World of Warcraft 20th Anniversary Patch Guide

It’s been 20 years since the servers for World of Warcraft went live, caught fire, rebooted, and eventually started working. Now’s our chance to revisit the last 20 years on Azeroth. There’s plenty to do to collect fancy armor redesigns from the olden days, new toys, mounts, and plenty of pets.

The celebration takes place in Tanaris at the entrance to the Caverns of Time. You can use the portal in your faction’s capital to get there quickly. You’ll find many fun activities, quests, and vendors all over, so check it out!

What can you do during the 20th Anniversary Celebration in WoW?

Celebrating the history of World of Warcraft is no easy task. What do you focus on for 20 years of content? The answer is a little bit of everything! What’s great about this event is that it isn’t just quests and raids; there are player interaction events, too.

A series of events are on regular rotation, including “Story Time,” “Fashion Frenzy,” “and Mount Mania.” Players can participate in all of them and earn some achievements towards a special mount. Participating in these events is also part of the weekly quest to earn Bronze Celebration Tokens, but more on that later.

“Story Time” has players hanging out while Lorewalker Cho tells a story from Warcraft‘s history. Players can participate with prompts to do things like cheer and throw rotten apples. “Fashion Frenzy” is like the “Trial of Style,” except any number of players can participate. Players get ribbons and run around handing them to the most fashionable people around them. “Mount Mania” asks players to group up and try to summon the same mounts as the host. Odds are you won’t have all 15, but with a little luck you’ll win the competition! These are very low stakes but extremely fun to play in.

Besides that, players can go hunt down world bosses across Tanaris and other zones. You can also queue for the new Classic Timewalking dungeons. There’s also a redone Blackrock Depths raid and a return to previous events like Korrak’s Revenge for PVP. There’s a lot to do and a lot to earn.

What can you get with Bronze Celebration Tokens?

The biggest reward here is going to be the Eternal Tier 2 sets. Redesigns of iconic sets from the earliest days of WoW are available to collect for all classes. Classes that didn’t exist back then have some unique-looking sets. Beyond that, there are some new toys and battle pets, as well as Blizzard Service transmogs. These are in-game item appearances based on the look of the real-life items given to Blizzard employees after many years of service.

How do you get Bronze Celebration Tokens?

There are several ways to get Bronze Celebration Tokens, and most are repeatable. The introductory quests “Meet and Greet” and “Shopping Squee!” are one-time per Warband and give you 10 Tokens each. Truth of the Dark Irons! will give you 5 Bronze.

Completing the weekly quest “Celebrate Good Fun!” gives you 3 Bronze. Weekly events in Khaz Algar grant 1 Bronze each. This means the weekly stuff you’ve likely already been doing to help gear up. Weekly Quests in Khaz Algar, like the “Call of the Delves” and “Archive: Seeking History,” grant 2 Bronze each. To earn 3 Bronze, you’ll want to complete the 20th Anniversary-specific weekly quests. These include “The Originals,” “Soldier of Time,” “Chromie’s Codex,” “An Original Path through time,” and the like. You’ll find these quests in the celebration outside the Caverns of Time.

There are repeatable activities as well. Defeating bosses in the Blackrock Depths raid, beating the Anniversary World Bosses, running Classic Timewalking dungeons, the Codex of Chromie scenario, and daily Korrak’s Revenge quests all give extra tokens.

Timewarped Badges Rewards

You may have a lot of these stored up already if you’re a big fan of doing the Timewalking dungeons. You’ll need quite a few to purchase everything. Fortunately, these can be acquired by doing the Classic Timewalking dungeons and related quests. I recommend going for the Titles, as those are least likely to return when Classic Timewalking cycles back into the weekly events in a few months.

What are the Anniversary Event Achievements?

There’s a slick new Coldflame Tempest mount to collect. Its design is based on the same Coldflame armaments you can unlock with Bronze Tokens. To get it requires you to complete the meta-achievement “A Cool Twenty Years.” That requires the following achievements:

• I Have That One! – Match One Mount during “Mount Mania.”
• Pet Mischief – Use a pet disguiser to look like your pet and explore the area.
• Peanut Gallery – React to Lorewalker Cho’s stories (using the special command button prompts). You’ll need to do this 50 times.
• A Gatecrasher – Defeat at least one of the World Bosses during the WoW Anniversary in Tanaris.
• Fashion Critic – Cast 1 vote at the “Fashion Frenzy.”
• Balloonist – Ride one of the celebration balloons. Find the balloon vendor and click on a floating balloon to ride it. Give it a few seconds before you get the achievement.
• An Original – Defeat one of the WoW Anniversary world bosses. This list is Azuregos, Lethon, Taerar, Lord Kazzak, Emeriss, and Ysondre.
• Codex Editor: Ahn’Qiraj – Complete “The Codex of Chromie” scenario.

The Token Collector achievement requires you to collect 100 Bronze Celebration Tokens during the event. It will become a Feat of Strength achievement afterward. Other achievements for this event include:

• A Dark Iron Past – Find the Temporal Missives from Moira within the Blackrock Depths Raid (Timewalking).
• You’re in Your Blackrock Depths – Defeat the bosses in the Blackrock Depths Raid (Timewalking).
• A Gatecrasher – Defeat one of the World Bosses in Tanaris.
• The Gatecrashers – Defeat all three of the World Bosses in Tanaris.
• An Original – Defeat one of the original WoW Anniversary world bosses.
• The Originals – Defeat all 6 of the original WoW Anniversary world bosses.
• A Timewalking Journey Back to a Classic Dungeon Time – Complete 6 of the Classic Timewalking Dungeons.
• A Timewalking Step Back to a Classic Dungeon Time – Complete one of the Classic Timewalking Dungeons.
• Upgraded Apparel – Purchase an Eternal Tier 2 set. This reduces the price of your next set from 60 tokens to 40.
• Classy Dresser – Purchase a second Eternal Tier 2 set. This reduces the price of the rest of the sets from 40 to 20.
• Avid Learner – Listen to all three of Lorewalker Cho’s stories.
• Frequent Flyer – Ride all four colors of balloons.
• Big Fan – Cast 20 votes in “Fashion Frenzy.”
• Mount Master – Match 20 different mounts in “Mount Mania.”
• Zoomies! – Get the zoomies for 20 seconds while disguised as your pet. This requires a Pet Mirror, available from a chest near the pet trainers. Then go to the area by the mount and Cho events, and you’ll see little treats lying on the ground. Follow them in a path for 20 seconds.
• Photo Op – Take 10 photos using the vista points, accessible by taking the Vista Portals near the “Fashion Frenzy” stage.

What else is in WoW’s 20th Anniversary Patch?

The celebration event isn’t the only thing that changed with patch 11.0.5. There’s a lot of refreshes to old events, big class changes, and more. Check out the list below for a quick rundown.

• Timewalking Changes – 6 dungeons from base WoW have been added to a new Classic Timewalking, which joins the rotation with the expansion weekly events. You can also start these at level 10, rather than 30. The rewards that each vendor offers during the respective expansion’s Timewalking have also been refreshed. That means more mounts to collect!
• Dracthyr’s Get Some Class – Previously tied to the exclusive Evoker class, Dracthyr can now become Hunters, Priests, Rogues, Warlocks, Mages, and Warriors. They also get some changes to their Racial abilities due to this class update.
• Ascend in Style with New Shaman Forms – Shamans can turn into different Ascendant Elementals based on their spec, and the model is finally getting a much-needed update. Glyphs can be applied to give the new Energetic forms.
• Transmog Collections – Appearance collectors will be happy to know that more work is going into making it easier to collect appearances on any character. This includes class-restricted gear, like the original Tier 2 sets.
• Working from the Warband Bank – Reagents for profession crafting stored in the Warband Bank can now be used for Crafting Orders. This is a welcome change, indeed!