When is the WoW patch 11.0.5 release date — and what’s in it?

World of Warcraft‘s next expansion The War Within will be releasing on August 26 (with early access beginning on August 22), and due to the published 2024 roadmap we already know that the first post-release update will be patch 11.0.5. While the timing of the patch interval in The War Within is unknown, the fact that the 20th Anniversary celebration is advertised as taking place “all through the months of November and December” we should expect it to release in plenty of time for that. Our prediction then is that patch 11.0.5 will release the week of October 29, 2024.

The week of October 29 is not a firm guarantee, however. It’s certainly possible that it arrives earlier during the week of October 22, and while it sounds like the Anniversary will start on November 1 the language is just ambiguous enough that a November 5 release wouldn’t violate the promised arrival. Still, it makes sense for the events to start rather than later so October 29 remains the best bet.

What’s in patch 11.0.5 including the 20th Anniversary celebration?

The 20th Anniversary celebration is promising to be a huge one, with several new events planned. These include:

• Two new Anniversary world bosses: Sha of Anger and Archavon the Stonewatcher.
• Blackrock Depths will be a new 8-boss “dungeon raid” for 10-15 players that can be run on LFR, Normal, and Heroic difficulties.
• Upgraded Tier 2 armor appearances, with new looks for classes that weren’t around during Classic.
• Chromie has a new adventure at the Gates of Ahn’qiraj.

There’s a lot happening with the 20th Anniversary celebration so one could assume that it’s all that’s coming, but the Anniversary and its rewards aren’t the only things we’ll see with patch 11.0.5. So far we know that it will also include:

• New rotation of Timewalking dungeons from Classic, including both wings of Stratholme, east and west wings of Dire Maul, Deadmines, and Zul’Farrak.
• Dracthyr will be finally be getting classes besides Evoker; starting with patch 11.0.5 you’ll be able to roll Dracthyr Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock and Warrior.
• Shaman will be getting new forms for Ascendance … although it wouldn’t surprise me if glyphs arrive shortly thereafter for those who want to keep the current forms.