Zul'Aman opens in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary on October 22 at 22:00 UTC, Blizzard confirmed in its official announcement. The raid is built for 10 level 70 characters, requires no attunement, and uses a 3-day reset instead of a weekly lockout.

Massively Overpowered identifies the release as the centerpiece of Phase 3.5. The stronghold contains six bosses, with Zul'jin at the end. Its shorter reset gives groups more chances to work through the instance and collect gear.

The headline reward comes from the hostage timer. It starts when a raid enters the stronghold. Killing one of Zul'jin's lieutenants and rescuing a hostage adds loot and extends the clock. Free every hostage before time expires and the raid earns the rare Amani War Bear mount.

The patch also eases access to older endgame content. Blizzard is removing attunement requirements from Hyjal and Black Temple. Honored reputation will be enough to buy Heroic dungeon keys, while every Heroic moves to its final, reduced difficulty state.

Outside the raid, Kazzak and Doomwalker loot will switch from Bind on Pickup to Bind on Equip. Both Primal Nether and Nether Vortex are becoming tradable.

Every Zul'Aman boss will drop Badges of Justice. The currency is also coming to older raids, from Karazhan through Tempest Keep. G’eras is receiving stronger badge rewards, including Nether Vortex, while epic gems are being added to two existing gem containers.

World of Warcraft Classic is available on PC through a subscription. The MMOHUB game page has the release history and a reminder option for the Zul'Aman opening.