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For many of Azeroth's inhabitants, combat on both a grand scale and at the level of individual skirmishes has become ritualistic and in some ways even ceremonial. This page documents the ongoing confrontations and celebrations in the game — and those events in-between (player organized events included) which the line has blurred. Below are some of the events, which are fun if you ever get around to them.
Types of 
environment changes accompanying events include:
- caravans, tents, or wagons being added to an area,
- decorations on buildings,
- new fixed devices,
- new mobs, quest givers, vendors, or other NPCs,
- special drink and food,
- holiday-specific quests and quest rewards, and
- holiday-themed recipes.
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In World of Warcraft
Before the dreaded Battle.net merge of the old community sites, there used to be a nice web-based calendar showing upcoming and past in-game events, but it the calendar is no longer accessible on the new Official sites. They can still be seen on the in-game calendar.
Patch 5.1 change
North American Daily Event Times
In Patch 5.1 we’ve moved most time-based events on North American realms to standardized, region-wide times. Below are the updated event times for all North American realms, regardless of your realm’s local time (excluding Oceanic realms).
Times displayed in North American Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8 hours)
- Sunrise
- 5:30 a.m. PST*
- Sunset
- 6:30 p.m. PST*
- Daily quests reset
- 3:00 a.m. PST
- Profession cooldowns and farm reset
- 3:00 a.m. PST
- Dungeon & raid lockouts reset
- Unchanged (times still shared between NA and Oceanic realms)
- Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza begins
- 2 p.m. PST every Sunday
- Battleground holidays
- 12:00 a.m. every Friday - 12:00 a.m. every Tuesday PST
- Darkmoon Faire begins
- 12:00 a.m. PST first Sunday of every month
Oceanic Daily Event Times
Note that, due to the extreme time zone difference, Oceanic realms have a separate standardized time, and Oceanic realms aren’t coalesced with non-Oceanic realms for cross-realm zones. Oceanic realms are, however, still a part of the North American matchmaking pool for Scenarios, Dungeon Finder, Raid Finder, Battlegrounds, and Arenas, in order to ensure that the matchmaking system is able to draw from a healthy population of players at any given hour. Because of this, raid/dungeon lockouts will continue to reset at the same time for North American and Oceanic realms (i.e. reset times will still vary depending on your local time).
Times displayed as Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10 hours)
- Sunrise
- 5:30 a.m. EST*
- Sunset
- 6:30 p.m. EST*
- Daily quests reset
- 3:00 a.m. EST
- Profession cooldowns and farm reset
- 3:00 a.m. EST
- Dungeon & raid lockouts reset
- Unchanged (times still shared between NA and Oceanic realms)
- Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza begins
- 2 p.m. EST
- Battleground holidays
- 12:00 a.m. every Friday - 12:00 a.m. every Tuesday EST
- Darkmoon Faire begins
- 12:00 a.m. EST first Sunday of every month
Ongoing Events
Over the course of Azeroth's troubled history, the times of celebration have fallen under the shadow of the conflicts that have shaped and scarred the world. Every day, as new challenges surface, new champions answer the call to arms, relishing the glory and the rewards of battles well fought. Below are details of some of the current disturbances warranting investigation - and participation - by the world's most adventurous heroes.
- Argent Tournament (permanent, added in
Patch 3.1.0 and expanded in Patch 3.2.0)
- Battlegrounds Holiday (from Thursday night to Tuesday morning every week)
- Darkmoon Faire (appears one week per month, alternating locations)
- 2011: Sunday, October 2 through Saturday, October 8; Sunday, November 6 through Saturday, November 12; Sunday December 4 through Saturday, December 10.[1]
- Elemental Invasions (occurred randomly, though frequently)
- Gurubashi Arena Booty Run (every 3 hours)
- Kalu'ak Fishing Derby (Saturday from 2 - 3 pm server time,[1] added in Patch 3.3.0)
- Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza (Sunday from 2 - 4 pm[1] server time)
Seasonal Events
To help offset the strain and tension of constant warfare, the leaders of the Horde and the Alliance occasionally organize full-blown festivities for their people, centered around holidays and special events. What better way to celebrate the year's victories and other achievements than in the company of a few thousand of your closest allies?
| Azeroth Event | Time Period | Related Earth Event | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year | Dec 31 - Jan 1 | New Year's Eve | Gregorian calendar |
| Lunar Festival | Varies (Spring) | Lunar New Year | Chinese calendar |
| Love is in the Air | Feb 7th - Feb 20th | Valentine's Day | |
| Noblegarden | Varies (Easter) | Easter | |
| Children's Week | May 1st - May 7th | Children's Day - Japan Mother's Day - US (and in most other countries, including: Belgium and the Netherlands) | |
| Midsummer Fire Festival | June 21st - July 5th | Midsummer Canada Day - CAN Independence Day - US | US observed! Fire in the Sky Engineers' Explosive Extravaganza |
| Pirates' Day | Sept 19th | International Talk Like a Pirate Day | First observed Sept 19th, 2008. |
| Peon Day | Sept 30th | EU Closed Beta began: September 30, 2004 | Observed only in Europe[2][3] |
| Brewfest | Sept 20th - Oct 4th | Oktoberfest - Germany | |
| Harvest Festival | Sept 27th - Oct 4th | Roughly Thanksgiving - Canada, US (actually celebrated in October and November in Canada and US, respectively) Columbus Day - US US Stress Test ended: September 12, 2004 | |
| Hallow's End | Oct 18th - Oct 31st[1][4] | Halloween | |
| Day of the Dead | Nov 1st - Nov 2nd[1] | Day of the Dead | |
| Pilgrim's Bounty | Nov 20th - Nov 26th[1][5] | Thanksgiving | |
| Feast of Winter Veil | Dec 15th - Jan 2nd[1] | Christmas |
World Events
A number of one-time-only World Events have occurred throughout the game's history. Most of these events have either directly resulted in changes to the game world or were pre-cursors to expansion packs.
- Gates of Ahn'Qiraj - Introduced in Patch 1.9.0, this two-part world event occurred once per server (until [[Patch 3.2.0) resulted in the opening of Ahn'Qiraj. It was comprised of a quest chain completed by a single player to obtain the Scepter of the Shifting Sands to open the gates themselves, as well as a server-wide war effort to gather materials for the Horde and Alliance to battle the insectoid menace that issued forth from the opened gates.
- The Scourge Invasion - Originally introduced in Patch 1.11, this world event involved an invasion of Scourge forces across the world to coincide with the release of the Naxxramas raid instance.
- Elemental Invasions - Starting with Patch 1.4, this world event involved the appearance of groups of various types of elementals reportedly throughout Azeroth (although mostly just Kalimdor: Silithus, Un'goro Crater, Azshara, and Winterspring).
- The Dark Portal Opens - Introduced in Patch 2.0.1, this world event was a precursor to the Burning Crusade expansion and featured the forces of the Horde, Alliance, and Argent Dawn fighting back against the demonic legions entering Azeroth through the Dark Portal.
- Capture of Sun's Reach - Introduced in Patch 2.4.0, this world event occurs once per server and requires the completion of a number of daily quests on the Isle of Quel'Danas in order to allow the Shattered Sun Offensive to take over and rebuild the town of Sun's Reach.
- The Spirit of Competition - This event occurred simultaneously with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and simply rewarded players for completing battlegrounds during the event.
- Zombie Infestation - Introduced in Patch 3.0.2, this world event was a precursor to the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and featured plagued crates that would transform players into zombies with the ability to pass the zombie plague onto others. It was followed by a repeat of the Scourge Invasion world event from Patch 1.11.0.
- Operation: Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall - Beginning on September 7, 2010 as part of Patch 3.3.5, these world events were the first precursors to the Cataclysm expansion and allowed Alliance and Horde players to assist in the retaking of Gnomeregan's surface and the Echo Isles respectively.
- Elemental Unrest - Occurring just after the release of Cataclysm (patch 4.0.1), groups of elementals will attack citizens and denizens of four major faction capitals, supposedly encouraged by elemental lieutenants reporting to Cho'gall who leads the Twilight's Hammerclan and serves Deathwing.
Exclusive recipes
1 also mailed to 
Alliance players able to learn it
2 also mailed to 
Horde players able to learn it
Other Events
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Kaivax 2011-10-06. Happy Holidays. Official World of Warcraft Community site (US).
Blizzard Entertainment 2011-10-06. Happy Holidays. Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU). - ^ Peon Day! by Daliniya, 28/09/2005 at the old EU official site
- ^ Europeans celebrate Peon Day! -- Sprawl 29 Sep, 2005 at WoWVault
- ^ Was Oct 18th - Nov 1st before 2011
- ^ Was Nov 22nd - Nov 28th before 2011
See also
External links
- Official info
World of Warcraft Community Site (EU) Happy Holidays by Blizzard Entertainment, 06 Oct 2011 16:00 UTC- Pet-related
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