{"id":413306,"date":"2020-06-29T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1100-6479112"},"modified":"2020-06-29T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T20:22:00","slug":"world-of-warcraft-classic-gates-of-ahnqiraj-coming-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/world-of-warcraft-classic-gates-of-ahnqiraj-coming\/1100-6479112\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f","title":{"rendered":"World Of Warcraft Classic Gates Of Ahn’Qiraj Coming Next Month","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n
World of Warcraft Classic<\/a> is bringing back another old-school event next month. The Gates of Ahn\u2019Qiraj will unlock on July 28 when the weekly raid reset occurs, opening a new quest chain. <\/p>\n The date comes from a community mangaer on the Blizzard forums<\/a>. The note said that version 1.13.5 will go live in July, which will unlock a quest to craft the Scepter of Shifting Sands. Players will also be able to contribute resources to the Ahn’Qiraj war, and once both activities have been completed on a realm, it will open the gates.<\/p>\n The original event took place in 2006, and opened raids in the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj and the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj. It also consisted of elite quest chains and a lengthy war sequence. The gates were permanently opened in a subsequent update in 2009, but then the quests were closed in the Cataclysm expansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n World of Warcraft Classic is kept separate from the main ongoing World of Warcraft game, letting players experience (or re-experience) the MMO as it used to be. That means a lot of the streamlining and quality-of-life changes that took root in later updates are missing, but it’s also not as complex in other ways. We found it an engaging throwback that’s more than mere nostalgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers.<\/p>\n