WoW Forever Launch Time: Nov. 4 Start by Time Zone, Name Reservations and Raid Dates

World of Warcraft (WoW): Forever launches globally on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST), according to Blizzard News. That is 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) in New York and 11 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in the UK. Players in Central Europe and Asia-Pacific start on Thursday, Nov. 5. Below are the times for every US and Canadian zone, the name reservation deadline and the dated milestones through January 2027.

WoW Forever launch time by time zone

Blizzard’s launch article gives one moment for the whole world: 23:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Nov. 4. Its regional table converts that for the Americas, Brazil, the UK, Central Europe, Taiwan, Korea and Australia and New Zealand. We converted the rest. U.S. clocks go back on Nov. 1, so every US zone is on standard time at launch.

Region	Launch time	Day
Hawaii (HST)	1:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Alaska (AKST)	2:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Pacific (PST)	3:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Mountain (MST)	4:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Central (CST)	5:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Eastern (EST)	6:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Atlantic (AST), Canada	7:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Newfoundland (NST), Canada	7:30 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Brazil (BRT)	8:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
UK (GMT)	11:00 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 4
Central Europe (CET)	12:00 a.m.	Thu., Nov. 5
Taiwan	7:00 a.m.	Thu., Nov. 5
Korea (KST)	8:00 a.m.	Thu., Nov. 5
Australia and New Zealand (AEDT)	10:00 a.m.	Thu., Nov. 5

The Americas, Brazil, UK, Central Europe, Taiwan, Korea and Australia and New Zealand rows are Blizzard’s own. The Hawaii, Alaska, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland rows are our conversions from 23:00 UTC. Nov. 4 is a Wednesday.

What time does WoW Forever launch in the UK?

Blizzard lists 11:00 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, Nov. 4 for the UK, which is the same moment as 6 p.m. EST. Central Europe’s 12:00 a.m. Central European Time (CET) puts the start after midnight on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Early name reservation dates for WoW Forever

Blizzard says Early Name Reservations are available from Oct. 27 through Nov. 3, 2026. They opened Oct. 27 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in North America and 18:00 CET in Europe, and on Oct. 28 at 07:00 in Korea and Taiwan. The window is still open on Oct. 31.

• Who can reserve: players who pre-purchase the Skyborne Heroic Pack, the Skyborne Epic Pack or the limited-time Warcraft Forever Collection. The benefit applies only to the WoW account the purchase was made for.
• How many names: up to three characters in total across all rulesets. Blizzard says this limit applies only to Early Name Reservation.
• No guarantee: names are first-come, first-served and are not guaranteed.

What WoW Forever needs and when the raids arrive

Blizzard says access to WoW Forever is included with a World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time, and you need one of them. The upgrade editions are optional and sold on the Battle.net Shop. The adventure covers levels 1 to 60 across the original continents. Players choose Horde or Alliance at character creation, and the new playable race is the Skyborne.

On Dec. 9, level 60 players can take on three raids: Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair. The panel recap says more raids, dungeons, player versus player (PvP) updates and world content follow, with no dates given.

WoW Forever dates to mark through January 2027

Date	What happens	Source
Sept. 17 to Oct. 21, 2026	Beta	Blizzard News pre-purchase article
Oct. 27 to Nov. 3	Early Name Reservation	Blizzard News name article
Wed., Nov. 4	Global launch, 3:00 p.m. PST	Blizzard News launch article
Nov. 4 to Nov. 11	Launch-week codes	Blizzard News pre-purchase article
Wed., Dec. 9	Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair raids	Blizzard News launch article
Through Jan. 11, 2027	Warcraft Forever Collection available	Blizzard News pre-purchase article

What Blizzard has not announced

• Hardcore ruleset: it will become available sometime after launch. There is no date.
• Preload: we found no preload date in the four Blizzard articles we read.
• Prices, platforms and beta characters: these are not covered in the articles above, so we do not state them.

Print the WoW Forever launch timeline

The one-page printable lists the name reservation deadline, the launch time in the Americas, UK, Central Europe and Asia-Pacific, the launch-week codes end date, the Dec. 9 raids and the Collection end date. Use the ink-saver version for a home printer. It does not update itself, so check Blizzard News if a date moves.

Plan around the launch with our November 2026 printable calendar and December 2026 printable calendar. For another game launch with a time-zone table, see our Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6 release time by time zone. Game subscribers can also check the PlayStation Plus November 2026 games and the Xbox Game Pass changes for Nov. 2 to 6.