World of Warcraft: Forever Launches Today — Realm Gates Unlock at 3:00 PM PST
Today is the day! World of Warcraft: Forever unlocks its realm gates simultaneously across the globe at 3:00 PM PST (23:00 UTC). Maintenance is underway, character reservations are locked, and the journey from Level 1 to 60 begins.
The wait is officially over. Today, Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the realm gates of World of Warcraft: Forever swing wide worldwide at 3:00 PM PST (23:00 UTC). Whether you are rolling Alliance in the lush glades of Teldrassil or standing with the Horde beneath the red canyon walls of Durotar, Azeroth is reborn today.
Maintenance Status & Zero-Hour Unlock
At 10:00 AM PST (18:00 UTC), Blizzard engineers brought all realm infrastructure offline for the final 5-hour launch deployment. During this window, character name reservations are permanently locked, and server clusters are being primed with Launch Release Build 71240.
Global Launch Hour Timetable
All rulesets—Normal (PvE), PvP, RP-PvP, and Hardcore—unlock at the exact same second worldwide: