Here is how the week of October 9, 2023 played out across Wrath Classic and retail Dragonflight.
The Fall of the Lich King update closed out Wrath of the Lich King Classic on October 10, 2023. It brought the three Frozen Halls dungeons, where players chased Arthas through The Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, and Halls of Reflection on the way to Icecrown Citadel.
The patch also folded in the Random Dungeon Finder, which matched players into five-mans automatically instead of forcing a manual chat-channel hunt, plus Titan Rune Dungeons: Defense Protocol Gamma for groups who wanted heroic-plus difficulty and rewards. A reworked collections panel made managing mounts, pets, and tabards far less fiddly than the original 2010 client.
Icecrown Citadel opened its gates on October 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 GMT). The raid ran twelve encounters across five wings in both Normal and Heroic, building from the Lower Spire up to the final showdown with the Lich King himself.
For the most dedicated raiders, the Shadowmourne quest chain was the headline reward: a legendary two-handed axe available only to Death Knights, Paladins, and Warriors who ground out the long questline inside the citadel. Players gearing up for the climb could browse our Classic raid boosts to clear the early hurdles faster.
Retail Dragonflight kept its own rotation moving over the same stretch.
With the calendar covered, here are the questions players asked most about that week.
Icecrown Citadel opened on October 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 GMT) with the Fall of the Lich King patch. It featured twelve bosses across five wings, playable in both Normal and Heroic at 10 and 25 players, and ended with the Lich King encounter at the Frozen Throne.
The patch added the three Frozen Halls dungeons: The Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, and Halls of Reflection. They formed a short story arc that led directly into the Icecrown Citadel raid and dropped gear to ease fresh players into the new tier.
Shadowmourne was a legendary two-handed axe, so only Death Knights, Paladins, and Warriors could complete its quest chain and wield it. The questline ran through Icecrown Citadel and demanded sustained raid attendance to gather every component.
The Random Dungeon Finder arrived with Patch 3.4.3 and grouped players for heroic five-mans automatically across realms. It replaced the old manual chat-channel grind and handed out a daily bonus for completing a random heroic.
Defense Protocol Gamma was the third tier of Titan Rune Dungeons, a heroic-plus mode added in 3.4.3. It layered extra affixes and boss abilities onto Wrath dungeons in exchange for higher item-level rewards aimed at players gearing for Icecrown Citadel.
The Great Gnomeregan Run was an Alliance micro-holiday footrace held on October 14, 2023. Players sprinted from New Tinkertown toward Booty Bay for a transmog reward, a light community event tucked between the bigger Wrath Classic milestones.
Last reviewed 2026-06-22 against Wrath of the Lich King Classic Patch 3.4.3. Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.
