A whole world, one step at a time
Tandra began years ago. After a period on hold, it returns with a dream that lives on: making Mists of Pandaria free and accessible to share.
One person currently develops and tests Tandra. Progression will be extremely slow: checking and repairing a raid can take months. The administration will approve each opening based on playability and Blizzlike fidelity, without fixed deadlines or an automatic percentage threshold.
The realm will be free and PvE, with x1 experience, gold, loot, reputation, professions and honor. Voluntary PvP and level-appropriate battlegrounds will be enabled. Their bugs should also be reported. There will be no cross-faction features.
Every phase uses MoP 5.4.8 build 18414 classes, abilities, talents and systems. Azeroth retains the post-Cataclysm zones and quests found in that client. Pandaren, monks and the Wandering Isle will be available from the start; death knights unlock with WotLK.
| Available content | Level caps |
|---|---|
| Azeroth | 19 → 29 → 39 → 49 → 59 → 60 |
| The Burning Crusade | 61 → 69 → 70 |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 71 → 79 → 80 |
| Cataclysm | 81 → 84 → 85 |
| Mists of Pandaria | 86 → 89 → 90 |
At the phase cap, experience stops accumulating until the next opening. Level-appropriate content, including dungeons and battlegrounds, will be enabled. All unlocked content will remain available permanently.
There will be a pause before each expansion’s maximum level. When levels 60, 70, 80, 85 and 90 open, raids will unlock progressively. At level 90, the Timeless Isle and legendary cloak requirements will also follow phased releases.
In development · Internal testing
The Wandering Isle works correctly in the tests performed. The worgen starting zone is being reviewed; the goblin zone will follow. Completing these reviews is the planned step before opening the server to everyone. No opening date has been set.
Pending evaluation does not mean 0% functionality. Systems and zones have already been tested, but there is no reliable overall figure yet. Percentages will preferably use verified content checklists; any administration estimate will be identified as such.
The Tandra repack
The repack will be free and support local play, including with friends. Its first public release will arrive when the server opens the level 29 cap and will contain the first version of the 1–19 phase. No public repack exists yet.
The repack will always stay one phase behind the server and retain its phase’s first version until the next release. For example: server cap 49, repack at the first cap 39 version. A tool to update without losing local characters will be explored; it is not available yet.
Community
All help is welcome: testing, development, moderation, translation, design or documentation. Candidates will have an initial meeting. Only accepted collaborators may view an older, private code version; access to current work will depend on trust and responsibilities.
There is a long-term intention to open the source code. If the project can no longer continue, the aim is to release the work so others can carry it forward.