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For many of [[Azeroth (world)|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.
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Types of {{wow-inline}} environment changes accompanying events include:
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*caravans, tents, or wagons being added to an area,
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*decorations on buildings,
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*new [[fixed device]]s,
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*new [[mob]]s, [[quest giver]]s, [[vendor]]s, or other [[NPC]]s,
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*special [[drink]] and [[food]],
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*holiday-specific [[quest]]s and [[quest reward]]s, and
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*holiday-themed [[recipe]]s.
   
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== In World of Warcraft ==
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The [[Battle.net]] [[official site]] has a [[#External_links|basic overview]] of recurring in-game events. It mostly links to past blog entries concerning each event, but gives pretty up-to-date info.
   
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=== History ===
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Before the dreaded [[Battle.net]] merge of the old community sites, there used to be a nice web-based calendar showing upcoming and past in-game events, but it the calendar is no longer accessible on the new [[Official site]]s. They can still be seen on the in-game calendar.
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=== Patch 5.1 change ===
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|poster=Zarhym
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|title=#1 - Patch 5.1: Realm Event Time Changes
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|date=27-Nov-2012 8:10 PM PST
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|link=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/7200062357#1
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|archivelink=http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/246249-patch-51-realm-event-time-changes/
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With [[Patch 5.1.0|<span class="blizztext">Patch 5.1</span>]]: Landfall [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/7922040/51_Landfall_Patch_Notes-11_27_2012#professions <span class="blizzlink">we’ve reactivated the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza</span>]. To accomplish this we reevaluated the way time-based events work in World of Warcraft. The time zone designation for a realm doesn’t always correlate with its real-world location, and that designation has traditionally directed a player to choose a realm that shares their local time. With cross-realm features like zone coalescing (CRZ) and Raid/Dungeon Finder, linking event reset or lockout times to realm times has caused a lot of confusion, such as zones flipping between day and night upon zoning, and created substantial issues with limited-time events, such as Azeroth’s fishing tournaments.
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<span style="color:white;">North American Daily Event Times</span>
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In Patch 5.1 we’ve moved most time-based events on North American realms to standardized, region-wide times. Below are the updated event times for all North American realms, regardless of your realm’s local time (excluding Oceanic realms).
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''Times displayed in North American Pacific Standard Time ([http://www.wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/ <span class="blizzlink">GMT -8 hours</span>])''
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:<u>Sunrise</u>
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:5:30 a.m. PST<span style="color:white;">&#42;</span>
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:<u>Sunset</u>
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:6:30 p.m. PST<span style="color:white;">&#42;</span>
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:<u>Daily quests reset</u>
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:3:00 a.m. PST
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:<u>Profession cooldowns and farm reset</u>
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:3:00 a.m. PST
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:<u>Dungeon &amp; raid lockouts reset</u>
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:Unchanged (times still shared between NA and Oceanic realms)
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:<u>Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza begins</u>
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:2 p.m. PST every Sunday
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:<u>Battleground holidays</u>
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:12:00 a.m. every Friday - 12:00 a.m. every Tuesday PST
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:<u>Darkmoon Faire begins</u>
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:12:00 a.m. PST first Sunday of every month
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<span style="color:white;">Oceanic Daily Event Times</span>
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Note that, due to the extreme time zone difference, Oceanic realms have a separate standardized time, and Oceanic realms aren’t coalesced with non-Oceanic realms for cross-realm zones. Oceanic realms are, however, still a part of the North American matchmaking pool for Scenarios, Dungeon Finder, Raid Finder, Battlegrounds, and Arenas, in order to ensure that the matchmaking system is able to draw from a healthy population of players at any given hour. Because of this, raid/dungeon lockouts will continue to reset at the same time for North American and Oceanic realms (i.e. reset times will still vary depending on your local time).
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''Times displayed as Australian Eastern Standard Time ([http://www.wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/ <span class="blizzlink">GMT +10 hours</span>])''
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:<u>Sunrise</u>
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:5:30 a.m. EST<span style="color:white;">&#42;</span>
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:<u>Sunset</u>
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:6:30 p.m. EST<span style="color:white;">&#42;</span>
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:<u>Daily quests reset</u>
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:3:00 a.m. EST
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:<u>Profession cooldowns and farm reset</u>
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:3:00 a.m. EST
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:<u>Dungeon &amp; raid lockouts reset</u>
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:Unchanged (times still shared between NA and Oceanic realms)
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:<u>Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza begins</u>
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:2 p.m. EST
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:<u>Battleground holidays</u>
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:12:00 a.m. every Friday - 12:00 a.m. every Tuesday EST
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:<u>Darkmoon Faire begins</u>
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:12:00 a.m. EST first Sunday of every month
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<span style="color:white;">&#42;</span> Day/night changeovers are not currently set to the times listed above and will be updated in a hotfix as soon as possible.
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=== Ongoing events ===
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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.
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*[[Argent Tournament]] (permanent, added in {{wotlk-inline}} [[Patch 3.1.0]] and expanded in [[Patch 3.2.0]])
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*[[Battlegrounds Holiday]] (from Thursday night to Tuesday morning every week)
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*[[Darkmoon Faire]] (appears one week per month around a week after the beginning of the month and accessible via portals near {{alliance}} [[Goldshire]], [[Elwynn Forest]] and {{horde}} southwest of [[Thunder Bluff]], [[Mulgore]])
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<!--** '''2011:''' Sunday, October 2 through Saturday, October 8; Sunday, November 6 through Saturday, November 12; Sunday December 4 through Saturday, December 10.<ref name="holidays2011">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3662420/Happy_Holidays-10_6_2011|title=Happy Holidays|author=[[Kaivax]]|date=6-Oct-2011 9:00 AM PDT}}<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp;{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3075983/Happy_Holidays-06_10_2011|title=Happy Holidays|author=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=06-Oct-2011 16:00 UTC}}</ref>-->
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*{{b-inline}} [[Faction Assaults]] in [[Kul Tiras]] and [[Zandalar]]
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*[[Gurubashi Arena#Gurubashi Arena Booty Run|Gurubashi Arena Booty Run]] (every 3 hours)
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*[[Kalu'ak Fishing Derby]] (Saturday from 2 - 3 pm server time,<ref name="holidays2011">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3662420/Happy_Holidays-10_6_2011|title=Happy Holidays|author=[[Kaivax]]|date=6-Oct-2011 9:00 AM PDT}}<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp;{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3075983/Happy_Holidays-06_10_2011|title=Happy Holidays|author=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=06-Oct-2011 16:00 UTC}}</ref> added in {{wotlk-inline}} [[Patch 3.3.0]])
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*{{l-inline}} [[Legion Assaults]] in the [[Broken Isles]]
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*[[Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza]] (Sunday from 2 - 4 pm<ref name="holidays2011"/> server time)
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=== Seasonal events ===
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{{Seealso|Micro-holiday}}
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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?
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{| class="darktable zebra"
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! Azeroth Event !!width="105px"| Time Period !! Related Earth Event !! Additional Info
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| [[New Year]] || Dec 31 - Jan 1 || {{wplink|New Year's Eve}} || {{wplink|Gregorian calendar}}
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|- valign="top"
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| [[Lunar Festival]] || Varies (Spring) || {{wplink|Chinese New Year|Lunar New Year}} || {{wplink|Chinese calendar}}
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|- valign="top"
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| [[Love is in the Air]] || Varies <small>(Valentine's Day in Feb)</small> || {{wplink|Valentine's Day}} || [[Blizz]]ard picks date range
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|- valign="top"
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| [[Noblegarden]] || Varies <small>(Easter mostly in April)</small> || {{wplink|Easter}} || [[Blizz]]ard picks date range
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|- valign="top"
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| [[Children's Week]] || May 1st - May 7th || {{wplink|Kodomo no hi|Children's Day - Japan}}<br />{{wplink|Mother's Day (United States)|Mother's Day - US}} (and in most other countries, including: Belgium and the Netherlands)||
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|- valign="top"
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| [[Midsummer Fire Festival]] || June 21st - July 5th || {{wplink|Midsummer}}<br />{{wplink|Canada Day|Canada Day - CAN}}<br />{{wplink|Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day - US}} || US observed! Fire in the Sky [[Engineers' Explosive Extravaganza]]
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| [[Harvest Festival]] || Varies <small>(Mid September to early October)</small> || Roughly {{wplink|Thanksgiving (Canada)|Thanksgiving - Canada}} <small>(actually celebrated in October in Canada)</small><br />{{wplink|Columbus Day|Columbus Day - US}} <small>(actually celebrated in October in US)</small><br />[[Stress Test Beta Has Ended|US Stress Test ended]]: September 12, 2004 ||
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|[[Pirates' Day]]|| Sept 19th || {{wplink|International Talk Like a Pirate Day}} || First observed Sept 19th, 2008.
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| [[Peon Day]] || Sept 30th || EU Closed Beta began: September 30, 2004 || Observed only in Europe<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120116222436/http://www.wow-europe.com/en/news/wow-oldnews2005.html#sep Peon Day!] by [[Daliniya]], 28/09/2005 at the old [http://web.archive.org/web/20120116222436/http://www.wow-europe.com/en/ EU official site]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051127054301/http://wowvault.ign.com/fullstory.php?id=11407 Europeans celebrate Peon Day!] -- [http://web.archive.org/web/20111121171247/http://wowvault.ign.com/siteinfo/mail.php?staff=Sprawl Sprawl] 29 Sep, 2005 at [http://web.archive.org/web/20131015045409/http://wowvault.ign.com/ WoWVault]</ref>
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| [[Brewfest]] || Sept 20th - Oct 4th || {{wplink|Oktoberfest|Oktoberfest - Germany}} ||
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| [[Hallow's End]] || Oct 18th - Oct 31st<ref name="holidays2011"/><ref>Was Oct 18th - Nov 1st before 2011</ref> || {{wplink|Halloween|Halloween}} ||
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| [[Day of the Dead]] || Nov 1st - Nov 2nd<ref name="holidays2011"/> || {{Wplink|Day of the Dead}} ||
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| [[Pilgrim's Bounty]] ||Nov 20th - Nov 26th<ref name="holidays2011"/><ref>Was Nov 22nd - Nov 28th before 2011</ref> || {{wplink|Thanksgiving}} ||
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| [[Feast of Winter Veil]] || Dec 15th - Jan 2nd<ref name="holidays2011"/> || {{wplink|Christmas}} ||
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|}
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=== World events ===
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{{seealso|Calendar}}
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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. Somewhat differently, [[Wowhead]] calls events that appear regularly in-game "World Events".
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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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* [[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).
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* The [[Dark Portal Opens]] - Introduced in [[Patch 2.0.1]], this world event was a precursor to the ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade|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]].
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* [[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 quest]]s 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]].
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* [[The Spirit of Competition]] - This event occurred simultaneously with the {{wplink|2008 Summer Olympics}} in Beijing, and simply rewarded players for completing [[battleground]]s during the event.
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* [[Zombie Infestation‎]] - Introduced in [[Patch 3.0.2]], this world event was a precursor to the ''[[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|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.
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* [[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 ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm|Cataclysm]]'' expansion and allowed Alliance and Horde players to assist in the retaking of [[Gnomeregan]]'s surface and the [[Echo Isles]] respectively.
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* [[Elemental Unrest]] - Occurring just after the release of {{cata-inline}} 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 Hammer clan]] and serves [[Deathwing]].
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* [[Theramore's Fall]] - A pre-launch [[scenario]] available to level 85 character a week before the launch of {{Mists-inline}} Mists of Pandaria. The experience for each faction is quite different with {{horde}} Horde players helping plan and execute a [[Mana Bomb]] attack on [[Theramore]] and {{alliance}} Alliance players trying to thwart the attack, defend the city, and evacuate survivors.
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* [[Iron Horde Invasion]] - Occurred primarily in the [[Blasted Lands]] prior to the launch of {{Warlords-inline}} Warlords of Draenor ([[Patch 6.0.3]]). The event consisted primarily of completing a short series of quests and the limited time level 90 version of 5-man [[Upper Blackrock Spire]].
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* [[Legion Invasions]] - Started roughly a month before the release of {{Legion-inline}} Legion ([[Patch 7.0.3]]) it involved driving back Legion forces in six zones in [[Kalimdor]] and the [[Eastern Kingdoms]].
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* [[Argus]] rift - With {{Legion-inline}} Legion [[Patch 7.3]], [[Argus]] appears in the skies of {{Azerothworld}} for all to see.
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=== Exclusive recipes ===
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{{Accuracy-section}}
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! Recipe !! Source !! !! [[Bind on Pickup|<span title="Bind on Pickup">BoP</span>]]
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!colspan="4"| '''[[Feast of Winter Veil]]'''
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|common|Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie}} ||- rowspan="4"| sold by<br />{{NPC|Neutral|Penney Copperpinch}}<br />{{NPC|Neutral|Wulmort Jinglepocket}}||- align="center"| {{cost|||25}} ||
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| {{loot|common|Recipe: Egg Nog}} ||- align="center"| {{cost||2|40}} ||
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|common|Recipe: Hot Apple Cider}} <sup>1</sup> <sup>2</sup>
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|- align="center"| {{cost|1||}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Pattern: Winter Boots}} <sup>1</sup> <sup>2</sup>
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|- align="center"| {{cost||50|}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Pattern: Red Winter Clothes}} <sup>1</sup> || sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Wulmort Jinglepocket}} ||- align="center"| {{cost||50|}} ||- align="center"| &#10003;
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| {{loot|uncommon|Pattern: Green Winter Clothes}} <sup>2</sup> || sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Penney Copperpinch}} ||- align="center"| {{cost||50|}} ||- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Plans: Edge of Winter}} ||- rowspan="6"| one randomly from {{loot|common|Smokywood Pastures Special Gift}}<br />quest reward for<br />{{questlong|Alliance|35|A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! (Alliance)|A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You!}}<br />or<br />{{questlong|Horde|35|A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! (Horde)|A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You!}}<br /><br />commonly sold on AH || ||
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Snowmaster 9000}} || ||
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might}} || ||
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|-
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| {{loot|common|Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power}} || ||
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather}} || ||
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|-
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| {{loot|common|Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt}} || ||
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!colspan="4" | '''[[Lunar Festival]]'''
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Small Blue Rocket}}
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|- rowspan="3"| from {{loot|common|Small Rocket Recipes}}<br />sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}}
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|- rowspan="3" align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Small Green Rocket}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Small Red Rocket}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Large Blue Rocket}}
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|- rowspan="3"| from {{loot|common|Large Rocket Recipes}}<br />sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}}
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|- rowspan="3" align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Large Green Rocket}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Large Red Rocket}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Blue Rocket Cluster}}
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|- rowspan="3"| from {{loot|common|Cluster Rocket Recipes}}<br />sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}}
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|- rowspan="3" align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Green Rocket Cluster}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Red Rocket Cluster}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Large Blue Rocket Cluster}}
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|- rowspan="3"| from {{loot|common|Large Cluster Rocket Recipes}}<br />sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}}
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|- rowspan="3" align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Large Green Rocket Cluster}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Large Red Rocket Cluster}}
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|- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Firework Launcher}} || sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}} ||- align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}} ||- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Schematic: Cluster Launcher}} || sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}} ||- align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}} ||- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-
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| {{loot|uncommon|Pattern: Festival Dress}} || sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}} ||- align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}} ||- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- class="alt"
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| {{loot|uncommon|Pattern: Festival Suit}} || sold by {{NPC|Neutral|Fariel Starsong}} ||- align="center"| {{costitem|5|Coin of Ancestry}} ||- align="center"| &#10003;
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|-align="center"
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!colspan="4"| '''[[Midsummer Fire Festival]]'''
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|-
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| {{loot|rare|Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost}} || dropped by {{mob|Ahune}} || ||- align="center"| &#10003;
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|- valign="bottom"
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!style="background-color:#135; color:#eee;"| Recipe !!style="background-color:#135; color:#eee;"| Source !!style="background-color:#135; color:#eee;"| !!style="background-color:#135; color:#eee;"| [[Bind on Pickup|<span title="Bind on Pickup">BoP</span>]]
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<sup>1</sup> also mailed to {{Alliance}} Alliance players able to learn it
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<sup>2</sup> also mailed to {{Horde}} Horde players able to learn it
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=== Other events ===
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:''These events may have been ongoing during a particular expansion period or based on some other past period of significance...''
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== References ==
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{{reflist}}
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== See also ==
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* [[End of beta event]]
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* [[Holiday]]
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* [[Micro-holiday]]
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* [[Rare event]]
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* [[Scripted event]]
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* [[Server event]]
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== External links ==
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{{elink|type=bnetwowus|link=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/events/|desc=In-game Events}}
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Latest revision as of 22:59, 5 April 2019

"Event" can also refer to the Event API in WoW AddOn development. See Event 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. environment changes accompanying events include:

In World of Warcraft

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The Battle.net official site has a basic overview of recurring in-game events. It mostly links to past blog entries concerning each event, but gives pretty up-to-date info.

History

Before the dreaded Battle.net merge of the old community sites, there used to be a nice web-based calendar showing upcoming and past in-game events, but it the calendar is no longer accessible on the new Official sites. They can still be seen on the in-game calendar.

Patch 5.1 change

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Blizz
#1 - Patch 5.1: Realm Event Time Changes | 2012-11-28 04:10 | Zarhym
With Patch 5.1: Landfall we’ve reactivated the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. To accomplish this we reevaluated the way time-based events work in World of Warcraft. The time zone designation for a realm doesn’t always correlate with its real-world location, and that designation has traditionally directed a player to choose a realm that shares their local time. With cross-realm features like zone coalescing (CRZ) and Raid/Dungeon Finder, linking event reset or lockout times to realm times has caused a lot of confusion, such as zones flipping between day and night upon zoning, and created substantial issues with limited-time events, such as Azeroth’s fishing tournaments.

North American Daily Event Times

In Patch 5.1 we’ve moved most time-based events on North American realms to standardized, region-wide times. Below are the updated event times for all North American realms, regardless of your realm’s local time (excluding Oceanic realms).

Times displayed in North American Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8 hours)

Sunrise
5:30 a.m. PST*
Sunset
6:30 p.m. PST*
Daily quests reset
3:00 a.m. PST
Profession cooldowns and farm reset
3:00 a.m. PST
Dungeon & raid lockouts reset
Unchanged (times still shared between NA and Oceanic realms)
Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza begins
2 p.m. PST every Sunday
Battleground holidays
12:00 a.m. every Friday - 12:00 a.m. every Tuesday PST
Darkmoon Faire begins
12:00 a.m. PST first Sunday of every month

Oceanic Daily Event Times

Note that, due to the extreme time zone difference, Oceanic realms have a separate standardized time, and Oceanic realms aren’t coalesced with non-Oceanic realms for cross-realm zones. Oceanic realms are, however, still a part of the North American matchmaking pool for Scenarios, Dungeon Finder, Raid Finder, Battlegrounds, and Arenas, in order to ensure that the matchmaking system is able to draw from a healthy population of players at any given hour. Because of this, raid/dungeon lockouts will continue to reset at the same time for North American and Oceanic realms (i.e. reset times will still vary depending on your local time).

Times displayed as Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10 hours)

Sunrise
5:30 a.m. EST*
Sunset
6:30 p.m. EST*
Daily quests reset
3:00 a.m. EST
Profession cooldowns and farm reset
3:00 a.m. EST
Dungeon & raid lockouts reset
Unchanged (times still shared between NA and Oceanic realms)
Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza begins
2 p.m. EST
Battleground holidays
12:00 a.m. every Friday - 12:00 a.m. every Tuesday EST
Darkmoon Faire begins
12:00 a.m. EST first Sunday of every month
* Day/night changeovers are not currently set to the times listed above and will be updated in a hotfix as soon as possible.

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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.

Seasonal events

See also: Micro-holiday

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 Varies (Valentine's Day in Feb) Valentine's Day Blizzard picks date range
Noblegarden Varies (Easter mostly in April) Easter Blizzard picks date range
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
Harvest Festival Varies (Mid September to early October) Roughly Thanksgiving - Canada (actually celebrated in October in Canada)
Columbus Day - US (actually celebrated in October in US)
US Stress Test ended: September 12, 2004
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[2][3]
Brewfest Sept 20th - Oct 4th Oktoberfest - Germany
Hallow's End Oct 18th - Oct 31st[1][4] Halloween
Day of the Dead Nov 1st - Nov 2nd[1] Day of the Dead
Pilgrim's Bounty Nov 20th - Nov 26th[1][5] Thanksgiving
Feast of Winter Veil Dec 15th - Jan 2nd[1] Christmas

World events

See also: Calendar

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. Somewhat differently, Wowhead calls events that appear regularly in-game "World Events".

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Elemental Unrest - Occurring just after the release of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. 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 Hammer clan and serves Deathwing.
  • Theramore's Fall - A pre-launch scenario available to level 85 character a week before the launch of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Mists of Pandaria. The experience for each faction is quite different with Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Horde players helping plan and execute a Mana Bomb attack on Theramore and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Alliance players trying to thwart the attack, defend the city, and evacuate survivors.
  • Iron Horde Invasion - Occurred primarily in the Blasted Lands prior to the launch of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Warlords of Draenor (Patch 6.0.3). The event consisted primarily of completing a short series of quests and the limited time level 90 version of 5-man Upper Blackrock Spire.
  • Legion Invasions - Started roughly a month before the release of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Legion (Patch 7.0.3) it involved driving back Legion forces in six zones in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.
  • Argus rift - With Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Legion Patch 7.3, Argus appears in the skies of Azeroth for all to see.

Exclusive recipes

Questionmark-medium This section concerns content that is potentially inaccurate.
Recipe Source BoP
Feast of Winter Veil
[Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie] sold by
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Penney Copperpinch
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Wulmort Jinglepocket		 25c
[Recipe: Egg Nog] 2s 40c
[Recipe: Hot Apple Cider] 1 2
[Pattern: Winter Boots] 1 2
[Pattern: Red Winter Clothes] 1 sold by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Wulmort Jinglepocket 50s ✓
[Pattern: Green Winter Clothes] 2 sold by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Penney Copperpinch 50s ✓
[Plans: Edge of Winter] one randomly from [Smokywood Pastures Special Gift]
quest reward for
A [35] A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You!
or
H [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]
[Schematic: Small Green Rocket]
[Schematic: Small Red Rocket]
[Schematic: Large Blue Rocket]
[Schematic: Large Green Rocket]
[Schematic: Large Red Rocket]
[Schematic: Blue Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Green Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Red Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Large Blue Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Large Green Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Large Red Rocket Cluster]
[Schematic: Firework Launcher] sold by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Fariel Starsong 5 Coin of Ancestry ✓
[Schematic: Cluster Launcher] sold by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Fariel Starsong 5 Coin of Ancestry ✓
[Pattern: Festival Dress] sold by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Fariel Starsong 5 Coin of Ancestry ✓
[Pattern: Festival Suit] sold by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Fariel Starsong 5 Coin of Ancestry ✓
Midsummer Fire Festival
[Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost] dropped by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Ahune ✓
Recipe Source BoP

1 also mailed to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Alliance players able to learn it

2 also mailed to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Horde players able to learn it

Other events

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These events may have been ongoing during a particular expansion period or based on some other past period of significance...

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Kaivax 2011-10-06. Happy Holidays. Official World of Warcraft Community site (US).
       Blizzard Entertainment 2011-10-06. Happy Holidays. Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU).
  2. ^ Peon Day! by Daliniya, 28/09/2005 at the old EU official site
  3. ^ Europeans celebrate Peon Day! -- Sprawl 29 Sep, 2005 at WoWVault
  4. ^ Was Oct 18th - Nov 1st before 2011
  5. ^ Was Nov 22nd - Nov 28th before 2011

See also

External links

WoW Official Game Site (US) WoW Official Game Site (US) In-game Events
WoW Official Game Site (EU) WoW Official Game Site (EU) In-game Events
Guide
Wowhead Wowhead Guide to Weekly Bonus Events Author: Wowhead; Patch: 7.3.2
Info
WoWDB WoWDB World Events
Wowhead Wowhead World Events
Pet-related
External link WarcraftPets.com Minipet Events Calendar by Breanni
News
Wowhead News Wowhead News 5.4 PTR: New Rare Spawns and Events by perculia 2013/07/23 11:15 AM
Official WoW Site (US) Official WoW Site (US) In-game Events Page Now Live by Blizzard Entertainment June 4th, 2013
Official WoW Site (EU) Official WoW Site (EU) In-game Events Page Now Live by Blizzard Entertainment May 24th, 2013
WoW Official Game Site (EU) WoW Official Game Site (EU) In-game Events page is now live! by Blizzard Entertainment, 24 May 2013 10:34 BST
WoW Official Game Site (US) WoW Official Game Site (US) Happy Holidays by Kaivax, Oct 6, 2011 9:00 AM PDT
WoW Official Game Site (EU) WoW Official Game Site (EU) Happy Holidays by Blizzard Entertainment, 06 Oct 2011 16:00 UTC


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Events
Frequently
Gurubashi Arena Booty Run · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found.Darkmoon Deathmatch (during Darkmoon Faire)
Quest chain
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Firelands Invasion
Weekly
Battlegrounds holiday · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Kalu'ak Fishing Derby · Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Wanderer's Festival
Monthly
 
Annually
Normal holidays
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Micro-holidays
 
One-Time
Expansion-related
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Dark Portal Opens · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Zombie Infestation (The Scourge Invasion II) · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Operation: Gnomeregan · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Elemental Invasion · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. The Iron Invasion · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Assault on the Dark Portal · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Legion Invasion
Patch-related
Gates of Ahn'Qiraj - Ahn'Qiraj War Effort · The Scourge Invasion · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Capture of Sun's Reach · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Zalazane's Fall · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Battlefield: Barrens · Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Legion Assaults
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