Blizzard just celebrated the 30th anniversary of Warcraft, its blockbuster RTS, with the release of remastered Warcraft 1 and 2, but the good news doesn’t stop there. Lots of updates are coming to all of Blizzard’s fantasy games, and we now have concrete plans for both WoW Classic and The War Within.

World of Warcraft Classic 2025 Game Plan

WoW Classic is a relatively recent addition to the franchise that retains the core aspects and charm of the original game. That doesn’t mean it won’t be updated as his schedule shows. 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)
  • Onyx
• Phase 2: Ruins of Dire Maul (January 2025)
  • Honor and ranking system
  • World Bosses
  • Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley battlefields
• Phase 3: Assault on Blackwing Lair (Spring 2025)
  • Blackwing lair raid
  • Darkmoon Faire
• Phase 4: Rise of the Blood God (Summer 2025)
  • The Zul’gurub Raid
  • Arathi Basin Battlefield
• Phase 5: Gates of Ahn’qiraj (Fall 2025)
  • AQ war effort
  • Ahn’qiraj Temple Raid
  • Ruins of the Raid on Ahn’qiraj
• Phase 6: Shadow of the Necropolis (Fall 2025)
  • The Scourge of Invasion
  • raid on Naxxramas
  • Silithus world PvP

In addition to the regular WoW Classic, there are many different seasonal server types in the game, each with their own schedule and content updates coming next year. This includes Cataclysm Classic, Mists of Panaria Classic, Season of Discovery and the upcoming Burning Crusade Classic.

World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic 2025 map

Here’s everything coming to WoW Cataclysm Classic over the next year:

• Firelands (Fall 2024)
• Firelands Raid
• Elemental rune dungeons
• Legendary staff
• Hour of Twilight (Winter 2024)
• Raid Dragon Soul
• Cavern of Time dungeons
• Elemental ruin dungeons

WoW Mists of Panaria Classic 2025 Schedule

Here’s everything coming to WoW Mists of Panaria Classic over the next year:

• Prefix (Summer 2025)
  • The fall of Theramore
  • Pandaren playable
  • Monk playable
  • Pet battles
• Launch (Fall 2025)
  • Story campaign
  • Raids
  • Dungeons
  • Other scenarios

WoW Season of Discovery 2025 schedule

Season of Discovery will share many similarities with the content coming to the regular WoW Classic. Here’s everything coming to WoW over the next year:

• Phase 5 (Fall 2024)
  • Blackwing lair raid
  • The Zul’gurub Raid
  • Simplified rune discovery
• Phase 6 (Winter 2024)
  • AQ war effort
  • The Gates of Ahn’qiraj
  • AQ and Nightmare Grove raids
• Phase 7 (Winter 2024)
  • raid on Naxxramas
  • New content until the end of the game

World of Warcraft: The War Within 2025 Roadmap

The War Within is the latest expansion in WoW and is the first chapter of the new Worldsoul saga. After its launch earlier this year, it is set to get a lot of new content in 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 (upgradable ring)
  • Turbulent times
  • Winter Veil (New Content)
  • Vacation update
• Season 2: Undermine(d) (Winter 2024, v11.1)
  • Undermine the zone
  • Liberation of Undermine (new raid)
  • Operation Floodgate (new dungeon)
  • DRIVE
  • New dives
  • Cartel fame
  • Warbands Camp Collections and UI Updates
• Season 2 v11.1.5 (Spring 2025)
  • Nightfall (New Content)
  • Haunting visions
  • Children’s Week Update
• Season 2 v11.1.7 (Spring 2025)
  • New story and quests
  • New content and system updates
  • Turbulent times
• Season 3 v11.2 (Summer 2025)
  • New world events
  • New dungeon
  • A new raid
  • New open world challenges
  • Warbands update
  • Brewfest Update
  • Seasonal rewards are renewed
• WoW Midnight Expansion Reveal v11.2.5 (Fall 2025)
  • New content and system updates
  • Contents of the 21st anniversary
• WoW v11.2.7 (Fall 2025)
  • New story and quests
  • New content and system updates

Blizzard’s Warcraft and World of Warcraft games are available on PC.