Event

"Event" can also refer to a triggering message for some API function. See Events (API) for more details.

For many of Azeroth's inhabitants, combat on both a grand scale and at the level of individual skirmishes has become ritualistic and in some ways even ceremonial. This page documents the ongoing confrontations and celebrations in the game — and those events in-between (player organized events included) which the line has blurred. Below are some of the events, which are fun if you ever get around to them.

Types of environment changes accompanying events include:

• caravans, tents, or wagons being added to an area,
• decorations on buildings,
• new fixed devices,
• new mobs, quest givers, vendors, or other NPCs,
• special drink and food,
• holiday-specific quests and quest rewards, and
• holiday-themed recipes.

Ongoing Events

Over the course of Azeroth's troubled history, the times of celebration have fallen under the shadow of the conflicts that have shaped and scarred the world. Every day, as new challenges surface, new champions answer the call to arms, relishing the glory and the rewards of battles well fought. Below are details of some of the current disturbances warranting investigation - and participation - by the world's most adventurous heroes.

• Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza (Sunday from 2-4pm)
• Elemental Invasions (occur randomly, though frequently)
• Gurubashi Arena Booty Run (every 3 hours)
• Darkmoon Faire (appears one week per month, alternating locations)
• Battlegrounds Holiday (from Thursday night to Tuesday morning every week)
• Argent Tournament (Permanent, added in Patch 3.1.0 and expanded in Patch 3.2.0)

Seasonal Events

To help offset the strain and tension of constant warfare, the leaders of the Horde and the Alliance occasionally organize full-blown festivities for their people, centered around holidays and special events. What better way to celebrate the year's victories and other achievements than in the company of a few thousand of your closest allies?

Azeroth Event	Time Period	Related Earth Event	Additional Info
New Year	Dec 31 - Jan 1	New Year's Eve	Gregorian calendar
Lunar Festival	Varies (Spring)	Lunar New Year	Chinese calendar
Love is in the Air	Feb 7th - Feb 20th	Valentine's Day
Noblegarden	Varies (Easter)	Easter
Children's Week	May 1st - May 7th	Children's Day - Japan Mother's Day - US (and in most other countries, including: Belgium and the Netherlands)
Midsummer Fire Festival	June 21st - July 5th	Midsummer Canada Day - CAN Independence Day - US	US observed! Fire in the Sky Engineers' Explosive Extravaganza
Pirates' Day	Sept 19th	International Talk Like a Pirate Day	First observed Sept 19th, 2008.
Peon Day	Sept 30th	EU Closed Beta began: September 30, 2004	Observed only in Europe
Brewfest	Sept 20th - Oct 4th	Oktoberfest - Germany
Harvest Festival	Sept 27th - Oct 4th	Roughly Thanksgiving - Canada, US (actually celebrated in October and November in Canada and US, respectively) Columbus Day - US US Stress Test ended: September 12, 2004
Hallow's End	Oct 18th - Nov 1st	Halloween
Day of the Dead	Nov 1st - Nov 2nd	Day of the Dead
Pilgrim's Bounty	Nov 22nd - Nov 28th	Thanksgiving
Feast of Winter Veil	Dec 15th - Jan 2nd	Christmas

World Events

A number of one-time-only World Events have occurred throughout the game's history. Most of these events have either directly resulted in changes to the game world or were pre-cursors to expansion packs.

• Gates of Ahn'Qiraj - Introduced in Patch 1.9.0, this two-part world event occurred once per server (until [[Patch 3.2.0) resulted in the opening of Ahn'Qiraj. It was comprised of a quest chain completed by a single player to obtain the Scepter of the Shifting Sands to open the gates themselves, as well as a server-wide war effort to gather materials for the Horde and Alliance to battle the insectoid menace that issued forth from the opened gates.

• The Scourge Invasion - Originally introduced in Patch 1.11, this world event involved an invasion of Scourge forces across the world to coincide with the release of the Naxxramas raid instance.

• Elemental Invasions - Starting with Patch 1.4, this world event involved the appearance of groups of various types of elementals reportedly throughout Azeroth (although mostly just Kalimdor: Silithus, Un'goro Crater, Azshara, and Winterspring).

• The Dark Portal Opens - Introduced in Patch 2.0.1, this world event was a precursor to the Burning Crusade expansion and featured the forces of the Horde, Alliance, and Argent Dawn fighting back against the demonic legions entering Azeroth through the Dark Portal.

• Capture of Sun's Reach - Introduced in Patch 2.4.0, this world event occurs once per server and requires the completion of a number of daily quests on the Isle of Quel'Danas in order to allow the Shattered Sun Offensive to take over and rebuild the town of Sun's Reach.

• The Spirit of Competition - This event occurred simultaneously with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and simply rewarded players for completing battlegrounds during the event.

• Zombie Infestation‎ - Introduced in Patch 3.0.2, this world event was a precursor to the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and featured plagued crates that would transform players into zombies with the ability to pass the zombie plague onto others. It was followed by a repeat of the Scourge Invasion world event from Patch 1.11.0.

• Operation: Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall - Beginning on September 7, 2010 as part of Patch 3.3.5, these world events were the first precursors to the Cataclysm expansion and allowed Alliance and Horde players to assist in the retaking of Gnomeregan's surface and the Echo Isles respectively.

• Elemental Unrest - Occurring just after the release of Cataclysm (patch 4.0.1), groups of elementals will attack citizens and denizens of four major faction capitals, supposedly encouraged by elemental lieutenants reporting to Cho'gall who leads the Twilight's Hammerclan and serves Deathwing.

Exclusive recipes

Recipe	Source		BoP
Feast of Winter Veil
[Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie]	sold by  Penney Copperpinch  Wulmort Jinglepocket	25
[Recipe: Egg Nog]		2 40
[Recipe: Hot Apple Cider] 1 2		1	x
[Pattern: Winter Boots] 1 2		50	x
[Pattern: Red Winter Clothes] 1	sold by  Wulmort Jinglepocket	50	x
[Pattern: Green Winter Clothes] 2	sold by  Penney Copperpinch	50	x
[Plans: Edge of Winter]	one randomly from [Smokywood Pastures Special Gift] quest reward for  [35] A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! or  [35] A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! commonly sold on AH
[Schematic: Snowmaster 9000]
[Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might]
[Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power]
[Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather]
[Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt]
Lunar Festival
[Schematic: Small Blue Rocket]	from [Small Rocket Recipes] sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
[Schematic: Small Green Rocket]			x
[Schematic: Small Red Rocket]			x
[Schematic: Large Blue Rocket]	from [Large Rocket Recipes] sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
[Schematic: Large Green Rocket]			x
[Schematic: Large Red Rocket]			x
[Schematic: Blue Rocket Cluster]	from [Cluster Rocket Recipes] sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
[Schematic: Green Rocket Cluster]			x
[Schematic: Red Rocket Cluster]			x
[Schematic: Large Blue Rocket Cluster]	from [Large Cluster Rocket Recipes] sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
[Schematic: Large Green Rocket Cluster]			x
[Schematic: Large Red Rocket Cluster]			x
[Schematic: Firework Launcher]	sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
[Schematic: Cluster Launcher]	sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
[Pattern: Festival Dress]	sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
[Pattern: Festival Suit]	sold by  Fariel Starsong	5	x
Midsummer Fire Festival
[Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost]	dropped by  Ahune		x
Recipe	Source		BoP

¹ also mailed to Alliance players able to learn it

² also mailed to Horde players able to learn it

Other Events

• End of beta event
• Server event

External links

Pet-related

WarcraftPets.com Minipet Events Calendar by Breanni