Warcraft Reborn

Adventurers,

A howling wind screams from the mountains of Kalimdor. Thunderous tremors ripple from deep within the earth. Something ancient stirs within Winterspring’s caverns, threatening to blanket the land in ice.

Snowgrave, First of the Frost Giants, arrives on Warcraft Reborn.

New, completely original World Boss
January 24th, 2026
Drops new, unique loot
Features a completely custom map, mechanics, models, and continues the expansion of Azeroth
PvPvE version and PvE version available on launch

Snowgrave, First of the Frost Giants

Expect a deadly encounter as you compete with both the environment and the boss, all the while fending off other raid groups from taking your spoils. Snowgrave features completely new mechanics, and is a totally original boss fight designed to challenge full raid groups of 40 players.

You can face Snowgrave as both an Open World PvPvE boss, and as an instanced World Boss by discovering and using his Altar.

If you can defeat him, new items are yours to claim:

Brave the Mountains of Winterspring

The Frost Giant, known in ancient lore as Snowgrave, has awakened. This being is not merely a large beast of the cold, but a sentient force of elemental ice, whose awakening has plunged Winterspring into a state of perpetual, devastating cold.

His power passively drains the warmth from living beings, and its direct attacks are columns of pure, crushing ice.To reach Snowgrave's frozen lair, adventurers must traverse the treacherous valleys of Winterspring. The path is riddled with chilling traps and patrols of frost giants empowered by the giant's presence. Every step brings you closer to exhaustion and the deadly embrace of the frost.

Fail to prepare for the elements and you risk becoming yet another frozen, forgotten monument added to the giant's growing 'Snowgrave' of fallen heroes. Only the most dedicated, well-equipped, and coordinated raid groups will survive the cold and the fight long enough to claim victory.

Development - Behind the Scenes

Atal’Zul Unleashed

Deep in the fetid hills of Eastern Plaguelands lies the burial ground of the Amani Trolls. As undeath swept the Eastern Kingdoms, so too were these ancient warriors brought back from death. Now the stench of their corpses fouls the northern border between the Plaguelands and the Ghostlands–and an ancient evil rises to claim dominion over death.

Atal’zul, the Soulreaver, arrives January 31st on Warcraft Reborn!

New, completely original World Boss
January 31st, 2026
Drops new, unique loot
Features a completely custom map, mechanics, models, and continues the expansion of Azeroth
PvPvE version and PvE version available on launch

Prepare for a gruesome battle against an opponent that commands the very essence of undeath. Atal’zul will summon legions of the dead and employ sinister magic to claim your soul for his burgeoning army. Atal'zul features completely new mechanics, and is an entirely original boss fight designed to challenge full raid groups of 40 players.

You can face Atal’zul as both an Open World PvPvE boss, and as an instanced World Boss by discovering and using his Altar.

If you can defeat him, ancient artifacts are yours to claim:

World Boss Updates Present on Warcraft reborn

World Bosses received an update so that you can tackle them your way. We break them down in every World Boss Article, but if you want to read the full article here it is: https://ascension.gg/en/news/hallows-end-world-boss-overhaul-and-bronzebeard-timeline/505

World Bosses (PvPvE)

Traditional Open World boss fight
Tuned for PvPvE: challenge other groups of adventurers to tag the world boss (or steal it from another group!) and claim its spoils.
No Loot Lockout
More on this below

World Bosses (PvE)

Instanced
Tuned for PvE
More difficult
7 day loot lockout
Will receive multiple difficulties over time. Only normal difficulty will be released at this time.

This increases the ways you can challenge World Bosses, creating opportunities for the entire realm to engage in crazy Open World PvP battles for loot, while at the same time making World Bosses accessible to everyone who wants to challenge them.

World Bosses (PvP)

First, you can challenge World Bosses in their classic format: by finding them in the Open World and engaging in lethal PvPvE combat.

Open World Bosses have a shorter respawn time compared to the loot lockout time so that you can challenge them more often. Here are some things you can expect from World Bosses found in the Open World:

Tuned for PvPvE
Respawns on their normal spawn timer at the locations you remember in the Open World
These encounters will reward loot to the group who has the tag whenever it dies, rather than to everyone who shows up

Here’s how Open World Boss tagging works now:

When you attack a world boss, your group will ‘tag’ him–his nameplate will be red for you and go grey for everyone else. Only the people who have the tag will get loot when the world boss dies.

You can steal the tag from another group who has it by wiping their raid. You’ll know you have the tag and get loot when:

The bosses’ name is now red for you rather than grey
The boss is attacking members of your group

World Bosses drop their normal loot template in addition to Treasures of Azeroth for the group who kills him with the tag.

This transforms World Bosses into giant PvPvE encounters where large groups can compete against the boss and each other with the main focus being on PvP.

Instanced World Bosses

Second, you can now challenge World Bosses in a new way: by going to their Altar and fighting an instanced version of the boss. Instanced World Bosses are stronger than their Open World counterparts, giving you a new way to experience the intensity of fighting these gigantic foes with teams up to 40.

The instanced versions of World Bosses will have new features:

Instanced World Bosses will be stronger than their Open World counterparts, making the instanced Boss Fights a more intense challenge
Instanced World Bosses will receive multiple levels of difficulty similar to Dungeons and Raids so that you can tackle these foes at multiple challenge levels and will reward Heroic, Mythic and even Ascended gear if you can take them down
Instanced World Bosses will have a loot lockout for each boss.
A Boss Shrine will be placed that will allow you to access Instanced World Bosses at any time near the original spawn of the World Boss

Good luck adventurers!

Limited-Time Reins of the Aquamarine Dreamer

Limited Time: The Aquamarine Dreamer Forged from living crystal and ancient magic, the Aquamarine Dreamer is a masterpiece of elemental design. Its wings refract light like a prism, blinding your enemies as you ride in style into battle.

With any donation of $100 or more, you unlock the exclusive, limited-time [Reins of the Aquamarine Dreamer] mount.
Added straight to your mount collection.
This majestic steed soars on wings of iridescent blue, leaving a trail of sparkling mist in its wake.

Onyxia’s Lair

The Broodmother of the Black Dragonflight is coming but this time, things will be different. The whispers from within the caldera are growing louder, and the earth shakes not just from the dragon’s rage, but from something far older and more sinister. The Broodmother is no longer the only one who occupies this lair. Adventurers, be warned: the dragon will not be your only, or even your greatest threat.

Keep an eye on our announcements for a release date and further clues as to what awaits you inside.

The skies will run red.