The pre-patch for The Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition is expected to go up later today. You should now be able to install this version of the game using the Battle.net client as shown below:

The servers are expected to come up after an extended 24-hour maintenance which you can read about here.

We have our own guide update planned to go out alongside this release. This will require an update to the Zygor Guides client to add a new entry for The Burning Crusade Anniversary Edition. We could not make this client update until Blizzard added this version of the game to the Battle.net client, as we needed to see how they named and set up the directories and other details.

Now that they have added this version, we are preparing the client update and are aiming to have it distributed ahead of the servers coming back up (though there could be a delay). In the meantime, the manual download link is available if you wish to manually install the addon yourself, ahead of the client update.

NOTE: The “AddOns” folder is not created until you log into the game for the first time, so we recommend you log in first (and exit) or manually create this folder before using either install method (manual or client). It should be created like so:
World of Warcraft / _anniversary_ / Interface / AddOns

We will update this post when the client update is available. We appreciate your patience in this matter.

The Zygor Team is hard at work creating all new guides and updates for Midnight, the eleventh expansion for World of Warcraft, and the second chapter in the Worldsoul Saga.

The updates will begin on January 20th, when the pre-expansion content goes live.

We will be entering a guide launch cycle around the week of March 2nd when the full expansion goes live. During this period, we’ll share all the details on the specific content and updates that will be available on day one.

In the meantime, you can check out our promo page for these guides with some of the early details we can share now.