Blizzard initially stuck the price on this at $35 (around £25) though the developer has since shrunk the cost to $15 (around £10) following criticism from fans. If you fancy a bit of both, you can clone your character. The clone is restored from a point in time just before this pre-launch update and any progress made on the character since then will not be present in the clone. So what are you getting with the WoW Classic Burning Crusade pre-patch? You’ll first need to decide whether you want to take your current WoW Classic character onto the Burning Crusade server or if you’d rather stick with WoW Classic. Character clone can only be used on WoW® Classic characters created prior to the Burning Crusade Classics pre-launch update on May 18, 2021.

Over in Europe, meanwhile, maintenance kicks off at 6am BST tomorrow (May 19). It could be as long as eight hours, though you never know what might pop up. wow-tools TBC BiS Armory (current) TBC Arena Points Calculator (current). Maintenance for American servers is due to kick off at 7am PDT / 10am EDT though we don’t know how long it’ll last. This is the most accurate Arena Points Calculator for The Burning Crusade.

Blizzard has confirmed that the pre-patch will be available on US servers once maintenance concludes today (May 18), though you’ll have to wait until May 19 if you’re on the European servers. You’re going to have to wait until June 1 or 2 to jump into WoW Classic’s Burning Crusade in all its glory, but you’ll soon have plenty of content to keep you busy in the meantime.