Blizzard has detailed the WoW Classic PVP content plan following increased community requests for PvP details in World of Warcraft’s vanilla server option.

　　Last month, the WoW Classic team already announced their plan to release the content in Classic in six phases, starting with the release of Molten Core, Onyxia and Maraudon in Phase 1 on launch. While Blizzard detailed the content release phases, PvP content wasn’t mentioned due to the team still evaluating their options regarding rewards in PvP.

　　In a new blog post, community manager Bornakk has now provided additional details about the release of PvP content, which will also be released in six phases. We’ve included a large part from his post down below:

　　As was the case when World of Warcraft originally launched in 2004, there won’t be a formal PvP system in WoW Classic at the outset. You’ll still be able to PvP, of course, and there will be no Dishonorable Kills, so you’ll be free to repeatedly hunt down every player and NPC in, say, Stranglethorn Vale to your stealthy heart’s content.

　　That’ll change once phase 2 rolls around and we add the Honor System, which will introduce Honorable Kills, Dishonorable Kills, and PvP Rank Rewards. The items you earn from the PvP Rank Rewards will be the versions from patch 1.12. Keep in mind though, just as it did originally, it will require a substantial time investment to rank up through the Honor System. For those interested in the Rank Rewards, earning epic gear will require consistent dedication over a long period of time as a top contributor on your realm. We don’t expect to see many people running around with these items early on, but we’re certain Hillsbrad Foothills will still see its fair share of action!

　　In the third phase, we’ll introduce the first Battlegrounds: Alterac Valley and Warsong Gulch, alongside with their associated vendors. One thing to note is that there were a couple of updates to these vendors over the course of the original patch releases, so some items won’t be available right away. For example, the Spell Penetration trinkets available from the Warsong Gulch vendor weren’t introduced until Patch 1.9, so we’re currently thinking that we’ll add these in phase 5.

　　The Arathi Basin Battleground will follow in phase 4, along with its specific vendor. It’ll be interesting to see how many people stay behind to guard the flag.

　　Finally, in phase 6, we’ll have the world PvP objectives in Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands, which will come out at the same time as Naxxramas.

　　Here’s what the PvP content looks like mapped to the phases we recently posted about:

　　Phase 1 (WoW Classic Launch)

　　You can PvP one another in the world, but there is no tracking, and no formal rewards for doing so.Phase 2

　　Honor System (including Dishonorable Kills)PvP Rank RewardsPhase 3

　　Alterac Valley (version 1.12)Warsong GulchPhase 4

　　Arathi BasinPhase 6

　　World PvP objectives in Silithus and Eastern PlaguelandsWoW Classic is scheduled for a launch this summer.