Launch Day: Time, Queues, Status
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When WoW Forever opens in your time zone, what to expect in the first hours and where Blizzard reports outages.
Launch Nov 4, 2026, 23:00 UTC · Status: Blizzard channels only
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Blizzard: WoW Forever launches worldwide on Nov 4, 2026 at 15:00 Pacific time (PST), which is 23:00 UTC on Nov 4.
In most of Europe it is already 5 November. The UK, Ireland and Portugal get the launch at 23:00 on Nov 4.
| City | Launch, local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles, Vancouver | Nov 4, 15:00 |
| New York, Toronto | Nov 4, 18:00 |
| São Paulo | Nov 4, 20:00 |
| London, Lisbon | Nov 4, 23:00 |
| Berlin, Paris, Warsaw | Nov 5, 00:00 |
| Kyiv | Nov 5, 01:00 |
| Taipei | Nov 5, 07:00 |
| Seoul | Nov 5, 08:00 |
| Sydney | Nov 5, 10:00 |
What to expect
| What | What is known |
|---|---|
| Login queue | Blizzard has named neither the capacity nor any measures against queues. In the beta the queue ran to an hour and longer. per beta data |
| Disconnects | In the beta many players were disconnected right after the queue and sent to the back of a new one. per beta data |
| Layering | Blizzard: layering stays and will not go away completely. Before launch they are fixing two cases: players split into different layers after the loading screen on a boat or zeppelin, and large groups split when entering or leaving a capital. |
| Layering in the beta | Players vanished from sight at zone borders and groups were split. per beta data |
TipWhat to do in the queue and with high ping is in the Ping and queue advisor on the tools page.
Where to check status
Official Blizzard channels only. Blizzard has not announced a separate status page for Forever.
| Channel | What is there |
|---|---|
| @BlizzardCS | Blizzard support on X for the Americas: outages, server maintenance, known issues. |
| @BlizzardCSEU_EN | Blizzard support on X for Europe, in English. |
| WoW: Forever forum, Europe | The official Forever section: announcements and developer replies. |
| WoW: Forever forum, Americas | The same for the Americas and Oceania. |
| WoW realm status | The official status page. As of Oct 26 Forever is not on it: Forever has modes instead of realms. Whether it appears, we will confirm at launch. |
While you wait
| Page | What for |
|---|---|
| Day 1 checklist | What to do before launch, in the first hours and on the first evening. |
| Ping and queue | Your region, what to do about high ping and how not to lose your place in the queue. |
| Group builder | A party to share by link and a ready text for the in-game group finder list. |
| Race and class picker | Every race and class combination in Forever and what each can do. |
| Tier list | If you have not picked a class yet: classes and specs based on beta data. |
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