World of Warcraft: Forever — fan guide (English)

Last updated: · sources at the end of the page

Key points

Countdown to the WoW: Forever launch
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Target: November 4, 2026, 3:00 p.m. PST (= 23:00 UTC; November 5, 07:00 in UTC+8) per Blizzard's pre-purchase announcement.

About this site

This is a fan-made guide to World of Warcraft: Forever, not an official Blizzard site. Every fact links to its source and date. Anything without a reliable source is marked Unconfirmed, and we never fill in guessed numbers. Beta data can change at any time.

The site started as a Simplified Chinese guide for players on the Chinese realms (where the game is called 魔兽世界:无限). English versions of the most-searched pages (classes, talents, Beta changes, release time) are being added first.

Launch time in your time zone

Blizzard gives one global launch moment: November 4, 2026, 3:00 p.m. PST. The table converts that single moment. US daylight saving time ends on November 1, so PST is UTC−8 that day; Central European Summer Time ends on October 25, so CET is UTC+1.

Time zoneLocal launch time
US Pacific (PST, UTC−8)Wednesday, November 4, 15:00
US Eastern (EST, UTC−5)Wednesday, November 4, 18:00
UK / Ireland (GMT, UTC+0)Wednesday, November 4, 23:00
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany (CET, UTC+1)Thursday, November 5, 00:00
Finland (EET, UTC+2)Thursday, November 5, 01:00
Mongolia, China, Taiwan, Singapore (UTC+8)Thursday, November 5, 07:00
Korea, Japan (UTC+9)Thursday, November 5, 08:00
Sydney, Melbourne (AEDT, UTC+11)Thursday, November 5, 10:00

Detailed guides (Simplified Chinese for now)

These pages are complete in Simplified Chinese. Your browser's translate feature works on them until the English versions are published.

Sources

Last updated: · Items marked Unconfirmed have no reliable source yet, so no guessed numbers are given. Beta data can change at any time; the live game and Blizzard's official announcements take precedence.

Source badges: Official Blizzard websites · Manual Chinese community manual (Tencent Docs) · Database community database (test server) · Community community / creators / media · Classic ref original Classic data, not confirmed for Forever · Conflict sources disagree · Dev public posts by Blizzard developers (e.g. on X)