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Increased Weather Effects

Coming soon to the Beta

Auto-shoot Bug and Fix Incoming

We’ve been tracking an issue in the WoW Forever Beta where the 0.5-second cast time that precedes a Hunter’s auto-shot or the use of a wand is not functioning properly. Due to a bug, these auto-shots are currently incurring a much shorter cast time, which in practice means that Hunters and wand user

Beta Client Update - 23 September

A few moments ago, we made a new client build available to Beta testers: WoW Forever 1.60.1 Build 69977 Exit the Beta, go to your Battle.net App, and update your client to this new build to test fixes for: Fixed some display issues and stability issues on Macs. Controller navigation should now work

Beta Client Update - September 22

A few moments ago, we made a new client build available to Beta testers: WoW Forever 1.60.1 Build 69977 Exit the Beta, go to your Battle.net App, and update your client to this new build to test fixes for: Fixed some display issues and stability issues on Macs. Controller navigation should now work

[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each

Bloodyniku: Where I’ve guessed at a mechanism I’ve said so explicitly. I just want to thank you and others who have provided us with such incredibly detailed and useful reporting. We have multiple different analyses (and potential fixes) for Mac issues underway, and posts like yours are extremely he

DC/Game Fix then game broke - Stuck on login/character list retrieval

With an issue like this one, we would really appreciate as much detail as you can provide in your report. Please feel free to let us know exactly when this happened, your character’s full name, and where in-game you were at the point that the character because inaccessible. Thank you!

"Character with that name already exists"

Shawnwow: What are you doing? Gathering as much information as possible, so that we can be sure of our understanding of both the issue and our fix for it. Thank you for your patience. We recognize that Beta testing is very different than playing a live game.

"Character with that name already exists"

Chuddi: maybe blizzard can take an hour to just unplug and replug the server About the same time you posted this, a Senior Game Producer told me that he wants to restart Beta realms today. Good thinkin’.

"Character with that name already exists"

Hopping onto the most prominent of several threads about this– When reporting an issue like this, please provide the name of the Beta character that you’re locked out of, and if possible, the exact time you were last successfully playing the character (and got disconnected). That will help us narrow

"A Firm Response" Hotfixed

Today, we’ve fixed an issue with the quest “A Firm Response”. The issue was: The event that takes place during “A Firm Response” would become stuck and Windshaper Skyborne on Zephras Isle could not proceed. You’d walk up to talk to Belathaan Brightwish near the Shrine of Akir on Zephras to start the

A Firm Response unable to progress

Confirming that we implemented fixes for this earlier. The issue was: The event that takes place during “A Firm Response” would become stuck and Windshaper Skyborne on Zephras Isle could not proceed. You’d walk up to talk to Belathaan Brightwish near the Shrine of Akir on Zephras to start the event

World of Warcraft: Forever Revealed at BlizzCon 2026

World of Warcraft: Forever Revealed at BlizzCon 2026

Addressing EU Beta Routing Issues

As many Beta testers in this region know, in the first couple of days of the WoW: Forever Beta, we experienced routing issues that impacted testers’ ability to move, interact with the world, and in some cases, to stay connected. We immediately put our engineers on the case and they’ve been working t

Unable to launch WoW Forever

Dasha: We wouldn’t have access to this forum if we didn’t have beta access. Just want to clarify that this discussion forum is accessible by all players with an active WoW subscription. Ínfinite: My entire Blizzard launcher can’t load any content of any game - “Oops! Something went wrong.” I’m not a

We can't install World of Warcraft: Forever because your operating system doesn't meet the minimum specs to run

Just want to make sure you’ve seen this, in case it applies to your situation: World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Forever GPU Requirements - WoW When World of Warcraft: Forever launches GPUs based on certain older graphics architectures that fall well below the game's minimum hardware requirements

No WoW Account Selector for Multiple Licenses—Second Login Disconnects First Player

Bathered: My dad and I both purchased the beta on our separate WoW accounts, but on the same battle.net account. I’ve been looking into this, and I wonder if you can solve it by doing the following: Log in to your Account page: http://account.battle.net Go to the Games & Subscriptions section. Scrol

WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - 18 September

Added to the list above: The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class. Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses. Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell que

WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 18

Added to the list above: The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class. Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses. Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell que

Beta Discussion Forum Right This Way

We’ve opened this new forum for WoW: Forever Beta discussions. See you there!

Almost there!

We almost have the doors thrown open. It’s been more of a smooth and slow opening of the doors than a throw.

Almost there!

We’re seeing a lot of people waiting to get into the Beta. Thank you for joining us! We’re working through a couple of final issues, and we hope to throw the doors open soon. Thank you for your patience!