World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King was the second expansion pack for the original World of Warcraft. It was the successor of The Burning Crusade and the predecessor of Cataclysm.

When did Wrath of the Lich King came out?

Wrath of the Lich King first came out on November 13, 2008 in North America and Europe and one day later in Australia.

What’s new?

The second expansion of World of Warcraft gave us many new things:

New maximum level

The maximum level was raised from 70 to 80.

The first hero class

The death knight was the first hero class introduced in World of Warcraft. Hero classes start the the game at a higher level than the usual level 1. Death knight characters starts at level 55.

A new profession

As a scribe you can create scrolls, glyphs and enchantments. Scrolls are items readable by players to activate the buffs associated with the scroll.

A whole new continent

Unlike the way you got to the Outlands in The Burning Crusade, travelling to Northrend is different for the Horde and the Alliance.
As a member of the Horde you can go to Orgrimmar and take the zeppelin to the Borean Tundra or you go to Tirisfal near Undercity and take the zeppelin to the Howling Fjord.
As a member of the Alliance you can go to the docks in Stormwind and take the boat to the Borean Tundra or you can go to the docks of Menethil Harbor in the Wetlands and take the boat to the Howling Fjord.
Besides that Northrend brought you many other things:

• 9 Zones
• 16 Dungeons
• 9 Raids
• 1 PVP arena
• 1 PVP zone
• 2 PVP Battlefields
• and other things like achievements, glyphs and the advanced dungeon finder