Wrath Classic Phase 4 Release Date & What We Know So Far

• Author: Passion
• Date: September 18, 2023
• Updated: October 5, 2023
• Expansion: WotLK Classic

In todays “This Week in WoW” post, Blizzard has given us an official release date for Phase 4. On October 10th the new Phase begins, and on October 12th, Icecrown Citadel opens.

Phase 4 brings with it the dungeons The Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, and Halls of Reflection. This trio of dungeons found above Icecrown Citadel offers item level 219 gear on Normal difficulty, as well as 232 gear on Heroic. Additionally, players can get their hands on a Battered Hilt, culminating in an item level 252 weapon of their choosing.

We are also finally receiving the Random Dungeon Finder(RDF). This includes the ability to queue for Defense Protocol dungeons, including the new difficulty, Defense Protocol Gamma, or Heroic+++. These names are getting exhausting. Each boss in Defense Protocol Gamma will drop a Defiler’s Scourgestone, a new currency that can be used to purchase item level 245 Trial of the Crusader items.

Icecrown Citadel will be fully released right out of the gate, instead of being drip fed bosses over time. This includes both Normal and Heroic difficulties. The raid will have an attempt limit, similar to Trial of the Grand Crusader. As of writing this, the attempt limit is set to 50, meaning a raid is allowed to wipe a total of 50 times in one week before being locked out until next reset.

The Shadowmourne quest has also received a few changes, primarily in how long it takes to finish the quest. The original weapon took between 18-24 weeks to complete, whereas in Wrath Classic you can expect 8-10 weeks instead. This is done in part to compensate for the overall shorter content duration in Classic versus the original release.

We are also receiving the collections interface significantly earlier than expected. Originally added in Mists of Pandaria, this interface allows players to access their mounts, pets, and heirlooms across their entire account, instead of per character. Rerollers rejoice!

Phase 4 also brings a few class tweaks, primarily revolving around Warlocks and their use of Demonic Pact. A particularly noteworthy change is another step in Blizzards quest to remove any playstyle that ends with “-weaving”. This year we lost snakeweaving and clamweaving, now they have come for trapweaving. Hunters will be granted the spell “Trap Launcher: Explosive Trap”, allowing them to fling Explosive Traps from range, similar to Freezing Arrow.

The full announcement, including the release date can be found below.