Warmane lays out Onyxia's road to Wrath: pre-patch on 22 December, level 80 on 10 January

On 8 November 2025 Warmane published the schedule for taking its progressive realm Onyxia from The Burning Crusade into Wrath of the Lich King, a plan first detailed on the forums earlier that month. Onyxia had already cleared the Sunwell phase in September 2025, so the announcement closed out the realm's TBC chapter.

The timeline

• 22 December 2025 (around 10:00): WotLK pre-patch. Death Knights become available, along with the new talent trees, achievements and other 3.x systems.
• 10 January 2026 (15:00): Wrath of the Lich King content unlocks and the level cap rises to 80. Northrend opens for levelling.
• 17 January 2026 (15:00): Arena Season 5 starts and Phase 1 raiding begins with Naxxramas, The Eye of Eternity and The Obsidian Sanctum.

The post also covered end-of-season rewards for the final TBC arena season on the realm.

Wrath without a character wipe

Onyxia is Warmane's progressive realm, and the transition gave players who levelled through TBC a fresh Wrath launch inside an established population, without a character wipe. Later phases followed on schedule: Ulduar in April 2026, Trial of the Crusader in July 2026 and Icecrown Citadel in September 2026.