World Of Warcraft: The War Within is the first installment of the new Worldsoul Saga, an ambitious creative endeavor for the Warcraft universe.

In World Of Warcraft: The War Within, players will travel to the new continent of Khaz Algar as an ancient civilization rises to power deep beneath the surface of the planet.

Deep beneath the surface, an ancient nerubian civilization is rising to power, aided by Xal'atath, the Harbinger of the Void first introduced in the Legion expansion. Players will need to enlist the aid of the Earthen, a new allied race available to both Horde and Alliance players, as they make their way deeper and discover an entirely new world that has existed for centuries and whose denizens are preparing for conflicts that loom on the horizon.

World Of Warcraft's The Worldsoul Saga includes two expansions following The War Within—World Of Warcraft: Midnight and World Of Warcraft: The Last Titan.

The first content update for The War Within (11.0.5) will be going live on October 22 with the completion of regional maintenance. The Champions of Azeroth, past and present, are invited to the Caverns of Time tucked away in the wastelands of Tanaris for a special celebration!

As World of Warcraft approaches its official 20th Anniversary on November 23, players can take part in a myriad of in-game activities commemorating two decades of adventure with a plethora of rewards to earn. Some of the activities players can look forward to include: 

• NEW CLASSIC RAID: Blackrock Depths
  • This classic era dungeon has been refashioned into a 10-15 player 8-boss raid available in LFR, Normal and Heroic difficulties.
• NEW TIMEWALKING: Classic Dungeons
  • Classic dungeons will be offered in the LFD group finder and will officially enter the Timewalking rotation beyond the anniversary event.
• Deadmines (original classic version)
• Dire Maul (east and west wings)
• Stratholme (living and undead wings)
• NEW WORLD BOSSES
  • Additional raid bosses are making a return with updated rewards in addition to previous anniversary raid bosses:
• Sha of Anger (from Mists of Pandaria)
• Archavon the Stonewatcher (from Wrath of the Lich King)
• LEGENDARY REWARDS
  • New mounts, pets, and classic transmog sets will be available to earn using a new currency, Bronze Celebration Tokens.
  • Additionally, updated modern versions of the Tier 2 armor sets will be purchasable with Bronze Celebration Tokens, available for all classes with new ones created for classes that were not available in the classic Tier 2 era!

Content update 11.0.5 will also bring with it additional changes and features for players to enjoy including class balance updates, new quests and the expansion of the Dracthyr race into six new combat classes including rogue, mage and priest.

The 20th Anniversary Celebration of World of Warcraft® is almost here, and we have many exciting activities and rewards to share with you as we look ahead to what’s in the works. It’s a big year for World of Warcraft, so we’ve created a variety of events and rewards spanning over a couple of months. Here’s an overview of what we have planned.

Check out the above video and with Executive Producer & Vice President Holly Longdale, Senior Game Designer Bret Cocking, Associate Game Designer Leah Hwang, and host Community Manager Bethany Stout as they reveal a myriad of games and activities players can look forward to in the WoW 20th Anniversary Celebration in-game event—including some unique rewards, plus a look ahead at incoming Shaman Ascendance forms, the new Blackrock Depths Raid, new Timewalking dungeons, and more!

New Currency

Take part in quests and activities to earn Bronze Celebration Tokens to spend on items during the 20th Anniversary Celebration, including returning items from previous anniversaries and new ones.

Go Back to the Blackrock Depths Raid

Join Moira Bronzebeard as the bronze dragonflight grants her a look back in history, guiding us all through a journey through eight epic boss raid encounters.

Players can queue for this epic raid with the Raid Finder (Group Finder Hotkey I)  or create their own groups of 10 to 15 players by speaking with Moira for Normal and Heroic difficulties.

Get Tier 2 Armor Appearance Sets

• Paladin
• Death Knight, Hunter, Mage
• Warrior, Druid, Priest
• Monk, Shaman, Evoker
• Warlock, Demon Hunter, Rogue

We’ve modernized some very classic Tier 2 sets for all classes, including those that didn’t exist at the time these sets were introduced—such as Monks and Evokers—for a total of thirteen class sets! Each set comes as an ensemble of 9 pieces, including a cloak, making sure you look the part from head to toe.

• Death Knight: Pale Rider's Eternal Armor
• Demon Hunter: Netherwalker's Eternal Armor
• Druid: Stormrage Raiment
• Evoker: Earth-Warder's Eternal Armor
• Hunter: Dragonstalker Armor
• Mage: Netherwind Regalia
• Monk: Eternal Battlegear of the August Acolyte
• Paladin: Judgement Armor
• Priest: Vestments of Transcendance
• Rogue: Bloodfang Armor
• Shaman: Then Ten Storms
• Warlock: Nemesis Raiment
• Warrior: Battlegear of Wrath

Step back in time and show off your class pride when you purchase these appearances with Bronze Celebration Tokens earned during the 20th Anniversary Celebration.

Timewalking Through the Classics

Take part in a new Timewalking event that will take you through the original version of Deadmines, Zul’Farrak, Dire Maul (east and west wings), and Stratholme’s living and undead dungeons for epic new rewards. Queue up via the Adventure Journal or the Group Finder with players level 10 and above.

Players will have the option to visit special vendors to get new mounts, pets, and transmog appearances.

Here are just a few items you will find on the Timewalking vendors starting with the 20th Anniversary:

• Enchanted Spellweave Carpet (from Wrath of the Lich King)
• Amani Hunting Bear (from the Burning Crusade)
• Frayfeather Hippogryph (from Classic World of Warcraft)

Earn a New Mount, Service Award Appearances, and More

Blizzard employees earn special service awards during their time at the company. We’ve taken inspiration from these awards to create a new mount that is fully armored in a similar style—the Coldflame Tempest mount. This blue-flamed flying mount takes after its fiery cousin, the Ashes of Al’ar, and will let you show off your own years of service to Azeroth.

Players can also earn appearances based on the employee sword, shield, and crown to show off in-game, along with a version of the employee ring as a toy.

Stand out with a 20-Year balloon toy and two adorable baby doomlord pets—Lil’Kaz and Lil’Doomy— you can add to your collection.

For a limited time, you will also see some returning Anniversary items that can be also purchased with Bronze Celebration Tokens when you visit Storekeeper Reginald in the Celebration Pavilion and peruse his inventory.

• Core Hound Chain: Teaches the Core Hound mount.
• Lil’Nefarian: Teaches the Lil’ Nefarian pet.
• Molten Corgi: Teaches the Molten Corgi pet.
• Onyxian Whelpling: Teaches the Onyxian Whelpling pet.
• Hatespark the Tiny: Teaches the Hatespark the Tiny pet.
• Baby Blizzard Bear: Teaches the Baby Blizzard Bear pet.

Join the Celebration at the Cavern of Time

This year’s celebration event has expanded, and the bronze dragonflight have taken the activities just outside the Caverns of Time with various new and exciting things to do.

Show off your transmog at the Fashion Frenzy stage hosted by Althaea. Mount up to match Abigail Cyrildotr at the Mount Mania arena and show off your mount collection. Join Lorewalker Cho at the Storyteller stage for an epic tale you can’t help but join in on. Take a photo with guildmates, venture to epic vistas, disguise yourself as your pet, cosplay as famous heroes or villains, skate on the rink, or take a balloon for a lazy ride around the event space. There’s plenty to see and do as you join the celebration in Tanaris, and it’s available to players at level 15 and above.

New World Bosses

There are gate-crashers at nearly every party, and that’s true of our anniversary celebration. We’re bringing back some classic World Bosses from the past, including Doomwalker, Azuregos, Lord Kazzak, and the Dragons of Nightmare, along with a couple of additional party crashers in the sands of Tanaris— the Sha of Anger and Archavon the Stonewatcher.

Players can join in bouncing them out of the celebration beginning at level 15 to earn some great rewards and anniversary currency.

Codex of Chromie

Chromie is up for any challenge, but due to her unique role, she has not kept her codex in order. When asked to put together time tours of the opening of the Ahn’qiraj gate, she’s discovered things are in a jumble. She’ll need help from Azeroth’s heroes to put things to rights once more and send out of place enemies in the sands of Silithus back to where they belong. Players can queue up using the Group Finder for this 10-20 player scenario beginning at level 15.

Help Wanted at Guest Relations

Often a thankless job, guest relations has a new volunteer, Alyx, stepping into the role with the lofty hopes of doing a better job than their predecessor. As visitors pour into the celebration, Alyx is under pressure and could use a little help making it an event to remember. Thankfully, they have found a secret-sleuthing tuskarr family who have become the perfect helpers in getting players up to speed with the tools of the secrets trade.

Assist Alyx each week with resolving new guest mysteries by using your new secret-finding skills, and be on the lookout for stolen celebration goods. Follow the rumors and solve the mystery— if you can. We’re counting on you, secret finders.

Korrak’s Revenge Returns

Run down your enemies, raze their fortifications, and exchange the tokens you loot from their corpses to summon mighty reinforcements in Korrak’s Revenge, a throwback Battleground inspired by the earliest days of Alterac Valley.

Players who complete the quest,  “Korrak’s Revenge,” will be rewarded one of two mounts based on your character’s faction: the Stormpike Battle Ram (Alliance) and the Frostwolf Snarler (Horde).

Players taking part in the battlegrounds during the anniversary celebration can also click on the Alliance Armory or the Horde War Supplies located in the starting areas of battlegrounds to don the appearance of PvP sets from times past.

Celebrate 30 Years of Warcraft with the Trading Post!

Celebrate 30 Years of Warcraft with November’s Trading Post. Players will be able to fill the month’s bar to earn four iconic back appearance shields representing the factions of Warcraft III— Orc, Human, Night Elf, and Scourge.

20th Anniversary Wallpapers

Stay tuned to the official World of Warcraft news site for more information as we get closer to the launch of our celebration!

 Key Features:

• DESCEND INTO THE DEPTHS OF AZEROTH ITSELF–Journey to a new level cap of 80 as you explore the vast empires beneath the surface of Azeroth and discover ancient civilizations, both friendly and adversarial, in four new zones: the surface-level Isle of Dorn, the industrial Ringing Deeps, the unexpectedly bright and lush Hallowfall, and Azj-kahet, a pinnacle of nerubian society.
• FORGE NEW BONDS WITH THE DENIZENS OF THE DEEP – As players progress through the main campaign, they’ll meet the Earthen that have made the Isle of Dorn and the zones beneath it their home. The Earthen will be a new allied race available to both Alliance and Horde players.  
• NEW ENDGAME PILLAR FOR WORLD CONTENT PLAYERS – Opportunities abound for adventurers looking to explore the secrets below the surface in search of great treasure. Delves are scalable world instances for 1-5 players which provide meaningful gear progression that will contribute to a new reward track in the Great Vault for world content players.
• LIVE OUT YOUR CLASS FANTASY– New Hero Talents for each class specialization will provide players a way to progress their characters with evergreen self-contained talent trees that also infuse class fantasy flavor inspired by iconic Warcraft universe archetypes such as a Mountain Thane for Warriors or a Dark Ranger for Hunters.
• EXPAND THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR ALTS – With Warbands, players can enjoy account-wide progression with all characters in their Battle.net® account, regardless of faction, that includes shared War Within renown, a warband bank, achievements, and more! Additionally, a new change to transmog collection will let players learn the appearance of any gear type, even if they cannot equip it!

World Of Warcraft: The War Within is available now.