- Author: Pride
- Date: September 10, 2022
- Updated: September 10, 2022
- Expansion: WotLK Classic
The Scourge Invasion event was originally supposed to launch on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. However, it turns out that Blizzard mis-calculated and launched the event early, as players were surprised to discover that it has already started as of today, Saturday, September 10! The only exception is the Eranikus US server, which was just opened and the event timer hasn’t yet finished for it. Blizzard plans to launch the event Scourge Invasion event on Eranikus soon, though they announced they will be skipping the Zombie Plague event on that server altogether.
At the time of writing this article, the only zones that can be invaded are Blasted Lands, Tanaris and Winterspring — which are permanently under invasion, which is most likely a bug. Furthermore, the Argent Quartermaster NPC where you can exchange your hard-earned Necrotic Runes for items, aren’t currently in the game. Blizzard’s small slip-up is likely the cause behind these issues, and they will likely be resolved on September 13. when Blizzard originally expected the event to launch.
Still, this is a great opportunity for players to get some Necrotic Runes early, so by all means, go have some fun out in the world! It’s great to see Blasted Lands and all these other mostly unpopulated zones, suddenly become chock-full of people happily participating in this fun little event, which will go away on September 26 with the release of Wrath of the Lich King Classic.
Are you enjoying the Scourge Invasion event? Will you be participating in it, getting the gear and other various goodies to be earned? Let us know in the comments below!
This was a surprise to us, but all in all, a welcome one.
We previously believed that the Scourge Invasion would start 168 hours after the Zombie Plague. That’s why we used the dates we used in our posts about these events 223. Nonetheless, a trigger for this next set of conditions fired off at 72 hours, which was earlier today for all realms in this region.
With one exception– Eranikus. Because Eranikus was just opened new a couple of days ago, and we wanted players to move to the realm and get started without too much interference, we’ve kept the Zombie Plague off there for the time being. We’re planning to skip the Zombie Plague altogether and initialize the Scourge Invasion on Eranikus soon, perhaps as soon as this evening.
Overall, we like getting the Scourge Invasion started as soon as possible, since all of its challenges and unique encounters will go away when Northrend opens at 3:00 p.m. PDT (6:00 p.m. EDT) on September 26. (That’s 8:00 a.m. AEST on September 27 in Sydney, by the way.)
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