WoW: Addons in order – all releases in the overview

World of Warcraft (WoW) is regularly updated with new expansions. We show you the order of all addons of the game in the overview with the release years.

Addons bring: The expansions bring new content to World of Warcraft and change the max level limit. If you own the base game, all you have to do is buy the latest addon to access its content as well as the content of the older parts.

Release overview of addons:

We show you in the overview what new content and changes the addons brought with them.

The Burning Crusade

release: January 15, 2007.

Content:

• New max level 70
• New races/races: Blood Elves (Horde), Draenei (Alliance)
• New World: Outland
• New Profession: Jewelcrafting
• Additional Content: Flight Mounts, Arena (PvP), Dungeon Finder, Guild Bank

Wrath of the Lich King

release: November 13, 2008.

Content:

• New max level 80
• New races/races: Death Knights
• New World: Northrend
• New Profession: Inscription
• Additional Content: Achievements, Siege Weapons, Dungeon Finder Realm-wide

cataclysm

release: December 7, 2010.

Content:

• New max level 85
• New races/races: Goblins (Horde), Worgen (Alliance)
• New World: Areas prior to The Burning Crusade reworked
• New Profession: Archaeology
• Additional Content: Transmog System, Void Storage, Raid Browser, Darkmoon Island

Mists of Pandaria

release: September 25, 2012.

Content:

• New max level 90
• New races/races: Pandaren, New class: Monk
• New World: Pandaria
• New Profession: None
• Additional content: pet battles, dungeon challenge mode, account-wide item use, spanning realms, battle tag, scenarios, battle guild, flex raids

Warlords of Draenor

release: November 13, 2014.

Content:

• New max level 100
• New races/races: None, but optical revision of all classes before Cataclysm
• New World: Draenor
• New Profession: None
• Additional Content: Shipyard, Garrison, Mythic Dungeons, WoW Token, Bonus Map Events, Adventure Guide

legion

release: Aug 30, 2016.

Content:

• New max level 110
• New races/races: None, but a new demon hunter class
• New World: The Broken Isles
• New Profession: None
• Additional Content: Artifact Weapons, Chapter Halls, World Quests, Legendary Item Reworks, Transmog, and PvP progression

Battle for Azeroth

release: August 14, 2018.

Content:

• New max level 120
• New Races/Race: Highmountain Tauren (Horde), Nightborne (Horde), Mag’har Orcs (Horde), Zandalari Trolls (Horde), Void Elves (Alliance), Lightforged Draenei (Alliance), Dark Iron Dwarves (Alliance), Kul Tirans (Alliance)
• New World: Kul Tiras, Zandalar
• New Profession: None
• Additional Content: Warfronts, Heart of Azeroth, Pillage of Uncharted Isles, Communities

Shadowlands

release: November 24, 2020.

Content:

• New max level 60
• New races/races: None. For revised optical adjustments.
• New World: Shadowlands
• New Profession: None
• Additional content: “Infinite” dungeons (Torghast), pacts, level phase revised, new character adjustments, new starting area (Island of the Exiled) for new players

Dragon flight

release: An official release date is yet to be announced. Our speculation about the release of WoW: Dragonflight shows you when we expect a release and why this period makes sense for us.

Content:

• New max level 70
• New races/races: New race “Dracthyr” with the class “Caller”.
• New World: The Dragon Islands
• New Profession: Existing Profession system gets a major overhaul, with Profession gear and new tools.
• More content: Dragon Riding as a new feature, new talent system, new user interface,