On This Day: Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire was Released Seven Years Ago on June 23, 2015

Live Posted 2022/06/23 at 6:25 PM by Paryah

Having lured Grommash Hellscream’s former lieutenants with promises of untold power, Gul’dan has delivered the Iron Horde to the Burning Legion. Now, he floods the jungles of Tanaan with energies from the fallen pit lord Mannoroth, creating an army of fel orcs brimming with demonic strength and insatiable bloodlust. Even the Iron Horde’s mighty war machines have been infused with fel energy, while the Shadow Council recruits fanatical arakkoa to help crush all who oppose the Legion.

Whether Horde or Alliance, as commander of your side’s garrison in Draenor you must oversee the construction of warships to assault Tanaan and disrupt the Iron Horde’s frenzied preparations -- then stop Gul’dan before his fel masters can gain a foothold on Draenor. If you fail, there will be nothing left to prevent the Burning Legion’s obliteration of Azeroth.New Raid: Hellfire Citadel Remnant of ChaosReins of the Grove WardenNew Zone: Tanaan JungleDeep within Tanaan Jungle, the manipulations of the warlock Gul’dan have twisted what remains of the Iron Horde into a sinister new form—an army of fel orcs brimming with demonic strength and insatiable bloodlust. Now Gul’dan continues his machinations from inside the seemingly impenetrable Hellfire Citadel, plotting to open a portal for a massive invasion force.

The Iron Front

Zeth'Gol

Ruins of Kra'nak

Ironhold Harbor

The Fel Forge

Throne of Kil'jaden

The Dark Portal

Vol'mar

Lion's Watch

Fang'rila

Temple of Sha'naar

New SystemsGarrison Shipyard and Naval MissionsAdmiral's CompassMythic DungeonsBonus Events

A rotating schedule of different activities granting a passive bonus to a particular game activity each week

A once-per-event quest with a noteworthy reward for accomplishing a goal related to the current bonus activity

The type of Bonus Event and when it takes place are noted on the in-game calendar

Timewalking - The Burning Crusade

Timewalking - Wrath of the Lich King

Draenor Dungeons - Defeating enemies in Draenor dungeons awarded reputation with an appropriate faction. Completing Mythic-difficulty dungeons during the event awarded a Heroic Hellfire Citadel Raid cache.

Battlegrounds - Characters earned triple Honor points from random Battlegrounds. Completing the event quest awarded 500 Conquest Points, which did not count toward the weekly Conquest cap.

Arena Skirmishes - Characters earned triple Honor points from random Arena Skirmish matches during this event. Completing the event quest awarded 500 Conquest Points, which did not count toward the weekly Conquest cap.

Apexis - eligible creatures dropped bonus Apexis Crystals During the Sign of Apexis bonus event. Also, completing several area assault objectives during the event awarded Oil to fuel Naval Missions in the Shipyard.

Pet Battles - Pets earned triple experience from pet battles. Also, winning PvP Pet Battles as a part of the quest awarded the player with an Ultimate Battle-Training Stone.

Comment by ZtinktoofThe patch also allowed the final part of the pathfinder achievement to be completed.Comment by ManCubuSWoD was the first time I get to know WoW (although I heard about the game way before) and started playing it. Looking back with retrospective vision shows that Warlords of Garrison had so much potential, pity they scrapped and sacrificed it for Legion.Comment by CrusherixI hope we get "Timewalking: Vanilla/Classic" at some point with old naxx 40man as the raid and all the original loot. It'd be superb, sure it'd probably be easy but hopefully the mechanics are the same and we can all enjoy the clusterpuffs on Horsemen, Thaddius and more :D.Comment by couchpotato2013I hope we get "Timewalking: Vanilla/Classic" at some point with old naxx 40man as the raid and all the original loot. It'd be superb, sure it'd probably be easy but hopefully the mechanics are the same and we can all enjoy the clusterpuffs on Horsemen, Thaddius and more :D.Comment by sikhjatt23The patch also allowed the final part of the pathfinder achievement to be completed.Comment by TwistedMetalI still remember at the start of 6.2 Frost Death Knights we're OP as #$%^ and took blizzard a week to nerf them.Comment by ReciTerokkarOne of my biggest regrets in WoW is not getting that moose mount. I don't think any of the 'heroic endgame boss mount reward' is as good as this one.Comment by NevcairielI hope we get "Timewalking: Vanilla/Classic" at some point with old naxx 40man as the raid and all the original loot. It'd be superb, sure it'd probably be easy but hopefully the mechanics are the same and we can all enjoy the clusterpuffs on Horsemen, Thaddius and more :D.Comment by CalphrichamThis is when I started playing. I remember the days when I cluelessly grinded for no reason because I didn't know what to do. Those were good days...Comment by WanobiJinnAh yes, trying to rehabilitate "DRAENOR IS FREE!" one of the worst writing moments up to that point in wow, to cap the worst (up to that point "xpacs" in wow. Then the writing team clearly decided to one up each other by giving us:

-illidan was justified in enslaving and murdering people in his mad thrist for power for millenia
-the lich queen's genocide and "only following orders" is a valid defense for everyone who burned Teldrassil
-the jailer made her (or didn't) do it, and shadowlands

And now dragon (flight coming at a later date) and all retcons that will bring, especially the end of cata.

Can't wait for the article telling us when timeless dropped, and how great the content drought was while everyone waited for "THE BIGGEST XPAC EVER!" (literally what the devs promised wod would be).Comment by datgrlThey were called 'Friendship Moose Runs'. And they were free. There was an excellent site that facilitated all sorts of group encounters.