Key Takeaways
- Plunderstorm is set to return to World of Warcraft from January 14 to February 18, according to the latest PTR calendar, allowing players to earn new rewards.
- The event will feature changes from its first run, including loot spending at the Plunderstore and the potential removal of trios mode.
- The February 18 end date aligns with WoW’s usual eight-week content update cycle, hinting at Patch 11.1 releasing right after Plunderstorm.
According to the in-game calendar on the World of Warcraft Patch 11.0.7 Public Test Realm, the second run of Plunderstorm is set to begin on January 14. Assuming these dates don’t change, players can plunder their way through the limited-time World of Warcraft event and earn new and returning rewards until the game mode goes away once again on February 18.
Plunderstorm is a pirate-themed battle royale game mode World of Warcraft first ran from March 19, 2024, through May 1. The event was popular enough that, during the recent Warcraft Direct presentation, World of Warcraft confirmed Plunderstorm would be returning to the game in early 2025, though the exact dates were not revealed.
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Now, World of Warcraft has given fans an unofficial date for Plunderstorm’s second run. The in-game calendar found within the World of Warcraft Patch 11.0.7 PTR was recently updated, scheduling Plunderstorm to run from January 14, 2025, until February 18. This will give players just over one month to obtain all the new rewards coming to the game mode, as well as any returning items they missed during its last run.
Tentative WoW Plunderstorm 2025 Start and End Dates
- January 14, 2025, through February 18
It is important to note that these dates have not been officially announced by Blizzard yet. This means World of Warcraft could still move the dates forward or backward, or possibly even extend the event. Even so, fans can safely expect Plunderstorm to return to World of Warcraft on or around these dates.
The second run of Plunderstorm will be a little different from the first. Rather than gaining Renown with Keg Leg’s Crew, World of Warcraft players will spend their hard-earned loot at the Plunderstore, allowing them to pick and choose the rewards they want. Early PTR builds also seemingly removed the trios mode from the game, though it remains to be seen if that will continue to be the case once the event begins.
If Plunderstorm was not exciting enough, the event’s end date may hold hidden significance. February 18 is exactly nine weeks after December 17, the release date of Patch 11.0.7. World of Warcraft has been shooting for an eight-week release cadence for its content updates recently, and after adding an extra week for the holiday season, February 18 would be in line with this trend. If this is the case, World of Warcraft Patch 11.1, Undermined, may arrive right when Plunderstorm sails away. Regardless, it seems the next few months are going to be full of content for World of Warcraft fans.
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