WoW 21st Anniversary

World of Warcraft’s Anniversary is Blizzard’s yearly victory lap — a multi-week celebration with its own hub, currencies, activities, and a flood of cosmetics. This year’s event adds an across-the-board XP buff and brings back last year’s content with fresh additions, so you can level faster while collecting mounts, pets, toys, ensembles, and throwback transmogs. Expect to earn Bronze Celebration Tokens from a wide set of activities, then spend them at vendors for event rewards, including many items that returned from prior anniversaries.

Most of the action centers on the Anniversary grounds in the Caverns of Time. From there, you branch into event playlists and specials that rotate through the calendar. The modern format — established during the 20th Anniversary — mixes curated encounters and nostalgia with practical progression. Blackrock Depths returns as a bite-sized raid-dungeon experience, Classic Timewalking queues pop all over the finder, and Korrak’s Revenge reopens as the old-school Alterac Valley throwdown for big bursts of currency and achievements. If you prefer open-world targets, anniversary world bosses and event quests feed your token totals while letting you dip in for quick sessions.

Vendors at the Caverns sell ensembles, toys, throwback Tier 2 Set appearances, pets, and more, while other kiosks handle PvP throwbacks and legacy looks. Grab the event quests at Caverns of Time, clear the BRD raid-dungeon once for a fat token burst, queue a Timewalking rota when it’s up, and pick a Korrak’s Revenge daily for reliable currency. Spend early on ensembles or a mount you’ll use everywhere, then circle back for toys and pets as tokens pile up. Because last year’s rewards are back in rotation — alongside new bits — you won’t feel punished for missing a prior Anniversary, and you can finish sets at your own pace while that XP buff does work on your roster.