PRE-ORDER — World of Warcraft: Forever launches on November 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM PST (included in a WoW subscription). Reserve this slot now; fulfillment starts when the servers open. You can cancel for a full refund any time before your session starts.

What World of Warcraft: Forever is

World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard's Classic+ version of Azeroth. It launches globally on November 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM PST. Access is included in a normal WoW subscription or Game Time. Optional shop packs (Skyborne Heroic, Skyborne Epic, Warcraft Forever Collection) add the Skyborne race, the Zephras Isle starting experience, Early Name Reservation, and — on Epic and Collection — beta access plus game time from launch. Packs are upgrades, not a requirement to play Forever on a subscription.

The setting sits after Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom and before Molten Core, in a Year-1 time bubble. The level cap is 60 for the foreseeable future. There is no flying. Blizzard describes more than a thousand new quests across 1–60.

What BlizzCon 2026 added (September 12–13)

Blizzard ran four Forever panels at BlizzCon: the What's Next reveal, the systems Deep Dive, Found Photos (zones and travel), and a Hardcore panel, plus the launch cinematic New Horizons — whose lead character is a Forsaken Paladin. The official realmless graphic lists four ways to play: PvP, PvE, Roleplay, and Hardcore (coming later). Found Photos showed the Forsaken Paladin's epic charger: a skeletal horse in skull-and-gold barding, with a skull-helmed ram variant, from the level-60 quest "in the name of Retribution" (the Alliance charger is Redemption).

• Undead Paladin and Dwarf Shaman lead the six free combos (with Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Orc Mage, Troll Warlock). Dedicated routes: Undead Paladin 1–60 and Dwarf Shaman 1–60.
• Racials rebuilt: every race gets 2 active + 2 passive abilities on a similar budget. Will of the Forsaken no longer grants immunity; Cannibalize restores Mana and Health; Dwarf Stoneform now reduces physical damage.
• Paladin kit: Holy Strike at 6, seals are not consumed, Seal of Fury + Judgment taunts, Consecration baseline at 20 — still no interrupt and no generic slow.
• Talents: 1.12 rows with milestones at 11, 16, 21 and 31; Blessing of Kings, Divine Spirit and Improved Mark of the Wild are baseline.
• Systems: Camping (Cooking Fire → Basic Campfire with 1-hour buffs), 600+ new recipes, account-wide Legacy Points (spend cap 16, earn up to 65), Burning Crusade-style riding (a mount comes with the riding skill), opt-in transmog, HD and SD character models, official gamepad support, and the 15v15 Darkspear Islands battleground.
• Hardcore is not available at launch (window: 2026–2027). A dead Hardcore character can transfer to another ruleset, including PvP; nothing transfers into Hardcore. The panel described world refreshes that warn you to reach safety and a roguelike Legacy layer (press liveblog).
• Next dates: beta and a live developer Q&A on September 17, 2026 (beta level cap 30 per the roadmap slide); name reservation October 27; launch November 4; first raids December 9.

Sources: Blizzard News 24303862 (What's Next recap), 24303313 (Deep Dive recap), 24304071 (Found Photos recap); @Warcraft realmless post of September 13, 2026; Wowhead Hardcore-panel liveblog 382875 for the press-only items. Read September 13, 2026.

Rulesets, not named realms

Forever is realmless. You pick a ruleset, not a published realm list:

• Normal — cooperation; world PvP needs mutual consent
• PvP — contested-territory world PvP
• Roleplaying
• Hardcore — after launch, in a fully enclosed ecosystem; Blizzard has not set a day

There is no cross-ruleset grouping. Alliance and Horde stay separate. Character names are two-part and unique per region. Hardcore deaths may transfer the character to another ruleset; collections and Legacy Points are account-wide across rulesets except Hardcore.

New places, dungeons, races

Four named playable additions ship at or around launch:

• Zephras Isle — Skyborne starting experience, levels 1–12. The race and this start require a paid pack (Heroic or higher).
• Riverglades — a new frontier connected to Burning Steppes, Redridge, Swamp of Sorrows and Badlands, with Powderfuse Port via a Tanaris Steamwheedle ship.
• Shen'dralas — a new area between Mulgore and Desolace / south of Desolace via the Valley of Bones.
• Mount Hyjal — endgame leveling and the way into Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit.

Nine new dungeons are named: Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron, the excavation above Whelgar's Excavation, City of Dalaran, The Drowned City, Krol'dok Stronghold, Alcaz Prison, Blackmaw Hold, and The Shaper's Terrace. Original vanilla dungeons are not listed as removed. Six new race/class combinations launch with the game: Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Orc Mage, Troll Warlock, and Undead Paladin. Skyborne (Shen'dorei) choose Horde or Alliance at creation; Warrior, Hunter, Rogue and Druid are shared, Horde-only Shaman, Alliance-only Mage.

Dates that gate this shelf

• Beta: September 17 through October 21, 2026 PST, for Epic pack and Collection owners. Level cap during beta is not stated in official written articles.
• Early Name Reservation and character create: October 27 through November 3, 2026 PST; up to three characters; a pack is required.
• Global launch: November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM PST.
• First raids: December 9, 2026 — Barrow Deeps (10) and Hyjal Summit (20) in official recap; Onyxia's Lair (40) on the on-stage roadmap / press recaps, not in the official written What's Next body.
• Hardcore: after launch, sometime between 2026 and 2027. No calendar day.

What we sell, and when it starts

This hub is a pre-order shelf. You reserve a slot now. A Pro starts when the relevant content is live. You can cancel for a full refund any time before your session starts.

• 1–60 leveling — from launch on November 4. Slider from your current level to your desired level. Default card is 1→20. Piloted is the default; self-play is an add-on. An active subscription is required. Zephras 1–12 is not sold as a Skyborne start unless you already own a pack — use the custom order for that.
• Undead Paladin 1–60 — the Forsaken Paladin route with class and faction preset; reserve it here.
• Dwarf Shaman 1–60 — the Alliance Shaman route; reserve it here.
• Gold — launch-week delivery as gold exists on the new economy. Hand-trade or mail. We re-check the live market on November 18, 2026.
• Dungeon runs — the nine new dungeons plus vanilla dungeons as they are available, from launch. Leveling tier (13–55) and endgame tier (55–60: Blackmaw Hold, The Shaper's Terrace, Alcaz Prison, Krol'dok Stronghold).
• Raids — Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, and Onyxia's Lair. Fulfillment starts when those raids open on December 9, 2026. The character should be level 60. Group loot only; loot priority is quoted in chat.
• Professions 1–300 — gathering, crafting, or secondary, from launch.
• Coaching / play with a Pro — hourly, from launch, on a brief you confirm in chat.
• Hardcore 1–60 — reserved now; fulfillment starts when the Hardcore ruleset is live. No date yet.
• Custom order — anything not on the shelf (Skyborne start if you own a pack, beta 1–30 for Epic/Collection owners, attunements, epic mount quests, PvP). Hours priced in chat.

Self-play and piloted

Piloted means a Pro plays on your Battle.net account in an agreed window, with account share and a VPN. Self-play means you stay on the character and a Pro plays with you or coaches the route. Hardcore defaults to a self-play duo. Nothing starts before you confirm the brief in chat. We do not use bots, cheats, or exploits. Progress stays on your character. Riding skill is bought in-game; pack mounts still need that skill. We do not sell a Blizzard instant-60, WoW Token gold, flying, or named-realm transfers — those products are not offered for Forever.

How to book

Pick the offer, choose the options, and pay. Chat opens on the order. Confirm faction, ruleset, class, and the window you want. If Forever is not live yet, the reservation holds until the servers (or the raid / Hardcore ruleset) open. If your plans change, cancel before the session starts and the payment is refunded in full.