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Hear ye, adventurers.

Official announcements and our own stories from the road to Forever, gathered in one place. Every one links back to its source.

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RestedRealm

The Wardrobe is open: dress, pose and share a Forever character

Version 0.1 of our 3D dressing room: every race, thousands of items, up to five characters on one stage, pictures and video for your own content.

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Blizzard · Official

WoW: Forever Classes Take Center Stage in This Week’s Wow Weekly

A new week brings even more to discover across World of Warcraft. Explore the latest WoW: Forever class spotlights featuring the Hunter, Druid, Priest, and Warrior, and tune in for episode 2 of the WoW: Forever Podcast. Then, see what’s on the horizon for Midnight with the 12.1.5 content update. Discover it all in this week’s WoW Weekly.

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Blizzard · Official

Watch Now! WoW: Forever Podcast Ep.2, Speedrunning Classes

Join Host Countdown To Classic, Senior Game Designer Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield, Principal Game Designer Kris Zierhut, and Senior Game Designer Aidan Moon, with special guest and content creator Sodapoppin.

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Earlier dispatches

3Saturday
October 2026
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[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each (reply #434)

Oh, I see the bug in code. It’s trying to use the raid secondary lighting setting for non-raid and visa-versa. The workaround would be to enable raid settings and make the raid settings the same as non-raid settings in the settings UI. Oops!

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[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each (reply #424)

Performance being worse for some hardware in the new 70205 build is certainly unexpected. We’ll look into it next week.

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[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each (reply #414)

Shakemilk: Separate FPS issue since the Oct 1 update: on my M4 Air, gx.log shows the GPU as family:Unknown and the client falls back to mtl_1_1 shaders (~24 ms GPU/frame on lowest settings). If you’re seeing an FPS drop too, check your gx.log and add it here: [Mac] FPS regression since Oct 1: M4 GPU

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[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each (reply #401)

The new build went out sooner than I expected. The 70205 build that just went out should have some performance improvements. Positive or negative tint issue reports that are definitely on the new build would be greatly appreciated.

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New build 1.60.1.70205

Product wow_classic_beta (Forever beta) · EU, KR, TW, US

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2Friday
October 2026
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[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each (reply #381)

Bantsbert: 61.9, 64.9 is a spot where if i stand still and jump while turning the camera, the game will crash. I just replicated it right now, here’s a report ID: 7AFB5957-8700-4901-A826-C76C44B90A7B For that specific crash issue, all of the reports I’m seeing are from macOS 12 and 13. Upgrading to

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[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each (reply #373)

Next week’s build should have some major performance improvements. The green/magenta tint issue is still a mystery to me. I’ve been unable to reproduce the issue locally (testing on an M1 Ultra and a 2019 Mac Pro on macOS 26) and our QA team also hasn’t been able to reproduce the issue, testing on v

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Error BLZ51901016 WoW Forever (reply #10)

En efecto, esta noche se aplicó una actualización que hizo que los servidores estuviesen bajo mantenimiento. Si continuáis con problemas a la hora de entrar, comentadlo por aquí y describid el error que os aparece.

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Ban beta wow forever a cause du nom? (reply #2)

Bonjour Råziel, Le retrait de la bêta est effectué par nos développeurs directement, il ne sera donc pas possible de contester cette action. Vous trouverez plus d’informations sur ce post : World of Warcraft Forums – 24 Sep 26 WoW Forever Beta - Account Actions For Name Violations In Development WoW

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I need a gm to restore my character on wow forever (reply #6)

I’m afraid Game Masters do not have access or tools to interact with Beta. There is no restoration or other assistance that we can provide. Sorry, Xiangtsung.

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Warrior Updates in Today's Beta Build

A number of additional updates for Warriors in WoW Forever made it into today’s new Beta build, and we just added all of the following to our Development Notes for today. Warrior Additional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%). Fixed a bug that was

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Warrior Updates in Today's Beta Build

A number of additional updates for Warriors in WoW Forever made it into today’s new Beta build, and we just added all of the following to our Development Notes for today. Warrior Additional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%). Fixed a bug that was

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Beta Service Issue - 2 October

We’re aware of and working to address an issue that appears to be preventing testers from logging into the WoW: Forever Beta. We will continue to work to fix this as swiftly as possible.

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Beta Service Issue - October 1

We’re aware of and working to address an issue that appears to be preventing testers from logging into the WoW: Forever Beta. We will continue to work to fix this as swiftly as possible.

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1Thursday
October 2026
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WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - 1 October (reply #6)

Known Issues - New 1 October Chaining Spells together does not play the precast spell effects and sounds of the next cast until the first cast finishes. For example: When you cast Fireball and cast another Fireball right away, you finish your Fireball cast, your hands won’t glow or make the cracklin

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WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated 1 October (reply #4)

Today, we updated the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following. CHANGE LOG Bug Fixes Improved rain visibility. Removed the ‘Ray Traced Shadows’ option. This setting will be re-added to the game in a future update, after the functionality is fixed. Fixed an issue where the Night

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Temporary Dialog Bug for Australian Testers

With the new build of the WoW Forever Beta, we have an unexpected bug where Australian players are being presented with a dialog when they log in telling them their social features are locked down. This is not the case, of course. We’ll get the bug fixed as soon as possible.

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WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24 (reply #6)

Known Issues - New October 1 Chaining Spells together does not play the precast spell effects and sounds of the next cast until the first cast finishes. For example: When you cast Fireball and cast another Fireball right away, you finish your Fireball cast, your hands won’t glow or make the cracklin

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WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated September 24 (reply #4)

Today, we updated the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following. CHANGE LOG Bug Fixes Improved rain visibility. Removed the ‘Ray Traced Shadows’ option. This setting will be re-added to the game in a future update, after the functionality is fixed. Fixed an issue where the Night

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New build 1.60.1.70170

Product wow_classic_beta (Forever beta) · EU, KR, TW, US

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After WoW:F Podcast, I'm feeling a ton of confidence in this dev team (reply #3)

Greenpaw: where can i find the podcast? The WoW: Forever Podcast: Episode 1 - Unpacking Beta Launch ft. ‪@Xaryu‬ World of Warcraft: Forever General Discussion [Unpacking Beta Launch ft. @Xaryu | Episode 1 - The WoW: Forever Podcast] The WoW: Forever Podcast: Episode 2 - Speed Running Classes ft. ‪@s

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Legacy Points for Beta Testing

Over the first two weeks of the WoW Forever Beta, we’ve seen an increasing number of testers pushing to earn points in the Legacy system. In a future week of the Beta, we’re planning to grant all testers 16 Legacy points so that the system can be tested without first requiring a great deal of leveli

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Actions Taken Against Botting and RMT

Since our previous note on the subject of addressing Real Money Transactions (RMT) in WoW: Forever, we have been continuously actioning accounts that were found to be botting to amass gold in the WoW: Forever Beta, as well as the accounts of those who were found to have purchased or knowingly receiv

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Actions Taken Against Botting and RMT

Since our previous note on the subject of addressing Real Money Transactions (RMT) in WoW: Forever, we have been continuously actioning accounts that were found to be botting to amass gold in the WoW: Forever Beta, as well as the accounts of those who were found to have purchased or knowingly receiv

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Beta Update Maintenance - Evening of 1 October (reply #13)

We think we’ll take the Beta offline in about 45 minutes. See you on the other side!

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Beta Update Maintenance - October 1 (reply #191)

We think we’ll take the Beta offline in about 45 minutes. See you on the other side!

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The WoW: Forever Podcast: Episode 1 - Unpacking Beta Launch ft. ‪@Xaryu‬

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The WoW: Forever Podcast: Episode 2 - Speed Running Classes ft. ‪@sodapoppin‬

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Blazin Bill Banned from Forever (reply #7)

Blazinbill: My character name is Blazin Bill. I have used essentially the same character name, Blazinbill, for years without issue. As you mentioned, Customer Support has no involvement with Beta and these actions. We cannot provide assistance or escalate the matter for further review. What I can sa

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RestedRealm

The Forever beta opens the road to level 30

Blizzard is taking the beta offline on 1 October and bringing it back with a new build and a level cap of 30. Here is what is confirmed, and what the last build already changed.

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Beta Update Maintenance - Evening of 1 October

This evening CEST, we will take the WoW Forever Beta offline for maintenance. A few hours later, (early in the morning of October 2), the Beta will resume with an updated build that includes changes and fixes, with the level cap raised to 30. We’ll have all the details here tomorrow.

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Beta Update Maintenance - October 1

Tomorrow morning PDT, we will take the WoW Forever Beta offline for maintenance. Several hours later, the Beta will resume with an updated build that includes changes and fixes, with the level cap raised to 30. We’ll have all the details here tomorrow.

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30Wednesday
September 2026
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Account was banned from forever Beta, sent appeal haven't heard back just yet (reply #3)

Customer Support has no involvement with any actions that are applied to Beta accounts. I’m afraid there are no means of appealing that we can assist with.

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Blizzard · Official

World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior

Priests and Warriors are next in our World of Warcraft: Forever class deep dives, with updates that build on the roles, rhythms, and class-defining tools players know. This look covers new and adjusted baseline abilities, refreshed racial Priest spells, Rage and stance updates for Warriors, and talent changes across Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Arms, Fury, and Protection.

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World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid (reply #66)

Slimydaniels: Can we talk about other better classes like paladins and rogues? Subjective, but all in good time, friend. We plan to cover them all but these take a bit of work to pull together and the caveat is that things could still change during beta.

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World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid (reply #65)

Girlcute: Sniper Shot: New talent in 31-point gold medal slot. Pre-requisite of Trueshot Aura. Grants a new Shot with a 4 second cast time and 15 second cooldown that deals even more damage than Sniper Shot Have the intern proof read this next time Jokes on you… no intern… BUT I did get the correcti

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World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid (reply #23)

Ralecgos: Nethaera: I (a human) have used em dashes for many many years. You can’t have them. They are mine. But thanks for noticing the work done. I hate that I had to stop using them because of people spamming about AI. I used them all the time too and it was hard to stop lol You do what you want

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World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid (reply #6)

I (a human) have used em dashes for many many years. You can’t have them. They are mine. But thanks for noticing the work done.

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Blizzard · Official

World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid

Answer the call of the wild and take on nature’s many forms in World of Warcraft: Forever. We’re sharing Development Team insights on Hunter and Druid, including how these classes are evolving through talent updates, class-defining abilities, and new ways to play.

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Veteran's Rucksack Not displaying / forever forums read only (reply #3)

Norafreeze: It’s read only. Yes I’ve logged/shut down etc. You currently need an active account to access any of the other forums. Norafreeze: I can’t view any of the transmogs from the pre purchase If you are referring to WoW: Forever, the items don’t show immediately in the appearance tab currentl

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Tengo un serio problema con Forever cuando salga con posible baneo (reply #5)

Siguiendo el ejemplo que indicas, de usar “Warcraft”, “Forever” o “Classic”, no incurriría una sanción pero lo más probable es que el juego directamente no te permita ponerte ese apellido.

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New build 1.60.1.70124

Product wow_classic_beta (Forever beta) · EU, KR, TW, US

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29Tuesday
September 2026
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Codes for physical edition of forever (reply #4)

It depends on when you ordered it, Moggrann. This is from the Collector’s Edition page: This is a pre-order product. Orders placed before September 24 are scheduled to ship November 2026; orders placed on or after September 24 are scheduled to ship February 2027. So if you are in the first group, yo

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I am still banned from the Wow forever Beta (reply #30)

Näz: I respectfully request that my account be included in this updated policy and my beta access restored. I’m sorry, Naz, but that isn’t something that Customer Support has any involvement in. I don’t know if they are still reviewing previous actions or that is it done. If they are, then you likel

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New build 1.60.1.70058

Product wow_classic_beta (Forever beta) · EU, KR, TW, US

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Ban beta wow forever por nombre inapropiado (reply #2)

Tanto los cambios de nombre forzados como las sanciones de la beta de WoW Forever no serán revisados. Por favor, recuerda que no está permitido abrir hilos en el foro para revisar sanciones.

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Storefront Oversight: GM confirms sub needed for WoW: Forever Early Name Reservation, but store says otherwise (reply #10)

There is no subscription or game time requirement for the name reservation phase. The only requirement is to purchase one of the 3 editions, as mention on the shop page.

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28Monday
September 2026
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Bring back Ahab Wheathoof! (reply #4)

Wildeheart: like this should be part of Forever. We’re working on it. Stay tuned!

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Can we put the Kyle Questline back into Mulgore? (reply #31)

Taharken: I do hope they make the exception for the time frame and put him in. We’re working on it. Stay tuned!

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Blizzard · Official

Watch Holly Longdale and Clay Stone’s Keynote Presentations Live from PAX Aus 9-11 October

PAX Aus is right around the corner and World of Warcraft: Forever will be there Friday 9 October to Sunday 11 October AEDT!

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The $50k Duel Tournament (reply #47)

Hello. We just want to reiterate some key points about this subject. Real money transactions (RMT) are not acceptable in World of Warcraft, and we’re taking steps to address RMT in the WoW: Forever Beta, and of course, when WoW: Forever goes live and beyond. It’s important to know that while we have

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Gold buying rules (reply #43)

Hello. We just want to reiterate some key points about this subject. Real money transactions (RMT) are not acceptable in World of Warcraft, and we’re taking steps to address RMT in the WoW: Forever Beta, and of course, when WoW: Forever goes live and beyond. It’s important to know that while we have

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Suspensión de la beta de WoW Forever por nombre de personaje (reply #6)

Desde asistencia no se revisarán cambios de nombre o sanciones en la beta de WoW Forever.

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Impossible de poster dans les forums classic/forever (lecture seule) (reply #2)

Bonjour Nirvàná, A l’heure actuelle, un abonnement actif est nécessaire pour poster sur le forum de WoW Forever. Le temps de jeu qui est compris dans l’achat des versions du jeu sera actif à partir du 4 novembre prochain avec la sortie du jeu.

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Compte wow serveur US/EU wow forever (reply #3)

Bonjour Aewën, Il n’y a en effect pas de différence entre la côte est ou ouest sur les royaumes US. Le jeu fonctionne par région uniquement : Europe et Amériques (avec les joueurs en Australie). Pour WoW Forever, vous pouvez jouer sur la région US si vous préférez jouer avec votre ami, cependant si

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Wow Forever : 2 comptes sur le même BNET impossible (reply #2)

Bonjour Irsult, Un même compte Battle.net ne doit pas être partagé, et celui-ci est fait pour une seule personne uniquement : votre femme et vous devrez donc chacun avoir votre propre compte Battle.net. C’est donc pour cela que nous ne prévoyons pas de changer le mode de fonctionnement de la bêta, o

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Forever Beta - No Way to Open Support Tickets? (reply #3)

Hey Taldyss, There is no support (from the Customer Support team) on the beta, or on Public test realms. If you encounter a bug during the beta, please do report it directly in game via the Issue Reporter tool that is available in-game. For feedback, you can post on the forums, or on your social med

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Storefront Oversight: GM confirms sub needed for WoW: Forever Early Name Reservation, but store says otherwise (reply #4)

Hey Deuzius, You can find more information about the criteria for the name reservation for WoW Forever on the store page itself: https://shop.battle.net/product/world-of-warcraft-forever How do I access WoW: Forever? Your WoW subscription or game time grants you access to WoW: Forever starting Novem

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WOW forever BETA Problem (reply #3)

Hey Inadk, In order to install the beta for WoW Forever, you would need to purchase one of the upgrades available in the shop, or be randomly selected by our developers once you sign-up for it: World of Warcraft Alpha or Beta Access If you signed up, and were selected to participate in the beta, you

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Forever purchase (reply #3)

The 30 days of game time is intended for Forever. You might have missed the specifics on the product page: ⁴30 Days WoW® Game Time will be added to your WoW® account with the launch of WoW®: Forever. So the game time itself will kick in with the launch of WoW: Forever. If you need game time prior to

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Purchased Physical Collectors Edition WoW Forever (reply #18)

Situations: but why would they wait until weeks after the game goes live to ship it? I can’t really speak to the official answer, but based on what I have seen over the years, how many copies are made/ordered is generally based on projections. That is basically the history of Collector’s Edition sal

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[WoW Forever] Beta Ban Partial Refunds? (reply #6)

I can’t speak to the physical Collector’s Edition, but the digital purchase through our Shop is likely still eligible for a refund. You’ll need to go through the Support Site.

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WoW Forever - Character Stolen (reply #13)

Response times are a little crazy right now with all the BlizzCon and WoW: Forever contacts, but account compromises are very much a high priority issue for Support. They’ll work to get to you as quickly as they can. Hopefully, before your time off ends. Good luck!

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Beta Realm Restarts Incoming - 25 September

To implement fixes that should address stability issues, we will shutdown and restart the Beta in the next few minutes. The maintenance period should be very brief.

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Blizzard · Official

World of Warcraft®: Forever Escape Together Comes to Toronto

The Horde and the Alliance are pushing their rivalry to the test, and you're invited to watch—and even take part in the adventure!

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Blizzard · Official

World of Warcraft: Forever Headlines a Packed WoW Weekly

Get to know World of Warcraft: Forever through our latest articles on choosing your ruleset, naming your character, class and race combinations, the new Skyborne race, and the Legacy System, then watch episode 1 of the World of Warcraft: Forever Podcast. You can also look ahead to October’s Trading Post and catch up on the Brewfest in-game holiday, what’s happening in the WoW Portal Room, and more in WoW Weekly.

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Blizzard · Official

World of Warcraft: Forever What's Next Panel Recap

The first raids unlock on 9 December; Hardcore follows later this winter.

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Blizzard · Official

Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever

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Blizzard · Official

Submit Your Questions for the World of Warcraft Live Q&A September 17

Have a question about what you learned at BlizzCon 2026 after the show reveals? We're collecting your questions and hosting a live Q&A with members of the World of Warcraft modern and Forever development teams to answer as many as we can on September 17.

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Blizzard · Official

[Updated 9/24] Pre-Purchase the World of Warcraft®: Forever Collector’s Edition

*We are making additional English versions of the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector’s Edition available for purchase starting as early as today (exact timing will vary by retailer) in North America, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, giving those interested another opportunity to add this keepsake set to their collection to display their Warcraft pride beyond Azeroth. Carve a new path through an Azeroth reimagined with the World of Warcraft®: Forever Collector’s Edition, featuring keepsake physical collectibles and a digital code for the Warcraft Forever Collection. Pre-purchase from the Blizzard Gear Store and be ready when World of Warcraft: Forever launches globally on November 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST.

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Blizzard · Official

Pre-Purchase World of Warcraft: Forever Upgrades and Begin Your Next Journey in Azeroth

Beta from 17 September, early name reservation and the Skyborne packs.

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Blizzard · Official

Wage War Once More with Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom

Return to the battlefields that shaped Azeroth with Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom, an all-new campaign that bridges the story from The Frozen Throne to the first days of World of Warcraft. Purchase the Forsaken Kingdom campaign on the Battle.net Shop on its own or choose from additional options that include Warcraft III: Reforged, the Forsaken Kingdom combo, and the Warcraft Forever Collection.

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