Warlords of Draenor patch history
6.0.2 — 6.2.4
Two raid tiers and one enormous systems problem: garrisons, which put instanced, upgradeable player housing on every account.
Patch timeline
First to last · summarized for operators- 6.0.214 Oct 2014
The Iron Tide
- Pre-expansion patch: item squish cuts every stat and damage number to a smaller scale.
- The Iron Horde invasion runs in Blasted Lands ahead of the 13 November launch.
- Character models are rebuilt for the original races.
What this means for a buildThe item squish rewrites every item row in the world database. Migration, not a patch. - 6.1.024 Feb 2015
Garrison update
- Garrison additions including new buildings, follower content, and the inn.
- Adds Blasted Lands rebuilt content and heirloom tab storage.
What this means for a buildEvery garrison building is a phase variant with its own object set. The table count grows quickly. - 6.2.023 Jun 2015
Fury of Hellfire
- Hellfire Citadel opens as the thirteen-boss closing raid of the expansion.
- Tanaan Jungle opens as a max-level zone with its own daily hub.
- The shipyard adds naval missions on top of the existing follower system.
What this means for a buildThe shipyard is a second mission system layered on the first. Both keep per-account timers that must survive restarts. - 6.2.21 Sep 2015
Draenor flying
- Flying unlocks in Draenor behind a multi-part achievement chain.
- Adds a mount and a round of encounter tuning.
What this means for a buildAchievement-gated flight means the flight permission is derived state, not a flag you set once. - 6.2.429 Mar 2016
Final build
- Last build of the expansion, released as maintenance ahead of the next pre-patch.
- Timewalking dungeon events expand across earlier expansions.
What this means for a build6.2.4 is the standard build target. Timewalking scales players down — a scaling path worth testing separately.