Chinese players received massive news today, with NetEase unveiling the rewards from the 21st anniversary of the release of the Chinese servers, back in 2005.
The celebration will include new annual bundles, with exclusive never-before-seen toys and transmog based on Varian Wrynn, red envelopes giving out an RTX 5080, plus smaller cash prizes totalling ¥6 million, or around $889,000 at today’s conversion rate.
Let’s take a look at all the goodies coming to Chinese players. Below each graphic, I’ll add machine-generated translations and context. There are bound to be issues with machine translations, so be mindful of that.
If you’re fluent in Mandarin, you can read the full post here. Otherwise, we’ve broken each part of it below.
2026 Annual Pass
New Deluxe Collector’s Annual Pass, on sale August 6!
Add the Varian-themed toys and transmog to your collection!
- Players who already bought the 2025 ¥888 ($131) deluxe pass will receive substitute rewards for any mounts in the new bundle they already own; final details per the official event page.
- Players who bought the ¥720 annual pass after July 15 can later pay the difference to upgrade to the ¥888 deluxe pass.
- The new deluxe pass comes in a Midnight version and a Classic version — take your pick!
At the end of this post, we’ve added more information about the annual pass in its blue post.
Cash Pool Fortune Card
¥6 million cash red-packet pool — everyone gets some · 5080 graphics card grand prize up for grabs!
Anniversary Fortune Card — August 6 – September 11
“Flip fortune cards, claim red packets and the graphics card grand prize!”
The pictures show a red envelope with ¥188 ($27.84 at today’s conversion rate), an ASUS RTX 5080 graphics card, and a Celebration Supplies choose-your-own bundle. This likely implies that every player will receive part of the ¥6 million prize, with the rarest pull from the red envelopes being the RTX 5080.
Free Mounts on Login + Winds of Wisdom
Anniversary Main Hub — 21st Anniversary Celebration, festivities begin August 6
Log in to claim rare mounts · 50% bonus XP on retail! — August 6 – September 11
Labels on the five cards: Winds of Wisdom (the +50% XP buff) · Felspire Hawk (邪能尖塔飞鹰) · Scion of Jijuan (季鹃之嗣) · Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent · Voidfeather Dragonhawk (虚羽龙鹰)
Winds of Wisdom runs August 6 at 07:00 through September 5 at 07:00.
This is likely a login event like those present in many mobile games, where you receive one prize per day you log in for the duration of the event, August 6th to September 11th.
Thundering Ridgeback Elekk Giveaway
Take the fun quiz, share it, get the “Thundering Ridgeback Elekk” free!
Panel label: Sin’dorei Archives
“Reborn as an NPC in Azeroth”
Opens August 6
Similar to the original run of the Thundering Ridgeback Elekk for EU and NA, it seems that the mount will be given away to players after answering a quiz about Azeroth. However, details are not known.
Chances for Sha-Warped Mounts
Follow the official WeCom account, get a free Sha Loot Box!
21 years of WoW in China — thank you for being here!
More surprises to come, stay tuned
The Sha Loot Box is a Chinese-exclusive loot box available from select events. The loot box has a 1.25% chance of containing 
Sha-Warped Owl, 
Sha-Warped Riding Wolf, 
Sha-Warped Hippogryph Hatchling, or the 
X-53 Touring Rocket.
Adventure Guide Vault
Azeroth Adventure Guide & Quicksand Treasure Vault — updating together on August 13, Golden Cloud Serpent, Dark Phoenix, and more await!
Left — Quicksand Treasure Vault: Dark Phoenix · Golden Cloud Serpent
Right — Azeroth Adventure Guide, Midnight Season 2: Polar Day (CN-exclusive) · Anu’relos, Flame’s Guidance · Embodiment of the Storm-Eater (Raszageth) · Embodiment of the Hellforged (Sarkareth) · Embodiment of the Blazing (Fyrakk)
This vault is likely to catch up CN players to collections that happened during Dragonflight. Chinese servers weren’t available between January 2023 and August 2024, due to contractual conflicts between NetEase and Blizzard, so Chinese players missed most of Dragonflight, including Mists of Pandaria Remix. It isn’t clear what the acquisition method for these mounts will be based on the original post.
Chinese Server Updates
Big content updates across all three versions — more adventure and challenge awaits!
Titan Reforged (时光服) Phase 5 — Take on the new 25-player Sunwell Plateau and Zul’Aman, the legendary bow arrives!
Panel: Titan Reforged · Phase 5 · Sunwell Plateau & Zul’Aman — officially opens August 6
Mists of Pandaria Classic — the final chapter begins
Panel: Siege of Orgrimmar — opens August 6
Midnight 12.1 content update — August 13, log in and fight some trolls!
Panel: Curse of Ula’tek (乌拉特克的诅咒) — August 13: official launch · August 20: new season begins
CN Summer Sale
2026 Summer Sale, limited time — go shopping!
- Midnight (retail): mounts as low as 50% off
- Midnight: bundles 40% off, limited time
- Classic: mounts and pets 30% off, limited time!
August 14 – August 21
World of Warcraft X Party
World of Warcraft X Party
WoW China 21st Anniversary Offline Carnival
October 16 – October 18, Shanghai
More information to follow through official channels.
X Party is their version of BlizzCon, where they celebrate World of Warcraft and share new updates for the Chinese server in the coming months.
Annual Pass Full Post
Source: https://wow.blizzard.cn/news/20260804/40565_1309932.html
Machine translation:
New Deluxe Collector’s Annual Pass Coming Soon
WoW Operations Team — 2026/8/4
On August 6, the new Deluxe Collector’s Annual Pass bundle (¥888) officially goes on sale. This time it’s split into two versions — a Midnight (retail) edition and a Classic edition — each including China-exclusive rewards built around a King Varian theme.
Midnight Deluxe Collector’s Annual Pass (¥888)
- Azure Dragon Descendant Varian’s Attire (transmog set, retail)
- Varian’s Azure Dragon Throne (toy, retail)
- 1× Midnight character boost (level 80)
- 4 mounts: Sunblaze Moth, Star Ox, Blazing Courser, Bonbon-Kun (retail)
- 500 Trader’s Tender per month (retail)
- 365 days of game time
Classic Deluxe Collector’s Annual Pass (¥888)
- Varian’s Azure Dragon Soul (toy — Titan Reforged realms, MoP Classic)
- Varian’s Azure Dragon Throne (toy — Titan Reforged realms, MoP Classic)
- 1× Titan Reforged character boost (level 80)
- 1 mount + 2 pets:
- Sha-Scarred Drake (mount — Titan Reforged, MoP Classic)
- Sundance Moth (pet — Titan Reforged, MoP Classic)
- Smoldering Courser (pet — MoP Classic only)
- 365 days of game time
Players can pick whichever version suits them on the Battle.net Shop when it launches. Note the following:
Duplicate mount & pet compensation
- From August 6 to October 31, 2026, players who bought both the 2025 and 2026 Deluxe Collector’s Annual Pass bundles (including those who bought the upgrade pack to convert a ¥720 annual pass into the deluxe version) are eligible.
- Eligible players claim their mount/pet rewards through a dedicated entry point on the official site during the event window. If you already own some of the mounts, you receive Trader’s Tender instead at the stated conversion rate. One claim per Battle.net account.
- Retail (Midnight) — awarded if you don’t already own: Spellbound Blizzard, Bonbon-Kun, Thunderhorn Beetle Telix. Each one you already own converts to 500 Trader’s Tender.
- Titan Reforged & MoP Classic — awarded if you don’t already own: Guardian Qilin, Whiptail Drake. No Tender conversion for these.
Standard ¥720 annual pass can be upgraded by paying the difference
- Anyone who bought the 365-day special offer (¥720) after July 15 can pay a ¥168 difference to buy either the Midnight or Classic Deluxe Collector’s Annual Pass upgrade pack, converting their ¥720 pass into the corresponding deluxe bundle.