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[Project Alterac] Phase 3 is LIVE! (Level 40 Cap + Hardcore Mode)

Project Alterac is a progressive 3.3.5 custom realm (AzerothCore) with custom content and a tight-knit community (75–150 peak online, active NA/EU/OCE guilds).

What’s New in Phase 3:

• Level Cap: Raised from 30 to 40.
• 2x Catch-Up XP: Fast leveling (1-30) so newcomers can get raid-ready quickly.
• New Quest Hub: Scarlet Overlook in Tirisfal Glades with new SM pre-quests.

Upcoming Raid — Scarlet Bastion (Live Aug 22):

• Flex 10–20 Players (1 drop per 5 raiders—great for smaller/cozy guilds).
• 6 Custom Bosses + Optional Hard Mode for extra loot and challenge.

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Stromgarde Keep — 10-player custom raid (live now)

Seven original bosses in a rebuilt Stromgarde, each one scripted from scratch rather than pulled from a retail encounter.

Full custom loot tables — 8 items per boss, purpose-built to fill tank and healer itemisation gaps, plus two lore-accurate epics: Trol'kalar and the Perenolde Tiara.

As of today, there are three lucky holders of Trol'kalar, and three owners of the powerful Perenolde Tiara.

As we increase in level, some of the loot within the keep is still very much worthwhile picking up, + it will provide solid experience, so it won't become dead content.

Hardcore mode - Released August 8th

After many requests from the community, we are finally releasing a Hardcore Mode.

One life, no second chances.... If your Hardcore character dies.... it's gonzo. Kaput. Done. Go agane.

Hardcore leaderboards will track your journey and offer bragging rights to the bravest souls.

If you make it to level 80? Rewards shall be offered to those brave enough to face the challenge.

QOL changes too!

STV Fishing Extravaganza four times a week on rotating timers, so it isn't OCE-hostile.

Arena Grand Master purchasable with Honor.

PvP queue accessible anywhere, anytime + queueable alongside RDF for the gamers who enjoy both PVE + PVP.

Zero respec costs, change specs as much as you wish.

Dual-Spec costs 1g and is available at level 20.

Community

Our community is still reasonably small, but numbers remain steady and its always easy to get dungeons, pvp and now of course leveling raids. We have a number of cool guilds that are always open to members and we want more people to come and create their own guilds too.

Join us:alterac.gg

https://discord.com/invite/jyyRaGFSN9

See you in Azeroth!

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https://alterac.gg/ to join us!

What is Project Alterac?

Project Alterac is a progressive 3.3.5 realm built on Azerothcore with fully custom content.

We're currently at a level 30 cap with typically 75-150 players online depending on time of day. There are multiple active guilds in OCE, NA, and EU, and the next phase is due to release on Saturday, August 8th at 6pm CET.

If you've been waiting for a good jumping-in point, this is it — you can be capped and raid-ready before the release of the upcoming Scarlet Bastion Raid on August 22nd. Phase 3 release will push the level cap to 40, and there will be a 2 week gap before Scarlet Bastion opens, giving everyone a chance to be ready for the raid... even newcomers, thanks to the new XP catch-up for low levels! 

Recently in Project Alterac, our very first level-up raid, Stromgarde Keep, was released, thanks to the combined efforts of our community — who chopped, mined, fished, and erm.... slaughtered for 3 days to help Prince Galen Trollbane rebuild Trollbane's Vigil. Upon completion, the gates to Stromgarde Keep swung open!

Soooo what's new?

Scarlet Bastion - Flex(10-20) player custom raid + optional hard mode (live August 22nd)

6 fully custom bosses - you may recognize some of them!.... may.... Decomposition is typically not good for the skin! ehe ehe.

Optional Hard Mode - an additional mechanic that makes each fight slightly tougher, but rewards +1 piece of gear per boss.

Completely flexible roster composition - prefer running as a 10 man? That's okay! The way that loot is provided is you get 1 drop per 5 raiders. This benefits not just the large guilds with many members... but also smaller guilds who prefer a homely, cozy roster where everyone knows each other.

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New quest hub in Tirisfal Glades! - Released August 8th

Scarlet Overlook - a brand new quest hub, is opening with a variety of new Scarlet Monastery quests and a number of Pre-Quests for the Scarlet Bastion raid, coming August 22nd.

The Scarlet Overlook will be manned by the Ashen Vigil, an arm of the Argent Dawn, tasked with eliminating the undead creatures inhabiting Scarlet Monastery and Scarlet Bastion. The Ashen Vigil is a new faction for you to gain reputation with.... and earn juicy rewards!

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Hardcore mode - Released August 8th

After many requests from the community, we are finally releasing a Hardcore Mode.

One life, no second chances.... If your Hardcore character dies.... it's gonzo. Kaput. Done. Go agane.

Hardcore leaderboards will track your journey and offer bragging rights to the bravest souls.

If you make it to level 80? Rewards shall be offered to those brave enough to face the challenge.

What else is changing?

Recently, a number of quality of life changes were made after listening to community feedback. When Phase 3 goes live, when you create a character on Project Alterac, you will receive x2 XP from level 1 through level 30(currently x2 1-20).

In addition - if you level your new profession Adventuring up to level 50 by killing rare enemies, bosses in dungeons or visiting new inns, you can craft a tent (as seen below) that will rapidly fill your rested XP bar, granting you even more efficient levelling. These tents allow for social interactions, and if you are on a new account, just ask in Global Chat from level 5 for someone to pop one in a city for you, and typically a community member will provide!

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Why else should I spend my time on Alterac?

Stromgarde Keep — 10-player custom raid (live now)

Seven original bosses in a rebuilt Stromgarde, each one scripted from scratch rather than pulled from a retail encounter.

Full custom loot tables — 8 items per boss, purpose-built to fill tank and healer itemisation gaps, plus two lore-accurate epics: Trol'kalar and the Perenolde Tiara.

As of today, there are three lucky holders of Trol'kalar, and three owners of the powerful Perenolde Tiara.

As we increase in level, some of the loot within the keep is still very much worthwhile picking up, + it will provide solid experience, so it won't become dead content.

Heroic Dungeons

Heroic Deadmines and Heroic Shadowfang Keep. Both dungeons have fully reworked boss mechanics, retuned trash, and their own loot tables with upgraded versions of classic weapons! Queueable through RDF. Tuned dungeons that require different interrupts, stuns, roots, etc., that guarantee you can't Zugzug your way through without paying attention to mechanics!

Heroic Uldaman and Heroic SM Cathedral are inbound soon™... with new boss mechanics and updated heroic loot to match!

New profession recipes!

We understand some professions are just much better than others, so we tried to balance it out a bit more and reward people who potentially like to create items for themselves, their guilds/friends, and we also filled some loot gaps that were necessary.

Okay so that's content, what about QOL?

Full custom collections interface (including mounts/pets) with Cataclysm transmogrification retroported to 3.3.5 — an actual UI with appearance tracking, not a gossip NPC handing you a list.

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You can transmogrify your gear at Visage-Keeper Yathrenn, found in Thunder Bluff, Orgrimmar, Ironforge, and Stormwind! Seen below, near the AH in Stormwind.

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STV Fishing Extravaganza four times a week on rotating timers, so it isn't OCE-hostile.

Arena Grand Master purchasable with Honor.

PvP queue accessible anywhere, anytime + queueable alongside RDF for the gamers who enjoy both PVE + PVP.

Zero respec costs, change specs as much as you wish.

Dual-Spec costs 1g and is available at level 20.

2x profession rates server-wide.

Infrastructure - Two-layer DDoS protection. In-house heuristic anti-cheat, not the stock module. The launcher doesn't scan anything and is fully separate from the anti-cheat — close it once you're in.

On top of the custom content and the improved quality of life, we also have:

- New bounties on Rare enemies across Hillsbrad Foothills and Arathi Highlands, found by looting the corpses of your slain foes! The rewards are high if you can find the elusive Rare mobs!

- Warmode - 15% XP buff and double chance of receiving BOE's from overworld mobs. Our Warmode community is very active, with frequent PVP between the more prominent guilds in the server.

- Gamba - A new gold-sink option to try to prevent inflation. In Ratchet, Orgrimmar, and Stormwind, you can find a little goblin purveyor who will sell you a key to open a Deviate Mystery Crate. For 50 silver, you can purchase a key to open a crate; every crate contains one BOE and one Scroll. There are rumours of a Rare Bengal Tiger mount found within these crates, but as of writing, has somehow evaded me (RIP my gold stash). Deviate Mystery Crates drop randomly from any mob you kill, at a rate of around 1%. They are sellable on the AH too, if gambling is not your thing! There is always someone who is willing to roll the dice....(probably me, pic below... relevant).

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- A community-created newsletter written by me in the Discord, highlighting community events that are upcoming or talking about famous (or infamous) members of the community. I try to keep things as light-hearted as possible. All content I write is based on events in the game, in a light-RP focused way.

And finally (PHEW), it would be remiss of me to not mention The Community we have on Project Alterac!

We have some rather angry Otters, a reformed cult, some pirates with a love of silver pieces, and we have literally The Worst Guild on our server. We would love for you, curious but undecided player, to come join us and create your own wacky, fun-loving, RP-focused or even kind of toxic PVP guild if you absolutely wish to do that!

We also have Innkeeper Lichard. This fact alone should at least be worthy of trying our server, especially if you enjoyed Nostrum!

There are always numerous members of our community who are always willing to help new members with bags, and even decent greens until you can earn your own gear!

 

https://alterac.gg/

Discord link incase website link doesn't work > https://discord.gg/jyyRaGFSN9

See you in Azeroth!

Do you enjoy WOTLK? Did you enjoy SOD's phased levelling? Want to play on a server with content that actually challenges you? Phase 2 of Project Alterac(Rebranded from DeviateWow) is due next Friday July 24th but today we got a big new update to prepare us for it.

Phase 2 will take us from level cap of 20 up to 30. Scarlet Monastery Grayeyard + Library will open + we are getting a custom-made 10 man Stromgarde raid at level 30.

Lots of cool people on the server already, doing bag giveaways etc to new players, I personally heal dungeons for new players whenever anyone asks in world chat, RDF pops very frequently for all 3 roles and if you enjoy PVP, Battlegrounds pop constantly in the EU evening time.

i am not affiliated in any way with the lead dev, i just play on the server and want more people who enjoyed Nostrum in particular to come join us!

why play on Project Alterac?

**🐺 Heroic Shadowfang Keep & Deadmines**

Heroic SFK joins the Random Heroic queue alongside Deadmines (level 20+). All bosses in SFK and Deadmines have been reimagined with brand-new custom mechanics, and trash packs in SFK reworked wing-by-wing to foreshadow the boss ahead. New heroic loot awaits, including weapons, shields, off-hands, and a bonus piece of caster loot.

**⚔️ Death Knight — Hero Class Rework**

- DKs now start at **level 15** and require a **level 20+ character** to create. Existing DKs are NOT affected. You will need to level a character to level 20 to unlock the ability to play as a level 15 Death Knight. Yes they're overpowered, but honestly no more than a Hunter is.

**🔥 Warmode: Double World-Drops + 15% Exp Bonus**

here's how it works: with Warmode on, your chance at **world drops** (BoE gear that can drop from open-world mobs) is **doubled**. It's open-world only — no effect in dungeons or raids. Your Warmode status **at the moment the mob dies** is what counts. Quest drops and gathering are unaffected. Higher risk, shinier rewards. Also, you get 15% Experience bonus 🩸

**🎁 Deviate Mystery Crates**

Locked crates now drop from any non-trivial mob across Azeroth (1%). Opening one requires a **Mystery Crate Key** — 50s from Zik "Lucky" Sprockettooth on the docks in Ratchet. Inside: mats, gems, potions... and a rare shot at treasures that are nearly out of reach this phase — **Truesilver Bars, Star Rubies, Black Pearls, Black Vitriol, Bolts of Mageweave**. (And a sub 1% chance at a Bengal Tiger mount!)

Crates are BoE (trade 'em, sell 'em, hoard 'em) — keys are BoP.

**🧭 New Secondary Profession: Adventuring**

Level it by *playing* — exploring, slaying rare enemies, defeating dungeon bosses, opening chests, and visiting inns. Never by crafting. Three recipes await:

- **Camping Kit** — place a camp with a tent that grants rested XP(like turtle wow, rather than doing a 2x global catch-up mechanic, you can level your adventuring and catch-up quicker by just playing the game)

- **Trailblazer's Draught** — +40% run speed consumable (only in the open world)

- **Adventurer's Compass** — a settable second hearthstone

**⚔️ Stromgarde & Arathi Highlands**

A new 5-quest chain with Prince Galen Trollbane, from *Word for the Wayward* to *The Fall of Falconcrest* — gold and Stromgarde reputation rewards. Reclaim **Trollbane's Vigil**, a new area within Arathi Highlands with a new faction, new NPCs, custom voice lines, and more!

hope to see some of you in game!