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WoW Forever News and Articles
What is live since launch, patch notes and hotfixes, and what the client holds: the WoW Forever news, explained clearly and kept up to date.
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What matters right now
Checklist7steps for your first daysWoW Forever Launch Checklist: Your First Day and WeekWoW Forever is live: install it, pick a ruleset with friends, set your language at the first login, send invite codes and plan your first week, step by step.Patch notesNov 4newest notesWoW Forever Patch Notes and HotfixesEvery WoW Forever patch note and hotfix, newest first: launch week fixes, the November 4 UI update, the November 2 class pass and every update before.Realms4regions, no realm listWoW Forever Realms and Servers ExplainedWoW Forever has no realm list. Pick a ruleset and play in your region: the regions at launch, layers and the world refresh, names, transfers, stress test.Classic Era9classes with new talentsWoW Forever vs Classic: what changes from Classic EraWoW Forever vs Classic Era: new talents for all 9 classes, Skyborne and 6 new race pairs, 9 new dungeons, Legacy, rulesets, PvP and UI, each with its status.Beta client2unannounced dungeonsManor Mistmantle and Half-Pint Tavern: The Two Unannounced WoW Forever DungeonsManor Mistmantle and Half-Pint Tavern showed up in the WoW Forever beta client but are not among the nine announced dungeons. What the client shows so far.
In the pipeline
Leveling · In the worksLeveling 30 to 60: Riverglades and Mount Hyjal
Raids · In the worksThe new raids unlocking on December 9
Timeline
WoW Forever timeline: beta, launch and raids
Every date from the announcement to the raids. What is done is ticked off, the next step lights up.
- Sep 12Forever announcedBlizzard reveals World of Warcraft: Forever.Confirmed
- Sep 17Beta goes liveInitial level cap 20. Week one includes zones up to level 20, Hall of Thanes and Ruins of Lordaeron.Confirmed
- Oct 1Beta cap rises to 30Level cap 30. The new Excavation Site: Wetlands (26–31) opens, and Razorfen Downs (from 25) and Uldaman (from 30) join the beta dungeons.Confirmed
- Oct 8City of Dalaran opensThe new City of Dalaran (28–33) opens in the beta. Dungeon kills give about 20% more XP, and every beta player gets 16 Legacy Points to test the Legacy System.Confirmed
- Oct 21Stress TestFor a few hours anyone with a WoW account could play, no subscription, Game Time or beta access needed. It started at 19:00 CEST in Europe, at 2:00 PM PDT in the Americas and Oceania, and on the morning of October 22 in Korea and Taiwan. Characters, names and guilds were wiped afterwards.Announced
- Oct 23Beta closesThe beta closed for good at 10:00 AM PDT, 19:00 CEST, after five weeks of testing, the last three at level cap 30.Confirmed
- Oct 27 – Nov 3Early name reservationOwners of any upgrade pack created and customized up to three characters per account across all rulesets before launch, names first come, first served. It opened on October 27 at 18:00 CET in Europe (17:00 in the UK) and at 1:00 PM PDT in North America, and on October 28 at 07:00 in Korea and Taiwan.Announced
- Nov 4LaunchForever went live worldwide at one moment: Nov 4, 3:00 PM PST, Nov 5, 00:00 CET. Level cap 60, nine new dungeons and the Darkspear Islands battleground.Confirmed
- Nov 5 – Nov 12Pouch of Violet Dust Twitch dropWatch four hours of eligible WoW streams on Twitch from Nov 4, 4:30 PM PST to Nov 12, 4:30 PM PST for a launch toy that turns a campfire purple and stretches camp benefits from one hour to two. The toy only works during the Launch Celebration, which ends in early December.Confirmed
- Dec 9New raids unlockThe Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair open for level 60 players.Announced
- After launchHardcore rulesetHardcore joins the other rulesets some time after launch. Blizzard has not named a date yet.Announced
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What changed
Updated
The articles hub counts down to the raids of December 9 and shows what is live since launch.
The patch notes of November 2 lead the articles.
The beta closed on October 23 at 10:00 AM PDT, after five weeks of testing.
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