Today, on November 30, 2023, the Season of Discovery starts for WoW Classic. It completely changes how you can play the MMORPG. MeinMMO reveals at what time it starts and how you can participate.
The season is basically something like ‘WoW Classic+’ with new features and limited to level 25. The special mechanic: all classes receive runes that change their abilities.
The servers will go live on Thursday, November 30 at 10:00 PM German time. There is no end date yet.
Yes, the servers are scheduled to go down for maintenance from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
When you start WoW Classic, you will find the season servers under the “seasonal” tab at the bottom of the server selection.
You will automatically receive the update if you have already installed WoW Classic Era. Otherwise, you need to install the game. You just need an active WoW subscription for that.
Leveling up to 25, Warlocks as Tanks, Mages as Healers
The great, new feature in the Season of Discovery is that the roles of many classes are redistributed. By using 12 runes per class, your abilities change and you suddenly play your class quite differently:
- Warlocks, Rogues, and Shamans are now full-fledged tanks
- Mages can use their magic to heal
For the Warlock, this works by making the demon form permanent and granting +500% armor. So you will continuously tank as a demon, similar to what was possible briefly in Wrath of the Lich King.
The Season of Discovery is divided into different phases. In the first phase, the maximum level is 25, and you get the Deep Black Cave as a new raid for 10 players. In addition, there will be zone events in the Barrens.
The subsequent phases will go up to level 40, 50, and finally 60. There are also plans to add more runes. The next raid for level 40 is already confirmed as Gnomeregan.
However, Blizzard has not yet revealed when these phases will specifically appear. Currently, around 1-2 months per phase is expected.
If you prefer to wait for the next proper expansion of WoW Classic, Cataclysm is coming soon:
WoW Classic brings back Cataclysm, because they do not listen to the loud whiners
