By GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Oct 2026 · 18:00
Pre-releaseChecked 22 Oct 2026
What Is WoW Forever? When It Starts and Every Guide — launches 4 November 2026
World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard’s permanent new home next to modern WoW and Classic. Below: what Blizzard says it is, the launch time in your zone, the dates around it and a page for each part of the game, every fact with its source.
Launches in
13 days
- Release
- 4 November 2026
- Next
- Name reservation opens — pack buyers, three characters — 27 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Warcraft Forever Collection — 11 Jan 2027
Date: Blizzard pre-purchase post (PST), checked 22 Oct 2026.
Pick your class
Every class →Pick a class — its guide and the class quiz open here, every line with its source.
Everything — 22 of 22 built
A page, not a listDungeons
A page, not a listEditions
A page, not a listQuestions answered
A page, not a listLegacy
A page, not a listClasses
A page, not a listTalents
A page, not a listPatch Notes
A page, not a listRaces and classes
A page, not a listHunter petsA page, not a listRulesets
A page, not a listPvP ranks and battlegrounds
A page, not a listAddons
A page, not a listForever vs retail WoW
A page, not a listForever vs Classic Era
A page, not a listBeginner guide
A page, not a listLeveling zones
A page, not a listServer status and launch-day queues
A page, not a listProfessions
A page, not a listRaids
A page, not a listNews and analysis
A page, not a listWhich class should I play
A page, not a listWhat World of Warcraft: Forever is, and when it starts
Blizzard describes WoW Forever as a permanent new home next to modern WoW and Classic. The story sits between Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom and Molten Core, characters return to the original continents and level up to 60, and new stories, experiences and updates follow.
Blizzard — Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever, checked 22 Oct 2026
Launch: 15:00 PST = 23:00 UTC
- Beta servers close — 10:00 PDT (17:00 UTC), two days after the 21 October stress testSource
- Name reservation opens — pack buyers, three charactersSource
- Name reservation endsSource
- Launch day — 15:00 PST (23:00 UTC)Source
- Invite-a-Friend codes: window 4–11 November closesSource
- Raids: Barrow Deeps (10), Hyjal Summit (20) and Onyxia’s Lair (40)Source
WoW Forever on GamGem — common questions
What does GamGem cover for World of Warcraft: Forever?
- 22 sections: Countdown, Dungeons, Editions, Questions answered, Legacy and Classes, and 16 more. Each one is a database rather than an article — you can filter it, compare rows inside it, and see which source every figure came from.
Which build is this WoW Forever data from?
- Everything on this hub describes build 1.60.1. The version is printed on the page rather than assumed, because a figure from a previous one is not a slightly old figure — it describes a different game.
Is anything about WoW Forever on this page confirmed, or is it all rumour?
- Both are here and they are never mixed. World of Warcraft: Forever has not shipped, so nothing on this hub has been measured in play — every line carries a grade instead: stated by the publisher, shown in published material but never stated, reconstructed by an outside project, or circulating from an unpublished source. A question nobody has settled is marked open rather than filled in, and the date beside a line is the day we last checked it.
When does World of Warcraft: Forever come out?
- 4 November 2026. That is the date the studio itself published; where a game has no announced date, this site prints no date at all rather than an estimate.