In the time of writing, WoW Classic is currently on Phase 5 of this PVE content program (see below) and also the Ahn'Qiraj raid has been unlocked so, as soon as you reach max level, you'll have access to a number of Wow gold classic raids and World Bosses to handle.

If you believe you're prepared to play World of Warcraft Classic, you will need a subscription to do so. Unlike modern Warcraft which enables you to produce as many characters as you like and play with them up to level 20 without subscribing, if you're after the vanilla encounter, you will need to put your money where your mouth is. The good news is that once dispersed, you'll have access to both Classic and modern Warcraft.You can either pay a month at a time or you opt to subscribe to longer which will operate out slightly cheaper.

Don't expect a fantastic uptick in visual quality -- these ray tracing effects only use to shadows, and that means you're going to find a softer, more realistic regions of darkness when you're making use of this choice. This will not revamp the game's whole lighting version, so you won't get as transformative an effect as in, say, Minecraft's RTX implementation.

You'll need a GPU that supports ray tracing tier 1.1, using the latest drivers, as well as the May 2020 upgrade for Windows 10 -- also, clearly, you'll need to be using DirectX 12.

As announced earlier this week, the GeForce 452.06 driver provides added support for your WoW Shadowlands beta. You can head to the Blizzard website to opt-in to get an opportunity at beta accessibility, as always.

The people at Wowhead have captured a load of contrast shots to show what people ray-traced shadows seem like. It's a shame WoW ray tracing won't go past shadows for now, since the stylised design and simple character models would appear incredible beneath the spotlight of extremely realistic light.

Blizzard first detailed Shadowlands at Blizzcon 2019. The expansion features five new zones for players to explore, a revamped leveling system that compresses the older one to 60 levels and new customization options, including the option to change the gender of your personality without paying a fee.

Alongside a launch date, Blizzard shared Afterlives: Bastion, the first of four animated shorts developed to expand the story of Shadowlands. The short centers on a familiar face from the Warcraft universe: Uther. If you played Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, you will understand the buy classic gold former Paladin as mentor of Arthas Menethil, the personality who'd become one of Warcraft's most infamous villains.