Original MoP Patch & Raid Timeline

This is the OG cadance of the MoP launch that blizzard said they were going to follow!

:spiral_calendar: Original MoP Patch & Raid Timeline

Phase Content / Feature Release Date Time Since Previous
5.0 MoP Launch + Mogu’shan Vaults (MSV) Raid Sep 25, 2012 Launch
Phase 1 Heart of Fear (HoF) Raid Oct 30, 2012 ~5 weeks
Phase 1 Terrace of Endless Spring (ToES) Raid Nov 13, 2012 ~2 weeks
Phase 2 Brawler’s Guild + Landfall Campaign Nov 27, 2012 ~2 weeks
Phase 3 Throne of Thunder (ToT) Raid Mar 5, 2013 ~14 weeks
Phase 4 Heroic Scenarios + Battlefield: Barrens May 21, 2013 ~11 weeks
Phase 5 Siege of Orgrimmar (SoO) Raid Sep 10, 2013 ~16 weeks
  • Tier 14: MSV, HoF, ToES (all released within ~7 weeks of launch).
  • Brawler’s Guild: Introduced in Patch 5.1, invite-only at first.
  • Throne of Thunder: Tier 15, launched with Patch 5.2.
  • Heroic Scenarios: Added in Patch 5.3, required premade groups.
  • Siege of Orgrimmar: Tier 16, final raid of MoP, launched with Patch 5.4.

Now if we just update the dates for Classic Launch for a speculative launch time frame this is what it would look like!

:spiral_calendar: MoP Classic Patch & Raid Timeline

Phase Content / Feature Release Date Time Since Previous
5.0 MoP Classic Launch Jul 21, 2025 Launch
Phase 1 Mogu’shan Vaults (MSV) Raid Jul 31, 2025 ~10 days
Phase 1 H+ dungeons with MSV Loot Sep 4, 2025 ~2 weeks
Phase 1 Heart of Fear (HoF) Raid Sep 4, 2025 ~5 weeks
Phase 1 H+ dungeons with HoF Loot Raid Sep 18, 2025 ~2 weeks
Phase 1 Terrace of Endless Spring (ToES) Raid Sep 18, 2025 ~2 weeks
Phase 1 H+ dungeons with ToES Loot Raid Oct 2, 2025 ~2 weeks
Phase 2 Brawler’s Guild + Landfall Campaign Oct 2, 2025 ~2 weeks
Phase 3 Throne of Thunder (ToT) Raid Jan 8, 2026 ~14 weeks
Phase 3 H+ Dungeon with ToT Loot Raid Jan 22, 2026 ~2 weeks
Phase 4 Heroic Scenarios + Battlefield: Barrens Mar 25, 2026 ~11 weeks
Phase 5 Siege of Orgrimmar (SoO) Raid Jul 15, 2026 ~16 weeks
Phase 5 H+ Dungeon with SoO Loot Raid Jul 29, 2026 ~2 weeks
WoD Pre Patch WoD Pre Patch Celebrations Nov 15, 2026 ~4 months
6.0 WoD Classic Launch Dec 13 , 2026 Launch
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Blizzard never launches xpacs that close to holidays. I could see prepatch october. With november launch.

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That is absolutely false, Veliveanna - they have released expansions around multiple U.S. holidays. A lot of them in November - around Thanksgiving.

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