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11/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/16/2025 12:10

Join the World of Warcraft 21st Anniversary Celebration

Join the celebration as World of Warcraft celebrates its 21st Anniversary with a variety of activities and a myriad of ways to earn currency to purchase a plethora of items—and this year, you can don the intrepid threads of the Loyal Watchman ensemble.

When: November 16–December 7
Where: Caverns of Time in Tanaris

Grab the quest from any Holiday Celebrants and hitch a ride to the Caverns of Time through portals located in Orgrimmar and Stormwind.

Players receive an automatic 10% Experience and Reputation buff during the Anniversary Event. They must complete the repeatable Celebrate Good Fun! quest from& Yllana every day to add another 10% to the total.

The anniversary event buff stacks with other XP and Reputation buffs, and you can enjoy a& 75% XP buff during the event!

  • +20% XP and Reputation from the Anniversary Event.
  • +25% XP buff from the Five Warband Mentors: The War Within achievement.
  • +10% XP and Gold from War Mode.
  • +10% from the Draught of Ten Lands potion. This works for characters level 49 and lower.

A Rewarding Celebration

The WoW 21st Anniversary has a variety of activities and ways to earn currency, which can be used to purchase myriad items, including the new Loyal Watchman ensemble transmog set pieces—Helm, Gauntlets, Trousers, Cuirass, Spaulders, Belt, and Boots.

Ensemble: Loyal Watchman Transmog Set
(Helm, Gauntlets, Trousers, Cuirass, Spaulders, Belt, and Boots)

During the Anniversary, earn anywhere from 1 to 3 Bronze Celebration Tokens per activity over the course of the event each week. Quests and activity completions are tracked Warband-wide, can be completed on any character in your Warband, and will count toward the weekly amount of Warband Transferable Tokens your Warband can earn each week.

So, there’s no need to run the event with multiple characters every week—unless you want to spread the fun among your characters.

The top goblins have tallied everything up so that you know how to earn all the anniversary currencies and where they can be spent.

Anniversary Currency

  • Bronze Celebration Tokens: Take part in quests and activities to earn Bronze Celebration Tokens to spend on items during the Anniversary Celebration, including returning items from previous anniversaries.
  • Timewarped Badges: Earned from Timewalking events.
  • Marks of Honor: Exchanged for legacy weapons and armor at PvP Vendors.
  • Ancient Mana: Concentrated magic from the ancient leylines beneath Suramar.
  • Polished Pet Charms: Redeemable at battle pet masters.

Anniversary Vendors

Make the most of the festivities by visiting the many vendors on the grounds for tasty treats and delights.

  • Traeya : Tier 2 Armor Vendor (Bronze Celebration Tokens)
  • Time-Displaced Thanthaldis Snowgleam : Scaling PvP-themed weapons and armor (Marks of Honor and Timewarped Badges)
  • Time-Displaced Jorek Ironside : Scaling PvP-themed weapons and armor (Marks of Honor and Timewarped Badges)
  • Historian Ma’di: Anniversary Rewards Vendor (Bronze Celebration Tokens)
  • Notary Grably: Bronze Celebration Titles
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Expect Joyous Journeys Ahead in Mists of Pandaria Classic

When: November 18–December 9

The mystical lands of Pandaria are swirling with danger. For our stalwart champions in World of Warcraft Classic progression (currently Mists of Pandaria Classic), take advantage of the Joyous Journey’s experience buff to enhance your odyssey through Azeroth, increasing experience gains by 50% up to level 90!

Create a new character, finish leveling a forgotten one, or invite friends to join you in legendary Pandaria. The Joyous Journeys buff is active by default; however, you can visit any innkeeper in the capital cities and Dalaran to turn it on or off, and it is not available in modern World of Warcraft®, Legion Remix, or World of Warcraft® Classic Era.

We look forward to celebrating all things World of Warcraft with you—see you in Azeroth!

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