, 2024, with an updated level cap of 60, a new raid dungeon, and many quality-of-life features.
Here's everything coming to WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition:
- Phase 1 (Winter 2024)
- Molter Core (rain dungeon)
- Onyxia
- Phase 2: Ruins of Dire Maul (January 2025)
- Honor system and ranking
- World bosses
- Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley battlegrounds
- Phase 3: Assault on Blackwing Lair (Spring 2025)
- Blackwing lair raid
- Darkmoon Faire
- Phase 4: Rise of the Blood God (Summer 2025)
- Zul'gurub raid
- Arathi basin battleground
- Phase 5: Gates of Ahn'qiraj (Autumn 2025)
- AQ war effort
- Temple of Ahn'qiraj raid
- Ruins of Ahn'qiraj raid
- Phase 6: Shadow of the Necropolis (Autumn 2025)
- Scourge invasion
- Naxxramas raid
- Silithus world PvP
Besides the regular WoW Classic, there are many different seasonal server types in the game, each with its own roadmap and content updates coming next year. That includes Cataclysm Classic, Mists of Panaria Classic, Season of Discovery, and the upcoming Burning Crusade Classic.
World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic 2025 Roadmap
Here's everything coming to WoW Cataclysm Classic over the next year:
- Firelands (Autumn 2024)
- Firelands raid
- Elemental rune dungeons
- Legendary staff
- Hour of Twilight (Winter 2024)
- Dragon Soul raid
- Cavern of Time dungeons
- Elemental ruin dungeons
WoW Mists of Panaria Classic 2025 Roadmap
Here's everything coming to WoW Mists of Panaria Classic over the next year:
- Pre-patch (summer 2025)
- Theramore's fall
- Pandaren playable
- Monk playable
- Pet battles
- Launch (autumn 2025)
- Story campaign
- Raids
- Dungeons
- Other scenarios
WoW Season of Discovery 2025 Roadmap
Season of Discovery will share many similarities with content coming to the regular WoW classic. Here's everything coming to WoW over the next year:
- Phase 5 (Autumn 2024)
- Blackwing lair raid
- Zul'gurub raid
- Simplified rune discovery
- Phase 6 (Winter 2024)
- AQ war effort
- Gates of Ahn'qiraj
- AQ and Nightmare Grove raids
- Phase 7 (Winter 2024)
- Naxxramas raid
- New endgame content
World of Warcraft: The War Within 2025 Roadmap
The War Within is the latest expansion in WoW, being the first chapter of the new Worldsoul saga. Following its launch earlier this year, it's set to get a ton of new content over 2025.
Here's everything coming to WoW: The War Within in late 2024 and 2025:
- Siren Isle (Winter 2024, v11.0.7)
- Siren Isle content
- New story and quests
- Cyrce's circlet (upgradeable ring)
- Turbulent timeways
- Winter Veil (new content)
- Holiday updates
- Season 2: Undermine(d) (Winter 2024, v11.1)
- Undermine zone
- Liberation of Undermine (new raid)
- Operation Floodgate (new dungeon)
- D.R.I.V.E
- New delves
- Cartel renown
- Warbands camp collections and UI updates
- Season 2 v11.1.5 (Spring 2025)
- Nightfall (new content)
- Horri c visions
- Children's Week update
- Season 2 v11.1.7 (Spring 2025)
- New story and quests
- New content and system updates
- Turbulent timeways
- Season 3 v11.2 (Summer 2025)
- New world events
- New dungeon
- New raid
- New open world challenges
- Warbands update
- Brewfest update
- Season rewards refresh
- WoW Midnight Expansion Reveal v11.2.5 (Autumn 2025)
- New content and system updates
- 21st anniversary content
- WoW v11.2.7 (Autumn 2025)
- New story and quests
- New content and system updates
Blizzard's Warcraft and World of Warcraft games are available on PC.
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