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WoW Forever calendar
Every official date of Forever, with the time in your time zone. Dates without an official source are not listed.
Coming up
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World of Warcraft: Forever beta
From 17 September to 21 October 2026 (Pacific time), the last full day of testing. Access by invitation or with the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection.
Invite-A-Friend codes by email
Launch codes from the paid editions arrive by email from 20 October (Pacific time). The invited friend can play from 4 to 11 November without a subscription.
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Early Name Reservation
With any upgrade edition you can reserve up to three character names, first come, first served. Blizzard has not announced the opening time.
World of Warcraft: Forever launch
Global launch on 4 November 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PST, which is midnight between 4 and 5 November in Central Europe (00:00 CET on 5 November, as Blizzard's Italian and Spanish pages say).
Your local time:
New raids unlock
Blizzard says new raids unlock on 9 December, without saying which ones. The two announced raids are the Barrow Deeps (10 players) and Hyjal Summit (20 players).
Last day to buy the Warcraft Forever Collection
The Warcraft Forever Collection, the most complete upgrade, is sold until 11 January 2027.
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