ChromieCraft releases Ulduar and starts Arena Season 6

ChromieCraft released Ulduar on Wednesday, 9 September 2026 at 17:00 UTC, and Arena Season 6 started at the same moment. Season 5 had closed after the morning restart on 26 August. The team announced the date on 27 July, which gave raiders six weeks to prepare.

Ulduar runs at x1 rates in 10 and 25-player modes, hard-mode encounters included, and Season 6 brings Furious Gladiator gear. The team has asked players to report any Ulduar bugs they find.

ChromieCraft is the progressive, PvE-focused showcase server for AzerothCore, a fully open-source core. It started at a low level cap years ago and has raised it patch by patch, so players who began in Vanilla-era content are now raiding in Wrath of the Lich King. Every fix goes back into the public codebase. The project spent much of 2025-26 finalising Naxxramas-era content. Tracking sites list around 5,000 concurrent players, and its Discord has more than 20,000 members.

The Joyous Journeys experience buff stays active until 21 September. It has been running since 27 July to help players level alts or catch up before Northrend content.