Launch & access

Everything about release: date, how access works, and the optional editions. Dates are shown exactly as Blizzard wrote them.

Status legend

VERIFIED Verified: confirmed by an official Blizzard source, with its date shown.
ANNOUNCED Announced: officially planned, but not in the game yet.
TO BE CONFIRMED To be confirmed: not yet confirmed by an official World of Warcraft: Forever source.
OBSOLETE Obsolete: replaced by newer official information.
NOT YET DETAILED Not yet detailed: Blizzard hasn't published this information yet.
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION Community contribution: from a fan site, needs validation; never official.
EDITORIAL EVALUATION Editorial evaluation: the wiki editors' opinion, not official data.

Launch date

ANNOUNCED November 4, 2026, 3:00 p.m., global launch. [Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-12] [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED Source inconsistency: “Carve a New Path” says launches November 4 at 3:00 p.m. PDT globally and later November 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST; the What’s Next recap says 3:00 p.m. PST. The French articles say le 5 novembre 2026 à minuit (heure française). This wiki does not assert a time zone. [Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-12] [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]

VERIFIED access will be included with your World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time. [Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED Product page: Included with an Active WoW Subscription; Available on Windows/Mac. [World of Warcraft: Forever (product page)]

VERIFIED Optional upgrade editions: Skyborne Heroic Pack, Skyborne Epic Pack and the limited-time Warcraft Forever Collection. [Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-12]
VERIFIED The Skyborne Epic Pack includes everything in the Skyborne Heroic Pack, plus beta access beginning September 17, 30 days of World of Warcraft Game Time starting November 4, additional cosmetics, pets, tabards, and three total Invite-A-Friend Launch Codes. [Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-12]

Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever — https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24302093/carve-a-new-path-with-world-of-warcraft-forever
Channel: Blizzard News · Publication date: 2026-09-12 (20:45 UTC)
Used for: Launch date, Access, Editions
Limits: EN text gives both “3:00 p.m. PDT” and “3:00 p.m. PST”.
World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap — https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24303862/world-of-warcraft-forever-whats-next-panel-recap
Channel: Blizzard News · Publication date: 2026-09-12 (22:00 UTC)
Used for: Launch date
Limits: Panel recap; some dungeons not formally named; no detail on which raids unlock on December 9.
World of Warcraft: Forever (product page) — https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/forever/
Channel: Official product page · Publication date: no publication date shown
Used for: Access
Limits: No publication date; text read from the page’s embedded data.