World of Warcraft Classic changes anniversary kingdom names

Key points

• NA players get new World of Warcraft Classic server names: Dreamscythe, Nightslayer, and Doomhowl.
• Fan feedback led to the name change.
• There has been positive reception to the new names in World of Warcraft Classic.

World of Warcraft classic just revealed a new set of names for the new Anniversary Realms, including Dreamscythe, Nightslayer, and Doomhowl for NA players. These have improved World of Warcraft The server names were created in response to fan feedback and will officially open on November 21st.

During the recent Warcraft Direct, World of Warcraft announced a new beginning for Classic WoW. These new realms would span across and into Vanilla The Burning Crusadeimplementing some fan-favorite quality of life features into the World of Warcraft classic servers too. However, when the original servers were revealed – Moldar's Moxie, Fengus' Ferocity, and Slip'kik's Savvy – players weren't impressed by the names.

Now, it seems that Blizzard has listened to its fans and has decided to change the names to options defined as “superior”. According to forum posts by Oh community manager Kaivax, the new NA servers will now be called Dreamscythe, Nightslayer, and Doomhowl for Normal, PvP, and Hardcore respectively, while AU players will have a single PvP server in the form of Maladath. European fans can choose between Thunderstrike for normal mode, Spineshatter for PvP and Soulseeker for Hardcore.

World of Warcraft Classic Anniversary Kingdom List

• North America
  • Dream Scythe (normal)
  • Night Assassin (PvP)
  • Doomhowl (Hardcore)
• Australia/Oceania
• Europe
  • Thunderclap (normal)
  • Broken Thorns (PvP)
  • Soul Seeker (Harcore)

THE World of Warcraft classic developers aren't the only ones who liked these names better. Fan reception to this announcement has been very positive, with nearly all players from both the Alliance and Horde World of Warcraft agreeing on these names is a marked improvement over the first batch. Many also pointed out that it's good that servers in different regions have different names, as two servers sharing the same one across the world could lead to confusion.

Original WoW Classic Fresh Realm names

• Mol'dar's Cunning (normal)
• Fengus Ferocity (PvP)
• The Slip'kik Expert (Hardcore)

All this new World of Warcraft classic Anniversary Realms will be available worldwide on November 21st at 2pm PST. This time there are many fewer kingdoms than last time Classic WoW releases, but the improvements Blizzard has made to server capacity should make up for this. That said, fans shouldn't be surprised if there's still a login queue right after the mega servers launch.

November 21st will also be a big day for the Season of Discovery. Phase 6 arrives one hour before the anniversary realms open, heralding the start of Qiraji's war effort, featuring the Temple and Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj, plus the new Nightmare Grove raid, opening on December 6 . Considering the Firelands raid has arrived Classic of the cataclysm just a couple of weeks ago a lot of interesting things happened World of Warcraft classic Right now.