
How fast or slowly Ahn'Qiraj opened depended only on the dedication of the entire server. The event reached its climax with a server-wide 10 hour event, which spanned lots of zones in Kalimdor. Instead, players had to undertake a massive war effort to help open the instance which included two segments: the gathering of hundreds of thousands of supplies, and completing an epic questline that took the server's most geared characters through an adventure to help the Dragonflights. When Patch 1.9 was released on January 3rd, in 2006, the two raid instances that composed Ahn'Qiraj, Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj and Ahn'Qiraj, were not immediately available to the general population.


The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj was Blizzard's first attempt at a massive event that required efforts from the entire server. With the upcoming event and the recent newfound relevancy of Silithus, we have decided to look at two classic instances: Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj and Ahn'Qiraj! In this first of a 2-post series, we will look at the massive server-wide event that led to the opening of those 2 instances.Ĭheck out our past Classic spotlights as well on Onyxia's Lair and Farming Nature Resistance. Hey everyone! We're back with another Classic Spotlight, where we take a deeper look at events that happened during WoW Vanilla to remember them and get hyped up for the upcoming WoW Classic servers! In this first post of a 2-part series, we're looking at the event that started it all and unlocked the secrets of the qiraji, the Ahn'Qiraj War Effort!
