Save your name: 27 October to 3 November
The window sits in the 6 days after the beta closes and ends the day before launch. A subscription or Game Time plays Forever on 4 November. It does not open this week.
Launch is 1 global moment for every region: 4 November at 3:00 PM PST, which is 23:00 UTC and 00:00 CET on 5 November. No pack buys early access, so a reserved character and a new character log in at the same minute. The reservation only decides who owns the name.
Pack owners create and customize characters here. The class and the ruleset you pick stay on that character when the servers open. The full calendar is on the release date guide.
During the window, each name goes to the 1st player who creates a character with it. Blizzard has not published the hour the window opens. In Korea and Taiwan the same window shows as 28 October to 4 November, local time.
Busy when it opens? Our Pro logs in to your account when the window opens and creates your characters with your names and up to 3 backups each. 1 character costs $30, all 3 cost $50: WoW Forever name reservation service.
Your names reserved on 27 October, your levels on 4 November
Our Pro logs in when the window opens and creates up to 3 characters with your names. The character you name is the character we level: 60 around 18 November with 1 booster, around 11 November with 2.
We reserve itWoW Forever Name Reservation Service: We Reserve Your Names
Our Pro is logged in when Early Name Reservation opens and creates your characters with your names, up to 3 backups each. Opening minute priority and your guild name at launch as options.
Best value1–60 Leveling: 14 days
1 booster plays your reserved character 12 hours a day from 4 November, with a report after every session.
Level 60 on your character
About 150 hours in game
Every dungeon on the way, once
Fastest1–60 Leveling: 7 days
2 boosters share your reserved character in shifts. It never sits idle, and your 2-part name is 60 by 11 November.
Level 60 before the raids open- About 150 hours in game
Played around the clock, never idle
WoW Forever Power Leveling & Gearing
Any pack, 3 characters
Every upgrade pack includes early name reservation. The Skyborne Heroic Pack at $29.99 is the cheapest that qualifies. The Epic Pack and the Collection add beta access, game time and extra invite codes. They do not add extra name slots. Using the window needs no active subscription or Game Time.
You create and customize up to 3 characters. Each full name goes to the earliest creation. That cap is for the window only. Blizzard has not announced how many characters an account can hold at launch. Pack benefits apply to the WoW account you buy them for. 2 game accounts need 2 packs. A gift purchase gets no invite codes. The physical Collector's Edition box ships after the window, so its code cannot open it. Box buyers who want a name buy a digital pack. Full pack list: the editions guide.
Invite-A-Friend launch codes start emailing from 20 October 2026. They give invitees launch-week play from 4 to 11 November without a subscription. They do not include beta.
2-part names, unique per region
Forever has no realm list. A name has to be unique per region, so Blizzard gave every character a 2-part name. The official example is Ana Forever: a given name and a surname.
The full pair is what is unique. Ana Forever and Ana Stormwind can both exist. The surname is required: every character needs both parts.
The full name is unique on every ruleset in your region. A name taken on Roleplaying is taken on PvP too, for your own account as well. Blizzard has not published how many letters each part allows.
The class you reserve is the class you play
The window closes on 3 November, 1 day before launch. The class you create is the class you level from 3:00 PM PST on 4 November.
At creation you also pick a ruleset: Normal, PvP or Roleplaying. You group only with your own ruleset. On the PvP ruleset an account creates characters for 1 faction only. 
Hardcore opens after launch and is not a choice in this window. Blizzard has not announced a way to move a living character between rulesets.
So reserve the class you want to raid with. It starts at level 1 on launch day, about 150 hours of play from 60, and the raids open on 9 December.
Open the leveling builder →1 booster in 14 days for $299, 2 boosters in 7 days for $420. The booster starts on the character you reserved, the minute the servers open on 4 November.
Skyborne comes with the same pack
The same pack that opens the window unlocks the Skyborne race and the 
Zephras Isle start. Blizzard lists the race and the name window as 2 separate pack rewards. It has not said whether the creator offers Skyborne before 4 November. If it does, a Skyborne counts as 1 of your 3 characters. You pick 
Horde or 
Alliance at creation.
Heroic is enough. The race, the Cerulean Prideclaw mount and the cosmetics all sit on that pack. A subscription-only account cannot roll a Skyborne at all. Race details: the Skyborne guide.
The reserved character still starts at 1
A reserved name does not skip the grind. Blizzard has no plans for a paid character boost or a WoW Token, so every reserved character still logs in at level 1 on 4 November.
Plan the calendar around the name you lock. A self-played evening schedule of about 3 hours lands near late December. If you want that character at 60 well before the 9 December raids, 2 boosters in shifts finish the climb in launch week. A human Pro plays your reserved character by hand in our own gaming hubs, on a PC dedicated to your account and a residential IP in your own city, so to the game it looks exactly like a family member playing from home. Book both in 1 chat.
From the source
Official“Early Name Reservation will be available from October 27 through November 3, 2026, PST, included with any upgrade purchase.”
Official“Together, those parts form a full name that is unique within a region.”
Official“On the PvP ruleset, players can only create characters for one faction.”
Report“Blizzard's Holly Longdale and Clay Stone at PAX Australia: cross-region play is not possible right now (technical limits, rules that differ by country and region), they are open to it; the character limit per account is not announced yet.”
Report“Write-up of the PAX Australia talk: no cross-region play right now, technical and regulatory limits; the character cap is not announced and has technical limits.”
FAQ
Ask in chat →Tell us the class, the ruleset and the pack you own. You get the name plan and the day that character hits 60.
- Fact update: a PAX Australia video of 12 October has a Blizzard producer saying the character limit per account is not announced yet.
- The window section heading now says what it is for: saving your name.
- Our Pro can now reserve your names when the window opens. Added: the surname is required, a full name is unique on every ruleset, no subscription is needed to use the window, and the Collector's Edition box arrives after it.