Children's Week

Children's Week, also known as Week of the Wardens, is celebrated by both the Horde and Alliance in Orgrimmar and Stormwind City. At the beginning of May, and lasting for a week, it is a time for heroes of both sides to give back to the innocents of war...the orphans!

Children's Week is also held for both factions in Shattrath City and Dalaran for higher level characters.

Many Azerothian holidays are based off real-life counterparts. Children's Week generally occurs in early May, and is likely based off of Japan's Children's Day which is held on May 5.

New in 2019

 * New pets: Enchanted Saurolisk Scale, Sandy Hermit Crab Shell, Beakbert, Slimy Pouch
 * New orphans with quests: Casteless Zandalari Whistle (Azala), Kul Tiran Orphan Whistle (Liam)

Pets
Children's Week rewards fourteen companion pets, one from each capital each year. As pets are account-wide, multiple characters on the same account can run the quest chain again to get different rewards in the same year.

Choice of:
 * Stormwind / Orgrimmar
 * Turtle Box
 * Rat Cage
 * Piglet's Collar
 * Snail Shell
 * Pet Care Package
 * Curmudgeon's Payoff

Choice of:
 * Outland
 * Elekk Training Collar
 * Egbert's Egg
 * Sleepy Willy
 * Legs (companion)
 * Pet Care Package

Depending on which quest chain was chosen, players will receive either of the following by mail:
 * Northrend
 * Curious Wolvar Pup
 * Curious Oracle Hatchling

If players have already completed the selected quest chain, they will instead be able to choose one of:
 * Pet Care Package
 * Curmudgeon's Payoff

Choice of:
 * Battle for Azeroth
 * Enchanted Saurolisk Scale
 * Sandy Hermit Crab Shell
 * Beakbert
 * Slimy Pouch
 * Curmudgeon's Payoff
 * Pet Care Package

Toys
The Green Balloon and Yellow Balloon, can be purchased from toy vendors in Stormwind and Orgrimmar during the holiday.

Eastern Kingdoms / Kalimdor

 * Cathedral Square, Stormwind City
 * Cathedral Square, Stormwind City


 * The Drag, Orgrimmar
 * The Drag, Orgrimmar

Outland

 * Lower City, Shattrath City
 * Lower City, Shattrath City

Northrend

 * The Eventide, Dalaran
 * The Eventide, Dalaran

Kul Tiras

 * The building next to the entrance of Proudmoore Barracks in Hook Point, Boralus
 * The building next to the entrance of Proudmoore Barracks in Hook Point, Boralus

Zandalar

 * Hall of Castes, Grand Bazaar, Dazar'alor
 * Hall of Castes, Grand Bazaar, Dazar'alor

Levels required

 * Level 10 for the Orgrimmar and Stormwind quests.
 * Level 60 for the Shattrath City quest.
 * Level 70 for the Dalaran quests.
 * Level 77 to get all the achievements for the For the Children meta-achievement.
 * Level 110 for the Kul Tiras and Zandalar quests.

Eastern Kingdoms / Kalimdor
The Alliance and the Horde have separate quest chains in the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, starting in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, respectively:


 * Alliance - Stormwind


 * Horde - Orgrimmar

Shattrath City
The Alliance and the Horde have separate quest chains in Outland:
 * Alliance


 * Horde

Dalaran (Northrend)
The Dalaran quests are available to both factions, but only one of the Oracles or the Frenzyheart quest chains may be chosen each year.


 * Oracles quest chain


 * Frenzyheart quest chain

Kul Tiras / Zandalar

 * Alliance - Boralus


 * Horde - Dazar'alor

Achievements
The orphan's week event is tied to several achievements.

For the Children is the meta-achievement. Veteran Nanny is associated with Children's Week, but since it requires completing the orphan quests in 3 different years, it is not part of the meta-achievement.

Players must be level 77 to complete Hail To The King, Baby (minimum level to zone in on the Dungeon Finder) and Bad Example (minimum level is 75 to eat some of the foods sold by Aimee in Dalaran ).

All of these achievements are simple at the level cap - except School of Hard Knocks, which should be your first priority for the meta. The others can be done within an hour or so of play.

History

 * 2005 May 1–8: Initial Release
 * 2006 May 9–16
 * 2007 May 22–29: Followed Patch 2.1. Children's week came to Shattrath City
 * 2008 May 1–7
 * 2009 May 1–7: Midnight of the first through 23:59 on the night of the 7th
 * 2009 August 4–11: Following Patch 3.2.0, belated release of Dalaran Children's Week content
 * 2010 May 2–8
 * 2011 May 1–7: Quests for Stormwind and Orgrimmar orphans have been changed. Two new companions.
 * 2012 April 29 – May 6
 * 2013 April 29 – May 6
 * 2014 April 28 – May 5
 * 2015 April 27 – May 4
 * 2016 May 2 – May 9
 * 2017 May 1 – May 8
 * 2018 April 30 – May 7
 * 2019 May 2 – May 9
 * 2020 May 1 – May 8